U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB184: Action Versus No Action Act
Status: In committee, September 15, 2026
To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to certain proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to certain proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, January 3, 2025:
A BILL To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to certain proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Action Versus No Action Act . SECTION 2. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) in proposed collaborative forest management activities (a) Application to certain environmental assessments and environmental impact statements This section shall apply whenever the Secretary concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 ) for a forest management activity that-- (1) will occur on lands identified as the Secretary concerned as suitable for timber production; and (2) meets at least one of the following conditions: (A) The forest management activity will occur on lands designated by the Secretary (or designee thereof) pursuant to section 602(b) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6591a(b) ), notwithstanding whether such forest management activity is initiated prior to the date of enactment of this Act. (B) The forest management activity is developed through a collaborative process. (C) The forest management activity is proposed by a resource advisory committee. (D) The forest management activity is covered by a community wildfire protection plan. (b) Consideration …
Sponsors
- Tom McClintock (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 17.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
- : Subcommittee Hearings Held
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- : Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
- : Referred 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.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research, Forests, forestry, trees, Public Lands and Natural Resources, Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Common questions
- What is HB184?
- HB184 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Action Versus No Action Act.
- What does HB184 do?
- In its own words: To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to certain proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB184?
- In committee as of September 15, 2026. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 17. (September 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB184?
- Tom McClintock (R).
- Where is the official record for HB184?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/184
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