3.0.0 5305 2023-01-13T04:48:30Z 2023-01-13T04:48:30Z House H HR 2006-05-04 109 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-16T21:12:44Z Referred to 2006-05-04T14:03:40Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-15T20:28:43Z Referred to 2006-05-04T14:03:35Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-15T16:50:59Z Referred to 2006-05-04T14:03:45Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2006-05-05T20:29:16Z Referred to 2006-05-04T14:03:50Z Headwaters Protection and Restoration Act 109 2604 S 2006-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2006-05-23 hsag00 Agriculture Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2006-05-16 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 2006-05-15 hsii20 Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health. Committee 2006-05-15 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 1 House committee actions Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Committee 2006-05-15 hsif15 Environment and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman . Committee 2006-05-05 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2006-05-04 Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2006-05-04 Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2006-05-04 Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 2006-05-04 Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 2006-05-04 Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 2006-05-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001152 Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] Marilyn Musgrave R CO N. 4 N B001240 Rep. Beauprez, Bob [R-CO-7] Bob Beauprez R CO 7 2006-05-04 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative remedies Biomass energy Colleges Colorado Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency Management Energy Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal aid to education Federal-local relations Fire prevention Flood control Flood damage prevention Forest conservation Forest fires Forest health Forest management Forest products Forestry research Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Higher education Housing and Community Development Infrastructure Insect control Law Licenses Lumber trade Marketing Pests Private forests Research and development Research centers Rural education School buildings Science, Technology, Communications Small business Timber sales Tree diseases Water Resources Development Water supply Wood Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2006-05-04 Introduced in House 2006-08-03T20:01:39Z Headwaters Protection and Restoration Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior (for Bureau of Land Management [BLM] land) or the Secretary of Agriculture (for National Forest System land) to consider emergency event procedures in response to watershed and forest emergencies. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to: (1) carry out projects in Colorado to reduce hazardous fuel or prevent the spread of bark beetles to adjacent trees; (2) prepare emergency event proposals or consider proposals from the governor, the state forester, a water conservation district, or an at-risk community; and (3) conduct emergency event evaluations in response to a request or to an emergency event that affects a municipal water supply system, a wildland-urban interface, or other public or private property and that has caused or will cause significant damage o to federal land or adjacent nonfederal land.

Requires the Secretary concerned to carry out a program in Colorado to: (1) ensure the long-term health of forests; and (2) reduce the risk of catastrophic fire, flooding, and watershed destruction.

Extends the authority of the Secretaries to enter into federal and state cooperative watershed restoration and protection agreements and contracts.

Requires the Secretary concerned to provide: (1) financial assistance for long-term stewardship projects in certain areas; and (2) grants and low-cost loans to small business concerns in the Colorado forest product industry.

Establishes the Colorado Forest Health Fund from which amounts shall be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out measures to improve forest health and reduce hazardous fuels.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) provide grants for research and development and marketing of forest products and for research in higher elevation forests; and (2) collaborate on research on and the development and transfer of broader landscape treatment strategies and ways to integrate best science with community needs.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide: (1) financial assistance under the Community and Private Land Fire Assistance Program to the Colorado State Forest Service to establish a grant program to help improve private forest land; and (2) grants to Colorado for the Colorado Fuels for Schools program under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

]]> Headwaters Protection and Restoration Act Display Title Headwaters Protection and Restoration Act Official Title as Introduced To address the forest and watershed emergency in the State of Colorado that has been exacerbated by the bark beetle infestation, to provide for the conduct of activities in the State to reduce the risk of wildfire and flooding, to promote economically healthy rural communities by reinvigorating the forest products industry in the State, to encourage the use of biomass fuels for energy, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Headwaters Protection and Restoration Act Introduced in House 2006-05-04T04:00:00Z 2006-05-23 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. 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.