Title: To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to modify a provision relating to certain consultation requirements.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 to exempt the Department of Agriculture from the Act's consultation requirement with respect to new information relating to actions that may affect listed species or critical habitat.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6567 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6567

 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
      1974 to modify a provision relating to certain consultation 
                             requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2018

Mr. Gianforte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Agriculture, 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 committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
      1974 to modify a provision relating to certain consultation 
                             requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN 
              NEW INFORMATION.

    Section 6(d)(2) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) any new information (within the 
                        meaning of subsection (b) of section 402.16 of 
                        title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 
                        successor regulation)) relating to a land 
                        management plan, if the land management plan 
                        has been adopted by the Secretary as of the 
                        date on which the new information is 
                        revealed.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``since the date'' and inserting 
                the following: ``since the later of--
                                    ``(I) the date'';
                    (B) in subclause (I) (as so designated), by 
                striking ``this section or the date'' and inserting the 
                following: ``this section; and
                                    ``(II) as applicable--
                                            ``(aa) the date''; and
                    (C) in subclause (II)(aa) (as so designated), by 
                striking ``subparagraph, whichever is later.'' and 
                inserting the following: ``subparagraph; or
                                            ``(bb) the date on which 
                                        new information relating to the 
                                        land management plan is 
                                        revealed as described in clause 
                                        (iii) of that subparagraph.''.
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