[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6787 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6787

To amend Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expand the areas of 
    Federal land on which hazardous fuel reduction projects may be 
                       conducted under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 2008

 Mr. Walden of Oregon (for himself, Ms. Herseth Sandlin, Mr. Bishop of 
 Utah, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Rehberg, 
 and Mr. Simpson) 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 amend Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expand the areas of 
    Federal land on which hazardous fuel reduction projects may be 
                       conducted under that Act.

    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 ``Healthy Forests Restoration 
Amendments Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF FEDERAL LAND ELIGIBLE FOR HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION 
              PROJECTS.

    Section 102(a) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6512(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``condition class 3 
        Federal land'' and inserting ``Federal land''; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting the 
        following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) Federal land that is described as condition class 2 
        or condition class 3;
            ``(4) Federal land on which there is windthrow, blowdown, 
        or ice storm damage or an infestation of disease or insects; 
        and''.
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