Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization and Improvement Act - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), until September 30, 2023, to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs.
States that the land management goals of a project may include: (1) road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or maintain water quality; (2) soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or other resource values; (3) setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife habitat; (4) removing vegetation or other activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or achieve other land management objectives; (5) watershed restoration and maintenance; (6) restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish; or (7) control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing native plant species.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-02 | Calendars | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406. | Senate |
| 2014-06-02 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with amendments. With written report No. 113-179. | Senate |
| 2013-12-19 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. | Senate |
| 2013-07-30 | Committee | Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-85. | Senate |
| 2013-07-16 | IntroReferral | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5710-5711) | Senate |
| 2013-07-16 | IntroReferral | Introduced in Senate | Library of Congress |