Federal entities that own adjacent land, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving American Lives 
and Investing in Protecting Land And Nature Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPEDITED PERFORMANCE OF FOREST PROJECTS 
ON FEDERAL LAND WHEN CONDITIONS ON 
THE FEDERAL LAND POSE A SERIOUS RISK 
TO ADJACENT NON-FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) 
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION
OF
CERTAIN 
PROJECTS.—Section 104 of the Healthy Forests Restora-
tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6514) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) 
as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR PROJECTS TO 
PROTECT ADJACENT NON-FEDERAL LAND.— 
‘‘(1) BASIS FOR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.—An 
authorized hazardous fuel reduction project or other 
forest project that is proposed to be conducted on 
adjacent Federal land or that is recommended in a 
community wildfire protection plan may be categori-
cally excluded from documentation in an environ-
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mental impact statement or environmental assess-
ment under the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) if— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that the 
project is consistent with the applicable re-
source management plan; and 
‘‘(B) the decision to categorically exclude 
the project is made in accordance with applica-
ble extraordinary circumstances procedures es-
tablished pursuant to section 1508.4 of title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY
FOR
CERTAIN
PROJECTS.—In 
providing categorical exclusions under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall give priority to authorized 
hazardous fuel reduction projects and other projects 
recommended in a community wildfire protection 
plan. 
‘‘(3) ADJACENT FEDERAL LAND DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘adjacent Federal land’ 
means an area of Federal land that, while not lo-
cated in the wildland-urban interface, is located 
within not more than 11⁄2 miles of non-Federal land, 
and the Secretary, in the exercise of the Secretary’s 
sole discretion, determines that conditions on the 
Federal land, such as the risk of wildfire, an insect 
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or disease epidemic, or the presence of invasive spe-
cies, pose a risk to the adjacent non-Federal land.’’. 
(b) ENHANCED COOPERATION WITH NON-FEDERAL 
LANDOWNERS.—Title I of the Healthy Forests Restora-
tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 
109. 
COOPERATION 
WITH 
NON-FEDERAL 
LAND-
OWNERS OF LAND ADJACENT TO FEDERAL 
LAND TO ENHANCE PROTECTION OF BOTH 
THE FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL LAND. 
‘‘(a) USE OF NON-FEDERAL LANDOWNERS TO CON-
DUCT FOREST PROJECTS.—The Secretary may enter into 
a contract or agreement with a non-Federal entity to con-
duct an authorized hazardous fuels reduction project or 
other project that is proposed to be conducted on Federal 
land that is located within not more than 11⁄2 miles of 
non-Federal land owned by the non-Federal entity or that 
is covered by a community wildfire protection plan that 
also covers the non-Federal land owned by the non-Fed-
eral entity if— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary, upon request by the non- 
Federal entity and in the exercise of the Secretary’s 
sole discretion, determines that conditions on the 
Federal land, such as the risk of wildfire, an insect 
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or disease epidemic, or the presence of invasive spe-
cies, pose a risk to the adjacent non-Federal land; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary determines that the contract 
or agreement is in the interest of the Federal gov-
ernment and the landowner and will promote the 
goals of this Act; and 
‘‘(3) the authorized hazardous fuels reduction 
project or other project is consistent with the appli-
cable resource management plan. 
‘‘(b) GOODS
FOR SERVICES.—The Secretary may 
allow the exchange of goods for services in an agreement 
or contract entered into under this section.’’. 
Æ 
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