3.0.0 2500 2023-01-11T13:48:48Z 2023-01-11T13:48:48Z House HR 2021-04-14 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 14, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MOORE of Utah:H.R. 2500.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rules and Requlations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States;[Page H1790]]]> hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee Referred to 2021-06-14T19:50:53Z Referred to 2021-04-14T14:04:40Z Trillion Trees Act 117 2639 HR 2021-06-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2021-06-14 hsag15 Forestry Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. Committee 2021-04-14 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2021-04-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-04-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001213 Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] Blake Moore R UT D. 1 N W000821 Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] Bruce Westerman R AR 4 2021-04-14 True N000189 Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] Dan Newhouse R WA 4 2021-04-14 True S001148 Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2] MICHAEL SIMPSON R ID K. 2 2021-04-14 True G000577 Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6] Garret Graves R LA 6 2021-04-14 True O000086 Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] Burgess Owens R UT 4 2021-04-14 True R000103 Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large] Matthew Rosendale R MT M. 0 2021-04-21 False L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2021-04-21 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Aviation and airports Environmental technology Forests, forestry, trees Research and development Technology assessment Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2021-04-14 Introduced in House 2021-08-26T19:53:57Z Forest Technology Enhancements for Conservation and Habitat Improvement Act or the Forest TECH Improvement Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to either establish a research and development pilot program or expand an applicable existing program to

  • assess new technologies, including unmanned aircraft system, geospatial, or remote sensing technologies, across all reforestation activities;
  • accelerate the deployment and integration of such technologies into the operations of USDA and the Department of the Interior;
  • collaborate and cooperate with state, tribal, and private geospatial information system organizations with respect to such technologies.

USDA and Interior shall enter into an agreement to develop consistent protocols and plans for the use of unmanned aircraft system technologies for reforestation activities.

Any unmanned aircraft system technology or component of such technology that is used pursuant to this bill shall be made and manufactured in the United States.

]]> Forest TECH Improvement Act Display Title Forest TECH Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to assess the use of new technologies across reforestation activities, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Forest TECH Improvement Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Forest Technology Enhancements for Conservation and Habitat Improvement Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr2500ih/xml/BILLS-117hr2500ih.xml 2021-06-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation 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.