[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1647 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1647

To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide 
that forest management activities shall be subject to initial judicial 
  review only in the United States district court for the district in 
      which the affected land is located, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 27 (legislative day, March 26), 1996

   Mr. Pressler (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Lott, Mr. Bennett, Mr. 
   Simpson, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Murkowski, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Kyl, and Mr. 
   Thomas), introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide 
that forest management activities shall be subject to initial judicial 
  review only in the United States district court for the district in 
      which the affected land is located, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Title VII of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-579; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in the title heading, by adding: ``; JUDICIAL REVIEW'' 
        at the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 708. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

    ``(a) Definition of Forest Management Activity.--In this section, 
the term `forest management activity' means a sale of timber, the 
issuance of a grazing permit or grazing lease, or any other activity 
authorized under a land use plan under this Act or a land or resource 
management plan under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) to be carried out on 
Federal land.
    ``(b) Judicial Review.--A forest management activity and land use 
plan under this Act or a land or resource management plan under section 
6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 
(16 U.S.C. 1604) (including an amendment to or revision of a plan) 
shall be subject to initial judicial review only in the United States 
district court for the district in which the affected land is 
located.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. prec. 1701) is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading relating to title VII, by adding ``; 
        JUDICIAL REVIEW'' at the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``Sec. 708. Judicial review of forest management activities.''.
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