Healthy Forests and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act of 2002
Latest action · Oct 31, 2002 House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 22, 2002.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 4, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Excludes: (1) National Wilderness Preservation System lands; (2) Federal lands where vegetation removal is prohibited; and (3) Wilderness Study Areas.
(Sec. 6) Reserves at least 70 percent of hazardous fuels reduction program funds for each of FY 2003 through 2005 for projects on Federal lands in the wilderness-urban interface. Gives priority to projects that would provide the greatest protection to human lives and property.
(Sec. 7) Permits the Secretary concerned to implement a fuel reduction program without the full environmental review of alternatives required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, unless the project entails construction of a new permanent system road. Provides for public notice and hearings.
(Sec. 8) Sets forth a Forest Service administrative appeals process under which: (1) appellants would have ten days to give notice of their intent to appeal, and 15 days to file an appeal; (2) the Forest Service would have 25 days to decide on the merits of the appeal; and (3) appeals review officers would have the discretionary authority to sign a new decision document at the end of the appeals process which would be considered the final agency decision.
(Sec.9) Provides judicial review only in the Federal district court with jurisdiction over the proposed project's location. Requires: (1) plaintiffs to file causes of action within 15 days of publication of notice of final agency action, after which the Secretary concerned shall stay the project until completion of judicial review; and (2) Federal district courts to decide the merits of an action within 60 days, with extensions under specified circumstances.
(Sec. 10) Requires General Accounting Office audits of this Act's implementation.
(Sec. 11) Authorizes through September 30, 2005: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into not more than 15 stewardship and end result contracts for hazardous fuels reduction projects; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to enter into not more than 26 such projects, other than revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands.
(Sec. 12) States that the processes established by this Act shall be available through September 30, 2005.
(Sec. 13) States that this Act shall not be construed to affect: (1) litigation involving the Roadless Area Conservation Rule; or (2) the authority of the Secretaries to implement hazardous fuel reduction projects under other available authorities on any Federal lands.
(Sec. 14) States that the Secretary concerned shall complete hazardous fuels reduction projects on Federal lands consistent with the implementation plan for the ``Collaborative 10-year Strategy for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment,'' (dated May 2002).
(Sec. 15) Directs the Secretaries to jointly establish an independent monitoring panel.
(Sec. 16) Authorizes related appropriations for: (1) National Forest System lands; and (2) Bureau of Land Management lands.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 4, 2002 to Oct 10, 2002; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-ID | C. L. (Butch) Otter | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-UT | James V. Hansen | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-NV | Jim Gibbons | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-CO | Joel Hefley | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-PA | John E. Peterson | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-CA | Richard W. Pombo | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Original | Sep 4, 2002 |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| R-WA | Doc Hastings | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| R-SD | John Thune | Sep 9, 2002 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Sep 19, 2002 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Sep 25, 2002 | |
| R-UT | Chris Cannon | Oct 9, 2002 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Oct 9, 2002 | |
| R-WI | Mark Green | Oct 9, 2002 | |
| R-NC | Charles H. Taylor | Oct 10, 2002 | |
| R-CA | William M. Thomas | Oct 10, 2002 |
Withdrew 1 Alcee L. Hastings D-FL Sep 9, 2002
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 4, 2002Hearings Sep 5, 2002Markup Oct 8, 2002Reported Oct 31, 2002 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Sep 4, 2002 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Sep 5, 2002 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 31, 2002Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 107-770, Part I.
- Oct 31, 2002House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Nov. 22, 2002.
- Oct 8, 2002Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 8, 2002Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Sep 5, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Cost estimates E2150 | James V. Hansen R-UT | Dec 16, 2002 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6289–H6293 | Scott McInnis R-CO | Sep 17, 2002 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Oct 16, 2002H.R. 5319, Healthy Forests and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act of 2002<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 8, 2002</p>
- Oct 16, 2002H.R. 5319, Healthy Forests and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act of 2002Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on October 8, 2002
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-150 | THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTHY FORESTS INITIATIVE AND H.R. 5214, H.R. 5309 AND H.R. 5319109 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Sep 5, 2002 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to expeditiously address wildfire prone conditions on National Forest System lands and other public lands that threaten communities, watersheds, and other at-risk landscapes through the establishment of expedited environmental analysis procedures under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to establish a predecisional administrative review process for the Forest Service, to expand fire management contracting authorities, to authorize appropriations for hazardous fuels reduction projects, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Healthy Forests Reform Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Healthy Forests and Wildfire Risk Reduction Act of 2002
- Popular Titles
- Reduce Wildfire Risk bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Animals
- Appellate procedure
- Auditing
- Biological diversity conservation
- Civil actions and liability
- Colorado
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
- District courts
- Ecosystem management
- Emergency Management
- Endangered species
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Executive Office of the President
- Exotic plants
- Federal advisory bodies
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fire prevention
- Fishery management
- Forest ecology
- Forest fires
- Forest health
- Forest management
- Forest products
- Forest roads
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Habitat conservation
- Infrastructure
- Judicial review of administrative acts
- Law
- Management audit
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- National forests
- Pest control
- Pests
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public-private partnerships
- Regulatory impact statements
- Restoration ecology
- Road construction
- Soil conservation
- Sports and Recreation
- Surety and fidelity
- Timber sales
- Trails
- Transportation and Public Works
- Tree diseases
- Urban affairs
- Urban areas
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Watershed management
- Weed control
- Wildlife conservation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 4, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
