To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project required by that Act.

Bill: 112-hr-3685
Sponsor: Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]
Introduced: 2011-12-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Nevada
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-15
text: 
Amends the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act (the Act) to extend the term of the pilot forest management project for the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests in California. 
 
Directs the Regional Forester for Region 5 to initiate the process of amending or revising such plans for the pilot project area (the federal lands within the Plumas and Lassen National Forests and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe National Forest designated as available for group selection). Requires such process to include the preparation of at least one alternative that incorporates the pilot project and area designations, the resource management activities, and other aspects of the Quincy Library Group Community Stability Proposal.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the pilot project area to include all of the National Forest System lands in California or Nevada that lie within the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, and Humboldt-Toiyabe and Inyo National Forests. 
 
Deems those areas that are designated as deferred under the Act, but located in Tehama County, south and west of Lassen Peak, as being designated as available for group selection. 

action_date: 2012-06-15
text: 
Amends the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act (the Act) to extend the term of the pilot forest management project for the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests in California. 
 
Requires that when the Regional Forester for Region 5 initiates the process of amending or revising such plans for the pilot project area (the federal lands within the Plumas and Lassen National Forests and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe National Forest designated as available for group selection) the process include the preparation of at least one alternative that incorporates the pilot project and area designations, the resource management activities, and other aspects of the Quincy Library Group Community Stability Proposal.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the pilot project area to include all of the National Forest System lands in California or Nevada that lie within the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, and Humboldt-Toiyabe and Inyo National Forests. 
 
Deems those areas that are designated as deferred under the Act, but located in Tehama County, south and west of Lassen Peak, as being designated as available for group selection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-06-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 372.
action_date: 2012-06-15
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2012-06-15
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2012-06-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-524, Part I.
action_date: 2012-06-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-524, Part I.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 16.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2012-06-07
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2012-02-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2012-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2011-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
action_date: 2011-12-15
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: 2011-12-15
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: 2011-12-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-15
text: Introduced in House