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Bill · 119th Congress · S 2548
Shawnee National Forest Conservation Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-07-30Topic: environment · land use zoningSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would designate about 750 acres of the Shawnee National Forest in Illinois as the Camp Hutchins Wilderness, managed under the federal Wilderness Act. It would also create three Special Management Areas (Camp Hutchins, Ripple Hollow, and Burke Branch) covering about 12,700 acres. In these areas, commercial logging, trapping, and most motor vehicle use would be banned, while hunting under state and Forest Service rules would be allowed. The land would be closed to new mining, mineral leasing, and geothermal leasing. The Forest Service would have to write a management plan within 3 years, and could use prescribed fire, herbicides, and equipment to manage the land.
Sponsors
- Richard J. Durbin Democrat sponsor
- 1 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 217. | |
| 2025-10-27 | Senate | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. | refer |
| 2025-10-27 | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. | report | |
| 2025-10-21 | Senate | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | refer |
| 2025-07-30 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S4907) | refer |
| 2025-07-30 | Introduced in Senate | introduce |