[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3432 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3432
To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as
part of Forest Service and Department of the Interior restoration and
rehabilitation activities for lands within the Gila and Lincoln
National Forests and for Bureau of Land Management lands in New Mexico
adversely impacted by the 2012 and 2013 fire seasons, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 30, 2013
Mr. Pearce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural
Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as
part of Forest Service and Department of the Interior restoration and
rehabilitation activities for lands within the Gila and Lincoln
National Forests and for Bureau of Land Management lands in New Mexico
adversely impacted by the 2012 and 2013 fire seasons, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``New Mexico Wildland Fire Emergency
Salvage Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED SALVAGE TIMBER SALES IN RESPONSE TO THE SILVER,
LITTLE BEAR, AND WHITEWATER-BALDY COMPLEX FIRES IN NEW
MEXICO.
(a) Salvage Timber Sales Required.--As part of the restoration and
rehabilitation activities undertaken on lands within the Gila National
Forest and Lincoln National Forest and on Bureau of Land Management
lands adversely impacted by the 2012 Little Bear and Whitewater-Baldy
Complex Fires and the 2013 Silver Fire in New Mexico, the Secretary of
Agriculture, with respect to the affected National Forest System lands,
and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to affected Bureau of
Land Management lands, shall promptly plan and implement salvage timber
sales of dead, damaged, or downed timber resulting from those
wildfires.
(b) Legal Sufficiency.--Due to the extraordinary severity of the
wildfires referred to in subsection (a), salvage timber sales conducted
under such subsection shall proceed immediately and to completion
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), section 14
of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), the
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16
U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and laws related to the management of
timber on the lands covered by such subsection.
(c) Administrative and Judicial Review.--Salvage timber sales
conducted under subsection (a) shall not be subject to--
(1) administrative review, including, in the case of the
Forest Service, the notice, comment, and appeal requirements of
section 322 of the Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-381; 16
U.S.C. 1612 note); or
(2) judicial review in any court of the United States.
(d) Limitation; Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section
shall be construed in a manner that would affect the land management
plan applicable to any area designated as a component of the National
Wilderness Preservation System under section 3 of the Wilderness Act
(16 U.S.C. 1132) and containing lands covered by subsection (a).
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