3.0.0 962 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z Senate S 2017-04-27 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-27T15:59:44Z Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2018 115 4976 HR 2018-03-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 115 2 HR 2018-12-20 Became Public Law No: 115-334. Related bill CRS 2017-04-27 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2017-04-27 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Congressional oversight Ecology Fires Forests, forestry, trees Indian lands and resources rights Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Pest management Public-private cooperation State and local government operations Water quality Water use and supply Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-06-21T18:07:48Z Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017

This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Forest Service to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on state and private forest lands that maintain or improve benefits from trees and forests on such lands.

The program shall:

  • address the national private forest conservation priorities specified under the Act; and
  • enhance public benefits from trees and forests, as identified in a state-wide assessment and a long-term state-wide forest resource strategy under the Act.

The program shall also have one or more objectives, including to:

  • protect or improve water quality or quantity;
  • reduce wildfire risk, including through hazardous fuels treatment;
  • protect or enhance wildlife habitat;
  • improve forest health and forest ecosystems, including addressing native, nonnative, and invasive pests; or
  • enhance opportunities for new and existing markets in which the production and use of wood products strengthens local and regional economies.

The Forest Service shall allocate from the amounts made available under this bill:

  • 50% for the competitive process for distributing funds for landscape-scale restoration projects; and
  • 50% proportionally to states to maximize the achievement of the restoration program's objectives and to address the highest national priorities, as identified in state-wide assessments and long-term state-wide forest resource strategies.

The bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to allocate funds and use specified authorities of the Department of Agriculture or of the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, to assist cross-boundary hazardous fuel reduction and wildfire mitigation programs.

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Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017 Display Title Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to support landscape-scale restoration and management, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Empowering State Forestry to Improve Forest Health Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s962is/xml/BILLS-115s962is.xml 2017-04-27 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.