Emergency Forest Rescue Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) designate Federal forest land that is at wildfire risk because of severe drought and dead and dying trees as an emergency mitigation area; and (2) request authority from the Council on Environmental Quality to use alternative arrangements (including timber harvesting) to protect trees in such an area from disease, insect infestation, invasive plant species, or other natural disaster.
Actions
Jul 29, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7449-7450)
Jul 26, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.