HR 2369 IH

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2369

To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 5, 2003

Mr. INSLEE (for himself, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. FARR, Mr. KIRK, Mr. REYES, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. MAJETTE, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. FILNER, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FERGUSON, Ms. WATERS, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. LEACH, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. WU, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. WEINER, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. HOLT, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. LEE, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. STARK, Mr. HONDA, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. FORD, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. WYNN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. KIND, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. OWENS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. HILL, Mr. SABO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ACEVEDO-VILA, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. MOORE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. WATT, Mr. GILCHREST, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CLAY, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUSH, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CASE, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, and Mr. LARSON of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was 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

A BILL

To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act'.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS.

(a) IDENTIFICATION OF INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS- The inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in the maps contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated November 2000, shall be known and identified as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas.

(b) MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION- The Secretary of Agriculture shall manage the National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in subsection (a) to maintain the roadless character and values of the areas in accordance with part 294 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended in the final rule and record of decision published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244).

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