Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 7, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation 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.
- IntroducedMay 8, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019
This bill revises provisions regarding certain forest management activities conducted by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior.
The bill establishes categorical exclusions from environmental review for activities such as responding to an infestation or protecting a municipal water supply.
For certain forest management activities, including those developed through a collaborative process, an environmental review may compare the impact of the proposed activity only to the impact of taking no action.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2019 to Feb 11, 2020; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-UT | Chris Stewart | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-MT | Greg Gianforte | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-UT | John R. Curtis | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | May 8, 2019 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | May 8, 2019 |
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 May 8, 2019 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Jun 7, 2019 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred May 8, 2019 |
| Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee | Referred May 23, 2019 | |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred May 23, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 7, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- May 23, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
- May 23, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- May 8, 2019Introduced in House
- May 8, 2019Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5634–H5636 | Bruce Westerman R-AR, Dan Newhouse R-WA, Gary J. Palmer R-AL, Glenn Thompson R-PA, Ken Calvert R-CA, Paul A. Gosar R-AZ | Oct 1, 2020 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 76, May 8, 2019, page H3502.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 691 | Proven Wildfire Reduction Techniques Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 8, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Building construction
- Civil actions and liability
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Ecology
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Fires
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Land use and conservation
- Legal fees and court costs
- Natural disasters
- Oregon
- Pest management
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Public participation and lobbying
- Roads and highways
- State and local government operations
- Water use and supply
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 8, 2019Introduced in House
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.
