PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-816, Part I.
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Version 18 · Reported to House amended, Part I · Oct 12, 1998
Prohibits issuance of an interim or final rule to suspend road construction in roadless areas on public domain units and other units of the National Forest System pending public hearings in each unit and submission of a report to the Congress detailing the moratorium's effect on: (1) forest health; (2) multiple use activities; and (3) States and local communities. States that if an interim or final rule is issued before enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall suspend its implementation until the hearings and report are completed.
People & committees
Rep. Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5] · R–PA
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Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-816, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 105-816, Part I.
Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 14.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research.
Referred to House Resources
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to House Agriculture
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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