House Bill 4573
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Stop CATASTROPHES Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jul 20, 2021
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4573
Congress
117
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
Stop Causing Alarming Tree, Air, and Soil Trauma Resulting from Obstructive Progressives' and Hypocritical Environmentalists' Schemes Act or the Stop CATASTROPHES Act
This bill categorically excludes certain forest management activities from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement. The activities are those that are carried out by the Department of Agriculture on National Forest System Lands or the Department of the Interior on public lands where the primary purpose is to improve or restore such lands or reduce the risk of wildfire on such lands.
To be excluded, the area of the forest management activity may not exceed 10,000 acres.
July 20, 2021
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08/11/2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
07/20/2021
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.
07/20/2021
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 31, 2022 5:05:53 AM