H.R. 7695

Summary

H.R. 7695, to provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes, was introduced in the House on Feb 25, 2026 by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Subcommittee on Federal Lands, and last saw action on May 21, 2026: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Record

Text

H.R. 7695 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 7695 IH: To provide that the final rule titled “Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation” and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-02-25
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 7695  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 25, 2026   Ms. Hageman  (for herself,  Mr. Downing ,  Ms. Maloy ,  Mr. Stauber , and  Mr. Tiffany ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Agriculture , and in addition to the Committee on  Natural Resources , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   A BILL
To provide that the final rule titled  Special Areas; Roadless
        Area Conservation  and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no
      force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on
      National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.
1.
Requirement for construction of certain roads on National Forest System lands
(a)
Roadless Rule nullification
(1)
Nullification
The final rule of the Department of Agriculture titled  Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation  and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect.
(2)
Prohibition
The Secretary of Agriculture may not take any action to propose, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any rule substantially similar to the rule described in paragraph (1).
(b)
Required road construction
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall, subject to all applicable environmental requirements (including applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. )), construct on National Forest System lands such permanent and temporary roads as the Secretary determines necessary—
(1)
to carry out restoration activities of the Forest Service;
(2)
to carry out hazardous fuels reduction activities of the Forest Service in—
(A)
an at-risk community;
(B)
the wildland-urban interface; or
(C)
a municipal watershed;
(3)
to replace or decommission any existing permanent road determined by the Secretary to be adversely affecting the health of a forest, rangeland, or a watershed; or
(4)
to carry out the intent of the Act of June 4, 1897 ( 16 U.S.C. 473–482 , 551).
(c)
Definitions
In this section:
(1)
At-risk community; wildland-urban interface
The terms  at-risk community  and  wildland-urban interface  have the meanings given such terms, respectively, in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6511 ).
(2)
National Forest System
The term  National Forest System  has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1609 ).

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To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R) sponsors H.R. 7695, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Harriet Hageman

Rep. · R–WY · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 25, 2026

Troy Downing

Rep. · R–MT-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 25, 2026 · Original

Celeste Maloy

Rep. · R–UT-2 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 25, 2026 · Original

Pete Stauber

Rep. · R–MN-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 25, 2026 · Original

Tom Tiffany

Rep. · R–WI-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 25, 2026 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 7695 went before 4 committees: Federal Lands Subcommittee, Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

Federal Lands Subcommittee

Federal Lands Subcommittee

Hearings By (subcommittee) · May 21, 2026 · 34 Bills

Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee

Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee

Referred to · Apr 3, 2026 · 45 Bills

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Referred To · Feb 25, 2026 · 395 Bills

Agriculture

Agriculture

Referred To · Feb 25, 2026 · 226 Bills

Actions

H.R. 7695 has taken 5 actions since Feb 25, 2026, the latest on May 21, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 7695 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 7695 goes by 2 titles.

• To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes. — Display Title
• To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 6 firms and 32 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 7695 in 7 quarterly filings, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Natural Resources, Budget/Appropriations, Clean Air and Water (quality), Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Animals, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 32.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 7695 under Public Lands and Natural Resources, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 4 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 7695’s is Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 7695 carries 4 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Forests, forestry, trees to Watersheds.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 7695, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. HAGEMAN:H.R. 7695.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H2329]

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