3.0.0 1752 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z Senate S 2017-08-03 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-03T20:41:47Z 2017-08-03 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2017-08-03 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2017-08-03 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2017-08-03 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-09-05 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2018-04-27T20:44:25Z Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017

This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to categorically exclude an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project from the environmental review requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 if the project:

  • involves the removal of insect-infested trees, dead or dying trees, trees presenting a threat to public safety or electrical reliability, or the removal of other hazardous fuels threatening certain infrastructure;
  • is conducted on federal land that is not located in the wildland-urban interface, is located within at least 1.5 miles of nonfederal land, and on which conditions are determined to pose a risk to adjacent nonfederal land; or
  • treats 10,000 acres or less of federal land that is at particular risk for wildfire, contains threatened and endangered species habitat, or provides conservation benefits to a species that is not listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, but is under consideration to be listed, or a state-listed or special concern species.

The bill does not apply to federal land that is wilderness, on which the removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited, or that is within a national monument.

]]> Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 Display Title Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expedite wildfire prevention projects to reduce the risk of wildfire on certain high-risk Federal land, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1752is/xml/BILLS-115s1752is.xml 2017-08-03 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.