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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
118TH CONGRESS REPT. 118-926
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
PROVEN FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT OF 2023
DECEMBER 18, 2024.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 188]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 188) to direct the Secretary concerned to coordinate with
impacted parties when conducting a forest management activity,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Proven Forest Management Act of 2023.
SEC. 2. FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR FEDERAL LANDS.
(a) COORDINATION.-In conducting a forest management activity on Federal lands,
the Secretary concerned shall, as appropriate, coordinate with impacted parties to
increase efficiency and maximize the compatibility of management practices across
Federal lands.
(b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.-In conducting a forest management activ-
ity on Federal lands, the Secretary concerned shall conduct such activity in a man-
ner that attains multiple ecosystem benefits, including-
(1) reducing forest fuels;
(2) maintaining biological diversity;
(3) improving wetland and water quality, including in riparian areas; and
(4) increasing resilience to changing water temperature and precipitation.
(c) GROUND DISTURBANCE.-Consistent with applicable Federal law and the forest
plan developed for the relevant Federal lands, the Secretary concerned shall-
(1) establish any post-program ground condition criteria for a ground disturb-
ance caused by a forest management activity required by such plan; and
(2) provide for monitoring to ascertain the attainment of relevant post-pro-
gram conditions.
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