Coquille Forest Fairness Act
Amends the Coquille Restoration Act to require the Department of the Interior to manage the Coquille Forest in accordance with the laws pertaining to the management of Indian trust land. (Currently, Interior is also required to manage the Forest under applicable state and federal forestry and environmental protection laws, and subject to critical habitat designations under the Endangered Species Act and the standards and guidelines of federal forest plans on adjacent or nearby federal lands.)
Continues to apply: (1) federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from the Forest, and (2) competitive bidding requirements to sales of timber from the Forest.
Removes a provision: (1) giving the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon jurisdiction over certain actions concerning the placement of lands in Coos County and Curry County, Oregon, into trust for the Coquille Tribe and the management of the Coquille Forest; and (2) limiting available remedies to equitable relief, unless otherwise provided for by law.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-07 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs. | House committee actions |
| 2015-04-07 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands. | House committee actions |
| 2015-03-18 | IntroReferral | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. | House floor actions |
| 2015-03-18 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |