HR3700-118

Introduced

To provide for restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation on Federal lands in Northern California, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced May 25, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation on Federal lands in Northern California, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Transportation.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H104C07FD9D6A4517865607EB402A2E59: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act. The table of contents for...
  • Section HE7D7AC384C644EFF852C4C64A02BE197: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Secretary means— with respect to land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of...
  • Section H57BE178D2878467AB5E258CC0B7FD529: 101. South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area In this section: The term collaboratively developed means, with respect to a restoration project, the...
  • Section HA897262015BB42528E90C81DA298F8A5: 102. Redwood National and State Parks restoration The Secretary of the Interior may carry out initiatives to restore degraded redwood forest ecosystems in...
  • Section HED4BE0BE58E64B36A4B525E9E744A353: 103. California Public Land Remediation Partnership In this section: The term partnership means the California Public Land Remediation Partnership established...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation on Federal lands in Northern California, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for restoration, economic development, recreation, and conservation on Federal lands in Northern California, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Transportation

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies:
environmental regulators and natural-resource users:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
May 25, 2023

Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, and Ms. Chu) introduced …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"restoration area" §H57BE178D2878467AB5E258CC0B7FD529

the South Fork Trinity-Mad River Restoration Area established by subsection (b). The term shaded fuel break means a vegetation treatment that— effectively addresses all slash generated by a project

"remediation" §HED4BE0BE58E64B36A4B525E9E744A353

to facilitate the recovery of land or water that has been degraded, damaged, or destroyed by illegal marijuana cultivation or another illegal activity. The term remediation includes— the removal of trash, debris, or other material

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