House Bill 2921
115th Congress(2017-2018)
National Forest System Vegetation Management Pilot Program Act of 2017
Active
Passed House on Oct 31, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2921
Congress
115
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
checkPassed on October 31, 2017
Status
Passed
Type
Voice Vote
Voice Vote
A vote in which the presiding officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of senators voting on each side are not recorded.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8280-8281)
Summary
National Forest System Vegetation Management Pilot Program Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a limited, voluntary pilot program to permit vegetation management projects on National Forest System (NFS) land adjacent to rights-of-way to better protect utility infrastructure from potential passing wildfires.
Program participants must have a right-of-way on NFS land. USDA shall give priority to holders of a right-of-way who have worked with Forest Service fire scientists and used technologies, such as light detection and ranging surveys, to improve utility infrastructure protection prescriptions.
Vegetation management projects will involve limited and selective vegetation management activities, which:
- shall create the least amount of disturbance necessary to protect utility infrastructure from passing wildfires;
- may include thinning, fuel reduction, and creation and treatment of shaded fuel breaks;
- must only take place adjacent to the participant's right-of-way or within 75 feet of it;
- must not take place in any designated wilderness area, wilderness study area, or inventoried roadless area; and
- shall be subject to approval by the Forest Service.
November 1, 2017
October 31, 2017
October 19, 2017
June 15, 2017
11/01/2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
10/31/2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
10/31/2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8280-8281)
10/31/2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8280-8281)
10/31/2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2921.
10/31/2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8280-8282)
10/31/2017
Mr. Crawford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
10/19/2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 261.
10/19/2017
Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
10/19/2017
Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 115-357, Part I.
10/04/2017
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
10/04/2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
07/11/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
06/26/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
06/15/2017
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.
06/15/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
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