Forest Landscape Restoration Act

Bill: 110-hr-5263
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2008-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Animals
Commerce
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Federal advisory bodies
Fire prevention
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest fires
Forest health
Forest roads
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Habitat conservation
Labor and Employment
Lumber trade
National forests
Non-native species
Old growth forests
Performance measurement
Private forests
Restoration ecology
Small business
Transportation and Public Works
Trees
Water pollution control
Water quality
Wood

Summary:
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: 
Forest Landscape Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to select and fund ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes. 

Sets forth provisions concerning the eligibility criteria for, and nomination and selection of, collaborative forest landscape restoration proposals for carrying out such treatments. 

Requires the Secretary to establish a scientific advisory panel to evaluate, and provide recommendations on, any proposal with respect to: (1) the strength of the ecological case of the proposal for landscape restoration and the proposed restoration strategies; and (2) whether the proposal is likely to achieve reductions in long-term wildfire management costs.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish a technical advisory panel to evaluate, and provide recommendations on, any proposal with respect to whether the proposal is likely to reduce the relative costs of carrying out treatments resulting from the use of woody biomass and small-diameter trees and to provide local economic benefit. 

Establishes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Fund, to be used for paying up to 50% of the cost of carrying out ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land for each proposal selected. 

Requires: (1) creation of implementation work plans and budgets to implement proposals; (2) submission of annual reports on the accomplishments of selected proposals; (3) use of a multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to assess the ecological, social, and economic effects of projects implementing proposals; and (4) submission of reports every five years on the Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2008-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
action_date: 2008-02-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2008-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E136)
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-02-07
text: Introduced in House