Congress 108 - HR 1621 - Federal Lands Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 2003

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Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Buildings Citizen participation Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Electronic government information Emergency Management Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Environmental Protection Federal aid to Indians Federal-local relations Fire prevention Foreign Trade and International Finance Forest conservation Forest fires Forest health Forest management Forest roads Government contractors Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development Indian lands Infrastructure Internet Land use Landowners Law Local laws Maps Minorities National forests Newspapers Old growth forests Planning Potable water Public Lands and Natural Resources Public meetings Reforestation Right of petition Road construction Science, Technology, Communications Sunset legislation Tariff Timber sales Transportation and Public Works Trees Water pollution control Water quality Water Resources Development Water supply Watersheds Web sites

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Federal Lands Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System lands, and Bureau of Land Management lands, respectively. Provides for: (1) a collaborative project selection process; and (2) an expedited planning and implementation process.

Directs the Secretaries to jointly contract with the National Academy of Sciences to define old and large trees.

Sunsets provisions of this Act five years after its enactment.

Waives temporarily certain transfer limitations on use of the Reforestation Trust Fund.

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Apr 15, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Apr 15, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Apr 15, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Apr 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Apr 3, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Apr 3, 2003

Introduced in House

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