3.0.0 745 2022-11-15T16:33:29Z 2022-11-15T16:33:29Z Senate S S 2013-04-17 113 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-04-17T15:18:49Z Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 113 954 S 2013-09-04 By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2013. Report No. 113-88. Additional views filed. Related bill CRS 2013-04-17 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2013-04-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2013-04-17 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2013-04-17 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2013-04-17 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, trees Insects Pest management Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2013-04-17 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-08T17:15:01Z National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to designate as part of an insect and disease treatment and research pilot program at least one subwatershed in at least one national forest in each state that is experiencing an insect or disease epidemic and characterized by: (1) substantially increased tree mortality due to infestation; (2) the risk of substantially increased tree mortality over the next 15 years due to infestation; or (3) presence in an area in which the risk of hazard trees poses an imminent risk to public infrastructure, health, or safety.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out priority projects on federal land in the designated subwatersheds to reduce the risk or extent of, or increase the resilience to, insect or disease infestation in the subwatersheds. Deems such projects to be authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects.

Extends the authorization of appropriations for the insect infestation and related diseases program through FY2018.

]]> National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 Display Title National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced National Forest Insect and Disease Treatment Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the designation of treatment areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-04-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s745is/xml/BILLS-113s745is.xml 2013-04-17 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.