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H.R. 7578 (119th Congress)Committee
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The TORCH Act would amend federal law to expand tools for reducing wildfire risk on National Forest System and related lands. It would direct the Secretary of Agriculture to create a categorical exclusion from NEPA review for certain high-priority hazard tree removal projects up to 3,000 acres, raise timber-sale appraisal thresholds and allow disposal of forest products during extreme risk events, direct the Forest Service to develop a livestock grazing strategy for fuels reduction, raise acreage limits and extend deadlines under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and revise Good Neighbor Authority to let Indian tribes participate and retain timber sale revenue for restoration. It also addresses vegetation management and hazard tree removal near electric utility rights-of-way, including shortened plan approval timelines, and exempts certain projects from some Endangered Species Act consultation requirements.
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