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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2516 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. Sánchez 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. Velázquez) 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 A BILL To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act.

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.).