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This bill, the Forest Data Modernization Act of 2023, aims to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 to modernize the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program. It expands the FIA program to collect additional data, including on forest carbon, through new methods like a national timber products output survey and a national woodland owner survey. The bill also requires the Secretary to update the FIA strategic plan to improve data collection protocols, integrate new technologies like remote sensing, increase transparency in reporting, and expand data collection to the sub-state level and on renewable biomass supplies and carbon stocks. Additionally, the bill requires the Secretary to ensure the accessibility of FIA data to public and private entities while maintaining confidentiality, and to publish biennial compilations of national forest inventory and analysis statistics.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/3990/all-info