HR4228-118

Introduced

To restore employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties containing National Forest System land, while also reducing Forest Service management costs, by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue from timber sales conducted on National Forest System land, to reduce payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to reflect such counties' receipt of timber sale revenues, to strengthen stewardship end result contracting, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 20, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To restore employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties containing National Forest System land, while also reducing Forest Service management costs, by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue from timber sales conducted on National Forest System land, to reduce payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to reflect such counties' receipt of timber sale revenues, to strengthen stewardship end result contracting, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Labor, 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 H749C8E88C2674D8E91C71C2A4DA8947E: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2023 or...
  • Section H04D4FC82EB764697B68D32B4C8F9DB49: 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are as follows: To restore employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties...
  • Section H158F12FA91D0458399FB23329B8FBE3A: 101. Definitions In this title: The term annual volume requirement, with respect to a Forest Active Management Area, means, the annual volume of national...
  • Section HBA6EBE3D8202483385A539E13FBD371C: 102. Establishment of Forest Active Management Areas and annual volume requirements Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall establish...
  • Section H7727A7DB8752455685133EF597721461: 103. Management of Forest Active Management Areas Immediately upon the establishment of a Forest Active Management Area, the Secretary shall manage the Forest...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To restore employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties containing National Forest System land, while also reducing Forest Service management costs, by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue from timber sales conducted on National Forest System land, to reduce payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to reflect such counties' receipt of timber sale revenues, to strengthen stewardship end result contracting, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Labor, Transportation

Primary Purpose

This bill, To restore employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the economic stability of, counties containing National Forest System land, while also reducing Forest Service management costs, by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue from timber sales conducted on National Forest System land, to reduce payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to reflect such counties' receipt of timber sale revenues, to strengthen stewardship end result contracting, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Labor 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
Jun 20, 2023

Mrs. Rodgers of Washington introduced the following bill; which was …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Labor Transportation
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_commerce"
→ Secretary of Commerce
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

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