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[Discussion Draft]
[Discussion Draft]
October 25, 2017
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
Rules Committee Print 115-36
Text of H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017
[Showing the text of H.R. 2936 as reported by the Committee on Agriculture with modifications]
1.
Short title; table of contents
(a)
This Act may be cited as the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017
.
(b)
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Rule of application for National Forest System lands and public lands.
Title I—Expedited Environmental Analysis and Availability of Categorical Exclusions to Expedite Forest Management Activities
Subtitle A—Analysis of Proposed Collaborative Forest Management Activities
Sec. 101. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) in proposed collaborative forest management activities.
Subtitle B—Categorical Exclusions
Sec. 111. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions.
Sec. 112. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events.
Sec. 113. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests.
Sec. 114. Categorical exclusion for road side projects.
Sec. 115. Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System Lands or public land or reduce the risk of wildfire.
Subtitle C—General Provisions for Forest Management Activities
Sec. 121. Compliance with forest plans.
Sec. 122. Consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act.
Sec. 123. Consultation under the Endangered Species Act.
Sec. 124. Forest management activities considered non-discretionary actions.
Title II—Salvage and Reforestation in Response to Catastrophic Events
Sec. 201. Expedited salvage operations and reforestation activities following large-scale catastrophic events.
Sec. 202. Compliance with forest plan.
Sec. 203. Prohibition on restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and injunctions pending appeal.
Title III—Forest Management Litigation
Subtitle A—General Litigation Provisions
Sec. 301. No attorney fees for forest management activity challenges.
Sec. 302. Injunctive relief.
Subtitle B—Forest Management Activity Arbitration Pilot Program
Sec. 311. Use of arbitration instead of litigation to address challenges to forest management activities.
Title IV—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Amendments
Sec. 401. Use of reserved funds for title II projects on Federal land and certain non-Federal land.
Sec. 402. Resource advisory committees.
Sec. 403. Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects.
Sec. 404. Additional authorized use of reserved funds for title III county projects.
Sec. 405. Treatment as supplemental funding.
Title V—Stewardship End Result Contracting
Sec. 501. Cancellation ceilings for stewardship end result contracting projects.
Sec. 502. Excess offset value.
Sec. 503. Payment of portion of stewardship project revenues to county in which stewardship project occurs.
Sec. 504. Submission of existing annual report.
Sec. 505. Fire liability provision.
Sec. 506. Extension of stewardship contracting maximum term limits.
Title VI—Additional Funding Sources for Forest Management Activities
Sec. 601. Definitions.
Sec. 602. Availability of stewardship project revenues and Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund to cover forest management activity planning costs.
Sec. 603. State-supported planning of forest management activities.
Title VII—Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection
Sec. 701. Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end result contracting and other authorities.
Sec. 702. Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System lands and public lands.
Sec. 703. Tribal forest management demonstration project.
Sec. 704. Rule of application.
Title VIII— Expediting Interagency Consultation
Subtitle A—Forest Plans Not Considered Major Federal Actions
Sec. 801. Forest plans not considered major Federal actions.
Subtitle B—Agency Consultation
Sec. 811. Consultation under Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974.
Sec. 812. Consultation under Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
Title IX—Miscellaneous
Subtitle A—Forest Management Provisions
Sec. 901. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to insect and disease infestation.
Sec. 902. Revision of alternate consultation agreement regulations.
Sec. 903. Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations.
Sec. 904. Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning.
Sec. 905. Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands.
Sec. 906. Use of site-specific forest plan amendments for certain projects and activities.
Sec. 907. Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications.
Sec. 908. Application of Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standard and Guidelines.
Sec. 909. Reconstruction and repair included in good neighbor agreements.
Sec. 910. Logging and mechanized operations.
Subtitle B—Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands
Sec. 911. Amendments to the Act of August 28, 1937.
Sec. 912. Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands permanent rights of access.
Sec. 913. Management of Bureau of Land Management lands in Western Oregon.
Subtitle C—Timber Innovation
Sec. 921. Definitions.
Sec. 922. Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction.
Title X—Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land
Sec. 1001. Wildfire on Federal lands.
Sec. 1002. Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands.
Sec. 1003. Prohibition on transfers.
Title XI—Disaster Relief and Wildfire Adjustment
Sec. 1101. Increase in maximum adjustment to accommodate wildfire funding.
2.
In titles I through IX:
(1)
The term catastrophic event means any natural disaster (such as hurricane, tornado, windstorm, snow or ice storm, rain storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, drought, or insect or disease outbreak) or any fire, flood, or explosion, regardless of cause.
(2)
The term collaborative process refers to a process relating to the management of National Forest System lands or public lands by which a project or forest management activity is developed and implemented by the Secretary concerned through collaboration with interested persons, as described in section 603(b)(1)(C) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(b)(1)(C)).
(3)
Community wildfire protection plan
The term community wildfire protection plan has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511).
(4)
Coos bay wagon road grant lands
The term Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands means the lands reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the first section of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179).
(5)
Forest management activity
The term forest management activity means a project or activity carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands consistent with the forest plan covering the lands.
(6)
The term forest plan means—
(A)
a land use plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for public lands pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); or
(B)
a land and resource management plan prepared by the Forest Service for a unit of the National Forest System pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604).
(7)
Large-scale catastrophic event
The term large-scale catastrophic event means a catastrophic event that adversely impacts at least 5,000 acres of reasonably contiguous National Forest System lands or public lands, as determined by the Secretary concerned.
(8)
The term National Forest System has the meaning given that term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
(9)
Oregon and California railroad grant lands
The term Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands means the following lands:
(A)
All lands in the State of Oregon revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), that are administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, pursuant to the first section of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a).
(B)
All lands in that State obtained by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the land exchanges authorized and directed by section 2 of the Act of June 24, 1954 (43 U.S.C. 1181h).
(C)
All lands in that State acquired by the United States at any time and made subject to the provisions of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f).
(10)
The term public lands has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702), except that the term includes Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands and Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands.
(11)
The term reforestation activity means a project or forest management activity carried out by the Secretary concerned whose primary purpose is the reforestation of impacted lands following a large-scale catastrophic event. The term includes planting, evaluating and enhancing natural regeneration, clearing competing vegetation, and other activities related to reestablishment of forest species on the impacted lands.
(12)
Resource advisory committee
The term resource advisory committee has the meaning given that term in section 201 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121).
(13)
The term salvage operation means a forest management activity and restoration activities carried out in response to a catastrophic event where the primary purpose is—
(A)
to prevent wildfire as a result of the catastrophic event, or, if the catastrophic event was wildfire, to prevent a re-burn of the fire-impacted area;
(B)
to provide an opportunity for utilization of forest materials damaged as a result of the catastrophic event; or
(C)
to provide a funding source for reforestation and other restoration activities for the National Forest System lands or public lands impacted by the catastrophic event.
(14)
The term Secretary concerned means—
(A)
the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands; and
(B)
the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands.
3.
Rule of application for National Forest System lands and public lands
Unless specifically provided by a provision of titles I through IX, the authorities provided by such titles do not apply with respect to any National Forest System lands or public lands—
(1)
that are included in the National Wilderness Preservation System;
(2)
that are located within a national or State-specific inventoried roadless area established by the Secretary of Agriculture through regulation, unless—
(A)
the forest management activity to be carried out under such authority is consistent with the forest plan applicable to the area; or
(B)
the Secretary concerned determines the activity is allowed under the applicable roadless rule governing such lands; or
(3)
on which timber harvesting for any purpose is prohibited by Federal statute.
<enum>I</enum>
<header>Expedited Environmental Analysis and Availability of Categorical Exclusions to Expedite Forest Management Activities</header>
<subtitle id="HE107F0F055154B978A1172B9CD47D197">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Analysis of Proposed Collaborative Forest Management Activities</header>
<section id="HA7EFE9006C134EB3A8E747605ED6A100">
<enum>101.</enum>
<header>Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) in proposed collaborative forest management activities</header>
<subsection id="HEE4725A1870A42B3B596C5551B430F95">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Application to certain Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements</header>
<text>This section shall apply whenever the Secretary concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for a forest management activity that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5040E07E8FD846508E06F209ACB51C34">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is developed through a collaborative process;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A946F803F51457D8D1B422733F134AD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>is proposed by a resource advisory committee;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD95E4D462664189A3AB841D69C82A30">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>will occur on lands identified by the Secretary concerned as suitable for timber production;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H43FF80CD69394C0E818FFFCFF8DEFC6F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will occur on lands designated by the Secretary (or designee thereof) pursuant to section 602(b) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591a(b)), notwithstanding whether such forest management activity is initiated prior to September 30, 2018; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB84363F4E8849B8B96C12017BB2EADE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is covered by a community wildfire protection plan.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H471AD29A380C4F67B5145608D955DB94">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consideration of Alternatives</header>
<text>In an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement described in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall study, develop, and describe only the following two alternatives:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7C267D5C581A481C991D8E60B7BA9498">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The forest management activity.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE056CFA40254483BFEC78CDDFDD6090">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The alternative of no action.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEBB9C605D5E841528A32660FF5DDB305">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Elements of No Action Alternative</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the alternative of no action, the Secretary concerned shall consider whether to evaluate—</text>
<paragraph id="HD01160D1F6C847BAA6D000CEC75A3B24">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the effect of no action on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCC871751AB84A1DAB4E358F469B46C6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>forest health;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B52A1C522F74788B75EE0003A4C6F6C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>habitat diversity;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DA33EC161B84640B18C973CACE851F5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>wildfire potential;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE4940916D65D4FB2B53B84A02CC2985E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>insect and disease potential; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HABE6957962A643759648667A4F33BBC9">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>timber production; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A482880E09C4C5EB2A6134C7F130DA9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the implications of a resulting decline in forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or insect or disease infestation, given fire and insect and disease historic cycles, on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFADC0EA031D4022B42AC0BAD35DA44D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>domestic water supply in the project area;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE0F673DA4C054282BD4238643B5B7066">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>wildlife habitat loss; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H795159A59C4240DDA3ED633F2898741D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>other economic and social factors.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HEA05830BC3C64848BAC5218C28F74728">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Categorical Exclusions</header>
<section id="H371CB3463A9941428592884D694E1E38">
<enum>111.</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions</header>
<subsection id="H38C3049438BB445BB278D0E154B96020">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion established</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5DC5A4498FE3401984BF91BA267EE173">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity is—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B27024AD9A14BB98A6DA2E67DB081DB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to address an insect or disease infestation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA763AA924DB94521985DFEFBBBCEF188">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to reduce hazardous fuel loads;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDEC61E21B3749C086392C8673578FB1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to protect a municipal water source;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB5C85BC6555456CA5C66AF256380147">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to maintain, enhance, or modify critical habitat to protect it from catastrophic disturbances;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01E7A49D7C56410F836294227CE8ED5E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>to increase water yield;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF92DB32266BC43288505D38F7B54321C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>produce timber; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8861C99AE34348619E3E8D8C36D467E6">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>any combination of the purposes specified in paragraphs (1) through (6).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4F574FD822C44F0FBCCDAAB547BA17A6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA79CA06D03894958B0103731AAFDE5F6">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Acreage limitations</header>
<paragraph id="HB5718C4FBDD9426FA52259C2DE7ECD9B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except in the case of a forest management activity described in paragraph (2), a forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 10,000 acres.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAD60D12D15B4A5E86A2C16037EDE0DE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Larger areas authorized</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may contain treatment units exceeding a total of 10,000 acres but not more than a total of 30,000 acres if the forest management activity—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF43687882BC453B81E1E3937DD3CD5E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is developed through a collaborative process;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEDF6E6F477894927BF30061DC6878E84">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is proposed by a resource advisory committee; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE87FE8BF86D248DCB4BE01D4D5EC5FA0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is covered by a community wildfire protection plan.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H12FBD52727AA49FD80CBC9F737159FC4">
<enum>112.</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events</header>
<subsection id="HD3F7699E4CB44A628380B5F7D11765F3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion established</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salvage operations carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBD5F0FB61493461288F1BF413F704246">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header>
<text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H86078840CFD54AD9A1083DB2997B8C7F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Acreage limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 10,000 acres.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9731FE36822640C28E7F56F71CCEB321">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Additional requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HC63E9ED4E277478FA564BC260FC1D20B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Stream buffers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) shall comply with the standards and guidelines for stream buffers contained in the applicable forest plan unless waived by the Regional Forester, in the case of National Forest System lands, or the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management, in the case of public lands.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2D632C72696476D836E9CB664ACCFF3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Reforestation plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A reforestation plan shall be developed under section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), as part of a salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H69801C0C4CF746D28C97D72C367CDE4E">
<enum>113.</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests</header>
<subsection id="HA03DAE8C25D24DC5B183E427E15F13DA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion established</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFBB76ECDB1FA47C5A87FFF942346B145">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header>
<text>The forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity is to modify, improve, enhance, or create early successional forests for wildlife habitat improvement and other purposes, consistent with the applicable forest plan.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7FB1E01404314759BF512C8311D35068">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header>
<text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF1DB87F9EAA54DCC9AB4D65DD6B6150E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Project goals</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall design a forest management activity under this section to meet early successional forest goals in such a manner so as to maximize production and regeneration of priority species, as identified in the forest plan and consistent with the capability of the activity site.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB94B44850FA841DA8D96E33991B68C32">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Acreage limitations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 10,000 acres.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFAFCE3108102450DBAFBE1B53381367C">
<enum>114.</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion for road side projects</header>
<subsection id="H8F9E3557EEDA4B8694D0253D3E1D8159">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion established</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects carried out by the Secretary concerned to remove hazard trees or to salvage timber for purposes of the protection of public health or safety, water supply, or public infrastructure are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCB520A03611141F893B528785071B226">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header>
<text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE9FDE7D89B4E4866B73F6D35A2A04C50">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Healthy Forests Restoration Act requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H2F6842BF700A48E9B0173781B2D3F126">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Administrative review</header>
<text>A project that is categorically excluded under this section shall be subject to the requirements of subsections (d), (e), and (f) of section 603 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CB79259067B4AF89A2FFBEBB06EA92A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Hazardous fuel reduction on Federal land</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A project that is categorically excluded under this section shall be subject to the requirements of sections 102, 104, 105, and 106 of title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDDDD3204D5C841A1B21C303BD5749DC8">
<enum>115.</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System Lands or public land or reduce the risk of wildfire</header>
<subsection id="H0B73DE8F51614075A54D3C385F90E047">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion established</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7A8DAF1717204EDAB9AE01E8C0BD7650">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header>
<paragraph id="H53C7D2C7FA1846C1B0C4D3B33F1167FD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Designation</header>
<text>The forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities described in paragraph (2) that are carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System Lands or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity is to improve or restore such lands or reduce the risk of wildfire on those lands.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B1ECF598ED74195BD339855B493B1B1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Activities authorized</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The follow activities may be carried out pursuant to the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a):</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D376BBB5F1A46C19512F90317F85C6E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Removal of juniper trees, medusahead rye, conifer trees, piñon pine trees, cheatgrass, and other noxious or invasive weeds specified on Federal or State noxious weeds lists through late-season livestock grazing, targeted livestock grazing, prescribed burns, and mechanical treatments.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1645138421BD4B8FA2664EFFC952CB30">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Performance of hazardous fuels management.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A2B019FE28A46689D6BBB9CA7231A05">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Creation of fuel and fire breaks.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD272EA37DB94496B81B151AB099C5442">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modification of existing fences in order to distribute livestock and help improve wildlife habitat.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD4F230C8A6AB4F68A45AB0E49C899D72">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Installation of erosion control devices.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE83C3AAEC89742E99A2DAFDECB634179">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction of new and maintenance of permanent infrastructure, including stock ponds, water catchments, and water spring boxes used to benefit livestock and improve wildlife habitat.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB14573BECD5141C88C8D893E1A812032">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance of soil treatments, native and non-native seeding, and planting of and transplanting sagebrush, grass, forb, shrub, and other species.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A04633F4B2044D3944BCF340027AE87">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of herbicides, so long as the Secretary concerned determines that the activity is otherwise conducted consistently with agency procedures, including any forest plan applicable to the area covered by the activity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H18FFCF5E41BC4B7AAF44A0F3A019CF30">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header>
<text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE8D4295A678B42928E5E07741CAA030B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Acreage limitations</header>
<text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not exceed 10,000 acres.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB99DD54F1BB34CC1967B0AC1CA4C5FFA">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H894DDECC47464C9A83B1A0C0B8D428E7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Hazardous fuels management</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hazardous fuels management</term> means any vegetation management activities that reduce the risk of wildfire.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B619A79595A4B8F9AAADF0BB35F8221">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Late-season grazing</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>late-season grazing</term> means grazing activities that occur after both the invasive species and native perennial species have completed their current-year annual growth cycle until new plant growth begins to appear in the following year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E7E09FBB4C3443DAE206B5C811A6105">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Targeted livestock grazing</header>
<text>The term <term>targeted livestock grazing</term> means grazing used for purposes of hazardous fuel reduction.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H9DCE0A4B249A4EA8A2F292DD645DDB95">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>General Provisions for Forest Management Activities</header>
<section id="H747E33D42377496DAB734D32DAFC80DA">
<enum>121.</enum>
<header>Compliance with forest plans</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">A forest management activity carried out pursuant to this Act shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the forest plan applicable to the National Forest System land or public lands covered by the forest management activity.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H68054886DB604E4BBD337E3D33476941">
<enum>122.</enum>
<header>Consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act</header>
<subsection id="H1E5B83EB69154BFCA3B944BFBA56F9D1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall each develop, in consultation with relevant consulting parties, a programmatic agreement or other appropriate program alternative pursuant to section 800.14 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulation, for expediting reviews under section 306108 of title 54, United States Code, for forest management activities carried out pursuant to this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1A1B6729C3324CFBB7744838E1EF6CCC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>A programmatic agreement or other program alternative developed under subsection (a) shall incorporate the concepts of phased identification and evaluation set forth in section 800.4(b)(2) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulation. </text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H407FA66CF6DB4D7ABC60F5820FB715AA">
<enum>123.</enum>
<header>Consultation under the Endangered Species Act</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H612EB5F028D14FE38FBDC8980B0DAD31">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>No consultation if action not likely To adversely affect a listed species or designated critical habitat</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a forest management activity carried out pursuant to this Act, consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) shall not be required if the Secretary concerned determines that the such forest management activity is not likely to adversely affect a listed species or designated critical habitat.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF91DAD2616254F98BB42D118E43589C5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Expedited consultation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H792E2BAB53674296801055035A8A7509">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>With respect to a forest management activity carried out pursuant to this Act, consultation required under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) shall be concluded within the 90-day period beginning on the date on which such consultation was requested by the Secretary concerned.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H74F40FB401FD4386B01133DF9664EC69">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>No conclusion</header>
<text>In the case of a consultation described in paragraph (1) that is not concluded within the 90-day period, the forest management activity for which such consultation was initiated—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H464D3CD505F8437186A091696B2E3B04">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be considered to have not violated section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5DF91EFD2B0F48529E0D8A0F494DE3B7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>may be carried out.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD5FA3E7D57834367A927CB94EF71B667">
<enum>124.</enum>
<header>Forest management activities considered non-discretionary actions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest management activity carried out by the Secretary concerned pursuant to this Act shall be considered a non-discretionary action.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Salvage and Reforestation in Response to Catastrophic Events</header>
<section id="H2D87D0A215AE4C5C915D55FA0DE45A56">
<enum>201.</enum>
<header>Expedited salvage operations and reforestation activities following large-scale catastrophic events</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3B9369DFBDC2444AB876A28024B8605E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Expedited environmental assessment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an environmental assessment prepared by the Secretary concerned pursuant to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for a salvage operation or reforestation activity proposed to be conducted on National Forest System lands or public lands adversely impacted by a large-scale catastrophic event shall be completed within 60 days after the conclusion of the catastrophic event.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0BA3DC6A2940486390E34FBBB3793204">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Expedited implementation and completion</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of reforestation activities conducted on National Forest System lands or public lands adversely impacted by a large-scale catastrophic event, the Secretary concerned shall, to the maximum extent practicable, achieve reforestation of at least 75 percent of the impacted lands during the 5-year period following the conclusion of the catastrophic event.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF68748890F2443DE944EB7F7C5AFB841">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Availability of Knutson-Vandenberg funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the special fund established pursuant to section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b) shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for reforestation activities authorized by this title.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD056F6EBDCDF401DA2E93879F66132C9">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Timeline for Public Input Process</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a salvage operation or reforestation activity proposed to be conducted on National Forest System lands or public lands adversely impacted by a large-scale catastrophic event, the Secretary concerned shall allow 30 days for public scoping and comment, 15 days for filing an objection, and 15 days for the agency response to the filing of an objection. Upon completion of this process and expiration of the period specified in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall implement the project immediately.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD1A66D1114CB42B1BC26AA083FE29196">
<enum>202.</enum>
<header>Compliance with forest plan</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">A salvage operation or reforestation activity authorized by this title shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the forest plan applicable to the National Forest System lands or public lands covered by the salvage operation or reforestation activity.</text>
</section>
<section id="H28FBBFABB72E4EA4AD7164C43EEA4333">
<enum>203.</enum>
<header>Prohibition on restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and injunctions pending appeal</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">No restraining order, preliminary injunction, or injunction pending appeal shall be issued by any court of the United States with respect to any decision to prepare or conduct a salvage operation or reforestation activity in response to a large-scale catastrophic event. Section 705 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to any challenge to the salvage operation or reforestation activity.</text>
</section>
<enum>III</enum>
<header>Forest Management Litigation</header>
<subtitle id="HA816D72B4E2E46E6BE52727B81725A59">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>General Litigation Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DCDDAA5ACEA498987CB008A1D7B9723">
<enum>301.</enum>
<header>No attorney fees for forest management activity challenges</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, no award may be made under section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, and no amounts may be obligated or expended from the Claims and Judgment Fund of the United States Treasury to pay any fees or other expenses under such sections to any plaintiff related to an action challenging a forest management activity carried out pursuant to this Act.</text>
</section>
<section id="H4C44838A2C7948D6AD7047F3356FC07A">
<enum>302.</enum>
<header>Injunctive relief</header>
<subsection id="H588BC678BA9141F2961617175AF5D161">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Balancing short- and long-Term effects of forest management activities in considering injunctive relief</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of its weighing the equities while considering any request for an injunction that applies to any agency action as part of a forest management activity under titles I through IX, the court reviewing the agency action shall balance the impact to the ecosystem likely affected by the forest management activity of—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA2BCFC0178949C5BA8C6C5181AE7F2D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the short- and long-term effects of undertaking the agency action; against</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE773283DA0B0429BA06116013898E967">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the short- and long-term effects of not undertaking the action.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE8493EFC0E844619AA9AF562AC855885">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Time limitations for injunctive relief</header>
<paragraph id="HE71521E0E8854758A1489EBB1C6048A0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2) the length of any preliminary injunctive relief and stays pending appeal that applies to any agency action as part of a forest management activity under titles I through IX, shall not exceed 60 days.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H529A3D2E7E5B40388E0186AE166BB609">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Renewal</header>
<subparagraph id="H5BF5BF8932804AE893E170DB582E9367">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A court of competent jurisdiction may issue one or more renewals of any preliminary injunction, or stay pending appeal, granted under paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82462BC8604348068C3AA77110D1A099">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Updates</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each renewal of an injunction in an action, the parties to the action shall present the court with updated information on the status of the authorized forest management activity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HDEF905FE9D3341C1A319F6F4E4B3F7EC">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Forest Management Activity Arbitration Pilot Program</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA4A1E0C8F57B410FA6F8E688BA09E071">
<enum>311.</enum>
<header>Use of arbitration instead of litigation to address challenges to forest management activities</header>
<subsection id="HC86284543A2D4541A472674B9F2C8C41">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Discretionary arbitration process pilot program</header>
<paragraph id="H3001EFA47B81499181652C2BF0F109F6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands, shall each establish a discretionary arbitration pilot program as an alternative dispute resolution process in lieu of judicial review for the activities described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H536E50D8852E413C98F6E8A0ECDE2A24">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Activities described</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary concerned, at the sole discretion of the Secretary, may designate objections or protests to forest management activities for arbitration under the arbitration pilot program established under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H475AEE51F31A416299143FB16481A950">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Maximum amount of arbitrations</header>
<text>Under the arbitration pilot program, the Secretary concerned may not arbitrate more than 10 objections or protests to forest management activities in a fiscal year in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C8173073C384ECB8152C049D3B5C2E4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>each Forest Service Region; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62CA3C046F914C21B8F471BA4F85A348">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>each State Region of the Bureau of Land Management.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23C79A078A5C4E63B65CE290E4A93567">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Determining amount of arbitrations</header>
<text>An objection or protest to a forest management activity shall not be counted towards the limitation on number of arbitrations under paragraph (3) unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H574681F77D1E4D44830740C32FD0505D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>on the date such objection or protest is designated for arbitration, the forest management activity for which such objection or protest is filed has not been the subject of arbitration proceedings under the pilot program; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE2A5C66C84C54EABB57EF3A54087BC7B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the arbitration proceeding has commenced with respect to such objection or protest.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD380F58DF6824E158D0AD26715A1C347">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<text>The pilot programs established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD8844F275B8148769F3B9F89ECE45297">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Intervening parties</header>
<paragraph id="H59AF823646554841923FF7E7AAACCE7F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person that submitted a public comment on the forest management activity that is subject to arbitration may intervene in the arbitration—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF71B47ACD5594BBF8BE44218421AF77A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by endorsing—</text>
<clause id="HDC66E384DBD84FAEAFDF1407B6C812CA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the forest management activity; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE775B32D4F214F99A877A69E82B3DD1B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the modification proposal submitted under subparagraph (B); or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H374E1134E8AD41C8A62FADF2877436D8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by submitting a proposal to further modify the forest management activity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8864D71A46FB43D2A9CA0512321D7B86">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Deadline for submission</header>
<text>With respect to an objection or protest that is designated for arbitration under this subsection (a), a request to intervene in an arbitration must be submitted not later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which such objection or protest was designated for arbitration.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4B3BFD29C92F4C9086CEF01652E3789E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Multiple parties</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Multiple intervening parties may submit a joint proposal so long as each intervening party meets the eligibility requirements of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8DE5CF2B626D4C14B9C94E044ABEA9BA">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Appointment of arbitrator</header>
<paragraph id="HBCAC08745B224B808FDB194D7571DCCD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Appointment</header>
<text>The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly develop and publish a list of not fewer than 20 individuals eligible to serve as arbitrators for the pilot programs under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H050A96C239AF486BADAE3C9D5881351A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Qualifications</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to be eligible to serve as an arbitrator under this subsection, an individual shall be, on the date of the appointment of such arbitrator—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23A7BDAE14CB4F8D94FEF38994D2028D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>certified by the American Arbitration Association; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E86F7AB97F9456DA609D8D302B5C0DC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>not a registered lobbyist.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A13D2BBAA6F42C7B4508872E333B9B9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Selection of arbitrator</header>
<subparagraph id="H18BEB3BC88B24BE99616FC6B4B1AD4EC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For each arbitration commenced under this section, the Secretary concerned and each applicable objector or protestor shall agree, not later than 14 days after the agreement process is initiated, on a mutually acceptable arbitrator from the list published under subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H03C60DFA672741F0A97F35B8DEA4A381">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Appointment after 14-days</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an agreement with respect to a mutually acceptable arbitrator not being reached within the 14-day limit described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary concerned shall appoint an arbitrator from the list published under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBD41733D84B449B68D75622EA2C328B5">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Selection of proposals</header>
<paragraph id="HA2C053EB23A74D6C805C02C6B22E1E73">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The arbitrator appointed under subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7BF0CDCD11054617AE1101E2A048C14B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>may not modify any of the proposals submitted with the objection, protest, or request to intervene; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H456FA31B190841E0A0DFAF6088349704">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>shall select to be conducted—</text>
<clause id="H8C8CA7A6DDC7469DACC9F4B7987722A5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the forest management activity, as approved by the Secretary; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9EA14FA477E9466B8CA87E4FBD0F04C4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a proposal submitted by an objector or an intervening party.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEA02A379C0A84835BFC72481FA83CEBD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Selection criteria</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An arbitrator shall, when selecting a proposal, consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8FAD6ACEA10046218545D38778328FCE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>whether the proposal is consistent with the applicable forest plan, laws, and regulations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9054741F46B4F43BAA08E6D9C5FBB0D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>whether the proposal can be carried out by the Secretary concerned; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB77A0E68CB0144C3BCE1E746D2447C94">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the effect of each proposal on—</text>
<clause id="HEE511F693F064C85862997F6BA92A447">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>forest health;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H51D345EFC38548D4B32EC37A03EB630E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>habitat diversity;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H339CDCCAA369454ABF368A6B211E7834">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>wildfire potential;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFD2C79A4EA5F452C849F274819E12B7F">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>insect and disease potential;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H42B83BC841384B7FB24248C9002BEC0F">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>timber production; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0586C01E390B40208C0D40F91FC7E259">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the implications of a resulting decline in forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or insect or disease infestation, given fire and insect and disease historic cycles, on—</text>
<subclause id="HFAD31350C03945109E7CE8F5955236B8">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>domestic water costs;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3D10171C3E514DC888B5E4754D80758B">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>wildlife habitat loss; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H5A83714EA37542C1A5E8B92F9897D033">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>other economic and social factors.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7C2F09FF75DA4D8CB86522303D396B24">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Effect of decision</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The decision of an arbitrator with respect to the forest management activity—</text>
<paragraph id="HDADFBFAE72584CE3B5507077DA60A37D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall not be considered a major Federal action;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75692B4B87454B929E5E1473F8876F05">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>shall be binding; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A748FD427D04ED0B3AE8DE26C93E35A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not be subject to judicial review, except as provided in section 10(a) of title 9, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H72FA7E8B0F754940B02C7755A8AAA212">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Deadline for completion</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date on which the arbitration is filed with respect to the forest management activity, the arbitration process shall be completed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>IV</enum>
<header>Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Amendments</header>
<section id="HF42F70EF4D5746F38F847C03F9CBF9EA">
<enum>401.</enum>
<header>Use of reserved funds for title II projects on Federal land and certain non-Federal land</header>
<subsection id="HAF051668BB7C4D528E59427B0B8ABDF7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal of Merchantable timber contracting pilot program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(e) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H87EAC0CABCF444D78250C362F5F30A98">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Requirements for project funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204(f) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124(f)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72E3B34160C041E8B45F2806AC97011C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2C70DE07C6CD454FAC6A09969385EB00">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Requirements for project funds</header>
<paragraph id="HBF2B273BAFC045A8AA44F7ACDFE7F0BB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned shall ensure that at least 50 percent of the project funds reserved by a participating county under section 102(d) shall be available only for projects that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3D664B6139E4780B286BB98A5499917">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include the sale of timber or other forest products, reduce fire risks, or improve water supplies; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H322D9B23AE3944589F251094F047683C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems or restore and improve land health and water quality.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D6A367F7BE34B1A80B3783B23F77CF0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text>The requirement in paragraph (1) shall apply only to project funds reserved by a participating county whose boundaries include Federal land that the Secretary concerned determines has been subject to a timber or other forest products program within 5 fiscal years before the fiscal year in which the funds are reserved.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H796ADDE28E6B49D6BB68E6BC0C734196">
<enum>402.</enum>
<header>Resource advisory committees</header>
<subsection id="H55FD96FDFC5D4F19AC768ECCC132C402" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Recognition of resource advisory committees</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2022</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDCD86B6DCCA244FEA6ADE6D6B15D235E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Reduction in composition of committees</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCCD3AB2178B24DB492F1C0279300D4ED">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>15 members</quote> and inserting <quote>9 members</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AF3669A6CCD4DA88F8A6F9C5A7AD1CB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>5 persons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>3 persons</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H07CFE04664324887A61006819B4C4956">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Expanding local participation on committees</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD1A345A8F94E4FF1A32B23A7AF01E075">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, consistent with the requirements of paragraph (4)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EA77C394D544922861F9C4AA79966CC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D46655A48CD4A8DA7E3020F86D5F607" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3C53F4E9DD4C42E28424EC7137BF441E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Geographic distribution</header>
<text>The members of a resource advisory committee shall reside within the county or counties in which the committee has jurisdiction or an adjacent county.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5CAF33BDB7ED4FF88A7AFA80445B6353">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Appointment of resource advisory committees by applicable designee</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H61CFFA3848914EBC9F4D7D91A45218C3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H35270E529B714283ACA526324EB10B84">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H57C49085E6A74D9E999B14F0FAC10B29">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>The Secretary concerned</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H6A4D606562DE44D8860922303120C699">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3D9CDA92A9F746DDB68C7F4CB4B267BB">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H52411A1ADAD94AA18680CBD1BDA8EFB4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(6), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7FA7B805A1244BFA89845B6F5474571">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0810D3A6A0F84B08ABF049C5C75E4EAE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">or applicable designee</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">by the Secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H861F960C571546FE8CCDF7DB07F6FB96">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>The Secretary concerned</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H504E09D4ECDC474192C71CB6CA9DF32B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>The Secretary concerned</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HECDDD29ECBC54F1DAD66EE2FA51C71DA">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>The Secretary concerned</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HBFD59CB155ED4C87B8BB84A959DB82D5">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H383ED1F6D1954326863892B2619FC0AA" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8E66883D95B84EAC9B9F2E8D9FC05B84">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Applicable designee</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>applicable designee</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF44CEB8A794843648FADADF7B1841E7E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>with respect to Federal land described in section 3(7)(A), the applicable Regional Forester; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2ACE4292970F46D7A0659F042B20AD95">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>with respect to Federal land described in section 3(7)(B), the applicable Bureau of Land Management State Director.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4067B413D4C7427599F6C17A0EA7ED16">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(3), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H10EBB9B11F3948BA94ECD6C519443303">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H05A4C81A9F2441629B137E1BC5A99146">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H589C7FBB325A475B9350FDC71D791829">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>of the Secretary</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H814DEE53A5A94914A0299FB2AB1D31B2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121(3)) is amended by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee (as defined in section 205(c)(6)))</quote> after <quote>Secretary concerned</quote> both places it appears.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H03C357899A5046028173E2D6E77B241D">
<enum>403.</enum>
<header>Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects</header>
<subsection id="HE4F4EA09141B47B89C4080161CEEEAB2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Self-Sustaining resource advisory committee projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE905FE173AD145B38D05A06BCB62545B" style="OLC">
<section id="H9F35A4B0D4284B72BAD6AE088EC6B38B">
<enum>209.</enum>
<header>Program for self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects</header>
<subsection id="HF62B2EA579D542CB93FA42493BEAD30E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>RAC program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief of the Forest Service shall conduct a program (to be known as the <quote>self-sustaining resource advisory committee program</quote> or <quote>RAC program</quote>) under which 10 resource advisory committees will propose projects authorized by subsection (c) to be carried out using project funds reserved by a participating county under section 102(d).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA56B30C2065548ADB4FB9208C1120E2D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Selection of participating resource advisory committees</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The selection of resource advisory committees to participate in the RAC program is in the sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD9905B94C2FF4F4B9E6636CEF6376AB2">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorized projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the project purposes specified in sections 202(b), 203(c), and 204(a)(5), projects under the RAC program are intended to—</text>
<paragraph id="H6BEB0911CD6D4A048D16E23246B7A3C2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accomplish forest management objectives or support community development; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB40DD8E68B834F74A99A4017FF37D6E3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>generate receipts.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H861DD45A58814127A14710D27F0B6C93">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Deposit and availability of revenues</header>
<text>Any revenue generated by a project conducted under the RAC program, including any interest accrued from the revenues, shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H17571A253538456D9779FC83DB4DF070">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>deposited in the special account in the Treasury established under section 102(d)(2)(A); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H485BE3C728AC40E08F98029A58740EF5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>available, in such amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriation Acts, for additional projects under the RAC program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5396C6CB0EE3420DB4F7621CA79ABC11">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Termination of authority</header>
<paragraph id="H91E8A545645E4FD3A556BF9A85540BC8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The authority to initiate a project under the RAC program shall terminate on September 30, 2022.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55ECB0BF9B804481A5A5A1BFDC6D6EF8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Deposits in treasury</header>
<text>Any funds available for projects under the RAC program and not obligated by September 30, 2023, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7D3748C4037B4CF18609D28E2240BBD7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exception to general rule regarding treatment of receipts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403(b) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7153(b)) is amended by striking <quote>All revenues</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in section 209, all revenues</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H93370366F7E042D8B24BFCF1C8B4BCEB">
<enum>404.</enum>
<header>Additional authorized use of reserved funds for title III county projects</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302(a) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7142(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H28988C04EC294EE0B847EE41A97F2E70">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCFE945218A30440A97EAEC112D897741">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and law enforcement patrols</quote> after <quote>including firefighting</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1427134C09B4F33BB7F8A49728F8F65">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1259242D5E440C492DAB7070E9D8AF6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>and carry out</quote> after <quote>develop</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2ED5549C3E28419A9AEE4C7B522C8343">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45AB01FEF5E24D098218D550AA4D9C2E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E13588C88E543DEB765EC42A3A98F48" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDFBF99094A984F21AE6D78A55D459F55">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to cover training costs and equipment purchases directly related to the emergency services described in paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HB9228E8AEB8F4E10AC16F5E472FBAB9A">
<enum>405.</enum>
<header>Treatment as supplemental funding</header>
<subsection id="H471A8A51F0E64321B5C7CAC57CAEF09B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5FD501178B74E85822ED68B04346469" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1305FD8C112347CFB7CB69B650F21E06">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Treatment as supplemental funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available to a beneficiary county or other political subdivision of a State under this Act shall be used in lieu of or to otherwise offset State funding sources for local schools, facilities, or educational purposes.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0595BFAD3ACF43F5919E48C6799BEC89">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Continuation of direct payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments to States made under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) and 25-percent payments made to States and Territories under the Acts of May 23, 1908, and March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), shall continue to be made as direct payments.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>V</enum>
<header>Stewardship End Result Contracting</header>
<section id="HFAB186366E264B67BDA42E65DEA94752">
<enum>501.</enum>
<header>Cancellation ceilings for stewardship end result contracting projects</header>
<subsection id="HBFCE52DB7E9045C2BB61F7AC5BCC2971">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Cancellation ceilings</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5E2FD8BBAD5F45068A26FEBDF1316757">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF9C77AFE6C274F79824AEEDB82180464">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection (h):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26C9D5A7E12B4388872DCA955270C28E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2D3D36B7C06440059E95F068DA7FBFB3">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Cancellation ceilings</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA3AFF4A82D0940A387A4FC247DB38B3E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding section 3903(b)(1) of title 41, United States Code, the Chief and the Director may obligate funds in stages that are economically or programmatically viable to cover any potential cancellation or termination costs for an agreement or contract under subsection (b) in stages that are economically or programmatically viable.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2BA1870CE174261AC114F088E7B2E7F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Advance notice to congress of cancellation ceiling in excess of $25 million</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days before entering into a multiyear agreement or contract under subsection (b) that includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of $25 million, but does not include proposed funding for the costs of cancelling the agreement or contract up to such cancellation ceiling, the Chief or the Director, as the case may be, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a written notice that includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98D952264FB74462ADA21277AA427F87">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cancellation ceiling amounts proposed for each program year in the agreement or contract;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54089C2920E041408062E0DD7ED00A6E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reasons why such cancellation ceiling amounts were selected;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA59146FCF584519BAFBBA6726E18480">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the extent to which the costs of contract cancellation are not included in the budget for the agreement or contract; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H419F82477D704817A7A9390CFD914FF1">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>an assessment of the financial risk of not including budgeting for the costs of agreement or contract cancellation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5A3C3C564C84B8BB5E6E6D0207F1F01">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Transmittal of notice to OMB</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 14 days after the date on which written notice is provided under paragraph (2) with respect to an agreement or contract under subsection (b), the Chief or the Director, as the case may be, shall transmit a copy of the notice to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H40E5357EA72F418CBCB31D0CE414E517">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Relation to other laws</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 604(d)(5) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)(5)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9061414BD60E4AD585E2E327D0503A3E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, the Chief may</quote> and inserting <quote>and section 2(a)(1) of the Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly known as the Materials Act of 1947; 30 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)), the Chief and the Director may</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H608E4E39012B42FEAED919E5C43AD506">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the last sentence.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFE6D1B12B01F4C42A9A606C91D1C9366">
<enum>502.</enum>
<header>Excess offset value</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(g)(2) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(g)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A4FF11422BE43EEB93515EDE1AB55CE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDDC6B8C0DD4E459D89595043EE1F0252">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>use the excess to satisfy any outstanding liabilities for cancelled agreements or contracts; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6145F340FB1B464EB7819EF086EC490C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>if there are no outstanding liabilities under subparagraph (A), apply the excess to other authorized stewardship projects.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H932AF12FFB1547258B2BE48CBF2DC8D9">
<enum>503.</enum>
<header>Payment of portion of stewardship project revenues to county in which stewardship project occurs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(e) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H832AE93DA5AD40C08424C0AD89B051DB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting <quote>subject to paragraph (3)(A),</quote> before <quote>shall</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA2279C806E54E31B7BB370A0F2CFAA2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)(A), by striking <quote>services received by the Chief or the Director</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>services and in-kind resources received by the Chief or the Director under a stewardship contract project conducted under this section shall not be considered monies received from the National Forest System or the public lands, but any payments made by the contractor to the Chief or Director under the project shall be considered monies received from the National Forest System or the public lands.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H9AA980804A8B43C3AB16C3D896102FB0">
<enum>504.</enum>
<header>Submission of existing annual report</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (j) of section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c), as redesignated by section 501(a)(1), is amended by striking <quote>report to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>submit to the congressional committees specified in subsection (h)(2) a report</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H1DC25D5EC9DA4C8A91EF9CDC60D46CA1">
<enum>505.</enum>
<header>Fire liability provision</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(d) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE0A35C913D74E8EA07599524CDAD4D0" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H967D5597B3E84602A530B0CDC48C416B">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Modification</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the request of the contractor, a contract or agreement under this section awarded before February 7, 2014, shall be modified by the Chief or Director to include the fire liability provisions described in paragraph (7).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H80708816C52647E5A30B8BDA12EC7871">
<enum>506.</enum>
<header>Extension of stewardship contracting maximum term limits</header>
<subsection id="H9A6D17278E22454CA0E58AE24DF5BF3D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Health Forests Restoration Act</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 604(d)(3)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H334E595D136E428A96EDD08233310DEF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>National Forest Management Act</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14(c) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(c)) is amended by striking <quote>ten years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>VI</enum>
<header>Additional Funding Sources for Forest Management Activities</header>
<section id="H418B0B4275D34EE29BB987D95E2FD0CE">
<enum>601.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H17D0F4F71D964C549D1ACFA4AFE10D0C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Eligible entity</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H296A2F8B4E7441E1AEF8764475717A6F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State or political subdivision of a State containing National Forest System lands or public lands;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB794117399BF46078D9D9307CCBE8287">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a publicly chartered utility serving one or more States or a political subdivision thereof;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD38E2735645441EFBAC7EE8A5F39D6CA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a rural electric company; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62CBA098A8184E0AAE23EF5F61600D52">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any other entity determined by the Secretary concerned to be appropriate for participation in the Fund.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16C9BD675CE344DCAA9E9392A6625714">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fund</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Fund</term> means the State-Supported Forest Management Fund established by section 603.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H93D1C93359D0483C8E1F5648129DFCA5">
<enum>602.</enum>
<header>Availability of stewardship project revenues and Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund to cover forest management activity planning costs</header>
<subsection id="H9B982670A8B4478FB889243D8AABE28E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability of stewardship project revenues</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 604(e)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)(2)(B)), as amended by section 503, is further amended by striking <quote>appropriation at the project site from which the monies are collected or at another project site.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H9B26FA8421C74E309702BC420B7D16E4" style="OLC">
<text>appropriation—</text>
<clause id="H013EFB3A39F9449AA94272C0CA325098">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the project site from which the monies are collected or at another project site; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9518A55DE48640968B7253CE6F544423">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to cover not more than 25 percent of the cost of planning additional stewardship contracting projects.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H52A56A2938A04C14A8F3B5AD88F07704">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Availability of Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund</header>
<text>Section 4003(f)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(f)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>carrying out and</quote> and inserting <quote>planning, carrying out, and</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H35EB846009D24BA5A0BFDCC1CE40074D">
<enum>603.</enum>
<header>State-supported planning of forest management activities</header>
<subsection id="H20CEA2203F6F4E618C68CB61867669BC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>State-Supported forest management fund</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the <quote>State-Supported Forest Management Fund</quote>, to cover the cost of planning (especially related to compliance with section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332)), carrying out, and monitoring certain forest management activities on National Forest System lands or public lands.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H64B59292489C44849F9110C4CE67E76F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State-Supported Forest Management Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be—</text>
<paragraph id="HA24EDEA8F21747FAB6070F7445515AB0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contributed by an eligible entity for deposit in the Fund;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H084BBD25BB014E0ABE3D45BE18B540F8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>appropriated to the Fund; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF17F572C7824E64A601749BA86FF1B4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">generated by forest management activities carried out using amounts in the Fund.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H827E6A1B18014CB089C4ABDCBD39B83F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Geographical and use limitations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making a contribution under subsection (b)(1), an eligible entity may—</text>
<paragraph id="H7EED2F5E45EF48B9BB250EEE1CA4FF1B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify the National Forest System lands or public lands for which the contribution may be expended; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF14F9D3D18D2429AB9629624C7714B83">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>limit the types of forest management activities for which the contribution may be expended.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8391602D512F46D79C005C819CC9D0C6">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Authorized forest management activities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In such amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary concerned may use the Fund to plan, carry out, and monitor a forest management activity that—</text>
<paragraph id="HB09A00B641BA4BAE9935AA153DBB65B1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is developed through a collaborative process;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED12D9EF52B3493DAA4D67E1C7E7D808">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>is proposed by a resource advisory committee;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEFA4D5DC5414747872DBE16C95EB3B7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is covered by a community wildfire protection plan.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE171B40362CB4980955BD163F0DDFF8B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Implementation methods</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A forest management activity carried out using amounts in the Fund may be carried out using a contract or agreement under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c), the good neighbor authority provided by section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a), a contract under section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), or other authority available to the Secretary concerned, but revenues generated by the forest management activity shall be used to reimburse the Fund for planning costs covered using amounts in the Fund.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H66E534D51DFF46A39DD3533D91B0FDFB">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Relation to other laws</header>
<paragraph id="H3C26699533AE4E1192CE868B8CDB10C2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Revenue sharing</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (e), revenues generated by a forest management activity carried out using amounts from the Fund shall be considered monies received from the National Forest System.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB68ED46D1B55415C82527B226A390985">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Knutson-vanderberg Act</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vanderberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.), shall apply to any forest management activity carried out using amounts in the Fund.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6EFE95AAC5B045F3A64D517E1C1C27FC">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Termination of fund</header>
<paragraph id="H6B7D0D7BA9054E74A9A5B2E94DFD4513">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Fund shall terminate 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5039BBC55F8345F2B1FEEF4A9D0915C5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Effect of termination</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the termination of the Fund pursuant to paragraph (1) or pursuant to any other provision of law, unobligated contributions remaining in the Fund shall be returned to the eligible entity that made the contribution.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>VII</enum>
<header>Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection</header>
<section id="H0E4BA7F5B00E42C58EDA42F1EF28B48E">
<enum>701.</enum>
<header>Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end result contracting and other authorities</header>
<subsection id="H6D31A44EDFD942A38A7F138B92433FD3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Prompt consideration of tribal requests</header>
<text>Section 2(b) of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD880D4DC7E5646D1980FA6B8B3C1628A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Not later than 120 days after the date on which an Indian tribe submits to the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>In response to the submission by an Indian Tribe of </quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1BE36D5A9844E949AE849EA8601118F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H217098839D814A73ABF2BEC96AD28045" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H484DFB182F8B49DFB49E370BF42EED19">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Time periods for consideration</header>
<subparagraph id="HF7C92D5BBC644C819204BC2A3CFF7636">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Initial response</header>
<text>Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a Tribal request under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide an initial response to the Indian Tribe regarding—</text>
<clause id="H15A0E536366A4B148DB15DDD6518330A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>whether the request may meet the selection criteria described in subsection (c); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H545B8B2FC708470098C771F4B7D5EB2D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the likelihood of the Secretary entering into an agreement or contract with the Indian Tribe under paragraph (2) for activities described in paragraph (3).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1E5FA1E4D754723961880FFC6D0891D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Notice of denial</header>
<text>Notice under subsection (d) of the denial of a Tribal request under paragraph (1) shall be provided not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary received the request.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B9606DD84254B3EBBB6A1089FB65C82">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Completion</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Secretary receives a Tribal request under paragraph (1), other than a Tribal request denied under subsection (d), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HDD2CEB4B49734C259D530BEA6C82E52F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>complete all environmental reviews necessary in connection with the agreement or contract and proposed activities under the agreement or contract; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6CA1FBA9E962448AB6C7D015190D0673">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>enter into the agreement or contract with the Indian tribe under paragraph (2).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H65AF1A21361A42439779A0B7A3004AC6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming and technical amendments</header>
<text>Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3382B5239FF34AB8B0AD66B44EE7BD2B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsections (b)(1) and (f)(1), by striking <quote>section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 2104 note; Public Law 105–277) (as amended by section 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (117 Stat. 275))</quote> and inserting <quote>section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6F7A9785AE0642DC8782D92A881C13CC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1), the Secretary may</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (4)(B) of subsection (b), the Secretary shall</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFD58BCE85A454158A40E00022BD1C5DC">
<enum>702.</enum>
<header>Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System lands and public lands</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305 of the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3104) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H08631EEB52154A83BA4C64B002B551DF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC86EC9B3F69E4481B331E626E4599849">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Inclusion of certain national forest system land and public land</header>
<paragraph id="HD5878AAFD68A41C59E196C8EFA9989BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<text>At the request of an Indian Tribe, the Secretary concerned may agree to treat Federal forest land as Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting forest land management activities under this section if the Federal forest land is located within, or mostly within, a geographic area that presents a feature or involves circumstances principally relevant to that Indian Tribe, such as Federal forest land ceded to the United States by treaty, Federal forest land within the boundaries of a current or former reservation, or Federal forest land adjudicated to be Tribal homelands.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77250BBC58E64FF881D02B104068873E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>As part of the agreement to treat Federal forest land as Indian forest land under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned and the Indian Tribe making the request shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3EBB9788506413A80D31EFAE12C61BD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>provide for continued public access applicable to the Federal forest land prior to the agreement, except that the Secretary concerned may limit or prohibit such access as needed;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E77B39062104352BC87CDC8B3D7EC32">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>continue sharing revenue generated by the Federal forest land with State and local governments either—</text>
<clause id="HC4F38E5730DB4547BC556AC50763307F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>on the terms applicable to the Federal forest land prior to the agreement, including, where applicable, 25-percent payments or 50-percent payments; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA94E780DE8FF44C291439B0F2ECDA3D9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>at the option of the Indian Tribe, on terms agreed upon by the Indian Tribe, the Secretary concerned, and State and county governments participating in a revenue sharing agreement for the Federal forest land;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA66E91483C3540E39AAD50D136597B41">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>comply with applicable prohibitions on the export of unprocessed logs harvested from the Federal forest land;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H250490F0E41F405C9863EEC7D0E82E33">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>recognize all right-of-way agreements in place on Federal forest land prior to commencement of Tribal management activities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDD25877A0B4483588EB127394FD4A18">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>ensure that all commercial timber removed from the Federal forest land is sold on a competitive bid basis; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2BA86B1862A44018B585393757EFB629">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>cooperate with the appropriate State fish and wildlife agency to achieve mutual agreement on the management of fish and wildlife.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H543209F8D7AB4D06B42C548E5C5C4707">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>Treating Federal forest land as Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting management activities pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be construed to designate the Federal forest land as Indian forest lands for any other purpose.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H120292B46CD14FE29FB0C6128522E12D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F8DC0393F334AAE9A06852368A0A63D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Federal forest land</header>
<text>The term <term>Federal forest land</term> means—</text>
<clause id="H77C06B29A4DD4FD392E71D6E2F7B0221">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>National Forest System lands; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H16A2FC7B01C1492E95A9B167057C6C64">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>public lands (as defined in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e))), including Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the first section of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179), and Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA016B4041A649278AAD766ADD69E87E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Secretary concerned</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HF6BD51BA4937476A83F9F321802CA618">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the Federal forest land referred to in subparagraph (A)(i); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE27E0E888786457AA449068AEB18575F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the Federal forest land referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HED48BCB9AB564430990E041E6FB22B34">
<enum>703.</enum>
<header>Tribal forest management demonstration project</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may carry out demonstration projects by which federally recognized Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations may contract to perform administrative, management, and other functions of programs of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a et seq.) through contracts entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304 et seq.).</text>
</section>
<section id="HB64ADBAB25624A52BC587BD652D86F25">
<enum>704.</enum>
<header>Rule of application</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title, or the amendments made by this title, shall be construed as interfering with, diminishing, or conflicting with the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of any State to exercise primary management, control, or regulation of fish and wildlife on land or water within the State (including on public land) under State law.</text>
</section>
<enum>VIII</enum>
<header> Expediting Interagency Consultation</header>
<subtitle id="HBF50E987E24A43A18DBA07521F0802BD">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Forest Plans Not Considered Major Federal Actions</header>
<section id="H5198B474D80746F395A5F3BA819E6AC9">
<enum>801.</enum>
<header>Forest plans not considered major Federal actions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The development, maintenance, amendment, and revision of a forest plan shall not be considered a major Federal action for purposes of section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332).</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H20EC4BEA386F479992B43BDAE1256A44">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Agency Consultation</header>
<section id="H8597D932ACB04D3D8F6812AA5F71665F">
<enum>811.</enum>
<header>Consultation under Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974</header>
<subsection id="H7A6E4725F2B943658F520753ED9AD750">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 6(d) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3A8E3AB6F7264C0E81FF13AF447B291F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(d) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA9C1662D68064A43BD2BA4ED46AC000E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCEC8819BEA1A47E18B6364643DDFDB03">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Public participation and consultation</header>
<paragraph id="HC8871E7C44714138853A309FE5222C17">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA800C94A02D34A988B6C7171C9D13D0E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6308C6276E7342C29AF70F7E41698B9D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEA05116E2136492DB64F3164AE16256A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>No additional consultation required after approval of land management plans</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAEB4FB8998524C9D84AAFC04D06C61F3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to engage in consultation under this subsection or any other provision of law (including section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1536) and section 402.16 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) with respect to—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H58652201DA7444F3B6F6C12D8E95E200">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>if a land management plan approved by the Secretary—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HAB075BD746AC47AB9C6DDE65B1853911">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H84A8563FA58D4DA0A5D5EC9C8F2D28BA">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the amount or extent of taking specified in the incidental take statement is exceeded;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H223B5CE4D85247C88CC1F352C5FB5060">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>whether new information reveals effects of the action that may affect listed species or critical habitat in a manner or to an extent not previously considered; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H4374176CEC134138930F86001EC4DDA9">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>whether the identified action is subsequently modified in a manner that causes an effect to the listed species or critical habitat that was not considered in the biological opinion; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HE33DAA8C77654239A8865532F5EBAF9D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any provision of a land management plan adopted as described in clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB53F988D44DC43FC832FFC2F38EB3906">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Effect of paragraph</header>
<text>Nothing in this paragraph affects any applicable requirement of the Secretary to consult with the head of any other Federal department or agency—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD94107069C834EA78EA8E150D0566712">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>regarding any project, including a project carried out, or proposed to be carried out, in an area designated as critical habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H6A1B88EB5A7443F2B4BAAC9C6B9343C9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>with respect to the development of an amendment to a land management plan that would result in a significant change in the land management plan.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9D3182431C3471690DBC2B2A4C1D044">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Land management plan considered a non-discretionary action</header>
<text>For purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest management activity carried out by the Secretary concerned pursuant to this Act shall be considered a non-discretionary action.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H686CE493503B47BA82C12037649E2C60">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definition of secretary; conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HF75BD334AE1F4596BC01B1C1B77DF045">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definition of Secretary</header>
<text>Section 3(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1601(a)) is amended, in the first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(referred to in this Act as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)</quote> after <quote>Secretary of Agriculture</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF49730DAB884F34A92DC1D9F9CDBB6C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) is amended, in sections 4 through 9, 12, 13, and 15, by striking <quote>Secretary of Agriculture</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H3DE57B16101240EDBC4C8C3EB02B8BCD">
<enum>812.</enum>
<header>Consultation under Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8260A2F534F74733AB5507BFA70751C1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(f) The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H77F1AC88E9D24078A63226C48CC63990" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H83A7682C225D4D1995E4A2913B83568C">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Public involvement</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7CCAC38CCEDC4552B1D11316CCD629C4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5ED0F557A43147E39B59F816970E35FD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HDCA926F411A842D583199CF59A458360" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H09798F7C3C874D8A874AA06E7F0E2768">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>No additional consultation required after approval of land use plans</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5E30FABDF4FD49958BB4D338B32BEB18">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to engage in consultation under this subsection or any other provision of law (including section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1536) and section 402.16 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)), with respect to—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA99E5F1800A84F63A167F9DADD4B0E25">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the listing of a species as threatened or endangered, or a designation of critical habitat, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), if a land use plan has been adopted by the Secretary as of the date of listing or designation; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H3504221193A34010B8374F8A28020E37">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any provision of a land use plan adopted as described in clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4DA19924E01A4F8FB20F3AD2A608A7D8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Effect of paragraph</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HED08C651018748DB8ED6888BAEF9EBFA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Definition of significant change</header>
<text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>significant change</term> means a significant change within the meaning of section 219.13(b)(3) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subparagraph), except that—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H5212DF336818498FB914C79C0371B252">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>any reference contained in that section to a land management plan shall be deemed to be a reference to a land use plan;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H7C17E7C790D94FE8A3351EF830E4C03C">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>any reference contained in that section to the Forest Service shall be deemed to be a reference to the Bureau of Land Management; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H2E883A1CB14D4D9491CB829A97732158">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>any reference contained in that section to the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–588; 90 Stat. 2949) shall be deemed to be a reference to this Act.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HB5C340F498AB4308BCF0D8A32AD39C8E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Effect</header>
<text>Nothing in this paragraph affects any applicable requirement of the Secretary to consult with the head of any other Federal department or agency—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H8FAB1190FB0F429299E97DE58701C4AF">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>regarding a project carried out, or proposed to be carried out, with respect to a species listed as threatened or endangered, or in an area designated as critical habitat, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H325D61BF353E4FF2914EB5D1D1439A14">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>with respect to the development of a new land use plan or the revision of or other significant change to an existing land use plan.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF4347E0808424A149D19F3BB3A1ABCB2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Land use plan considered non-discretionary action</header>
<text>For purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest management activity carried out by the Secretary concerned pursuant to this Act shall be considered a non-discretionary action.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>IX</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous </header>
<subtitle id="HD76EA6995FA3484EB25DC029A49B8DF6">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Forest Management Provisions</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34002C01F597431C84D67DF900771F7E">
<enum>901.</enum>
<header>Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to insect and disease infestation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 603(c)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)(2)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>Fire Regime Groups I, II, or III</quote> and inserting <quote>Fire Regime I, Fire Regime II, Fire Regime III, Fire Regime IV, or Fire Regime V</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HA0F0CD1ED939418D918D0E959458ED03">
<enum>902.</enum>
<header>Revision of alternate consultation agreement regulations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall revise section 402.13 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to—</text>
<paragraph id="HA8351FA8E6314B3685E5F2A3774F3BB7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>authorize Federal agencies to enter into alternative consultation agreements under which the Federal agency may determine if an action such agency authorizes is likely to adversely affect listed species or critical habitat; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9DB6E7C995A04DE4A6630D13CBCDF1E3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>if an agency determines such action will not likely adversely affect listed species or critical habitat pursuant to paragraph (1), not require such agency to complete a formal consultation, informal consultation, or written concurrence of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service with respect to such action.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H24D5A16B188540F2B4AE78184DBDAFF2">
<enum>903.</enum>
<header>Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations</header>
<subsection id="H6A861DD2CA2D4869823974648DCCD020">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Determinations of extraordinary circumstances</header>
<text>In determining whether extraordinary circumstances related to a proposed action preclude use of a categorical exclusion, the Forest Service shall not be required to—</text>
<paragraph id="H3EE36FD3B11A493386BE442140C2C45E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>consider whether a proposed action is within a potential wilderness area;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62A7BFDAA78D4749BEDED5F940E046A0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>consider whether a proposed action affects a Forest Service sensitive species;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAA5AD3E589AC4ED68945697C81E81A75">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>conduct an analysis under section 220.4(f) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, of the proposed action’s cumulative impact (as the term is defined in section 1508.7 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC3A5E6D703C49898FFF089CAE504EFD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>consider a determination under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) that a proposed action may affect, but is not likely to adversely affect, threatened, endangered, or candidate species, or designated critical habitats; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C4966F1492749F28913F16B6F59CCB4">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>consider a determination under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) that a proposed action may affect, and is likely to adversely affect threatened, endangered, candidate species, or designated critical habitat if the agency is in compliance with the applicable provisions of the biological opinion.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFFD75D94EE504DD6B9F5B6D517A46B74">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Proposed rulemaking</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise section 220.6(b) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations to conform such section with subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H84146C0FC5844885871568D2904F5EAF">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Additional revision</header>
<text>As part of the proposed rulemaking described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 220.5(a)(2) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide that the Forest Service shall not be required to consider proposals that would substantially alter a potential wilderness area as a class of actions normally requiring environmental impact statements.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAFF8D0A8277443E7B1E69DA7FD6388D0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Additional actions</header>
<text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue final regulations to carry out the revisions described in subsections (b) and (c).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8BF7C1020BB74CFFB6D651B38C04AEA6">
<enum>904.</enum>
<header>Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning</header>
<subsection id="HE4A54500E3A5457D97149CE5B516BF00">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Consultation with affected county</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever any Forest Service defined maintenance level one- or two-system road within a designated high-fire prone area of a unit of the National Forest System is considered for decommissioning, the Forest Supervisor of that unit of the National Forest System shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4C5A4C60C77E4D709EF8A217836A76F5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>consult with the government of the county containing the road regarding the merits and possible consequences of decommissioning the road; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H929B4778D3444F23AFA805776593B276">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>solicit possible alternatives to decommissioning the road.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H51529B7661404A23BA48B2803D14407E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Period prior to decommission</header>
<text>A Forest Service road described in subsection (a) may not be decommissioned without the advance approval of the Regional Forester.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H1375D71CCD174008BF7D7D0E46D1286C">
<enum>905.</enum>
<header>Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands</header>
<subsection id="H873492C69FAC4FB69B3B3238AF9D5471">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal of Eastside Screens requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall immediately withdraw the Interim Management Direction Establishing Riparian, Ecosystem, and Wildlife Standards for Timber Sales (commonly known as the Eastside Screens requirements), including all preceding or associated versions of these amendments.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD282882214104FD4ADAC69EDC078B6D2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effect of repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may not apply to National Forest System lands any of the amendments repealed under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2D5665EAB8044E36911596B66FAD8978">
<enum>906.</enum>
<header>Use of site-specific forest plan amendments for certain projects and activities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">If the Secretary concerned determines that, in order to conduct a project or carry out an activity implementing a forest plan, an amendment to the forest plan is required, the Secretary concerned shall execute such amendment as a nonsignificant plan amendment through the record of decision or decision notice for the project or activity.</text>
</section>
<section id="H513A48C43C58429884A7B0120B6ABEB4">
<enum>907.</enum>
<header>Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications</header>
<subsection id="HC5B5C5AB32ED433283D5B46920F65F93">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Deposits of funds from national forest timber purchasers required</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(a) of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b(a)), is amended by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and all that follows through <quote>any purchaser</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>The Secretary of Agriculture shall require each purchaser</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H23CA1235E2CF4117B41B73024AE426DD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conditions on use of deposits</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE138642C4B24AAD90351098FD48DD03">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Such deposits</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7DD22FD40324F1EAB94BE7F97EB3595" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6F6DA4BCD8C14132B77C7E6C62F0D91B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts deposited under subsection (a)</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A09C771DBF942AD8D38CAC1FF0B4F76">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FF25BF10731413D8349FDD1634E9B6C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting before subsection (d), as so redesignated, the following new subsection (c):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3C34C323E2748E2984FAC7D14F59512" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HB23DB048FA81496F8EF8D045FF1A9894">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H442CAD2876B94D3EBD581D37A72DF2F2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the special fund established pursuant to this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H379E8B070FFA4BAEB9FFAC8D8ED07FE4" indent="up1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall be used exclusively to implement activities authorized by subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2DF5B45A1E941A08C4F22E27FA2F42D" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be used anywhere within the Forest Service Region from which the original deposits were collected.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H381531B721D6450E857349251F7DF86D" indent="up1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may not deduct overhead costs from the funds collected under subsection (a), except as needed to fund personnel of the responsible Ranger District for the planning and implementation of the activities authorized by subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H526461D2A8B64249B588E315DC073707">
<enum>908.</enum>
<header>Application of Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standard and Guidelines</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standard and Guidelines shall not apply to any National Forest System lands or public lands.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HD005EC17E7FB4B46B240FBE5CDCA94A7">
<enum>909.</enum>
<header>Reconstruction and repair included in good neighbor agreements</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8206(a)(3) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE7C2C7E9F4014A1F95347DE046CFD4BF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF3AF68509854EF1991B313332AB311B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9685C8DB74C0468996DB6F86032121AB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9559E80D15A74AF9AD5DC5FD55001315">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAAE1A06DE1949A6A11A8C85FAED3F87" style="OLC">
<clause id="H51970BFA81D84608A7F07E5ED38DB4E4">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">construction, reconstruction, repair or restoration of roads as necessary to achieve project objectives; and</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC942DD24C48F4114853FCE0F0E41BD7F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5ABDE2D7AC34F719D3155F9A45C85D9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H5D398500AE8545339D1B29976CC95032">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exclusions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services</term> does not include construction, alteration, repair or replacement of public buildings or works.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H9026FCB4BB4940F48D8309B02D0D8D0A">
<enum>910.</enum>
<header>Logging and mechanized operations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8179FFEBE8694D5890E6CBD3D3B5E97F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC52513BD26B64453AF23113E059431DE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (l), by striking <quote>well-being.</quote> and inserting <quote>well-being, and that employment of employees ages sixteen or seventeen years in a logging or mechanized operation in an occupation that the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to be particularly hazardous for the employment of individuals of such ages shall not be deemed to constitute oppressive child labor if such employee is employed by his parent or by a person standing in the place of his parent in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by such parent or person.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H381912D2703745BAB689ABC05713C9D1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA8522E862594112BB9D04E0A7414DF6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD1AD632C70BE46B5A96669147B28F37F">
<enum>(z)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5011FA82A129488F9A11A4DE9308F5DA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>
<term>Logging</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB0B15D1E3E5B41478AF7B9BEB2DE4952" indent="up1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>means—</text>
<clause id="H4257A44DA2D64AB3B3FD6DCB28970104">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the felling, skidding, yarding, loading and processing of timber by equipment other than manually operated chainsaws and cable skidders;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H62B2188E765E4C85A1063D91ACDE9F5C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the felling of timber in mechanized operations;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA23E134CD8194A86A855936FD3E5972D">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the bucking or converting of timber into logs, poles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, fence posts, or similar products;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H555FDDB8C29F49F392F186BD750B0C6C">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the collecting, skidding, yarding, loading, transporting and unloading of such products in connection with logging;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4590A7C3AF6944F4B181DE368F0BC2AD">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the constructing, repairing and maintaining of roads or camps used in connection with logging; the constructing, repairing, and maintenance of machinery or equipment used in logging; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC5D8994ADDCE4A85BE3C02963EF5CE09">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>other work performed in connection with logging; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H725761DCBF344428B09DF97DC10415F1" indent="up1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>does not include the manual use of chain saws to fell and process timber and the use of cable skidders to bring the timber to the landing.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC69266160795466FA9201198E0D7D757" indent="up1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>
<term>Mechanized operation</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A6FC93E31D04C20B33296E4771CB865">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>means the felling, skidding, yarding, loading and processing of timber by equipment other than manually operated chainsaws and cable skidders; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H991FC37E44D84958B6B47D835AEDC06E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes whole tree processors, cut-to-length processors, stroke boom delimbers, wheeled and track feller-bunchers, pull thru delimbers, wheeled and track forwarders, chippers, grinders, mechanical debarkers, wheeled and track grapple skidders, yarders, bulldozers, excavators, and log loaders.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E9CEA6D948745568F4336E83AD39B3D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 211(c)), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9C6ECF1816E45B6BDA6053598306555" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF7E5056205BE44169A0BEB3D302932E5" indent="up1">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of section 12 relating to child labor shall apply to an employee who is 16 or 17 years old employed in a logging or mechanized operation in an occupation that the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to be particularly hazardous for the employment of children ages 16 or 17, except where such employee is employed by his parent or by a person standing in the place of his parent in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated by such parent or person.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HDEF4B68A2CA846F99C717DDA145A4AA6">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands</header>
<section id="H82609429DEFF4BA48A77A2040F5C25D2">
<enum>911.</enum>
<header>Amendments to the Act of August 28, 1937</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The first section of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874; 43 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H64FF03F330E2438BBDC696118446E404">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>principal of sustained yield</quote> and inserting <quote>principle of sustained yield</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD949D2785CA3499D852503F554BF9286">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>facilties</quote> and inserting <quote>facilities</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1D0606308064046AC3E4867B5D65C66">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>That timber from said lands in an amount</quote> and inserting <quote>That timber from said lands in the amount that is the greater of: </quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE31541D53AB94E87AE96ACAFF4132E64">
<enum>912.</enum>
<header>Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands permanent rights of access</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H47F1C18D01684DFBB41789F7187449EA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Creation of permanent rights of access required</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the date of the enactment of this section, reciprocal road right-of-way permits, grants, and agreements issued to a private landowner by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to subpart 2812 of part 2810 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, or its predecessor regulation shall become permanent rights of access that are recordable and that shall run with the land.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5C5B0EFA4BB0444B8AA0910745D63D4C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Records updated</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the reciprocal road right-of-way permits, grants, and agreements described in subsection (a) shall be amended to reflect the permanent rights of access required under subsection (a) and recorded by the Secretary of the Interior in each county where the lands are located. No other amendments shall be made to such right-of-way permits, grants, and agreements.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HCA12237C0C7844419635C4F5DD20AC5A">
<enum>913.</enum>
<header>Management of Bureau of Land Management lands in Western Oregon</header>
<subsection id="H3E78E9F080DB48D480C20B399728B3EB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All of the public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Northwest District, Roseburg District, Coos Bay District, Medford District, and the Klamath Resource Area of the Lakeview District in the State of Oregon shall hereafter be managed pursuant to title I of the of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a through 1181e). Except as provided in subsection (b), all of the revenue produced from such land shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States in the Oregon and California land-grant fund and be subject to the provisions of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6E2069F18BA74EE699BC574132604D85">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Certain lands excluded</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) does not apply to any revenue that is required to be deposited in the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund pursuant to sections 1 through 4 of the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H19DCE8FF1B634642B045101FB50D421B" commented="no">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Timber Innovation</header>
<section id="H3BEB9882F2724852BA73C7F4987B063E" commented="no">
<enum>921.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H838E2F0C3E214DB89D6BBA57D66C6933" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Innovative wood product</header>
<text>The term <term>innovative wood product</term> means a type of building component or system that uses large panelized wood construction, including mass timber.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F1955155600452DA4535DF2D0C8F69B" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Mass timber</header>
<text>The term <term>mass timber</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0CAD42E8AE684DD48A75D4E32EDC80DD" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>cross-laminated timber;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A949634DE8F4104AAAE1BF41609D36C" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>nail laminated timber;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33D0F6039B7F4FAFB263975026BDBFD7" commented="no">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>glue laminated timber;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41BA140AED3D4E97BCF798B7D9B42963" commented="no">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>laminated strand lumber; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40265966739E4427BD75AD8CB7746CA9">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>laminated veneer lumber.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D68B6A37B0A4236895671676A71D08E" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Research and Development deputy area and the State and Private Forestry deputy area of the Forest Service.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B24CF6FBAF24957B692AF8F6323B2C7" commented="no">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Tall wood building</header>
<text>The term <term>tall wood building</term> means a building designed to be—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA7708217FB440FE9FDA8F7D27415133" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>constructed with mass timber; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC61387BA3364403EBC19EE3D41CC81F4" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>more than 85 feet in height.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H2E96A3640EB94C76A413BDD0BC32EDE1" commented="no">
<enum>922.</enum>
<header>Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction</header>
<subsection id="H4A3D78C553C04883A7DC4EB67F2DAF55" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall conduct performance-driven research and development, education, and technical assistance for the purpose of facilitating the use of innovative wood products in wood building construction in the United States.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBAB2E7B67B97463C8CB78862F8AFECEA" commented="no">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Activities</header>
<text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D041B4FEDA943B786081C4C97182855" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>after receipt of input and guidance from, and collaboration with, the wood products industry, conservation organizations, and institutions of higher education, conduct research and development, education, and technical assistance at the Forest Products Laboratory or through the State and Private Forestry deputy area that meets measurable performance goals for the achievement of the priorities described in subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30CE60D531F74B8C8FD86E61BA26B253" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>after coordination and collaboration with the wood products industry and conservation organizations, make competitive grants to institutions of higher education to conduct research and development, education, and technical assistance that meets measurable performance goals for the achievement of the priorities described in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCBF2831C58C341C3A79E48B0AAB79B86" commented="no">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Priorities</header>
<text>The research and development, education, and technical assistance conducted under subsection (a) shall give priority to—</text>
<paragraph id="H304C78365C124F18A7B022E1203682B1" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>ways to improve the commercialization of innovative wood products;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCCCB745EB59240A3A67B0C2FEA55869B" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>analyzing the safety of tall wood building materials;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E722B293B964B9E9AE3111F5C186BBB" commented="no">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>calculations by the Forest Products Laboratory of the life cycle environmental footprint, from extraction of raw materials through the manufacturing process, of tall wood building construction;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE7C099DBCCAA46C89A96C41855E0CDE3" commented="no">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>analyzing methods to reduce the life cycle environmental footprint of tall wood building construction;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C85E8BD01F44DF7BF7E169D0A9D4EE1" commented="no">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>analyzing the potential implications of the use of innovative wood products in building construction on wildlife; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H630069567EAA486A84FA2177EC4EE184" commented="no">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>one or more other research areas identified by the Secretary, in consultation with conservation organizations, institutions of higher education, and the wood products industry.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H600C356320A04223B2CCBB0A13263348" commented="no">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Timeframe</header>
<text>To the maximum extent practicable, the measurable performance goals for the research and development, education, and technical assistance conducted under subsection (a) shall be achievable within a 5-year timeframe.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>X</enum>
<header>Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land</header>
<section id="H7D199EFA92CD4D3E86F2AF23121800C8" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1001.</enum>
<header>Wildfire on Federal lands</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA8EEFAD34B9A48EBB41E245F19E2958F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(2)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>means</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF754933FB394940BC0BD32FE8D37C5A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H07DC980D49BE4C0C91854FCB060A13E0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Major disaster</header>
<subparagraph id="H033DCA93EF57436E8D285BDE26374B80">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Major disaster</header>
<text>The term <term>major disaster</term> means</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A6EDABA98D548CF98052E6671699436">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC679A257E470492083CFC34061294F38" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HD58C864DF9DA4F5590AFDECA79E9AAFD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands</term> means any wildfire or wildfires, which in the determination of the President under section 802 warrants assistance under section 803 to supplement the efforts and resources of the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture—</text>
<clause id="HF0C8247E1CBF498982475DE97226F253">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>on Federal lands; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0F2C51FBC3A64E37B48A7C0CB9B7F2E6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>on non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire protection agreement or cooperative agreement.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HD05BBE3A359F4F838E44F9797A2CD6CB">
<enum>1002.</enum>
<header>Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H032785903A974054AEDBC7B5F43E4D84">
<title id="HAD825F352C2243F4986E34EA027668BB">
<enum>VIII</enum>
<header>Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land</header>
<section id="H69866A69AB4F4FF6B4E155496F45DCA8">
<enum>801.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in this title—</text>
<paragraph id="HFFA57A42CCF1401188752EEAED4F1D4C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Federal land</header>
<text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB22CDA34DCB4977B6A848F8B6AF7061">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A80F55439BC40D0A37BE55FF8A3A75F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any land under the jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5B0CA8515664797B527AD6A576B01DC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Federal land management agencies</header>
<text>The term <term>Federal land management agencies</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H94D7C7C4E4C4432BAEBB062F6B61D6EA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE423BA15C79F45E5A084F8737DF4D4A7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the National Park Service;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C21CA886F9342E9B5CDCFE5AEE120B1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Bureau of Indian Affairs;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H387B381B493B4F13BB636A5E0AD67EA2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCFC2D34648D43EFB359EF2FBA225719">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the United States Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC5D2AEAAB2CC407A8DF96BB003DF7A08">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Wildfire suppression operations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>wildfire suppression operations</term> means the emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland firefighting, including support, response, emergency stabilization activities, and other emergency management activities of wildland firefighting on Federal lands (or on non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire protection agreement or cooperative agreement) by the Federal land management agencies covered by the wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management account or the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund account of the Federal land management agencies.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF1F0436FCA364367B357566A62F00C4B">
<enum>802.</enum>
<header>Procedure for declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands</header>
<subsection id="HBC09FAE42686443383C7B2570D21A43D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may submit a request to the President consistent with the requirements of this title for a declaration by the President that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands exists.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6C2DDDF9367142EB92F303BED586EFC4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>A request for a declaration by the President that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands exists shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF65B418FADBF4CEAB0FA32FCBD66B547">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be made in writing by the respective Secretary;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE1AEE2DC4049420B9D4E9C33EE15DB4B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>certify that the amount appropriated in the current fiscal year for wildfire suppression operations of the Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary, net of any concurrently enacted rescissions of wildfire suppression funds, increases the total unobligated balance of amounts available for wildfire suppression by an amount equal to or greater than the average total costs incurred by the Federal land management agencies per year for wildfire suppression operations, including the suppression costs in excess of appropriated amounts, over the previous ten fiscal years;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23BCAE64F2664F929370304BDA51D6EC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>certify that the amount available for wildfire suppression operations of the Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary will be obligated not later than 30 days after such Secretary notifies the President that wildfire suppression funds will be exhausted to fund ongoing and anticipated wildfire suppression operations related to the wildfire on which the request for the declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands pursuant to this title is based; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3B04FE33FE242239F258A2F2D9DA95F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>specify the amount required in the current fiscal year to fund wildfire suppression operations related to the wildfire on which the request for the declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands pursuant to this title is based.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2EE522F0F6894B05A0B07B4B6A76468D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Declaration</header>
<text>Based on the request of the respective Secretary under this title, the President may declare that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands exists.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD040C2B26C8645D2ABE1253073481FCD">
<enum>803.</enum>
<header>Wildfire on Federal lands assistance</header>
<subsection id="H9C50BFC1919943C9A6F7D707CAE4E29C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands, the President may transfer funds, only from the account established pursuant to subsection (b), to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct wildfire suppression operations on Federal lands (and non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire protection agreement or cooperative agreement).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H82AAF790179F4E2E84116E3AA8FA5744">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Wildfire suppression operations account</header>
<text>The President shall establish a specific account for the assistance available pursuant to a declaration under section 802. Such account may only be used to fund assistance pursuant to this title.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H90D77F05555E45FA96447B15D3461A99">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<paragraph id="H8F6F8CACACD04C9483288684BC4224C4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Limitation of transfer</header>
<text>The assistance available pursuant to a declaration under section 802 is limited to the transfer of the amount requested pursuant to section 802(b)(4). The assistance available for transfer shall not exceed the amount contained in the wildfire suppression operations account established pursuant to subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7AD84B8A16B432BA5EB748C21B4FFEB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Transfer of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds under this section shall be transferred from the wildfire suppression operations account to the wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management Account.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6F81F80AFFD047F78FFDD1E8F8183847">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Prohibition of other transfers</header>
<text>Except as provided in this section, no funds may be transferred to or from the account established pursuant to subsection (b) to or from any other fund or account.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1A041BE5F064017AA70CC8DFD824788">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Reimbursement for Wildfire suppression operations on non-Federal land</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If amounts transferred under subsection (c) are used to conduct wildfire suppression operations on non-Federal land, the respective Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H87B675CB00BA4DFEB54F6B42C155498B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>secure reimbursement for the cost of such wildfire suppression operations conducted on the non-Federal land; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H040E0EE1B91444FCB65B0CDA56730215">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transfer the amounts received as reimbursement to the wildfire suppression operations account established pursuant to subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3FF7E2AA2FF64831B209BE3C5BA2C3EE">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Annual Accounting and reporting requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year for which assistance is received pursuant to this section, the respective Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Agriculture, Appropriations, the Budget, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, the Budget, Energy and Natural Resources, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Indian Affairs of the Senate, and make available to the public, a report that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HDD3B0513A5C842629E2C32FD251E1B95">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The risk-based factors that influenced management decisions regarding wildfire suppression operations of the Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H811A9703303C4412A03E30C96CE84876">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specific discussion of a statistically significant sample of large fires, in which each fire is analyzed for cost drivers, effectiveness of risk management techniques, resulting positive or negative impacts of fire on the landscape, impact of investments in preparedness, suggested corrective actions, and such other factors as the respective Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0419ED7CE9BB46428C0DEE55EDF18123">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Total expenditures for wildfire suppression operations of the Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary, broken out by fire sizes, cost, regional location, and such other factors as the such Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33D2E19FA4454CC887B7DAC2E4FD07B1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Lessons learned.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8F7488346604F9A86C40033CD7D8957">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other matters as the respective Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H06B60BB90AA045DD9E92EAA7287326F0">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Savings provision</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall limit the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, Indian Tribe, or a State from receiving assistance through a declaration made by the President under this Act when the criteria for such declaration have been met.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
.
1003.
No funds may be transferred to or from the Federal land management agencies’ wildfire suppression operations accounts referred to in section 801(3) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to or from any account or subactivity of the Federal land management agencies, as defined in section 801(2) of such Act, that is not used to cover the cost of wildfire suppression operations.
<enum>XI</enum>
<header>Disaster Relief and Wildfire Adjustment</header>
<section id="HDB651CD7594B4B6081FFC550C1AACBBD">
<enum>1101.</enum>
<header>Increase in maximum adjustment to accommodate wildfire funding</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control of 1985 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E8D9671C712449F88C1EE60CD4FCA74">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking subclause (I) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCE8C6D20063342209FBC461E16ADDF19" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subclause id="H84CFF0C4977044AAB201E3FA733802BF" commented="no">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the average over the previous 10 years (excluding the highest and lowest years) of the sum of—</text>
<item id="HB3A19DA6A4DF4C87928F58EA27377EB1" commented="no">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funding provided for disaster relief (as that term is defined on the date immediately before the date of enactment of the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017); </text>
</item>
<item id="H474BA01989F7466AA8E9127EAAE4635B" commented="no">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">non-emergency funding provided for wildfire suppression and other wildfire related activities under the <quote>Wildland Fire Management</quote> and <quote>FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund</quote> accounts of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior; and</text>
</item>
<item id="HBA694BEFF46845FEA8E74D33886A22CD" commented="no">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text>10 percent of the funding for disaster relief designated as an emergency under subparagraph (A)(i); and</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H407EBFBF47794D50B440F3399AF5831A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>the Budget Control Act of 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017</quote>; and </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H414A278A348141C489FAC032E47EF32B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H584912F3D3244A99BF696E880577197E" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<clause id="HE79BAC416EBE49D6B720456939C4CF36">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term <quote>disaster relief</quote> means—</text>
<subclause id="H93A55C517EA2430889D3A3E4AE1E5155">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>activities carried out pursuant to a determination under section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)); or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD24200BAAA384FE3AE029820FA22D97B">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">amounts made available, pursuant to a declaration under section 802 of such Act that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands exists, to the wildfire suppression operations account established under section 803 of such Act.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>