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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2369

To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2003

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. KENNEDY of 

Rhode Island, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. FARR, Mr. 

KIRK, Mr. REYES, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. ANDREWS, 

Ms. MAJETTE, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. 

SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, 

Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FERGUSON, Ms. WATERS, 

Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. LORETTA

SANCHEZ of California, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 

BOEHLERT, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. LEACH, Mrs. JOHNSON

of Connecticut, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 

WU, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. WEINER, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. FRANK

of Massachusetts, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mrs. TAUSCHER, 

Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 

DOGGETT, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SMITH of 

Washington, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 

DEFAZIO, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. LEE, Mr. KLECZKA, 

Mr. STARK, Mr. HONDA, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. CARSON

of Indiana, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. 

LANGEVIN, Mr. FORD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. 

JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. WYNN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 

Mr. KIND, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. OWENS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 

BOUCHER, Mr. HILL, Mr. SABO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. RANGEL, 

Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA ́, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MOORE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 

New York, Mr. WATT, Mr. GILCHREST, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. DAVIS

of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CLAY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GUTIERREZ, 

Mr. FATTAH, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

TOWNS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. 

SLAUGHTER, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. LINDA T. 

SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GREEN of 
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Texas, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. RYAN

of Ohio, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. 

KUCINICH, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CASE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. 

MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. BERKLEY, 

Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, 

and Mr. LARSON of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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 

A BILL

To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest 

System, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Forest 

5 Roadless Area Conservation Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIED ROADLESS 

7 AREAS. 

8 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF INVENTORIED ROADLESS

9 AREAS.—The inventoried roadless areas within the Na10 tional Forest System set forth in the maps contained in 

11 the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final En12 vironmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated Novem13 ber 2000, shall be known and identified as National For14 est Inventoried Roadless Areas. 
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1 (b) MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION.—The Sec2 retary of Agriculture shall manage the National Forest 

3 Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in subsection (a) to 

4 maintain the roadless character and values of the areas 

5 in accordance with part 294 of title 36, Code of Federal 

6 Regulations, as amended in the final rule and record of 

7 decision published in the Federal Register on January 12, 

8 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244).

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