Search Results: keywords:"state and private lands"

  • H. R. 605 — To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to reauthorize and improve the Water Source Protection Program, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,054

    H.R. 605 seeks to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to continue and enhance the Water Source Protection Program. This bill introduces definitions and requirements for watershed projects, emphasizes the protection and restoration of water-related infrastructures, and sets...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 605 is a plan to keep forests and water clean and safe, giving more money to help protect them and inviting more people to join the effort. It also makes sure that nobody can be told what to do with their land unless they agree.

  • H. R. 1121 — An Act To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:190

    H. R. 1121, known as the “Protecting American Energy Production Act,” aims to prevent the President from declaring a ban on hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, unless Congress authorizes it. The bill emphasizes that states should have the primary authority to...

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    H. R. 1121 is a bill that says the President can't stop a way to get energy called fracking unless Congress says it's okay, and it wants each state to make its own rules about fracking on its land.