US Congress Senate Bill 326 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 9-4)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-07-16 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stewardship End Result Contracting Improvement Act Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to obligate funds to cover any potential cancellation or termination costs (cancellation ceiling) in stages that are economically or programmatically viable with respect to an agreement or contract for a stewardship end result contracting project. Requires the Forest Service and BLM to submit written notice to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget 30 days before entering into a multiyear agreement or contract that includes a cancellation ceiling exceeding $25 million if proposed funding for the costs of cancelling the agreement or contract up to the ceiling is not included. Allows the Forest Service and BLM, if the offset value of the forest products to be removed exceeds the value of the resource improvement treatments, to: (1) use the excess to satisfy any outstanding liabilities for cancelled agreements or contracts; or (2) if there are no such outstanding liabilities, apply the excess to other authorized stewardship projects.

Stewardship End Result Contracting Improvement Act

Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Cory Gardner [R-CO]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-16	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
2015-01-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/326/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s326/BILLS-114s326is.pdf