Resilient Federal Forests Act
Summary
Resilient Federal Forests Act This bill modifies and sets forth provisions regarding forest management activities on National Forest System, public, and tribal lands. The bill provides for, among other things the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior to conduct fireshed management projects in fireshed management areas, certain categorical exclusions for various purposes, the balancing of the short- and long-term effects of forest management activities while considering injunctive relief, USDA and Interior to establish their own discretionary arbitration pilot programs as an alternative dispute resolution process for forest management activities, increasing the maximum term for a stewardship end result contract to 20 years, demonstration projects to support the development and commercialization of biochar on Indian forest lands or rangelands and in nearby communities by providing reliable supplies of feedstock from federal lands, the decommissioning of certain Forest Service Roads within designated high fire-prone areas, repealing of the Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands, making the Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines inapplicable to any National Forest System lands or public lands, development of a protection plan for giant sequoia trees on National Forest System lands and public lands, and permanent rights of access to the Oregon and California Railroad grant lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands for private landowners issued reciprocal road rights-of-way.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jul 22, 2021
Last action Aug 11, 2021
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Full legislative history
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Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Aug 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
lower
Jul 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jul 22, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 76 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bruce Westerman
RRepublican
Co
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
RRepublican
Co
Billy Long
RRepublican
Co
Blake D. Moore
RRepublican
Co
Bob Good
RRepublican
Co
Brian Babin
RRepublican
Co
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
RRepublican
Co
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
RRepublican
Co
Cliff Bentz
RRepublican
Co
Dan Crenshaw
RRepublican
Co
Dan Newhouse
RRepublican
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