FOREST SERVICE

Amendments

Utah: acquire land and construct an interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon (S. 1240), S8013 [1AU]

Articles and editorials

Activists Have To Share Blame, E1524 [9SE]

Fire This Time, S5947 [24JN], E1146 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decisionmaking, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (see S. 2727), S6707 [12JY]

Black Hills National Forest: conduct a forest management demonstration project (see H.R. 5342), H6085 [5SE]

———declare a fire risk emergency for the Beaver Park Roadless Area and Norbeck Wildlife Preserve and address forest health conditions in these areas (see H.R. 4766), H2607 [16MY]

California: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 4750), H2607 [16MY]

Chesapeake Bay: establish a program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the watershed (see S. 3023), S9714 [1OC]

Clovis, CA: convey Five Mile Regional Learning Center facilities and lands to the Clovis, CA, Unified School District and authorize continued use of unconveyed lands (see S. 2838), S7899 [1AU]

Craig, AK: land conveyance (see S. 3003), S9229 [25SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: accept donation of certain land in the Mineral Hill-Crevice Mountain Mining District in Montana (see S. 2510), S4330 [14MY]

———authorize sale or exchange of all or part of certain parcels of National Forest System land in Idaho and use proceeds for National Forest System purposes (see S. 3047), S9901 [3OC] (see H.R. 5628), H7893 [10OC]

———conduct wildland-urban restoration charter forest demonstration project in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (see H.R. 4911), H3453 [11JN]

———enter into cooperative agreements with the Nebraska State Forester to carry out watershed restoration and protection activities on National Forest System lands in Nebraska (see S. 2518), S4387 [15MY] (see H.R. 5206), H5452 [24JY]

———sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (see S. 2063), S2261 [21MR]

———take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY] (see H.R. 5341), H6084 [5SE]

Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]

Disasters: legal exemptions for certain National Park Service, Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or BLM activities undertaken in federally declared disaster areas (see H.R. 5248), H5993 (see H.R. 5281), H5995 [26JY]

Fire prevention: improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (see H.R. 5319), H6059 [4SE]

———reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6250 [12SE]

———reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6171 [10SE]

Firefighters: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths (see S. 2471), S4064 [8MY]

———provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (see H.R. 3971), H931 [14MR]

Florida: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain national forest lands (see S. 2652), S5851 [20JN] (see S. 3115), S10571 [16OC] (see H.R. 4977), H3774 [20JN]

Forests: protection of certain roadless areas (see S. 2790), S7372 [25JY] (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]

Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (see S. 2749), S6947 [17JY] (see H.R. 5146), H4872 [17JY]

Land use: facilitate a land exchange that will eliminate a private in-holding in the Sierra National Forest, and provide for the permanent use by the Boy Scouts a parcel of land currently used under a special use permit (see H.R. 5302), H5996 [26JY]

———improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 4622), H1769 [30AP]

Mammoth Community Water District: remove certain restrictions on the ability to use certain acquired property (see H.R. 5222), H5790 [25JY]

Mendocino National Forest: convey certain lands and authorize the use of the proceeds from such conveyances (see H.R. 5032), H4324 [27JN]

Public lands: designate certain forest lands at risk for catastrophic wildfires as emergency mitigation areas and authorize the use of alternative arrangements in those areas (see S. 2811), S7430 [26JY]

———establish permanent recreation fee authority for Federal land management agencies (see S. 2607), S5366 [11JN]

———exempt local residents in fee demonstration areas from fees imposed under the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program (see S. 2015), S1935 [14MR]

———improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior (see H.R. 3948), H833 [12MR]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (see H.R. 4912), H3453 [11JN]

———provide consistent enforcement authority by Federal agencies that respond to violations of regulations governing public lands, and clarify the purpose of fines collected for violations (see H.R. 3808), H633 [27FE]

———provide Federal land management agencies the authority and capability to effectively manage Federal lands (see S. 2474), S4064 [8MY]

———provide opportunities for collaborative restoration projects on National Forest System and other public domain lands (see S. 2672), S5956 [24JN]

Sandpoint, ID: conveyence of certain lands (see S. 3046), S9901 [3OC] (see H.R. 5552), H7018 [3OC]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: modify full payment amount available to States (see S. 2864), S7900 [1AU]

Cost Estimates

Healthy Forests Reform Act (H.R. 5319): CBO, E2150 [16DE]

Penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (H.R. 4912): CBO, E2149 [16DE]

Factsheets

National Fire Plan on Federal Lands Implementation (H.R. 3948), E327 [12MR]

Letters

Community Based Forest and Public Lands Restoration Act: Deborah Gangloff, American Forests (organization), S5962 [24JN]

———Diane Snyder, Wallowa Resources (organization), S5962 [24JN]

———Lynn Jungwirth, Watershed Research and Training Center, S5962 [24JN]

———Mike Hayward, Wallowa County, OR, Board of Commissioners, S5962 [24JN]

Forest Service investigation into actions by Federal employees during lynx recovery survey: Representatives McInnis and Hansen, Committee on Resources (House), H25 [23JA]

Provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl: James J. Espy, Maine Coast Heritage Trust (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Jennifer Melville, Trust for Public Lands (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Kent Wommack, Nature Conservancy (organization), S698 [13FE]

———Larry A. Kotchman, National Association of State Foresters, S697 [13FE]

———Sally Stockwell, Maine Audubon Society, S698 [13FE]

———W. Kent Olson, Friends of Acadia (organization), S698 [13FE]

Petitions and memorials

Colorado: National Fire Plan implementation improvements, E1693, E1695 [30SE]

Remarks in House

BLM: wildfire management funding through reductions in land acquisition funding, H4852-H4854 [17JY]

California: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (H.R. 4750), H8923 [14NO], E2126 [22NO]

Clear Creek County, CO: land acquisition funding, H4858 [17JY]

Clovis, CA: convey facilities and lands comprising the Five Mile Regional Learning Center to the Clovis, CA, Unified School District and authorize the continued use of unconveyed lands comprising the Center (H.R. 3401), H5000, H5001 [22JY]

Colorado: impact of wildfires, H3555-H3557 [13JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct wildland-urban restoration charter forest demonstration project in the Pike and San Isabel National Forests and Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands (H.R. 4911), H3557 [13JN]

Federal employees: investigation into actions during lynx recovery survey, H21-H26 [23JA], H720 [6MR], H828 [12MR], H1324 [16AP], E27 [24JA]

Fire prevention: allow regional foresters to exempt clearing and thinning projects from citizen lawsuits if foresters certify that a wildfire in the area of the project is likely to cause extreme damage to the ecosystem, H4849-H4851 [17JY]

———encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, H3922 [25JN], H4029, H4056, H4058-H4060 [26JN], E1146 [25JN]

———improve capacity to address wildfire prone conditions, establish fire management contracting authorities review process, and authorize appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction projects (H.R. 5319), H6289-H6293 [17SE]

———wildfire prevention funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H4820, H4821 [17JY]

Firefighters: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (H.R. 3971), H3832 [24JN]

Forests: protection of certain roadless areas, H1193 [10AP]

———protection of certain roadless areas (H.R. 4865), H3921, H3922 [25JN]

High Sierra Packers Association: compensation for losses incurred as a result of injunction issued against the Forest Service, H4739 [16JY]

Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (H.R. 5146), E1280 [17JY]

National parks and recreation areas: preservation and protection, H3920-H3926 [25JN]

Public lands: grazing management funding, H4818, H4819 [17JY]

———improve implementation of the National Fire Plan on Federal lands managed by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of the Interior (H.R. 3948), E326 [12MR], E1693, E1695 [30SE]

———increase penalties for illegal campfires on public, national park, and national forest lands that results in damage and specify uses for collected fines (H.R. 4912), H3556 [13JN]

———wildfire management and fire hazard prevention practices, H6073 [5SE], H6132 [10SE], E1524 [9SE]

Utah: acquire land and construct an interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon (S. 1240), H6488-H6491 [24SE]

Western States: fire prevention funding, H6697 [26SE]

———wildfire management and fire hazard prevention practices, H3854-H3856 [24JN], H4416 [9JY], H4502 [11JY]

Wildfires: emergency firefighting funding, H4858 [17JY]

Remarks in Senate

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decisionmaking, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (S. 2727), S6708 [12JY]

California: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (H.R. 4750), S11654 [19NO]

Chesapeake Bay: establish a program to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to restore and protect forests in the watershed (S. 3023), S9719 [1OC]

Clovis, CA: convey Five Mile Regional Learning Center facilities and lands to the Clovis, CA, Unified School District and authorize continued use of unconveyed lands (H.R. 3401), S11654 [19NO]

———convey Five Mile Regional Learning Center facilities and lands to the Clovis, CA, Unified School District and authorize continued use of unconveyed lands (S. 2838), S7904 [1AU]

Craig, AK: land conveyance (S. 3003), S9233 [25SE]

Delaware: tribute to Delaware Wildfire Fire Crew, S7736 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: accept donation of certain land in the Mineral Hill-Crevice Mountain Mining District in Montana (S. 2510), S4331 [14MY]

———authorize sale or exchange of all or part of certain parcels of National Forest System land in Idaho and use proceeds for National Forest System purposes (S. 3047), S9909 [3OC]

———sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (S. 2063), S11799 [20NO]

———sudden oak death syndrome research, monitoring, and treatment funding (S. 997), S6593 [10JY]

Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, S5945-S5948 [24JN], S5973 [25JN], S6056 [26JN], S6228 [27JN], S8152 [4SE]

Firefighters: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (H.R. 3971), S6046 [25JN], S6049 [26JN], S6592 [10JY]

———provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths (S. 2471), S4066 [8MY]

Florida: authorize the Dept. of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain national forest lands (S. 2652), S5853 [20JN]

Forests: protection of certain roadless areas (S. 2790), S7373 [25JY]

Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (S. 2749), S6957 [17JY]

Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK: tribute for acquisition of veneer plant at Ward Cove, AK, S7158 [22JY]

Native Americans: improve coordination with tribes in managing and protecting natural resources, S847 [14FE]

Office of Tribal Relations: establish, S847 [14FE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4878 [23MY]

Public lands: designate certain forest lands at risk for catastrophic wildfires as emergency mitigation areas and authorize the use of alternative arrangements in those areas (S. 2811), S7449 [29JY]

———establish permanent recreation fee authority for Federal land management agencies (S. 2607), S5367 [11JN]

———exempt local residents in fee demonstration areas from fees imposed under the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program (S. 2015), S1937 [14MR]

———provide Federal land management agencies the authority and capability to effectively manage Federal lands (S. 2474), S4068 [8MY]

———provide opportunities for collaborative restoration projects on National Forest System and other public domain lands (S. 2672), S5959-S5963 [24JN]

———road management and transportation system rules relative to roadless areas protection, S3162-S3164 [23AP]

Sandpoint, ID: conveyence of certain lands (S. 3046), S9908 [3OC]

Suburban areas: provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban open space and contain suburban sprawl, S697 [13FE]

Utah: acquire land and construct an interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American Fork Canyon (S. 1240), S8013 [1AU], S11651 [19NO]

Reports filed

California Five Mile Regional Learning Center Transfer Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 3401), S10114 [8OC]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3401) (H. Rept. 107-574), H4604 [15JY]

Community-Based Forest and Public Lands Restoration Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2672), S10115 [8OC]

Craig Recreation Land Purchase Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 3003), S10115 [8OC]

Florida National Forest Land Management Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2652), S10115 [8OC]

Gateway Communities Cooperation Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4622) (H. Rept. 107-653), H6228 [11SE]

Healthy Forests Reform Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 5319) (H. Rept. 107-770), H8050 [31OC]

Mendocino National Forest Land Conveyance and Use of the Proceeds From Such Conveyances: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 5032) (H. Rept. 107-678), H6557 [24SE]

Paleontological Resources Preservation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2727), S10115 [8OC]

Penalties for Illegal Campfires on Public, National Park, and National Forest Lands That Results in Damage and Specify Uses for Collected Fines: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4912) (H. Rept. 107-763), H8034 [21OC]

Timpanogos Interagency Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1240) (S. Rept. 107-178), S6013 [25JN]

———Committee on Resources (House) (S. 1240) (H. Rept. 107-669), H6472 [23SE]

Texts of

H.R. 3401, California Five Mile Regional Learning Center Transfer Act, H5000 [22JY]

H.R. 3971, provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover, H3832 [24JN]

H.R. 4750, Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act, H8923 [14NO]

H.R. 5146, Highlands Stewardship Act, E1281 [17JY]

S. 997, Sudden Oak Death Syndrome Control Act, S6593 [10JY]

S. 1240, Timpanogos Interagency Land Exchange Act, S8013-S8015 [1AU], S11651 [19NO], H6489 [24SE]

S. 2015, Host Community Fairness Act, S1938 [14MR]

S. 2063, Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests land sale or exchange and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites, S11799 [20NO]

S. 2607, Federal Lands Recreation Fee Authority Act, S5367-S5369 [11JN]

S. 2672, Community Based Forest and Public Lands Restoration Act, S5960-S5962 [24JN]

S. 2727, Paleontological Resources Preservation Act, S6709-S6711 [12JY]

S. 2749, Highlands Stewardship Act, S6958 [17JY]

S. 2838, California Five Mile Regional Learning Center Transfer Act, S7905 [1AU]