3.0.0 2562 2023-01-11T13:22:44Z 2023-01-11T13:22:44Z House H HR 2011-07-15 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 2562.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2.The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothing inthis Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice anyClaims of the United States, or of any particular State.Currently, the federal government possesses approximately1.8 billion acres of land. The land at issue in this bill isbut a small part of those holdings. The U.S. Constitutionspecifically addresses the relationship of the federalgovernment to lands. Article IV, Sec. 3, Clause 2--theProperty Clause--gives Congress plenary power and fullauthority over federal property. The U.S. Supreme Court hasdescribed Congress's power to legislate under this Clause as``without limitation.'' Because of this expressConstitutional authority, Congress has the right, if not theduty, to properly manage its public lands, includingestablishing forestation policies, and tree harvesting andtree salvaging. This bill falls squarely within the expressConstitutional power set forth in the Property Clause.[Page H5126]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2011-07-22T13:34:10Z Referred to 2011-07-15T14:01:45Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2011-07-19T16:03:57Z Referred to 2011-07-15T14:01:50Z Arizona Wallow Fire Recovery and Monitoring Act 112 1344 S 2012-01-18 Star Print ordered on reported bill. Related bill CRS 2011-07-22 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. Committee 2011-07-19 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2011-07-15 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 2011-07-15 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 2011-07-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 1 N F000444 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 6 2011-07-15 True P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 2011-07-15 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Arizona Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation New Mexico Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2011-07-15 Introduced in House 2011-10-25T22:37:31Z Wallow Fire Recovery and Monitoring Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct and report on a hazard tree and commercial timber evaluation that identifies timber resources appropriate for removal within the Wallow Fire Area in Arizona and New Mexico not later than the date that is the earlier of: (1) 30 days after the completion of the burned area emergency response for the Wallow Fire Area; or (2) 45 days after the date of containment of the Wallow Fire.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) exclude from areas identified for tree removal high fire-severity burned areas on steep slopes, slopes with an incline greater than 40%, riparian areas, and fragile erosive sites, unless tree removal in those areas is necessary to address public health and safety concerns; and (2) limit the removal of trees under a timber removal project under this Act to hazard trees and trees that are already down, dead, or severely root-sprung, such that mortality is highly probable.

Provides that: (1) nothing in this Act authorizes new permanent road construction for timber removal, and (2) it is the intent of Congress that all timber removal projects carried out under this Act be completed within 18 months of this Act's enactment.

Requires the Secretary, in the case of a timber removal project to be conducted in a Community Protection Management Area, to prepare an environmental assessment for the proposed agency action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

Subjects timber removal projects carried out under this Act to the special administrative process and judicial review process under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003.

Requires amounts collected from a timber removal project carried out under this Act to be available for expenditure by the Secretary for forest restoration treatments in the Wallow Fire Area.

]]> Wallow Fire Recovery and Monitoring Act Display Title Wallow Fire Recovery and Monitoring Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to take immediate action to recover ecologically and economically from a catastrophic wildfire in the States of Arizona and New Mexico, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Wallow Fire Recovery and Monitoring Act Introduced in House 2011-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2562ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2562ih.xml 2011-07-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, 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.