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H.R. 1437 114th Congress House

Coquille Forest Fairness Act

Official title: To amend the Coquille Restoration Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the management of the Coquille Forest.

Introduced: March 18, 2015 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Forests, forestry, treesIndian lands and resources rightsLand transfersOregon
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 7, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Apr 7, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Mar 18, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 18, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 7, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coquille Forest Fairness Act

Amends the Coquille Restoration Act to require the Department of the Interior to manage the Coquille Forest in accordance with the laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land. (Currently, Interior is also required to manage the Forest under applicable state and federal forestry and environmental protection laws, and subject to critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act and the standards and guidelines of federal forest plans on adjacent or nearby federal lands.)

Continues to apply: (1) federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from the Forest, and (2) competitive bidding requirements to sales of timber from the Forest.

Removes a provision: (1) giving the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon jurisdiction over certain actions concerning the placement of lands in Coos County and Curry County, Oregon, into trust for the Coquille Tribe and the management of the Coquille Forest; and (2) limiting available remedies to equitable relief, unless otherwise provided for by law.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2791 Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act
  • S 132 Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2015
  • S 816 A bill to amend the Coquille Restoration Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the management of the Coquille F…
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1437: Coquille Forest Fairness Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1437/
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"H.R. 1437: Coquille Forest Fairness Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1437/.
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