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Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002

Introduced: September 4, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Oct 31, 2002
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 22, 2002.
Oct 31, 2002
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-770, Part I.
Oct 8, 2002
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Oct 8, 2002
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 5, 2002
Committee Hearings Held.
Sep 5, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Sep 4, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
Sep 4, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002 - Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to: (1) treat the threat of catastrophic wildfire on Federal lands as an emergency circumstance; and (2) establish an expedited environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for fire reduction and forest health measures on certain Federal lands.

Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior (Secretaries) to jointly establish an independent panel to assess agency actions concerning wildfire reduction, forest health and biodiversity promotion, and watershed protection.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a predecisional review process for the Forest Service. Repeals, 90 days after enactment of this Act, Forest Service decisionmaking and appeal provisions under the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993.

Directs that emergency response activities proceed immediately due to extraordinary circumstances affecting Federal lands, including actions to reduce bark beetle infestation and attendant catastrophic wildfire threat in the Routt National Forest, Colorado. Exempts all such activities from judicial review and certain notice, comment, and appeal requirements.

Authorizes the Secretaries to enter into stewardship contracts for land management activities on Federal lands.

Authorizes appropriations for fuel reduction activities.

What's happening now October 31, 2002

House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 22, 2002.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Issa, Darrell
California · Oct 9, 2002
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Sep 19, 2002
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 9, 2002
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Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Sep 4, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5319: Healthy Forests and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5319/
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"H.R. 5319: Healthy Forests and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-5319/.
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