Coquille Forest Fairness Act

Bill: 114-hr-1437
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2015-03-18
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees

Indian lands and resources rights

Land transfers

Oregon
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Coquille Forest Fairness Act</b></p> <p> Amends the Coquille Restoration Act to require the Department of the Interior to manage the Coquille Forest in accordance with the laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land. (Currently, Interior is also required to manage the Forest under applicable state and federal forestry and environmental protection laws, and subject to critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act and the standards and guidelines of federal forest plans on adjacent or nearby federal lands.) </p> <p>Continues to apply: (1) federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from the Forest, and (2) competitive bidding requirements to sales of timber from the Forest. </p> <p>Removes a provision: (1) giving the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon jurisdiction over certain actions concerning the placement of lands in Coos County and Curry County, Oregon, into trust for the Coquille Tribe and the management of the Coquille Forest; and (2) limiting available remedies to equitable relief, unless otherwise provided for by law.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1437 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2015 Mr. DeFazio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Coquille Restoration Act to clarify certain provisions relating to the management of the Coquille Forest.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coquille Forest Fairness Act . 2. Amendments to Coquille Restoration Act Section 5(d) of the Coquille Restoration Act ( 25 U.S.C. 715c(d) ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following: (5) Management (A) In general Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, shall manage the Coquille Forest in accordance with the laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land. (B) Administration (i) Unprocessed logs Unprocessed logs harvested from the Coquille Forest shall be subject to the same Federal statutory restrictions on export to foreign nations that apply to unprocessed logs harvested from Federal land. (ii) Sales of timber Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all sales of timber from land subject to this subsection shall be advertised, offered, and awarded according to competitive bidding practices, with sales being awarded to the highest responsible bidder. ; (2) by striking paragraph (9); and (3) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (12) as paragraphs (9) through (11), respectively.