HR 5312 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Act to Save America's Forests

Introduced Oct 8, 2004 Originated House Sponsor Anna G. Eshoo D-CA

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Latest action · Nov 8, 2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedOct 8, 2004
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Act to Save America's Forests - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to revise eligibility criteria for members of the land and resource management scientific committee. Revises the committee termination date.

Directs the Chief of the Forest Service, the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to each prepare a continuous inventory of forest land administered by each agency head and to document whole-system measures that will be taken as a result of the inventory.

Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for conservation and restoration of native biodiversity in forested areas.

Prohibits clearcutting or other even-age logging operations on any stand or watershed on certain Federal land, National Forest System land, and National Wildlife Refuge System land. Provides for Federal enforcement and a private right of action.

Designates special areas which shall be subject to restrictions on road construction and logging in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Requires the Secretaries concerned to appoint a committee of independent scientists to recommend additional special areas.

Restricts road construction and logging on Federal land in ancient forests, special areas, roadless areas, and watershed protection areas. Provides for Federal enforcement and a private right of action.

States that this Act shall not apply to Federal wilderness areas designated under the Wilderness Act.

Cosponsors 101

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 8, 2004 to Nov 16, 2004; 100 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MABarney FrankOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalOct 8, 2004
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CABob FilnerOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalOct 8, 2004
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-TNHarold E. Ford Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2004
D-TNJim CooperOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MOKaren McCarthyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-ILLane EvansOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CALois CappsOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NCMelvin L. WattOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-TXNick LampsonOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-FLPeter DeutschOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NJRush HoltOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CATom LantosOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-LAWilliam J. JeffersonOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalOct 8, 2004
D-CASam FarrNov 16, 2004

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Oct 8, 2004
Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee
Referred Oct 20, 2004
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Oct 8, 2004
Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
Referred Nov 8, 2004
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Nov 8, 2004
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee
Referred Nov 8, 2004

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 8, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
  2. Nov 8, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
  3. Nov 8, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
  4. Oct 20, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
  5. Oct 8, 2004Introduced in House
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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1938Act to Save America's ForestsIdentical billNov 24, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, and to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited.
Short Titles as Introduced
Act to Save America's Forests

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. Oct 8, 2004Introduced in House

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