National Forest Protection and Restoration Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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; and (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.
Cosponsors 93
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2003 to Mar 16, 2004; 86 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | May 20, 2003 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | May 20, 2003 |
Withdrew 1 Bernard Sanders I-VT Feb 4, 2004
Committees 3
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 May 20, 2003 |
| Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2003 | |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2003 | |
| Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2003 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred May 20, 2003 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2003 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred May 20, 2003 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Jun 20, 2003 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Jun 3, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- Jun 3, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
- Jun 3, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
- Jun 3, 2003Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To save taxpayers money, reduce the deficit, cut corporate welfare, protect communities from wildfires, encourage Federal land management agency reform and accountability, and protect and restore America's natural heritage by eliminating the fiscally wasteful and ecologically destructive commercial logging program on Federal public lands, restoring native biodiversity in our Federal public forests, and facilitating the economic recovery and diversification of communities affected by the Federal logging program.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Forest Protection and Restoration Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Agriculture and Food
- Air pollution control
- Animals
- Biological diversity
- 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
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2003Introduced in House
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