Last progress January 3, 2025 (11 months ago)
Introduced on January 3, 2025 by Tom McClintock
Referred to the Committee on Natural 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.
This bill narrows what the federal government has to study in environmental reviews for some forest projects on public lands. For qualifying projects, agencies may look at only two choices: do the proposed project, or do nothing. It applies when the land is open for timber and the project is in an insect-and-disease treatment area, was built through a collaborative process, was proposed by a resource advisory committee, or is covered by a community wildfire protection plan .
When reviewing the “do nothing” choice, the agencies should consider likely effects on forest health, wildfire risk, insects and disease, habitat, timber production, and what that could mean for life and property, local water supply, wildlife habitat, and other economic and social factors .