HR 2607
116th Congress
House
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Building construction
Civil actions and liability
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 7, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
May 23, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
May 23, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
May 8, 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 8, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019
This bill revises provisions regarding certain forest management activities conducted by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior.
The bill establishes categorical exclusions from environmental review for activities such as responding to an infestation or protecting a municipal water supply.
For certain forest management activities, including those developed through a collaborative process, an environmental review may compare the impact of the proposed activity only to the impact of taking no action.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.