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HR 4396 112th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Public contracts and procurement Public-private cooperation

Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2012

Introduced: April 18, 2012 Introduced by: Luján, Ben Ray Democratic · New Mexico See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 10, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Apr 24, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Apr 18, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Natural 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.
Apr 18, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2012 - Amends the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to extend, through FY2023, the authority of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship end result contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

Permits the land management goals of such a project to include restoration work, fire fuels reduction, and clearing of overgrowth on snowpack watersheds.

What's happening now May 10, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2601 Related bill Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Aug 1, 2012
Pearce, Stevan
· Jun 26, 2012
 R
Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Apr 18, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4396: Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4396/
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"H.R. 4396: Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4396/.
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