Introduced in House

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 184 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 184

  To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to
 certain proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2025

Mr. McClintock introduced 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
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

  To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to
 certain proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Action Versus No Action Act''.

SEC. 2. ANALYSIS OF ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES (ACTION VERSUS NO ACTION) IN

SEC. 2. ANALYSIS OF ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES (ACTION VERSUS NO ACTION) IN
              PROPOSED COLLABORATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Application to Certain Environmental Assessments and
Environmental Impact Statements.--This section shall apply whenever the
Secretary concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102 of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for a forest
management activity that--
            (1) will occur on lands identified as the Secretary
        concerned as suitable for timber production; and
            (2) meets at least one of the following conditions:
                    (A) The forest management activity will occur on
                lands designated by the Secretary (or designee thereof)
                pursuant to section 602(b) of the Healthy Forests
                Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591a(b)),
                notwithstanding whether such forest management activity
                is initiated prior to the date of enactment of this
                Act.
                    (B) The forest management activity is developed
                through a collaborative process.
                    (C) The forest management activity is proposed by a
                resource advisory committee.
                    (D) The forest management activity is covered by a
                community wildfire protection plan.
    (b) Consideration of Alternatives.--In the case of an environmental
assessment or environmental impact statement described in subsection
(a), the Secretary concerned shall study, develop, and describe only
the following two alternatives:
            (1) The forest management activity.
            (2) The alternative of no action.
    (c) Elements of No Action Alternative.--In the case of the
alternative of no action described in subsection (b)(2), the Secretary
concerned shall consider whether to evaluate--
            (1) the effect of no action on--
                    (A) forest health;
                    (B) potential losses of life and property;
                    (C) habitat diversity;
                    (D) wildfire potential;
                    (E) insect and disease potential; and
                    (F) timber production; and
            (2) the implications of a resulting decline in forest
        health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or insect or
        disease infestation (given fire and insect and disease historic
        cycles) on--
                    (A) potential losses of life and property;
                    (B) domestic water supply in the project area;
                    (C) wildlife habitat loss; and
                    (D) other economic and social factors.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Collaborative process.--The term ``collaborative
        process'' means a process relating to the management of
        National Forest System lands or public lands by which a project
        or forest management activity is developed and implemented by
        the Secretary concerned through collaboration with interested
        persons, as described in section 603(b)(1)(C) of the Healthy
        Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(b)(1)(C)).
            (2) Community wildfire protection plan.--The term
        ``community wildfire protection plan'' has the meaning given
        the term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act
        of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511).
            (3) Resource advisory committee.--The term ``resource
        advisory committee'' has the meaning given the term in section
        201 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
        Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121).
            (4) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned''
        means--
                    (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to
                National Forest System lands; and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to
                public lands.
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