Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 471) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (S. 5) to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

Key Points

• This resolution sets the ground rules for how the House of Representatives will debate and vote on two separate bills. It limits the time for discussion to one hour for each topic and decides which changes to the bills can be proposed.
• One of the bills being considered aims to speed up forest cleaning and management on federal and Tribal lands. This is intended to reduce the risk of large wildfires by thinning out overgrown areas more quickly.
• The other bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to detain non-citizens who have been charged with theft in the U.S. This would change how the government handles people without legal status who are accused of stealing.
• This specific action is a procedural step and does not change any laws on its own. It simply organizes the schedule so the House can hold final votes on the forest and immigration policies.

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