# 119-s-1366: Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act

119-s-1366, Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1366
- Congress: 119
- Title: Boundary Waters Wilderness Protection Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-09
- Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Withdraws about 225,500 acres around the Boundary Waters from new mining, leasing, and public-land disposals to protect water, air, and forest habitat.** It would remove the specified federal lands and waters in the Rainy River Watershed from entry under the public land laws and from location and patent under the mining laws, and it would bar operation of mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws in the withdrawal area while preserving valid existing rights.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-07-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Protect Rainy River watershed lands: benefit, low. This bill would withdraw about 225,504 acres of federal land and water in the Rainy River Watershed from new public-land entry, mining claims, and mineral leasing. Valid existing rights would still be allowed. The Forest Service chief would only be able to permit removal of sand, gravel, granite, i…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-1366 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1366)

## Related
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-2819: Head Start for America's Children Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2819)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1366 (as of 2025-12-21).