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S 2698 117th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources

Stop CATASTROPHES Act

Introduced: August 10, 2021 Introduced by: Lummis, Cynthia M. Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Aug 10, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Causing Alarming Tree, Air, and Soil Trauma Resulting from Obstructive Progressives' and Hypocritical Environmentalists' Schemes Act or the Stop CATASTROPHES Act

This bill categorically excludes certain forest management activities from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement. The activities are those that are carried out by the Department of Agriculture on National Forest System Lands or the Department of the Interior on public lands where the primary purpose is to improve or restore such lands or reduce the risk of wildfire on such lands.

To be excluded, the area of the forest management activity may not exceed 10,000 acres.

What's happening now August 10, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 4302 Related bill Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act
  • HR 4573 Related bill Stop CATASTROPHES Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2698: Stop CATASTROPHES Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2698/
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"S. 2698: Stop CATASTROPHES Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2698/.
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S. 2698, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-2698/.
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