Title: 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 a land resource management plan or land use plan approved, amended, or revised under those Acts shall not be considered to be a continuing Federal agency action or constitute a discretionary Federal involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
This bill prohibits a land and resource management plan for a unit of the National Forest System or a land use plan for public lands from
This makes certain consultation requirements related to endangered or threatened species inapplicable to such plans.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2561 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2561

 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 a land resource management plan or land use plan approved, 
 amended, or revised under those Acts shall not be considered to be a 
continuing Federal agency action or constitute a discretionary Federal 
 involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2021

 Mr. Daines (for himself and Mr. Risch) introduced the following bill; 
   which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 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 a land resource management plan or land use plan approved, 
 amended, or revised under those Acts shall not be considered to be a 
continuing Federal agency action or constitute a discretionary Federal 
 involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS AND 
              LAND USE PLANS.

    (a) National Forest System Land and Resource Management Plan.--
Section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) Completed Federal Action.--A land and resource management 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System approved, amended, or 
revised under this section shall not--
            ``(1) be considered to be a continuing Federal agency 
        action; or
            ``(2) constitute a discretionary Federal involvement or 
        control for a distinct Federal purpose.''.
    (b) Bureau of Land Management Land Use Plans.--Section 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) Completed Federal Action.--A land management plan approved, 
amended, or revised under this section shall not--
            ``(1) be considered to be a continuing Federal agency 
        action; or
            ``(2) constitute a discretionary Federal involvement or 
        control for a distinct Federal purpose.''.
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