I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 184 
To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to certain 
proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2025 
Mr. MCCLINTOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require that only two alternatives be considered with 
respect to certain proposed collaborative forest manage-
ment activities, 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 ‘‘Action Versus No Ac-
tion Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANALYSIS OF ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES (ACTION 
VERSUS NO ACTION) IN PROPOSED COLLABO-
RATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL AS-
SESSMENTS
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
STATE-
MENTS.—This section shall apply whenever the Secretary 
concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an en-
vironmental impact statement pursuant to section 102 of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332) for a forest management activity that— 
(1) will occur on lands identified as the Sec-
retary concerned as suitable for timber production; 
and 
(2) meets at least one of the following condi-
tions: 
(A) The forest management activity will 
occur on lands designated by the Secretary (or 
designee thereof) pursuant to section 602(b) of 
the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6591a(b)), notwithstanding whether 
such forest management activity is initiated 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) The forest management activity is de-
veloped through a collaborative process. 
(C) The forest management activity is pro-
posed by a resource advisory committee. 
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(D) The forest management activity is cov-
ered by a community wildfire protection plan. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES.—In the case 
of an environmental assessment or environmental impact 
statement described in subsection (a), the Secretary con-
cerned shall study, develop, and describe only the following 
two alternatives: 
(1) The forest management activity. 
(2) The alternative of no action. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE.—In 
the case of the alternative of no action described in sub-
section (b)(2), the Secretary concerned shall consider 
whether to evaluate— 
(1) the effect of no action on— 
(A) forest health; 
(B) potential losses of life and property; 
(C) habitat diversity; 
(D) wildfire potential; 
(E) insect and disease potential; and 
(F) timber production; and 
(2) the implications of a resulting decline in 
forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or in-
sect or disease infestation (given fire and insect and 
disease historic cycles) on— 
(A) potential losses of life and property; 
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(B) domestic water supply in the project 
area; 
(C) wildlife habitat loss; and 
(D) other economic and social factors. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.—The term ‘‘col-
laborative process’’ means a process relating to the 
management of National Forest System lands or 
public lands by which a project or forest manage-
ment activity is developed and implemented by the 
Secretary concerned through collaboration with in-
terested 
persons, 
as 
described 
in 
section 
603(b)(1)(C) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(b)(1)(C)). 
(2) 
COMMUNITY
WILDFIRE
PROTECTION 
PLAN.—The term ‘‘community wildfire protection 
plan’’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 
of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6511). 
(3) RESOURCE
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—The 
term ‘‘resource advisory committee’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 201 of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121). 
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(4) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System lands; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public lands. 
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