Permanently protect more than 720,000 acres of wilderness across 36 areas in Colorado with the highest level of federal protection available through the Colorado Wilderness Act.

DeGette Reintroduces Colorado Wilderness Act to Protect 720,000 Acres from Trump Administration Sell-Off ... reintroduced the Colorado Wilderness Act, a landmark bill that would permanently protect more than 720,000 acres of wilderness across 36 distinct areas in Colorado with the highest level of federal protection available.

DeGette reintroduced the Colorado Wilderness Act, which would permanently protect more than 720,000 acres of Colorado wilderness across 36 areas.

Newsroom | Congresswoman Diana DeGette
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DeGette's official House issue page says the Colorado Wilderness Act would permanently protect more than 660,000 acres in 36 areas and provide the highest-level permanent protection available.

This establishes the substance of the pledge and the mechanism: wilderness designation through DeGette's Colorado Wilderness Act. The page states a 660,000-acre figure rather than the payload's 720,000-acre figure, but the 36-area wilderness-protection promise matches.

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Protecting Colorado’s Wilderness | Congresswoman Diana DeGette
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Congress.gov lists H.R.7425, sponsored by Diana DeGette, introduced 02/09/2026, referred to House Natural Resources, with status Introduced.

As of the 119th Congress record, the latest Colorado wilderness designation bill was only introduced and referred to committee; it had not become law by the as-of date.

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H.R.7425 - 119th Congress: To designate certain lands in Colorado as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System
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Congress.gov says H.R.803 was sponsored by DeGette, passed the House 227-200 on 02/26/2021, then was referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

This was a concrete legislative advance that included Colorado wilderness designations, but it stopped after House passage and did not become law.

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H.R.803 - Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act
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The CRS summary states that in Colorado, H.R.803 would designate wilderness, potential wilderness, and other protected public-land areas.

This confirms the 2021 House-passed bill contained Colorado wilderness designations related to DeGette's promise, but the bill's tracker remained at Passed House rather than Became Law.

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H.R.803 - Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act
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Congress.gov lists H.R.3756 as sponsored by Rep. DeGette, referred to subcommittee, with status Introduced.

An earlier Colorado Wilderness Act version was introduced by DeGette but did not advance beyond introduction/subcommittee referral, showing a long-running but unfulfilled effort.

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H.R.3756 - Colorado Wilderness Act of 2007
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The CRS summary says H.R.3756 would designate specified Colorado lands as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

This confirms the bill's intended delivery mechanism was statutory wilderness designation, but the same bill record shows it did not become law.

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H.R.3756 - Colorado Wilderness Act of 2007
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DeGette's office says the House approved her Colorado Wilderness Act five times in the prior three years, most recently in July 2022 as part of the NDAA.

This supports a meaningful effort badge because DeGette advanced the proposal repeatedly through the House, but House approval alone did not permanently protect the areas without enacted federal law.

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Protecting Colorado’s Wilderness | Congresswoman Diana DeGette
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