S. 661 · 113th Congress

A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
John Thune
Introduced
2013-03-22
Latest action
2013-03-22 · Introduced in Senate

Subjects

Forests, forestry, trees
Public lands and natural resources
Natural disasters
Floods and storm protection
Fires
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Administrative remedies