HR 6237 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Act to Save America's Forests

Introduced Sep 28, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Anna G. Eshoo D-CA

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Latest action · Oct 17, 2006 Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 28, 2006
  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, 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 and the amendments made by this Act shall not apply to federal wilderness areas designated under the Wilderness Act.

Adds specified land to the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Transfers administrative jurisdiction over the Monument from the Secretary to the Secretary of the Interior. Establishes the Giant Sequoia National Monument Advisory Board.

Adds specified parts of Sequoia National Forest that are not included in the Monument to: (1) Sierra National Forest; and (2) Inyo National Forest.

Cosponsors 84

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 28, 2006 to Dec 8, 2006; 82 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MABarney FrankOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CABob FilnerOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalSep 28, 2006
R-CTChristopher ShaysOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-ILDaniel LipinskiOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CAEllen O. TauscherOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-ILLane EvansOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CALois CappsOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NJRush HoltOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CASam FarrOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NVShelley BerkleyOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYSteve IsraelOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NJSteven R. RothmanOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CATom LantosOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalSep 28, 2006
D-MAEdward J. MarkeySep 29, 2006
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyDec 8, 2006

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Sep 28, 2006
Forests and Forest Health Subcommittee
Referred Oct 17, 2006
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Oct 17, 2006
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Sep 28, 2006

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 17, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
  2. Oct 17, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
  3. Oct 17, 2006Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
  4. Sep 28, 2006Introduced in House
  5. Sep 28, 2006Referred 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.

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.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 28, 2006Introduced in House

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