3.0.0 4976 2023-01-11T13:40:34Z 2023-01-11T13:40:34Z House HR 2018-02-07 115 [Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 7, 2018)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WELCH:H.R. 4976.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall havePower To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary andproper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, andall other Powers vested by this Constitution in theGovernment of the United States, or in any Department orOfficer thereof.____________________[Page H975]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2018-03-08T17:43:59Z Referred to 2018-02-07T14:01:25Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2018-02-14T20:59:05Z Referred to 2018-02-07T14:01:30Z Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017 115 962 S 2017-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 2 HR 2018-12-20 Became Public Law No: 115-334. Related bill CRS 2018-03-08 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Committee 2018-02-14 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2018-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2018-02-07 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2018-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2018-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000800 Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large] Peter Welch D VT N T000467 Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5] Glenn Thompson R PA 5 2018-02-07 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight Ecology Fires Forests, forestry, trees Indian lands and resources rights Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Pest management Public-private cooperation State and local government operations Water quality Water use and supply Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2018-02-07 Introduced in House 2018-02-14T23:11:35Z Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2018

This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Forest Service to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on state and private forest lands that maintain or improve benefits from trees and forests on such lands.

The program shall:

  • address the national private forest conservation priorities specified under the Act; and
  • enhance public benefits from trees and forests, as identified in a state-wide assessment and a long-term state-wide forest resource strategy under the Act.

The program shall also have one or more objectives, including to:

  • protect or improve water quality or quantity;
  • reduce wildfire risk, including through hazardous fuels treatment;
  • protect or enhance wildlife habitat;
  • improve forest health and forest ecosystems, including addressing native, nonnative, and invasive pests; or
  • enhance opportunities for new and existing markets in which the production and use of wood products strengthens local and regional economies.

The Forest Service shall allocate from the amounts made available under this bill:

  • 50% for the competitive process for distributing funds for landscape-scale restoration projects; and
  • 50% proportionally to states to maximize the achievement of the restoration program's objectives and to address the highest national priorities, as identified in state-wide assessments and long-term state-wide forest resource strategies.

The bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to allocate funds and use specified authorities of the Department of Agriculture or of the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, to assist cross-boundary hazardous fuel reduction and wildfire mitigation projects.

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Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2018 Display Title Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced To establish a grant program to support landscape-scale restoration and management, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2018 Introduced in House 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4976ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4976ih.xml 2018-03-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation 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.