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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 598
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
JANUARY21, 2025
Mr. Z
INKE(for himself and Mr. NEWHOUSE) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Information 2
Reform Act’’ or as the ‘‘FIR Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED. 4
(a) F
ORESTSERVICEPLANS.—Section 6(d)(2) of the 5
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 6
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)(2)) is amended to read as 7
follows: 8
‘‘(2) N
O ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION RE -9
QUIRED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES .—Not-10
withstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-11
retary shall not be required to reinitiate consultation 12
under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act 13
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) or section 402.16 of 14
title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 15
regulation), on a land management plan approved, 16
amended, or revised under this section when— 17
‘‘(A) a new species is listed or critical habi-18
tat is designated under the Endangered Species 19
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 20
‘‘(B) new information reveals effects of the 21
land management plan that may affect a spe-22
cies listed or critical habitat designated under 23
that Act in a manner or to an extent not pre-24
viously considered.’’. 25
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(b) BUREAU OFLANDMANAGEMENTPLANS.—Sec-1
tion 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 2
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) is amended by adding at the 3
end the following: 4
‘‘(g) N
OADDITIONALCONSULTATION REQUIRED 5
U
NDERCERTAINCIRCUMSTANCES.—Notwithstanding 6
any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be re-7
quired to reinitiate consultation under section 7(a)(2) of 8
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 9
1536(a)(2)) or section 402.16 of title 50, Code of Federal 10
Regulations (or a successor regulation), on a land use plan 11
approved, amended, or revised under this section when— 12
‘‘(1) a new species is listed or critical habitat 13
is designated under the Endangered Species Act of 14
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 15
‘‘(2) new information reveals effects of the land 16
use plan that may affect a species listed or critical 17
habitat designated under that Act in a manner or to 18
an extent not previously considered.’’. 19
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