I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3465 
To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2011 
Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali-
fornia, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, 
Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mr. LEVIN, 
Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. 
TSONGAS, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. STARK, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. RAHALL, 
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mrs. DAVIS
of California, Mr. VAN
HOLLEN, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. COOPER, Mr. HOLT, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 
BRALEY of Iowa, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. MOORE, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. RYAN of 
Ohio, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. CHU, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jer-
sey, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. OLVER, Ms. 
ESHOO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CONYERS, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. 
CARNAHAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. FILNER, Ms. SPEIER, 
Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. FARR, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DOG-
GETT, Mr. NEAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. COHEN, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. CLAY, 
Mr. TONKO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 
KIND, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
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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 
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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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