To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, 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, Energy.
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 H6135350EF51D4298B363FC183E7F00D0: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Fix Our Forests Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
- Section H42236FCFF95F4A8EAA742C9E705DA7E6: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Director means the Director of the Fireshed Center appointed under section 102. The term fireshed means a landscape-scale...
- Section H2C1265A3EEFD493C8013645A03788B29: 101. Designation of fireshed management areas For the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 5 years after the...
- Section H740D3537E84E401684F6D37D142B2233: 102. Fireshed center The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the U.S....
- Section H7CE617896C7C4643BCE3F343FC4AE267: 103. Fireshed registry The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Fireshed Center appointed under section 102, shall maintain a Fireshed Registry on a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedReceived; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, …
Additional sponsors: Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Carl, Ms. Boebert, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, …
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
Committees on Agriculture and Science, Space, and Technology discharged; committed …
Mr. Westerman (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Panetta, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Land Management warehouse system, Congress and oversight bodies, Department of the Interior
Federal land management agencies, Forest Service, Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Congress and oversight bodies, Forest Service and BLM, Indian Tribes, Indian Tribes conducting research, Indian Tribes through self-determination contracts, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Negative-direction: Bureau of Land Management warehouse system, Department of the Interior, Department of the Interior land managers, Federal agencies (USFS, BLM, NPS, USGS, FEMA, DOD, etc.), Forest Service and Fireshed Center, Forest Service research stations, Government Accountability Office, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA and Interior Department
Forest restoration contractors, Private forest landowners, Private forest landowners with white oak
Land-grant mercedes (historic land grants), Local communities developing wildfire protection plans, State forestry agencies
Positive-direction: Land-grant mercedes (historic land grants), Local communities developing wildfire protection plans, State forestry agencies, State governments, counties, and special districts
Negative-direction: State governments and Indian Tribes
Endangered species and wildlife conservation groups, Environmental advocacy organizations, Environmental groups seeking updated forest plans
Positive-direction: Forest restoration collaboratives and nonprofits
Negative-direction: Endangered species and wildlife conservation groups, Environmental advocacy organizations, Environmental groups seeking updated forest plans, Environmental litigation organizations
Biochar producers and manufacturers, Cooperage and barrel manufacturing industry, Mass timber and fire-resistant building materials manufacturers
Land-grant universities (1862, 1890, 1994 institutions), Research institutions and universities, Research institutions studying biochar
Native seed producers and nurseries, Tree nurseries, Tree nurseries (federal, state, tribal, private)
At-risk communities in wildland-urban interface, Communities in wildland-urban interface, Rural communities near federal forests
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "administrator_of_fema"
- → Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a political subdivision of a State that— has significant budgetary autonomy or control
excess biomass in the form of plant matter or materials that serves as the raw material for the production of biochar. The term covered Secretaries means— the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service
non-Federal land, including State, local, and private land, that is adjacent to, and within the same watershed as, National Forest System land on which a watershed protection and restoration project is carried out under this section
a county, municipality, or special district. The term special district means a political subdivision of a State that— has significant budgetary autonomy or control
a political subdivision of a State that— has significant budgetary autonomy or control
an agreement or contract under subsection (b)— with a term of more than 5 years
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