H.R. 2936: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017

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H.R. 2936: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-20 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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Official title

Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017

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Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 This bill shall apply whenever the Department concerned, either the Department of Agriculture for National Forest System (NFS) lands or the Department of the Interior for public lands, prepares an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for specified forest management activities, including those that: will occur on lands identified as suitable for timber production; or will occur on a landscape-scale area designated by the Department concerned as part of an insect and disease treatment program on NSF land pursuant to the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, notwithstanding whether such activity is initiated before September 30, 2018. In such an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement, the Department concerned shall study, develop, and describe only these two alternatives: the forest management activity, and the alternative of no action. In the case of the alternative of no action, the Department concerned shall evaluate: the effect of no action on forest health, habitat diversity, wildfire potential, insect and disease potential, and timber production; and the implications of a resulting decline in forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or insect or disease infestation on domestic water supply in the project area, wildlife habitat loss, and other economic and social factors. The bill establishes categorical exclusions regarding certain other forest management actions. A process is established for declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on federal lands managed by specified federal land management agencies.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] · 18 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (2017-09-08); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (2017-10-24)

Cosponsors on this site

Tom McClintock (R-CA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] reported raising $3.0 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

• House roll call 594 (2017): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2936 (2017-11-01): Failed
• House roll call 595 (2017): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2936 (2017-11-01): Failed
• House roll call 596 (2017): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2936 (2017-11-01): Agreed to
• House roll call 597 (2017): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR2936 (2017-11-01): Failed
• House roll call 598 (2017): On Passage, HR2936 (2017-11-01): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2936.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2936 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115