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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2506 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the 

Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 

Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to take actions to mitigate 

tree spiking devices on certain Federal land, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2021 

Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, 

Ms. LUMMIS, and Mr. SULLIVAN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 

Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the 

Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 

Land Management, to take actions to mitigate tree spiking devices on certain Federal land, 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 ‘‘Tree Spiking Mitiga5 tion Act of 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND MITIGATION OF 

2 TREE SPIKING DEVICES ON FEDERAL LAND. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, acting in coordi4 nation, shall take necessary actions to ensure the detec5 tion, identification, and, as the Secretaries determine to 

6 be appropriate, mitigation of tree spiking devices located 

7 on Federal land. 

8 (b) PRIORITIZATION.—For purposes of carrying out 

9 activities under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall 

10 prioritize areas in which— 

11 (1) incidences of tree spiking devices have oc12 curred; or 

13 (2) the Secretaries suspect that there are tree 

14 spiking devices. 

15 (c) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Secre16 taries may enter into memoranda of understanding for 

17 carrying out activities on Federal land under this section. 

18 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries to carry 

20 out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to re21 main available until September 30, 2026. 

22 SEC. 3. UPDATES TO SAFETY GUIDELINES AND TRAINING 

23 PROTOCOLS. 

24 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

25 of this Act, the Secretaries shall, where appropriate, up26 date safety guidelines and training protocols to include the 


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1 awareness, detection, identification, and mitigation of tree 

2 spiking devices. 

3 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 

6 means— 

7 (A) land of the National Forest System (as 

8 defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and 

9 Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 

10 of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))), except— 

11 (i) the national grasslands and land 

12 utilization projects administered under title 

13 III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant 

14 Act (7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.); or 

15 (ii) National Forest System land east 

16 of the 100th meridian; and 

17 (B) land under the jurisdiction of the Sec18 retary of the Interior, acting through the Direc19 tor of the Bureau of Land Management. 

20 (2) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 

21 means each of— 

22 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

23 through the Chief of the Forest Service; and 


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1 (B) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

2 through the Director of the Bureau of Land 

3 Management. 

4 (3) TREE SPIKING DEVICE.—The term ‘‘tree 

5 spiking device’’ means any tree spiking device de6 scribed in section 1864(d)(3) of title 18, United 

7 States Code. 

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