[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8865 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8865

    To nullify Executive Order 14072 and prohibit the Secretary of 
   Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from implementing, 
 administering, or enforcing such Executive Order or any substantially 
                        similar executive order.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2024

Mr. LaMalfa (for himself, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Tiffany) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Foreign 
Affairs, and Ways and Means, 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 nullify Executive Order 14072 and prohibit the Secretary of 
   Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from implementing, 
 administering, or enforcing such Executive Order or any substantially 
                        similar executive order.

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

SEC. 1. NULLIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14072.

    (a) In General.--Executive Order 14072 (87 Fed. Reg. 24851) shall 
have no force or effect.
    (b) Prohibition on Implementation.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
and the Secretary of the Interior shall not--
            (1) implement, administer, or enforce any rule or 
        regulation issued for the purpose of carrying out Executive 
        Order 14072 (87 Fed. Reg. 24851) or any substantially similar 
        executive order; or
            (2) develop, finalize, or issue a rule or regulation for 
        the purpose of carrying out Executive Order 14072 or any 
        substantially similar executive order.
    (c) Prohibition on Taking Proposed Actions.--The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall not--
            (1) finalize the environmental impact statement No. 
        20240110 included in the Forest Service notice entitled ``Land 
        Management Plan Direction for Old-Growth Forest Conditions 
        Across the National Forest System'' (89 Fed. Reg. 52039 (June 
        21, 2024)); or
            (2) take the proposed actions included in such notice or 
        any substantially similar actions.
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