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S.661: A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisit
About This Bill
- Introduced March 22, 2013
- Latest Major Action March 22, 2013
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Bill Summary
Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to implement procedures to ensure that not less than 600,000 acres of federal land each fiscal year are treated with mechanical treatments intended to produce merchantable wood. Directs the Secretary to: (1) declare that emergency circumstances exist for all federal land affected by a catastrophic...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
Date | Description |
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March 22, 2013 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
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March 22, 2013 |
Introduced in the Senate by John Thune (R-S.D.) |