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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3188 

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 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Yosemite Rim Fire 

3 Emergency Salvage Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EXPEDITED SALVAGE TIMBER SALES IN RESPONSE 

5 TO THE CALIFORNIA RIM FIRE. 

6 (a) SALVAGE TIMBER SALES REQUIRED.—As part of 

7 the restoration and rehabilitation activities undertaken on 

8 the lands within the Stanislaus National Forest and Yo9 semite National Park and the Bureau of Land Manage10 ment lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in 

11 California, the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to 

12 affected Stanislaus National Forest lands, and the Sec13 retary of the Interior, with respect to affected Yosemite 

14 National Park and Bureau of Land Management lands, 

15 shall promptly plan and implement salvage timber sales 

16 of dead, damaged, or downed timber resulting from that 

17 wildfire. 

18 (b) EXPEDITED IMPLEMENTATION.— 

19 (1) LEGAL SUFFICIENCY.—Due to the extraor20 dinary severity of the Rim Fire occurring on the 

21 Federal lands described in subsection (a), salvage 

22 timber sales conducted under such subsection shall 

23 proceed immediately and to completion notwith24 standing any other provision of law, including the 

25 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

26 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), section 14 of the National 


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1 Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), 

2 the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 

3 Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), the 

4 Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 

5 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and laws related to the 

6 management of timber within Yosemite National 

7 Park (16 U.S.C. 53 et seq.). 

8 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 

9 Salvage timber sales conducted under subsection (a) 

10 shall not be subject to— 

11 (A) administrative review, including, in the 

12 case of the Forest Service, the notice, comment, 

13 and appeal requirements of section 322 of the 

14 Department of the Interior and Related Agen15 cies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 

16 102–381; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note); or 

17 (B) judicial review in any court of the 

18 United States. 

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