House Bill 7273
116th Congress(2019-2020)
To provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program.
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 18, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
7273
Congress
116
Policy Area
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Primary focus of measure is natural areas (including wilderness); lands under government jurisdiction; land use practices and policies; parks, monuments, and historic sites; fisheries and marine resources; mining and minerals. Measures concerning energy supplies and production may fall under Energy policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
This bill establishes the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program.
Specifically, under the program, the Forest Service shall
- carry out critical deferred maintenance, urgent repairs, road and trail relocation, and associated activities on National Forest System roads, trails, and bridges;
- restore passages of fish and other aquatic species by removing or replacing unnatural barriers from such passages; and
- decommission any roads and trails as unneeded as soon as practicable after identifying them as unneeded.
In implementing the program, the Forest Service shall give priority to projects that protect or restore
- water quality and watershed function;
- a watershed that supplies a public drinking water system;
- the habitat of a threatened, endangered, or sensitive fish or wildlife species, or a species of conservation concern; or
- a watershed for which the Forest Service has completed a watershed protection and restoration action plan.
The Forest Service shall identify the minimum road system needed for each unit of the National Forest System.
The Forest Service shall develop a national strategy to carry out the program.
June 18, 2020
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08/13/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
07/14/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
07/14/2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
06/18/2020
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.
06/18/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
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Feb 8, 2022 11:54:46 PM