3.0.0 4835 2023-09-06T19:30:04Z 2023-09-06T19:30:04Z Senate S 2022-09-13 117 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2022-09-29T16:16:22Z Referred to 2022-09-13T19:34:06Z 2022-09-29 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Committee 2022-09-13 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2022-09-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. N Public Lands and Natural Resources Fires Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation User charges and fees Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2022-09-13 Introduced in Senate 2023-08-11T19:24:40Z Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022

This bill addresses the removal of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the Forest Service (FS) and the Department of the Interior from

  • charging a fee to authorize the removal of a small-diameter tree in a fire hazard area, including a fee for a special use permit; or
  • recovering any processing or monitoring cost of authorizing such removal.

The FS or Interior may charge a fee for removal of a small-diameter tree of a particular species of tree in a fire hazard area upon determining that the fee is appropriate and disclosing that determination to the public.

]]> Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022 Display Title Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the removal of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4835is/xml/BILLS-117s4835is.xml 2022-09-29 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. 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.