Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Assessment and Demonstration Act

Summary

Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary concerned (the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System Lands, and the Secretary of the Interior with respect to Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and Indian lands) to: (1) assess the extent of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive invasion in those States in which the Bureau of Reclamation operates, past and present assessments and management options to control these phreatophytes, the feasibility of reducing water consumption, methods and challenges in land restoration, and the estimated costs of destruction, biomass removal, and restoration and maintenance; (2) identify long-term management and funding strategies that could be implemented by Federal, State, and private land managers; and (3) initiate a program of at least three projects to demonstrate and evaluate the most effective control methods, including at least one on national forest system land created from the public domain, one primarily using air-born application of herbicides, one using mechanical removal, and one using biocontrol, such as goats or insects. Requires each project to: (1) monitor and document the water saved due to control of Salt Cedar and Russian Olive infestation and what portions return to surface water or groundwater supplies and at what rates; (2) assess the optimum application approach and tools for an array of control methods; (3) assess all costs and benefits associated with the control methods, land restoration, and maintenance; (4) determine what conditions indicate the need to remove biomass and the optimal methods for its disposal or use; (5) define appropriate final vegetative states, optimal re-vegetation methods; and (6) methods to prevent regrowth and reintroduction.

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (text)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 25 June 2004

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• Placed on Calendar Senate (PDF)

  Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 25 June 2004

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 24 February 2004

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  Reported in House · EN · 24 February 2004

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 24 February 2004

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 24 February 2004

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 24 February 2004

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 24 February 2004

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 10 July 2003

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  Introduced in House · EN · 10 July 2003

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• Introduced in House

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