HEALTHY FORESTS RESTORATION ACT

Bills and resolutions

Forest Service: designate national forest acreage as disease and insect infestation treatment areas (see S. 745), S2749 [17AP]

Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 818), H627 [25FE]

——— promote rehabilitation and restoration of Federal land impacted by catastrophic events and redirect certain funding to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to such events (see S. 661), S2328 [22MR] (see H.R. 1511), H1956 [11AP]

——— provide for the conduct of stewardship contracting projects (see S. 849), S3029 [25AP] (see S. 1300), S5708 [16JY]

National forests: declare state of emergency and implement hazardous fuel reduction projects for extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions caused by pine beetle infestations, drought, disease, or storm damage (see H.R. 1895), H2533 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

Forests: provide for the conduct of stewardship contracting projects (S. 1300), S5710 [16JY]

Texts of

S. 1300, Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization and Improvement Act, S5710 [16JY]