PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Referred to the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry.
Congressional Research Service
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Sep 5, 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Designation of Wilderness Areas in the King Range National Conservation Area to be Administered by the Bureau of Land Management Title II: Acquisition of Headwaters Forest Title III: Smith River National Recreation Area Title IV: Contracting Out and Adaptive Management Demonstration Northwest California Forest Health and Economic Recovery Act - Title I: Designation of Wilderness Areas in the King Range National Conservation Area to be Administered by the Bureau of Land Management - King Range Wilderness Act of 1996 - Designates specified lands in California as the King Range Wilderness. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) administration of wilderness areas; (2) future acquisitions; (3) disposition under mining laws; and (4) Native American access. Title II: Acquisition of Headwaters Forest - Headwaters Forest Acquisition and Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to: (1) acquire specified lands in Humboldt County, California (Headwaters Forest Addition) from the Pacific Lumber Company (and corporations owned and controlled by it); (2) refrain from designating any other timberland owned by the Company in such county as critical habitat without adequate compensation; and (3) give the Company credit for the habitat value of the Addition when issuing incidental take permits. Sets forth timber and quarry right provisions. Designates specified lands as the Headwaters Forest Wilderness and part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Smith River National Recreation Area - Sets forth the amount of timber offered for sale each year from the prescribed timber management area of the Smith River National Recreation Area. Deems that administration of the other seven management areas of such Area in a manner consistent with the land and resource management plan for the Six Rivers National Forest (Six Rivers) shall be sufficient species habitat protection. Title IV: Contracting Out and Adaptive Management Demonstration - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a demonstration program to contract out to the private sector certain timber resource management activities at Six Rivers (California). .
People & committees
Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] · R–CA
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands.
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
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
Source last updated: Aug 21, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze H.R.4032 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine H.R.4032 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine H.R.4032 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine H.R.4032 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.