3.0.0 2768 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z 2023-01-11T13:25:42Z Senate S S 2014-07-31 113 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-07-31T23:30:19Z 2014-07-31 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2014-07-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2014-07-31 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2014-07-31 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2014-07-31 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2014-07-31 True F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2014-08-01 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Birds Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2014-07-31 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-05T16:42:02Z Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to categorically exclude an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project from the environmental review requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) if the project:

  • involves the removal of insect-infested trees, dead or dying trees, trees presenting a threat to public safety or electrical reliability, or the removal of other hazardous fuels near certain infrastructure;
  • is intended to treat 10,000 acres or less of public land or National Forest System land that contains threatened and endangered species habitat, or provides conservation benefits to a state-listed species, a special concern species, or candidates for a listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; or
  • is proposed to be conducted on federal land that is adjacent to non-federal land and on which conditions are determined to pose a risk to the non-federal land, or is recommended in a community wildfire protection plan if certain conditions are met.

Excludes from treatment under this Act land: (1) that is a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, (2) on which the removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited by federal law, or (3) that is within a national monument.

]]> Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014 Display Title Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expand the use of categorical exclusions for hazardous fuel reduction projects. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2768is/xml/BILLS-113s2768is.xml 2014-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.