S. 2867 · 118th Congress · Senate

Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2024

Active· Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.
Introduced
Sep 20, 23
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2023

This bill establishes additional requirements for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to address forest health on public lands.

For example, the agencies must

  • establish annual mechanical thinning targets for the National Forest System and public lands, 
  • carry out regeneration harvests only in mature forests, 
  • develop a strategy to increase the use of livestock grazing to mitigate wildfires, 
  • support logging training through apprenticeships, and
  • utilize specified streamlined authorities for environmental review with respect to remedial action in certain vulnerable areas. 

Action Timeline

7
  1. NOV 21, 2024•Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

    Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  2. NOV 21, 2024•Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

    Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

  3. NOV 21, 2024•Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 592.

  4. NOV 19, 2024•Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

    Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  5. OCT 25, 2023•Committee

    Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.

    118Yea
    311Nay
    0NV
  6. SEP 20, 2023•IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  7. SEP 20, 2023•IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Committees

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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Nov 21, 2024

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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Nov 19, 2024

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Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee

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Referred: Oct 25, 2023

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Energy and Natural Resources Committee

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Referred: Sep 20, 2023

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