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A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expedite wildfire prevention projects to reduce the risk of wildfire on certain high-risk Federal land, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-1752| Senate 
| Updated: 8/3/2017
Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Republican Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (4)
James E. Risch (Republican)Jeff Flake (Republican)Orrin G. Hatch (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to categorically exclude an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project from the environmental review requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 if the project: involves the removal of insect-infested trees, dead or dying trees, trees presenting a threat to public safety or electrical reliability, or the removal of other hazardous fuels threatening certain infrastructure; is conducted on federal land that is not located in the wildland-urban interface, is located within at least 1.5 miles of nonfederal land, and on which conditions are determined to pose a risk to adjacent nonfederal land; or treats 10,000 acres or less of federal land that is at particular risk for wildfire, contains threatened and endangered species habitat, or provides conservation benefits to a species that is not listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, but is under consideration to be listed, or a state-listed or special concern species. The bill does not apply to federal land that is wilderness, on which the removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited, or that is within a national monument.
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Aug 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Aug 3, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • August 3, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 3, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Endangered and threatened speciesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFiresForests, forestry, trees

A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expedite wildfire prevention projects to reduce the risk of wildfire on certain high-risk Federal land, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-1752| Senate 
| Updated: 8/3/2017
Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 This bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to categorically exclude an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project from the environmental review requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 if the project: involves the removal of insect-infested trees, dead or dying trees, trees presenting a threat to public safety or electrical reliability, or the removal of other hazardous fuels threatening certain infrastructure; is conducted on federal land that is not located in the wildland-urban interface, is located within at least 1.5 miles of nonfederal land, and on which conditions are determined to pose a risk to adjacent nonfederal land; or treats 10,000 acres or less of federal land that is at particular risk for wildfire, contains threatened and endangered species habitat, or provides conservation benefits to a species that is not listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, but is under consideration to be listed, or a state-listed or special concern species. The bill does not apply to federal land that is wilderness, on which the removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited, or that is within a national monument.
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Timeline
Aug 3, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Aug 3, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  • August 3, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • August 3, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Republican Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (4)
James E. Risch (Republican)Jeff Flake (Republican)Orrin G. Hatch (Republican)Mike Crapo (Republican)

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Endangered and threatened speciesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFiresForests, forestry, trees