3.0.0 3543 2023-01-11T13:37:15Z 2023-01-11T13:37:15Z House HR 2017-07-28 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 128 (Friday, July 28, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. STEWART:H.R. 3543.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H6577]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-07-28T13:10:05Z Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 2 HR 2018-12-20 Became Public Law No: 115-334. Related bill CRS Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018 115 1417 S 2018-09-07 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 115 2068 S 2017-11-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS 2017-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2017-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-07-28 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001192 Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] Chris Stewart R UT 2 N T000470 Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] Scott Tipton R CO R. 3 2017-07-28 True L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2018-09-07 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Birds Department of the Interior Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Land use and conservation Mammals Roads and highways Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-07-28 Introduced in House 2018-06-22T21:48:36Z Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017

This bill directs the Department of Interior to categorically exclude vegetative management activities that establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Examples of vegetative management activities include restoring native vegetation following a natural disturbance or preventing the expansion of nonnative or invasive vegetation into such habitat.

A categorical exclusion under NEPA is a category of actions which do not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required. The bill prohibits the categorical exclusion from including: (1) activity conducted in a wilderness area or wilderness study area, or (2) activity for the construction of a permanent road or trail.

Before commencing a vegetative management activity that is covered by a categorical exclusion, Interior must develop a long-term monitoring and maintenance plan, covering at least 20 years, to ensure that management of the treated area does not degrade the habitat gains secured by the vegetative management activity.

Vegetative material resulting from vegetative management activity may be: (1) used for fuel wood or other products; or (2) piled or burned, or both.

Native vegetative cover must be reestablished on a temporary road constructed in connection with a categorically excluded vegetative management activity in order to minimize soil erosion from areas disturbed by the temporary road.

]]> Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 Display Title Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr3543ih/xml/BILLS-115hr3543ih.xml 2017-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on 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.