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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 184
To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to certain
proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. M
CCLINTOCKintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To require that only two alternatives be considered with
respect to certain proposed collaborative forest manage-
ment activities, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Action Versus No Ac-4
tion Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. ANALYSIS OF ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES (ACTION 1
VERSUS NO ACTION) IN PROPOSED COLLABO-2
RATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 3
(a) A
PPLICATION TOCERTAINENVIRONMENTAL AS-4
SESSMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSTATE-5
MENTS.—This section shall apply whenever the Secretary 6
concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an en-7
vironmental impact statement pursuant to section 102 of 8
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 9
4332) for a forest management activity that— 10
(1) will occur on lands identified as the Sec-11
retary concerned as suitable for timber production; 12
and 13
(2) meets at least one of the following condi-14
tions: 15
(A) The forest management activity will 16
occur on lands designated by the Secretary (or 17
designee thereof) pursuant to section 602(b) of 18
the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 19
(16 U.S.C. 6591a(b)), notwithstanding whether 20
such forest management activity is initiated 21
prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 22
(B) The forest management activity is de-23
veloped through a collaborative process. 24
(C) The forest management activity is pro-25
posed by a resource advisory committee. 26
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(D) The forest management activity is cov-1
ered by a community wildfire protection plan. 2
(b) C
ONSIDERATION OFALTERNATIVES.—In the case 3
of an environmental assessment or environmental impact 4
statement described in subsection (a), the Secretary con-5
cerned shall study, develop, and describe only the following 6
two alternatives: 7
(1) The forest management activity. 8
(2) The alternative of no action. 9
(c) E
LEMENTS OF NOACTIONALTERNATIVE.—In 10
the case of the alternative of no action described in sub-11
section (b)(2), the Secretary concerned shall consider 12
whether to evaluate— 13
(1) the effect of no action on— 14
(A) forest health; 15
(B) potential losses of life and property; 16
(C) habitat diversity; 17
(D) wildfire potential; 18
(E) insect and disease potential; and 19
(F) timber production; and 20
(2) the implications of a resulting decline in 21
forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or in-22
sect or disease infestation (given fire and insect and 23
disease historic cycles) on— 24
(A) potential losses of life and property; 25
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(B) domestic water supply in the project 1
area; 2
(C) wildlife habitat loss; and 3
(D) other economic and social factors. 4
(d) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 5
(1) C
OLLABORATIVE PROCESS .—The term ‘‘col-6
laborative process’’ means a process relating to the 7
management of National Forest System lands or 8
public lands by which a project or forest manage-9
ment activity is developed and implemented by the 10
Secretary concerned through collaboration with in-11
terested persons, as described in section 12
603(b)(1)(C) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 13
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(b)(1)(C)). 14
(2) C
OMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION 15
PLAN.—The term ‘‘community wildfire protection 16
plan’’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 17
of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 18
U.S.C. 6511). 19
(3) R
ESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE .—The 20
term ‘‘resource advisory committee’’ has the mean-21
ing given the term in section 201 of the Secure 22
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 23
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121). 24
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(4) SECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘Sec-1
retary concerned’’ means— 2
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-3
spect to National Forest System lands; and 4
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-5
spect to public lands. 6
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