HR 1526 · 113th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.(2013-09-23)
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Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish at least one Forest Reserve Revenue Area within each unit of the National Forest System designated for sustainable forest management for the production of national forest materials (the sale of trees, portions of trees, or forest products from System lands) and forest reserve revenues (to be derived from the sale of such materials in such an Area). States that the purpose of an Area is to provide a dependable source of 25% payments and economic activity for each beneficiary county containing System land that was eligible to receive payments through its state under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. Instructs the Secretary to: (1) manage Areas in the manner necessary to achieve their annual volume requirement, and (2) conduct covered forest reserve projects within those Areas in accordance with this Act. Defines "annual volume requirement" and "covered forest reserve project." Requires a covered project to be implemented consistent with the land and resource management plan for the System unit in which the project wi…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act
Sep 17, 2013As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 31, 2013
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act
Sep 18, 2013Direct spending effects of H.R. 1526, as amended by Hastings Amendment #6 (Version 2), as posted to the website of the House Committee on Rules on September 18, 2013
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
20 Republicans