3.0.0 1352 2023-01-15T17:04:08Z 2023-01-15T17:04:08Z Senate S S 2003-06-26 108 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2003-07-22T20:46:03Z ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-06-26T22:15:55Z 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 2003-06-26 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8741-8745) IntroReferral 2003-06-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2003-06-26 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Animals Biomass energy Building construction Building materials Citizen participation Civil actions and liability Commerce Community organization Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Energy Energy industries Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Environmental protection groups Evacuation of civilians Families Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to Indians Finance and Financial Sector Fire prevention Forest conservation Forest ecology Forest fires Forest health Forest management Forest products Forest roads Forestry research Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government publicity Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development Indian lands Infrastructure Injunctions Insect control Insurance premiums Job creation Judicial review Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Landowners Law Local laws Logging Lumber trade Minorities National forests National service Native Americans Non-native species Nonprofit organizations Occupational retraining Old growth forests Oregon Pests Poor children Potable water Private forests Property insurance Public meetings Recruiting of employees Revolving funds Road construction Rural economic development Science, Technology, Communications Small business Social Welfare Soil conservation Storms Sunset legislation Timber sales Transportation and Public Works Tree diseases Trees Urban affairs Water Resources Development Water pollution control Water quality Water supply Watersheds Weather Wood Youth employment Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2003-06-26 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Provides for an expedited administrative process for hazardous fuels reduction projects, including: (1) categorical exclusion from certain environmental analysis for wildland-urban interface projects; (2) shortened appeals, review officer determination without remand, and documentation issuance without public review for priority projects outside such interface, and (3) a salvage monitoring pilot program in the Biscuit Fire area.

Limits judicial review to the United States District Court in which the project is located. States that Congress intends that such judicial review shall be expeditiously completed. Limits injunctive relief to 60-day renewable periods.

Directs: (1) the Forest Service to monitor project contracts; and (2) that at least 50 percent of contracts shall be awarded on best value criteria.

Authorizes grants for: (1) biomass commercialization; and (2) improved biomass utilization.

Directs the Secretaries to carry out a forest stands inventory and monitoring program on Federal and private (with permission) lands. Locates the program facility in the Ochoco National Forest Headquarters, Prineville, Oregon.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grant program for emergency fuels reduction in areas that pose a threat to human life.

Expresses the sense of Congress that insurers should reduce insurance for homeowners who take specified home protection measures.

Gives priority for funding under the Community and Private Land Fire Assistance Program to communities with fire prevention ordinances.

Sunsets provisions of this Act five years after enactment.]]>

Community and Forest Protection Act Display Title Community and Forest Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to expedite procedures for hazardous fuels reduction activities and restoration in wildland fire prone National Forests and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community and Forest Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2003-06-26T04:00:00Z 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.