SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘National Forest Insect and Disease Emergency Act of 
2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Designation of insect and disease emergency areas. 
Sec. 5. Response to emergency designation. 
Sec. 6. Good neighbor relationship with the State of Colorado. 
Sec. 7. Stewardship contracting. 
Sec. 8. Protection of private property rights. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to ensure that adequate emphasis is placed 
on the mitigation of hazards posed by large-scale in-
festations of bark beetles and other insects through 
the establishment of insect and disease emergency 
areas; 
(2) to ensure that increased resources are avail-
able within each designated insect and disease emer-
gency area— 
(A) to mitigate hazards associated with 
falling trees and increased fire hazards; and 
(B) to restore National Forest System land 
within the designated insect and disease emer-
gency area; and 
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(3) to make permanent good-neighbor authority 
for the State of Colorado and stewardship con-
tracting authorities available to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AFFECTED
STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 
State’’ means the States of Arizona, California, Col-
orado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Or-
egon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyo-
ming. 
(2) INSECT AND DISEASE EMERGENCY AREA.— 
The term ‘‘insect and disease emergency area’’ 
means an area of National Forest System land 
(other than land excluded by section 4(d)) that— 
(A) is identified as an insect and disease 
emergency area on the map entitled ‘‘Insect 
Emergency Areas’’ and dated ølll¿; or 
(B) is designated as an insect and disease 
emergency area by the Secretary in the manner 
provided in section 4(b). 
(3) INSECT AND DISEASE INFESTATION EMER-
GENCY.—The term ‘‘insect and disease infestation 
emergency’’ means an insect or disease infestation 
that the Secretary determines has resulted in— 
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(A) a current or future increased risk of 
catastrophic wildland fire; or 
(B) an increased threat posed by haz-
ardous trees to utility corridors, communication 
sites, or other infrastructure. 
(4) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF INSECT AND DISEASE EMER-
GENCY AREAS. 
(a) DESIGNATION BY MAP.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—There is designated as an 
insect and disease emergency area each area of Na-
tional Forest System land identified as such an area 
on the map entitled ‘‘Insect Emergency Areas’’ and 
dated lll. 
(2) MAP; LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall file the map referred to in para-
graph (1) and a legal description for each insect and 
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disease emergency area designated by such para-
graph with— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources 
and the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives. 
(3) FORCE OF LAW.—The map and legal de-
scriptions filed under paragraph (2) shall have the 
same force and effect as if included in this Act, ex-
cept that the Secretary may correct typographical 
errors in the map and the legal descriptions. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal 
descriptions filed under paragraph (2) shall be on 
file and available for public inspection in the appro-
priate offices of the Forest Service. 
(b) DESIGNATION BY SECRETARY.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary may des-
ignate an area of National Forest System land as an 
additional insect and disease emergency area if the 
National Forest System land— 
(A) is located in an affected State; 
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(B) is subject to an insect and disease in-
festation emergency, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(2) INITIATION.—The designation of an insect 
and disease emergency area under this subsection 
may be made by the Secretary— 
(A) on the initiative of the Secretary; or 
(B) in response to a request by the Gov-
ernor of an affected State. 
(3) DEADLINE.—If the Governor of an affected 
State requests the Secretary to designate National 
Forest System land in the State as an additional in-
sect and disease emergency area, the Secretary shall 
accept or deny the request before the end of the 90- 
day period beginning on the date on which the Sec-
retary receives the request. If the Secretary does not 
accept or deny the request before the end of such pe-
riod, the request shall be deemed to be denied. If the 
request is denied, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Governor who submitted the request and the con-
gressional committees specified in subsection (a)(2) 
an explanation of the reasons for the denial. 
(4) LIMITATION
ON
DELEGATION.—The Sec-
retary may delegate the authority to make a des-
ignation under this subsection only to the Regional 
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Forester responsible for the National Forest System 
land that would be covered by the designation. 
(5) PROCEDURE.—If the Secretary designates 
an additional insect and disease emergency area 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall— 
(A) publish a notice of the designation of 
the insect and disease emergency area (includ-
ing a map of the insect and disease emergency 
area) in the Federal Register; and 
(B) notify the Governor of the affected 
State in which the land is located and the con-
gressional committees specified in subsection 
(a)(2). 
(c) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) NEPA.—The designation of an insect and 
disease emergency area under this section does not 
constitute a major Federal action under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.). Subsequent major Federal actions 
taken as a result of the designation are subject to 
such Act. 
(2) FOREST
SERVICE
DECISIONMAKING.—The 
designation of an insect and disease emergency area 
under this section shall not be subject to— 
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