HR 2491
116th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Roads and highways
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
May 15, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
May 2, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
May 2, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2019
This bill bars the Department of Agriculture from allowing the construction of roads, the reconstruction of roads, or logging in an inventoried roadless area where those activities are prohibited by the Roadless Rule (i.e., certain federal regulations relating to roadless area management).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
4
Cosponsors
88
D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
D
Trahan, Lori
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Larsen, Rick
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Schrier, Kim
D
Panetta, Jimmy
D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
Malinowski, Tom
D
Castor, Kathy
D
Kim, Andy
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
D
Clark, Katherine M.
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
D
Stevens, Haley M.
ENGEL, ELIOT
Rice, Kathleen
D
Pingree, Chellie
D
Welch, Peter
LEWIS, JOHN
D
Himes, James A.
Heck, Denny
D
Chu, Judy
Lawson, Al
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
D
Lieu, Ted
D
Smith, Adam
D
Levin, Mike
McEachin, A.
D
Escobar, Veronica
D
Correa, J. Luis
D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
R
Van Drew, Jefferson
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Takano, Mark
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Kennedy, Joseph
SERRANO, JOSE
D
Pallone, Frank
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
D
Thompson, Mike
D
Beyer, Donald S.
D
Aguilar, Pete
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
Quigley, Mike
D
Crow, Jason
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
Beatty, Joyce
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2491: Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2491/
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