House - 04/01/2014 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 293. (All Actions)
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Union Calendar No. 293
113th CONGRESS 2d Session
H. R. 3188
[Report No. 113–394, Part I]
To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as part of Forest Service and
Department of the Interior restoration and rehabilitation activities for
lands within the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park and
Bureau of Land Management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in
California.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 26, 2013
Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Walden, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Cook, Mr. Denham, Mr. Hastings of Washington, and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
April 1, 2014
Additional sponsors: Mr. Amodei and Mr. Pearce
April 1, 2014
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
April 1, 2014
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to
be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 26, 2013]
A BILL
To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as part of Forest Service and
Department of the Interior restoration and rehabilitation activities for
lands within the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park and
Bureau of Land Management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in
California.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.Short title.
This Act may be cited as the “Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act”.
SEC. 2.Expedited salvage timber sales in response to the California Rim Fire.
(a) Salvage timber sales required.—As part of the restoration and rehabilitation activities undertaken on the lands within the
Stanislaus National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management lands
adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California, the Secretary of
Agriculture, with respect to affected Stanislaus National Forest lands,
and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to affected Bureau of Land
Management lands, shall promptly plan and implement salvage timber sales
of dead, damaged, or downed timber resulting from that wildfire.
(b) Expedited implementation.—
(1) LEGAL SUFFICIENCY.—Due to the extraordinary severity of the Rim Fire occurring on the Federal lands described in
subsection (a), salvage timber sales conducted under such subsection shall
proceed immediately and to completion notwithstanding any other provision
of law, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976
(16 U.S.C. 472a), the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning
Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Salvage timber sales conducted under subsection (a) shall not be subject to—
(A) administrative review, including, in the case of the Forest Service, the notice, comment, and
appeal requirements of section 322 of the Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–381; 16 U.S.C.
1612 note); or
(B) judicial review in any court of the United States.
Amend the title so as to read: “A bill to expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as part of Forest
Service and Department of the Interior restoration and rehabilitation
activities for lands within the Stanislaus National Forest and Bureau of
Land Management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in
California.”.
Union Calendar No. 293
113th CONGRESS 2d Session
H. R. 3188
[Report No. 113–394, Part I]
A BILL
To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as part of Forest Service and
Department of the Interior restoration and rehabilitation activities for
lands within the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park and
Bureau of Land Management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in
California.
April 1, 2014
Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments
April 1, 2014
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to
be printed