US Congress House Bill 2401 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on June 17 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Good Neighbor Forestry Act

Sen. Tom Cotton [R-AR]

Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-08-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
2013-06-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
2013-06-17	House	Referred to House Agriculture
2013-06-17	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2013-06-17	House	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.

SB327 (Related) 2013-09-10 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175.
HB818 (Related) 2013-04-11 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB1345 (Related) 2013-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
HB1895 (Related) 2013-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
HB1947 (Related) 2013-06-20 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB2518 (Related) 2013-06-26 - Referred to House Rules
HB1526 (Related) 2013-09-23 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
HB4 (Related) 2014-11-13 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/2401/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr2401/BILLS-113hr2401ih.pdf