National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act

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.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3563 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3563

  To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2005

 Mr. Inslee (for himself, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Shays, Mr. Wu, 
Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Brown 
of Ohio, Mr. Leach, Mr. Payne, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Lee, Mr. 
Pallone, Mr. Honda, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Case, Ms. 
  Hooley, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Serrano, Mr. 
 Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Farr, Mr. Kind, 
    Mr. Boucher, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Stark, Ms. DeGette, Mr. 
 Sanders, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Costello, 
  Mr. Owens, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Cummings, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. 
Moore of Kansas, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Dingell, Mrs. 
 McCarthy, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Engel, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hinchey, 
  Mr. Rangel, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
Markey, Mr. Wexler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
  Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Schwartz of Pennsylvania, Mr. Holt, Ms. 
Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Sabo, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Doyle, 
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Weiner, Mr. 
Filner, Mr. Allen, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Towns, Mr. Tierney, 
 Mrs. Maloney, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Ms. 
  Corrine Brown of Florida, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Ramstad, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
 Fattah, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
Mr. Schiff, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Kennedy of Rhode Island, Mr. 
    Clyburn, Mr. Chandler, Ms. Solis, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Ms. 
Slaughter, Mr. Clay, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Brady of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Olver, Mr. Levin, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Berman, Mrs. 
Tauscher, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Mr. Snyder, Mr. Scott of 
Virginia, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. McNulty, Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Jones 
 of Ohio, Ms. Norton, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Evans, 
  Mr. Strickland, Mr. Crowley, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. 
   Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Meek of Florida, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. 
Ferguson, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Pastor, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Ford, Mr. Becerra, 
Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Watt, Mr. Cleaver, 
 Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Mr. Rush, Mr. Meehan, Ms. Pelosi, Ms. 
Carson, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Israel, Mrs. Lowey, and Ms. 
   Waters) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
     Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Forest Roadless Area 
Conservation Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL FOREST INVENTORIED ROADLESS AREAS.

    (a) Identification of Inventoried Roadless Areas.--The inventoried 
roadless areas within the National Forest System set forth in the maps 
contained in the Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation, Final 
Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 2, dated November 2000, shall be 
known and identified as National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas. The 
Forest Service may modify such maps for the sole purpose of improving 
their accuracy or inclusiveness. Any substantial modification of such 
maps shall be made through the national forest management planning 
process and documented in an environmental impact statement.
    (b) Management and Protection.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
manage the National Forest Inventoried Roadless Areas identified in 
subsection (a) to maintain the roadless character and values of the 
areas in accordance with the final rule and record of decision 
published in the Federal Register on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 
3244 et seq.).
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