NATIONAL FORESTS

Amendments

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), H4995, H5002, H5003, H5004, H5005 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (see S. 631), S1246 [3MR]

Allegheny National Forest: protect private mineral rights (see H.R. 3881), H7623 [3NO]

Arapaho National Forest: adjust boundary (see S. 1295), S2794 [12MY] (see H.R. 1324), H1613 [4MR]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see S. 2242), S7814 [5NO] (see H.R. 2811), H4491 [17JN]

——— withdraw certain Federal lands and interests in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties from mining and mineral leasing laws (see H.R. 2924), H4770 [25JN]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 1375), S3059 [19MY] (see H.R. 2430), H3387 [19MY]

California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see S. 1423), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 1865), H2306 [16AP]

——— designate certain off-highway vehicle recreation areas, wilderness, wild, scenic, and recreational rivers, and protect and manage additional Federal lands (see H.R. 3668), H6787 [1OC]

Cherokee National Forest: designate as wilderness certain public lands (see S. 755), S1585 [17MR]

Colorado: authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in El Paso and Teller Counties (see S. 1941), S6379 [5AU] (see H.R. 2223), H2792 [1MY]

——— require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest (see S. 1942), S6379 [5AU] (see H.R. 1554), H1848 [23MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: convey certain Bienville National Forest lands to the Pat Harrison Waterway District in Smith County, MS (see H.R. 3249), H5588 [28JY]

——— expand authority to sell or exchange small parcels of National Forest System land to enhance management and resolve minor encroachments (see S. 1712), S4686 [7JY] (see H.R. 1214), H1565 [3MR]

——— generate dependable economic activity for counties and local governments containing National Forest System land by establishing a program for local, sustainable forest management (see H.R. 2316), H3211 [14MY]

——— publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see S. 1110), S2472 [28AP] (see H.R. 845), H916 [10FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H42 [6JA]

——— authorize agreements with States and subdivisions providing for continued operation of public lands during a Government shutdown (see S. 146), S150 [12JA] (see H.R. 1836), H2305 [16AP]

——— convey parcels of national forest or public lands to private landowners, State, county, and local governments, or Indian tribes whose lands share a boundary with such lands (see H.R. 2324), H3211 [14MY]

——— expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development (see S. 2286), S8020 [17NO]

——— extend authority to carry out the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (see H.R. 1991), H2463 [23AP]

——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see S. 235), S420 [22JA]

——— sell certain Federal land and direct the proceeds from such sales to be applied to Federal budget deficit reduction (see H.R. 1931), H2415 [22AP]

Forest Service: expedite management activities developed by a collaborative process on certain lands, require posting of bonds for certain legal challenges, and authorize additional funding sources for such activities (see H.R. 2644), H3878 [3JN]

——— provide for management of certain inventoried roadless areas (see S. 193), S283 [20JA]

——— stop implementation of travel management rule and incorporate needs and input of affected communities before taking any travel management action affecting access to units derived from public domain (see H.R. 1555), H1848 [23MR]

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. 695), H755 [3FE]

——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (see H.R. 2647), H3912 [4JN]

——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), consideration (see H. Res. 347), H4860 [7JY]

Georgia: authorize the sale of certain National Forest System land (see S. 1744), S4953 [9JY] (see H.R. 470), H530 [22JA]

Idaho: establish certain wilderness areas and authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System and BLM lands in central Idaho (see S. 583), S1161 [26FE] (see H.R. 1138), H1369 [26FE]

Kisatchie National Forest: convey certain land (see S. 61), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 3127), H5329 [21JY]

Minnesota: withdraw Federal land located within the Rainy River Drainage Basin from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 2072), H2497 [28AP]

National Forest Foundation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1671), S4602 [24JN] (see H.R. 2394), H3308 [18MY]

National parks and recreation areas: broaden an exemption to minimum wage and maximum hours provisions for certain seasonal workers in national parks and forests (see H.R. 2215), H2791 [1MY]

——— make the America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans (see H.R. 1505), H1803 [19MR]

——— provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see S. 119), S99 [8JA] (see H.R. 388), H405 [14JA]

New Mexico: protect, restore, and improve health of watersheds on national forest lands (see S. 1780), S5129 [15JY]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see S. 403), S833 [5FE] (see H.R. 799), H855 [5FE]

Oregon: designate certain land as wilderness and national recreation areas and make additional wild and scenic river designations (see S. 1699), S4648 [25JN]

Public lands: make technical corrections to law governing grazing permits and leases on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1897), H2353 [21AP]

——— restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (see H.R. 2178), H2769 [30AP]

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument: modify boundaries in California to include National Forest System land (see H.R. 3820), H7174 [23OC]

Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (see H.R. 979), H1067 [13FE]

States: authorize States to select and acquire certain lands to be managed and operated by the State for timber production and other purposes under the laws of the State (see H.R. 3650), H6705 [29SE]

Washington (State): designate and expand wilderness areas and designate certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park (see S. 1510), S3776 [4JN] (see H.R. 2665), H3914 [4JN]

Histories

Resilient Federal Forests Act (H.R. 2647): Title IX—Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land, H4987 [9JY]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture expansion of authority to sell or exchange small parcels of National Forest System land to enhance management and resolve minor encroachments: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5996 [16SE]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5996 [16SE]

Remarks in House

Allegheny National Forest: protect private mineral rights (H.R. 3881), H7396 [3NO]

Arapaho National Forest: adjust boundary (H.R. 1324), H2488, H2489 [28AP]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (H.R. 2430), H3651 [2JN]

Colorado: authorize, direct, expedite, and facilitate a land exchange in El Paso and Teller Counties (H.R. 2223), H6005, H6006 [16SE]

——— require a land conveyance involving the Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest (H.R. 1554), H5997, H5998 [16SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: develop and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects that include the generation of material that will be used to promote advanced wood products, H5005 [9JY]

——— expand authority to sell or exchange small parcels of National Forest System land to enhance management and resolve minor encroachments (H.R. 1214), H5995, H5996 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit transfer of funds for fire preparedness activities to Wildland Fire Management fire suppression activities, H4830, H4831 [7JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (H.R. 167), H4831 [7JY], H4944 [8JY], H5869 [10SE], H5984 [16SE]

——— sell certain Federal land and direct the proceeds from such sales to be applied to Federal budget deficit reduction, H5219 [15JY]

Forest Service: capital improvement and maintenance funding through reductions in vegetation and watershed program funding, H4760 [25JN]

——— request certain stewardship contracts be modified to include fire liability provisions, H5003 [9JY]

——— review management of the National Forest System and active forest management, H2667 [30AP], H9192–H9198 [9DE]

——— wildfire suppression and prevention funding through reductions in EPA funding, H4755, H4756 [25JN]

Forests: authorize the President to declare a major disaster for wildfires on Federal lands and provide assistance for extraordinary wildfire suppression costs in excess of the 10 year average, H4987 [9JY]

——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks, H5878 [10SE]

——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), H4985–H5007 [9JY], H5520 [27JY], H5758, H5760 [29JY], H5984 [16SE], H6126–H6130 [17SE], H8228 [16NO], H9194–H9197 [9DE], H9332 [16DE], E1040 [10JY]

——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2647), consideration (H. Res. 347), H4879–H4887 [8JY]

——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, H5858 [9SE]

——— reform management plan of Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands (O&C Lands), H4989, H4991 [9JY]

——— restore ability to file lawsuits against potentially illegal or improper forest management tools, H5002, H5003 [9JY]

Idaho: establish certain wilderness areas and authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System and BLM lands in central Idaho (H.R. 1138), H5475–H5478 [27JY], E1139 [28JY], E1155 [29JY]

National Forest Foundation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2394), H3931, H3932 [9JN], E866 [10JN]

Pennsylvania: eradicate hemlock wooly adelgid, H5601 [29JY]

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument: modify boundaries in California to include National Forest System land (H.R. 3820), H7142 [23OC]

Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (H.R. 979), H3589–H3591 [1JN]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: exempt national forest lands from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (S. 631), S1252 [3MR]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, S1835 [25MR]

——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, S8720–S8723 [16DE]

——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (S. 235), S422 [22JA], S1467 [12MR], S3450 [2JN], S6285 [4AU], S6363 [5AU], S6429–S6431 [6AU]

——— wildfire suppression and prevention operations funding, S2630 [5MY]

Idaho: establish certain wilderness areas and authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System and BLM lands in central Idaho (H.R. 1138), S6270, S6271 [4AU], S6646 [15SE]

National parks and recreation areas: acknowledge the economic benefits provided local and regional communities of preserving federally protected lands as national parks, S391 [22JA]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (S. 403), unanimous-consent request, S8843 [18DE]

Oregon: designate certain land as wilderness and national recreation areas and make additional wild and scenic river designations (S. 1699), S4653 [25JN]

San Juan National Forest: designate certain Hermosa Creek watershed lands as wilderness, S324 [21JA]

Reports filed

Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1324) (S. Rept. 114–194), S8725 [16DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1324) (H. Rept. 114–80), H2267 [15AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act and H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forests Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 347) (H. Rept. 114–192), H4860 [7JY]

Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 2223) (S. Rept. 114–196), S8725 [16DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1941) (S. Rept. 114–188), S8725 [16DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2223) (H. Rept. 114–258), H5865 [9SE]

Dept. of Agriculture Authority To Sell or Exchange Small Parcels of National Forest System Land To Enhance Management and Resolve Minor Encroachments: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1214) (H. Rept. 114–140), H3921 [8JN]

Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 1554) (S. Rept. 114–195), S8725 [16DE]

——— Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1942) (S. Rept. 114–189), S8725 [16DE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1554) (H. Rept. 114–257), H5865 [9SE]

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act Extension Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1991) (H. Rept. 114–151), H4342 [12JN]

National Forest Foundation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2394) (H. Rept. 114–138), H3912 [4JN]

North Country National Scenic Trail Route Adjustment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 403) (S. Rept. 114–125), S6532 [9SE]

Resilient Federal Forests Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2647) (H. Rept. 114–185), H4768 [25JN]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2647) (H. Rept. 114–185), H4768 [25JN]

Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 583) (S. Rept. 114–127), S6532 [9SE]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1138) (H. Rept. 114–229), H5522 [27JY]

Sierra National Forest John Muir Wilderness Mountain Designation as ‘‘Sky Point’’: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 979) (H. Rept. 114–81), H2267 [15AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 347, consideration of H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forests Act, H4879 [8JY]

H.R. 979, designate a mountain in the Sierra National Forest’s John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’, H3589 [1JN]

H.R. 1138, Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act, H5475–H5477 [27JY]

H.R. 1214, Dept. of Agriculture expansion of authority to sell or exchange small parcels of National Forest System land to enhance management and resolve minor encroachments, H5995 [16SE]

H.R. 1324, Arapaho National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act, H2488 [28AP]

H.R. 1554, Elkhorn Ranch and White River National Forest Conveyance Act, H5997 [16SE]

H.R. 2223, Crags, Colorado Land Exchange Act, H6005 [16SE]

H.R. 2394, National Forest Foundation Act reauthorization, H3931 [9JN]

H.R. 2647, Resilient Federal Forests Act, H4995–H5002 [9JY]

S. 1375, America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act, S3064–S3067 [19MY]