Federal Lands Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-1621
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2003-04-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Buildings
Citizen participation
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Electronic government information
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Federal aid to Indians
Federal-local relations
Fire prevention
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Forest conservation
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest management
Forest roads
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Housing and Community Development
Indian lands
Infrastructure
Internet
Land use
Landowners
Law
Local laws
Maps
Minorities
National forests
Newspapers
Old growth forests
Planning
Potable water
Public meetings
Reforestation
Right of petition
Road construction
Science, Technology, Communications
Sunset legislation
Tariff
Timber sales
Transportation and Public Works
Trees
Water Resources Development
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water supply
Watersheds
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Federal Lands Hazardous Fuels Reduction Act of 2003 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System lands, and Bureau of Land Management lands, respectively. Provides for: (1) a collaborative project selection process; and (2) an expedited planning and implementation process.
Directs the Secretaries to jointly contract with the National Academy of Sciences to define old and large trees.
Sunsets provisions of this Act five years after its enactment.
Waives temporarily certain transfer limitations on use of the Reforestation Trust Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-15
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
action_date: 2003-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
action_date: 2003-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
action_date: 2003-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2003-04-03
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: 2003-04-03
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: 2003-04-03
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: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-04-03
text: Introduced in House