SEC. 124. FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED 
NON-DISCRETIONARY ACTIONS. 
For purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest management activity 
carried out by the Secretary concerned pursuant to this 
Act shall be considered a non-discretionary action. 
TITLE II—SALVAGE AND REFOR-
ESTATION IN RESPONSE TO 
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS 
SEC. 201. EXPEDITED SALVAGE OPERATIONS AND REFOR-
ESTATION ACTIVITIES FOLLOWING LARGE- 
SCALE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS. 
(a) EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an environ-
mental assessment prepared by the Secretary concerned 
pursuant to section 102 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for a salvage oper-
ation or reforestation activity proposed to be conducted 
on National Forest System lands or public lands adversely 
impacted by a large-scale catastrophic event shall be com-
pleted within 60 days after the conclusion of the cata-
strophic event. 
(b) EXPEDITED IMPLEMENTATION
AND COMPLE-
TION.—In the case of reforestation activities conducted on 
National Forest System lands or public lands adversely 
impacted by a large-scale catastrophic event, the Secretary 
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concerned shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
achieve reforestation of at least 75 percent of the impacted 
lands during the 5-year period following the conclusion of 
the catastrophic event. 
(c) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
KNUTSON-VANDENBERG 
FUNDS.—Amounts in the special fund established pursu-
ant to section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly 
known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b) 
shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for refor-
estation activities authorized by this title. 
(d) TIMELINE FOR PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a 
salvage operation or reforestation activity proposed to be 
conducted on National Forest System lands or public 
lands adversely impacted by a large-scale catastrophic 
event, the Secretary concerned shall allow 30 days for pub-
lic scoping and comment, 15 days for filing an objection, 
and 15 days for the agency response to the filing of an 
objection. Upon completion of this process and expiration 
of the period specified in subsection (a), the Secretary con-
cerned shall implement the project immediately. 
SEC. 202. COMPLIANCE WITH FOREST PLAN. 
A salvage operation or reforestation activity author-
ized by this title shall be conducted in a manner consistent 
with the forest plan applicable to the National Forest Sys-
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tem lands or public lands covered by the salvage operation 
or reforestation activity. 
SEC. 203. PROHIBITION ON RESTRAINING ORDERS, PRE-
LIMINARY INJUNCTIONS, AND INJUNCTIONS 
PENDING APPEAL. 
No restraining order, preliminary injunction, or in-
junction pending appeal shall be issued by any court of 
the United States with respect to any decision to prepare 
or conduct a salvage operation or reforestation activity in 
response to a large-scale catastrophic event. Section 705 
of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to any chal-
lenge to the salvage operation or reforestation activity. 
TITLE III—FOREST 
MANAGEMENT LITIGATION 
Subtitle A—General Litigation 
Provisions 
SEC. 301. NO ATTORNEY FEES FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITY CHALLENGES. 
Notwithstanding section 1304 of title 31, United 
States Code, no award may be made under section 2412 
of title 28, United States Code, and no amounts may be 
obligated or expended from the Claims and Judgment 
Fund of the United States Treasury to pay any fees or 
other expenses under such sections to any plaintiff related 
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to an action challenging a forest management activity car-
ried out pursuant to this Act. 
SEC. 302. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 
(a) BALANCING SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS 
OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN CONSIDERING 
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—As part of its weighing the equities 
while considering any request for an injunction that ap-
plies to any agency action as part of a forest management 
activity under titles I through IX, the court reviewing the 
agency action shall balance the impact to the ecosystem 
likely affected by the forest management activity of— 
(1) the short- and long-term effects of under-
taking the agency action; against 
(2) the short- and long-term effects of not un-
dertaking the action. 
(b) TIME LIMITATIONS FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) the 
length of any preliminary injunctive relief and stays 
pending appeal that applies to any agency action as 
part of a forest management activity under titles I 
through IX, shall not exceed 60 days. 
(2) RENEWAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A court of competent 
jurisdiction may issue one or more renewals of 
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any preliminary injunction, or stay pending ap-
peal, granted under paragraph (1). 
(B) UPDATES.—In each renewal of an in-
junction in an action, the parties to the action 
shall present the court with updated informa-
tion on the status of the authorized forest man-
agement activity. 
Subtitle B—Forest Management 
Activity Arbitration Pilot Program 
SEC. 311. USE OF ARBITRATION INSTEAD OF LITIGATION 
TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES TO FOREST MAN-
AGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY ARBITRATION PROCESS PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, with respect to National Forest System 
lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect 
to public lands, shall each establish a discretionary 
arbitration pilot program as an alternative dispute 
resolution process in lieu of judicial review for the 
activities described in paragraph (2). 
(2) ACTIVITIES
DESCRIBED.—The Secretary 
concerned, at the sole discretion of the Secretary, 
may designate objections or protests to forest man-
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the date that is 7 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) INTERVENING PARTIES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Any person that sub-
mitted a public comment on the forest management 
activity that is subject to arbitration may intervene 
in the arbitration— 
(A) by endorsing— 
(i) the forest management activity; or 
(ii) the modification proposal sub-
mitted under subparagraph (B); or 
(B) by submitting a proposal to further 
modify the forest management activity. 
(2) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—With respect 
to an objection or protest that is designated for arbi-
tration under this subsection (a), a request to inter-
vene in an arbitration must be submitted not later 
than the date that is 30 days after the date on 
which such objection or protest was designated for 
arbitration. 
(3) MULTIPLE PARTIES.—Multiple intervening 
parties may submit a joint proposal so long as each 
intervening party meets the eligibility requirements 
of paragraph (1). 
(c) APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATOR.— 
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(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly 
develop and publish a list of not fewer than 20 indi-
viduals eligible to serve as arbitrators for the pilot 
programs under this section. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—In order to be eligible to 
serve as an arbitrator under this subsection, an indi-
vidual shall be, on the date of the appointment of 
such arbitrator— 
(A) certified by the American Arbitration 
Association; and 
(B) not a registered lobbyist. 
(3) SELECTION OF ARBITRATOR.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each arbitration 
commenced under this section, the Secretary 
concerned and each applicable objector or 
protestor shall agree, not later than 14 days 
after the agreement process is initiated, on a 
mutually acceptable arbitrator from the list 
published under subsection. 
(B) APPOINTMENT
AFTER
DAYS.—In 
the case of an agreement with respect to a mu-
tually acceptable arbitrator not being reached 
within the 14-day limit described in subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary concerned shall ap-
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point an arbitrator from the list published 
under this subsection. 
(d) SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The arbitrator appointed 
under subsection (c)— 
(A) may not modify any of the proposals 
submitted with the objection, protest, or request 
to intervene; and 
(B) shall select to be conducted— 
(i) the forest management activity, as 
approved by the Secretary; or 
(ii) a proposal submitted by an objec-
tor or an intervening party. 
(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—An arbitrator shall, 
when selecting a proposal, consider— 
(A) whether the proposal is consistent with 
the applicable forest plan, laws, and regula-
tions; 
(B) whether the proposal can be carried 
out by the Secretary concerned; and 
(C) the effect of each proposal on— 
(i) forest health; 
(ii) habitat diversity; 
(iii) wildfire potential; 
(iv) insect and disease potential; 
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(v) timber production; and 
(vi) the implications of a resulting de-
cline in forest health, loss of habitat diver-
sity, wildfire, or insect or disease infesta-
tion, given fire and insect and disease his-
toric cycles, on— 
(I) domestic water costs; 
(II) wildlife habitat loss; and 
(III) other economic and social 
factors. 
(e) EFFECT OF DECISION.—The decision of an arbi-
trator with respect to the forest management activity— 
(1) shall not be considered a major Federal ac-
tion; 
(2) shall be binding; and 
(3) shall not be subject to judicial review, ex-
cept as provided in section 10(a) of title 9, United 
States Code. 
(f) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—Not later than 90 
days after the date on which the arbitration is filed with 
respect to the forest management activity, the arbitration 
process shall be completed. 
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TITLE 
IV—SECURE 
RURAL 
SCHOOLS 
AND 
COMMUNITY 
SELF-DETERMINATION 
ACT 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 401. USE OF RESERVED FUNDS FOR TITLE II 
PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LAND AND CERTAIN 
NON-FEDERAL LAND. 
Section 204(f) of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-
munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
7124(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary concerned shall ensure that at least 50 
percent of the project funds reserved by a partici-
pating county under section 102(d) shall be available 
only for projects that— 
‘‘(A) include the sale of timber or other 
forest products, reduce fire risks, or improve 
water supplies; and 
‘‘(B) implement stewardship objectives 
that enhance forest ecosystems or restore and 
improve land health and water quality. 
‘‘(2) 
APPLICABILITY.—The 
requirement 
in 
paragraph (1) shall apply only to project funds re-
served by a participating county whose boundaries 
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include Federal land that the Secretary concerned 
determines has been subject to a timber or other for-
est products program within 5 fiscal years before the 
fiscal year in which the funds are reserved.’’. 
TITLE V—STEWARDSHIP END 
RESULT CONTRACTING 
SEC. 
501. 
PAYMENT 
OF 
PORTION 
OF 
STEWARDSHIP 
PROJECT REVENUES TO COUNTY IN WHICH 
STEWARDSHIP PROJECT OCCURS. 
Section 604(e) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘subject 
to paragraph (3)(A),’’ before ‘‘shall’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘services 
received by the Chief or the Director’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ‘‘services and in-kind resources re-
ceived by the Chief or the Director under a steward-
ship contract project conducted under this section 
shall not be considered monies received from the Na-
tional Forest System or the public lands, but any 
payments made by the contractor to the Chief or Di-
rector under the project shall be considered monies 
received from the National Forest System or the 
public lands.’’. 
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SEC. 502. FIRE LIABILITY PROVISION. 
Section 604(d) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) MODIFICATION.—Upon the request of the 
contractor, a contract or agreement under this sec-
tion awarded before February 7, 2014, shall be 
modified by the Chief or Director to include the fire 
liability provisions described in paragraph (7).’’. 
SEC. 503. EXTENSION OF STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING 
MAXIMUM TERM LIMITS. 
(a) HEALTH FORESTS RESTORATION ACT.—Section 
604(d)(3)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking 
‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 
(b) NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT.—Section 
14(c) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 
U.S.C. 472a(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘Fire Regime 
Groups I, II, or III’’ and inserting ‘‘Fire Regime Groups 
I, II, III, IV, and V’’. 
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TITLE 
VI—TRIBAL 
FORESTRY 
PARTICIPATION 
AND 
PRO-
TECTION 
SEC. 
601. 
PROTECTION 
OF 
TRIBAL 
FOREST 
ASSETS 
THROUGH USE OF STEWARDSHIP END RE-
SULT CONTRACTING AND OTHER AUTHORI-
TIES. 
(a) PROMPT
CONSIDERATION
OF
TRIBAL
RE-
QUESTS.—Section 2(b) of the Tribal Forest Protection 
Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than 120 days after the date on which an Indian 
tribe submits to the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘In re-
sponse to the submission by an Indian Tribe of’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) TIME PERIODS FOR CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL RESPONSE.—Not later than 
120 days after the date on which the Secretary 
receives a Tribal request under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall provide an initial response 
to the Indian Tribe regarding— 
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‘‘(i) whether the request may meet the 
selection criteria described in subsection 
(c); and 
‘‘(ii) the likelihood of the Secretary 
entering into an agreement or contract 
with the Indian Tribe under paragraph (2) 
for activities described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) NOTICE OF DENIAL.—Notice under 
subsection (d) of the denial of a Tribal request 
under paragraph (1) shall be provided not later 
than 1 year after the date on which the Sec-
retary received the request. 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION.—Not later than 2 
years after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives a Tribal request under paragraph (1), 
other than a Tribal request denied under sub-
section (d), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) complete all environmental re-
views necessary in connection with the 
agreement or contract and proposed activi-
ties under the agreement or contract; and 
‘‘(ii) enter into the agreement or con-
tract with the Indian tribe under para-
graph (2).’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 
U.S.C. 3115a) is amended— 
(1) in subsections (b)(1) and (f)(1), by striking 
‘‘section 347 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 
U.S.C. 2104 note; Public Law 105–277) (as amend-
ed by section 323 of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (117 
Stat. 275))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 604 of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6591c)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(1), the Secretary may’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (1) and (4)(B) of subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall’’. 
SEC. 602. MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN FOREST LAND AUTHOR-
IZED TO INCLUDE RELATED NATIONAL FOR-
EST SYSTEM LANDS AND PUBLIC LANDS. 
Section 305 of the National Indian Forest Resources 
Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3104) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) INCLUSION
OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM LAND AND PUBLIC LAND.— 
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‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—At the request of an Indian 
Tribe, the Secretary concerned may agree to treat 
Federal forest land as Indian forest land for pur-
poses of planning and conducting forest land man-
agement activities under this section if the Federal 
forest land is located within, or mostly within, a geo-
graphic area that presents a feature or involves cir-
cumstances principally relevant to that Indian Tribe, 
such as Federal forest land ceded to the United 
States by treaty, Federal forest land within the 
boundaries of a current or former reservation, or 
Federal forest land adjudicated to be Tribal home-
lands. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—As part of the agree-
ment to treat Federal forest land as Indian forest 
land under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned 
and the Indian Tribe making the request shall— 
‘‘(A) provide for continued public access 
applicable to the Federal forest land prior to 
the agreement, except that the Secretary con-
cerned may limit or prohibit such access as 
needed; 
‘‘(B) continue sharing revenue generated 
by the Federal forest land with State and local 
governments either— 
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‘‘(i) on the terms applicable to the 
Federal forest land prior to the agreement, 
including, where applicable, 25-percent 
payments or 50-percent payments; or 
‘‘(ii) at the option of the Indian Tribe, 
on terms agreed upon by the Indian Tribe, 
the Secretary concerned, and State and 
county governments participating in a rev-
enue sharing agreement for the Federal 
forest land; 
‘‘(C) comply with applicable prohibitions 
on the export of unprocessed logs harvested 
from the Federal forest land; 
‘‘(D) recognize all right-of-way agreements 
in place on Federal forest land prior to com-
mencement of Tribal management activities; 
‘‘(E) ensure that all commercial timber re-
moved from the Federal forest land is sold on 
a competitive bid basis; and 
‘‘(F) cooperate with the appropriate State 
fish and wildlife agency to achieve mutual 
agreement on the management of fish and wild-
life. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Treating Federal forest 
land as Indian forest land for purposes of planning 
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