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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2516 

To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2007 

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. RAMSTAD, 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 

GRIJALVA, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. LEE, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

DINGELL, Mr. WEINER, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. TAUSCHER, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. OLVER, Mr. FARR, 

Mr. KIND, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. HONDA, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 

STARK, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, 

Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ALLEN, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. BOUCHER, 

Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. NEAL of 

Massachusetts, Mr. NADLER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. LARSON of 

Connecticut, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. DELAURO, 

Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. BERKLEY, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, 

Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. WU, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. 

HIRONO, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. DEFAZIO, 

Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RUSH, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 

Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. 

COSTELLO, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. MEEHAN, 

Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HILL, 

Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. 

HOOLEY, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. 

ROTHMAN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. COHEN, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. WATERS, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. ZOE

LOFGREN of California, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. CROWLEY, 

Mr. SNYDER, Mr. HOLT, Mr. REYES, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. DAVIS of 

California, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. WATT, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. 

LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. WYNN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SIRES, Mr. DELAHUNT, 


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Ms. CARSON, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HARE, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. 

ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. FILNER, and Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ) 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 

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 manVerDate Aug 31 2005 23:14 May 29, 2007 Jkt 059196 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2516.IH H2516

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1 agement planning process and documented in an environ2 mental impact statement. 

3 (b) MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION.—The Sec4 retary of Agriculture shall manage the National Forest 

5 Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in subsection (a) to 

6 maintain the roadless character and values of the areas 

7 in accordance with the final rule and record of decision 

8 published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 

9 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244 et seq.). 

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