Public Lands Planning and Management Improvement Act of 2002
Latest action. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands Planning and Management Improvement Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to conduct no more than two levels of planning for Federal lands (lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and lands in the National Forest System) comprised of: (1) multi-use planning in the form of resource management plans for designated planning units; and (2) site-specific or area-specific planning for management activities. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a Public Lands Monitoring Fund and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a Forest Lands Monitoring Fund. Requires the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, in developing resource management plans, to ensure that the plan is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction of habitat of critical species. Repeals renewable resource program provisions of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resource Planning Act of 1973. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to contract with private persons and entities to perform service to achieve land management goals for the Federal lands. Sets forth provisions regarding fees, an exemption from strict liability for the recovery of fire suppression costs, and access to adjacent non-Federal lands. Directs: (1) the Secretary of the Interior to maintain a special fund regarding salvage sales of forest products; and (2) the Secretaries to jointly conduct a study of the effectiveness of fuels hazard treatment strategies and methods in the reduction of risk of private property losses from catastrophic fires.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in Senate" stage on May 8, 2002. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on May 8, 2002: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 107th Congress (2001-02), 377 of the 9,126 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.1 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
LARRY CRAIG (R-ID) introduced it on May 8, 2002. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on May 8, 2002, 8891 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 8891 days ago, on May 8, 2002.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 107th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2003 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers