US HB1294 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on March 20 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-04-11 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 20 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-04-11 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the community forest demonstration area or areas of a state, consisting of National Forest System (NFS) land, at the request of a Board of Trustees appointed by a governor to manage such land in that state. Conditions establishment of an area upon: (1) inclusion of at least 200,000 acres of NFS land; (2) a state has a forest practices law or regulatory structure applicable to state or privately owned forest land; (3) agreement with the governor by the county in which the land is located requiring the county, in using revenues received from the area, to continue to meet obligations under applicable state law pursuant to the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 or other provisions concerning payment of receipts for the benefit of public schools and roads. Excludes from a community forest demonstration area land that is a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System or on which the removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited by federal law. Deems the administration and management of a community forest demonstration area, including implementing actions, not to be federal action and subject to federal laws only to the extent that they apply to the state administration and management of forest lands in which the community forest demonstration area is located.
Title
Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act
Sponsors
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID] | Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV] | Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT] | Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ] |
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY] | Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA] | Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM] | Rep. Don Young [R-AK] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2013-04-11 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
2013-04-02 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. |
2013-03-28 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. |
2013-03-20 | House | Referred to House Natural Resources |
2013-03-20 | House | Referred to House Agriculture |
2013-03-20 | House | Referred 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. |
Same As/Similar To
HB1526 (Related) 2013-09-23 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
HB4 (Related) 2014-11-13 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
HB4 (Related) 2014-11-13 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.
Subjects
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Forests, forestry, trees
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1294/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1294/BILLS-113hr1294ih.pdf |