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handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxahyc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO 119TH CONGRESS REPT.119-430 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1 PROVEN FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT JANUARY 8, 2026.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 179] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 179) to direct the Secretary concerned to coordinate with impacted parties when conducting a forest management activity, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Proven Forest Management Act. SEC. 2. FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES FOR COVERED LAND. (a) COORDINATION.-In conducting a forest management activity on covered land, the Secretary concerned shall, as appropriate, coordinate with impacted parties to increase efficiency and maximize the compatibility of management practices across covered land. (b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.- (1) IN GENERAL.-Except as provided in paragraph (2), in conducting a forest management activity on covered land, the Secretary concerned shall conduct such activity in a manner that attains multiple ecosystem benefits, including- (A) reducing forest fuels; (B) maintaining biological diversity; (C) improving wetland and water quality, including in riparian areas; and (D) increasing resilience to changing water temperature and precipita- tion. 69-006