[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4865 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4865

 To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2002

Mr. Inslee (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Greenwood, Mrs. 
Clayton, Mrs. Morella, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Leach, Mr. 
 Wu, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Horn, Mr. McGovern, 
  Mr. Pallone, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Filner, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Holt, Mr. 
   Lynch, Mr. Frank, Mr. Olver, Ms. McKinney, Mr. Acevedo-Vila, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Ms. Lee, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
   Blumenauer, Mr. Shays, Mr. Borski, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. 
Schiff, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Kleczka, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. 
 Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Bonior, 
 Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Sherman, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
  Capuano, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. 
  Honda, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mr. Towns, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. 
Payne, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Clay, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Ford, Ms. Solis, 
   Mr. Clement, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Lantos, Ms. 
Woolsey, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mrs. Meek 
of Florida, Mr. Levin, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Rothman, 
 Mr. Conyers, Mr. Blagojevich, Mr. Allen, Mr. Berman, Mr. Simmons, Mr. 
   DeFazio, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. 
Gutierrez, Mr. Hall of Ohio, Ms. Norton, Mr. LoBiondo, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
Kucinich, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Deutsch, Ms. Carson of Indiana, 
Ms. Brown of Florida, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Price 
of North Carolina, Mr. Hill, Mr. Rush, Mr. Moore, Mr. Stark, Ms. Eddie 
  Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Markey, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. 
    Matsui, Mr. Gordon, Ms. Harman, Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. 
   Slaughter, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. 
Cardin, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. 
Crowley, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. Engel, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Jefferson, 
Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Israel, Mr. Watt of North Carolina, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. 
  Wynn, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Davis of Florida, Mr. Evans, Mr. Pastor, Mr. 
Platts, Mr. Scott, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Cummings, 
  Mr. Tierney, Mr. Luther, Mr. Becerra, Mr. LaFalce, Mr. Smith of New 
 Jersey, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Farr of California, Ms. Watson of California, 
 Mr. McNulty, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Condit, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Kind, 
Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Gonzalez, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Waters, Mr. 
  Doggett, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. 
  Baca, Mr. Owens, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
    Hilliard, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Mrs. 
   McCarthy of New York, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Sawyer, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
 Texas, Mr. Lampson, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, and Mr. Hoyer) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System, 
                        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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Forest Roadless Area 
Conservation Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS.

    (a) Identification of Inventoried Roadless Areas.--The inventoried 
roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in the maps 
contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated November 2000, shall be 
known and identified as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas.
    (b) Management and Protection.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
manage the National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in 
subsection (a) to maintain the roadless character and values of the 
areas in accordance with part 294 of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations, as amended in the final rule and record of decision 
published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 
3244).
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