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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 950 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure that the Forest Service is fully staffed, and for other purposes. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | MARCH11 (legislative day, MARCH10), 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. K |
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| 9 | 9 | | ELLY(for himself, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. GALLEGO, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. S |
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| 11 | 11 | | MITH, and Mr. VANHOLLEN) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural |
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| 13 | 13 | | Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To ensure that the Forest Service is fully staffed, and for |
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| 16 | 16 | | other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Save Our Forests Act 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | In this Act: 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) N |
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| 25 | 25 | | ATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM .—The term 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | ‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •S 950 IS |
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| 31 | 31 | | land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | U.S.C. 1609(a)). 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) S |
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| 34 | 34 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Secretary of Agriculture. 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) S |
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| 37 | 37 | | ERVICE.—The term ‘‘Service’’ means the 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Forest Service. 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | SEC. 3. FOREST SERVICE STAFFING AND PERSONNEL. 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of this Act, using funds previously appropriated to the 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Secretary for such purposes, the Secretary shall— 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) increase staffing necessary to sustain the 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | health, diversity, and productivity of National Forest 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | System land to meet the needs of present and future 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | generations; and 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) reinstate any individuals who were involun-15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tarily removed or otherwise terminated from employ-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ment with the Service during the period beginning 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | on January 20, 2025, and ending on February 25, 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2025. 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SEC. 4. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORIZED FOREST SERVICE 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | PROJECTS. 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | The Secretary shall have the authority to continue 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | to carry out any Service project for which funds are au-23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | thorized or appropriated under— 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •S 950 IS |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Act (16 U.S.C. 6801 et seq.); 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) the Great American Outdoors Act (Public 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Law 116–152; 134 Stat. 682); 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (3) the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 429); or 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (4) Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’) (136 Stat. 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 1818). 9 |
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