HR 184 · in committee · significant
Action Versus No Action Act
- climate
What this bill does
- This bill limits environmental reviews for forest management on public lands to comparing the proposed activity against taking no action.
- It affects the Forest Service and Department of Interior when reviewing timber projects on certain public lands, especially in insect and disease treatment areas.
- The bill streamlines the environmental review process by reducing the number of alternatives that must be evaluated in assessments.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would limiting environmental reviews to only compare timber projects against no action affect the Forest Service's ability to evaluate different management approaches?
- 02
Who benefits from faster environmental reviews for forest management, and what environmental or economic risks might result from streamlined assessments?
- 03
What evidence supports the premise that comparing projects only to no action will improve outcomes for insect and disease treatment on public lands?
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Sponsor · R-CA-5
Tom McClintock
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
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House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-07
Legislative timeline
2025-02-07 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
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.
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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