3.0.0 3106 2022-10-28T01:46:13Z 2022-10-28T01:46:13Z Senate S 2019-12-19 116 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-12-19T19:49:52Z REPLANT Act 116 4357 S 2020-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS REPLANT Act 116 7843 HR 2020-09-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2019-12-19 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2019-12-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2019-12-19 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-12-19 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural practices and innovations Air quality Animal and plant health Atmospheric science and weather Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Ecology Fires Forests, forestry, trees Government trust funds Insects Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Outdoor recreation Pest management Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation State and local government operations Water quality Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2019-12-19 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-22T19:55:12Z Reforestation Act of 2019

This bill addresses the need for reforestation of National Forest System (NFS) lands following certain unplanned events, including wildfires, weather events, and infestations of insects or diseases.

The bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to transmit to Congress annually, for 10 years, an estimate of the funds needed to replant and otherwise treat an acreage equal to the acreage to be cut over that year plus a sufficient portion of the backlog of lands in need of treatment to eliminate the backlog in the 10-year period.

The Forest Service shall create a priority list of projects that promote effective reforestation following specified unplanned events.

The bill sets 2029 as the target year for when the renewable resources of the NFS must be operating where there are no longer any backlogs and the major portion of planned intensive multiple-use sustained-yield management procedures must be installed and operating on an environmentally-sound basis.

The bill increases the amount that may be transferred to the reforestation trust fund for any fiscal year.

The land management goals of Forest Service stewardship end result contracting projects may include reforestation in accordance with the priority list.

USDA may enter into good neighbor agreements for reforestation activities in accordance with the priority list.

]]> Reforestation Act of 2019 Display Title Reforestation Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Reforestation Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to promote reforestation following unplanned events on Federal land, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3106is/xml/BILLS-116s3106is.xml 2019-12-19 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.