H.R. 1904: Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003

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H.R. 1904: Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003

108th Congress · introduced 2003-05-01 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Became Public Law No: 108-148.

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Official title

Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003

Plain summary

Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 - Permits the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects (fuels projects) on specified types of Federal lands. Directs the Secretary concerned to give priority to fuels projects that provide for the protection of communities and watersheds. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to make grants: (1) to improve the commercial value of forest biomass to produce electric energy, sensible heat, transportation fuels, or substitutes for petroleum-based products; and (2) to offset the cost of projects to add value to biomass. Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to permit the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, to provide assistance to State foresters and officials for the purpose of expanding State forest capacities and activities to address watershed issues on non-Federal forested lands and potentially forested lands. Directs the Secretary concerned to establish an accelerated program to plan, conduct, and promote comprehensive and systematic information gathering on bark beetles. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the healthy forests reserve program within the Forest Service for the purpose of protecting, restoring, and enhancing degraded forest ecosystems to promote the recovery of threatened and endangered species as well as improve biodiversity and enhance carbon sequestration. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a comprehensive plan to inventory, monitor, characterize, assess, and identify forest stands and potential forest stands in specified locations. States that issues to be addressed shall include: (1) the early detection, identification, and assessment of environmental threats; and (2) the loss or degradation of forests.

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Sponsor: Rep. McInnis, Scott [R-CO-3] · 137 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (2003-05-09); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (2003-05-09); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (2003-05-15); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (2003-05-15); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (2003-07-30); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (2003-07-30)

Cosponsors on this site

John Boozman (R-AR), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Sam Graves (R-MO), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jerry Moran (R-KS) and 77 more.

Recorded votes

• House roll call 198 (2003): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1904 (2003-05-20): Failed
• House roll call 199 (2003): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR1904 (2003-05-20): Failed
• House roll call 200 (2003): On Passage, HR1904 (2003-05-20): Passed
• Senate vote 416 (2003): On the Amendment, HR1904 (2003-10-29): Amendment Agreed to
• Senate vote 417 (2003): On the Amendment, HR1904 (2003-10-29): Amendment Agreed to
• Senate vote 418 (2003): On the Amendment, HR1904 (2003-10-29): Amendment Agreed to
• Senate vote 421 (2003): On the Motion, HR1904 (2003-10-30): Motion Rejected
• Senate vote 422 (2003): On the Motion to Table, HR1904 (2003-10-30): Motion to Table Agreed to
• Senate vote 423 (2003): On the Motion to Table, HR1904 (2003-10-30): Motion to Table Agreed to
• Senate vote 424 (2003): On the Amendment, HR1904 (2003-10-30): Amendment Agreed to
• Senate vote 425 (2003): On the Motion to Table, HR1904 (2003-10-30): Motion to Table Agreed to
• Senate vote 426 (2003): On the Motion to Table, HR1904 (2003-10-30): Motion to Table Agreed to
• Senate vote 427 (2003): On the Motion to Table, HR1904 (2003-10-30): Motion to Table Agreed to
• Senate vote 428 (2003): On Passage of the Bill, HR1904 (2003-10-30): Bill Passed
• House roll call 656 (2003): On Agreeing to the Conference Report, HR1904 (2003-11-21): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr1904.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr1904 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108