Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018
Latest action · Sep 7, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2017
- Passed SenateSep 6, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Interior to categorically exclude vegetative management activities that establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Examples of vegetative management activities include restoring native vegetation following a natural disturbance or preventing the expansion of nonnative or invasive vegetation into such habitat.
A categorical exclusion under NEPA is a category of actions which do not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required. The bill prohibits the categorical exclusion from including: (1) activity conducted in a wilderness area or wilderness study area, or (2) activity for the construction of a permanent road or trail.
Before commencing a vegetative management activity that is covered by a categorical exclusion, Interior must develop a long-term monitoring and maintenance plan, covering at least 20 years, to ensure that management of the treated area does not degrade the habitat gains secured by the vegetative management activity.
Vegetative material resulting from vegetative management activity may be: (1) used for fuel wood or other products; or (2) piled or burned, or both.
Native vegetative cover must be reestablished on a temporary road constructed in connection with a categorically excluded vegetative management activity in order to minimize soil erosion from areas disturbed by the temporary road.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 22, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Jun 22, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2017Hearings Sep 27, 2017Discharged Sep 6, 2018 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 7, 2018 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2018Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 7, 2018Received in the House.
- Sep 7, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Sep 6, 2018Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 6, 2018Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6102-6103)
- Sep 6, 2018Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 27, 2017Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-112.
- Jun 22, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Jun 22, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 S6102Amendments S6062, S6102 | Martin Heinrich D-NM (amendment), Mitch McConnell R-KY, Orrin G. Hatch R-UT (amendment) | Sep 6, 2018 |
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.
Printed hearings 1
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. 115-112 | HEARING ON FOREST MANAGEMENT TO MITIGATE WILDFIRES: LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS216 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Sep 27, 2017 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 4012 | In the nature of a substitute. | Orrin G. Hatch R-UT | Amendment SA 4012 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2018 |
| S 2068 | Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 | Related bill | Nov 2, 2017 |
| HR 3543 | Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 | Identical bill | Jul 28, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a categorical exclusion for covered vegetative management activities carried out to establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2018Referred in House
- Sep 6, 2018Engrossed in Senate
- Jun 22, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
