Stop CATASTROPHES Act
Latest action · Aug 11, 2021 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.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Causing Alarming Tree, Air, and Soil Trauma Resulting from Obstructive Progressives' and Hypocritical Environmentalists' Schemes Act or the Stop CATASTROPHES Act
This bill categorically excludes certain forest management activities from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement. The activities are those that are carried out by the Department of Agriculture on National Forest System Lands or the Department of the Interior on public lands where the primary purpose is to improve or restore such lands or reduce the risk of wildfire on such lands.
To be excluded, the area of the forest management activity may not exceed 10,000 acres.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2021 to Jul 26, 2021; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-OR | Cliff Bentz | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-MT | Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Jul 20, 2021 |
| R-MI | Lisa C. McClain | Jul 26, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2021 |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2021 |
| Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee | Referred Aug 11, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 11, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Jul 20, 2021Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2021Referred to the Committee on Natural 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.
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. 167, no. 127, July 20, 2021, page H3755.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2698 | Stop CATASTROPHES Act | Related bill | Aug 10, 2021 |
| HR 4302 | Active Forest Management, Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act | Related bill | Aug 11, 2021 |
| HR 4516 | PROTECT Act | Related bill | Aug 11, 2021 |
| HR 4518 | Wildfire Prevention and Drought Mitigation Act of 2021 | Related bill | Jul 19, 2021 |
| HR 4584 | Healthy Forests for Hunters Act of 2021 | Related bill | Aug 11, 2021 |
| HR 4614 | Resilient Federal Forests Act | Related bill | Aug 11, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System land or public land or reduce the risk of wildfire, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop CATASTROPHES Act
- Stop Causing Alarming Tree, Air, and Soil Trauma Resulting from Obstructive Progressives’ and Hypocritical Environmentalists’ Schemes Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2021Introduced 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.
