Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2420 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2420 To designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2025 Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania (for herself, Ms. Meng, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Norton, Mr. Carson, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, and Ms. DeGette) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Purposes. Sec. 4. Definitions. TITLE I--DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS Sec. 101. Purpose. Sec. 102. Greater Glacier/Northern Continental Divide ecosystem. Sec. 103. Greater Yellowstone ecosystem. Sec. 104. Greater Salmon/Selway ecosystem. Sec. 105. Greater Cabinet-Yaak-Selkirk ecosystem. Sec. 106. Greater Hel