Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008
Latest action · Jun 16, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 802.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Chief of the Forest Service, to establish a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to select and fund ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes.
Sets forth provisions concerning the eligibility criteria for, and nomination and selection of, collaborative forest landscape restoration proposals for carrying out such treatments.
Requires the Secretary to establish a scientific advisory panel to evaluate, and provide recommendations on, any proposal. Requires the panel to include experts in ecological restoration, fire ecology, fire management, rural economic development, strategies for ecological adaptation to climate change, fish and wildlife ecology, and woody biomass and small-diameter tree utilization.
Establishes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Fund, to be used for paying up to 50% of the cost of carrying out and monitoring ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land for each proposal selected. Permits, the cost of carrying out ecological restoration treatments, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, to include cancellation and termination costs required to be obligated for contracts to carry out such treatments for each such proposal.
Sets forth limitations on expenditures made from the Fund.
Requires establishment of an accounting and reporting system for the Fund.
Authorizes appropriations for the Fund.
Requires: (1) creation of implementation work plans and budgets to implement proposals; (2) submission of annual reports on the accomplishments of selected proposals; (3) use of a multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to assess the ecological, social, and economic effects of projects implementing proposals; and (4) submission of reports every five years on the Program.
Authorizes appropriations to carry out this Act.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| D-CO | Ken Salazar | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| R-NM | Pete V. Domenici | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Original | Feb 5, 2008 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Feb 13, 2008 | |
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Sep 26, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Sep 26, 2008 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Sep 26, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Sep 26, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2008Hearings Apr 1, 2008Markup May 7, 2008Reported Jun 16, 2008 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-370.
- Jun 16, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 802.
- May 7, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Apr 1, 2008Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-453.
- Feb 6, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S681)
- Feb 5, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Feb 5, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S659-660)
- Feb 5, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S660-662)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S681 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM | Feb 6, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S659Text printed S660–S662 | Jeff Bingaman D-NM (text) | Feb 5, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Jun 11, 2008S. 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008</p>
- Jun 11, 2008S. 2593, Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 7, 2008
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 110-987 | OVERSIGHT HEARING CONCERNING THE MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE EPIDEMIC IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES69 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 5, 2008 |
| S. Hrg. 110-453 | COLLABORATIVE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION61 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Apr 1, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5263 | Forest Landscape Restoration Act | Related bill | Jul 10, 2008 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a program at the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Forest Landscape Restoration Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Animals
- Commerce
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Protection
- Federal advisory bodies
- Fire prevention
- Forest conservation
- Forest ecology
- Forest fires
- Forest health
- Forest roads
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Habitat conservation
- Labor and Employment
- Lumber trade
- National forests
- Non-native species
- Old growth forests
- Performance measurement
- Private forests
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Restoration ecology
- Small business
- Transportation and Public Works
- Trees
- Water pollution control
- Water quality
- Wood
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 16, 2008Reported to Senate
- Feb 5, 2008Introduced in Senate
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