To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to give preference to local contractors in awarding contracts to carry out certain hazardous fuel reduction projects on Federal land.
Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the Forest Service to prefer qualifying local contractors for certain hazardous-fuel reduction and related forest-management projects and to report on the economic effects of that preference.
Who Benefits and How
Local forestry and fuels-reduction contractors could receive an advantage in covered contracting opportunities, supporting local employment and contractor capacity.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Nonlocal firms could face a harder path to covered awards, and the Forest Service would have to monitor, justify exceptions, and report on implementation.
Key Provisions
- Creates a local-contractor preference for specified hazardous-fuel reduction and related projects.
- Defines the qualifying local contractor criteria and covered project list.
- Requires annual reporting and a monitoring process.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Forest Service to prefer qualifying local contractors for certain hazardous-fuel reduction and related forest-management projects and to report on the economic effects of that preference.
Key Policy Areas
Agriculture, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires the Forest Service to prefer qualifying local contractors for certain hazardous-fuel reduction and related forest-management projects and to report on the economic effects of that preference.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Local contractors and workers performing covered fuels-reduction and forest-management projects
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Nonlocal contractors competing for covered awards
- Forest Service officials administering and documenting the preference
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Luján (for himself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
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Local contractors performing covered hazardous-fuel reduction and forest-management work
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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