House Rules Committee
H-313 Capitol
23/09/2024 at 04:00PM
The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, September 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following emergency measure:
- H.R. ___ – Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, September 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.R. 3334 – Sanctioning Tyrannical and Oppressive People within the Chinese Communist Party Act
- H.R. 8205 – Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act
- H.R. 8790 – Fix Our Forests Act
- H. Res. 1469 – Ensuring accountability for key officials in the Biden-Harris administration responsible for decisionmaking and execution failures throughout the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
H.R. 8790 would fast-track logging on public lands, bypassing essential environmental reviews and endangering wildlife, clean air, water, and the health and safety of our communities, explains the John Muir Project.
- NEPA Rollbacks: This bill weakens the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), limiting environmental reviews and public input—key goals of Project 2025.
- Endangered Species Act (ESA): Provisions in H.R. 8790 undermine ESA protections for wildlife habitats, reflecting Project 2025’s push for economic interests over environmental safeguards.
- Federal Land Management: H.R. 8790 promotes increased logging on BLM and National Forest lands, aligning with Project 2025’s priorities for extraction industries.
- Anti-Climate Science Rhetoric: This bill misuses wildfire narratives to justify logging, despite the fact that most fires this year have occurred in grass, rangeland, and shrublands—not forests. This highlights that logging is not a solution to the real causes of wildfire activity, such as climate change and urban development. For detailed fire data, please refer to this tool.