# 119-s-1193: America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act

119-s-1193, America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL); status introduced (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1193
- Congress: 119
- Title: America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-27
- Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 18
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Designates large parts of Utah's red‑rock country as federal wilderness.** The bill would add dozens of named areas to the National Wilderness Preservation System to protect cultural and scenic landscapes, improve habitat connectivity, and preserve traditional Indigenous uses like hunting, fishing, and ceremony. - Recognizes Indigenous communities: Declares these lands "living cultural landscapes" and explicitly preserves Indigenous traditional uses while leaving federally recognized tribal rights and obligations intact. - Protects recreation and wildlife habitat: Would create dozens of wilderness parcels across canyon, plateau, and river corridors, safeguarding hunting, fishing, hiking, horsepacking, rafting, and connected habitat that ranges from thousands to hundreds of thousands of acres. - Limits development and secures water and grazing rules: Withdraws the designated lands from new mineral and geothermal leasing, reserves federal water rights with a priority date at enactment, and allows existing livestock grazing to continue under reasonable regulations.

## Cosponsors (18)

- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New Utah wilderness protections: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would designate many named federal lands in Utah as wilderness. The Secretary would file maps and legal descriptions with Congress and make them public soon after enactment. The bill would reserve water for each new wilderness area with a priority date equal to enactment and re…
- Rules for grazing, boundaries, and exchanges: mixed, low. If enacted, grazing that was authorized on the date of enactment could continue inside the new wilderness areas under rules set by the Secretary. The bill would set how far wilderness boundaries must be from roads. Where wilderness is on one side, setbacks would be 300 feet from major highways, 100…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026
- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act
- 119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-1193 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1193)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
- [119-s-5108: Right to IVF Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5108)
- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-2295: Child Care for Working Families Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2295)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1193 (as of 2026-09-10).