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S 605 115th Congress Senate

Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to discourage litigati… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to discourage litigation against the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management relating to land management projects.

Introduced: March 27, 2017 Introduced by: Daines, Steve Republican · Montana See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources Endangered and threatened speciesForests, forestry, treesLand use and conservationPublic participation and lobbyingWildlife conservation and habitat protection
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Sep 27, 2017
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-112.
Mar 9, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mar 9, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 27, 2017

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-112.

 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.

 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
  • HR 1483 Identical bill Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 2
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 27, 2017
 R
Risch, James E.
Idaho · Mar 23, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-605/
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"S. 605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-605/.
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S. 605, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-605/.
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