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H.R.2512
Sponsor: Rep Eshoo, Anna G.(introduced 7/14/1999)
Related Bills: S.1368
Latest Major Action: 7/27/1999 Referred to House subcommittee
Title: To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and related laws to strengthen the protection of native biodiversity and ban clearcutting on Federal lands, to designate certain Federal lands as Ancient Forests, Roadless Areas, Watershed Protection Areas, and Special Areas where logging and other intrusive activities are prohibited, and for other purposes.
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7/14/1999:
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Armed Services, 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.
7/14/1999:
Referred to House Agriculture
7/22/1999:
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
7/23/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
7/14/1999:
Referred to House Resources
7/22/1999:
Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
7/22/1999:
Referred jointly to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, NationalParks and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
7/14/1999:
Referred to House Armed Services
7/27/1999:
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
7/27/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.
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COSPONSORS(134), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 10/18/1999 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 7/14/1999
Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 7/14/1999 Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 7/14/1999
Rep Barrett, Thomas M. - 7/14/1999 Rep Becerra, Xavier - 7/29/1999
Rep Berkley, Shelley - 11/17/1999 Rep Berman, Howard L. - 7/14/1999
Rep Blagojevich, Rod R. - 7/14/1999 Rep Bonior, David E. - 7/14/1999
Rep Borski, Robert A. - 7/14/1999 Rep Boucher, Rick - 7/14/1999
Rep Brown, Corrine - 7/14/1999 Rep Brown, George E., Jr. - 7/14/1999
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 7/14/1999 Rep Capps, Lois - 7/14/1999
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 7/14/1999 Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 7/14/1999
Rep Carson, Julia - 7/14/1999 Rep Christensen, Donna MC - 7/14/1999
Rep Clay, William (Bill) - 7/14/1999 Rep Clement, Bob - 7/14/1999
Rep Clyburn, James E. - 7/14/1999 Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 7/14/1999
Rep Coyne, William J. - 8/5/1999 Rep Crowley, Joseph - 10/18/1999
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 7/14/1999 Rep Davis, Danny K. - 7/14/1999
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 7/14/1999 Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 7/14/1999
Rep Dixon, Julian C. - 7/14/1999 Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 7/14/1999
Rep Evans, Lane - 7/14/1999 Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. - 11/9/1999
Rep Farr, Sam - 7/14/1999 Rep Fattah, Chaka - 9/8/1999
Rep Filner, Bob - 7/14/1999 Rep Forbes, Michael P. - 7/14/1999
Rep Ford, Harold, Jr. - 8/3/1999 Rep Frank, Barney - 7/14/1999
Rep Gejdenson, Sam - 4/3/2000 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 7/14/1999
Rep Gordon, Bart - 10/18/1999 Rep Green, Gene - 7/14/1999
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 7/14/1999 Rep Hall, Tony P. - 7/14/1999
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 7/14/1999 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 7/14/1999
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 7/14/1999 Rep Holt, Rush D. - 7/14/1999
Rep Inslee, Jay - 5/16/2000 Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 5/16/2000
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 7/14/1999 Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 7/14/1999
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 7/14/1999 Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 7/14/1999
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 7/14/1999 Rep King, Peter T. - 6/13/2000
Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. - 6/8/2000 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 7/14/1999
Rep LaFalce, John J. - 8/5/1999 Rep Lampson, Nick - 7/14/1999
Rep Lantos, Tom - 7/14/1999 Rep Larson, John B. - 6/6/2000
Rep Lee, Barbara - 7/14/1999 Rep Lewis, John - 7/14/1999
Rep Lipinski, William O. - 10/18/1999 Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 7/14/1999
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 7/14/1999 Rep Luther, Bill - 7/14/1999
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 7/14/1999 Rep Maloney, James H. - 7/14/1999
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 7/14/1999 Rep Martinez, Matthew G. - 7/14/1999
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 7/14/1999 Rep McCarthy, Karen - 8/3/1999
Rep McDermott, Jim - 7/14/1999 Rep McGovern, James P. - 7/14/1999
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 7/14/1999 Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 7/14/1999
Rep Meek, Carrie P. - 7/14/1999 Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 7/14/1999
Rep Menendez, Robert - 7/14/1999 Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 7/14/1999
Rep Miller, George - 7/14/1999 Rep Moakley, John Joseph - 7/14/1999
Rep Moore, Dennis - 7/26/2000 Rep Moran, James P. - 7/14/1999
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 7/14/1999 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 7/14/1999
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 7/14/1999 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 7/14/1999
Rep Olver, John W. - 7/14/1999 Rep Owens, Major R. - 7/14/1999
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 7/14/1999 Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 7/14/1999
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 7/14/1999 Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 7/14/1999
Rep Quinn, Jack - 7/19/2000 Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 7/14/1999
Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 10/18/1999 Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 7/14/1999
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 7/14/1999 Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 7/14/1999
Rep Roukema, Marge - 9/29/2000 Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 7/14/1999
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 7/14/1999 Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 8/5/1999
Rep Sanders, Bernard - 7/14/1999 Rep Sawyer, Tom - 8/3/1999
Rep Saxton, Jim - 5/16/2000 Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 7/14/1999
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 5/16/2000 Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 7/14/1999
Rep Shays, Christopher - 7/14/1999 Rep Sherman, Brad - 7/14/1999
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 7/14/1999 Rep Stabenow, Debbie - 7/14/1999
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 7/14/1999 Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 6/22/2000
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 7/14/1999 Rep Tierney, John F. - 7/14/1999
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 7/14/1999 Rep Underwood, Robert A. - 10/4/1999
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 7/14/1999 Rep Vento, Bruce F. - 7/14/1999
Rep Waters, Maxine - 5/19/2000 Rep Watt, Melvin L. - 9/8/1999
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 7/14/1999 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 7/14/1999
Rep Wexler, Robert - 7/14/1999 Rep Weygand, Robert A. - 5/19/2000
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 7/14/1999 Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 7/14/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
7/14/1999--Introduced.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Act to Save America's Forests - Title I: Amendments to Existing Land Management Laws - Amends the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (National Forest System), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (public lands), the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (National Wildlife Refuge System), and Federal law relating to forest management on military lands to: (1) provide for native biodiversity conservation; and (2) restrict and prohibit certain logging practices.

Title II: Protection for Ancient Forests, Roadless Areas, Watershed Protection Areas, and Special Areas - Describes special areas as Federal forest land parcels possessing outstanding biological, scenic, recreational, or cultural values, exemplary on a regional or national level, which may not meet the definitions of Ancient Forests, Roadless Areas, or Watershed Protection Areas. Designates specified Special Areas which shall be subject to restrictions on road construction and logging in the following States: (1) Alabama; (2) Alaska; (3) Arizona; (4) Arkansas; (5) California; (6) Colorado; (7) Georgia; (8) Idaho; (9) Illinois; (10) Michigan; (11) Minnesota; (12) Missouri; (13) Montana; (14) New Mexico; (15) North Carolina; (16) Ohio; (17) Oklahoma; (18) Oregon; (19) South Carolina; (20) South Dakota; (21) Tennessee; (22) Texas; (23) Vermont; (24) Virginia; (25) West Virginia; (26) Wisconsin; and (27) Wyoming.

Provides for the appointment of a committee of scientists to recommend additional Special Areas.

Restricts road construction and logging in Ancient Forests, Special Areas, Roadless Areas on Federal lands, and Watershed Protection Areas.