{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-4489","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 4489","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Act of June 20, 1958, to require that certain amounts collected by the United States with respect to lands under the administration of the Forest Service be invested into interest bearing obligations, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Act of June 20, 1958, to require that certain amounts collected by the United States with respect to lands under the administration of the Forest Service be invested into interest bearing obligations, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-07-16","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-12-08","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h410","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act","result":"Passed","yea":385,"nay":42,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll410.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.","date":"2021-12-09"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-12-08","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill modifies the treatment of monies collected by the United States arising out of certain Forest Service activities."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill directs the Department of the Treasury to invest in interest-bearing obligations all monies that were previously collected by the United States in forfeitures, judgments, compromises, or settlements related to Forest Service activities, provided the amounts are not required to meet current withdrawals. The bill makes available the interest earned to cover the costs of work rendered necessary by the action which led to the forfeiture, judgment, compromise, or settlement."}],"words":96},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 7 of the Act of June 20, 1958 to require that monies collected by the United States with respect to Forest Service lands be invested in interest bearing obligations, with the interest made available for work covered by that section.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text/eh#HC55B41744344444EA52605BCB3D9E08F"}]},"core_areas":["Investment of Forest Service forfeiture, judgment, compromise and settlement monies","Use of interest earned for Forest Service work"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Names the Act the \"National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text/eh#HD59D2B4C3D3E46EC8CF15A61AEC248AF"}},{"text":"Changes the wording of section 7 of the Act of June 20, 1958 so that it refers to \"any assessment, improvement, protection, restoration, or rehabilitation\" instead of \"any improvement, protection, or rehabilitation\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text/eh#HC55B41744344444EA52605BCB3D9E08F"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest monies covered into the Treasury under section 7, including monies previously collected in a forfeiture, judgment, compromise, or settlement, in interest bearing obligations of the United States, to the extent the Secretary judges they are not required to meet current withdrawals.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text/eh#HC55B41744344444EA52605BCB3D9E08F"}},{"text":"Appropriates the interest earned on those amounts, and makes it available until expended, to cover the costs to the United States specified in section 7.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text/eh#HC55B41744344444EA52605BCB3D9E08F"}},{"text":"Requires the Secretary, for fiscal year 2021 and thereafter, to include in the budget materials submitted in support of the President's annual budget request the proposed use of such amounts with respect to the Forest Service.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text/eh#HC55B41744344444EA52605BCB3D9E08F"}},{"text":"Allows any portion of the monies received or earned that exceeds the amount spent on the work that led to their receipt to be used to cover the other work specified in section 7.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text/eh#HC55B41744344444EA52605BCB3D9E08F"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-12-08","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4489/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-4489.png","v":"e6e9d3d97908","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 4489, 117th Congress: National Forest Restoration and Remediation Act. House: 385 Yea, 42 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 8 Dec 2021."}}