Congress 107 - HR 1494 - National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 2001

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Agriculture and Food Air pollution control Air quality Animals Biological diversity conservation Building materials Citizen lawsuits Claims Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Damages Dams Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Dislocated workers District courts Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Education Elementary and secondary education Emergency Management Employee selection Endangered species Energy Environmental law enforcement Environmental monitoring Environmental Protection Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Exotic animals Exotic plants Federal advisory bodies Fire prevention Fishery management Forest conservation Forest fires Forest roads Government liability Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development Impact aid Injunctions Job hunting Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Landslides Larceny Law Legal fees Logging Low-income housing Lumber trade Marine and coastal resources, fisheries National forests Nonprofit organizations Occupational retraining Old growth forests Paper and paper products Pest control Pests Planning Poaching Public Lands and Natural Resources Reforestation Regional planning Relocation of employees Restoration ecology Revegetation Revenue sharing Road construction Roads and highways Rural education Science, Technology, Communications Scientists Social Welfare Soil conservation Soil erosion Subsidies Timber sales Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Wildlife refuges Wildlife reintroduction Wood

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National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 2001 - Prohibits commercial logging and timber sales (with specified exceptions) on Federal public lands, with a two-year phase-out for existing contracts. Provides for payment of relinquished contracts.

Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to each: (1) establish a National Heritage Restoration Corps to restore (and monitor) such lands to their natural pre-logging condition; (2) develop National Heritage Restoration Plans and related standards for regional ecological restoration and monitoring.

Sets forth provisions respecting forest fire and hazardous fuel reduction.

Provides for worker retraining of eligible persons whose jobs have been lost due to terminated timber and logging contracts. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to make training grants, including grants for job search and relocation.

Sets forth fund allocation provisions, including amounts for an Environmental Protection Agency investigation of non-wood paper and construction alternatives.

Amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to make permanent certain education, transportation, and public purpose payments to States and counties containing Federal land.

Authorizes a private right of action for violations of this Act.

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Jun 20, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Apr 23, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Apr 17, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Apr 17, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Apr 17, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Apr 17, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Apr 4, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Apr 4, 2001

Introduced in House

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