[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3465 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3465
To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 17, 2011
Mr. Inslee (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Markey, Ms. DeGette, Mr.
Hinchey, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Berman, Mr. George Miller of California, Ms.
DeLauro, Mr. Serrano, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cleaver, Mr.
Moran, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Honda,
Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Levin, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Slaughter,
Mr. Nadler, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Larson of
Connecticut, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr.
Stark, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Murphy of Connecticut, Mrs.
Napolitano, Mr. Rahall, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Schiff, Ms.
Edwards, Ms. McCollum, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr.
Garamendi, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Holt, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Braley of
Iowa, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Moore, Mr. Dingell, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Price
of North Carolina, Ms. Chu, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Woolsey, Mr.
Walz of Minnesota, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. McNerney,
Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Olver, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Conyers,
Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Carnahan, Ms. Norton, Ms. Velazquez, Mr.
Filner, Ms. Speier, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Eddie
Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Farr, Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas, Mr.
Quigley, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Hastings of
Florida, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sarbanes,
Ms. Fudge, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Doggett, Mr.
Neal, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Rush, Mr. Israel, Mr.
Keating, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Richardson, Mr. Clay, Mr. Tonko, Mr.
Sherman, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Kind, Mrs. McCarthy
of New York, and Ms. Castor of Florida) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to
the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Forest Roadless Area
Conservation Act''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS.
(a) Identification of Inventoried Roadless Areas.--The inventoried
roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in the maps
contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final
Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated November 2000, shall be
known and identified as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas. The
Forest Service may modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving
their accuracy or inclusiveness. Any substantial modification of such
maps shall be made through the national forest management planning
process and documented in an environmental impact statement.
(b) Management and Protection.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
manage the National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in
subsection (a) to maintain the roadless character and values of the
areas in accordance with the final rule and record of decision
published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg.
3244 et seq.).
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