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16 U.S.C. 1604: National Forest System land and resource management plans

Created in 1974 by Public Law 93-378. Changed by 1 later law. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2018Pub. L. 115-141

1974Pub. L. 93-378created it

16 U.S.C. 1604National Forest System land and resource management plans

(a)Development, maintenance, and revision by Secretary as part of program; coordination

(b)Criteria

(c)Incorporation of standards and guidelines by Secretary; time of completion; progress reports; existing management plans

(d)Public participation and consultationrewritten

(e)Required assurances

(f)Required provisions

(g)Promulgation of regulations for development and revision of plans; environmental considerations; resource management guidelines; guidelines for land management plans

(h)Scientific committee to aid in promulgation of regulations; termination; revision committees; clerical and technical assistance; compensation of committee members

(i)Consistency of resource plans, permits, contracts, and other instruments with land management plans; revision

(j)Effective date of land management plans and revisions

(k)Development of land management plans

(l)Program evaluation; process for estimating long-term costs and benefits; summary of data included in annual report

(m)Establishment of standards to ensure culmination of mean annual increment of growth; silvicultural practices; salvage harvesting; exceptions

This CongressBills that change it or would

H.R. 471Fix Our Forests Actpassed house

past change
enacted this Congress
proposed

This Congress

H.R. 471 Fix Our Forests Act · passed house · would change (d)

How it got here

2018

Pub. L. 115–141, §208(b)(2), substituted "Secretary" for "Secretary of Agriculture". Law text · (a)
Pub. L. 115–141, §208(a), inserted subsec. heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1) and inserted par. heading, and added par. (2). Law text · (d)
Pub. L. 115–141, §208(b)(2), substituted "Secretary shall appoint" for "Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint". Law text · (h)

1976

Pub. L. 94–588, §12(a), made technical amendment to reference in original Act which appears in text as reference to section 1602 of this title. · (a)
Pub. L. 94–588, §6, added subsecs. (c) to (m). · (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.