3.0.0 849 2022-11-15T16:33:23Z 2022-11-15T16:33:23Z Senate S S 2013-04-25 113 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-04-25T22:50:12Z Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 113 10 S 2013-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S48-156) Related bill CRS Stewardship End Result Contracting Project Act 113 816 S 2013-04-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 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 Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization and Improvement Act 113 1300 S 2014-06-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406. Related bill CRS 2013-04-25 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2013-04-25 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 2013-04-25 True U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2013-04-25 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Agricultural conservation and pollution Ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Land transfers Land use and conservation Pest management Public contracts and procurement Rural conditions and development Water quality Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2013-04-25 Introduced in Senate 2013-09-11T20:56:43Z Permanent Stewardship Contracting Authority Act of 2013 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

States that the land management goals of a project may include: (1) road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or maintain water quality; (2) soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or other resource values; (3) setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife habitat; (4) removing vegetation or other activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or achieve other land management objectives; (5) watershed restoration and maintenance; (6) restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish; or (7) control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing native plant species.

Repeals a section of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 that provides for forest health protection.

]]> Permanent Stewardship Contracting Authority Act of 2013 Display Title Permanent Stewardship Contracting Authority Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Permanent Stewardship Contracting Authority Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the conduct of stewardship contracting projects, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-04-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s849is/xml/BILLS-113s849is.xml 2013-04-25 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.