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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 598 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act |
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| 6 | 6 | | of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 |
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| 7 | 7 | | to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Interior are not required to reinitiate consultation on a land management |
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| 9 | 9 | | plan or land use plan under certain circumstances, and for other pur- |
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| 10 | 10 | | poses. |
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| 11 | 11 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 12 | 12 | | JANUARY21, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Mr. Z |
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| 14 | 14 | | INKE(for himself and Mr. NEWHOUSE) introduced the following bill; |
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| 15 | 15 | | which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi- |
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| 16 | 16 | | tion to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently de- |
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| 17 | 17 | | termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions |
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| 18 | 18 | | as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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| 20 | 20 | | To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources |
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| 21 | 21 | | Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Management Act of 1976 to provide that the Secretary |
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| 23 | 23 | | of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are |
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| 24 | 24 | | not required to reinitiate consultation on a land manage- |
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| 25 | 25 | | ment plan or land use plan under certain circumstances, |
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| 26 | 26 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HR 598 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Information 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Reform Act’’ or as the ‘‘FIR Act’’. 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SEC. 2. NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) F |
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| 37 | 37 | | ORESTSERVICEPLANS.—Section 6(d)(2) of the 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)(2)) is amended to read as 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | follows: 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(2) N |
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| 42 | 42 | | O ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION RE -9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | QUIRED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES .—Not-10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | withstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | retary shall not be required to reinitiate consultation 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act 13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) or section 402.16 of 14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | regulation), on a land management plan approved, 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | amended, or revised under this section when— 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(A) a new species is listed or critical habi-18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | tat is designated under the Endangered Species 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(B) new information reveals effects of the 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | land management plan that may affect a spe-22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | cies listed or critical habitat designated under 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | that Act in a manner or to an extent not pre-24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | viously considered.’’. 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •HR 598 IH |
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| 62 | 62 | | (b) BUREAU OFLANDMANAGEMENTPLANS.—Sec-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tion 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) is amended by adding at the 3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | end the following: 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(g) N |
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| 67 | 67 | | OADDITIONALCONSULTATION REQUIRED 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | U |
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| 69 | 69 | | NDERCERTAINCIRCUMSTANCES.—Notwithstanding 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be re-7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | quired to reinitiate consultation under section 7(a)(2) of 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 1536(a)(2)) or section 402.16 of title 50, Code of Federal 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Regulations (or a successor regulation), on a land use plan 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | approved, amended, or revised under this section when— 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(1) a new species is listed or critical habitat 13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | is designated under the Endangered Species Act of 14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(2) new information reveals effects of the land 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | use plan that may affect a species listed or critical 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | habitat designated under that Act in a manner or to 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | an extent not previously considered.’’. 19 |
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