Inventoried Roadless Area Management Act

Bill: 113-s-1967
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2014-01-28
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Forests, forestry, trees

Land use and conservation

Roads and highways

Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Wyoming
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Inventoried Roadless Area Management Act - Releases from further study for wilderness designation each of the inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System (NFS) in Wyoming identified on the maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2 (November 2000). </p> <p>Declares that such NFS land: (1) is no longer subject to the land use restrictions of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (or successor regulations), and (2) shall not be managed to preserve roadless or wilderness characteristics.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 1967 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 28, 2014 Mr. Barrasso introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To provide for the management of certain inventoried roadless areas, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inventoried Roadless Area Management Act . 2. Management of inventoried roadless areas (a) Finding Congress finds that, for purposes of the second roadless area review and evaluation program (RARE II) and the land and resource management plan revision process under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604 ), the National Forest System land described in subsection (c) has been adequately studied for wilderness designation and should not be recommended as potential additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System. (b) Release The National Forest System land described in subsection (c)— (1) is no longer subject to the land use restrictions of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule established under part 294 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations); and (2) shall not be managed to preserve roadless or wilderness characteristics. (c) Description of land The National Forest System land referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is each of the inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System in the State of Wyoming, as set forth in the maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated November 2000.