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Senate Bill 3116
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Transparency in Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Act of 2023
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Introduced in Senate on Oct 24, 2023
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S. 3116 (Introduced-in-Senate)


118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3116


To amend Public Law 88–657 to require greater transparency in the consideration of projects for the Forest Service Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Program, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 24, 2023

Mr. Luján (for himself and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To amend Public Law 88–657 to require greater transparency in the consideration of projects for the Forest Service Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Program, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Transparency in Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Act of 2023”.

SEC. 2. Forest Service Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Program transparency.

Section 8 of Public Law 88–657 (16 U.S.C. 538a) is amended—

(1) in subsection (c)(2)—

(A) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

“(B) solicit and consider public input regionally in selecting projects for funding under the Program by—

“(i) publishing annually, for each region, a list of projects considered for funding under the Program;

“(ii) accepting public comment on the projects described in clause (i); and

“(iii) considering public comments in selecting projects for funding under the Program;”; and

(B) in subparagraph (D)—

(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “annually, for each region,” before “publish”; and

(ii) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:

“(ii) a list that includes a description of—

“(I) each project considered for funding under the Program;

“(II) public comments received on each project described in subclause (I);

“(III) the ranking within the applicable region of each project described in subclause (I); and

“(IV) the proposed outcome of each project funded under the Program for the applicable fiscal year.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(f) Definition of region.—In this section, the term ‘region’ means one of the 9 regions of the Forest Service.”.