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 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3692 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3692

  To protect inventoried roadless areas in the National Forest System.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2009

  Mr. Inslee (for himself, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Johnson of 
Illinois, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Rahall, Mr. Hare, Mr. Berman, Ms. McCollum, Mr. 
Nadler of New York, Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. George Miller of 
 California, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Lee of 
    California, Mr. Tierney, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Stark, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
     Boucher, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Wu, Mr. Murphy of 
   Connecticut, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr. 
    Carnahan, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Smith of 
Washington, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Olver, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Cohen, 
 Mr. Costello, Mr. Gutierrez, Ms. Harman, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. 
     Norton, Mr. Holt, Mr. Honda, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of 
  California, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nye, Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. 
  Heinrich, Mr. Payne, Mr. Miller of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. 
Levin, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Filner, Ms. Woolsey, 
Ms. Berkley, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. 
 Schiff, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
 Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Grayson, 
 Mr. Dingell, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Cleaver, 
Mr. Lujan, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Clay, Ms. Speier, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Conyers, 
Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, Mr. Perriello, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. 
Farr, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, Mr. Sestak, Mr. Price of North Carolina, 
 Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Snyder, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
 Hall of New York, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Kildee, Mr. 
Chandler, Mr. Watt, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Israel, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Arcuri, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
Bishop of New York, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Rush, Mr. 
 Carson of Indiana, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Moore of 
 Wisconsin, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Altmire, 
 Mr. Ellison, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. 
  Meek of Florida, Ms. Kilroy, Mr. Massa, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. 
McCarthy of New York, Mr. Kind, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Pastor of 
 Arizona, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, 
Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Engel, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Velazquez, 
   Mr. Doggett, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Lance, Mr. Delahunt, Mr. Foster, Mr. 
Maffei, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Matsui, 
Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, 
and Mr. Marshall) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
   the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Natural 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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