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101st Congress > House > Vote 437
Clerk session vote number: 75
Sponsor: RICHARDSON, Bill (D-NM)
Description: JEMEZ AND PECOS RIVERS WILD AND SCENIC RIVER ADDITION ACT OF 1989
Bill summary: East Fork of the Jemez River and the Pecos River Wild and Scenic Rivers Addition Act of 1989 - Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the East Fork of the Jemez and Pecos Rivers, New Mexico, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Withdraws Federal lands within such segments from appropriation under the U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws. Prohibits any patent from being issued for the surface estate with respect to any mining claim located on
such lands, except for mining operations on any valid existing claim.
Bill titles: To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating segments of the East Fork of the Jemez and Pecos Rivers in New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 136, p. 1593;
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