to be particularly hazardous for the employment of chil-
dren ages 16 or 17, except where such employee is em-
ployed by his parent or by a person standing in the place 
of his parent in a logging or mechanized operation owned 
or operated by such parent or person.’’. 
Subtitle B—Oregon and California 
Railroad Grant Lands and Coos 
Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands 
SEC. 911. AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT OF AUGUST 28, 1937. 
The Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘principal of sustained yield’’ 
and inserting ‘‘principle of sustained yield’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘facilties’’ and inserting ‘‘facili-
ties’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘That timber from said lands in 
an amount’’ and inserting ‘‘That timber from said 
lands in the amount that is the greater of:’’. 
SEC. 912. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD GRANT 
LANDS AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT 
LANDS PERMANENT RIGHTS OF ACCESS. 
(a) CREATION OF PERMANENT RIGHTS OF ACCESS 
REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
on the date of the enactment of this section, reciprocal 
road right-of-way permits, grants, and agreements issued 
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to a private landowner by the Secretary of the Interior 
pursuant to subpart 2812 of part 2810 of title 43, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or its predecessor regulation shall 
become permanent rights of access that are recordable and 
that shall run with the land. 
(b) RECORDS UPDATED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the reciprocal 
road right-of-way permits, grants, and agreements de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall be amended to reflect the 
permanent rights of access required under subsection (a) 
and recorded by the Secretary of the Interior in each coun-
ty where the lands are located. No other amendments shall 
be made to such right-of-way permits, grants, and agree-
ments. 
SEC. 913. MANAGEMENT OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-
MENT LANDS IN WESTERN OREGON. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All of the public land managed 
by the Bureau of Land Management in the Northwest 
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 
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in the Oregon and California land-grant fund and be sub-
ject to the provisions of title II of the Act of August 28, 
1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f). 
(b) CERTAIN LANDS EXCLUDED.—Subsection (a) 
does not apply to any revenue that is required to be depos-
ited 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 et seq.). 
TITLE X—MAJOR DISASTER FOR 
WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 1001. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘means’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) MAJOR DISASTER.— 
‘‘(A) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘major 
disaster’ means’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON 
FEDERAL
LANDS.—The term ‘major disaster 
for wildfire on Federal lands’ means any wild-
fire or wildfires, which in the determination of 
the President under section 802 warrants as-
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sistance under section 803 to supplement the 
efforts and resources of the Department of the 
Interior or the Department of Agriculture— 
‘‘(i) on Federal lands; or 
‘‘(ii) on non-Federal lands pursuant 
to a fire protection agreement or coopera-
tive agreement.’’. 
SEC. 1002. DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR 
WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE VIII—MAJOR DISASTER 
FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL 
LAND 
‘‘SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘As used in this title— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal land’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Interior; and 
‘‘(B) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
United States Forest Service. 
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‘‘(2) FEDERAL
LAND
MANAGEMENT
AGEN-
CIES.—The term ‘Federal land management agen-
cies’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
‘‘(B) the National Park Service; 
‘‘(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
‘‘(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; and 
‘‘(E) the United States Forest Service. 
‘‘(3) WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION
OPERATIONS.— 
The term ‘wildfire suppression operations’ means the 
emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland 
firefighting, including support, response, emergency 
stabilization activities, and other emergency manage-
ment 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. 
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‘‘SEC. 802. PROCEDURE FOR DECLARATION OF A MAJOR 
DISASTER 
FOR 
WILDFIRE 
ON 
FEDERAL 
LANDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—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. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A request for a declaration 
by the President that a major disaster for wildfire on Fed-
eral lands exists shall— 
‘‘(1) be made in writing by the respective Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(2) certify that the amount appropriated in 
the current fiscal year for wildfire suppression oper-
ations of the Federal land management agencies 
under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary, 
net of any concurrently enacted rescissions of wild-
fire suppression funds, increases the total unobli-
gated balance of amounts available for wildfire sup-
pression by an amount equal to or greater than the 
average total costs incurred by the Federal land 
management agencies per year for wildfire suppres-
sion operations, including the suppression costs in 
excess of appropriated amounts, over the previous 
ten fiscal years; 
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‘‘(e) REIMBURSEMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION 
OPERATIONS
ON
NON-FEDERAL
LAND.—If amounts 
transferred under subsection (c) are used to conduct wild-
fire suppression operations on non-Federal land, the re-
spective Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) secure reimbursement for the cost of such 
wildfire suppression operations conducted on the 
non-Federal land; and 
‘‘(2) transfer the amounts received as reim-
bursement to the wildfire suppression operations ac-
count established pursuant to subsection (b). 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL ACCOUNTING
AND REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—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 Budg-
et, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture 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: 
‘‘(1) The risk-based factors that influenced 
management decisions regarding wildfire suppression 
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operations of the Federal land management agencies 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(2) Specific discussion of a statistically signifi-
cant sample of large fires, in which each fire is ana-
lyzed for cost drivers, effectiveness of risk manage-
ment techniques, resulting positive or negative im-
pacts of fire on the landscape, impact of investments 
in preparedness, suggested corrective actions, and 
such other factors as the respective Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
‘‘(3) 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. 
‘‘(4) Lessons learned. 
‘‘(5) Such other matters as the respective Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(g) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this title shall 
limit the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, 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.’’. 
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SEC. 1003. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS. 
No funds may be transferred to or from the Federal 
land management agencies’ wildfire suppression oper-
ations 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 suppres-
sion operations. 
Æ 
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