Congress 108 - HR 387 - Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health Protection Act

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Administrative remedies Department of Agriculture Ecosystem management Emergency Management Environmental assessment Environmental Protection Fire prevention Forest ecology Forest fires Forest health Forest management Government Operations and Politics Judicial review Law Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health Protection Act - Authorizes Regional Foresters to exempt certain wildfire prevention tree-thinning projects on National Forest System lands from any laws that give rise to legal causes of action seeking to delay or prevent such actions. Exempts such projects from: (1) judicial review; or (2) notice, comment, and appeals under the Appeals Reform Act.

Sets forth the Constitutional authority for this Act.

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Feb 12, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Feb 5, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jan 27, 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.
Jan 27, 2003

Introduced in House

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