H.R. 5263: Forest Landscape Restoration Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-02-07 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-02-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Forest Landscape Restoration Act

Plain summary

Forest Landscape Restoration Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to select and fund ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes. Sets forth provisions concerning the eligibility criteria for, and nomination and selection of, collaborative forest landscape restoration proposals for carrying out such treatments. Requires the Secretary to establish a scientific advisory panel to evaluate, and provide recommendations on, any proposal with respect to: (1) the strength of the ecological case of the proposal for landscape restoration and the proposed restoration strategies; and (2) whether the proposal is likely to achieve reductions in long-term wildfire management costs. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a technical advisory panel to evaluate, and provide recommendations on, any proposal with respect to whether the proposal is likely to reduce the relative costs of carrying out treatments resulting from the use of woody biomass and small-diameter trees and to provide local economic benefit. Establishes the Collaborative Forest Landscape Fund, to be used for paying up to 50% of the cost of carrying out ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land for each proposal selected. Requires: (1) creation of implementation work plans and budgets to implement proposals; (2) submission of annual reports on the accomplishments of selected proposals; (3) use of a multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to assess the ecological, social, and economic effects of projects implementing proposals; and (4) submission of reports every five years on the Program.

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Forest Landscape Restoration Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · 1 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr5263.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr5263 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110