Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Acting Director Andrew McCabe.
- Last Action
- 4/4/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-07Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- 2019-02-05Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- 2019-01-04Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
- 2019-01-04Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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.
- 2019-01-04Introduced in House
- 2019-01-04Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-04 (00)
Combustion Avoidance along Rural Roads Act or the CARR Act
This bill exempts wildfire mitigation activities conducted within 300 feet of a road from all laws governing (1) environmental review of proposed agency actions, or (2) protection of endangered or threatened species. Mitigation activities are those that are (1) conducted by Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture; and (2) conducted on federal land that is administered by the National Park System, the Bureau of Land Management, or the Forest Service. Mitigation activities include forest thinning, hazardous fuel reduction, prescribed burning, and vegetation management.
Cosponsors (1)
- Tom McClintock (R-CA)
Subjects
- Endangered and threatened species
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Fires
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
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