A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convene a blue ribbon panel to review the forest inventory and analysis program of the Forest Service, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 433 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z Senate S S 2023-02-15 118 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-15T20:59:04Z 2023-02-15 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2023-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. N W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2023-02-15 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Public Lands and Natural Resources 2023-03-17T01:15:19Z

00 2023-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2023-04-28T01:51:18Z This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to convene a blue ribbon panel to review the forest inventory and analysis program (a program that accounts for public and private forests and their resources in the United States). The panel shall conduct a review of the past progress, current priorities, and future needs of such program with respect to national monitoring of forest carbon, climate change, forest health, and sustainable wood products. The review shall include consideration of <ul> <li>the modernization of the program broadly and specifically relating to the integration of advanced remote sensing technologies and methods such as small area estimation; and </li> <li> the possibility of more public-private-academic partnerships under the program to help meet the goals of the program and external needs, particularly relating to research priorities, operational implementation of current or ongoing science, and decision support.</li> </ul> The panel shall report to USDA, the Department of the Interior, and Congress describing the review by March 31, 2024.

A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convene a blue ribbon panel to review the forest inventory and analysis program of the Forest Service, and for other purposes. Display Title 45 A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convene a blue ribbon panel to review the forest inventory and analysis program of the Forest Service, and for other purposes. 2023-03-04T15:15:16Z Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to convene a blue ribbon panel to review the forest inventory and analysis program of the Forest Service, and for other purposes. 2023-03-04T05:13:52Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s433is/xml/BILLS-118s433is.xml 2023-02-15 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.