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H.R. 4357 (116th)

Special Forest Products Program Reauthorization Act of 2019

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Introduced

17 September 2019

Last action

23 January 2020 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Sponsors

Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3], Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]

Subjects

Environment, Agriculture

Source updated

24 January 2025

Environment · Agriculture

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Summary

Special Forest Products Program Reauthorization Act of 2019 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a program of charging and collecting fees for forest botanical products harvested on National Forest System (NFS) lands. Under the program, USDA may not permit forest botanical products to be harvested in excess of sustainable harvest levels. Collected fees must be in an amount to recover a portion of the fair market value of the harvested forest botanical products and a portion of all of the costs incurred by USDA that are associated with the granting, modifying, or monitoring of the authorization for harvest of the products, including the costs of any environmental or other analysis. USDA must establish a personal use harvest level for each forest botanical product. The harvesting of a forest botanical product below that level by a person for personal use shall not be subject to the charges and fees under this bill. USDA shall (1) conduct analyses to determine whether and how the harvest of forest botanical products on NFS lands can be conducted on a sustainable basis, and (2) establish procedures and timeframes for monitoring and revising the harvest levels established for such products. Funds collected under the program shall be expended at NFS units to pay for the costs of conducting inventories of forest botanical products, determining sustainable levels of harvest, monitoring and assessing the impacts of harvest levels and methods, restoration activities, and authorizing harvest.

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Timeline

  1. 17 September 2019

    Introduced

    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.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 17 September 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 17 September 2019

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 26 September 2019

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

    Source: Committee

  5. 23 January 2020

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

    Source: Committee

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  • Introduced in House (text)

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