HR 3973 109th Congress House

National Forests Rehabilitation and Recovery Act of 2005

Official title: To authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to carry out a series of pilot projects to encourage collaborative approaches to, and to prov… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to carry out a series of pilot projects to encourage collaborative approaches to, and to provide research on, the rehabilitation of forest ecosystem health following uncharacteristic disturbances of forested Federal lands, to be conducted in a manner that protects wildlife habitat, water quality, and forest resiliency while also promoting social and economic opportunities in nearby communities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 28, 2006 See on congress.gov

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Citizen participationCommerceCongressCongressional reporting requirementsDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorDisastersEconomics and Public FinanceEcosystem managementEmergency ManagementEnvironmental ProtectionEnvironmental assessmentEnvironmental monitoringFederal advisory bodiesFederal-Indian relationsFederal-local relationsFire preventionForest conservationForest ecologyForest firesForest healthForest managementForest roadsGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkGrants-in-aidGrazingHabitat conservationHurricanesLawLoggingLumber tradeMinoritiesNational forestsNative AmericansPestsPlanningRestoration ecologySoil conservationSoil erosionTimber salesTransportation and Public WorksWater qualityWatershedsWildlife conservation

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Oct 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

Oct 14, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.

Oct 7, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2048)

Oct 6, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2027)

Oct 6, 2005

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.

Oct 6, 2005

Introduced in House

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Latest action October 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Forests Rehabilitation and Recovery Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to each, from applications submitted by federal land forest communities (communities), establish up to five post-disturbance pilot projects involving federal land near such communities. Requires that, once an area is designated as a pilot project site, the community that applied for such designation shall develop and submit to the Secretary concerned a plan to address post-disturbance rehabilitation of the project site, whether the uncharacteristic disturbance of the federal land is caused by a wildfire or a nonfire-related event. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to provide technical and financial assistance to communities to assist their efforts to develop a rehabilitation plan or to amend a community wildfire protection plan to include a rehabilitation plan. Provides for expedited rehabilitation activities following uncharacteristic disturbances at project sites.

Directs the Secretary concerned to establish a national oversight committee to provide independent scientific and socioeconomic monitoring of the pilot projects and activities carried out at project sites.

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Committees of jurisdiction 4

Agriculture Committee
House of Representatives
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Agriculture Committee
Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Natural Resources Committee
Natural Resources Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 5

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Feb 28, 2006

Van Hollen, Chris

Maryland · Feb 1, 2006

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Dec 16, 2005

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