I
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4865
To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 5, 2002
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. GREENWOOD,
Mrs. CLAYTON, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr.
LEACH, Mr. WU, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.
HORN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. FILNER,
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. FRANK, Mr. OLVER, Ms.
MCKINNEY, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA´, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. MORAN of Virginia,
Ms. LEE, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. SHAYS,
Mr. BORSKI, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. DEGETTE,
Mr. KLECZKA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. KENNEDY of
Rhode Island, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BONIOR, Mrs.
MALONEY of New York, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr.
CAPUANO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mrs. NAPOLITANO,
Mr. HONDA, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms.
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. KIRK, Mr. CLAY, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. FORD, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. HASTINGS
of Florida, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WEINER, Mr. BOUCHER,
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. LEVIN, Ms.
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr.
BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. DEFAZIO,
Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. GUTIER-
REZ, Mr. HALL of Ohio, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. LOFGREN,
Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DEUTSCH, Ms. CAR-
SON of Indiana, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. SMITH of
Washington, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. HILL, Mr. RUSH, Mr.
MOORE, Mr. STARK, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MAR-
KEY, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. GORDON, Ms. HAR-
MAN, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. FERGUSON,
Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr.
MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs.
KELLY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. NADLER, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr.
ACKERMAN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Ms. SANCHEZ,
Mr. WYNN, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PAS-
TOR, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois,
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. LA-
FALCE, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. REYES, Mr. FARR of California,
Ms. WATSON of California, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. KIND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. QUINN, Mr. GON-
ZALEZ, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. WATERS, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr.
THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. BACA, Mr. OWENS, Mr.
MEEKS of New York, Mr. SABO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr.
LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mrs. MCCARTHY of
New York, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. SAWYER, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr.
LAMPSON, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, and Mr. HOYER) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition
to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Forest
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2002’’.
SEC. 
2. 
NATIONAL 
FOREST 
INVENTORIED 
ROADLESS
AREAS.
(a) IDENTIFICATION
OF INVENTORIED ROADLESS
AREAS.—The inventoried roadless areas within the Na-
tional Forest System set forth in the maps contained in
the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final En-
vironmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated Novem-
ber 2000, shall be known and identified as National For-
est Inventoried Roadless Areas.
(b) MANAGEMENT
AND
PROTECTION.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall manage the National Forest
Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in subsection (a) to
maintain the roadless character and values of the areas
in accordance with part 294 of title 36, Code of Federal
Regulations, as amended in the final rule and record of
decision published in the Federal Register on January 12,
2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244).
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