[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1540 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1540

 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide 
   for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not 
  required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan 
               under those Acts, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2023

   Mr. Daines (for himself, Mr. Risch, and Mr. Crapo) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide 
   for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not 
  required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan 
               under those Acts, 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. CONSULTATION UNDER CERTAIN LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
              PLANS AND LAND USE PLANS.

    (a) National Forest System Land and Resource Management Plan.--
Section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Completed Federal Action.--A land and resource management 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System approved, amended, or 
revised under this section shall not--
            ``(1) be considered to be a continuing Federal agency 
        action; or
            ``(2) constitute a discretionary Federal involvement or 
        control for a distinct Federal purpose.''.
    (b) Bureau of Land Management Land Use Plans.--Section 202 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Completed Federal Action.--A land management plan approved, 
amended, or revised under this section shall not--
            ``(1) be considered to be a continuing Federal agency 
        action; or
            ``(2) constitute a discretionary Federal involvement or 
        control for a distinct Federal purpose.''.
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