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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2401" measure-id="id113hr2401" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-06-17" update-date="2013-09-17">
<title>Good Neighbor Forestry Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr2401v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-09-17">
<action-date>2013-06-17</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, and protection services that include: (1) activities to treat insect infected forests; (2) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; (3) activities involving commercial harvesting or other mechanical vegetation treatments; or (4) any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat. </p> <p>Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide such restoration, management, and protection services. </p>]]></summary-text>
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