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674
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2025-12-05T08:41:44Z
House
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HR
2023-01-31
118
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/674
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. NEWHOUSE:H.R. 674.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, clause 2Article I, Section 8, clause 18[Page H578]
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Natural Resources Committee
House
Standing
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Federal Lands Subcommittee
    - Hearings By (subcommittee)
2024-01-31T05:00:00Z
    - Referred to
2023-02-21T16:28:50Z
  - Referred To
2023-01-31T15:03:20Z
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Agriculture Committee
House
Standing
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Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2023-02-23T22:22:05Z
  - Referred To
2023-01-31T15:03:25Z

- Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023
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199
S
2023-07-11
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 122.
  - Identical bill
CRS

- SPUR Act
118
1456
S
2023-05-04
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  - Related bill
CRS
- 2024-01-31
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Federal Lands Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Committee
- 2023-02-23
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Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Committee
- 2023-02-21
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Federal Lands Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Committee
- 2023-01-31
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
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House floor actions
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Agriculture Committee
- 2023-01-31
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
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House floor actions
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Natural Resources Committee
- 2023-01-31
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
- 2023-01-31
Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Dan
Newhouse
R
WA
4
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Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
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Peters
D
CA
H.
50
2023-01-31
True
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Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1]
Ryan
Zinke
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MT
K.
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2023-05-17
False
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Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
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Lawler
R
NY
17
2024-05-15
False
Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
2023-05-31T16:00:29Z
- Forests, forestry, trees
2023-05-31T16:00:29Z
- Land use and conservation
2023-05-31T16:00:29Z
- Public contracts and procurement
2023-05-31T16:00:29Z
Public Lands and Natural Resources
2023-03-02T21:45:16Z
00
2023-01-31
Introduced in House
2023-03-16T14:39:56Z
Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023
This bill authorizes the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct certain forest restoration projects.
Specifically, the Forest Service or BLM may enter into an agreement for a project on federal land that was developed through a collaborative process that meets local and rural community needs if
- the party with whom it enters into an agreement initially provides the Forest Service or BLM with a portion of the funding necessary to complete any analysis deemed necessary under federal law for consideration of the proposed project;
- the Forest Service or BLM uses the funding to pay a contractor included on a list of contractors that it maintains to conduct the analysis;
- upon completion of the analysis, the Forest Service or BLM solicits bids to carry out the project and enters into a contract or agreement under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to carry out the project; and
- using certain receipts from the project, the Forest Service or BLM repays the initially provided funding.
For purposes of a civil action relating to such a project, any person that participated in the collaborative process to develop the proposal for the project shall be (1) entitled to intervene, as of right, in any subsequent civil action; and (2) considered to be a full participant in any settlement negotiation relating to the project.
The authority to enter into an agreement and the requirement to maintain a list of contractors shall expire on January 1, 2033.

Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023
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Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023
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- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023
2024-05-24T13:42:43Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
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To codify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects, and for other purposes.
2024-03-18T20:15:59Z
Introduced in House
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- Introduced in House
2023-01-31T05:00:00Z
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