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Union Calendar No. 773
118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 200
[Report No. 118–748, Part I]
To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act
of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior are not required to reinitiate consultation on a land management
plan or land use plan under certain circumstances, and for other pur-
poses.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY9, 2023
Mr. R
OSENDALEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agri-
culture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
N
OVEMBER18, 2024
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
NOVEMBER18, 2024
Referral to the Committee on Agriculture extended for a period ending not
later than December 19, 2024
D
ECEMBER19, 2024
Additional sponsors: Mr. G
OSAR, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. FULCHER, Mrs.
B
OEBERT, and Mr. DUARTE
D
ECEMBER19, 2024
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 9, 2023]
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A BILL
To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 to provide that the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are
not required to reinitiate consultation on a land manage-
ment plan or land use plan under certain circumstances,
and for other purposes.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Information Re-4
form Act’’ or as the ‘‘FIR Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 6
(a) F
ORESTSERVICEPLANS.—Section 6(d)(2) of the 7
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 8
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)(2)) is amended to read as fol-9
lows: 10
‘‘(2) N
O ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED 11
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES .—Notwithstanding 12
any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be 13
required to reinitiate consultation under section 14
7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 15
U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) or section 402.16 of title 50, Code 16
of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), on 17
a land management plan approved, amended, or re-18
vised under this section when— 19
‘‘(A) a new species is listed or critical habi-20
tat is designated under the Endangered Species 21
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 22
‘‘(B) new information reveals effects of the 23
land management plan that may affect a species 24
listed or critical habitat designated under that 25
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Act in a manner or to an extent not previously 1
considered.’’. 2
(b) B
UREAU OFLANDMANAGEMENTPLANS.—Section 3
202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 4
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) is amended by adding at the end 5
the following: 6
‘‘(g) N
OADDITIONALCONSULTATION REQUIRED 7
U
NDERCERTAINCIRCUMSTANCES.—Notwithstanding any 8
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required 9
to reinitiate consultation under section 7(a)(2) of the En-10
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) or sec-11
tion 402.16 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a 12
successor regulation), on a land use plan approved, amend-13
ed, or revised under this section when— 14
‘‘(1) a new species is listed or critical habitat is 15
designated under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 16
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 17
‘‘(2) new information reveals effects of the land 18
use plan that may affect a species listed or critical 19
habitat designated under that Act in a manner or to 20
an extent not previously considered.’’. 21
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118
TH
CONGRESS
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D
S
ESSION
H. R. 200
[Report No. 118–748, Part I]
A BILL
To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to
provide that the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior are not required to re-
initiate consultation on a land management plan
or land use plan under certain circumstances,
and for other purposes.
D
ECEMBER
19, 2024
Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed
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