3.0.0 3072 2023-01-11T21:19:08Z 2023-01-11T21:19:08Z House H HR 2007-07-17 110 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag22 Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee Referred to 2008-04-25T18:44:52Z Referred to 2007-07-17T13:01:05Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy20 Energy Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-26T12:53:55Z Referred to 2007-07-17T13:01:20Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-23T19:36:58Z Referred to 2007-07-17T13:01:00Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee Referred to 2007-07-18T20:43:07Z Referred to 2007-07-17T13:01:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-07-17T13:01:10Z Colorado Forest Management Improvement Act of 2007 110 2546 S 2008-01-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Text similarities House Colorado Forest Management Improvement Act of 2007 110 1797 S 2007-07-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Identical bill CRS Text similarities House Colorado Forest Insect Emergency Response Act of 2008 110 5241 HR 2008-04-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Text similarities House 2008-04-25 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 2007-07-26 hssy20 Energy Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. Committee 2007-07-23 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2007-07-18 hspw12 Highways and Transit Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Committee 2007-07-17 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science and Technology, 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 hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2007-07-17 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science and Technology, 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 2007-07-17 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science and Technology, 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 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-07-17 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science and Technology, 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 2007-07-17 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science and Technology, 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 2007-07-17 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science and Technology, 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 2007-07-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1544-1545) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress U000038 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] MARK UDALL D CO 2 N D000197 Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] DIANA DEGETTE D CO 1 2007-07-17 True T000458 Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] THOMAS TANCREDO R CO G. 6 2007-07-17 True M001152 Rep. Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] Marilyn Musgrave R CO N. 4 2007-07-17 True S001158 Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] John Salazar D CO T. 3 2007-07-17 True P000593 Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] Ed Perlmutter D CO 7 2007-07-17 True L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 2007-07-17 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Biomass energy Colorado Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Energy Environmental Protection Federal aid to education Fire departments Fire prevention Forest conservation Forest fires Forest health Forest management Forestry research Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Heating Housing and Community Development Income tax Infrastructure Lumber trade Maps National forests Pests Restoration ecology Rural education School buildings Science, Technology, Communications Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Taxation Transportation and Public Works Tree diseases Trucks Water Resources Development Water supply Watersheds Wood Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2007-07-17 Introduced in House 2007-10-17T18:19:35Z Colorado Forest Management Improvement Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to make grants to at-risk communities in Colorado to assist them in preparing, revising, or implementing a community wildfire protection plan.

Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the use of fire department grant funds for the development and implementation of community wildfire protection plans.

Directs the Secretaries to establish collection points for the placement of vegetative material removed from federal or other land as part of a hazardous fuel reduction project under this Act.

Rewrites provisions governing the biomass commercial utilization grant program.

Authorizes the Secretaries to designate as Healthy Forest Partnership Zones certain federal lands and non-federal lands adjacent to those lands that are at risk of uncharacteristically severe damage to at-risk communities or community water supply facilities from a wildland fire or an outbreak of insects or disease and require at least one management activity to reduce that risk.

Allows the Secretaries to enter into contracts or other agreements with partnering entities to implement hazardous fuel reduction or other projects on federal land to complement similar projects on bordering or adjacent non-federal land.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) provide grant assistance to the Colorado Wood Program and the Forest Restoration Institute, and any other appropriate entities; and (2) collaborate with the Institute to research, develop, and transfer broader landscape treatment strategies and ways to integrate best science with community needs.

Establishes the Colorado Forest Health Fund.

Requires the Secretaries to provide grants for the Colorado fuels for schools program.

Extends terms for stewardship end result contracting projects.

Makes permanent the Secretaries' authority to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts for federal and state cooperative watershed restoration and protection.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare fire-danger maps of forested lands.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the tax credit for electricity produced using open-loop biomass to facilities placed in service before January 1, 2030; (2) make electricity produced and sold at qualified open-loop biomass facilities eligible for the full credit rate; (3) partially exclude from gross income payments received for certain hazardous fuel reduction projects in Colorado; and (4) allow the deductibility of certain expenditures made in carrying out eligible hazardous fuel reduction projects on Colorado lands which are identified in community wildfire protection plans.

]]> Colorado Forest Management Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To reduce the risks to Colorado communities and water supplies from severe wildfires, especially in areas affected by insect infestations, to provide model legislation that may be applied to other States experiencing similar insect infestations or other forest-related problems, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Colorado Forest Management Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Colorado Forest Management Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-07-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3072ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3072ih.xml 2008-04-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. 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.