3.0.0 1417 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z Senate S 2017-06-22 115 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred to 2018-09-07T21:02:10Z ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2018-09-06T21:35:29Z Hearings by 2017-09-27T14:00:34Z Referred to 2017-06-22T19:24:14Z Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 115 3543 HR 2017-07-28 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 Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 2 HR 2018-12-20 Became Public Law No: 115-334. Related bill CRS 2018-09-07 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2018-09-07 16:49:12 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2018-09-07 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2018-09-06 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2018-09-06 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2018-09-06 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6102-6103) Floor 2018-09-06 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2018-09-06 Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee 2017-09-27 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-112. Committee 2017-06-22 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-06-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-06-22 True 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 2017-06-22 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-21T21:13:40Z 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 2018 Display Title Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 Short Titles as Passed Senate Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018 S Senate 4012 115 SAMDT In the nature of a substitute. 2020-12-15T17:59:27Z 2018-09-06 Amendment SA 4012 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 4012 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/115th-congress/senate-amendment/4012 H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 1 1 H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2018-09-06 True 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Senate 115 S Senate S 1417 Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018 2023-01-11T13:37:35Z 6 2018-09-06 0 Senate Amendment SA 4012 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2018-09-06 0 Senate Amendment SA 4012 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Hatch. (consideration: CR S6102-6103; text: CR S6102-6103) In the nature of a substitute. Floor 2018-09-06 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4012 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Hatch.(consideration: CR S6102-6103; text: CR S6102-6103) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2018-09-06 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 4012 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2018-09-06 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Referred in House 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1417rfh/xml/BILLS-115s1417rfh.xml Engrossed in Senate 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1417es/xml/BILLS-115s1417es.xml Introduced in Senate 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1417is/xml/BILLS-115s1417is.xml 2018-09-07 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.