National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act
Latest action · Aug 9, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
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.
- IntroducedJul 28, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act - Identifies roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in specified maps as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage such Areas to maintain their roadless character. Authorizes the Forest Service to modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving their accuracy or inclusiveness. Requires any substantial modification of those maps to be made through the national forest management planning process and documented in an environmental impact statement.
Cosponsors 149
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2005 to Dec 7, 2005; 143 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-KY | Ben Chandler | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OR | Darlene Hooley | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-IA | James A. Leach | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | John F. Tierney | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Juanita Millender-McDonald | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-FL | Kendrick B. Meek | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-NJ | Mike Ferguson | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-CT | Nancy L. Johnson | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Nancy Pelosi | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-ME | Thomas H. Allen | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| R-IL | Timothy V. Johnson | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Jul 28, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 14, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Sep 29, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 18, 2005 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Diane E. Watson | Dec 7, 2005 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2005 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Aug 9, 2005 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 28, 2005 |
| Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee | Referred Aug 8, 2005 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 9, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Aug 8, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House
- Jul 28, 2005Referred 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.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Forest Roadless Area Conservation 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.
- Jul 28, 2005Introduced in House
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