Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1904
Sponsor: Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2003-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Agricultural colleges
Agricultural extension work
Agriculture and Food
Animals
Biological diversity
Biomass energy
Carbon cycle
Citizen participation
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Conservation easements
Department of Agriculture
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Education
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Energy
Energy facilities
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fire prevention
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest management
Forest roads
Forestry
Forests, forestry, trees
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Heating
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Injunctions
Insect control
Job creation
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Land use
Landowners
Law
Logging
Minorities
National forests
Nonprofit organizations
Old growth forests
Pests
Potable water
Private forests
Public meetings
Range management
Restoration ecology
Road construction
Rural economic development
Small business
Small towns
Social Welfare
Stream conservation
Subsidies
Transportation and Public Works
Tree diseases
Trees
Urban affairs
Urban areas
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds
West (U.S.)
Wetlands
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 - Permits the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects (fuels projects) on specified types of Federal lands.
Directs the Secretary concerned to give priority to fuels projects that provide for the protection of communities and watersheds.
Authorizes the Secretary concerned to make grants: (1) to improve the commercial value of forest biomass to produce electric energy, sensible heat, transportation fuels, or substitutes for petroleum-based products; and (2) to offset the cost of projects to add value to biomass.
Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, to provide assistance to State foresters and officials for the purpose of expanding State forest capacities and activities to address watershed issues on non-Federal forested lands and potentially forested lands.
Directs the Secretary concerned to establish an accelerated program to plan, conduct, and promote comprehensive and systematic information gathering on bark beetles.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the healthy forests reserve program within the Forest Service for the purpose of protecting, restoring, and enhancing degraded forest ecosystems to promote the recovery of threatened and endangered species as well as improve biodiversity and enhance carbon sequestration.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a comprehensive plan to inventory, monitor, characterize, assess, and identify forest stands and potential forest stands in specified locations. States that issues to be addressed shall include: (1) the early detection, identification, and assessment of environmental threats; and (2) the loss or degradation of forests.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: 
 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 - 
Title I: Hazardous Fuels Reduction on Federal Lands
 - (Sec. 102) Permits the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects (fuels projects) on specified types of Federal lands, including on certain lands that contain threatened and endangered species habitat.
(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary concerned to give priority to fuels projects that provide for the protection of communities and watersheds.
(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary concerned to plan and conduct fuels projects in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable laws, except that the Secretary concerned shall be exempt from specified provisions of such Act pertaining to analysis of alternative options to proposed agency actions.
Directs the Secretary concerned to provide for collaboration among governments and interested persons during the formulation of each fuels project in a manner consistent with standards in the Western Governors Association's ten-year wildfire management strategy. 
(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue final regulations establishing a process that shall serve as the sole means by which an eligible individual shall be able to seek administrative redress regarding a fuels project. 
(Sec. 106) Sets forth special requirements regarding judicial review of fuels projects.
(Sec. 107) Provides injunctive relief for agency actions on Federal lands, including fuels projects, to restore fire-adapted forests or rangeland systems.
(Sec. 108) States that nothing in this title shall be construed to affect or limit the use by the Secretary concerned of authorities other than this Act to plan or conduct a fuels project on Federal lands. 

Title II: Biomass
 - (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to make grants to: (1) improve the commercial value of forest biomass to produce electric energy, sensible heat, transportation fuels, or substitutes for petroleum-based products; and (2) offset the cost of projects to add value to biomass. Authorizes appropriations. Establishes reporting requirements. 

Title III: Watershed Forestry Assistance
 - (Sec. 302) Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, to provide assistance to State foresters and officials for the purpose of expanding State forest capacities and activities to address watershed issues on non-Federal forested lands and potentially forested lands. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop, with relevant parties, a program of technical assistance to protect water quality; and (2) establish a watershed forestry cost-share program.

Title IV: Insect Infestations
 - (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary concerned to establish an accelerated program to plan, conduct, and promote comprehensive and systematic information gathering on bark beetles.
(Sec. 403) Allows the Secretary concerned to conduct applied silvicultural assessments on Federal lands that are infested with bark beetles or that are at risk of such infestation.
(Sec. 405) Authorizes appropriations.

Title V: Healthy Forests Reserve Program
 - (Sec. 501) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the healthy forests reserve program (the program) within the Forest Service for the purpose of protecting, restoring, and enhancing degraded forest ecosystems to promote the recovery of threatened and endangered species as well as improve biodiversity and enhance carbon sequestration. 
(Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to designate rare forest ecosystems to be eligible for the program. Sets forth eligibility criteria (for private lands). Specifies that lands may be enrolled pursuant to: (1) a 10-year cost-share agreement; (2) a 30-year easement; or (3) a permanent easement with a buyback option. 
(Sec. 503) Subjects lands enrolled in the program to a conservation plan, which shall include permissible land-use activities and which shall be developed jointly by the land owner and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).
(Sec. 504) Sets forth the payment structures for the various methods of enrollment in the program.
(Sec. 505) Directs the Forest Service and FWS to provide landowners with the technical assistance necessary to comply with the program, including with the conservation plans.
(Sec. 506) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide safe harbor under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to landowners who enroll land in the program when such enrollment will result in a new conservation benefit for listed species.
(Sec. 507) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.

Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions
 - (Sec. 601) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a comprehensive plan to inventory, monitor, characterize, assess, and identify forest stands and potential forest stands in specified locations. States that issues to be addressed shall include: (1) the early detection, identification, and assessment of environmental threats; and (2) the loss or degradation of forests.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a comprehensive early warning system for potential catastrophic threats to forests.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 - 
Title I: Hazardous Fuels Reduction on Federal Land
 - (Sec. 102) Permits the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects (fuels projects) on specified types of Federal lands, including on certain lands that contain threatened and endangered species habitat.
 
(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary concerned to give priority to fuels projects that provide for the protection of communities and watersheds.
(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary concerned to plan and conduct fuels projects in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable laws, except that the Secretary concerned shall be exempt from specified provisions of such Act pertaining to analysis of alternative options to proposed agency actions. 
Directs the Secretary concerned to provide for collaboration among governments, Indian tribes, and interested persons during the formulation of each fuels project in a manner consistent with standards in the Western Governors Association's ten-year wildfire management strategy. 
(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue final regulations establishing a process that shall serve as the sole means by which an eligible individual shall be able to seek administrative review regarding a fuels project. 
(Sec. 106) Sets forth special requirements regarding judicial review of fuels projects.
(Sec. 107) Provides injunctive relief for agency actions on Federal lands, including fuels projects, to restore fire-adapted forests or rangeland systems.
(Sec. 108) States that nothing in this title shall be construed to affect or limit the use by the Secretary concerned of authorities other than this Act to plan or conduct a fuels project on Federal lands. 

Title II: Biomass
 - (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to make grants to: (1) improve the commercial value of forest biomass to produce electric energy, sensible heat, transportation fuels, substitutes for petroleum-based products, wood-based products, pulp, or other commercial products; and (2) offset the cost of projects to add value to biomass. Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 204) Establishes reporting requirements. 
(Sec. 205) Amends the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to expand certain research by developing new tools for land managers, including tools to estimate the cost to deliver varying quantities of wood to a particular location. 
(Sec. 206) Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to allow the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and in collaboration with eligible institutions, to: (1) accelerate adoption of biomass technologies; (2) create community-based enterprises; and (3) establish small-scale business enterprises to make use of biomass. Authorizes appropriations. 

Title III: Watershed Forestry Assistance
 - (Sec. 302) Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, to provide assistance to State foresters and officials for the purpose of expanding State forest capacities and activities to address watershed issues on non-Federal forested lands and potentially forested lands. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop, with relevant parties, a program of technical assistance to protect water quality; and (2) establish a watershed forestry cost-share program. Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 303) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to provide assistance to Indian tribes for the purpose of expanding tribal stewardship capacities through tribal forestry best management practices to improve watershed health. Authorizes appropriations. 

Title IV: Insect Infestations
 
and Related Diseases
 - (Sec. 403) Directs the Secretary concerned to establish an accelerated program to plan, conduct, and promote comprehensive and systematic information gathering on forest-damaging insects and associated diseases. 
(Sec. 404) Allows the Secretary concerned to conduct applied silvicultural assessments on Federal lands that are infested with forest-damaging insects or that are at risk of such infestation. 
(Sec. 405) States that the authority provided to each Secretary in this title is supplemental to, and not in lieu of, any authority provided to the Secretaries in any other law. 
(Sec. 406) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 to 2008. 

Title V: Healthy Forests Reserve Program
 - (Sec. 501) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the healthy forests reserve program (the program) within the Forest Service for the purpose of restoring and enhancing forest ecosystems to promote the recovery of threatened and endangered species as well as improve biodiversity and enhance carbon sequestration. 
(Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce, to designate rare forest ecosystems to be eligible for the program. Sets forth eligibility criteria (for private lands). Specifies that lands may be enrolled pursuant to: (1) a 10-year cost-share agreement; (2) a 30-year easement; or (3) a long-term easement with a buyback option. 
(Sec. 503) Subjects lands enrolled in the program to a restoration plan, which shall be developed jointly by the land owner and the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(Sec. 504) Sets forth the payment structures for the various methods of enrollment in the program. 
(Sec. 505) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide landowners with the technical assistance necessary to comply with the terms of plans under the program. 
(Sec. 506) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide safe harbor under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to landowners who enroll land in the program when such enrollment will result in a net conservation benefit for listed, candidate, or other species. 
(Sec. 508) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008. 

Title VI: Public Land Corps - 
(Sec. 603) Establishes the Public Land Corps, consisting of individuals who are enrolled as members of a service or conservation corps. Allows the Secretary concerned to enter into contracts or agreements with any service or conservation corps, or with State agencies that have agreements with a service or conservation corps, to perform rehabilitation, enhancement, or beautification projects on Federal and State lands and on Indian, Hawaiian, and Alaska native lands (with approval). 
(Sec. 604) Declares that the nondisplacement requirements of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 shall apply to activities carried out by the Corps under this title. 
(Sec. 605) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008. 

Title VII: Rural Community Forestry Enterprise Program 
- (Sec. 703) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to establish the Rural Community Forestry Enterprise Program to enhance necessary skills and establish organizations to promote forest-related products and activities. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish at least one Forest Enterprise Center at each Research Station of the Forest Service. Authorizes appropriations. 

Title VIII: Miscellaneous Provisions
 - (Sec. 801) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a comprehensive plan to inventory, monitor, characterize, assess, and identify forest stands and potential forest stands in specified locations. States that issues to be addressed shall include: (1) the early detection, identification, and assessment of environmental threats; and (2) the loss or degradation of forests. 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a comprehensive early warning system for potential catastrophic threats to forests. 
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009. 
(Sec. 802) Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to establish a program to provide local governments, tribal governments, and other entities with grants for use in hazardous fuels reduction projects that address the threat of wildfire caused by nonnative invasive plants. Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 803) Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to expand the relevance and function of the Semiarid Agroforestry Research Center, which shall be renamed the USDA National Agroforestry Center. 
(Sec. 804) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an Upland Hardwood Research Center which shall, in conjunction with the Southern Forest Research Station of the Department of Agriculture, provide a broad research and development program for the upland hardwood resources of the Ozark Mountains and the South. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008. 
(Sec. 805) Reaffirms the importance of the enhanced community fire protection program under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978.
action_date: 2003-12-03
text: 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 - 
Title I: Hazardous Fuels Reduction on Federal Land
 - (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, to plan and conduct hazardous fuel reduction projects (fuel projects) on specified types of Federal lands, including on certain lands that contain threatened and endangered species habitat. Directs the Secretary concerned to fully maintain, or contribute toward the restoration of, the structure and composition of old growth stands according to the pre-fire suppression old growth conditions characteristic of the forest type, taking into account the contribution of the stand to landscape fire adaptation and watershed health, and retaining the large trees contributing to old growth structure.
 
Directs the Secretary concerned to: (1) establish in certain areas a multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to assess ecological and social effects of authorized fuel projects; (2) track, by the degree of severity, acres burned by large wildfires; and (3) develop a process for monitoring the need for maintenance of treated areas, over time, to preserve the forest health benefits achieved. 
 
(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary concerned to give priority to fuel projects that provide for the protection of communities and watersheds. 
(Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary concerned to: (1) plan and conduct fuel projects in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable laws; (2) analyze alternative options to proposed agency actions, with exceptions for projects in wildland-urban interface areas; and (3) facilitate collaboration among State and local governments, Indian tribes, and interested persons during the preparation of each fuel project in a manner consistent with standards in the Western Governors Association's wildfire management strategy. 
(Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to issue interim and final regulations establishing a process that shall serve as the sole means by which an eligible individual shall be able to seek administrative review regarding a fuel project on Forest Service land. 
(Sec. 106) Sets forth special requirements regarding judicial review of fuel projects in U.S. district courts, including injunctive relief. 
(Sec. 107) States that nothing in this title shall be construed to affect the use by the Secretary concerned of authorities other than this Act to conduct a fuel project on Federal lands. 
(Sec. 108) Authorizes appropriations. 

Title II: Biomass
 - (Sec. 201) Amends the Biomass Research and Development Act of 2000 to expand certain research by developing new tools for land managers, including tools to estimate the cost to deliver varying quantities of wood to a particular location. 
(Sec. 202) Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to allow the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service and in collaboration with eligible institutions, to: (1) accelerate adoption of biomass technologies; (2) create community-based enterprises; and (3) establish small-scale business enterprises to make use of biomass. Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to persons that own or operate facilities that use biomass for wood-based products or other commercial purposes to offset the costs incurred to purchase biomass. Authorizes appropriations. 

Title III: Watershed Forestry Assistance
 - (Sec. 302) Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service (and, where appropriate, through the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service), to provide assistance to State foresters and State officials, or to Cooperative Extension officials at land grant colleges and universities and specified institutions, for the purpose of expanding State forest capacities and activities to address watershed issues on non-Federal forested lands and potentially forested lands. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop, with relevant parties, a program of technical assistance to protect water quality; and (2) establish a watershed forestry cost-share program. Authorizes appropriations. 
(Sec. 303) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to provide assistance to Indian tribes for the purpose of expanding tribal stewardship capacities through tribal forestry best management practices to improve watershed health. Authorizes appropriations. 

Title IV: Insect Infestations
 
and Related Diseases
 - (Sec. 403) Directs the Secretary concerned to establish an accelerated program to plan, conduct, and promote comprehensive and systematic information gathering on forest-damaging insects and associated diseases. 
(Sec. 404) Allows the Secretary concerned to conduct applied silvicultural assessments on Federal lands that are infested with forest-damaging insects or that are at risk of such infestation. 
(Sec. 405) States that the authority provided to each Secretary in this title is supplemental to, and not in lieu of, any authority provided to the Secretaries in any other law. 
(Sec. 406) Authorizes appropriations. 

Title V: Healthy Forests Reserve Program
 - (Sec. 501) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the healthy forests reserve program (the program) within the Forest Service for the purpose of restoring and enhancing forest ecosystems to promote the recovery of threatened and endangered species as well as improve biodiversity and enhance carbon sequestration. 
(Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce, to designate rare forest ecosystems to be eligible for the program. Sets forth eligibility criteria (for private lands). Specifies that lands may be enrolled pursuant to: (1) a 10-year cost-share agreement; (2) a 30-year easement; or (3) a long-term easement with a buyback option. 
(Sec. 503) Subjects lands enrolled in the program to a restoration plan, which shall be developed jointly by the land owner and the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(Sec. 504) Sets forth the payment structures for the various methods of enrollment in the program. 
(Sec. 505) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide landowners with the technical assistance necessary to comply with the terms of plans under the program. 
(Sec. 506) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to provide safe harbor under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to landowners who enroll land in the program when such enrollment will result in a net conservation benefit for listed, candidate, or other species. 
(Sec. 508) Authorizes appropriations. 

Title VI: Miscellaneous 
- (Sec. 601) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture: (1) to carry out a program to inventory and monitor forest stands and potential forest stands in the National Forest System and (with the consent of the owners) on private forest land; and (2) in carrying out such program, to address issues such as the early detection and assessment of environmental threats and to develop an early warning system for potential catastrophic environmental threats to forests. Authorizes appropriations. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-03
text: Became Public Law No: 108-148.
action_date: 2003-12-03
text: Became Public Law No: 108-148.
action_date: 2003-12-03
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2003-12-03
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2003-12-02
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2003-12-02
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S15368-15373)
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 286 - 140 (Roll no. 656).
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 286 - 140 (Roll no. 656).
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 1904.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Mr. Goodlatte brought up conference report H. Rept. 108-386 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 457. (consideration: CR H12159-12172)
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Rule H. Res. 457 passed House.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 457 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 1904. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Conference report H. Rept. 108-386 filed. (text of conference report: CR H11686-11698)
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 108-386 filed.(text of conference report: CR H11686-11698)
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Senate insists on its amendments, agrees to request for a conference, appoints conferees Cochran; McConnell; Crapo; Domenici; Harkin; Leahy; Daschle.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of secs. 106 and 107 of the House bill, and secs. 105, 106, 1115, and 1116 of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to conference: Sensenbrenner, Smith (TX), and Conyers.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Resources for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendments, and modifications committed to conference: Pombo, McInnis, Walden (OR), Renzi, Miller, George, and Inslee.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Agriculture for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendments, and modifications committed to conference: Goodlatte, Boehner, Jenkins, Gutknecht, Hayes, Stenholm, Peterson (MN), and Dooley (CA).
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H10469)
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Stenholm motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1904. The instructions contained in the motion seek to have the House managers, as soon as practicable after the adoption of the motion, meet in open session with the Senate conferees and the House conferees shall file a conference report not later than Thursday, November 13, 2003.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Mr. Stenholm moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H10463; text: CR H10463)
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and request a conference Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H10462-10463)
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: The previous question was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Mr. Goodlatte moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and request a conference. (consideration: CR H10462-10469)
action_date: 2003-11-06
text: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference.
action_date: 2003-11-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 14. Record Vote Number: 428. (text: CR 10/31/2003 S13719-13734)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 80 - 14. Record Vote Number: 428.(text: CR 10/31/2003 S13719-13734)
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2003-10-30
text: Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S13600-13611, CR 10/31/2003 S13613-13637)
action_date: 2003-10-29
text: Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S13435-13483; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S13435-13449)
action_date: 2003-08-11
text: Star Print ordered on the reported bill.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Cochran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-121.
action_date: 2003-07-31
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Reported by Senator Cochran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 108-121.
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2003-07-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-06-26
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.
action_date: 2003-05-21
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1904.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 256 - 170 (Roll no. 200). (text of measure as passed: CR H4292-4298)
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 256 - 170 (Roll no. 200).(text of measure as passed: CR H4292-4298)
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 176 - 250 (Roll no. 199).
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Udall (NM) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require that the bill be reported back to the House forthwith, with an amendment to strike sections 106 and 107 from the bill.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Mr. Udall (NM) moved to recommit with instructions to Judiciary. (consideration: CR H4322-4324; text: CR H4322)
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: The previous question was ordered on the bill, as amended, and on the George Miller (CA) amendment.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 239 the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the George Miller (CA) amendment in the nature of a substitute.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 1904.
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1904 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Rule provides for one hour of debate in the House, with 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture, 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Resources, and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. Rule provides that the amendment printed in part A of (H.Rept. 108-109) shall be considered as adopted. Makes in order the amendment printed in part B of (H. Rept. 108-109) if offered by Representative George Miller of California or his ...
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 239. (consideration: CR H4287-4324; text of measure as reported in House: CR H4287-4292)
action_date: 2003-05-20
text: Rule H. Res. 239 passed House.
action_date: 2003-05-19
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 239 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1904 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Rule provides for one hour of debate in the House, with 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture, 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Resources, and 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. Rule provides that the amendment printed in part A of (H.Rept. 108-109) shall be considered as adopted. Makes in order the amendment printed in part B of (H. Rept. 108-109) if offered by Representative George Miller of California or his ...
action_date: 2003-05-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 52.
action_date: 2003-05-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-96, Part II.
action_date: 2003-05-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 108-96, Part II.
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 13.
action_date: 2003-05-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Committee on Resources discharged.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Committee on Resources discharged.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Referred sequentially to the House Committee on the Judiciary for a period ending not later than May 16, 2003 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: House Committee on Resources Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 9, 2003.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 108-96, Part I.
action_date: 2003-05-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 108-96, Part I.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2003-05-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2003-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-05-01
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 108-148