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Union Calendar No. 372 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3685 

[Report No. 112–524, Part I] 

To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act 

to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project 

required by that Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 15, 2011 

Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. AMODEI) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 

and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 

JUNE 15, 2012 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

JUNE 15, 2012 

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 December 15, 2011] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of 

the pilot forest management project required by that 

Act. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF HERGER-FEINSTEIN 

4 QUINCY LIBRARY GROUP FOREST RECOVERY 

5 ACT. 

6 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (g) of the Herger-Fein7 stein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act (title IV 

8 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap9 propriations Act, 1999, as contained in section 101(e) of 

10 division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) 

11 is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(g) TERM OF PILOT PROJECT.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 

14 the pilot project until the earlier of the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) September 30, 2022. 

16 ‘‘(B) The date on which the Secretary com17 pletes amendment or revision of the land and re18 source management plans for the National Forest 

19 System lands included in the pilot project area. 

20 ‘‘(2) FOREST PLAN AMENDMENTS.—When the Re21 gional Forester for Region 5 initiates the process to 

22 amend or revise the land and resource management 

23 plans for the pilot project area, the process shall in24 clude preparation of at least one alternative that in25 corporates the pilot project and area designations 


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1 under subsection (b), the resource management activi2 ties described in subsection (d), and other aspects of 

3 the Quincy Library Group Community Stability Pro4 posal.’’. 

5 (b) EXPANSION OF PILOT PROJECT AREA.—Subsection 

6 (b) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest 

7 Recovery Act is amended by adding at the end the following 

8 new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(3) EXPANSION OF PILOT PROJECT AREA.—The 

10 Secretary may expand the pilot project area to in11 clude all National Forest System lands within Cali12 fornia or Nevada that lie within the Sierra Nevada 

13 and Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Manage14 ment Unit, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, and 

15 Inyo National Forest. These lands may be managed 

16 using the same strategy, guidelines and resource man17 agement activities outlined in this section or devel18 oped to meet local forest and community needs and 

19 conditions.’’. 

20 (c) ROADLESS AREA PROTECTION.—Subsection (c)(4) 

21 of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Re22 covery Act is amended by adding at the end the following 

23 new sentence: ‘‘However, those areas designated as ‘De24 ferred’ on the map, but located in Tehama County, south 

25 and west of Lassen Peak, are deemed to be designated as 


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1 ‘Available for Group Selection’ and shall be managed ac2 cordingly under subsection (d).’’. 

3 (d) GROUP SELECTION REQUIREMENT.—Subpara4 graph (A) of subsection (d)(2) of the Herger-Feinstein Quin5 cy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended to read 

6 as follows: 

7 ‘‘(A) GROUP SELECTION.—After September 

8 30, 2012, group selection on an average acreage 

9 of .57 percent of the pilot project area land shall 

10 occur each year of the pilot project.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 372 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3685 

[Report No. 112–524, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library 

required by that Act. the scope of the pilot forest management project Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand 

JUNE 15, 2012 

Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with 

J

an amendment 

UNE 15, 2012 

The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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