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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 254
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-57
HAWAII NATIONAL FOREST STUDY
JANUARY 19 (legislative day, JANUARY 18), 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 297]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (H.R. 297), to require the Secretary of Agriculture
to conduct a study on the establishment of, and the potential land
that could be included in, a unit of the National Forest System in
the State of Hawaii, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of H.R. 297 is to require the Secretary of Agri-
culture to conduct a study on the establishment of, and the poten-
tial land that could be included in, a unit of the National Forest
System in the State of Hawaii.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The Forest Service, under the Department of Agriculture, is
tasked with managing 154 national forests across the United
States, which span approximately 193 million acres. Congress di-
rected the Forest Service to establish national forests to improve
and protect the forest within its boundaries, for the purpose of se-
curing favorable conditions of water flows, and to furnish a contin-
uous supply of timber for the use and necessities of citizens of the
Unites States. Moreover, the Forest Service was directed to admin-
ister its national forests for outdoor recreation, range, timber, wa-
tershed, and wildlife and fish purposes. Further, the mission of the
Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity
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