Senate Bill 605
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 9, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
605
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.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act
This bill amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to prohibit the Department of Agriculture (USDA) or the Department of the Interior from being required to engage in any additional consultation with respect to: (1) the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of a critical habitat, if a land management plan or land use plan, respectively, has been adopted by USDA or Interior as of the date of the listing or designation; or (2) any provision of such an adopted plan.
March 9, 2017
09/27/2017
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-112.
03/09/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
03/09/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:36:17 PM