Good Neighbor Forestry Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jun 17, 2013)
Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with state foresters to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, and protection services that include: (1) activities to treat insect infected forests; (2) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; (3) activities involving commercial harvesting or other mechanical vegetation treatments; or (4) any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat.
Permits state foresters to enter into subcontracts to provide such restoration, management, and protection services.
What just happenedAug 13, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 17, 2013
- Aug 13, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
- Jun 25, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- Jun 17, 2013IntroReferralH11100
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.
- Jun 17, 2013IntroReferralH11100
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.
- Jun 17, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 17, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House