HEATS Act (Public Lands, Forests, and Mining)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-05-21 — 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.: cross-connection with roadless-rule-repeal-nfs-road-construction-hr7695: Both are public-lands proposals that would loosen federal conservation constraints on multiple-use activity (roadless protections vs. energy/mining access) on federal forest and public lands. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-15 — HEATS Act: S4975 (119th Congress) received a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining; substantive provisions not detailed in the source. (novelty: 2)