H.R.5241: Colorado Forest Insect Emergency Response Act of 2008

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about emergency management
  • Introduced Feb. 6, 2008
  • Latest Major Action April 25, 2008

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Bill Cosponsor

Bill Summary

Colorado Forest Insect Emergency Response Act of 2008 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to designate an area of federal land in Colorado as an insect-emergency area if the area is: (1) subject to a widespread infestation of bark beetles or other insects; (2) characterized by insect-induced tree mortality that has, or within one year of the...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 Agriculture
Referred to House Natural Resources
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Feb. 6, 2008

Introduced in the House by Mark Udall (D-Colo.)

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