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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3465 

To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 17, 2011 

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 

HINCHEY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 

Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, 

Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. LEVIN, 

Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. 

TSONGAS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 

ACKERMAN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. STARK, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. 

KAPTUR, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. RAHALL, 

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. COOPER, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

BRALEY of Iowa, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. RYAN of 

Ohio, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. CHU, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

PASCRELL, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. OLVER, Ms. 

ESHOO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. 

CARNAHAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SPEIER, 

Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 

Texas, Mr. FARR, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. 

BROWN of Florida, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. 

FUDGE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. NEAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. RUSH, 

Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. CLAY, 

Mr. TONKO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 

KIND, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 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 

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A BILL 

To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest 

System. 

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. The Forest Service may 

15 modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving their 

16 accuracy or inclusiveness. Any substantial modification of 

17 such maps shall be made through the national forest man18 agement planning process and documented in an environ19 mental impact statement. 

20 (b) MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION.—The Sec21 retary of Agriculture shall manage the National Forest 

22 Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in subsection (a) to 

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1 maintain the roadless character and values of the areas 

2 in accordance with the final rule and record of decision 

3 published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 

4 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244 et seq.). 

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