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
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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