Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act

3.0.0 2707 2023-01-15T09:47:47Z 2023-01-15T09:47:47Z House H HR 2003-07-10 108 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2003-07-15T20:03:03Z Discharged from 2004-02-24T17:02:52Z Referred to 2003-07-10T14:02:30Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Discharged from 2003-10-29T20:55:20Z Referred to 2003-07-16T13:23:46Z hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee Discharged from 2003-10-29T20:55:06Z Hearings by 2003-07-24T21:30:52Z Referred to 2003-07-24T21:30:00Z Reported by 2004-02-24T17:00:00Z Markup by 2003-10-29T20:55:37Z Referred to 2003-07-10T14:02:25Z H. Rept. 108-424 Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act 108 1516 S 2004-05-20 Held at the desk. 18:44:41 Related bill House 2004-06-25 Senate Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 605. Calendars 2004-02-25 Senate Received in the Senate. IntroReferral 2004-02-24 19:20:20 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2004-02-24 19:20:09 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 367 - 40 (Roll no. 26). (text: CR H520) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 26 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll026.xml House 108 2004-02-25T00:20:09Z 2 2004-02-24 19:20:09 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 367 - 40 (Roll no. 26).(text: CR H520) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 26 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll026.xml House 108 2004-02-25T00:20:09Z 2 2004-02-24 19:12:03 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H529-530) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2004-02-24 14:40:40 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2004-02-24 14:21:06 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2707. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2004-02-24 14:21:01 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H520-523) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2004-02-24 14:20:20 Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2004-02-24 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 244. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00244 2004-02-24 Committee on Agriculture discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2004-02-24 Committee on Agriculture discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2004-02-24 House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Feb. 24, 2004. IntroReferral H11210 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2004-02-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-424, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2004-02-24 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 108-424, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2003-10-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent. Committee 2003-10-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2003-10-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands Discharged. Committee 2003-10-29 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged. Committee 2003-07-24 hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2003-07-24 hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. Committee 2003-07-16 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands. Committee 2003-07-15 hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Committee 2003-07-10 Referred to the Committee on 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2003-07-10 Referred to the Committee on 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-10 Referred to the Committee on 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2003-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 N S000851 Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17] CHARLES STENHOLM D TX W. 17 2003-07-10 True M000477 Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] SCOTT MCINNIS R CO 3 2003-07-10 True W000789 Rep. Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1] HEATHER WILSON R NM 1 2003-07-10 True H000981 Rep. Hunter, Duncan [R-CA-52] DUNCAN HUNTER R CA 52 2003-07-10 True B000617 Rep. Bonilla, Henry [R-TX-23] HENRY BONILLA R TX 23 2003-07-10 True R000574 Rep. Renzi, Rick [R-AZ-1] Rick Renzi R AZ 1 2003-07-10 True C000116 Rep. Cannon, Chris [R-UT-3] CHRIS CANNON R UT 3 2003-07-10 True M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2003-07-10 True T000238 Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] WILLIAM THORNBERRY R TX M. 13 2003-07-10 True G000551 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] Raúl Grijalva D AZ M. 7 2003-07-10 True N000182 Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] Randy Neugebauer R TX 19 2003-07-10 True M000934 Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] Jerry Moran R KS 1 2003-07-10 True O000165 Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3] TOM OSBORNE R NE 3 2003-07-10 True U000039 Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] TOM UDALL D NM 3 2003-07-16 False U000038 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] MARK UDALL D CO 2 2003-07-23 False C001050 Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] Dennis Cardoza D CA A. 18 2003-07-23 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2003-07-25 False B001240 Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7] Bob Beauprez R CO 7 2003-10-08 False C000962 Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] BARBARA CUBIN R WY 0 2003-11-05 False 2003-12-30T06:00:00Z H.R. 2707, Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/15165 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 29, 2003</p> 2003-12-30T06:00:00Z H.R. 2707, Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15165 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 29, 2003 Public Lands and Natural Resources Agriculture and Food Animals Aquatic ecology Arizona California Colorado Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Education Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Exotic plants Federal aid to education Goats Government Operations and Politics Groundwater Herbicides Higher education Idaho Infrastructure Insects Integrated pest management Intergovernmental fiscal relations Kansas Montana National forests Nebraska Nevada New Mexico Non-native species Nonprofit organizations Oklahoma Oregon Pest control Policy sciences Revegetation Social Welfare Texas Trees Utah Washington State Water Resources Development Water conservation Water supply Water use West (U.S.) Wyoming Public Lands and Natural Resources

00 2003-07-10 Introduced in House 2003-07-31T22:15:34Z Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary concerned (the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System Lands, and the Secretary of the Interior with respect to Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and Indian lands) to: (1) assess the extent of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive invasion in those States in which the Bureau of Reclamation operates, past and present assessments and management options to control these phreatophytes, the feasibility of reducing water consumption, methods and challenges in land restoration, and the estimated costs of destruction, biomass removal, and restoration and maintenance; (2) identify long-term management and funding strategies that could be implemented by Federal, State, and private land managers; and (3) initiate a program of at least three projects to demonstrate and evaluate the most effective control methods, including at least one on national forest system land created from the public domain, one primarily using air-born application of herbicides, one using mechanical removal, and one using biocontrol, such as goats or insects. Requires each project to: (1) monitor and document the water saved due to control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive infestation and what portions return to surface water or groundwater supplies and at what rates; (2) assess the optimum application approach and tools for an array of control methods; (3) assess all costs and benefits associated with the control methods, land restoration, and maintenance; (4) determine what conditions indicate the need to remove biomass and the optimal methods for its disposal or use; (5) define appropriate final vegetative states, optimal re-vegetation methods; and (6) methods to prevent regrowth and reintroduction.

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18 2004-02-24 Reported to House amended, Part I 2004-05-20T21:33:13Z Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to assess the extent of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive invasion in the western United States. Requires such assessment to include: (1) documentation of the quantity of water lost due to the infestation and of the quantity of water saved due to various control methods, including the portion of saved water that returns to surface water or groundwater supplies and at what rates; (2) determination of the optimum control method for the various land types and land uses and of what conditions indicate the need to remove such growth and the optimal methods for disposal or use of such growth; and (3) the methods to prevent re-growth and re-introduction of these invasive species.

Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries) to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees (the congressional committees) a report containing the results of such assessment and identifying: (1) long-term management and funding strategies that could be implemented by Federal, State, tribal, and private land managers and owners on all land management types to address the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive; and (2) deficiencies or areas for further study and where actual field demonstrations would be useful in the control effort.

Authorizes the Secretaries to make grants to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or both) with an established background and expertise in public policy issues associated with the control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive in order to obtain technical experience, support, and recommendations related to the identification of the long-term management and funding strategies required to be included in such report. Limits each grant awarded to $250,000.

(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretaries, based on the assessment and report, to initiate a program of at least three demonstration projects in the western States designed to address deficiencies and areas for further study to address the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive, including the testing of additional control methods identified by such report.

Allows the Secretaries to enter into an agreement with a western State to carry out a project and, if the Secretaries select a demonstration project for implementation in national Forest System lands, makes the Secretary of Agriculture responsible for implementation of such project.

Requires projects to be designed with integrated methods and adaptive management strategies and carried out over time frames and spatial scales large enough to accomplish the goals laid out in the report. Provides that, before being carried out, the methods and strategies proposed for each project shall be subject to review by scientific experts, including non-Federal experts, selected by the Secretaries.

Limits the total cost of each project to $7 million, including planning, design, implementation, revegetation, maintenance, and monitoring costs. Allows the Secretaries, in cases of projects conducted on lands under the jurisdiction of either Secretary, to accept, but not require, funds or in-kind contributions, including State agency provided services. Limits the Federal share of the costs of any activity on private lands funded under a project to 75 percent of the activity's total cost.

Requires projects to include: (1) documentation of the quantity of water saved due to various control methods, including the portion of water saved that returns to surface water or groundwater supplies and at what rates; and (2) optimal re-vegetative states to prevent re-growth and reintroduction of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive.

Requires the Secretaries to submit to the congressional committees annual reports on such projects.

(Sec. 4) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect, or otherwise bias, use by the Secretaries of other statutory or administrative authorities to plan or conduct Salt Cedar or Russian Olive control and eradication.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretaries to: (1) conduct the assessment; (2) award the grants specified above; and (3) carry out the program of demonstration projects specified above.

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36 2004-02-24 Passed House amended 2004-05-20T21:36:03Z Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act - (Sec. 2) Directs the Secretary of of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior (the Secretaries) to assess the extent of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive invasion in the western United States (as defined by the 1902 Reclamation Act). Requires such assessment to include: (1) documentation of the quantity of water lost due to the infestation and of the quantity of water saved due to various control methods, including the portion of saved water that returns to surface water or groundwater supplies and at what rates; and (2) determination of the optimum control method for the various land types and land uses, of what conditions indicate the need to remove such growth and the optimal methods for disposal or use of such growth, and of the methods to prevent the regrowth and reintroduction of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive and to reestablish native species.

Directs the Secretaries to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees (the congressional committees) a report containing the results of such assessment and identifying: (1) long-term management and funding strategies that could be implemented by Federal, State, tribal, and private land managers and owners on all land management types to address the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive; and (2) deficiencies or areas for further study and where actual field demonstrations would be useful in the control effort.

Limits the total cost of each project to $7 million, including planning, design, implementation, revegetation, maintenance, and monitoring costs. Allows the Secretaries to accept, but not require, in cases of projects conducted on lands under the jurisdiction of either Secretary, funds or in-kind contributions, including State agency provided services. Limits the Federal share of the costs of any activity on private lands funded under a project to 75 percent of the activity's total cost.

Requires projects to include: (1) documentation of the quantity of water saved due to various control methods, including the portion of water saved that returns to surface water or groundwater supplies and at what rates; and (2) optimal revegetative states to prevent regrowth and reintroduction of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive and to reestablish native species.

Requires the Secretaries to submit to the congressional committees annual reports on such projects.

(Sec. 5) Authorizes appropriations to the Secretaries to: (1) conduct the assessment; (2) award the grants specified above; and (3) carry out the program of demonstration projects specified above.

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Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act Display Title Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, acting through the U. S. Forest Service, to carry out a demonstration program to assess potential water savings through control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive on forests and public lands administered by the Department of the Interior and the U. S. Forest Service. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act Short Titles as Reported to House Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act H House Short Titles as Passed House Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act H House Official Titles as Amended by House To provide for an assessment of the extent of the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive on lands in the Western United States and efforts to date to control such invasion on public and private lands, including tribal lands, to establish a demonstration program to address the invasion of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive, and for other purposes. H House Placed on Calendar Senate 2004-06-25T04:00:00Z Engrossed in House 2004-02-24T05:00:00Z Reported in House 2004-02-24T05:00:00Z Introduced in House 2003-07-10T04:00:00Z 2004-06-25 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 605. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.