3.0.0 1314 2023-01-15T16:48:42Z 2023-01-15T16:48:42Z Senate S S 2003-06-23 108 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2003-07-22T20:44:55Z Referred to 2003-06-23T22:51:54Z 2003-07-22 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-140. Committee 2003-06-23 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8363-8365) IntroReferral 2003-06-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8362-8363) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-06-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2003-06-23 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2003-06-23 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2003-06-23 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2003-07-23 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Appropriations Commerce Community development Competitive bidding Depressed areas Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Families Federal aid to Indians Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fire fighters Fire prevention Forest conservation Forest ecology Forest fires Forest management Forest products Forest roads Forestry research Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Infrastructure Integrated pest management Judicial review Labor and Employment Law Logging Lumber trade Minorities National forests Occupational health and safety Old growth forests Performance measurement Pests Public meetings Road construction Science, Technology, Communications Small business Timber sales Water Resources Development Watersheds Youth employment Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2003-06-23 Introduced in Senate 2003-07-29T20:27:24Z Collaborative Forest Health Act - Permits the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior (the Secretaries) to find that a proposed hazardous fuels reduction project that meets certain criteria shall not require an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.

Directs the Secretaries to identify projects implemented under this section through a collaborative framework to reduce hazardous fuels. Sets a limit of 20 million acres for projects implemented under this section (not including the existing hazardous fuels reduction program).

Prohibits, except in extraordinary circumstances, timber sales and log skidding machines in at-risk communities and the nearby vicinities and in certain municipal watersheds.

Excludes the provisions of this Act relating to expedited planning and implementation from applying to certain Federal lands.

Directs the Secretaries to take certain actions to ensure that the agencies are implementing projects pursuant to this Act that reduce the risk of unnaturally intense wildfires and improve forest health.

Directs the Secretaries to expend at least 70 percent of the hazardous fuels operations funds provided annually only on projects in at-risk communities and nearby vicinities or within municipal watersheds.

Directs the Secretaries to jointly: (1) establish a commission to complete an assessment of the positive or negative impacts and effectiveness of projects implemented under this section; (2) earmark funds for the conduct of a systematic information gathering program on certain insect types that have caused large-scale damage to forest ecosystems; and (3) disburse funds to reduce the risk of wildfire to structures and restore burned areas on tribal lands.

Allows the Secretaries to make cost-share grants to various entities for the removal, transport, and disposal of hazardous fuels around homes and properties.

]]> Collaborative Forest Health Act Display Title Collaborative Forest Health Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities on National Forest System lands established from the public domain and other public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, to improve the health of National Forest System lands established from the public domain and other public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Collaborative Forest Health Act Introduced in Senate 2003-06-23T04:00:00Z 2003-07-22 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-140. 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.