To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.
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- Stage
- Committee hearing
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 5
- Latest action
- May 21, 2026
What it does
This bill would nullify the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which generally prohibits road construction in inventoried roadless areas of National Forest System lands, and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain permanent and temporary roads on those lands for purposes such as forest restoration, hazardous fuels reduction in at-risk communities or watersheds, replacing or decommissioning harmful existing roads, and fulfilling the intent of the 1897 Organic Administration Act. The bill also prohibits the Secretary from proposing, finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing any rule substantially similar to the nullified Roadless Rule. These provisions would…
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