S. 2160: Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-16 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-429. Minority views filed.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-429. Minority views filed. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act

Plain summary

Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act This bill directs the Forest Service to establish within its Region 1 under an arbitration pilot program an alternative dispute resolution process in lieu of judicial review for the arbitration of projects that: are developed through a collaborative process, are carried out under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, or are identified in a community wildfire protection plan, have as a purpose hazardous fuels reduction or mitigation of insect or disease infestation, and are located in a wildland-urban interface.

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Official text

Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 2160, Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act (2018-12-07)

Cosponsors on this site

James E. Risch (R-ID), Mike Crapo (R-ID)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] reported raising $4.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2160.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s2160 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115