US Congress Senate Bill 327 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-09-10 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to enter into a good neighbor agreement (a cooperative agreement or contract, including a sole source contract) with a governor of a state to coordinate the procurement and implementation of authorized restoration services. Defines "authorized restoration services" as similar and complementary forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services carried out on federal land and non-federal land by either the Secretary concerned or a governor pursuant to a good neighbor agreement. Requires the Secretaries to make good neighbor agreements available to the public. Makes certain National Forest System timber sales requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 inapplicable to services performed under a cooperative agreement or contract entered into under this Act. Requires the Secretaries to provide or approve all silviculture prescriptions and marking guides to be applied on federal land in all timber sale projects conducted under this Act. Prohibits delegation to a governor of any decision required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) with respect to any authorized restoration services to be provided on federal land.

Good Neighbor Forestry Act

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Jeff Flake [R-AZ]
Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]
Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-09-10	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175.
2013-09-10	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 113-97.
2013-06-18	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2013-04-25	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
2013-02-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB2401 (Related) 2013-08-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
HB1526 (Related) 2013-09-23 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
HB4 (Related) 2014-11-13 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 597.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/327/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s327/BILLS-113s327is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s327/BILLS-113s327rs.pdf