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Resilient Federal Forests Act

USA117th CongressHR-4614| House 
| Updated: 8/11/2021
Bruce Westerman

Bruce Westerman

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (76)
Matthew M. Rosendale (Republican)Dusty Johnson (Republican)Doug LaMalfa (Republican)David Schweikert (Republican)Bob Good (Republican)Paul A. Gosar (Republican)Yvette Herrell (Republican)Tom Cole (Republican)Frank D. Lucas (Republican)Trent Kelly (Republican)Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican)Tim Burchett (Republican)Don Young (Republican)Mike Garcia (Republican)Victoria Spartz (Republican)Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican)Young Kim (Republican)William R. Timmons (Republican)Tom McClintock (Republican)John R. Curtis (Republican)Jerry L. Carl (Republican)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Billy Long (Republican)Ken Calvert (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)Jason Smith (Republican)Dan Newhouse (Republican)Steve Scalise (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)James R. Baird (Republican)Darrell Issa (Republican)David P. Joyce (Republican)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Pat Fallon (Republican)Liz Cheney (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Tom Rice (Republican)Mike D. Rogers (Republican)Kat Cammack (Republican)Cliff Bentz (Republican)Glenn Grothman (Republican)Peter Meijer (Republican)W. Gregory Steube (Republican)Blake D. Moore (Republican)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican)Daniel Webster (Republican)Lauren Boebert (Republican)Henry Cuellar (Democratic)Gary J. Palmer (Republican)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Garret Graves (Republican)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Mike Bost (Republican)Michael K. Simpson (Republican)Pete Stauber (Republican)David G. Valadao (Republican)Michelle Steel (Republican)Debbie Lesko (Republican)Kevin McCarthy (Republican)Dan Crenshaw (Republican)Tom Reed (Republican)Jay Obernolte (Republican)Randy K. Sr. Weber (Republican)Russ Fulcher (Republican)Jenniffer González-Colón (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican)Jack Bergman (Republican)Louie Gohmert (Republican)Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican)Brian Babin (Republican)Nicole Malliotakis (Republican)

Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Resilient Federal Forests Act This bill modifies and sets forth provisions regarding forest management activities on National Forest System, public, and tribal lands. The bill provides for, among other things the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior to conduct fireshed management projects in fireshed management areas, certain categorical exclusions for various purposes, the balancing of the short- and long-term effects of forest management activities while considering injunctive relief, USDA and Interior to establish their own discretionary arbitration pilot programs as an alternative dispute resolution process for forest management activities, increasing the maximum term for a stewardship end result contract to 20 years, demonstration projects to support the development and commercialization of biochar on Indian forest lands or rangelands and in nearby communities by providing reliable supplies of feedstock from federal lands, the decommissioning of certain Forest Service Roads within designated high fire-prone areas, repealing of the Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands, making the Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines inapplicable to any National Forest System lands or public lands, development of a protection plan for giant sequoia trees on National Forest System lands and public lands, and permanent rights of access to the Oregon and California Railroad grant lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands for private landowners issued reciprocal road rights-of-way.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-2607
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 115-2936
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017
Jul 22, 2021
Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
Aug 11, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-2607
    Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 115-2936
    Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017


  • July 22, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • July 22, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.


  • August 11, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 117-4569: Action Versus No Action Act
  • HR 117-4574: SALVAGE Act
  • HR 117-4623: Commonsense Coordination Act
  • HR 117-4516: PROTECT Act
  • S 117-2436: FIRESHEDS Act
  • HR 117-4573: Stop CATASTROPHES Act
  • HR 117-4584: Healthy Forests for Hunters Act of 2021
  • HR 117-4504: Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021
  • HR 117-4541: RAPID Act
  • HR 117-4518: Wildfire Prevention and Drought Mitigation Act of 2021

Resilient Federal Forests Act

USA117th CongressHR-4614| House 
| Updated: 8/11/2021
Resilient Federal Forests Act This bill modifies and sets forth provisions regarding forest management activities on National Forest System, public, and tribal lands. The bill provides for, among other things the Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior to conduct fireshed management projects in fireshed management areas, certain categorical exclusions for various purposes, the balancing of the short- and long-term effects of forest management activities while considering injunctive relief, USDA and Interior to establish their own discretionary arbitration pilot programs as an alternative dispute resolution process for forest management activities, increasing the maximum term for a stewardship end result contract to 20 years, demonstration projects to support the development and commercialization of biochar on Indian forest lands or rangelands and in nearby communities by providing reliable supplies of feedstock from federal lands, the decommissioning of certain Forest Service Roads within designated high fire-prone areas, repealing of the Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands, making the Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standards and Guidelines inapplicable to any National Forest System lands or public lands, development of a protection plan for giant sequoia trees on National Forest System lands and public lands, and permanent rights of access to the Oregon and California Railroad grant lands and the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands for private landowners issued reciprocal road rights-of-way.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-2607
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 115-2936
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017
Jul 22, 2021
Introduced in House
Jul 22, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
Aug 11, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-2607
    Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 115-2936
    Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017


  • July 22, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • July 22, 2021
    Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.


  • August 11, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Bruce Westerman

Bruce Westerman

Republican Representative

Arkansas

Cosponsors (76)
Matthew M. Rosendale (Republican)Dusty Johnson (Republican)Doug LaMalfa (Republican)David Schweikert (Republican)Bob Good (Republican)Paul A. Gosar (Republican)Yvette Herrell (Republican)Tom Cole (Republican)Frank D. Lucas (Republican)Trent Kelly (Republican)Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican)Tim Burchett (Republican)Don Young (Republican)Mike Garcia (Republican)Victoria Spartz (Republican)Thomas P. Tiffany (Republican)Robert J. Wittman (Republican)Glenn Thompson (Republican)Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican)Young Kim (Republican)William R. Timmons (Republican)Tom McClintock (Republican)John R. Curtis (Republican)Jerry L. Carl (Republican)Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican)Billy Long (Republican)Ken Calvert (Republican)David B. McKinley (Republican)Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)Jason Smith (Republican)Dan Newhouse (Republican)Steve Scalise (Republican)Jody B. Hice (Republican)James R. Baird (Republican)Darrell Issa (Republican)David P. Joyce (Republican)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Pat Fallon (Republican)Liz Cheney (Republican)Mike Kelly (Republican)Tom Rice (Republican)Mike D. Rogers (Republican)Kat Cammack (Republican)Cliff Bentz (Republican)Glenn Grothman (Republican)Peter Meijer (Republican)W. Gregory Steube (Republican)Blake D. Moore (Republican)Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican)Daniel Webster (Republican)Lauren Boebert (Republican)Henry Cuellar (Democratic)Gary J. Palmer (Republican)Mark E. Amodei (Republican)Garret Graves (Republican)Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican)Mike Bost (Republican)Michael K. Simpson (Republican)Pete Stauber (Republican)David G. Valadao (Republican)Michelle Steel (Republican)Debbie Lesko (Republican)Kevin McCarthy (Republican)Dan Crenshaw (Republican)Tom Reed (Republican)Jay Obernolte (Republican)Randy K. Sr. Weber (Republican)Russ Fulcher (Republican)Jenniffer González-Colón (Republican)Ralph Norman (Republican)Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican)Jack Bergman (Republican)Louie Gohmert (Republican)Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican)Brian Babin (Republican)Nicole Malliotakis (Republican)

Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Agriculture Committee, Natural Resources Committee

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Related Bills

  • HR 117-4569: Action Versus No Action Act
  • HR 117-4574: SALVAGE Act
  • HR 117-4623: Commonsense Coordination Act
  • HR 117-4516: PROTECT Act
  • S 117-2436: FIRESHEDS Act
  • HR 117-4573: Stop CATASTROPHES Act
  • HR 117-4584: Healthy Forests for Hunters Act of 2021
  • HR 117-4504: Tribal Biochar Promotion Act of 2021
  • HR 117-4541: RAPID Act
  • HR 117-4518: Wildfire Prevention and Drought Mitigation Act of 2021
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted