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Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2024

Introduced: September 20, 2023 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 21, 2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.
Nov 21, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Nov 19, 2024
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Oct 25, 2023
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
Sep 20, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sep 20, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2023

This bill establishes additional requirements for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to address forest health on public lands.

For example, the agencies must

  • establish annual mechanical thinning targets for the National Forest System and public lands, 
  • carry out regeneration harvests only in mature forests, 
  • develop a strategy to increase the use of livestock grazing to mitigate wildfires, 
  • support logging training through apprenticeships, and
  • utilize specified streamlined authorities for environmental review with respect to remedial action in certain vulnerable areas. 
What's happening now November 21, 2024

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.

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