# 115-hr-6492: Colorado Wilderness Act of 2018

115-hr-6492, Colorado Wilderness Act of 2018, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6492
- Congress: 115
- Title: Colorado Wilderness Act of 2018
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Introduced: 2018-07-24
- Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Colorado Wilderness Act of 2018 The bill designates specified lands in Colorado managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The bill designates specified lands in Colorado administered by the BLM, Forest Service, and Bureau of Reclamation as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System and incorporates such lands into the West Elk Wilderness. The Colorado Army National Guard, through the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, may conduct aerial navigation training maneuver exercises over the wilderness areas designated by this bill. The bill designates specified lands managed by the BLM as potential wilderness areas, to be known as the Deep Creek Wilderness and the Pisgah Mountain Wilderness. The bill provides for the securing, adjudication, and use of  U.S. water rights for certain of the wilderness areas designated by this bill.

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- 115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018
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## Sources
- [115-hr-6492 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6492)

## Related
- [115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7368)
- [115-hr-7328: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7328)
- [115-hr-7309: To authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7309)
- [115-hr-7228: Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7228)
- [115-hr-6840: Hold the LYNE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6840)
- [115-hr-6831: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Wes…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6831)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6492 (as of 2025-11-18).