The record

LegislationLegislation· Oct 2025
HR 1612 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by J. French Hill (R)

Flatside Wilderness Additions Act

Adds about 2,212 acres to the Flatside Wilderness in Arkansas and renames it.

Tradeoff

Designates new protected land in the Ouachita National Forest as wilderness, restricting development and commercial activity on those acres.

What's in it

See official bill text

Passed the House by on May 13, 2025 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Feb 26, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Natural Resources(Feb 26, 2025)

  3. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 13, 2025)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry(May 14, 2025)

  5. Senate

    The Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Oct 21, 2025)