HR 3297
105th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Administrative procedure
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Agriculture
Forest health
Forest roads
Government Operations and Politics
Highway engineering
Infrastructure
Land use
Law
Lumber trade
National forests
Outdoor recreation
Public meetings of administrative bodies
Sports and Recreation
Transportation and Public Works
To suspend the continued development of a roadless area policy on public domain units and other units of the National Forest System pending adequate public participation and determinations that a roadless area policy will not adversely affect forest health.
Introduced: February 26, 1998
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12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 12, 1998
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-816, Part I.
Mar 25, 1998
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
Mar 25, 1998
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 14.
Mar 25, 1998
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 17, 1998
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 2, 1998
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 2, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Mar 2, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.
Feb 26, 1998
Referred to House Resources
Feb 26, 1998
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, 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.
Feb 26, 1998
Referred to House Agriculture
Feb 26, 1998
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits issuance of an interim or final rule to suspend road construction in roadless areas on public domain units and other units of the National Forest System pending public hearings in each unit and submission of a report to the Congress detailing the moratorium's effect on: (1) forest health; (2) multiple use activities; and (3) States and local communities.
States that if an interim or final rule is issued before enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall suspend its implementation until the hearings and report are completed.
What's happening now
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-816, Part I.
Cosponsors
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