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.
Fix Our Forests Act
This bill establishes requirements for managing forests on federal land, including requirements concerning reducing wildfire threats, expediting the review of certain forest management projects, and implementing forest management projects and other activities.
Specifically, the bill (1) designates certain firesheds at high risk for wildfires as fireshed management areas; (2) directs the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey to jointly establish an interagency Fireshed Center that is responsible for duties related to assessing and predicting fire, including maintaining a fireshed registry on a publicly accessible website that provides interactive geospatial data on individual firesheds; and (3) makes other requirements related to reducing wildfire.
Next, the bill expedites the review of certain forest management projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 and exempts certain activities from NEPA review. It also establishes intra-agency strike teams to accelerate the review and any interagency consultation processes under NEPA, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the National Historic Preservation Act. It also limits consultation requirements concerning threatened and endangered species under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976. Finally, it limits litigation involving fireshed management projects and limits remedies that courts may provide.
Additionally, the bill supports reducing community wildfire risks, carrying out forest restoration and stewardship activities, conducting biochar demonstration projects, and advancing technologies to address forest wildfires.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Obernolte amendment No. 5, as modified.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Harder amendment No. 6.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Barr amendment No. 7.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Pettersen amendment No. 8.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mullin amendment No. 9.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Valadao amendment No. 10.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Boebert amendment No. 11.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Boebert amendment No. 12.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Boebert amendment No. 13.
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Boebert amendment No. 14.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Boebert amendment No. 15.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1486, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the LaLota amendment No. 16.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 8790.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 268 - 151 (Roll no. 448).
Roll Call #448 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 268 - 151 (Roll no. 448).
Roll Call #448 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 8790.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.