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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1174 
To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior are not required to reinitiate consultation on a land management 
plan or land use plan under certain circumstances, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 18, 2021 
Mr. ROSENDALE
(for himself, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 
NEWHOUSE, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. FULCHER, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. 
HERRELL, and Mrs. BOEBERT) 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 with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 to provide that the Secretary 
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are 
not required to reinitiate consultation on a land manage-
ment plan or land use plan under certain circumstances, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Information 
Reform Act’’ or the ‘‘FIR Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 
(a) FOREST SERVICE PLANS.—Section 6(d)(2) of the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)(2)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) NO
ADDITIONAL
CONSULTATION
RE-
QUIRED
UNDER
CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall not be required to reinitiate consultation 
under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) or section 402.16 of 
title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation), on a land management plan approved, 
amended, or revised under this section when a spe-
cies is listed, critical habitat is designated, or new 
information concerning a listed species or critical 
habitat becomes available.’’. 
(b) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS.—Sec-
tion 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(g) NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED 
UNDER
CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.—Notwithstanding 
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any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be re-
quired to reinitiate consultation under section 7(a)(2) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1536(a)(2)) or section 402.16 of title 50, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or a successor regulation), on a land use plan 
approved, amended, or revised under this section when a 
species is listed, critical habitat is designated, or new in-
formation concerning a listed species or critical habitat be-
comes available.’’. 
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