3.0.0 2709 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z Senate S S 2004-07-21 108 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearings by 2004-09-14T22:23:42Z Referred to 2004-07-21T20:40:01Z 2004-09-14 sseg03 Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-737. Committee 2004-07-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2004-07-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N Public Lands and Natural Resources Agricultural colleges Agricultural research Agriculture and Food Animals Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Federal aid to education Federal aid to research Flood control Forest fires Government trust funds Higher education Logging National forests Pests Reforestation Research grants Science, Technology, Communications Storms Tree diseases Water Resources Development Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2004-07-21 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-13T22:00:06Z National Reforestation Act of 2004 - Increases, from $30 to $90 million, the amount that can be transferred to the Reforestation Trust Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury in any fiscal year.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to obligate sums in the Trust Fund for reforestation treatment to restore appropriate forest cover on forest land derived from the public domain that is capable of growing trees and that is a moderate fire intensity area or high fire intensity area or that has been severely affected by a nonfire natural disturbance event if the need for the treatment is identified in a specified report on herbicides and pesticides and the treatment occurs within five years of: (1) if there is no harvest activity following the wildfire or the nonfire natural disturbance event, a wildfire or a nonfire natural disturbance event; (2) if a regeneration harvest is the final cut in a stand in a disturbed area, the regeneration harvest; or (3) if a salvage harvest is the final cut in a stand in a disturbed area, the salvage harvest.

Allows the Secretary of Agriculture, in addition to amounts authorized from the Trust Fund, to obligate up to ten percent of the sums the Secretary expends annually from the Trust Fund to supplement expenditures of the Forest Service to enter into cooperative agreements with colleges and universities to conduct research to promote or enhance reforestation.

]]> National Reforestation Act of 2004 Display Title National Reforestation Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the reforestation of appropriate forest cover on forest land derived from the public domain, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Reforestation Act of 2004 3622 108 SAMDT To authorize the Biscuit Fire Recovery Project to be carried out and to designate the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Addition in the State of Oregon. 2021-09-30T00:52:48Z 2004-09-13 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2004-09-13T04:00:00Z Senate 108 S Senate S 2709 National Reforestation Act of 2004 2023-01-14T22:48:26Z 3 2004-09-13 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee 0 Senate Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2004-09-13 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2004-07-21T04:00:00Z 2004-09-14 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-737. 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.