Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act
Latest action · Dec 11, 2018 By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-429. Minority views filed.
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.
- IntroducedNov 16, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act
This bill directs the Forest Service to establish within its Region 1 under an arbitration pilot program an alternative dispute resolution process in lieu of judicial review for the arbitration of projects that:
- are developed through a collaborative process,
- are carried out under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, or
- are identified in a community wildfire protection plan,
- have as a purpose hazardous fuels reduction or mitigation of insect or disease infestation, and
- are located in a wildland-urban interface.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 16, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Nov 16, 2017 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Nov 16, 2017 |
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 Nov 16, 2017Markup Oct 2, 2018Reported Dec 5, 2018 |
| Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee | Hearings Aug 22, 2018 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 11, 2018By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-429. Minority views filed.
- Dec 5, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Dec 5, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 720.
- Oct 2, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Aug 22, 2018Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.
- Nov 16, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Nov 16, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 | Text printed S7301 | Steve Daines R-MT (text) | Nov 16, 2017 |
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 estimate
- Dec 7, 2018S. 2160, Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on December 5, 2018
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. 115-528 | PENDING LEGISLATION458 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Aug 22, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a pilot program under which the Chief of the Forest Service may use alternative dispute resolution in lieu of judicial review of certain projects.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2018Reported to Senate
- Nov 16, 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.
