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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4842 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the 
Forest Service, and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to take actions to mitigate 
tree spiking devices on certain Federal land, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2021 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Mr. BENTZ, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. JOYCE of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. NEHLS, 
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. LAMALFA, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Ms. 
HERRELL, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. STAUBER, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. 
BUCK, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. STEIL, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. PALMER, Mrs. 
BOEBERT, and Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service, and the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management, to take actions to mitigate tree spik-
ing devices on certain Federal land, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Tree Spiking Mitiga-
tion Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND MITIGATION OF 
TREE SPIKING DEVICES ON FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries, acting in coordi-
nation, shall take necessary actions to ensure the detec-
tion, identification, and, as the Secretaries determine to 
be appropriate, mitigation of tree spiking devices located 
on Federal land. 
(b) PRIORITIZATION.—For purposes of carrying out 
activities under subsection (a), the Secretaries shall 
prioritize areas in which— 
(1) incidences of tree spiking devices have oc-
curred; or 
(2) the Secretaries suspect that there are tree 
spike devices. 
(c) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Secre-
taries may enter into memoranda of understanding for 
carrying out activities on Federal land under this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries to carry 
out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026. 
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SEC. 3. UPDATES TO SAFETY GUIDELINES AND TRAINING 
PROTOCOLS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretaries shall, where appropriate, up-
date safety guidelines and training protocols to include the 
awareness, detection, identification, and mitigation of tree 
spiking devices. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means— 
(A) land of the National Forest System (as 
defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))), except— 
(i) the national grasslands and land 
utilization projects administered under title 
III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.); or 
(ii) National Forest System land east 
of the 100th meridian; and 
(B) land under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Interior, acting through the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means each of— 
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