3.0.0 1032 2023-01-11T13:36:31Z 2023-01-11T13:36:31Z Senate S 2017-05-03 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-03T22:28:36Z 2017-05-03 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-05-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS N Public Lands and Natural Resources Fires Forests, forestry, trees Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Pest management State and local government operations Water quality Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-05-03 Introduced in Senate 2018-01-18T23:29:34Z National Forest Good Neighbor Act of 2017

This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into good neighbor agreements with states to carry out specified similar and complementary forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on certain National Forest System (NFS) lands.

The bill makes requirements under the National Forest Management Act of 1976 regarding the advertisement of timber sales on NFS lands and the designation and supervision of the harvesting of trees, portions of trees, or forest products on NFS lands inapplicable to the restoration services authorized by this bill.

USDA shall provide or approve all silviculture prescriptions and marking guides to be applied on NSF land in any timber sales project conducted pursuant to this bill.

Any decision required to be made by USDA under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 concerning any such services shall not be delegated to any state.

]]> National Forest Good Neighbor Act of 2017 Display Title National Forest Good Neighbor Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to provide for good neighbor agreements to conduct authorized restoration services on National Forest System land. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Forest Good Neighbor Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1032is/xml/BILLS-115s1032is.xml 2017-05-03 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.