House
Oct 17, 2005

To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide assistance to States and nonprofit organizations to preserve suburban forest land and open space and contain suburban sprawl.

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Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program Act of 2005 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to establish in the Forest Service the Suburban and Community Forestry and Open Space Program, which shall provide cost-share grants to preserve private forest land, contain suburban sprawl, and support value-added forest product industries in States in which less than 25 percent of the land is owned by the United States.

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Introduced(9/28/05)
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Mr. Fitzpatrick

(R) PA – 8

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

Oct 17, 2005