SEC. 2. FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES 
PLANNING ACT OF 1974. 
(a) CONSULTATION REGARDING LAND MANAGEMENT 
PLANS.—Section 6(d) of the Forest and Rangeland Re-
newable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1604(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(d) The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(d) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) NO
ADDITIONAL
CONSULTATION
RE-
QUIRED AFTER APPROVAL OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
PLANS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not 
be required to engage in consultation under this 
subsection or any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 7 of Public Law 93–205 (16 U.S.C. 
1536) and section 402.16 of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) 
with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the listing of a species as threat-
ened or endangered, or a designation of 
critical habitat pursuant to Public Law 
93–205 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), if a land 
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management plan has been adopted by the 
Secretary as of the date of listing or des-
ignation; or 
‘‘(ii) any provision of a land manage-
ment plan adopted as described in clause 
(i). 
‘‘(B) EFFECT
OF
PARAGRAPH.—Nothing 
in this paragraph affects any applicable require-
ment of the Secretary to consult with the head 
of any other Federal department or agency— 
‘‘(i) regarding any project to imple-
ment a land management plan, including a 
project carried out, or proposed to be car-
ried out, in an area designated as critical 
habitat pursuant to Public Law 93–205 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to the development 
of a modification to a land management 
plan that would result in a significant 
change (within the meaning of subsection 
(f)(4)) in the land management plan.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF
SECRETARY; CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 3(a) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
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Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1601(a)) is 
amended, in the first sentence of the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(referred to in 
this Act as the ‘Secretary’)’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Ag-
riculture’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) is amended, in sec-
tions 4 through 9, 12, 13, and 15, by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Agriculture’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 
1976. 
Section 202(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(f) The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) NO
ADDITIONAL
CONSULTATION
RE-
QUIRED AFTER APPROVAL OF LAND USE PLANS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not 
be required to engage in consultation under this 
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subsection or any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 7 of Public Law 93–205 (16 U.S.C. 
1536) and section 402.16 of title 50, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or a successor regula-
tion)), with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the listing of a species as threat-
ened or endangered, or a designation of 
critical habitat, pursuant to Public Law 
93–205 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), if a land 
use plan has been adopted by the Sec-
retary as of the date of listing or designa-
tion; or 
‘‘(ii) any provision of a land use plan 
adopted as described in clause (i). 
‘‘(B) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION
OF
SIGNIFICANT 
CHANGE.—In this subparagraph, the term 
‘significant change’ means a significant 
change within the meaning of section 
219.13(b)(3) of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of en-
actment of this subparagraph), except 
that— 
‘‘(I) any reference contained in 
that section to a land management 
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plan shall be deemed to be a reference 
to a land use plan; 
‘‘(II) any reference contained in 
that section to the Forest Service 
shall be deemed to be a reference to 
the Bureau of Land Management; and 
‘‘(III) any reference contained in 
that section to the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94–588; 90 Stat. 2949) shall be 
deemed to be a reference to this Act. 
‘‘(ii) EFFECT.—Nothing in this para-
graph affects any applicable requirement of 
the Secretary to consult with the head of 
any other Federal department or agency— 
‘‘(I) regarding a project carried 
out, or proposed to be carried out, 
with respect to a species listed as 
threatened or endangered, or in an 
area designated as critical habitat, 
pursuant to Public Law 93–205 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 
‘‘(II) with respect to the develop-
ment of a new land use plan or the re-
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vision of or other significant change to 
an existing land use plan.’’. 
Æ 
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