H.R.1523: Forest Roads-Community Right-To-Know Act

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 106th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about law
  • Introduced April 22, 1999
  • Latest Major Action May 3, 2000

Bill Summary

Forest Roads-Community Right-to-Know Act - Defines specified terms.Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, prior to making permanent road closings on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands, respectively, to: (1) provide affected State and local officials with advance notice showing affected roads and traffic patterns; and (2) provide for public notice and comment.Requires: (1) the Secretaries to meet...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Resources
Referred to House Agriculture
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 5.
Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-604, Part I.
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 3, 2000.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.
April 22, 1999

Introduced in the House by Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-Idaho)

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