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HR 2401 113th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Ecology Fires Forests, forestry, trees Insects Intergovernmental relations Pest management State and local government operations Water quality Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Good Neighbor Forestry Act

Introduced: June 17, 2013 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Jun 25, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Jun 17, 2013
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.
Jun 17, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, and protection services that include: (1) activities to treat insect infected forests; (2) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; (3) activities involving commercial harvesting or other mechanical vegetation treatments; or (4) any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat.

Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide such restoration, management, and protection services.

What's happening now August 13, 2013

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

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