3.0.0 731 2025-12-29T19:35:31Z 2025-12-29T19:35:31Z House H HR 2025-01-24 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/731 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 15 (Friday, January 24, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 731.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18[Page H395]</pre> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-24T14:02:20Z hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-01-24T14:02:15Z 2025-01-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-01-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 2025-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] Darrell Issa R CA 48 N B001298 Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] Don Bacon R NE 2 2025-01-24 True L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2025-01-24 True C001129 Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] Mike Collins R GA 10 2025-01-28 False O000019 Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] Jay Obernolte R CA 23 2025-01-28 False T000478 Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] Claudia Tenney R NY 24 2025-01-31 False Environmental Protection Environmental Protection 2025-03-01T13:22:23Z

00 2025-01-24 Introduced in House 2025-12-29T19:35:26Z <p><strong>Green Tape Elimination Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill exempts hazardous fuel reduction activities on federal lands from certain environmental and historic preservation regulations. <em>Hazardous fuel&nbsp;</em>means any vegetative material that is susceptible to burning, such as trees and grasses. <em>Hazardous fuel reduction activities</em> include installing firebreaks, using prescribed fire, and removing the hazardous fuels.</p><p>First, the bill states that hazardous fuel reduction activities are not to be considered a&nbsp;major federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for 10 years.&nbsp;NEPA requires agencies to identify and evaluate the impacts of major federal actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment prior to finalizing certain decisions. Thus, the bill exempts&nbsp;such actions from environmental review under&nbsp;NEPA during that time period.</p><p>Next, the bill exempts hazardous fuel reduction activities from the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act for 10 years.</p><p>The bill also directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exclude certain air quality data when determining whether there are exceedances or violations of the national ambient air quality standard for air pollutants. In the event a hazardous fuel reduction activity has a significant impact on air quality, the EPA must exclude that data when making such determination.</p>

Display Title 45 2025-02-25T05:08:20Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 2025-02-25T05:08:18Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 2025-02-25T05:03:21Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr731ih/xml/BILLS-119hr731ih.xml 2025-01-24 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 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.