US Congress House Bill 2607 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 26-2)
Status: Introduced on May 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Pending: House Conservation and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises provisions regarding certain forest management activities conducted by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior. The bill establishes categorical exclusions from environmental review for activities such as responding to an infestation or protecting a municipal water supply. For certain forest management activities, including those developed through a collaborative process, an environmental review may compare the impact of the proposed activity only to the impact of taking no action.

Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019

Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]	Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Greg Gianforte [R-MT]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Dusty Johnson [R-SD]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Chris Stewart [R-UT]	Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]	Rep. Russ Fulcher [R-ID]	Rep. John Curtis [R-UT]	Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]
Rep. Dan Crenshaw [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]	Rep. Denver Riggleman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-07	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
2019-05-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-05-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
2019-05-08	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.
2019-05-08	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.
2019-05-08	House	Introduced in House

HB691 (Related) 2019-02-08 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2607/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2607/BILLS-116hr2607ih.pdf