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S 1910 108th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Acid rain Animals Emergency Management Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Fire prevention Forest conservation Forest ecology Forest fires Forest health Forest management Forestry research Forests, forestry, trees Geodesy Geographic information systems Insect control Insects National forests Non-native species

A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out an inventory and management program for forests derived from public domain land.

Introduced: November 20, 2003 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 26, 2004
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.
Apr 26, 2004
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Domenici without amendment. With written report No. 108-254.
Mar 24, 2004
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 12, 2004
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-416.
Nov 20, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Nov 20, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to use geospatial and information management technologies (including remote sensing imaging and decision support systems) to inventory, monitor, and identify National Forest System and private (with consent) forest stands.

Directs the Secretary to carry out such program through: (1) remote sensing technology of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the United States Geological Survey; (2) emerging geospatial capabilities in research activities; (3) validating techniques; and (4) integration of results into pilot operational systems.

Directs the Secretary to address: (1) environmental threats (including insect, disease, invasive species, fire, acid deposition, and weather-related risks and other episodic events); (2) forest degradation, and preventive management practices; (3) management practices; and (4) characterization of vegetation types, density, fire regimes, and post-fire effects. Directs the Secretary to designate a facility in the Ochoco National Forest headquarters in Prineville, Oregon, to address such issues, with particular emphasis on coniferous forest stands in the Western United States.

Directs the Secretary to develop an early warning system for catastrophic environmental forest threats.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now April 26, 2004

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.

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