H.R. 1192 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 11, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 76 words.
This bill prohibits the Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida from being designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The National Park Service currently manages Big Cypress National Preserve, which is a freshwater swamp ecosystem of 729,000 acres. In general, development activities, commercial activities, permanent structures, and roads are prohibited in wilderness areas. In contrast, natural preserves typically allow some development activities, such as hunting or oil and gas exploration.
- Committees
- House Natural Resources Committee
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources: 136 of 3,779 bills became law, 113th–118th (3.6%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 46 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 30 words
- Subjects
- FloridaParks, recreation areas, trailsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Latest action
- Feb 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 119th S. 446 A bill to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservati R · Reported