3.0.0 2068 2023-01-11T13:39:25Z 2023-01-11T13:39:25Z Senate S 2017-11-02 115 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-11-02T19:19:40Z Hearings by 2017-10-25T17:12:07Z Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act 115 1483 HR 2017-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS 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. Related bill CRS Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act 115 605 S 2017-09-27 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-112. 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. Related bill CRS National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2017 115 879 S 2017-04-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 115 1731 S 2017-09-27 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-112. Related bill CRS 2017-11-02 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2017-11-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress 2017-10-25 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-227. Committee B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2017-11-02 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2017-11-02 True D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2017-11-02 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Birds Congressional oversight Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Ecology Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Insects Land use and conservation Mammals Performance measurement Pest management Public participation and lobbying Roads and highways Water quality Water use and supply Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-11-02 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-17T22:16:06Z Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017

This bill prohibits any further consultation from being required by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) or the Interior after the approval of land and resource management plans for National Forest System (NFS) lands or land use plans for public lands, respectively, with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered or a designation of a critical habitat, if such a plan has already been adopted; or (2) any provision of such plan.

Interior shall develop one or more categorical exclusions, from requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to conduct environmental assessment and environmental impact statements, for specified vegetative management activities that are carried out to establish or improve habitat for the greater sage-grouse or mule deer.

The Forest Service shall prepare an environmental assessment for each ecosystem restoration project, stewardship contracting project, and project under a good neighbor agreement on certain NFS land. Under the assessment, it shall study and describe in each project both the proposed action and a no-action alternative.

The Forest Service shall establish an arbitration pilot program as an alternative dispute resolution process in lieu of judicial review for such projects.

The Forest Service shall prioritize and carry out ecosystem restoration projects to accomplish one or more of specified objectives.

A categorical exclusion is made available for certain forest management activities in order to: (1) expedite specified critical response actions, (2) meet forest plan goals for early seral and early successional forests, (3) improve wildlife habitats, and (4) thin forests.

The bill makes permanent USDA's authority to designate treatment areas that are experiencing an insect or disease epidemic.

]]> Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 Display Title Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to discourage litigation against the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management relating to land management projects, 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, to address the forest health crisis on National Forest System land, to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2068is/xml/BILLS-115s2068is.xml 2017-11-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.