I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3563 
To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2005 
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. WU, 
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. 
BROWN
of Ohio, Mr. LEACH, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Ms. LEE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HONDA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
SMITH of Washington, Mr. CASE, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. 
FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. FARR, Mr. KIND, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. 
MORAN of Virginia, Mr. STARK, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MIL-
LER of North Carolina, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. OWENS, 
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. MOORE of 
Kansas, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. DINGELL, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. KIRK, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. LARSON
of Connecticut, Ms. 
SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania, Mr. HOLT, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, 
Mr. SABO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. MENENDEZ, 
Mr. SPRATT, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. FIL-
NER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. 
TIERNEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Illinois, Ms. CORRINE
BROWN
of Florida, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. 
RAMSTAD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. COOPER, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
DEFAZIO, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. 
CARDIN, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CHANDLER, 
Ms. SOLIS, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
REYES, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
OLVER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. BERMAN, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs. 
JONES of Ohio, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDON-
ALD, Mr. EVANS, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. LORETTA 
SANCHEZ of California, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Ms. 
JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. PASTOR, 
Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FORD, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of
California, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. WATT, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN 
of California, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. CARSON, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ISRAEL, Mrs. LOWEY, and Ms. WA-
TERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest 
System. 
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’’. 
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. The Forest Service may 
modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving their 
accuracy or inclusiveness. Any substantial modification of
such maps shall be made through the national forest man-
agement planning process and documented in an environ-
mental impact statement. 
(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 the final rule and record of decision 
published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 
(66 Fed. Reg. 3244 et seq.). 
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