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Read. Follow. Verify.Proposed Law to Cancel Executive Order 14072 and Stop Old-Growth Forest Rules
Record date · December 17, 2024
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill would cancel 14072 and block the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior from carrying out any rules or actions related to it. It specifically stops the Forest Service from finalizing a current regarding old-growth forest management.
If passed, this bill would immediately halt federal efforts to protect old-growth forests on national lands, preventing the Forest Service from finalizing new management plans that were proposed in June 2024.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary is legally prohibited from finalizing specific environmental impact statements and implementing rules related to old-growth forest management.
Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary is legally prohibited from implementing or enforcing any rules or regulations associated with Executive Order 14072.
Forest Service
The agency is barred from completing its current rulemaking process regarding old-growth forest conditions.
Key Facts
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Direct Legislative Challenge to Executive Authority
The bill explicitly attempts to nullify a specific executive order and prevent the development of any 'substantially similar' future regulations, representing a direct legislative effort to constrain executive branch rulemaking.
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