[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2516 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2516

  To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2007

Mr. Inslee (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Shays, Mr. Ramstad, 
    Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Lee, Mr. Lantos, 
Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Payne, Mr. Dingell, Mr. 
   Weiner, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
   Lipinski, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Olver, Mr. Farr, Mr. Kind, Mr. Van 
 Hollen, Mr. Honda, Mr. Berman, Mr. Clay, Mr. Stark, Mr. Marshall, Ms. 
Schakowsky, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Price of North Carolina, 
    Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Allen, Ms. 
Woolsey, Ms. Castor, Mr. Boucher, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Smith of Washington, 
  Mr. Andrews, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Solis, Mr. 
   Tierney, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. DeGette, Ms. 
Matsui, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Engel, 
Ms. Harman, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Berkley, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, 
Mr. Israel, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Wu, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
    Yarmuth, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Waxman, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Murphy of 
 Connecticut, Mr. Higgins, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. 
 Cummings, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rush, Mr. Kennedy, 
Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
  Markey, Mr. Costello, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Spratt, Mr. 
 Meehan, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Ellison, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Hill, 
  Mrs. Capps, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
Johnson of Texas, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Hooley, Mr. 
    Gene Green of Texas, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Rothman, Mr. 
McNerney, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Norton, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Lowey, 
 Ms. Waters, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Frank of 
   Massachusetts, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Holt, Mr. Reyes, Mrs. 
Napolitano, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of 
  California, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Watt, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. 
Kucinich, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Wexler, Mr. 
Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Sires, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. 
 Carson, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Hare, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Ms. Roybal-
 Allard, Mr. Filner, and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
  the Committee on Natural 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.

    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''.

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. The 
Forest Service may modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving 
their accuracy or inclusiveness. Any substantial modification of such 
maps shall be made through the national forest management planning 
process and documented in an environmental impact statement.
    (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 the final rule and record of decision 
published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 
3244 et seq.).
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