3.0.0 2916 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z 2023-01-11T13:25:19Z Senate S S 2014-11-12 113 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-11-13T00:08:32Z 2014-11-12 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2014-11-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2014-11-12 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2014-11-12 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Aquatic ecology Disaster relief and insurance Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Fishes Floods and storm protection Forests, forestry, trees Government trust funds Lakes and rivers Land use and conservation Parks, recreation areas, trails Roads and highways Water quality Water resources funding Water use and supply Watersheds Wetlands Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2014-11-12 Introduced in Senate 2014-11-24T20:17:45Z Restoring America's Watersheds Act of 2014 - Directs the Forest Service to establish a Water Source Protection Program within the region of the National Forest System west of the 100th Meridian.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into water source investment partnerships with specified end water users to protect and restore the condition of National Forest watersheds that provide water to non-federal partners.

Allows the Secretary to produce a water source management plan.

Directs the Secretary to establish a Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program within such region to:

  • carry out critical maintenance and urgent repairs and improvements on National Forest System roads, trails, and bridges;
  • restore fish and other aquatic organism passage by removing or replacing unnatural barriers to the passage of fish and other aquatic organisms;
  • decommission unneeded roads and trails; and
  • carry out associated activities.

Requires the Chief of the Forest Service to develop a national strategy to implement the Remediation Program.

Directs the Forest Service to establish a Watershed Condition Framework within such region to:

  • evaluate and classify the condition of watersheds,
  • identify for restoration up to five priority watersheds in each National Forest and up to two priority watersheds in each national grassland,
  • develop a watershed restoration action plan for each priority watershed,
  • prioritize restoration activities for each watershed restoration action plan,
  • implement each watershed restoration action plan, and
  • monitor the effectiveness of restoration actions and indicators of watershed health.

Reauthorizes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for FY2015-FY2024.

]]> Restoring America's Watersheds Act of 2014 Display Title Restoring America's Watersheds Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to promote watershed health, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Restoring America's Watersheds Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2916is/xml/BILLS-113s2916is.xml 2014-11-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 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.