3.0.0 879 2023-01-11T13:36:58Z 2023-01-11T13:36:58Z Senate S 2017-04-06 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-06T19:46:41Z 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 2017-04-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-04-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2017-04-06 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2017-04-06 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2017-04-06 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Ecology Endangered and threatened species Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Fires Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Pest management Water quality Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-25T17:34:07Z National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2017

This bill directs the Forest Service to prioritize and carry out ecosystem restoration projects on National Forest System (NFS) land to accomplish one or more of the objectives specified in this bill, which include restoring terrestrial habitat, carrying out a needed timber stand improvement, reducing the risk or extent of insect or disease infestation, or reducing wildland fire severity potential.

The Forest Service may not carry out an ecosystem restoration project on any area of NFS land in the National Wilderness Preservation System or on which removal of vegetation is prohibited by law.

The Forest Service must accomplish restoration treatments throughout the NFS on 1 million acres using certain mechanical treatment methods and on another 1 million acres using prescribed fire.

The Forest Service shall prepare an environmental assessment in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for each ecosystem restoration project that accomplishes objectives of this bill.

The Forest Service shall study and describe in each ecosystem restoration project both the proposed action and a no-action alternative.

The Forest Service shall establish an arbitration program as an alternative dispute resolution process in lieu of judicial review for specified types of ecosystem restoration projects.

A categorical exclusion is made available to the Forest Service for certain forest management activities in order to: (1) expedite specified critical response actions, (2) expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events, and (3) meet forest plan goals for early successional forests.

For each forest management activity covered by a categorical exclusion granted by this bill, the Forest Service shall satisfy the interagency consultation obligations under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 by achieving compliance with certain alternative consultation procedures established by federal regulation.

]]> National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Forest Ecosystem Improvement Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s879is/xml/BILLS-115s879is.xml 2017-04-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.