A bill to increase the accessibility of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and for other purposes.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Accessibility and Fairness Act of 1997 - Repeals the termination date for authorized use of ten horsepower motorboats on Sea Gull Lake in Cook County within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to permit the operation of motorized vehicles and associated equipment to transport boats across the portage between the Moose Lake chain and Basswood Lake, between Fall Lake and Basswood Lake, and between Vermilion Lake and Trout Lake.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 288.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands.
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-169.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 105-80.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 105-80.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 160.
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