I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3692 
To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2009 
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. JOHNSON of Illi-
nois, Mr. KIRK, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. HARE, Mr. BERMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. 
HIRONO, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. STARK, 
Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. 
WU, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. CONNOLLY 
of Virginia, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. FRANK of Massachu-
setts, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. OLVER, Ms. BALDWIN, 
Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HAR-
MAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, 
Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
NYE, Mr. MARKEY of Massachusetts, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. FILNER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. BERKLEY, 
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
GRAYSON, 
Mr. 
DINGELL, 
Mr. 
SARBANES, 
Ms. 
DEGETTE, 
Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 
SPEIER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. PERRIELLO, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. FARR, Ms. EDWARDS 
of Maryland, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HALL 
of New York, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
CHANDLER, Mr. WATT, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. COOPER, Mr. ARCURI, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BISHOP
of New York, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. WATERS, 
Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. BRALEY of 
Iowa, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. MOORE 
of Kansas, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. MEEK of Florida, 
Ms. KILROY, Mr. MASSA, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 
New York, Mr. KIND, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. PASTOR of Ari-
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zona, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, 
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. TONKO, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. LANCE, Mr. DELAHUNT, 
Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. EDDIE 
BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, and Mr. MARSHALL) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in 
addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined 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. 
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 
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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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