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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.
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.
Summary
- Nullifies the 2001 "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" rule issued by the Department of Agriculture.
- Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture from proposing, finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing any rule substantially similar to the 2001 roadless rule.
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to construct permanent and temporary roads on National Forest System lands for Forest Service restoration and hazardous fuels reduction activities.
- Requires road construction for replacing or decommissioning existing roads that adversely affect forest, rangeland, or watershed health.
- Requires all road construction to comply with applicable environmental requirements, including the National Environmental Policy Act.
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- May 21, 2026 Subcommittee Hearings Held · house
- May 12, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. · house
- Feb 25, 2026 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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. · house
- Feb 25, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2026
Ms. Hageman (for herself, Mr. Downing, Ms. Maloy, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. Tiffany) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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
A BILL
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN ROADS ON NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.
(a) Roadless Rule Nullification.—
(1) Nullification.—The final rule of the Department of Agriculture titled “Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation” and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect.
(2) Prohibition.—The Secretary of Agriculture may not take any action to propose, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any rule substantially similar to the rule described in paragraph (1).
(b) Required Road Construction.—The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall, subject to all applicable environmental requirements (including applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)), construct on National Forest System lands such permanent and temporary roads as the Secretary determines necessary—
(1) to carry out restoration activities of the Forest Service;
(2) to carry out hazardous fuels reduction activities of the Forest Service in—
(A) an at-risk community;
(B) the wildland-urban interface; or
(C) a municipal watershed;
(3) to replace or decommission any existing permanent road determined by the Secretary to be adversely affecting the health of a forest, rangeland, or a watershed; or
(4) to carry out the intent of the Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 473-482, 551).
(c) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) At-risk community; wildland-urban interface.—The terms “at-risk community” and “wildland-urban interface” have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511).
(2) National forest system.—The term “National Forest System” has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609). <all>
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