3.0.0 184 2026-07-17T23:50:26Z 2026-07-17T23:50:26Z House H HR 2025-01-03 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/184 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 1 (Friday, January 3, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McCLINTOCK:H.R. 184.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (the Property Clause),The single subject of this legislation is:Scope of environmental assessments and Impact states forNational Forest System Lands[Page H42]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Hearings By (subcommittee) 2026-05-21T14:00:00Z Referred to 2026-05-12T21:00:00Z Referred To 2025-01-03T16:23:40Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag15 Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee Referred to 2025-02-07T17:48:09Z Referred To 2025-01-03T16:23:45Z 2026-05-21 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held Committee 2026-05-12 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. Committee 2025-02-07 hsag15 Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. Committee 2025-01-03 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 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2025-01-03 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 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5] Tom McClintock R CA 5 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Environmental assessment, monitoring, research 2025-02-28T18:57:05Z Forests, forestry, trees 2025-02-28T18:57:05Z Wildlife conservation and habitat protection 2025-02-28T18:57:05Z Public Lands and Natural Resources 2025-02-26T20:53:02Z 00 2025-01-03 Introduced in House 2025-03-10T20:56:45Z Action Versus No Action Act

This bill limits the scope of an environmental assessment (EA) or environmental impact statement (EIS) conducted under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for forest management activity on certain public lands to only the following two alternatives: (1) the effects of the forest management activity, and (2) no action.

The bill applies to any EA or EIS prepared by the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior for a forest management activity on public land that is suitable for timber production and that

  • occurs on land designated as an insect and disease treatment area under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003,
  • is developed through a collaborative process,
  • is proposed by a resource advisory committee, or
  • is covered by a community wildfire protection plan.

In the case of the alternative of no action, the Forest Service or Interior must consider whether to evaluate

  • the effect of no action on forest health, potential losses of life and property, habitat diversity, wildfire potential, insect and disease potential, and timber production; and
  • the implications of a resulting decline in forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or insect or disease infestation on potential losses of life and property, domestic water supply in the project area, wildlife habitat loss, and other economic and social factors.
]]> Action Versus No Action Act Display Title 45 Action Versus No Action Act 2026-07-17T23:50:26Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Action Versus No Action Act 2025-01-31T06:08:16Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to certain proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for other purposes. 2025-01-31T06:03:37Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr184ih/xml/BILLS-119hr184ih.xml 2026-05-21 Subcommittee 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.