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HR 1483 115th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Endangered and threatened species Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Public participation and lobbying Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act

Introduced: September 6, 2017 Introduced by: Simpson, Michael K. Republican · Idaho 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
Mar 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Mar 20, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Mar 9, 2017
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.
Mar 9, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act

This bill amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior from being required to engage in any additional consultation with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of a critical habitat, if a land management plan or land use plan, respectively, has been adopted by USDA or Interior as of the date of the listing or designation; or (2) any provision of such an adopted plan.

What's happening now March 23, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2936 Related bill Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017
  • S 2068 Related bill Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017
  • S 605 Identical bill Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1483: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1483/
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"H.R. 1483: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1483/.
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H.R. 1483, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1483/.
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