Federally Declared Disaster Area Exemption Act of 2003

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Bill Number

HR 67

Introduced

Jan 7, 2003

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.

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Topics

Administrative remedies Disaster relief Disasters Emergency Management Environmental assessment Environmental Protection Forest management Government Operations and Politics Judicial review Land use Law National forests National parks Public Lands and Natural Resources

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Summary

Federally Declared Disaster Exemption Act of 2003 - Allows land management activities by specified Federal agencies undertaken in places the President has declared as major disaster areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to proceed without regard to certain provisions of law, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Forest Management Act. Exempts such activities from the notice, comment, and appeal requirements of the Appeals Reform Act and from judicial review by any U.S. court.

Applies this Act to the two-year period beginning on the date of the Presidential declaration regarding a major disaster area.

Actions

Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Feb 12, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
Feb 12, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Feb 4, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jan 7, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 7, 2003

Introduced in House

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