2008-02-05T19:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/5493 tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-05:/action/144669 2008-02-05T19:00:00Z To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to take expedited action to reduce the increased risk of severe wildfires to Colorado communities, water supplies, and infrastructure in or near forested areas most severely affected by infestations of bark beetles and other insects, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-05:/action/144532 2008-02-05T19:00:00Z To promote the use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-24:/action/142600 2008-01-24T19:00:00Z A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to modify a definition.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-22:/action/142348 2008-01-22T19:00:00Z A bill to reduce the risks to Colorado communities and water supplies from severe wildfires, especially in areas affected by insect infestations, to provide model legislation that may be applied to other States experiencing similar insect infestations or other forest-related problems, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-12:/action/140586 2007-12-12T19:00:00Z A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the Forest Service) to enter into a cooperative agreement with the State of Wyoming to allow the State of Wyoming to conduct certain forest and watershed restoration services, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-14:/action/137041 2007-11-14T19:00:00Z To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide for the categorical exclusion of certain projects on Federal land located adjacent to non-Federal land from documentation in an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment when conditions on the Federal land pose a serious risk to the non-Federal land, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts or agreements for forest projects on Federal land with non-Federal entities that own adjacent land, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-17:/action/132808 2007-10-17T20:00:00Z To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Deputy Chief of the State and Private Forestry organization, to provide loans to eligible units of local government to finance purchases of authorized equipment to monitor, remove, dispose of, and replace infested trees that are located on land under the jurisdiction of the eligible units of local government and within the borders of quarantine areas infested by the emerald ash borer, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-16:/action/122888 2007-07-16T20:00:00Z To reduce the risks to Colorado communities and water supplies from severe wildfires, especially in areas affected by insect infestations, to provide model legislation that may be applied to other States experiencing similar insect infestations or other forest-related problems, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-16:/action/122972 2007-07-16T20:00:00Z A bill to reduce the risks to Colorado communities and water supplies from severe wildfires, especially in areas affected by insect infestations, to provide model legislation that may be applied to other States experiencing similar insect infestations or other forest-related problems, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-26:/action/120216 2007-06-26T20:00:00Z A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Deputy Chief of State and Private Forestry organization, to provide loans to eligible units of local government to finance purchases of authorized equipment to monitor, remove, dispose of, and replace infested trees that are located on land under the jurisdiction of the eligible units of local government and within the borders of quarantine areas infested by the emerald ash borer, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-14:/action/93745 2007-02-14T19:00:00Z A bill to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-03:/action/89024 2007-01-03T19:00:00Z 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.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2006-05-03:/action/48180 2006-05-03T20:00:00Z To address the forest and watershed emergency in the State of Colorado that has been exacerbated by the bark beetle infestation, to provide for the conduct of activities in the State to reduce the risk of wildfire and flooding, to promote economically healthy rural communities by reinvigorating the forest products industry in the State, to encourage the use of biomass fuels for energy, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2006-04-06:/action/50772 2006-04-06T20:00:00Z A bill to address the forest and watershed emergency in the State of Colorado that has been exacerbated by the bark beetle infestation, to provide for the conduct of activities in the State to reduce the risk of wildfire and flooding, to promote economically healthy rural communities by reinvigorating the forest products industry in the State, to encourage the use of biomass fuels for energy, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2006-04-05:/action/42170 2006-04-05T20:00:00Z To maintain the rural heritage of the Eastern Sierra and enhance the region's tourism economy by designating certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the State of California, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2006-04-05:/action/50989 2006-04-05T20:00:00Z 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.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2006-04-05:/action/47977 2006-04-05T20:00:00Z A bill to maintain the rural heritage of the Eastern Sierra and enhance the region's tourism economy by designating certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild a scenic rivers in the State of California, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2006-03-27:/action/37656 2006-03-27T19:00:00Z To protect for future generations the recreational opportunities, forests, timber, clean water, wilderness and scenic values, and diverse habitat of Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2006-03-01:/action/49032 2006-03-01T19:00:00Z 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.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2005-12-29:/action/55941 2005-12-29T19:00:00Z A bill to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to provide for the conduct of projects that protect forests, and for other purposes.<br /><br />December 29, 2005: Became Public Law No: 109-154.