Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Logging

Bill Introduced: H.R.5881 Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2008

2008-04-23T00:00:00Z

To direct the President to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate certain Federal rules and regulations for potentially harmful impacts on public health, air quality, water quality, plant and animal wildlife, global climate, or the environment; and to direct Federal departments and agencies to create plans to reverse those impacts that are determined to be harmful by the National Academy of Sciences.

Bill Introduced: S.1930 Combat Illegal Logging Act of 2007

2007-08-01T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prevent illegal logging practices, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3058 Public Land Communities Transition Act of 2007

2007-07-17T00:00:00Z

To amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1478 Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2007

2007-05-24T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.

Bill Introduced: H.R.222 Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

2007-01-04T00:00:00Z

To promote the economic development and recreational use of National Forest System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to ensure the continued management of certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands for recreational and grazing use and conservation and resource protection, to add certain National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5964 Rural Employment and Forest Restoration Act of 2006

2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

To establish management priorities for Federal forest lands in Oregon and Washington covered by the Northwest Forest Plan that will protect old growth timber while improving the health of young managed stands, increasing the volume of commercial timber available from these lands, and providing economic opportunities in rural areas, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5235 Environment and Public Health Restoration Act of 2006

2006-04-27T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.2584 Rocky Mountain FIRES Act

2006-04-06T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to help reduce the increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2364 Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2006

2006-03-02T00:00:00Z

A bill to provide lasting protection for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4875 Rocky Mountain FIRES Act

2006-03-02T00:00:00Z

To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to help reduce the increased risk of severe wildfires to communities in forested areas affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.1897 Act to Save America's Forests

2005-10-19T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal land, and to designate certain Federal land as Ancient forests, roadless areas, watershed protection areas, and special areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3973 National Forests Rehabilitation and Recovery Act of 2005

2005-10-06T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to carry out a series of pilot projects to encourage collaborative approaches to, and to provide research on, the rehabilitation of forest ecosystem health following uncharacteristic disturbances of forested Federal lands, to be conducted in a manner that protects wildlife habitat, water quality, and forest resiliency while also promoting social and economic opportunities in nearby communities, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3603 Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

2005-07-28T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.3420 National Forest Protection and Restoration Act

2005-07-25T00:00:00Z

To save taxpayers money, reduce the deficit, cut corporate welfare, protect communities from wildfires, encourage Federal land management agency reform and accountability, and protect and restore America's natural heritage by eliminating the fiscally wasteful and ecologically destructive commercial logging program on Federal public lands, restoring native biodiversity in our Federal public forests, and facilitating the economic recovery and diversification of communities affected by the Federal logging program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3067 To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other agricultural use log handling equipment.

2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other agricultural use log handling equipment.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2693 Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2005

2005-05-26T00:00:00Z

To amend the Great Ape Conservation Act to reauthorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide project grants and emergency assistance to address critical great ape conservation needs, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2514 Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act

2005-05-19T00:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.807 Enhanced Safety from Wildfire Act of 2005

2005-04-14T00:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide owners of non-Federal lands with a reliable method of receiving compensation for damages resulting from the spread of wildfire from nearby forested National Forest System lands or Bureau of Land Management lands, when those forested Federal lands are not maintained in the forest health status known as condition class 1.

Bill Introduced: S.600 Authorization bill FY2006-2007, State Department

2005-03-10T00:00:00Z

An original bill to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes.