3.0.0 5744 2023-01-11T13:23:04Z 2023-01-11T13:23:04Z House H HR 2012-05-15 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 5744.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill addresses management of federal land.Accordingly, we turn to the following constitutionalauthority: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 H2714]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Hearings by 2012-07-20T14:49:34Z Referred to 2012-05-18T16:24:26Z Referred to 2012-05-15T16:01:45Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2012-05-30T20:02:39Z Referred to 2012-05-15T16:01:50Z Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 112 3409 S 2012-07-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2012-07-20 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2012-05-30 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. Committee 2012-05-18 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. Committee 2012-05-15 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 2012-05-15 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 2012-05-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-05-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-1] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 1 N M001142 Rep. 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McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] Tom McClintock R CA 4 2012-08-07 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2012-05-15 Introduced in House 2012-06-26T17:11:57Z Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands, (the Secretaries) to implement authorized wildfire prevention projects in at-risk forests and threatened and endangered species in a manner that focuses on surface, ladder, and canopy fuels reduction activities.

Requires projects carried out on threatened and endangered species habitat to: (1) provide enhanced protection from wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, for the endangered species, threatened species, or their habitat; and (2) comply with applicable recovery plan guidelines.

Requires projects carried out in at-risk forests to move the federal land from condition class II or III toward condition class I.

Permits use in a project of: (1) domestic livestock grazing to reduce surface fuel loads and to recover burned areas; and (2) timber harvesting and thinning to reduce ladder and canopy fuel loads for the prevention of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfires.

Directs the Secretaries to review public petitions for, and make determinations with respect to, the designation of federal lands as at-risk forests or as threatened and endangered species habitats.

Requires notice in the Federal Register of proposed projects and final designated projects and permits public comment on projects as specified.

Instructs the Secretaries to prepare an environmental assessment for projects that include timber harvesting or grazing.

Instructs the Secretaries to research what impact any listing of a species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 would have on both forage and timber forest fuel loads. Requires endangered species recovery plans and critical habitat determinations to include a wildfire risk assessment analysis.

]]> Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 Display Title Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced To address the forest health, public safety, and wildlife habitat threat presented by the risk of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, on National Forest System lands and public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest management projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 Introduced in House 2012-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr5744ih/xml/BILLS-112hr5744ih.xml 2012-07-20 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.