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HR 1612 · introduced · niche

Flatside Wilderness Additions Act

What this bill does

  • This bill expands the Flatside Wilderness area in Arkansas's Ouachita National Forest.
  • The change affects land management and conservation in the national forest.
  • The bill also renames the wilderness to Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would expanding the Flatside Wilderness area change recreational access and economic activities currently permitted in the affected portions of Ouachita National Forest?

  2. 02

    What specific conservation or ecological benefits does the bill's supporters expect from designating additional land as wilderness rather than keeping current management practices?

  3. 03

    Why does the bill rename the wilderness area to include Bethune, and what does this change represent about the area's history or significance?

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Sponsor · R-AR-2

J. French Hill

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Introduced 2025-10-27

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-10-27 · senate · Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 219.

  2. 2025-10-27 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.

  3. 2025-10-27 · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Boozman without amendment. Without written report.

  4. 2025-10-21 · senate · Committee

    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  5. 2025-05-14 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

  6. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  7. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1967)

  8. 2025-05-13 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1967)

  9. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1612.

  10. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1966-1969)

  11. 2025-05-13 · house · Floor

    Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  12. 2025-02-26 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

  13. 2025-02-26 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  14. 2025-02-26 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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