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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3692 

To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2009 

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. KIRK, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HARE, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. 

GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. 

HIRONO, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. STARK, 

Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 

WU, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CONNOLLY

of Virginia, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. OLVER, Ms. BALDWIN, 

Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, 

Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

NYE, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 

MICHAUD, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. FILNER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. BERKLEY, 

Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 

SCHIFF, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 

GRAYSON, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 

BLUMENAUER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 

SPEIER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of 

Pennsylvania, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. FARR, Ms. EDWARDS

of Maryland, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HALL

of New York, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 

CHANDLER, Mr. WATT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 

Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. COOPER, Mr. ARCURI, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. WATERS, 

Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. BRALEY of 

Iowa, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. MOORE

of Kansas, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. MEEK of Florida, 

Ms. KILROY, Mr. MASSA, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 

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zona, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, 

Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. TONKO, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. LANCE, Mr. DELAHUNT, 

Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 

TSONGAS, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. EDDIE

BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. MARSHALL) 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 


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1 accuracy or inclusiveness. Any substantial modification of 

2 such maps shall be made through the national forest man3 agement planning process and documented in an environ4 mental impact statement. 

5 (b) MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION.—The Sec6 retary of Agriculture shall manage the National Forest 

7 Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in subsection (a) to 

8 maintain the roadless character and values of the areas 

9 in accordance with the final rule and record of decision 

10 published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 

11 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244 et seq.). 

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