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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2816 

To provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation 

Program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 22, 2021 

Ms. SCHRIER (for herself, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. KILMER, Mr. NEGUSE, and Ms. 

NORTON) 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 provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails 

Remediation Program. 

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 ‘‘Legacy Roads and 

5 Trails Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS RE2 MEDIATION PROGRAM. 

3 Public Law 88–657 (16 U.S.C. 532 et seq.) (com4 monly known as the ‘‘Forest Roads and Trails Act’’) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 8. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS RE7 MEDIATION PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab9 lish the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remedi10 ation Program (referred to in this section as ‘the Pro11 gram’). 

12 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Program shall be ad13 ministered by the Secretary, acting through the Chief of 

14 the Forest Service. 

15 ‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the Program, the 

16 Secretary shall, taking into account predicted changes in 

17 weather and hydrology related to global climate change— 

18 ‘‘(1) carry out storm damage risk reduction, in19 cluding deferred maintenance, repairs, road and trail 

20 relocation, and associated activities on National For21 est System roads, National Forest System trails, 

22 and tunnels and bridges under the jurisdiction of the 

23 Forest Service; 

24 ‘‘(2) restore waterways and natural migration 

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1 pairing, or replacing culverts or other infrastructure 

2 from such waterways; and 

3 ‘‘(3) decommission National Forest System 

4 roads and unauthorized roads and trails under Na5 tional Forest System jurisdiction in accordance with 

6 subsections (f) and (g). 

7 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—In implementing the Program, the 

8 Secretary shall give priority to projects that protect or re9 store— 

10 ‘‘(1) water quality and watershed function; 

11 ‘‘(2) a watershed that supplies a public drinking 

12 water system; 

13 ‘‘(3) the habitat of a threatened, endangered, or 

14 sensitive fish or wildlife species, or species of con15 servation concern; or 

16 ‘‘(4) a watershed for which the Secretary has 

17 completed a watershed protection and restoration ac18 tion plan pursuant to section 304 of the Healthy 

19 Forests Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 6543). 

20 ‘‘(e) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—Except with re21 spect to a project carried out on a watershed for which 

22 the Secretary has a cooperative agreement under section 

23 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agen24 cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1011a), each 

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1 tional Forest System road, National Forest System trail, 

2 or unauthorized roads and trails under National Forest 

3 System jurisdiction. 

4 ‘‘(f) IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM ROAD SYS5 TEMS.—Not later than 4 years after the date of the enact6 ment of this section, the Secretary shall identify at the 

7 scale of a National Forest System unit or greater, the 

8 minimum road system and unneeded roads in accordance 

9 with section 212.5(b) of title 36, Code of Federal Regula10 tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this sec11 tion). 

12 ‘‘(g) UNNEEDED NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

13 ROADS.—As soon as practicable after identifying a road 

14 as unneeded under subsection (f), the Secretary shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) decommission such road; or 

16 ‘‘(2) convert such road to a system trail. 

17 ‘‘(h) REVIEW; REVISION.—The Secretary shall re18 view, and may revise, an identification made under sub19 section (f) in accordance with part 212, subpart A of title 

20 36 Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 

21 of enactment of this section). 

22 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 


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1 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

2 2030.’’. 

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