Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974
Public Law 93-378 · S. 2296 · 93rd Congress · began in the Senate
Signed by Gerald Ford (R) on Aug 17, 1974 · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsor: Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)
Cosponsors (26): Sen. George Aiken, Sen. James Allen,
Passage votes
- HouseMethod not stated
- SenateMethod not stated
Data notes
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare a Renewable Resource Assessment not later than December 31, 1975, to be updated during 1979 and each tenth year thereafter.
Stipulates that the Assessment shall include but not be limited to: (1) an analysis of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of the forest and related resources, with consideration of the international forest resource situation, and an analysis of pertinent supply and demand and price relationship trends; (2) an inventory, based on information available to the Forest Service and other Federal agencies, of present and potential forest and related resources, and an evaluation of opportunities for improving their yield of tangible and intangible goods and services, together with estimates of investment costs and direct and indirect returns to the Federal Government; (3) a description of Forest Service programs and responsibilities in research, cooperative programs, and management of the National Forest System, their interrelationships, and the relationship of these programs and responsibilities to public and private activities; and (4) a discussion of important policy considerations, laws, regulations, and other factors expected to significantly influence and affect the use, ownership, and management of forest and related resource lands.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to prepare and transmit to the President a recommended Renewable Resource Program displaying alternative objectives and associated programs which shall provide in appropriate detail for protection, management, and development of the National Forest System, including forest development roads and trails; and for forest and related resources research. States that the Program shall include, but not be limited to: (1) an inventory of specific needs and opportunities for both public and private program investments; (2) specific identification of program outputs, results anticipated, and benefits associated with investments in such a manner that the anticipated costs can be directly compared with the total related benefits and direct and indirect returns to the Federal Government; and (3) a discussion of priorities for accomplishment of inventoried program opportunities, with specified costs, outputs, results, and benefits.
Provides that, in carrying out this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall utilize information and data available from other Federal, State, and private organization and shall avoid duplication and overlap of resource assessment and program planning efforts of other Federal agencies.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 20 actions.
- Aug 17, 1974Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Public law 93-378.
- Aug 6, 1974PresidentPresident · Measure presented to President.
- Aug 2, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 93-1067.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 93-1067.
- Aug 1, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · House agreed to conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House agreed to conference report.
- Jul 25, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1226.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference report filed in House, H. Rept. 93-1226.
- Jul 16, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in House.
- Jul 15, 1974Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference scheduled in Senate.
- Jul 1, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 15283.
- CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Education and Workforce Committee
- Feb 25, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Education and Workforce Committee
- Feb 21, 1974FloorFloor · Measure passed Senate, amended.
- Feb 18, 1974CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- Jul 31, 1973CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.