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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 1061 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to |
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| 6 | 6 | | provide that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and |
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| 7 | 7 | | consent of the Senate, the Chief of the Forest Service. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH13, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. L |
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| 11 | 11 | | EE(for himself, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. SHEEHY, and Mr. BAR- |
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| 12 | 12 | | RASSO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred |
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| 13 | 13 | | to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization |
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| 16 | 16 | | Act of 1994 to provide that the President shall appoint, |
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| 17 | 17 | | by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Chief of the Forest Service. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Service Ac-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | countability Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 1061 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. CHIEF OF THE FOREST SERVICE. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Subtitle E of the Department of Agriculture Reorga-2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | nization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6961) is amended by add-3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ing at the end the following: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘SEC. 246. CHIEF OF THE FOREST SERVICE. 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(a) A |
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| 33 | 33 | | PPOINTMENT BY THE PRESIDENT; SENATE 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | A |
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| 35 | 35 | | DVICE ANDCONSENT.—The President shall appoint, by 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the Chief 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of the Forest Service. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(b) Q |
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| 39 | 39 | | UALIFICATIONS.—An individual appointed 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | under subsection (a) shall have substantial experience and 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | demonstrated competence in forest and natural resources 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | management. 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(c) C |
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| 44 | 44 | | OMMITTEEREFERRAL.— 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 46 | 46 | | N GENERAL.—Any nomination of an indi-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | vidual to be the Chief of the Forest Service sub-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | mitted to the Senate for confirmation, and referred 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | to a committee, shall be referred jointly to the Com-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Nat-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ural Resources of the Senate. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 54 | 54 | | ULES OF SENATE.—Paragraph (1) is en-22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | acted— 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | power of the Senate, and as such is deemed a 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | part of the rules of the Senate and supersedes 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •S 1061 IS |
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| 62 | 62 | | other rules only to the extent that they are in-1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | consistent with such rules; and 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(B) with full recognition of the constitu-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | tional right of the Senate to change the rules 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | at any time, in the same manner, and to the 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | same extent as in the case of any other rule of 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the Senate. 7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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| 70 | 70 | | PPLICATION TO INCUMBENT.—Notwith-8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | standing any service by an individual serving in the posi-9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | tion of Chief of the Forest Service on the date of enact-10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ment of this section, the President shall submit to the Sen-11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ate a nomination for an individual to be the Chief of the 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Forest Service not later than 30 days after that date of 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | enactment.’’. 14 |
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