US Congress House Bill 5744 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 31-3)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-07-20 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands, (the Secretaries) to implement authorized wildfire prevention projects in at-risk forests and threatened and endangered species in a manner that focuses on surface, ladder, and canopy fuels reduction activities. Requires projects carried out on threatened and endangered species habitat to: (1) provide enhanced protection from wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, for the endangered species, threatened species, or their habitat; and (2) comply with applicable recovery plan guidelines. Requires projects carried out in at-risk forests to move the federal land from condition class II or III toward condition class I. Permits use in a project of: (1) domestic livestock grazing to reduce surface fuel loads and to recover burned areas; and (2) timber harvesting and thinning to reduce ladder and canopy fuel loads for the prevention of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfires. Directs the Secretaries to review public petitions for, and make determinations with respect to, the designation of federal lands as at-risk forests or as threatened and endangered species habitats. Requires notice in the Federal Register of proposed projects and final designated projects and permits public comment on projects as specified. Instructs the Secretaries to prepare an environmental assessment for projects that include timber harvesting or grazing. Instructs the Secretaries to research what impact any listing of a species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 would have on both forage and timber forest fuel loads. Requires endangered species recovery plans and critical habitat determinations to include a wildfire risk assessment analysis.

Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012

Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]	Rep. Rick Berg [R-ND]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Sean Duffy [R-WI]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Jim Matheson [D-UT]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R-NM]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]	Rep. Benjamin Quayle [R-AZ]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Heath Shuler [D-NC]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]	Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-20	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2012-05-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2012-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
2012-05-15	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2012-05-15	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2012-05-15	House	Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.

SB3409 (Related) 2012-07-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5744/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5744/BILLS-112hr5744ih.pdf