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Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · May 3, 2000
Forest Roads-Community Right-to-Know Act - Defines specified terms.Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, prior to making permanent road closings on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands, respectively, to: (1) provide affected State and local officials with advance notice showing affected roads and traffic patterns; and (2) provide for public notice and comment.Requires: (1) the Secretaries to meet annually with State and local officials to describe agency proposals that will or may result in permanent road closures within the coming two fiscal years; and (2) information to be provided at the first meeting respecting the previous five years' road closings.
People & committees
Rep. Chenoweth-Hage, Helen [R-ID-1] · R–ID
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 3, 2000.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-604, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 106-604, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands Discharged.
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 5.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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