HR 1612
Advanced toward a vote
Adds about 2,212 acres of Ouachita National Forest land to the Flatside Wilderness in Arkansas and renames the wilderness the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.
Official title: Flatside Wilderness Additions Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
26-FEB-2025
Referred
26-FEB-2025
Passed
13-MAY-2025
Senate
Received
14-MAY-2025
Approved by committee
21-OCT-2025
Reported
27-OCT-2025
On the calendar
27-OCT-2025
- Adds about 2,212 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest to the Flatside Wilderness, as shown on a map dated November 12, 2024.
- Renames the wilderness the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness, and federal records that refer to the former portion of the Flatside Wilderness are treated as referring to the new name.
- Keeps the Secretary of Agriculture's authority to manage fire, insects, and diseases under the Wilderness Act, in accordance with existing laws and regulations.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (26-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Reported to Senate, 27-OCT-2025).
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No cosponsors.