H.R. 1762

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1762 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1762

To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to 
provide that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, the Chief of the Forest Service.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 27, 2025

Mr. Zinke (for himself, Mr. Newhouse, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Crane, Mr. 
Calvert, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Begich, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Baird, Mr. 
Moylan, Mr. Pfluger, and Mr. Baumgartner) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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A BILL

To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to 
provide that the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, the Chief of the Forest Service.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Forest Service Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. CHIEF OF THE FOREST SERVICE.

Subtitle E of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 
1994 (7 U.S.C. 6961) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 246. CHIEF OF THE FOREST SERVICE.

``(a) Appointment by the President; Senate Advice and Consent.--The 
President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, the Chief of the Forest Service.
``(b) Qualifications.--An individual appointed under subsection (a) 
shall have substantial experience and demonstrated competence in forest 
and natural resources management.
``(c) Committee Referral.--
``(1) In general.--Any nomination of an individual to be 
the Chief of the Forest Service submitted to the Senate for 
confirmation, and referred to a committee, shall be referred 
jointly to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate.
``(2) Rules of senate.--Paragraph (1) is enacted--
``(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
Senate, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 
the Senate and supersedes other rules only to the 
extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and
``(B) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of the Senate to change the rules at any time, in 
the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case 
of any other rule of the Senate.
``(d) Application to Incumbent.--Notwithstanding any service by an 
individual serving in the position of Chief of the Forest Service on 
the date of enactment of this section, the President shall submit to 
the Senate a nomination for an individual to be the Chief of the Forest 
Service not later than 30 days after that date of enactment.''.
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