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H.R. 3692: National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act

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H.R. 3692: National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-10-01 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-10-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act

Plain summary

National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act - Identifies roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in specified maps as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas, and directs the Secretary of Agriculture to manage such Areas to maintain their roadless character. Authorizes the Forest Service to modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving their accuracy or inclusiveness. Requires any substantial modification of those maps to be made through the national forest management planning process and documented in an environmental impact statement.

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Official text

National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] · 158 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and 98 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong111-hr3692 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111