HR 2169 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

National Forest Protection and Restoration Act

Introduced May 20, 2003 Originated House Sponsor James A. Leach R-IA

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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.

  1. IntroducedMay 20, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Forest Protection and Restoration Act - 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; 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.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMay 20, 2003
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-HIEd CaseOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 20, 2003
R-NYJames T. WalshOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalMay 20, 2003
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMay 20, 2003
R-NJJim SaxtonOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MOKaren McCarthyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CALois CappsOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NJRush HoltOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CASam FarrOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CATom LantosOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAXavier BecerraOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalMay 20, 2003
D-ILLane EvansMay 21, 2003
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsMay 21, 2003
D-CALoretta SanchezMay 22, 2003
D-MAJohn F. TierneyJun 3, 2003
D-OHTim RyanJun 4, 2003
D-CADiane E. WatsonOct 28, 2003
D-GADenise L. MajetteMar 16, 2004

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.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural 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
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred May 20, 2003
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred Jun 3, 2003
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred May 20, 2003
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred Jun 20, 2003

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  2. Jun 3, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
  3. Jun 3, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
  4. Jun 3, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
  5. Jun 3, 2003Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
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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.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 20, 2003Introduced in House

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