114 HR 2647 RS: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015
U.S. House of Representatives
2015-07-13
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.Title I—Expedited Environmental Analysis and Availability of Categorical Exclusions to Expedite
Forest Management ActivitiesSec. 101. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) in proposed collaborative
forest management activities.Sec. 102. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions.Sec. 103. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events.Sec. 104. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests.Sec. 105. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to insect and disease
infestation.Sec. 106. Categorical exclusion to improve, restore, and reduce the risk of wildfire.Sec. 107. Compliance with forest plan.Title II—Salvage and Reforestation in Response to Catastrophic EventsSec. 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.Sec. 204. Exclusion of certain lands.Title III—Collaborative Project Litigation RequirementSec. 301. Definitions.Sec. 302. Bond requirement as part of legal challenge of certain forest management activities.Title IV—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act AmendmentsSec. 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 ContractingSec. 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.Title VI—Additional Funding Sources for Forest Management ActivitiesSec. 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 ProtectionSec. 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.Title VIII—Miscellaneous Forest Management ProvisionsSec. 801. Balancing short- and long-term effects of forest management activities in considering
injunctive relief.Sec. 802. Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning.Sec. 803. Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System
lands.Sec. 804. Use of site-specific forest plan amendments for certain projects and activities.Sec. 805. Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications.Sec. 806. Exclusion of certain National Forest System lands and public lands.Sec. 807. Application of Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standard and
Guidelines.Sec. 808. Management of Bureau of Land Management lands in western Oregon.Sec. 809. Bureau of Land Management resource management plans.Sec. 810. Landscape-scale forest restoration project.Title IX—Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal LandSec. 901. Wildfire on Federal lands.Sec. 902. Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands.Sec. 903. Prohibition on transfers.
2.In titles I through VIII: (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 categorical exclusion
refers to an exception to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) for a project or activity relating to the management of National Forest System lands or public lands.
(3)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 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)).
(4)Community wildfire protection planThe term community wildfire protection plan
has the meaning given that term in section 101(3) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(3)).
(5)Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant landsThe 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).
(6)Forest management activityThe term forest management activity means a project or activity carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands in concert with the forest plan covering the lands.
(7)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).
(8)Large-scale catastrophic eventThe 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.
(9)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)).
(10)Oregon and California Railroad Grant landsThe 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).
(11)The term public lands
has the meaning given that term in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)), except that the term includes Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands and Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands.
(12)The term reforestation activity means a project or 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 fire-impacted lands.
(13)Resource advisory committeeThe term resource advisory committee
has the meaning given that term in section 201(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121(3)).
(14)The term salvage operation
means a forest management activity undertaken in response to a catastrophic event whose primary purpose—
(A)is 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)is to provide an opportunity for utilization of forest materials damaged as a result of the catastrophic event; or
(C)is 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.
(15)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. <enum>I</enum><header>Expedited Environmental Analysis and Availability of Categorical Exclusions to Expedite Forest Management Activities</header> <section id="HF458B5FDEB644E95B7815A73FB947587"><enum>101.</enum><header>Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) in proposed collaborative forest management activities</header> <subsection id="HC7315CA8D58B43AAAD96CFE96AD6AE9F"><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(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)</external-xref>) for a forest management activity that—</text>
<paragraph id="H2EEF44EA8CFF4B8CA22067D8774F5D0F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is developed through a collaborative process;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H74B3D3FD04404F8690931A723509A8F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is proposed by a resource advisory committee; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D858D7D3EEF475CBE3BFCE1FFF8295F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is covered by a community wildfire protection plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H945B50DA6D834822A03E948195F36AE9"><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 id="H404091D353C24EA7B4720258DB7823C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The forest management activity, as proposed pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFABD0B12413746EAA7A31B658CA86966"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The alternative of no action.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H48859F89D5B645D7BB402224CD2161E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements of Non-Action Alternative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of the alternative of no action, the Secretary concerned shall evaluate—</text>
<paragraph id="HC52D54C4318746F2A650A4957359FA72"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the effect of no action on—</text> <subparagraph id="H52D9C01639D44BBD9C6987EE9F27D853"><enum>(A)</enum><text>forest health;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9791766DDD0846829A2902C78CE19488"><enum>(B)</enum><text>habitat diversity;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7360F1E4A01146C9A0BBF564D6298D35"><enum>(C)</enum><text>wildfire potential; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65DA0D5241CF442A88C2A058F47913EA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>insect and disease potential; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8540CA44297242F2A4C6D04C8D8E4DC8"><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="HD91EEB2882CE4704B6B253755E0B3064"><enum>(A)</enum><text>domestic water costs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H228752C15C134BB088FDB30B0AF998F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>wildlife habitat loss; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H706DCD9FD4424073996B5F020C43725D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other economic and social factors.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE9BEA63A754144DAA17697C74E1D6789"><enum>102.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions</header> <subsection id="HD29130C383F549918D776D37F0AB336F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry out a forest management activity on National Forest System lands or public lands when the primary purpose of the forest management activity is—</text>
<paragraph id="H1E87F090E4CF455AA104DD140877343D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to address an insect or disease infestation;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H25078AA8AB54402B8542582417E5753A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reduce hazardous fuel loads;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7E341F7502140A08FDFC7CB0554DF0B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to protect a municipal water source;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA774CAEAA52F442FA47656E5FBA1F2DA"><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="H14A0CB321F7A452F9118301C9C36CAA8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to increase water yield; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFDC69449B55E42D59A49DB495E77881E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any combination of the purposes specified in paragraphs (1) through (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9A0F0CC1DFE74F5D99209722F8C2A3E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header>
<paragraph id="HC8CB139FA4A2487887B7F17D0368D305"><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 granted by subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 5,000 acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC89281E77344FC68EC50CA8CD88A321"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Larger areas authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 15,000 acres if the forest management activity—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2DD79DB63E541F5860BF433F5247D6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is developed through a collaborative process;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E27CBFC9CD949FBB96E583534EA515C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is proposed by a resource advisory committee; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C53D8446BAF4E78A35B0231BE60050D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is covered by a community wildfire protection plan.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H68098BD8543C4F558396CEEB6ED93EDC"><enum>103.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events</header> <subsection id="H2C1F18BF95A148EA9CA8ADE3D2D5B54A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry out a salvage operation as part of the restoration of National Forest System lands or public lands following a catastrophic event.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H18DD19751F0047129477D22E2F70EA5C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H7159DEA6B63748BBAFDE01AFF1522F91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 5,000 acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EC9FEA68157466EA35AFA26A8CF5BDC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Harvest area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the limitation imposed by paragraph (1), the harvest units covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not exceed one-third of the area impacted by the catastrophic event.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBE2B08B74A164CEBA850B8978D84473D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H94727493BE3C4DC5A90D6953D5043F27"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Road building</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not include any new permanent roads. Temporary roads constructed as part of the salvage operation shall be retired before the end of the fifth fiscal year beginning after the completion of the salvage operation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H926BC82EBF484FABACD0D8D6950C7C3F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Stream buffers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion granted by 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="H5995C002239D4F96A281D1585C209A5C"><enum>(3)</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; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/576b">16 U.S.C. 576b</external-xref>), as part of a salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H10B93E2813FD46089DB395F06EC548D7"><enum>104.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests</header>
<subsection id="H676EC41C78B34049A8EC6501CF755584"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry out a forest management activity on National Forest System lands or public lands when the primary purpose of the forest management 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="HD0DBF2FC17DC49A78F6EDB2B5F3B3126"><enum>(b)</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="H133276104AA04A5B93AC0CF285101F5F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 5,000 acres.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H740368DD8F014272903774A4A3EDC4E5"><enum>105.</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591b">16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)(2)(B)</external-xref>) 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, or Fire Regime IV</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HA5D0D7946D1A4E069B2F6A89E9B178DC"><enum>106.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to improve, restore, and reduce the risk of wildfire</header>
<subsection id="H8484F6AC64084490BD0F8A9A5A9618BE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to carry out a forest management activity described in subsection (c) on National Forest System Lands or public lands when the primary purpose of the activity is to improve, restore, or reduce the risk of wildfire on those lands.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2FEF1E3930CC4B27917351A18F8E5F54"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not exceed 5,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDBFBA1FFFB29480384AF0A1D91835EAA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>The following activities may be carried out using a categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a):</text>
<paragraph id="H65B2D754D57B4078A9C040F859D64876"><enum>(1)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C814FDE631548E7B8CAA278B80B96BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Performance of hazardous fuels management.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0C74E3232F0D4D37993968B0A7AE7DE0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Creation of fuel and fire breaks.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB97F045DC4B14A85B01C9AE36F971F02"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modification of existing fences in order to distribute livestock and help improve wildlife habitat.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H24D92C47C79E43909D8F5B3483E20520"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Installation of erosion control devices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E35E326249A4DAEA23BF5C05C500BBD"><enum>(6)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6744577C59DF47C0A025BFC0CC10284C"><enum>(7)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB25C4BBC09304B1DB8AA8B8747713BAC"><enum>(8)</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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA1E59CA3631E4FD39DF9138716F74077"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H2A536926CE9149439DC12679420112AD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hazardous fuels management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>hazardous fuels management</quote> means any vegetation management activities that reduce the risk of wildfire.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D0E85E634384237BF09C277841063FD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Late-season grazing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>late-season grazing</quote> 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="HD6E23937344E4CEE8D0C091F27211B05"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Targeted livestock grazing</header><text>The term <quote>targeted livestock grazing</quote> means grazing used for purposes of hazardous fuel reduction.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD6041D58C35A4FCBA716BBDC9A5A55E1"><enum>107.</enum><header>Compliance with forest plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A forest management activity covered by a categorical exclusion granted by this title 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><enum>II</enum><header>Salvage and Reforestation in Response to Catastrophic Events</header>
<section id="HA75F21EF3B3A4FDB9D99F416C4C65F5A"><enum>201.</enum><header>Expedited salvage operations and reforestation activities following large-scale catastrophic events</header>
<subsection id="H926081F674D54FC7910EE1AFF16F6CA5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expedited environmental assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any environmental assessment prepared by the Secretary concerned pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)</external-xref>) 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 3 months after the conclusion of the catastrophic event.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1BBCE90CE1314F369280143A1202B7FF"><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 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="HCF4B38B255704ADD935E16C715B1F18D"><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; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/576b">16 U.S.C. 576b</external-xref>) shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for reforestation activities authorized by this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD63360DD4F45424EA154E80D605EB938"><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="H7A002CDBC5D941F39BF8EF80DFA644E3"><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="HB22346E9D6D248E1A9C5E1E5D2C0461E"><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><section id="H7573EAD2EA94466A9D0E4692AFAC353E"><enum>204.</enum><header>Exclusion of certain lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In applying this title, the Secretary concerned may not carry out salvage operations or reforestation activities on National Forest System lands or public lands—</text>
<paragraph id="H69DEEE4CE22B42B2AC19AA143C96EF76"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are included in the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H18DB9D143209496AB7505EA9A1AB2E0C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are located within an inventoried roadless area unless the reforestation activity is consistent with the forest plan; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B4BB23EAEFA4D1FB8CABE037B7D4E21"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on which timber harvesting for any purpose is prohibited by statute.</text> </paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Collaborative Project Litigation Requirement</header> <section id="HAE8C1FD56A7B4F30B5FF8C1EE28BC013"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H86B00D1088C14132BDA2BF10343CF3E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The term <quote>costs</quote> refers to the fees and costs described in section 1920 of title 28, United States Code.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFB59BCA6DB93412DB2B4B5A172896B42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>expenses</quote> includes the expenditures incurred by the staff of the Secretary concerned in preparing for and responding to a legal challenge to a collaborative forest management activity and in participating in litigation that challenges the forest management activity, including such staff time as may be used to prepare the administrative record, exhibits, declarations, and affidavits in connection with the litigation.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HBDC8837D8C3B43CD94B05D755BC8529A"><enum>302.</enum><header>Bond requirement as part of legal challenge of certain forest management activities</header>
<subsection id="H463891E64EDD4479B98D2C77B0082919"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Bond required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a forest management activity developed through a collaborative process or proposed by a resource advisory committee, any plaintiff or plaintiffs challenging the forest management activity shall be required to post a bond or other security equal to the anticipated costs, expenses, and attorneys fees of the Secretary concerned as defendant, as reasonably estimated by the Secretary concerned. All proceedings in the action shall be stayed until the required bond or security is provided.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H627A384223D948E1A7C2228A01197F8A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recovery of litigation costs, expenses, and attorneys fees</header>
<paragraph id="H8EC231AE109D4807AEA8E6705B08140D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Motion for payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary concerned prevails in an action challenging a forest management activity described in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall submit to the court a motion for payment, from the bond or other security posted under subsection (a) in such action, of the reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys fees incurred by the Secretary concerned.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD32BE74FE84143709BD731D13A6529D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum amount recovered</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of costs, expenses, and attorneys fees recovered by the Secretary concerned under paragraph (1) as a result of prevailing in an action challenging the forest management activity may not exceed the amount of the bond or other security posted under subsection (a) in such action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H663E60E1F4C94F6B8ED83D71D95DCBE4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Return of remainder</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any funds remaining from the bond or other security posted under subsection (a) after the payment of costs, expenses, and attorneys fees under paragraph (1) shall be returned to the plaintiff or plaintiffs that posted the bond or security in the action.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D3F163AD7D94AD6A4B306784E07A803"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Return of bond to prevailing plaintiff</header>
<paragraph id="H5554094A10E5442C9C192E01CEED4D60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the plaintiff ultimately prevails on the merits in every action brought by the plaintiff challenging a forest management activity described in subsection (a), the court shall return to the plaintiff any bond or security provided by the plaintiff under subsection (a), plus interest from the date the bond or security was provided.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68785ACAF6844016A1E50F99E9DBB272"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Ultimately prevails on the merits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection, the phrase <quote>ultimately prevails on the merits</quote> means, in a final enforceable judgment on the merits, a court rules in favor of the plaintiff on every cause of action in every action brought by the plaintiff challenging the forest management activity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4CD654F5FA1C48CBB4ABE38929B6954B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect of settlement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a challenge to a forest management activity described in subsection (a) for which a bond or other security was provided by the plaintiff under such subsection is resolved by settlement between the Secretary concerned and the plaintiff, the settlement agreement shall provide for sharing the costs, expenses, and attorneys fees incurred by the parties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F87F4A054BA4478B9ACBBDAE2DC4BE2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on certain payments</header><text display-inline="yes-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 described in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Amendments</header>
<section id="HDAC098243CBE43C698DD13999DE8A59C"><enum>401.</enum><header>Use of reserved funds for title II projects on Federal land and certain non-Federal land</header>
<subsection id="H870F6CA207024B29BD31B03EB581F2F8"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7124">16 U.S.C. 7124(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H009AF98FF4E94158838F5C8ECB181ED6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for project funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 204 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7124">16 U.S.C. 7124</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H6139401715F24279A7882124379FABF4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements for project funds</header>
<paragraph id="HBFB2BFEBEF9449A2B654EA889DEDE10A"><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="H24627FC4C1AF4491B31F7869C0D39B1A"><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="HBF38C53ED89F4CA3AB32ADA2E839218A"><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="H6B4B08438C5D473DAD618F4DCD902985"><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="H2F16230D787640899CCAD973B5922DAC"><enum>402.</enum><header>Resource advisory committees</header>
<subsection id="H945AF3AF3FDC4364B4B88105718A4FAB"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2020</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H591BAEF1075E4FDB80B41EDAE6EB0703"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Temporary 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA4EC18540D754E60B63CC86694125596"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Each</quote> and inserting <quote>Except during the period specified in paragraph (6), each</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H07373B8095624235866BB4C92E1B274C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HFA7FC0DA553D4CA087106C8082E97FD0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Temporary reduction in minimum number of members</header>
<subparagraph id="H25E222C654F34ECA859EB0A6ED838CF1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Temporary reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this paragraph and ending on September 30, 2020, a resource advisory committee established under this section may be comprised of nine or more members, of which—</text>
<clause id="H0B193BA78FA64EF1AA2B3206B3891B68"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least three shall be representative of interests described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2);</text> </clause><clause id="H56246665C9CE401FAEDFCCDCBE070C60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least three shall be representative of interests described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE3E30B8C943C46E39B2ED5B339AE9B8E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at least three shall be representative of interests described in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5284F2B66A6841FA8502CE22709E5A90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In appointing members of a resource advisory committee from the three categories described in paragraph (2), as provided in subparagraph (A), the Secretary concerned shall ensure balanced and broad representation in each category. In the case of a vacancy on a resource advisory committee, the vacancy shall be filled within 90 days after the date on which the vacancy occurred. Appointments to a new resource advisory committee shall be made within 90 days after the date on which the decision to form the new resource advisory committee was made.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F74AA2281334974B03D1AF740535A1A"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Charter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A charter for a resource advisory committee with 15 members that was filed on or before the date of the enactment of this paragraph shall be considered to be filed for a resource advisory committee described in this paragraph. The charter of a resource advisory committee shall be reapproved before the expiration of the existing charter of the resource advisory committee. In the case of a new resource advisory committee, the charter of the resource advisory committee shall be approved within 90 days after the date on which the decision to form the new resource advisory committee was made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9B4228E48149426F92A51C521FE7C328"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming change to project approval requirements</header><text>Section 205(e)(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125(e)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>In the case of a resource advisory committee consisting of fewer than 15 members, as authorized by subsection (d)(6), a project may be proposed to the Secretary concerned upon approval by a majority of the members of the committee, including at least one member from each of the three categories described in subsection (d)(2).</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0077A7BC5B1741058C4E0B7AD2803583"><enum>(d)</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H044E3A41140A4D6C87426D893CA8D4B8"><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="HA3503FCC7C3848899E8478F24DA156E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H8B103BAB4931454CAD0772CBAFB05DC6"><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></section><section id="HE0908BCFECC44EDB9AB46E71ECBFF9C7"><enum>403.</enum><header>Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects</header>
<subsection id="H7B08709623124053996D0031369B77E3"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7121">16 U.S.C. 7121 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H86EE6B974C57438D95D790428122AE5B"><enum>209.</enum><header>Program for self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects</header>
<subsection id="HE6F0993C5FE04015B6DF4400000E1047"><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="H9214EEE35EB244A785486771EF128D26"><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, except that, consistent with section 205(d)(6), a selected resource advisory committee must have a minimum of six members.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA1E6EB5E8D1E47959EEC3DD221BBFF02"><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="H503BFD59AD724E4E89F23184AEDA4F5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accomplish forest management objectives or support community development; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HECB72D4539184CEB820292BDB00E84CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>generate receipts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0C92BACB41E44E87AAB5CC64BDABD414"><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="H14CFC7CBFCD244C98CE0241A0C0D9882"><enum>(1)</enum><text>deposited in the special account in the Treasury established under section 102(d)(2)(A); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA06BD109E203405AA8C75B4858783A6E"><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="H905A3357356544EBBE536A138B38BC1D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header>
<paragraph id="H0C09B4E1E0274F199879A3F447CC9FC1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The authority to initiate a project under the RAC program shall terminate on September 30, 2020.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6E76FB0A4FEC478B93165A4897ECB3AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits in treasury</header><text>Any funds available for projects under the RAC program and not obligated by September 30, 2021, 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="H300BBDAC4EE34E8B804A8AC0D50744E5"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7153">16 U.S.C. 7153(b)</external-xref>) 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="H2100CD0BFBE940CEA9ADC2EA0BBAE586"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7142">16 U.S.C. 7142(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8041A4C2DEF34797B2CC7E2DFC4B23B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H813068C0BA1645E8B79D7298A0E6A725"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and law enforcement patrols</quote> after <quote>including firefighting</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H975BCC63382F4B40996CBD513ACEBFA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6B495257E94140EA986E2CE47DF32F75"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72CC8FA6CBCD4DB38C27561A2859AFE5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph (3):</text> <quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2EC4484EAFC4DECB2871D5DE6FED752" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HFEE2D7996BF0460A9160DA3BB9A4CEB3"><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="HEFA5A99804B8476696121A59E4587F93"><enum>405.</enum><header>Treatment as supplemental funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7112">16 U.S.C. 7112</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H0C2DD6D9706448C281374A502B605EAC"><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>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Stewardship End Result Contracting</header>
<section id="H5D0610D94A6240158CD5871BE62AE495"><enum>501.</enum><header>Cancellation ceilings for stewardship end result contracting projects</header>
<subsection id="HB1680E80715248B3927C4721D203C285"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cancellation ceilings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC9CAAFEA4D3E4ED18298305A718A4C5B"><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="HC6EB9D843E794363B5EE88636EC4DFC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection (h):</text> <quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H924E287A35494295ADF2AB90C778F97E" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HE7E14C38DB374CC5B3E88A0135F0C7EB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Cancellation ceilings</header> <paragraph id="HA7C859BC0BFD423D8EC1F929437591FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Chief and the Director may obligate funds 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="H56657A03AA3742DDB03320CAA342E6C0"><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="HAFAB84542CE04BEF8959DB4DCC64A85A"><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="HC34D733C5A1F41629BE077D91FA4570C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reasons why such cancellation ceiling amounts were selected;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8301BC941ED8412293AEA12DACEDC3EC"><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="H8F42177E6CB94EF6A846C23613E546E4"><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="HBB40FB1F7D2C4BB7981A08F2189E7096"><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="HFB90F19AEE3A47B0A677812FD7E5ADAF"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)(5)</external-xref>) is amended 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; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/30/602">30 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)</external-xref>), the Chief and the Director may</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3047A7A03A8D45EE93B7B2FDF1C451B1"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HBBCD032D70F642EFAEBD80CE3F96CB01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use the excess to satisfy any outstanding liabilities for cancelled agreements or contracts; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D05D669544B464DA3EDBC20E6FCB9A0"><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="H79068140049D4565867ACB36F561E505"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFDA13050C46648E2AA2B5064827E95A2"><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="H2B614C2A81A049D7BC6964B18C01C8FB"><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="HAFD7EAA7B6F140BC904B8A5C4E4B8006"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>), 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="H4A24567E6CC84345B89E800DBCB76A67"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HEA7925DF36C542BB89F8181F1DE7AA3B"><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><enum>VI</enum><header>Additional Funding Sources for Forest Management Activities</header>
<section id="H6331E1F2F0F64B0A9D42A4A80D86C0F7"><enum>601.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="HBAC326940E3644A2A6EFB015213059FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <quote>eligible entity</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02633109F2C1439AAC8E4176A9CBE1DD"><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="H78D13434BA18410787C9934C0683868A"><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="H112EE1E67D844AA3A7207BDDDCA6319E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a rural electric company; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H854B52D93BA14A2189726926A75F47EE"><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="H434CC85B5C504743BE547A8F6B7CC279"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Fund</quote> means the State-Supported Forest Management Fund established by section 603.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H05308442B90E49BEAF2C3FF7B5031A7E"><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="HA18A5F2CAF964A0B93FC571FDBE20A18"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)(2)(B)</external-xref>), 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>
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<text>appropriation—</text><clause id="H68E6D7E2771F4BBF920E7D2484E020BE"><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="HB8B330C5600E4360BC9FE2B050969E4D"><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="H01337990779747118FAB54643B3D9741"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7303">16 U.S.C. 7303(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>carrying out and</quote> and inserting <quote>planning, carrying out, and</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEF39BB5DF38348B2AF8F1D089D26EDDB"><enum>603.</enum><header>State-supported planning of forest management activities</header>
<subsection id="HFA5B394BDCC24CEC92B9CA1156817769"><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(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)</external-xref>)), carrying out, and monitoring certain forest management activities on National Forest System lands or public lands.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC57BDBC2EC124A92B869710496FAB47A"><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="H161614B785754A35AEFB3A7BAD8548C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contributed by an eligible entity for deposit in the Fund;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1181A8E62C324089A33A70A5D59041A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appropriated to the Fund; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB859F48824614475AC7BBB03F11554BF"><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="H5202986D5CEE48E1921F6856AA97EB9E"><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="H9318501280B54E2E97CCFEC61FD4E11D"><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="H52F36C8C9D1745448532E01C3A906C87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>limit the types of forest management activities for which the contribution may be expended.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE8EBCF18E9044626ADD786CF2E394D31"><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="H6AA511460F65418EAB231A8EE0A5D63D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is developed through a collaborative process;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF148502122014C41918C2C093755ACD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is proposed by a resource advisory committee; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC642737DC2094495812F2F8A4CCEDF5D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is covered by a community wildfire protection plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0C1FB13B1F4345A98B2645E5A0865A90"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>), the good neighbor authority provided by section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>), a contract under section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a</external-xref>), 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="H38671BC481B14FA3900BFE6601A76C60"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relation to other laws</header>
<paragraph id="H3F472C286C8849B598404DBC82B0C0DF"><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="H176E78C866674A70A01A888E10365A58"><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; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/576">16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.</external-xref>), shall apply to any forest management activity carried out using amounts in the Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3FD7990458004996A070BB42CD8EB8D8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination of fund</header>
<paragraph id="H91DC7CFF90184252AF8C0F62BDA225B0"><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="HD53E44657C7B466FB6E40229E5521976"><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="H07682F091E854BB29E3F66965123B0DF"><enum>701.</enum><header>Protection of tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end result contracting and other
authorities</header>
<subsection id="H0C47F4AAA7B14EE28BE194FFD99B92CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prompt consideration of tribal requests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(b) of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCCBE2BDAE19B425FA1CF2A675947D807"><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="H6BE345A65A5F4ACBAAECD32811386856"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30A01D3778FD413D899C40AC8F4CB25C" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H4AEE47FF53044EBA97A02E510A485B8B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Time periods for consideration</header> <subparagraph id="HD8AA163B908B45769A6AC667BF64B0A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial response</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H3AE828B17A6748F38E8BF709EB852F52"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the request may meet the selection criteria described in subsection (c); and</text> </clause><clause id="H96B39D2BD4F8410D898A70B0F8109F9B"><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="H8496E10957A04C079AA4425524EB4357"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice of denial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H14B8E3156B924265B4BD8F7C74EC4C1C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Completion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="HC289BC451F5D440E8C41D4F49DE052AD"><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="H84FB3E791F4F4C859DE2C41DF3B07DE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H2370291615A545A78D37A020C90D5DAE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming and technical amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H54213378E0864F77AD31C9019CADF5AC"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2104">16 U.S.C. 2104</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>) (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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H060D8AD657E94A50ABB42DA1E9EB2017"><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="H45E9FD4805974802BE5F76036604E1B3"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3104">25 U.S.C. 3104</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HD12CEC213E87475A8B777D115B35175E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion of certain National Forest System land and public land</header>
<paragraph id="HCCB747B599E144C88E829A6745D32AAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the request of an Indian tribe, the Secretary concerned may 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="H6DC57C0AED66464FBA878998B8522728"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="HCD80158F5D59484B859CE653C17879C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="HD4D6B2EDF0D24D00B18C177EE86E1B50"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continue sharing revenue generated by the Federal forest land with State and local governments either—</text>
<clause id="HCCBC177C2E874870AC6EBC40F32A55C3"><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="H4463840DE4934849AD8D9217E484EBDC"><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="H1BDC72CF3DAA461D93EDFF45A33194BD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>comply with applicable prohibitions on the export of unprocessed logs harvested from the Federal forest land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9E538B8D627641B5829E139A6F8FA793"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recognize all right-of-way agreements in place on Federal forest land prior to commencement of tribal management activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54215176C5F84C328F9718C148A76C6C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that all commercial timber removed from the Federal forest land is sold on a competitive bid basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB248BFFE7B74DBAACCF47F2F262E266"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H397C0457E2544320A8631A0874ED6A86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H088A2E8227BB469DBDF990D559A656E7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal forest land</header><text>The term <quote>Federal forest land</quote> means—</text>
<clause id="HF0C86C3CD0BA484193ED18B70494CFEA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>National Forest System lands; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2AB4E50E6C6648438293C26441844F40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public lands (as defined in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702(e)</external-xref>)), 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="H19ACF728F23F4A75948F91371C9A4147"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Secretary concerned</header><text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text> <clause id="HB00694C9614F47CB87195D2B9AF65941"><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="H13170BC17F2541E5B870E356CA7D0CFB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="H39D09E80CB224577AD0E2E93B2843E08"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a et seq.</external-xref>) through contracts entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</section><enum>VIII</enum><header>Miscellaneous Forest Management Provisions</header>
<section id="HA859C88CDCA64815B7C4472A8EE47515"><enum>801.</enum><header>Balancing short- and long-term effects of forest management activities in considering injunctive
relief</header><text display-inline="no-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 VIII, the court reviewing the agency action shall balance the impact to the ecosystem likely affected by the forest management activity of—</text>
<paragraph id="HFBB9FD71A6D24A15BB38D5FBB9B58F96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the short- and long-term effects of undertaking the agency action; against</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFA12D5D6B3564FBFB4D744CDF7348C05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the short- and long-term effects of not undertaking the action.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H88F3D4A8038B430B817689BFCD55EF66"><enum>802.</enum><header>Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning</header>
<subsection id="H9A62095F236646B4A08716D1E364E276"><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="H27D4A70236F646B79B0C12EAF7213E52"><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="HA493155A9AB8414CB6C4D785585C300A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>solicit possible alternatives to decommissioning the road.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB85F41ED27154F7AA9CB8DDEAFEBBEDD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regional Forester approval</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 id="HE6A8CE75966048D0BF91401735326DBB"><enum>803.</enum><header>Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands</header><text display-inline="no-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 to forest plans adopted in the Decision Notice for the Revised Continuation of 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>
</section><section id="HEEEA03AE646E44E0803F6B04693DE6EF"><enum>804.</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="H80FA7DCF3257426BAFF13C0F6D1204AF"><enum>805.</enum><header>Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications</header>
<subsection id="H46003CA483D1438EABAEAC17BD958A82"><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; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/576b">16 U.S.C. 576b(a)</external-xref>), 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="H7E4F8AF6BBB84D1F93607CD53A27D8CD"><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; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/576b">16 U.S.C. 576b</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5BE8C9E685D74C3FADC966A60D18D7A4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Such deposits</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B6601501BA44E2F87F8B43FCC92E228" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9F759C33531E41C6B290E5D4D252B192"><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="H5185204B3564478EBC83BD3FB067C8EA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE740350EA3D94F4A8AD39DB5499B50F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting before subsection (d), as so redesignated, the following new subsection (c):</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80F727F5D3714755AA671100B8B68E0C" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD665087128FD41D49BDDF507E492CFA3"><enum>(c)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF8584B35B1DC4086B306482D43763213"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the special fund established pursuant to this section—</text> <subparagraph changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" id="H93F58B152DA842D9BE0EA6FB6D56A710" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be used exclusively to implement activities authorized by subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" id="HB7CE4482B9E848FEAD2A01CDE07A04E3" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><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 changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" id="H13B30BF71885444F8C1E46307321CD46" indent="up1" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><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="H81B55979841C41CC8147E898B7A63BD4"><enum>806.</enum><header>Exclusion of certain National Forest System lands and public lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless specifically provided by a provision of titles I through VIII, the authorities provided by such titles do not apply with respect to any National Forest System lands or public lands—</text>
<paragraph id="HCAE67B0CECEF4B6F8B43C5511687E1FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are included in the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0F7D5AF48E4F4152A3A07B2FD0EDBCAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are located within an inventoried roadless area unless the forest management activity to be carried out under such authority is consistent with the forest plan applicable to the area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE04E0FBC15E34AC9BFD77701D78825BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on which timber harvesting for any purpose is prohibited by statute.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HD5D3365D61644ADABAE969D246588408"><enum>807.</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 id="HF820215799DF485CA1DB66EA4F281BD1"><enum>808.</enum><header>Management of Bureau of Land Management lands in western Oregon</header>
<subsection id="H02C4E108CA4546DEB18F7ECAC35B62CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All of the public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Salem District, Eugene 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1181f">43 U.S.C. 1181f</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE75164F83B84AC6BEEF777EE6B8A5D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certain lands excluded</header><text>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–1 through f–4).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1D1949178B944FD18F23C865DCCED72E"><enum>809.</enum><header>Bureau of Land Management resource management plans</header>
<subsection id="HE445421ED3774DFAA49C939968E19F1B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional Analysis and Alternatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To develop a full range of reasonable alternatives as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Secretary of the Interior shall develop and consider in detail a reference analysis and two additional alternatives as part of the revisions of the resource management plans for the Bureau of Land Management’s Salem, Eugene, Coos Bay, Roseburg, and Medford Districts and the Klamath Resource Area of the Lakeview District.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F206C96E6CD4CC58E75D19857D84355"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reference Analysis</header><text>The reference analysis required by subsection (a) shall measure and assume the harvest of the annual growth net of natural mortality for all forested land in the planning area in order to determine the maximum sustained yield capacity of the forested land base and to establish a baseline by which the Secretary of the Interior shall measure incremental effects on the sustained yield capacity and environmental impacts from management prescriptions in all other alternatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE870039201B64B2984237B93F4DFACC9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional Alternatives</header>
<paragraph id="HFB2C2501BDD64EAD8718EC73EE3A1615"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Carbon Sequestration Alternative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall develop and consider an additional alternative with the goal of maximizing the total carbon benefits from forest storage and wood product storage. To the extent practicable, the analysis shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3954FFFF11744251AF2F9EA2330D4744"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the future risks to forest carbon from wildfires, insects, and disease;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2388F0AECE234203AFBC7640EB415F7C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of carbon stored in products or in landfills;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H610C6F0CC4464006AA7965D3FF4C3389"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the life cycle benefits of harvested wood products compared to non-renewable products; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3A06A82EEF9B43FCA9C2B8AFB251E09B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the energy produced from wood residues.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD4230637C3384B42A90634D2F2B6363E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sustained Yield Alternative</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall develop and consider an additional alternative that produces the greater of 500 million board feet or the annual net growth on the acres classified as timberland, excluding any congressionally reserved areas. The projected harvest levels, as nearly as practicable, shall be distributed among the Districts referred to in subsection (a) in the same proportion as the maximum yield capacity of each such District bears to maximum yield capacity of the planning area as a whole.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA6DE48A963974B78A894C772208C203F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional Analysis and Public Participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall publish the reference analysis and additional alternatives and analyze their environmental and economic consequences in a supplemental draft environmental impact statement. The draft environmental impact statement and supplemental draft environmental impact statement shall be made available for public comment for a period of not less than 180 days. The Secretary shall respond to any comments received before making a final decision between all alternatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H45DFA54F5ADA49B8BBD6E09F5DE48516"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall affect the obligation of the Secretary of the Interior to manage the timberlands as required by the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1181a-1181j">43 U.S.C. 1181a–1181j</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H3F244B450A8149268E1CEFD530535AF5"><enum>810.</enum><header>Landscape-scale forest restoration project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and implement at least one landscape-scale forest restoration project that includes, as a defined purpose of the project, the generation of material that will be used to promote advanced wood products. The project shall be developed through a collaborative process.</text>
</section><enum>IX</enum><header>Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land</header>
<section id="H93BB8F194C704DA191F3557B4978BBF5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>901.</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0379DEFCA8E44DE0A0F8BC71F2C4DA62"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>means</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AA528CC5D524016989BE6064A51D8E6" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAD6F9F7A988F42D39460F66CE7AC91D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Major disaster</header> <subparagraph id="HB1749EB2215C48DE9AC09C6AA367269A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Major disaster</header><text>The term <quote>major disaster</quote> means</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42039D2DE9C74F1B93FEA7379A1D8DA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" id="HC290B7B6E17A4AE8A844CC177E6FEFF1" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H2B9A26F58D70448F8FAC28AD9540F17D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands</quote> 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="H2BFC4B4F36B746B98A2DE7EAC5C6D541"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on Federal lands; or</text> </clause><clause id="H1F53DDB20971433D9A3E976149F8C99C"><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="HCD3EB4F123964BCDBEF58545285B8D45"><enum>902.</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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5170">42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSAF00" id="H5897408AC6234041B961335D40A852B4" reported-display-style="strikethrough">
<title id="HCD4CB6C67F97485DAC0FD42A60ED30FE"><enum>VIII</enum><header>Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land</header>
<section id="H04B684813E014127BA77A719505A5B95"><enum>801.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As used in this title—</text> <paragraph id="H2A1C3379CB80458482995A58B38C3E32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text>The term <quote>Federal land</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE11DABB2D0E4323975F9852D552D433"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4108149A41C54E63BA0CE387DA55B5CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any land under the jurisdiction of the United States Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H913B3149CAFD41CE9B43FF8247C90274"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal land management agencies</header><text>The term <quote>Federal land management agencies</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H31A1BE7BC067437E963242EA4CE27143"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8066D7D47C8D4AFB830FC2093C133248"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the National Park Service;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBEA42C19FE9C434FAC07BB2A9A1AD055"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Bureau of Indian Affairs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD84CF4467E24E0E8E85160D736B81D3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA50E1BECDDB342DFA37E37E52C9F336A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the United States Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H451FEFAA1C0E465DADAC33F49E56A5F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Wildfire suppression operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>wildfire suppression operations</quote> 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="H26F73CD7E5D24A268FB57B224B68F365"><enum>802.</enum><header>Procedure for declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands</header>
<subsection id="H3D948680F05B47EB88CB757B65F036A3"><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="H6213DAAACFE5438CBD5158827ADD0967"><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="HE0FABB79C9F74B99A9CCE690EA9CB9C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be made in writing by the respective Secretary;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA9FB7922918E459E80D4CFC6FB287414"><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="H7468E5EA06664226AAA92442C4DA967E"><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="HF5C508C857964373BC1CCFF360DDBDF3"><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="H23748EB3B46C4661AA57D6068276B576"><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="H55ADBB5F0A0C445F82B117AF6DC18E8A"><enum>803.</enum><header>Wildfire on Federal lands assistance</header>
<subsection id="H795DBFA2495E4A6783D7A5EF436315E2"><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="H63D9700218B24A629E3AF9D9F11180EA"><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="H54BEF88A97DC4370890D07A5F8994508"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<paragraph id="HF8F311ABC62548ECAAE09421DFBE9AB4"><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="H40542006A3D5489B8A3B0A8A5E5EE624"><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="H92D0F15EEEA4424784AEB9D2895AF91E"><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="H4B72DE9FC06443F8B81016F9D5E6618E"><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="HC7BDAC3AADD34808B94683D25C9CE9D6"><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="H8A6D47F5120B45E69BB4E124238D582B"><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="H3865C9F489A145368AE051DEF462D905"><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="H13BEAA5986D840C582EA0B652DEED2CB"><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="H1D48A78A84E94A7E85D454AE7F7E0E5D"><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="H832BEDB265D84A68960D753407900336"><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="H74F25CC98A53459BA076A2DB6E364371"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Lessons learned.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFCF591EB559E4E5EBF009FCF2E29C715"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other matters as the respective Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H02B45146299E4B5D8BD93F480C53A288"><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>.
903.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.
1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016
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(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.TITLE I—Major disaster for wildfire on Federal landSec. 101. Wildfire on Federal land.Sec. 102. Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land.Sec. 103. Prohibition on transfers.TITLE II—Expedited environmental analysis and availability of categorical exclusions to expedite forest management activitiesSec. 201. Analysis of only 2 alternatives in proposed collaborative forest management activities.Sec. 202. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions.Sec. 203. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events.Sec. 204. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests.Sec. 205. Categorical exclusion to improve, restore, and reduce the risk of wildfire.Sec. 206. Consideration of resource conditions for extraordinary circumstances.Sec. 207. Compliance with forest plan.Sec. 208. Roads.Sec. 209. Exclusions.TITLE III—Tribal forestry participation and protectionSec. 301. Protection of tribal forest assets.Sec. 302. Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System land and public land.Sec. 303. Tribal forest management demonstration project.TITLE IV—Miscellaneous forest management activitiesSec. 401. Definition of Secretary.Sec. 402. State-supported planning of forest management activities.Sec. 403. Balancing of impacts in considering injunctive relief.Sec. 404. State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program.Sec. 405. Pilot arbitration program.Sec. 406. National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot program.Sec. 407. Tennessee Wilderness.Sec. 408. Additional authority for sale or exchange of small parcels of National Forest System land.Sec. 409. Extension of authorization for conveyance of Forest Service administrative sites.Sec. 410. Prescribed burn approval.Sec. 411. North Carolina wilderness study areas.TITLE V—Kisatchie National Forest land conveyanceSec. 501. Short title.Sec. 502. Finding.Sec. 503. Definitions.Sec. 504. Authorization of conveyances.Sec. 505. Proceeds from the sale of land.Sec. 506. Administration.TITLE VI—Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest land adjustmentSec. 601. Short title.Sec. 602. Findings.Sec. 603. Definition of Secretary.Sec. 604. Land conveyance authority.Sec. 605. Treatment of proceeds. 2.In this Act:
(1)The term catastrophic event means any natural disaster (such as a 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 categorical exclusion means an exclusion from further analysis and documentation in an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for a project or activity relating to the management of National Forest System land or public land.
(3)The term collaborative process means a process relating to the management of National Forest System land or public land under which a project or activity is developed and implemented—
(A)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)); or
(B)through a collaborative process under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, as described in section 4003(b)(2) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(b)(2)).
(4)Community wildfire protection planThe 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).
(5)Forest management activityThe term forest management activity means a project or activity carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System land or public land that is consistent with an applicable forest plan.
(6)The term forest plan means, as applicable— (A)a resource management plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for public land pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); or
(B)a land 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)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)).
(8)The term public land has the meaning given the term public lands in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
(9)Resource advisory committeeThe term resource advisory committee means— (A)a resource advisory committee established under section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125); or
(B)an advisory committee determined by the Secretary concerned to satisfy the requirements of section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125).
(10)The term salvage operation means a forest management activity carried out in response to a catastrophic event, the primary purpose of which is—
(A)(i)to prevent wildfire as a result of the catastrophic event; or (ii)if the catastrophic event is a wildfire, to prevent a reburn of the fire-impacted area;
(B)to provide an opportunity for use of any forest material damaged as a result of the catastrophic event; or
(C)to provide a funding source for reforestation or other restoration activities for National Forest System land or public land impacted by the catastrophic event.
(11)The term Secretaries means the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. (12)The term Secretary concerned means—
(A)the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land; and (B)the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land.
<enum>I</enum><header>Major disaster for wildfire on Federal land</header>
<section id="id2a71d18f-7a2c-4413-89cb-3861c516e64b" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Wildfire on Federal land</header>
<subsection id="idD2538500683548A4A40AAB14C6284646"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id974CCE2F923B4FA28603BEB59988C251"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (12) as paragraphs (4) through (13), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idA1986AA3A4424CE9A678E3895EF44323"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id53322011-7b35-4228-9688-945ae744c441"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Major disaster for wildfire on Federal land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>major disaster for wildfire on Federal land</quote> means any wildfire or wildfires that in the determination of the President in accordance with section 802 warrants assistance under section 803 to supplement the efforts and resources of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0cb816c6-89aa-4080-b4ac-d9d3f56b6ca4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on Federal land; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77d0e75f-d7c9-41aa-9481-b73206816c6b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on non-Federal land in accordance with a fire protection agreement or cooperative agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0E078C1D54A24B5A81A924FD616C75EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/901">2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122(2)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2) or (3) of section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5122">42 U.S.C. 5122</external-xref>)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id3efd74a2-26df-44da-8cda-01b30c479c79"><enum>102.</enum><header>Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<title id="id79f57e60-169b-48de-8e9d-ee3fa841bbf6"><enum>VIII</enum><header>Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land</header>
<section id="id5545df93-582d-4612-a556-77372ec4d17d"><enum>801.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="id8e41261f-6b39-4e8d-9829-9e103a1f8b6e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0a2f2179-78cb-41d6-a1b2-9812a3f40379"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93e930ed-c789-4c91-84fc-2b467d6ddba9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida2e4c09e-5bc0-454a-9228-199a12cb294a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal land management agencies</header><text>The term <term>Federal land management agencies</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="id912c47d3-a82a-413a-8afc-de388cd5582b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Bureau of Land Management;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id938f5755-9327-4121-8b63-ef42282b8941"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the National Park Service;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2f6bc49a-49dd-4056-8daf-c7a726c61de0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Bureau of Indian Affairs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf789dc3b-d861-42e5-86f9-37cd853c35d6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99037e98-4151-4976-bd15-c0271b101336"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9450cc5-8837-445a-bd28-00e1e3559e09"><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 land, or on non-Federal land in accordance with a fire protection agreement or cooperative agreement, by the Federal land management agencies covered by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0037BF559C454B6C9BE0A0981EC8F1C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management account of the Federal land management agencies; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2F8CE3881D524F10BB0827788D2DAA82"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund account of the Federal land management agencies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idd964809c-1f75-4df7-a637-62f57e605b6b"><enum>802.</enum><header>Procedure for declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land</header>
<subsection id="idf7d1cf53-3bb2-4d55-bb73-449a947ec1f1"><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 in accordance with the requirements of this title for a declaration by the President that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land exists.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9f060fca-f466-4308-9f94-a470c8804e31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A request for a declaration by the President that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land exists shall—</text>
<paragraph id="idc6cf6213-b541-4706-837b-277217ab3809"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be made in writing by the appropriate Secretary;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idc765a26e-8267-42c2-94f5-bcfca19a0ca2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>certify that the amount made available for the current fiscal year for wildfire suppression operations of the Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the appropriate Secretary, net of any concurrently enacted rescissions of wildfire suppression funds, increases the total unobligated balance of the amount available for wildfire suppression by an amount not less than the average total cost incurred by the Federal land management agencies per year for wildfire suppression operations, including the suppression costs in excess of amounts made available, during the previous 10 fiscal years;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf6f7b2f9-671c-46f0-ba42-f04677db1a9f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>certify that the amount available for wildfire suppression operations of the Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the appropriate Secretary will be obligated not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary notifies the President that amounts for wildfire suppression will be exhausted to fund ongoing and anticipated wildfire suppression operations relating to the wildfire on which the request is based; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6413ef8b-3db6-417f-8f34-31484d27e1ed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>specify the amount required for the fiscal year during which the request is made to fund wildfire suppression operations relating to the wildfire on which the request is based.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idfe528d25-1f9c-4140-b482-89cf1c352bd3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Declaration</header><text>Based on the request of the appropriate Secretary in accordance with this title, the President may declare that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land exists.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id1baf7b78-def6-48cd-852a-916601e9e61b"><enum>803.</enum><header>Wildfire on Federal land assistance</header>
<subsection id="id3af5e177-7d47-461f-8556-bc8eaf08bca7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During a period for which the President has declared that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land exists in accordance with this title, the President may transfer funds only from the account established in accordance with subsection (b) to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct wildfire suppression operations on—</text>
<paragraph id="id5E8107F54B714425B1DD4513889FC5C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal land; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idAF5AC3435BF54432A88F5151EAEDC8D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>non-Federal land in accordance with a fire protection agreement or cooperative agreement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide261a10c-3d81-42a1-a53b-1c80f9134bc8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Wildfire suppression operations account</header>
<paragraph id="idD72186E9DB504637B29D197DF63647AF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall establish a specific account, to be known as the <quote>wildfire suppression operations account</quote>, for amounts that may be provided to the appropriate Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression operations in accordance with this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC2756029327A44FC8C39D2A76B9A70E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The account established in accordance with paragraph (1) may only be used to provide amounts to the appropriate Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression operations in accordance with this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4704ea8f-2d6f-4698-8aef-9989656d2c31"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header>
<paragraph id="id761bc0c3-1db4-4885-912c-d50721f1e8d8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation of transfer</header>
<subparagraph id="id81B50A02D5DF47D5A73E05719517C21A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amounts available to the appropriate Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression operations in accordance with this title are limited to the amount requested in accordance with section 802(b)(4).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id431CC79A961548A19B68BE6516289401"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Wildfires suppression operations account</header><text>Amounts available for transfer to the appropriate Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression operations in accordance with this title shall not exceed the amount contained in the wildfire suppression operations account.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id35bde427-524f-45e0-880b-6728da57c657"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A transfer under subsection (a) shall be made by the transfer of amounts from the wildfire suppression operations account to the wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management Account.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida3586855-df44-42de-b8c0-aaa931002446"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition of other transfers</header><text>Except as provided in this section, no amounts may be transferred to or from the wildfire suppression operations account to or from any other fund or account.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4e93edb-32c4-4032-8689-4775a1069f47"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reimbursement for Wildfire suppression operations on non-Federal land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If amounts transferred to the appropriate Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression operations in accordance with this title are used to conduct wildfire suppression operations on non-Federal land, the appropriate Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id9d9082bb-4a45-4043-b05b-ab31d538b8b4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>secure reimbursement for the cost of the wildfire suppression operations conducted on the non-Federal land; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ida933eb2e-dd1f-415e-8156-5bac10db7d4e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transfer the amounts received under paragraph (1) to the wildfire suppression operations account.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5cedf95b-4379-4e42-a1b0-43d4d088a8c9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual Accounting and reporting requirements</header> <paragraph id="id23CEB0DEC34846AAA03D7322EB54942F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year for which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture receives amounts to conduct wildfire suppression operations in accordance with this title, the appropriate Secretary shall submit to the committees described in paragraph (2), and make available to the public, a report that describes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idfcb9a5c5-347d-4908-b5df-d87f27cee235"><enum>(A)</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.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf38a5a59-ce75-4024-a0d9-9bddbadafa33"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specific discussion of a statistically significant sample of large fires, in which each fire is analyzed for—</text>
<clause id="idA7E835A5CC8F4378BC694A97D378D6D0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cost drivers;</text> </clause><clause id="id2B2391CC69FA40959CABFB7F1E9DB7B5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of risk management techniques;</text>
</clause><clause id="id323AE021583649EE9737F6DC90C1368B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resulting positive or negative impacts of fire on the landscape;</text> </clause><clause id="id66C6E374883B4B2E8C47F1887FF46A9E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of any investments in preparedness;</text>
</clause><clause id="id8F8C05D7B4AC4D05A93BD8F33719CFC9"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">suggested corrective actions; and</text> </clause><clause id="id07B23F87B3254D378FB7A0CB3159D314"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18858522-269d-45f7-a553-acb454ae1a47"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Total expenditures for wildfire suppression operations of the Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, including a description of expenditures by—</text>
<clause id="idD40B1FA153214B619096554881E7C1D5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fire size;</text>
</clause><clause id="id5A9855032BA74D238B8D4A793856429D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cost;</text> </clause><clause id="id90158789349B4B08811CB90CB1779ED1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">regional location; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id9DD8F5840A2D42C08DFFA239EB0CEACF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb77fcd72-07b8-4a14-925c-faaa1467a49e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Lessons learned.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74d0944a-ca50-440c-808c-a4ba4f7f41ae"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id82ABC7ED1C5342E59E912DE93E1DE809"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Committees described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are—</text> <subparagraph id="id260C3DD03976406A89BF7DB5B8F961A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the Senate—</text>
<clause id="id3E3111A2E6EE413282DC06EEBFBEDFB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry;</text> </clause><clause id="idFE741DD9886E4A06AFAED42E035F9247"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations;</text>
</clause><clause id="idE2F5100D861F4F908EEA30BFB9ABB80C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on the Budget;</text> </clause><clause id="idBBA60F1FD97046F7BC3C2B18463B111F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources;</text>
</clause><clause id="id65345EAB916C464E91F3030C1751F253"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id380EC4D8789A416CBF8488098266EDA3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Committee on Indian Affairs; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7D95BDE11AC44057B3061BD9AE305217"><enum>(B)</enum><text>of the House of Representatives—</text>
<clause id="id660AE06B7D9C42D888E9B5004F7D41DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Committee on Agriculture;</text> </clause><clause id="id0ABB667CD9D5453F965779D327F514BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Committee on Appropriations;</text>
</clause><clause id="id021BAD86D81C4588B8BE07D41F30F564"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Committee on the Budget;</text> </clause><clause id="idF41E285CA3624FC697E483C67C056B69"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Committee on Natural Resources; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id1EC460413F4D43A2A97BA32F6161F7D6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida80144aa-fa6d-48b2-b25e-40b557f2bf6e"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this title limits the ability of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, an Indian tribe, or a State to receive assistance through a declaration made by the President under this Act if the criteria for that declaration have been satisfied.</text></subsection></section>.
103.No amounts may be transferred to or from the wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management account or the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund account of the Federal land management agencies (as defined in section 801 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (as added by section 102)) to or from any other account or subactivity of those Federal land management agencies that is not used to cover the cost of wildfire suppression operations.
<enum>II</enum><header>Expedited environmental analysis and availability of categorical exclusions to expedite forest
management activities</header>
<section id="id5c169586db27486bb651dbfd6197f18e"><enum>201.</enum><header>Analysis of only 2 alternatives in proposed collaborative forest
management activities</header>
<subsection id="id3b528d1364c64bba8bee186d166f337d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>This section shall apply whenever the Secretary concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)</external-xref>) for a forest management activity—</text>
<paragraph id="id7DDD3C3BFC3541E2BFD2571DE8C355F7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that is—</text> <subparagraph id="id5951dcce6ba048f09b8224e8015cf17b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developed through a collaborative process; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7f6f528318504b3dbf511688e37ebc58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>covered by a community wildfire protection plan; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idB18A1153AD0B47D388C0A257A774476F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the primary purpose of which is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id007B4458BFB04CF297E58D9448A6D9E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the reduction of hazardous fuels;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE9EA0CC79D594D80AC7B7DD77A9D5299"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reduction of fuel connectivity through the installation of fuel and fire breaks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4F8E2F4104374B7F9D012B4514ADBF3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the restoration of forest health and resilience;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD701C5E52B90433E98243425E26512FC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the protection of a municipal water supply system (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6511">16 U.S.C. 6511</external-xref>)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18CE24A7341D417E823156E6BC883323"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a combination of 2 or more purposes described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id98c4816b123e4f3f8a8b4227aa306b70"><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 2 alternatives:</text>
<paragraph id="ide8caae9189cc4dd99d4de03c082b12c7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The forest management activity, as proposed pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="iddda0dc68b38d4ba88d1b329b40e85dbe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The alternative of no action.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0bcf43270a4a459ead69bbbf02c3feb1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elements of no action alternative</header><text>In the case of the alternative of no action, the Secretary concerned shall evaluate—</text>
<paragraph id="idc1eeb315283d4a26a292447d7200f634"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the effect of no action on—</text> <subparagraph id="id8af37c2a05c44c06b5bd903b811a73ba"><enum>(A)</enum><text>forest health;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3bfe0dc4ae644f4f99cc36d2ecb1de4e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>habitat diversity;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc2b5cb84769a49d0a8f5f04ef7acb470"><enum>(C)</enum><text>wildfire potential;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id850fb07f620c4ce38b520ca1afbc530c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>insect and disease potential; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1F95ACAC038647F89E1B7D30A827A8EB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other economic and social factors; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7741476d91d84b669e8b3504b9b667d1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the implications of a resulting decline, if any, 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="id620117496da247c3a7d1888147da92d8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>domestic water costs;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf22e61acd69a40ef87c572113c9409aa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>wildlife habitat loss; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id993170e3bd5a465d8f0ecb07249e2c71"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other economic and social factors.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3f3365b8bcf7471a9dcbf6917906652a"><enum>202.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions</header> <subsection id="id3141bc28c92048b69e9b149217a506a3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to propose a forest management activity on National Forest System land or public land in any case in which—</text>
<paragraph id="id6cfe35e68c2a4c03ac2c63c300d27fbe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the forest management activity is developed and implemented through a collaborative process; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id74f9eb27d7b140d091aee196c3264a94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the primary purpose of the forest management activity is—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbd323cd02fba4c86acf9e6d793faff82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to address an insect or disease infestation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb4588f06421347728d135600bd048502"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to reduce hazardous fuels;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9bc553629a034f86b02b87c4ad5b28d0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to protect a municipal water supply system (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6511">16 U.S.C. 6511</external-xref>));</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70cc211dcac5455481d2a0ee819f96c0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to maintain, enhance, or modify critical habitat to protect the critical habitat from catastrophic events;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2bf3c057fac24622a9cdc87022eb4cee"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to increase water yield; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd3b39abd00ec4befac49f58238b3e2ac"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any combination of the purposes specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6a7b007813014752ae75ce37e3d2d8d1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 3,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id3784AAE3D6CA41B29C634A0E046AEB77"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="idadf9169051ab474e9f0b92e2352a6ff3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>based on the best available scientific information; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idFE70B5457EF04EE686BF4F70EC52E11F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to section 206.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id87e669df18244e8e8137bf08b21c3474"><enum>203.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events</header>
<subsection id="id2bdbc400336a43f0a37381a97afb80ba"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry out a salvage operation as part of the restoration of National Forest System land or public land following a catastrophic event.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id9770d6f71483471088c61c0cce94e7bf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header>
<paragraph id="id99385b3ee63c4959b1779048677cbc32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), a salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 3,000 acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0075a8c6258542a685c07fb01c6de38f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Harvest area</header><text>The harvest units covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) may not exceed <fraction>1/3</fraction> of the area impacted by the catastrophic event.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id2749C03B3BB449ED86E8FE31C9C5D090"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) shall be subject to section 206.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id4adfca14095840399722a3d9ec041324"><enum>204.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests</header>
<subsection id="id7ba09640e4ec47f6a87e64dade404414"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry out a forest management activity on National Forest System land or public land—</text>
<paragraph id="id1646B1CD186547D5B9E0CF86F9E8B1F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in any case in which the forest management activity is developed and implemented through a collaborative process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id162921C0731949349E91C9D7168632FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>when the primary purpose of the forest management 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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id00a6f82a295147bfa6249d6ad3ae2d12"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project goals</header><text>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="id2217c4feebb54880aa3eec31116c36ee"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 3,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idCEC1C9DF4F424133AF1FB30EF1200A18"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="idbf95afbe38324edcafb108a482695ae6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>based on the best available scientific information; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idFCA2970832724DB4903AB00895E5BDBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to section 206.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9efb202dbef2420f811275460cdd64c6"><enum>205.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to improve, restore, and reduce the risk of wildfire</header>
<subsection id="ide74e91b14b7c44b897a72d10e8d8dffb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id5a17ef98c5f74e44b430ffaecca089bd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hazardous fuels management</header><text>The term <term>hazardous fuels management</term> means any vegetation management activities that reduce the risk of wildfire.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id03c2703a737e42d282e2553f66045f2c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Late-season grazing</header><text>The term <term>late-season grazing</term> means grazing activities that occur during the period—</text> <subparagraph id="id087E80E1921748B9827ACFF678B9EA93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>beginning when both the invasive species and native perennial species have completed the current-year annual growth cycle of the species; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9AC66194F36B4A18A6EDB0F4E9F8FFE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ending when new plant growth begins to appear in the following year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb140a05dab34fc4b256e1d1fcf31c1d"><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><subsection id="idacdee9a57e7648c59003a634a1924c6c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to carry out a forest management activity described in subsection (d) on National Forest System Land or public land—</text>
<paragraph id="idC69076AA503A42098EDE4916DDACC82D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in any case in which the forest management activity is developed and implemented through a collaborative process; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id73492CB10E7E4A1B93071FE03D6168F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>when the primary purpose of the activity on that National Forest System land or public land is—</text> <subparagraph id="id9C96C841953C414C8CF2A56DC3626F6E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve forest health;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52F04D5AEB504902A815D75BD9D44BF4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to restore forest health;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88D7ABFB50B442A0B69D1B3516EA2ED1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to reduce the risk of wildfire; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida1ab1563e92b41e5a335d3e350e66b86"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to achieve State wildlife population goals.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1a97c908db7e44589cab652a127fa980"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acreage limitations requirements</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (b)—</text>
<paragraph id="idea5738f12aba49348ca20fcf31d7e665"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 3,000 acres; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id7ed65ca2e058460fa13a6ffa5e67fb06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be based on the best available scientific information.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id942793721e974fb3bf281e47e9ab7951"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorized activities</header><text>The following activities may be carried out using a categorical exclusion described in subsection (b):</text>
<paragraph id="id1c6227d28dfa42409d2042dff379bf17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Removal of juniper trees, medusahead rye, conifer trees, pinon 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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id2967fe1021d348cfad013e562fb31520"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Performance of hazardous fuels management.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ide3c90080657a4277a48c0993adb834d8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Creation of fuel and fire breaks.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idebc6accc1a274a048b9a87161cf02e80"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Modification of existing fences so as to distribute livestock and help improve wildlife habitat.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idab8db34464e24ffeb937ecb91c59cfbe"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Installation of erosion control devices.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8245aebb812e4688adb03202c51fd0ca"><enum>(6)</enum><text>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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id263264ac17304eaab508b9389df7c835"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Performance of soil treatments, native and nonnative seeding, and planting of and transplanting sagebrush, grass, forb, shrub, and other species.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idea72299ec2964a94a76254c64aa474fe"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Use of herbicides, if 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>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF658C2F476A9423ABDD21C3C819D0CCA"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (b) shall be subject to section 206.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="id68d0afedaee04210a42914cc5cc8b7f1"><enum>206.</enum><header>Consideration of resource conditions for extraordinary circumstances</header>
<subsection id="id0cf5679504ef4823b48db5190ece8a33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id7251A0251AC143978BDE592EC6708018"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Beneficial effect</header><text>The term <term>beneficial effect</term> means long-term—</text>
<subparagraph id="idce70db5fec8a462e9d3719374f313ef0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improvement in ecological or hydrological function and health;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23ec0bc7abd546e7977bb7070324a35c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improvement in forest health;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id25a2c806782c4b629f243c93419b6c5d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reduction in the risk of catastrophic fire; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcba286c08f0a42bb81b4988d6572bd9e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>protection of watersheds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4275C7D28E1C4730AEA244FFBE5D127E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Categorically excluded</header><text>The term <term>categorically excluded</term> means categorically excluded from further analysis and documentation in an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9E48D68030A4807ABC87DE4E994B067"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extraordinary circumstances</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), the extraordinary circumstances procedures under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), shall apply to a proposal for—</text>
<paragraph id="id85760e6008b9468aa3dce21b77c3f4e3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a forest management activity that is categorically excluded under this title; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id30a2e12245b24224b5bd3b0bbdb0358a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a project that is categorically excluded under section 603(a)(1) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2013 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591b">16 U.S.C. 6591b(a)(1)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id8f412f7ffa4747c2bc655334cac97e02"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consideration of beneficial effects</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id57b2aaaea3a84a4bb3f17ed20d384c91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In determining whether extraordinary circumstances preclude a proposal for a forest management activity or project described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) from being categorically excluded, the Secretary shall consider the beneficial effect of the proposed forest management activity or project on sensitive species.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id78BDAC404F484778900927116153B1C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reasonable beneficial effect</header><text>The Secretary shall not determine that extraordinary circumstances preclude a proposal for a forest management activity or project described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) from being categorically excluded if, after consideration under paragraph (1), the Secretary determines that there is a reasonable beneficial effect or reasonably forseeable beneficial effect of the proposed forest management activity or project on sensitive species.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idbe00a39e6574493487a8a9ef87d69cb3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of uncertainty</header><text>Uncertainty with respect to the degree of a beneficial effect under paragraph (1) or (2) shall not preclude the use of a categorical exclusion.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id23a0bcdbc7d74b24bd7174421726be06"><enum>207.</enum><header>Compliance with forest plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A forest management activity covered by a categorical exclusion described in this title shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the forest plan applicable to the National Forest System land or public land covered by the forest management activity.</text>
</section><section id="id02b0f946bd154dac9bf930dcc59dc6c7"><enum>208.</enum><header>Roads</header>
<subsection id="id2364fe403e52442687ab3020e68e47e8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Permanent roads</header><text>A forest management activity carried out under this title shall not include the construction of new permanent roads.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id6bd2bc44b9e2448ca68cf44d4147fa58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Existing roads</header><text>The Secretary concerned may carry out necessary maintenance of, repairs to, or reconstruction of an existing permanent road for the purposes of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb0a5ed7ef50d4119b6f23fddade02817"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Temporary roads</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall decommission any temporary road constructed under this title not later than 3 years after the date on which the project is completed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id7dd6a5b6a77f4155bfdb45cfffe85e62"><enum>209.</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title does not apply to—</text> <paragraph id="id825d2ac3265c4ba89654c8a6f18a0d61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id52af6a55c20242a38d26df943e127f3b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any Federal land on which, by Act of Congress, the removal of vegetation is prohibited;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id55ce488a7ccd450aa261b3b5bcf7ada6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a congressionally designated wilderness study area; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd75ccb4e1de648f6abbe6e9b27387ff7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an area in which the activities authorized under this title would be inconsistent with the applicable resource management plan.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Tribal forestry participation and protection</header>
<section id="id5856dbba-19a4-4146-b7f7-7e1d23674ed7"><enum>301.</enum><header>Protection of tribal forest assets</header>
<subsection id="id3af4c5fe-fee4-45a8-852e-6e02e5870e20"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prompt consideration of tribal requests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(b) of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id87548640-0585-46a3-a979-92b739b5ec6f"><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 to the Secretary of </quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id06f1975f-d22b-43ac-bf0b-f7dbf3237df0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6d2cce1-4ff5-44f7-adb1-0844d94d14d9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id23743113-5e7c-4e4c-b45f-798bed191e36"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Time periods for consideration</header> <subparagraph id="idf31234cc-7ee4-468c-ab47-c0905708c053"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial response</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="id79438444-94af-4c65-a746-2d76a978307d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the request may meet the selection criteria described in subsection (c); and</text> </clause><clause id="id8b6611d2-57cb-4a9a-b2da-dca85d56e910"><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="ida3be9fb9-99f8-4d09-945b-e2ed5ad4fa99"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice of denial</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A notice under subsection (d) of the denial of a tribal request under paragraph (1) shall be provided to the Indian tribe by not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary receives the request.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b91621c-f428-4e6b-9224-087ffbb5d41d"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Completion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="ideabc20d9-3833-4466-84eb-2ae968ca8a02"><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="id5370d954-e6e8-4a8b-b63a-d9fedd15bb64"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="id1c96a6c8-7544-4437-9e18-5f92936ee35b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming and technical amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id5ed0bc49-0c76-4894-8b1c-b0aba7066f0c"><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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2104">16 U.S.C. 2104</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>) (as amended by section 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (117 Stat. 275))</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idefd899bc-ae9d-46c7-b5c1-5c9005c24951"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 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 commented="no" id="iddf3c70bc-27cc-4bf1-a6d0-4a5d5df6f152"><enum>302.</enum><header>Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System land and public land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305 of the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3104">25 U.S.C. 3104</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida2d80499-30fc-46fe-995b-268120db6730" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="id785f092d-4a86-424e-8a13-ed625e7a2ce6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion of certain National Forest System land and public land</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id68328459-da48-4e08-93f7-41f849eb6ea8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idd2ca6b5e-c4ea-4049-a7fd-21df49f9e938"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal forest land</header><text>The term <quote>Federal forest land</quote> means—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id77ebc0e8-e011-4b5b-bea6-a2a6dfdf859e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>National Forest System land; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="id15f9743a-da33-4894-b5fa-471c540dcc02"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>)), including—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="id67B6BE20433D40739FD097B2CCF8E8AC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant land reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the first section of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179, chapter 47); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id53CF32676B964614A2E31926C08CAF5E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oregon and California Railroad Grant land.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id028703e2-a552-4c82-845d-9cba40753a97"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Secretary concerned</header><text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id2a403c21-20aa-455c-ac83-8792cba714a0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the Federal forest land described in subparagraph (A)(i); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71c0613a-f60c-486a-a2a3-9c8e7db5422f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to the Federal forest land described in subparagraph (A)(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idab26cfad-d51e-4b8c-9bbd-83f9f91feec9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF3E1C3D3307944979CC8AE7F60D54FC2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On request of an Indian tribe, the Secretary concerned may treat Federal forest land described in subparagraph (B) as Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting forest land management activities under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id911087341435438ABB93A5C19423CC8E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal forest land described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal forest land referred to in subparagraph (A) is Federal forest land that is located within, or mostly within, a geographic area that presents a feature or involves circumstances principally relevant to the Indian tribe making the request, including Federal forest land—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id617823E2F1F0482B815ED6E56A741ADF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ceded to the United States by treaty;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="idDCA340E8F84C4AECA0668E33C13D2139"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">located within the boundaries of a current or former Indian reservation; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idF1388439FBF24A84B85F1D046057A117"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adjudicated to be tribal homeland.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idede18116-a4f5-4a55-a64e-1461d933f0ea"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of an agreement to treat Federal forest land as Indian forest land under paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned and the Indian tribe making the request shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idf4dfa4a0-d250-407b-9234-ba6b243a7eae"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for continued public access applicable to the Federal forest land prior to the date of the agreement, except that the Secretary concerned may limit or prohibit that access as necessary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id774e8e5b-5504-41fd-a67c-a6f8eeaa5664"><enum>(B)</enum><text>continue sharing revenue generated by the Federal forest land with State and local governments either—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id816b5dff-b21e-41c7-8dfd-ffed5b34b34f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on the terms applicable to the Federal forest land prior to the date of the agreement, including, as applicable, 25-percent payments or 50-percent payments; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="idf5ae6c9e-acac-4d11-8b73-84570414e575"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at the option of the Indian tribe, on terms agreed to by the Indian tribe, the Secretary concerned, and State and local governments participating in a revenue sharing agreement applicable to the Federal forest land;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2a8ebf19-0fc4-4307-af2a-45bfcf8215b6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>comply with applicable prohibitions on the export of unprocessed logs harvested from the Federal forest land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcdddf80a-28f7-458a-8f1d-244932bb6d0c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>recognize all right-of-way agreements in effect on the Federal forest land prior to the commencement of tribal forest land management activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0661ed3e-a29e-4f94-9db8-b38e11661226"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that any commercial timber removed from the Federal forest land is sold on a competitive bid basis.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id34b060d7-6d9e-4c87-957f-5ecc779ef8e2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The treatment of Federal forest land as Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting forest land management activities pursuant to paragraph (2) does not designate the Federal forest land as Indian forest land for any other purpose.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0deb77fd-bc14-4325-8e15-34d537cfff73" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Tribal forest management demonstration project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may carry out a demonstration project pursuant to which a federally recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization may enter into a contract to carry out administrative, management, or other functions of programs of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a</external-xref>), through a contract entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450">25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>Miscellaneous forest management activities</header>
<section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="idE1CCEEDC909348BD8F4F6836F0E14E18" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>401.</enum><header>Definition of Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text> </section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id0B1D3AA0605B4184B1347EF183C8105B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>402.</enum><header>State-supported planning of forest management activities</header> <subsection commented="no" id="id1B89B0FD3B624E3FA56286342F101B58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idFC0E7E9BE88D4BD2BE7B9F4F57FB3BB1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idAB9FBFB4681B47AF8EE4055FA1C2AFB3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State or political subdivision of a State that contains National Forest System land or public land;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2B1660B948C04ACD97850751C32F91CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a publicly chartered utility serving 1 or more States or political subdivisions of a State;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idDAB8F668E1F84763B1DD8AD2F504AEF4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a rural electric company; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7FC41F91B0F645B89DB074E249FA829C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other entity determined by the Secretary concerned to be appropriate for participation in the Fund.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA02F72D7CC44AD4B0E4B79A9B0CCEFF"><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 subsection (b).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idE865B24F85914DE2B678B97EE7EFAFA7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</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 as relating to compliance with section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)</external-xref>)), carrying out, and monitoring certain forest management activities on National Forest System land or public land.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id4B047AD161EE438FBC6B2D2A743B1735"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id970C936E3F114EEA890D56C52F65B14B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contributed by an eligible entity for deposit in the Fund;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id24054864941B4F1F9E4AA018865BE0F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appropriated to the Fund; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA683A2ED787244C3B778A698059BE7F0"><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 commented="no" id="id424E7C24075A4C839185151A862B730D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Geographical and use limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making a contribution under subsection (c)(1), an eligible entity may—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id1673289382534F18994DDBF9E481EEBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify the National Forest System land or public land for which the contribution may be expended; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id3C8FB4EE09394EB7A4F0CAC48B9FA44E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>limit the types of forest management activities for which the contribution may be expended.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id7761CF7DAE4946F7967C576A269F4859"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorized 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 amounts in the Fund to plan, carry out, and monitor any forest management activity that is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idC9C6C0F4B1A644909C78203518E326AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developed and implemented through a collaborative process;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id32FDF3FA03E84B6D93382A2079912375"><enum>(2)</enum><text>proposed by a resource advisory committee; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idDFC8190DE7744E80A6C3D834943FB384"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">covered by a community wildfire protection plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id665FCA434E1742878BB513649BBFB1BA"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Implementation methods</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="id364FD62BD16F4767BE071E9DDE6EF9F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A forest management activity carried out using amounts in the Fund may be carried out pursuant to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idE3DBEA32F98144EBAD9AFA8812322BD0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a stewardship end result contracting project authorized under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5E73A5FFD54F4FA09C79490BB323216B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">good neighbor authority under section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>) and section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/291">Public Law 106–291</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 996; 118 Stat. 3102; 123 Stat. 2961; 128 Stat. 341);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id71D7835B679741FD8232CE2633C3F8D4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a contract under section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id0CA02955215F4CE2A7BAE5B5970D00E7"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other authority available to the Secretary concerned.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id6A4192790DE148DCBA1F504DA87BDABF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of revenues</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any revenue generated by a forest management activity described in paragraph (1) shall be used to reimburse the Fund for planning costs covered using amounts in the Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id0D9826C5CE3341FF871865E22FA93D14"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Relation to other laws</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idD737AEBCC27F46A3B19F5417AC3EE67E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Revenue sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (f), revenues generated by a forest management activity carried out using amounts from the Fund shall be considered to be monies received from the National Forest System.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id965EBA66EA5546589174C31D24D8A629"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Knutson-vandenberg Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the <quote>Knutson-Vandenberg Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/576">16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.</external-xref>), shall apply to a forest management activity carried out using amounts in the Fund.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id56FF5CCA07BD4ECB869DE20143866866"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Termination of fund</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idE0CFA1A45D18413FB6911B2D73278C74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Fund shall terminate on September 30, 2018.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44B7A8D5488444CBB2E4B21A418D1271"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the termination of the Fund under paragraph (1), or pursuant to any other law, any unobligated contribution remaining in the Fund shall be returned to the eligible entity that made the contribution.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id257E7DF95D1146379E251B229C2243C4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>403.</enum><header>Balancing of impacts in considering injunctive relief</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A court reviewing an agency action relating to a forest management activity under this Act for a request for an order to enjoin the agency action shall, as part of the balancing of interests, balance—</text>
<paragraph id="idED353EA68A2D402BA22C03FB03A797A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the short- and long-term impacts on each ecosystem likely to be affected by the forest management activity if the agency action is undertaken; against</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3486A808639E40D6AEE87F897C46ACED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the short- and long-term impacts on each ecosystem likely to be affected by the forest management activity if the agency action is not undertaken.</text>
</paragraph></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id1a8bb7fee0a44a8daa51b9981bf5a704" reported-display-style="italic" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program</header>
<subsection id="id1C54A8E294B240869E3706E0329AFBA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2109a">16 U.S.C. 2109a</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA90AE6E999F84C32A43E8D96767C301F"><enum>13A.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program</header>
<subsection id="idb717ec949bab44b39b61c36cff55a4bb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes and help manage forest resources that are at risk of—</text>
<paragraph id="id1754B85FEF8C4357B154CA257D751C0A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>catastrophic events (as defined in section 2 of the <short-title>Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016</short-title>); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id84AA941D52F042FD83005612DF05AE06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any other threats that degrade the vitality of forest ecosystems.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id05bc91033eba4fcb9634f5ee7c481b42"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idE59993C5F067465E9D4EAEC864E0C744"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Beginning forest owner</header><text>The term <term>beginning forest owner</term> means a person who is in the first 10 years of ownership of nonindustrial private forest land.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id1596a244232b4a1bacaba16d18ab10b8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id52480fa4e22a44108c093564b317347d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nonindustrial private forest land</header><text>The term <term>nonindustrial private forest land</term> means land that—</text> <subparagraph id="id0CC44924D2C943F3899C81E6A3F26E89"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is rural, as determined by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBB1572B5F8DC41908E917A6E63FF107F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has existing tree cover or is suitable for growing trees; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBDAE3F6DF51E4375AECC75C10805E6F3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is owned by any private individual, group, association, corporation, Indian tribe, or other private legal entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ddcd18512c143bdb5f2f4738abf1fc3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State forest land</header><text>The term <term>State forest land</term> means land that—</text> <subparagraph id="id0E84725DC13C446CA7414C292B2EBFC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is rural, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA13E62579ECC4C8C87294553F0FF21FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is under State or local governmental ownership and considered to be non-Federal forest land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd96cb30181f747bba51b8df3ea1a9c87"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with State Foresters or appropriate State agencies, shall establish a competitive grant program to provide financial and technical assistance—</text>
<paragraph id="idD7B52D363A4E45BDA55F88C34AA61161"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to encourage active forest management on cross-boundary priority forest landscapes, including land owned by beginning and previously unengaged forest owners, for the purpose of maintaining forest health;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id716F5886EF0B4A4DBC57F0BCAECC32B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to protect forests from natural threats and wildfire;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id083FF8CAD43446FA8741604A25896CCB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to enhance public benefits from forests;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3ae39a791c45429ca278db49070505e9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to conserve and manage working forest landscapes for multiple values and uses; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id1c46ee78a4554c8e9008423b5065d2dc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to advance priorities in statewide forest assessment and resource strategies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc5501493ae6145fea70627d325f49aa6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall submit to the Secretary, through the State forester or appropriate State agency, a State and private forest landscape-scale restoration proposal based on a restoration strategy that is—</text>
<paragraph id="id19f2fbeabc1e46f4b7552216bf50d6be"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complete or substantially complete;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8b00820d530d44a3ac5c6938f284c28c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for a multiyear period;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id75260fd95ee14ccfaf8395292ab17f2a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>comprised of nonindustrial private forest land or State forest land;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8231f1f41bd64c808b852735f67d02db"><enum>(4)</enum><text>accessible by wood-processing infrastructure; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id28a92dfb15c94f52b6d23dd77d9d4e23"><enum>(5)</enum><text>based on the best available science.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfa5658580ae74537a0b6d2ce521bffb4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Plan criteria</header><text>A State and private forest landscape-scale restoration proposal submitted under this section shall include plans—</text>
<paragraph id="idd5502b93b43f4a74932018372ad37a7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfires, including hazardous fuels management;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id07aed660d6a944cea8c5c7138ae87739"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to improve fish and wildlife habitats, including the habitats of threatened and endangered species;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6522812441fa4edf87e9cd5b28456093"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to maintain or improve water quality and watershed function;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idfa32a8d9f6d7446e82fd5803ecb1fc0a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to mitigate invasive species, insect infestation, and disease;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idddf544741cc0495dbcaf579ed5840069"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to improve important forest ecosystems;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id16c68cd91120472a828894f74668739d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to measure ecological and economic benefits, including air quality and soil quality and productivity;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idd7047448e6e9496f97abd120776f0024"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to prioritize a State forest action plan;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="iddb275b6f4586494baa2eaaa63fa7522d"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to utilize and advance production of renewable energy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idf344787a75de4771a6f55b2bee230e4c"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to take other relevant actions, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1d3fc0750a9b4452b4969f1d9ce2e7b6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to plans that—</text>
<paragraph id="idB20198ACBF1645F8848012B805D46967"><enum>(1)</enum><text>further a statewide forest assessment and resource strategy;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idA5352C74DB7F4BF49AB6F0F7EDE65EB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promote cross boundary landscape collaboration; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF430A2D77846461ABD0023CE5C2E6A3E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>leverage public and private resources.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id979d5e5a80574dc4875c90982991749a"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Collaboration and consultation</header><text>The Chief of the Forest Service, the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and relevant stakeholders shall collaborate and consult on an ongoing basis regarding administration of the program established under this section and identifying other applicable resources towards landscape-scale restoration.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id905a99e8c0f946539f040165ea6ead06"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Matching funds required</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, the Secretary shall require the recipient of the grant to provide funds or in-kind support from non-Federal sources in an amount that is at least equal to the amount provided by the Federal Government.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ida6073306ae284ef1914baa16db48516e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Coordination and proximity encouraged</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Secretary may consider coordination with and proximity to other landscape-scale projects on other land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, or a Governor of a State, including under—</text>
<paragraph id="id5cd028ebb6fe4c8cb57cafd30630bff2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program established under section 4003 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7303">16 U.S.C. 7303</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id70fa3159f84646ca86d51bcdff1ef5fd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>landscape areas designated for insect and disease treatments under section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591a">16 U.S.C. 6591a</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7d4a18abd32c4c27a5f44ed1d25d8335"><enum>(3)</enum><text>good neighbor authority under section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>) and section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/291">Public Law 106–291</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 996; 118 Stat. 3102, 123 Stat. 2961; 128 Stat. 341);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id13dad577e2724f36b707cd105fa97311"><enum>(4)</enum><text>stewardship end result contracting projects authorized under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4c167fb8d41a4479873ece450aa7af61"><enum>(5)</enum><text>appropriate State-level programs; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8f6c4956a72047ea8b39a18e1b81e64f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other relevant programs, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id90D2F6EF785148DAB1B2F58A393CF30F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idb24075a40e79447b9744b1e210f0f322"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the status of development, execution, and administration of selected projects, accounting of program funding expenditures, and specific accomplishments that have resulted from landscape-scale projects.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id37260ced3d1a428e8328e088f2b1ab5c"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Fund</header>
<paragraph id="ida4f22b4b21b743cfb0c0b0afff592ef2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the <quote>State and Private Forest Landscape-Scale Restoration Fund</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Fund</quote>), to be used by the Secretary to make grants under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8cf0a059b31b46e9982a9f299974039a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The Fund shall consist of such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund under paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ida74fbf9341434d7cbcf53574eb5a32e5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $40,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016</short-title> through fiscal year 2018, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id66EA91CF5C174EA7B5D2DD59B6182BFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="id75D0D95B146149C48FBDA44496836C18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 13B of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2109b">16 U.S.C. 2109b</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07B70FD8113144D9A7958DA35229C953"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 19(a)(4)(C) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113">16 U.S.C. 2113(a)(4)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>sections 13A and 13B</quote> and inserting <quote>section 13A</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id5c7d48f6624b45a2abdb16d0c7635d71" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>405.</enum><header>Pilot arbitration program</header>
<subsection id="idA54000D6000141D0B22DEAAC2FF8334F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id7969D2E86B90482BB9B6D4B2A7795C4D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Arbitrator</header><text>The term <term>arbitrator</term> means a professional arbitrator or other individual who—</text>
<subparagraph id="id06EC2D3C58BF4464B8619F8E45919CA7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>possesses expertise in the subject matter of a specific demand for arbitration filed under subsection (f); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id224E3AA0D9C4466A80347B3865935880"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is selected by the Secretary to make a decision on that specific demand for arbitration in accordance with subsection (g).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id31871edd0b19443498e7776d6920ffed"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Natural disaster</header><text>The term <term>natural disaster</term> mean a wildfire, hurricane or excessive winds, drought, ice storm or blizzard, flood, or other resource-impacting event, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id00CD649070CA45F5B3D9653A96173511"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The term <term>program</term> means the pilot arbitration program established by the Secretary under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id40bb0f2931e44287819f7bf72471b93a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="idBFCC08F96C1847FC9B32C87E54096DA2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish within the Forest Service a pilot arbitration program to designate any of the projects described in subsection (c) for an alternative dispute resolution process to replace judicial review of the projects.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6630C177D6004F4C87F2B596DDEA307C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation process</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id7A901098ACC3420284465C83FE110A72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish a process for the designation of projects for the program in accordance with this section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id560011F21E444A73BA97333B9946633B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>publish in the Federal Register the designation process described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id840b00f2285e45ec877e686202aa88ed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of projects</header><text>The Secretary may designate for the program projects that—</text>
<paragraph id="idDD8F68C1A6D54C8DB26D037C2042F888"><enum>(1)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id03E0948875CD4801996B296AF1620753"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are developed through a collaborative process;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="idC2AF79228E7B46CCB7064B45C402EC33" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are proposed by a resource advisory committee;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSAF00" id="idF5726B52137C410A8B9CC0B74B18BF92" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF9681466C21545E6B716FE39AAFF8D2A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are necessary to address damage caused by a natural disaster on National Forest System land that, if not treated—</text>
<subclause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSAF00" id="idD70F200C43D743F4ADC35E6646603DA2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(I)</enum><text>would impair or endanger the natural resources on the National Forest System land; and</text> </subclause><subclause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id29D3DC7F26D24CFF8046D2CB94AA22E6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>would materially affect future use of the National Forest System land; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E8CC08B3C254FD69CB3093A4DCBE493" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would restore forest health and forest-related resources on the National Forest System land described in clause (i);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB077C7AA36B453BB08774B42B50C99F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text>respond to damage as a result of natural disasters;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2D13DDBFC92411893CEEEFB635F4EBD" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(E)</enum><text>address insect or disease infestation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id8f4d300eb16d481d8b004ac2bb6021d6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(F)</enum><text>are carried out under the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a</external-xref>); or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="SSAF00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7154455b4694888a538315f37b496a0" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(G)</enum><text>are carried out under community wildfire protection plans (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6511">16 U.S.C. 6511</external-xref>)); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADB2B9D826FE4ADE9D9F7498F882D029"><enum>(2)</enum><text>do not constitute final agency action.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id783539d9807b4ed4844567829c1d0686"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation of projects</header><text>Not more than 10 projects described in subsection (c) may be designated for the program in any applicable calendar year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="idf7eb3e0683174660bd2cadedd51031a9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>The authority to designate a project described in subsection (c) for the program terminates on October 1, 2018.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id4c186eaa4cd0493a83032d09b8c1d09a"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Demand for arbitration</header>
<paragraph id="idd25c3e538a89430fad136f630366ebbb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), an individual or entity—</text> <subparagraph id="id6469842834B1494EB1DEA32A7B555EE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may file a demand for arbitration regarding a project described in subsection (c) that has been designated for the program under subsection (b) in accordance with subchapter IV of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/5">chapter 5</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd8de6d295dc64802859fc82e174f8d1e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if a demand for arbitration is filed under subparagraph (A), shall include in the demand for arbitration a proposal for an alternative to the project that describes each modification sought with respect to the project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d63400abb194bcfbaab04985d8aaccd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A demand for arbitration may only be filed under paragraph (1) by an individual or entity that—</text> <subparagraph id="idE30D5F7C7B1B42EE9DFA221448CB0321"><enum>(A)</enum><text>participated in a collaborative process; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id795083B1FAF041F38E3F9CB15052C989"><enum>(B)</enum><text>proposed the project with a resource advisory committee.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6db553c7f9ec436782c523f0b1cd9d7d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Responsibilities of arbitrator</header> <paragraph id="id6f27ee6888da46d384daf88617320571"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An arbitrator shall make a decision on each demand for arbitration under this section by selecting only—</text>
<subparagraph id="id902318dbb23245ae980eacb538316416"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the project, as approved by the Secretary; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf5039e536b4452eabd24b297a5d3d0f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a proposal submitted by an individual or entity under subsection (f)(1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id87374b7140df44849dc931d90705e4f9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph id="idaf55a315230b4ed596550b8ee1e5364d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administrative record</header><text>A decision of an arbitrator under this subsection shall be based solely on the administrative record for the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44296541bc6942e5952983ed89f6c283"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No modifications to proposals</header><text>An arbitrator may not modify any proposal contained in a demand for arbitration under this section.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05b8b008a6994e0b82226f0fbcd55ac7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Decision requirements</header><text>A decision of an arbitrator under this subsection shall be—</text>
<clause id="id2EA2C40F0E5948A3AE1A48C6F16AB1A2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>within the authority of the Secretary; and</text> </clause><clause id="id23185EC7177445F4ACCD2D21DF6502A1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consistent with each applicable forest plan.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id180A5029BE8E4B12B8BFF70B6DBD98B1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Rules</header><text>Arbitration under this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the appropriate rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf97fc6024ab74489b54b53b30ce095e5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Effect of arbitration decision</header><text>A decision of an arbitrator under this section—</text> <paragraph id="idd38e0a81016a4b0da7c3195f0779b32b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall not be considered to be a major Federal action;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id360f6b9bbce54cb0a5e647328d7dd62b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be binding; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id807DC09592834679886D31AE6CBB7C08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>shall not be subject to judicial review, except as provided in section 10(a) of title 9, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id298114383401404AA1ED842DAFE73C46" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>406.</enum><header>National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot program</header>
<subsection id="id5D198E7E98A14307840ED6B9D8606354"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VI of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591">16 U.S.C. 6591 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="id26D82FE0E2C449E195BA45915D0F4E55"><enum>605.</enum><header>National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot program</header>
<subsection id="id0031094E385A40B8BD6DE8CA08D75EFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id426B97702201432F99C6DC679783544D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Collaborative group</header><text>The term <term>collaborative group</term> means a group of individuals, operating in a transparent and inclusive manner, that represent a balance of the interests of entities including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id973401239B1E4DE191E1A51A9675AD34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conservation organizations;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id983601D681CB4C0588F816D37B91ECF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>timber and forest products organizations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC927037E0C842B28A655D19C24B20FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>local and tribal governments;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id51D26DFEB3FC45FD8F0EC07A2F0CFF7D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>community organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id651D0B954B0D493EABF38145B23C5AEE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other multiple-use groups with an interest in the National Forest System, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3A554073A8064019B4987046232C3D33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designated landscape</header><text>The term <term>designated landscape</term> means a landscape-scale area designated for the pilot program under subsection (b)(2).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="ida0e2123525a2493f824a130ec4820db8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Forest health</header><text>The term <term>forest health</term> means the state in which a forest—</text>
<subparagraph id="idfedd07e5bfce4d79a7e1d923167bca9e"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id6F2CF3B2EEC440F1B3FDC68165E3475A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is durable, resilient, and less prone to wildfire, insect, or pathogen outbreaks of a severity, size, or quantity that exceeds the natural range of variation, taking into account the anticipated future conditions of the forest;</text>
</clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id8E70D52B02614914A8353545602E7A98" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>supports—</text> <subclause id="id1DCD69FE118B461F958E67703D2B0A24"><enum>(I)</enum><text>ecosystem services and functions; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id69C87BBDD426419CB4B9E87C9697691D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>populations of native plant species; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id273CF18349C54064A2F94DA16DB66943" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>allows for natural disturbances; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcebf8622917f49559b0cb34ad0806482"><enum>(B)</enum><text>can maintain or develop, within acceptable ranges, regimes of—</text> <clause id="id082F70CFE78344CF9847761EE67153CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>species composition;</text>
</clause><clause id="idAA91560296994B33B1D0D94F909D5B1E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ecosystem function and structure;</text> </clause><clause id="id19E90B0A2AE543ECB8F7FEE2E64B6C8B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>hydrologic function; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id66EC240F523F4794BA81E28BD19F0072"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>sediment.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4D57007ADED448D68AEAE5395D6E6ADC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><text>The term <term>pilot program</term> means the National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot program established by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id54096B9FE9B6430CA6817017A72830F8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id75CF7E4D98A340DB8A30EE0C59D994CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header> <paragraph id="id29aeecff82d145b582059ef3e7829265"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot program to restore or maintain designated landscapes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id910B5DDABA2042E58019D7970F21B6A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall, in accordance with this subsection, designate for the pilot program not fewer than 10 landscape-scale areas within the National Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1609">16 U.S.C. 1609(a)</external-xref>)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7d84cb7222354ff08411704ec02ce7af"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>Each designated landscape shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id854d501d6d994f63924a28bbe8bec060"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include not less than 75,000 acres and not more than 1,000,000 acres;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6d0709cc28f64f6e802976495d085a0e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be identified by a collaborative group;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id85447fafbf25435abedc454f7f757235"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not include any inventoried roadless area; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ea3f5f0006549c399e57abec688225e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include forests that—</text> <clause id="id51244AED2AE74AC690E91B0308169F6E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are not in a state of forest health;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9065BBE16E0D4CE9A2CE1EF2BE4CA1F6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are at increased risk of high-severity wildfire; or</text> </clause><clause id="idDA2F30A85B0E44AF99976A80ABE0A5F8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>are at increased risk of an insect or disease infestation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idda0413dff30e4be381005247202d42d3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consideration</header>
<subparagraph id="id44288EE68290411CA596338A9DAA115F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In designating landscape-scale areas for the pilot program under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="id7A5468A8AAC5468A9DE107B1A951762E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prioritize landscape-scale areas in which social, ecological, and economic conditions support landscape-scale restoration; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0E29D3F86A40445A8C188A2B12F0E283"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>consider the factors described in subparagraph (B).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90EA3647541645EC9B040928395FED36"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Factors</header><text>The factors referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) are the following factors:</text>
<clause id="idfb10c2acff2a4340b0e4d92994674284"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The existence of strong collaborative support for landscape-scale restoration.</text> </clause><clause id="id720724aed62147bb80488f16ba044b97"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The ecological conditions that are conducive to landscape-scale decisions, such as broad categories of land that would benefit from similar restoration treatments.</text>
</clause><clause id="idbfdcd2ecfdcb4e13a4c116a65af60f14"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Economic conditions, such as the existence of infrastructure in proximity to the landscape-scale area that can make economic use of the forest byproducts of restoration.</text>
</clause><clause id="ide132b771cf0a48c8b23f2ab204daf395"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The extent to which the landscape-scale area is important to support, maintain, or improve water quality and watershed function.</text>
</clause><clause id="id97121a8e4c3d49ce9483cce57cb47530"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Other considerations, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2a67eed9794b439aaa9f03b2d02164ca"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Public notice</header> <subparagraph id="idfe334094b5d847ea8957ded220d67904"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial notice</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the process for the designation of landscape-scale areas for the pilot program under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id851f3aa328c047bc96e5334de698ef48"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final notice</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a notice describing—</text>
<clause id="idDAED6A3E67E2496EBA0C22A62CE3BF94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each designated landscape;</text> </clause><clause id="ide12853a59393482691516b2ec5272eac"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the rationale for designating, in accordance with the requirements described in paragraph (3), each designated landscape;</text>
</clause><clause id="idfba8ff667e204c14af98831f291533f4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any collaborative group used to identify a designated landscape;</text> </clause><clause id="id026dbded11f14f3683a8d57cc0ed84bb"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>an overview of any forest health problem with respect to each designated landscape;</text>
</clause><clause id="id35C692B9BE0544CC8A2FFBB89D307E91"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a discussion of the purpose of, and need for, restoration of each designated landscape;</text> </clause><clause id="id1959583BEC454D5ABCBD5BB741999B8C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a summary of the management actions necessary to achieve restoration of each designated landscape;</text>
</clause><clause id="id9c622e8cdd32460599443102e85542ac"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>findings relating to the short-term and long-term risks and impacts of no action compared to restoration of each designated landscape; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id81020736cb8444ca8a59eac61017d0df"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>a notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for treatment within each designated landscape.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2867895363584ce38556172266c020df"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Landscape-scale environmental impact statement</header><text>The Secretary shall prepare, for each designated landscape, a landscape-scale environmental impact statement for purposes of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) that—</text>
<paragraph id="id92f8007c14d6400eb44c1251515378d5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is commensurate with the geographic scope of the designated landscape;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id4d8bd0f3c26a47649a4c7f96bfb87818"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is sufficient to allow—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEF81922D73664A86AA06836E896A0408"><enum>(A)</enum><text>project-scale implementation;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5fe193e7ef134a7f93a88ddc44c76047"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adaptive management, including site-specific options, to ensure that project implementation stays within the documented range of impacts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id965543a078ae4b7cb471ec5b00742879"><enum>(C)</enum><text>site descriptions or land allocations that identify locations within the landscape in which specific restoration or maintenance treatments can be used appropriately; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4fd8799209234da9810b389560f1f6ce"><enum>(D)</enum><text>standards and guidelines, consistent with the appropriate forest plan and project-level design criteria, for management or other project activities; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B04EDDD2A5F478D944C250006BF1DFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>includes—</text> <subparagraph id="id361c20ddd9704dc4b0bf389a4e81e49e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification of any forest health problem;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc93b356388584000b8dfd7b6e5551cb6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an identification of the purpose of the treatment, and need, to restore to more resilient and healthy conditions, or to maintain, forest health in the designated landscape;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCD2CDC1DBFA4430824661B9E9D14BBF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an estimate of the time needed to satisfy the purpose and need described in subparagraph (B) and the scale of the restoration or maintenance treatment needed to satisfy that purpose and need;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9A82E30928514B3B96C153012F47A960"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of potential restoration or maintenance treatment that would contribute to the satisfaction of the purpose and need described in subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf290eadfcac5459e822a968971fcd597"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of possible changes in circumstances or new information that would require supplemental documentation under the <act-name parsable-cite="NEPA69">National Environmental Policy Act of 1969</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9651f0f468aa4c03a2fcae631bae6b58"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016</short-title> through fiscal year 2018.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="id595A6790AE3B4697B0F78A68CD9FE4E9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. prec. 6501) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title VI the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id8acb6cb6-f25f-4e53-a9f7-5d21f76ffe07" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"><toc changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" reported-display-style="italic"><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 602. Designation of treatment areas.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 603. Administrative review.</toc-entry><toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 604. Stewardship end result contracting projects.</toc-entry><toc-entry idref="id26D82FE0E2C449E195BA45915D0F4E55" level="section">Sec. 605. National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id72518FEEB705431DBE3F3AA990CDE445" reported-display-style="italic" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>407.</enum><header>Tennessee Wilderness</header>
<subsection id="IDc6cfa034139349fba724cabf474cb404"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id2CB5923C520447B7AE8045CE53486DAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Map</header><text>The term <term>Map</term> means the map entitled <quote>Proposed Wilderness Areas and Additions-Cherokee National Forest</quote> and dated January 20, 2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC0A506507F7147268237A35E2E91E8B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Tennessee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcd04a6d38fdd4311b8ea73d03ae060fe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of
wilderness</header><text>In accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), the following parcels of Federal land in the Cherokee National Forest in the State are designated as wilderness and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System:</text>
<paragraph id="IDb2a0869460ab4313b59d1321f6821beb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 9,038 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Upper Bald River Wilderness</quote> on the Map, which shall be known as the <quote>Upper Bald River Wilderness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID42d8cc3a858140baac4c8e7fabbc0ff3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 348 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Big Frog Addition</quote> on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Big Frog Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID02e4c05d5950484c901d7394e1caf402"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 630 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Little Frog Mountain Addition NW</quote> on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID79b9d27a164d4e3eacc52cf87714be5b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 336 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Little Frog Mountain Addition NE</quote> on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID60524d20ea2847c98ae49b37e53e8e38"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 2,922 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Sampson Mountain Addition</quote> on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Sampson Mountain Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2fdc6cfcea044618976fa4e5e20e4991"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 4,446 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Big Laurel Branch Addition</quote> on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Big Laurel Branch Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7d4a1660e60f4d289638aa2ebe0fcf30"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Certain land comprising approximately 1,836 acres, as generally depicted as the <quote>Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Addition</quote> on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID24a29d569604429ab7a6a2a2f5023037"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maps and legal
descriptions</header>
<paragraph id="IDcb8e546fdd5040cea3ee9c44914b4a9f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file maps and legal descriptions of the wilderness areas designated by subsection (b) with the appropriate committees of Congress.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id8D1A7EF6FC914A7E82BCA05CF4C158CA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The maps and legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service and the office of the Supervisor of the Cherokee National Forest.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcac2742bb7fd4d76b85f7506be73208f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Force of
law</header><text>The maps and legal descriptions filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct typographical errors in the maps and descriptions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb7e1d80665c14983a0d1d286bfc077f3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="idB0C85A1883C04EB681C87CA236BA5521"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal land designated as wilderness by subsection (b) shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1131">16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.</external-xref>), except that any reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A3221C7E98F4FBAABA154C41B6165DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fish and wildlife management</header><text>In accordance with section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1133">16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)</external-xref>), nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the State with respect to fish and wildlife management (including the regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping) in the wilderness areas designated by subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="idB514EDF84CE24784A6E2EC4D19C9CCA5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>408.</enum><header>Additional authority for sale or exchange of small parcels of National Forest System land</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H182642723AFF43BEA45CFA9DEB831D70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Increase in maximum value of small parcels</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/465">Public Law 97–465</external-xref> (commonly known as the “Small Tract Act of 1983”) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/521e">16 U.S.C. 521e</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>$150,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$500,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAF26BB4E15674937B43F94140A4B6ABB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional conveyance purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/465">Public Law 97–465</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/521e">16 U.S.C. 521e</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HEF2DBF352C58422786992DCA4491745F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7A6C64A438394D7FBA00D0724BF1A314"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7F096FDCFAFE4627AD3097C75233EE87"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H1E3094232A4446ADA68BD926AA8EBED2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">parcels of 40 acres or less that are determined by the Secretary—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id286892DF4EB049E7B296F3D53D810188"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be physically isolated;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE0EC67938C544CF891E04438A94DA240"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to be inaccessible; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idF7E1EC8AB0344F52862F67486B0B93EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to have lost National Forest character;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA173C5E6929E4DEF965FA923EC815751"><enum>(5)</enum><text>parcels of 10 acres or less that are not eligible for conveyance under paragraph (2) but are encroached on by a permanent habitable improvement for which there is no evidence that the encroachment was intentional or negligent; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB0A4C99F697B4DBDBFA38270BF920C42"><enum>(6)</enum><text>parcels used as a cemetery (including a parcel of not more than 1 acre adjacent to the parcel used as a cemetery), a landfill, or a sewage treatment plant under a special use authorization issued or otherwise authorized by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAD979C094B6D4ABF92152D52FA833B74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/97/465">Public Law 97–465</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/521d">16 U.S.C. 521d</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H870F6BE098514CF2AC60E5B874CA25A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The Secretary is authorized</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H85DB1BB06D584FFBBB9708735963D1E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance authority; consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H28EE8A2C273949E59C9CD013C8C771F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary shall insert</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H54A170217F56403D9679D3FA36D0511F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of terms, covenants, conditions, and reservations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idBF023442B5734965A07E2E9F5ACD5EC0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall insert</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H633E3FECC1FA4DDCB3A62709A1FB0ADC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as so designated)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id1B504819DAF74E7A89DD0E5F5099D6D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>convenants</quote> and inserting <quote>covenants</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idB7CBAEC0F19C49439E988E07D28BCF74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence by striking <quote>The preceding sentence shall not</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="idDA1DFC2582A0489D9D2A7D3A5F254ED9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7CA8FE1D8C124420B24B129266A5C0CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HDED76AA72FCF4C1B8F2C1C23D5220FB6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disposition of proceeds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H587D4CF0B56344038FC1458A68BEBDE1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deposit in Sisk fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The net proceeds derived from any sale or exchange conducted under paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of section 3 shall be deposited in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/171">Public Law 90–171</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Sisk Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7821CB8216F748AE93CE1ECBBB7A8027"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Amounts deposited under paragraph (1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended for—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H30125B084FEE49B69AE65699620E3BBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acquisition of land or interests in land for administrative sites for the National Forest System in the State from which the amounts were derived;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H33FD524B52604FBA985C8376F1183EC1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the acquisition of land or interests in land for inclusion in the National Forest System in that State, including land or interests in land that enhance opportunities for recreational access;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H851A147C74994900AEFC4B4FF93D000E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the performance of deferred maintenance on administrative sites for the National Forest System in that State or other deferred maintenance activities in that State that enhance opportunities for recreational access; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2EA51F13C714B8D87EC9A2692E4B53B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reimbursement of the Secretary for costs incurred in preparing a sale conducted under the authority of section 3 if the sale is a competitive sale.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" committee-id="SSAF00" id="id38CE97189F9D4B17977B6ED2190B48FD" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>409.</enum><header>Extension of authorization for conveyance of Forest Service administrative sites</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/580d">16 U.S.C. 580d</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/54">Public Law 109–54</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2016</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section changed="added" id="idCCD4D9AFC75D42AC80FC3B9D48593A88" reported-display-style="italic" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>410.</enum><header>Prescribed burn approval</header>
<subsection id="id1475EF49E97D4F96A7ED6E273670DA9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id1879E197A4034CCB828579010821B85B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National fire danger rating system</header><text>The term <term>national fire danger rating system</term> means the national system used to provide a measure of fire danger according to a range of low to moderate to high to very high to extreme.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB155A07EFA1C481A8AD9DDB2CD1B6184"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prescribed burn</header><text>The term <term>prescribed burn</term> means a planned fire intentionally ignited.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id75CEC03D89FB402EA19C79C0DCABD538"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations on prescribed burns</header> <paragraph id="id5CD5E48651794C20BE1BDECB7771449D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the head of a Federal agency shall not authorize a prescribed burn on Federal land if, for the county or contiguous county in which the Federal land is located, the national fire danger rating system indicates an extreme fire danger level.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id717C90C6654D4B2EB1E6E52068CC7E12"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The head of a Federal agency may authorize a prescribed burn under a condition described in paragraph (1) if the head of the Federal agency coordinates with the applicable State government and local fire officials.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFDDDAB4C0A8F4F7CBC16F95C3795B7EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>At the end of each fiscal year, the Chief of the Forest Service shall submit to Congress a report describing—</text>
<subparagraph id="id85A37DF94FE14D37A340B8329E51E841"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and locations of prescribed burns during that fiscal year; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC702E21CB9B8429481E63E81317B6878"><enum>(B)</enum><text>each prescribed burn during that fiscal year that was authorized by the head of a Federal agency pursuant to paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section changed="added" id="id9CD4E55B33174B78B59721EC963019E8" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>411.</enum><header>North Carolina wilderness study areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall not designate any land in the Nantahala National Forest or the Pisgah National Forest in the State of North Carolina as a wilderness study area unless each affected county approves the designation.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Kisatchie National Forest land conveyance</header>
<section id="id58E2FE7893784CA9926D86B035ED68FB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Kisatchie National Forest Land Conveyance Act of 2016</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="id7887D3DBCF034E16B6FB6C531AE35197"><enum>502.</enum><header>Finding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that it is in the public interest to authorize the conveyance of certain Federal land in the Kisatchie National Forest in the State of Louisiana for market value consideration.</text>
</section><section id="idA13652CE7E54446A9ECCCDE97DD6B38D"><enum>503.</enum><header> Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text> <paragraph id="idDC5FBCFA3EAD402790DD1D1C9893F7D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Collins camp properties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Collins Camp Properties</term> means Collins Camp Properties, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id64E9F9BFCF47479DB62FD4B2EB83D7C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id34093BB3BD94434FBA6750F126E8627C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State</term> means the State of Louisiana.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="id1383459F266645EBA8AE265C87D418ED"><enum>504.</enum><header>Authorization of conveyances</header>
<subsection id="idC6E55230DCEB4931A11AE1CA19126C4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<paragraph id="id8753AE86176F4F85A19750FEC8A5F936"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and subsection (b), the Secretary may convey the Federal land described in paragraph (2) by quitclaim deed at public or private sale, including competitive sale by auction, bid, or other methods.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id912A687D25F64BE892319A0160B31BA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The Federal land referred to in paragraph (1) consists of—</text> <subparagraph id="id7BA558877CE945EBA174255746009FBF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all Federal land within sec. 9, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., Winn Parish, Louisiana; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE7B42A0B36594712869328C1F8B11B52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a 2.16-acre parcel of Federal land located in the SW¼ of sec. 4, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., Winn Parish, Louisiana, as depicted on a certificate of survey dated March 7, 2007, by Glen L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4D4E8F4BD2404EE6AA928FE1A4C2D824"><enum>(b)</enum><header>First right of purchase</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and section 506, during the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, on the provision of consideration by the Collins Camp Properties to the Secretary, the Secretary shall convey, by quitclaim deed, to Collins Camp Properties all right, title and interest of the United States in and to—</text>
<paragraph id="idC6B4DE98D8604B7FA11857A70B51A8B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not more than 47.92 acres of Federal land comprising the Collins Campsites within sec. 9, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., in Winn Parish, Louisiana, as generally depicted on a certificate of survey dated February 28, 2007, by Glen L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idA9A63E0270C7461E9400000158F9950A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the parcel of Federal land described in subsection (a)(2)(B).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id91FF8C5CCD05452DB2DEA53E7C1D52B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="idEF6F06F038DE471FB53AD1391E527137"><enum>(1)</enum><text>configure the Federal land to be conveyed under this title—</text> <subparagraph id="idA74F4E3C4EC24BF78DD99727E2964771"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to maximize the marketability of the conveyance; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3B0A7F199FF4B879D452B04A8111FE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to achieve management objectives; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDE86E4916E5748289D57AFD0D11C8174"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish any terms and conditions for the conveyances under this title that the Secretary determines to be in the public interest.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE8E08A4E0EA141A8B690559877BDDA64"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>Consideration for a conveyance of Federal land under this title shall be—</text> <paragraph id="id657DE8B9FE62451DB907875E94C835F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the form of cash; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD891D54AA62E47FD848B0D1BFAB96A7C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in an amount equal to the market value of the Federal land being conveyed, as determined under subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC9659C6758714C7BB094E4235D5E466C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Market value</header><text>The market value of the Federal land conveyed under this title shall be determined—</text> <paragraph id="idBB674A3B04FA47D1945597ED6F6E5A31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of Federal land conveyed under subsection (b), by an appraisal that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="idFFF36CE2D08349B99AE8F58E21DCB85C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducted in accordance with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD0C2533FFE894ECF8BACFC332BAC044C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>approved by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id61FB0D901B514BD084042598A42E6CB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if conveyed by a method other than the methods described in subsection (b), by competitive sale.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id296C9EC16831444E991D14B0CE5E2804"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Hazardous substances</header>
<paragraph id="idD545622883FB45F1990A64239CFE0CCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph id="id074A7CC39C794F1F9FAC2045BD7217CA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Disclosure and remediation</header><text>In any conveyance of Federal land under this title to Collins Camp Properties, or any occupant residing on the Federal land under a special use permit issued by the Forest Service, the Secretary shall meet disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants, but shall not otherwise be required to remediate or abate the hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC42971FD2AA945F491813AB6386F5AC4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Indemnification</header><text>Collins Camp Properties, or any occupant residing on the Federal land conveyed under this title under a special use permit issued by the Forest Service, that acquires the Federal land shall agree, as a condition of the conveyance, to indemnify and hold harmless the United States for costs associated with the remediation or abatement of any hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants located on the acquired land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA1275A9215894C64AA4802C7DD04A818"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>Nothing in this section otherwise affects the application of the <act-name parsable-cite="CERCL">Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</external-xref>) to the conveyances of Federal land.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4913BEDCD974464DB05B33E012FA3388"><enum>505.</enum><header>Proceeds from the sale of land</header>
<subsection id="id9A61FA820008402D95840FBFED10681D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deposit of receipts</header><text>The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds of a conveyance of Federal land under section 504 in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/171">Public Law 90–171</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Sisk Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id750A615891E04090AADE7E65C3EE873F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Amounts deposited under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, for the acquisition of land and interests in land in the Kisatchie National Forest in the State.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="id36068A04A0BA41A2A109A8DCC1301AF7"><enum>506.</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subsection id="idF0B28B2D2F7848F19EB55D4C024C5080"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>As a condition of a conveyance of Federal land to Collins Camp Properties under section 504, the Secretary shall require Collins Camp Properties to pay at closing—</text>
<paragraph id="id04C7A954461440CAB8B78E0DD5BF9EB9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reasonable appraisal costs; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id90DE862F875F40BEB8824F8B9D1941F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the cost of any administrative and environmental analyses required by law (including regulations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE7D5106806494F1EB52F10D4EC2CC5C9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Permits</header>
<paragraph id="idA7CC39A20C404EF0A9E64711128376AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An offer by Collins Camp Properties for the acquisition of the Federal land under section 504 shall be accompanied by a written statement from each holder of a Forest Service special use authorization with respect to the Federal land that specifies that the holder agrees to relinquish the special use authorization on the conveyance of the Federal land to Collins Camp Properties.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88868B85541C4E2B81A27C9B46784541"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special use authorizations</header><text>If any holder of a special use authorization described in paragraph (1) fails to provide a written authorization in accordance with that paragraph, the Secretary shall require, as a condition of the conveyance, that Collins Camp Properties administer the special use authorization according to the terms of the special use authorization until the date on which the special use authorization expires.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest land adjustment</header>
<section id="H717ECA8CE2E840CC986B7CF825CBC691" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2016</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HE4A61114FDD440FDA3CF3387BA8C291C"><enum>602.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5A151E310A5B456DA3B0100D1AC0327A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>certain National Forest System land in the State of Georgia consists of isolated tracts that—</text> <subparagraph id="id2995EFA0F6D84ADC8060323E3746ABEC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are inefficient to manage; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E28AB8D532C46BDA34DC9666D15FC02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have lost the principal value of the tracts for the National Forest System;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6FCDB7977B6D43DF8F695B53130543DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the disposal of the land described in paragraph (1) would be in the public interest; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H44D4FED1B25A472CBFFB4030FED6823C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the best use of proceeds from the sale of land authorized under this title is the purchase by the Secretary of land in the State of Georgia for the National Forest System.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2816F2BD9BEF40D5BD7A27F9F0130265"><enum>603.</enum><header>Definition of Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text> </section><section id="H178BC2899286491BB3849E171894FFB1"><enum>604.</enum><header>Land conveyance authority</header> <subsection id="HD52347DC89CB433B897D4E2590C525B9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary is authorized to sell or exchange all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the National Forest System land described in subsection (b) under terms and conditions that the Secretary may prescribe.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE14C6FE0D98E4728A72DE852206C53F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Land authorized for disposal</header>
<paragraph id="H44FC1662B79D4B4786DFFEAC137294E7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The land referred to in subsection (a) consists of 30 tracts of land totaling approximately 3,841 acres generally depicted on 2 maps entitled <quote>Priority Land Adjustments, State of Georgia, U.S. Forest Service–Southern Region, Oconee and Chattahoochee National Forests, U.S. Congressional Districts–8, 9, 10 & 14</quote> and dated September 24, 2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H101855CC8F61445FB76658FF7170D05B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inspection of maps</header><text>The maps described in paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Forest Supervisor, Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest, until the land is sold or exchanged under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA7D3635531048448330CF1FEC27BDDB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modification of boundaries</header><text>The Secretary may modify the boundaries of the land described in paragraph (1) based on land management considerations.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B4075A42B76499E973A895BE094B2E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of conveyance</header>
<paragraph id="H5B8FE20F47944BB4970EDA278CFBA3CB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Quitclaim deed</header><text>The Secretary shall convey land sold or exchanged under subsection (a) by quitclaim deed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6D4EB2733DCD439B8F65740604BBDFD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservations</header><text>The Secretary may reserve any right-of-way or other right or interest in land sold or exchanged under subsection (a) that the Secretary considers necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="id87ED9A51CC0B4F6E97B5607FB82F7FE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for management purposes; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id087382ED30B341C7AE545B6FD02D526A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to protect the public interest.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAED2C92F1A604A448BB2679639007AF8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Valuation</header> <paragraph id="H4653315925634615A8E421D5D4020AF4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Market value</header><text>The Secretary may not sell or exchange land under subsection (a) for less than market value, as determined by appraisal or through a competitive bidding process.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B07B8BC7CB048A38B8E02F29E075C60"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appraisal requirements</header><text>An appraisal under paragraph (1) shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H2C8A0F5A04BE4D0789E572E4D498C1B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consistent with—</text>
<clause id="idAA3024023973480FA8A732EE0454CA9A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; or</text> </clause><clause id="idEB382EFAC9884FF1A7154FAA4D12CDE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8172D29BF61D4BF69E0DF9B167E4E9FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to the approval of the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H62CDE950E703468DABAEC6FD66F02F6A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consideration</header> <paragraph id="HC13B02BE30E047C9B92DDE2183039D70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cash</header><text>Consideration for a sale of land or equalization of an exchange under subsection (a) shall be paid in cash.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2615D43A0DA74FC1BE12C84C1F65FC19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exchange</header><text>Notwithstanding section 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1716">43 U.S.C. 1716(b)</external-xref>), the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment in excess of 25 percent of the value of land exchanged under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6801FFF52D3042EDABB0A5CB1F9F19AE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Method of sale</header>
<paragraph id="H4B9412A5CC9B4130842248AC55136758"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Options</header><text>The Secretary may sell land under subsection (a) at public or private sale, including competitive sale by auction, bid, or otherwise, in accordance with any terms, conditions, or procedures the Secretary determines are in the best interest of the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6942E33505B04B3097F4C1B226D195F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Solicitations</header><text>The Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph id="H6B55E6C3661E4D5E98DFED0841292AF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make public or private solicitations for the sale or exchange of land under subsection (a); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CD4665F36124E109E890A9C720809C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reject any offer that the Secretary determines is not—</text> <clause id="id38364E7974E141D2B9F3D95AA05C182C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adequate; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idDFA1DBA08A814BC5828182C77D9BE73B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the public interest.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC07E849A96E74983A6C10D0E6F98D684"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Brokers</header><text>The Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="H596063F9B7AB49B2908B531179BC849E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use a broker or other third party in the sale or exchange of land under subsection (a); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC8DCE2C19EEB48DDB37F0BFE47BA7089"><enum>(2)</enum><text>from the proceeds of a sale or exchange of land under subsection (a), pay reasonable commissions or fees, if applicable.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H3A65328BC8AC4BBBA09F831CC0A07138"><enum>605.</enum><header>Treatment of proceeds</header>
<subsection id="H5B2316E080A34617B1A5495C85978F3B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>Except as provided in section 604(g)(2), the Secretary shall deposit the proceeds or cash equalization payment of a sale or exchange under section 604(a) in the fund established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/171">Public Law 90–171</external-xref> (commonly known as the <quote>Sisk Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/484a">16 U.S.C. 484a</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H86DA1D973BB344929BCA0E600A85A7DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability and use</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), amounts deposited under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriation, only for the acquisition of land in the State of Georgia for the National Forest System.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE342FF3233FD4DBAA5C8323EE718F011"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Private property protection</header><text>Nothing in this title authorizes the use of amounts deposited under subsection (a) to be used to acquire land without the written consent of the owner of the land.</text></subsection></section>September 19, 2016Reported with an amendment