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HR 674 118th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Forests, forestry, trees Land use and conservation Public contracts and procurement

Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023

Introduced: January 31, 2023 Introduced by: Newhouse, Dan Republican · Washington See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2024
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Feb 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Feb 21, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
Jan 31, 2023
Introduced in House
Jan 31, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct certain forest restoration projects.

Specifically, the Forest Service or BLM may enter into an agreement for a project on federal land that was developed through a collaborative process that meets local and rural community needs if

  • the party with whom it enters into an agreement initially provides the Forest Service or BLM with a portion of the funding necessary to complete any analysis deemed necessary under federal law for consideration of the proposed project;
  • the Forest Service or BLM uses the funding to pay a contractor included on a list of contractors that it maintains to conduct the analysis;
  • upon completion of the analysis, the Forest Service or BLM solicits bids to carry out the project and enters into a contract or agreement under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to carry out the project; and
  • using certain receipts from the project, the Forest Service or BLM repays the initially provided funding.

For purposes of a civil action relating to such a project, any person that participated in the collaborative process to develop the proposal for the project shall be (1) entitled to intervene, as of right, in any subsequent civil action; and (2) considered to be a full participant in any settlement negotiation relating to the project.

The authority to enter into an agreement and the requirement to maintain a list of contractors shall expire on January 1, 2033.

What's happening now January 31, 2024

Subcommittee Hearings Held

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 199 Identical bill Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023
  • S 1456 Related bill SPUR Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Lawler, Michael
New York · May 15, 2024
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Zinke, Ryan K.
Montana · May 17, 2023
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Peters, Scott H.
California · Jan 31, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 674: Root and Stem Project Authorization Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-674/
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