SALVAGE Act
HR 567, the SALVAGE Act, streamlines the removal of dead trees after wildfires on federal lands by skipping standard environmental reviews for smaller operations (max 10,000 acres). It requires land managers to follow stream buffer rules, create reforestation plans, and complete 75% reforestation within 5 years of a disaster. The bill also shortens public input to 60 days total (30 days for comments, 15 for objections, 15 for agency response) and prohibits court delays on approved projects. It does not apply to wilderness areas, roadless zones, or lands where timber harvesting is already banned. This directly affects U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management operations on National Forest System lands and public lands impacted by wildfires.
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Introduction
Jan 2023
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Introduced Jan 26, 2023
Last action Feb 21, 2023
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Feb 21, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
lower
Feb 13, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
lower
Jan 26, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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
Jan 26, 2023
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Introduced in House
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1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
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