H.R. 4614
117th Congress
House
Resilient Federal Forests Act
Official title: To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.
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Aug 11, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jul 22, 2021
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.
Jul 22, 2021
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Plain-English summary
Resilient Federal Forests Act
This bill modifies and sets forth provisions regarding forest management activities on National Forest System, public, and tribal lands.
The bill provides for, among other things
- the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior to conduct fireshed management projects in fireshed management areas,
- certain categorical exclusions for various purposes,
- the balancing of the short- and long-term effects of forest management activities while considering injunctive relief,
- USDA and Interior to establish their own discretionary arbitration pilot programs as an alternative dispute resolution process for forest management activities,
- increasing the maximum term for a stewardship end result contract to 20 years,
- demonstration projects to support the development and commercialization of biochar on Indian forest lands or rangelands and in nearby communities by providing reliable supplies of feedstock from federal lands,
- the decommissioning of certain Forest Service Roads within designated high fire-prone areas,
- repealing of the Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands,
- making the Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines inapplicable to any National Forest System lands or public lands,
- development of a protection plan for giant sequoia trees on National Forest System lands and public lands, and
- permanent rights of access to the Oregon and California Railroad grant lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands for private landowners issued reciprocal road rights-of-way.
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Committees of jurisdiction
3
Cosponsors
75
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Norman, Ralph
Lesko, Debbie
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Spartz, Victoria
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Fallon, Pat
Long, Billy
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Steube, W. Gregory
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Amodei, Mark E.
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Babin, Brian
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Baird, James R.
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Bentz, Cliff
R
Bergman, Jack
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Boebert, Lauren
R
Bost, Mike
R
Burchett, Tim
R
Calvert, Ken
R
Cammack, Kat
Carl, Jerry
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Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Cheney, Liz
R
Cole, Tom
R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
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Crenshaw, Dan
D
Cuellar, Henry
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Curtis, John R.
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Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
R
Fulcher, Russ
Garcia, Mike
Gohmert, Louie
Good, Bob
R
Gosar, Paul A.
Graves, Garret
R
Grothman, Glenn
Herrell, Yvette
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
Hice, Jody
R
Issa, Darrell
R
Johnson, Dusty
R
Joyce, David P.
R
Kelly, Mike
R
Kelly, Trent
R
Kim, Young
R
LaMalfa, Doug
Lamborn, Doug
R
Lucas, Frank D.
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Malliotakis, Nicole
McCarthy, Kevin
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McClintock, Tom
McKinley, David
Meijer, Peter
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Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4614: Resilient Federal Forests Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4614/
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