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S 4835 117th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Fires Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation User charges and fees

Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022

Introduced: September 13, 2022 Introduced by: King, Angus S., Jr. Independent · Maine See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2022
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-477.
Sep 13, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 13, 2022
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022

This bill addresses the removal of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the Forest Service (FS) and the Department of the Interior from

  • charging a fee to authorize the removal of a small-diameter tree in a fire hazard area, including a fee for a special use permit; or
  • recovering any processing or monitoring cost of authorizing such removal.

The FS or Interior may charge a fee for removal of a small-diameter tree of a particular species of tree in a fire hazard area upon determining that the fee is appropriate and disclosing that determination to the public.

What's happening now September 29, 2022

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-477.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4835: Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4835/
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"S. 4835: Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4835/.
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S. 4835, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4835/.
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