I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2936 
To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and im-
prove forest management activities on National Forest System lands, 
on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone 
forested lands, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Mr. WESTERMAN (for himself, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. LABRADOR, Mr. 
MCCLINTOCK, Mr. PETERSON, and Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Edu-
cation and the Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 and improve forest management activities on 
National Forest System lands, on public lands under 
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, 
and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, 
fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Rule of application for National Forest System lands and public lands. 
TITLE I—EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND AVAIL-
ABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPEDITE FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—Analysis of Proposed Collaborative Forest Management Activities 
Sec. 101. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) in proposed 
collaborative forest management activities. 
Subtitle B—Categorical Exclusions 
Sec. 111. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions. 
Sec. 112. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to 
catastrophic events. 
Sec. 113. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional 
forests. 
Sec. 114. Categorical exclusion for road side projects. 
Sec. 115. Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System 
Lands or public land or reduce the risk of wildfire. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions for Forest Management Activities 
Sec. 121. Compliance with forest plans. 
Sec. 122. Consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act. 
Sec. 123. Consultation under the Endangered Species Act. 
Sec. 124. Forest management activities considered non-discretionary actions. 
TITLE II—SALVAGE AND REFORESTATION IN RESPONSE TO 
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS 
Sec. 201. Expedited salvage operations and reforestation activities following 
large-scale catastrophic events. 
Sec. 202. Compliance with forest plan. 
Sec. 203. Prohibition on restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and injunc-
tions pending appeal. 
TITLE III—FOREST MANAGEMENT LITIGATION 
Subtitle A—General Litigation Provisions 
Sec. 311. No attorney fees for forest management activity challenges. 
Sec. 312. Injunctive relief. 
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Subtitle B—Forest Management Activity Arbitration Pilot Program 
Sec. 321. Use of arbitration instead of litigation to address challenges to forest 
management activities. 
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. 
Sec. 402. Resource advisory committees. 
Sec. 403. Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee 
projects. 
Sec. 404. Additional authorized use of reserved funds for title III county 
projects. 
Sec. 405. Treatment as supplemental funding. 
TITLE V—STEWARDSHIP END RESULT CONTRACTING 
Sec. 501. Cancellation ceilings for stewardship end result contracting projects. 
Sec. 502. Excess offset value. 
Sec. 503. Payment of portion of stewardship project revenues to county in 
which stewardship project occurs. 
Sec. 504. Submission of existing annual report. 
Sec. 505. Fire liability provision. 
Sec. 506. Extension of stewardship contracting maximum term limits. 
TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 601. Definitions. 
Sec. 602. Availability of stewardship project revenues and Collaborative Forest 
Landscape Restoration Fund to cover forest management activ-
ity planning costs. 
Sec. 603. State-supported planning of forest management activities. 
TITLE VII—TRIBAL FORESTRY PARTICIPATION AND PROTECTION 
Sec. 701. Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end re-
sult contracting and other authorities. 
Sec. 702. Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related Na-
tional Forest System lands and public lands. 
Sec. 703. Tribal forest management demonstration project. 
Sec. 704. Rule of application. 
TITLE VIII— EXPEDITING INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION 
Subtitle A—Forest Plans Not Considered Major Federal Actions 
Sec. 801. Forest plans not considered major Federal actions. 
Subtitle B—Agency Consultation 
Sec. 811. Consultation under Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974. 
Sec. 812. Consultation under Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
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Subtitle A—Forest Management Provisions 
Sec. 901. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to in-
sect and disease infestation. 
Sec. 902. Revision of alternate consultation agreement regulations. 
Sec. 903. Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations. 
Sec. 904. Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning. 
Sec. 905. Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens requirements on Na-
tional Forest System lands. 
Sec. 906. Use of site-specific forest plan amendments for certain projects and 
activities. 
Sec. 907. Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications. 
Sec. 908. Application of Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation 
Measure Standard and Guidelines. 
Sec. 909. Reconstruction and repair included in good neighbor agreements. 
Sec. 910. Logging and mechanized operations. 
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. 
Sec. 912. Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and Coos Bay Wagon 
Road Grant lands permanent rights of access. 
Sec. 913. Management of Bureau of Land Management lands in Western Or-
egon. 
TITLE X—MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND 
Sec. 1001. Wildfire on Federal lands. 
Sec. 1002. Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands. 
Sec. 1003. Prohibition on transfers. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In titles I through IX: 
(1) CATASTROPHIC EVENT.—The term ‘‘cata-
strophic event’’ means any natural disaster (such as 
hurricane, tornado, windstorm, snow or ice storm, 
rain storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal 
wave, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, 
mudslide, drought, or insect or disease outbreak) or 
any fire, flood, or explosion, regardless of cause. 
(2) COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.—The term ‘‘col-
laborative process’’ refers to a process relating to the 
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management of National Forest System lands or 
public lands by which a project or forest manage-
ment activity is developed and implemented by the 
Secretary concerned through collaboration with in-
terested 
persons, 
as 
described 
in 
section 
603(b)(1)(C) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(b)(1)(C)). 
(3) 
COMMUNITY
WILDFIRE
PROTECTION 
PLAN.—The term ‘‘community wildfire protection 
plan’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6511). 
(4) COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT LANDS.— 
The term ‘‘Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands’’ 
means the lands reconveyed to the United States 
pursuant to the first section of the Act of February 
26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179). 
(5) FOREST
MANAGEMENT
ACTIVITY.—The 
term ‘‘forest management activity’’ means a project 
or activity carried out by the Secretary concerned on 
National Forest System lands or public lands con-
sistent with the forest plan covering the lands. 
(6) FOREST
PLAN.—The term ‘‘forest plan’’ 
means— 
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(A) a land use plan prepared by the Bu-
reau of Land Management for public lands pur-
suant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1712); or 
(B) a land and resource management plan 
prepared by the Forest Service for a unit of the 
National Forest System pursuant to section 6 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1604). 
(7) LARGE-SCALE CATASTROPHIC EVENT.—The 
term ‘‘large-scale catastrophic event’’ means a cata-
strophic event that adversely impacts at least 5,000 
acres of reasonably contiguous National Forest Sys-
tem lands or public lands, as determined by the Sec-
retary concerned. 
(8) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(9) OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD GRANT 
LANDS.—The term ‘‘Oregon and California Railroad 
Grant lands’’ means the following lands: 
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ation of impacted lands following a large-scale cata-
strophic event. The term includes planting, evalu-
ating and enhancing natural regeneration, clearing 
competing vegetation, and other activities related to 
reestablishment of forest species on the impacted 
lands. 
(12) RESOURCE
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—The 
term ‘‘resource advisory committee’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 201 of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121). 
(13) SALVAGE OPERATION.—The term ‘‘salvage 
operation’’ means a forest management activity and 
restoration activities carried out in response to a 
catastrophic event where the primary purpose is— 
(A) to prevent wildfire as a result of the 
catastrophic event, or, if the catastrophic event 
was wildfire, to prevent a re-burn of the fire-im-
pacted area; 
(B) to provide an opportunity for utiliza-
tion of forest materials damaged as a result of 
the catastrophic event; or 
(C) to provide a funding source for refor-
estation and other restoration activities for the 
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National Forest System lands or public lands 
impacted by the catastrophic event. 
(14) 
SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System lands; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public lands. 
SEC. 3. RULE OF APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM LANDS AND PUBLIC LANDS. 
Unless specifically provided by a provision of titles 
I through IX, the authorities provided by such titles do 
not apply with respect to any National Forest System 
lands or public lands— 
(1) that are included in the National Wilderness 
Preservation System; 
(2) that are located within a national or State- 
specific inventoried roadless area established by the 
Secretary of Agriculture through regulation, un-
less— 
(A) the forest management activity to be 
carried out under such authority is consistent 
with the forest plan applicable to the area; or 
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(B) the Secretary concerned determines 
the activity is allowed under the applicable 
roadless rule governing such lands; or 
(3) on which timber harvesting for any purpose 
is prohibited by Federal statute. 
TITLE I—EXPEDITED ENVIRON-
MENTAL 
ANALYSIS 
AND 
AVAILABILITY OF CATEGOR-
ICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPE-
DITE FOREST MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—Analysis of Proposed 
Collaborative 
Forest 
Manage-
ment Activities 
SEC. 101. ANALYSIS OF ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES (ACTION 
VERSUS NO ACTION) IN PROPOSED COLLABO-
RATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL AS-
SESSMENTS
AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT
STATE-
MENTS.—This section shall apply whenever the Secretary 
concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an en-
vironmental impact statement pursuant to section 102 of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4332) for a forest management activity that— 
(1) is developed through a collaborative process; 
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(2) is proposed by a resource advisory com-
mittee; 
(3) will occur on lands identified by the Sec-
retary concerned as suitable for timber production; 
(4) will occur on lands designated by the Sec-
retary (or designee thereof) pursuant to section 
602(b) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591a(b)), notwithstanding wheth-
er such forest management activity is initiated prior 
to September 30, 2018; or 
(5) is covered by a community wildfire protec-
tion plan. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES.—In an envi-
ronmental assessment or environmental impact statement 
described in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall 
study, develop, and describe only the following two alter-
natives: 
(1) The forest management activity. 
(2) The alternative of no action. 
(c) ELEMENTS OF NO ACTION ALTERNATIVE.—In 
the case of the alternative of no action, the Secretary con-
cerned shall consider whether to evaluate— 
(1) the effect of no action on— 
(A) forest health; 
(B) habitat diversity; 
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(C) wildfire potential; 
(D) insect and disease potential; and 
(E) timber production; and 
(2) the implications of a resulting decline in 
forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or in-
sect or disease infestation, given fire and insect and 
disease historic cycles, on— 
(A) domestic water supply in the project 
area; 
(B) wildlife habitat loss; and 
(C) other economic and social factors. 
Subtitle B—Categorical Exclusions 
SEC. 111. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO EXPEDITE CER-
TAIN CRITICAL RESPONSE ACTIONS. 
(a) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION ESTABLISHED.—For-
est management activities described in subsection (b) are 
a category of actions hereby designated as being categori-
cally excluded from the preparation of an environmental 
assessment or an environmental impact statement under 
section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DESIGNATED 
FOR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.—The forest management 
activities designated under this section for a categorical 
exclusion are forest management activities carried out by 
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the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands 
or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity 
is— 
(1) to address an insect or disease infestation; 
(2) to reduce hazardous fuel loads; 
(3) to protect a municipal water source; 
(4) to maintain, enhance, or modify critical 
habitat to protect it from catastrophic disturbances; 
(5) to increase water yield; 
(6) produce timber; or 
(7) any combination of the purposes specified in 
paragraphs (1) through (6). 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.— 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion es-
tablished under subsection (a) in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
(d) ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of a for-
est management activity described in paragraph (2), 
a forest management activity covered by the categor-
ical exclusion established under subsection (a) may 
not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 
10,000 acres. 
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(2) LARGER
AREAS
AUTHORIZED.—A forest 
management activity covered by the categorical ex-
clusion established under subsection (a) may contain 
treatment units exceeding a total of 10,000 acres 
but not more than a total of 30,000 acres if the for-
est management activity— 
(A) is developed through a collaborative 
process; 
(B) is proposed by a resource advisory 
committee; or 
(C) is covered by a community wildfire 
protection plan. 
SEC. 112. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO EXPEDITE SAL-
VAGE OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO CATA-
STROPHIC EVENTS. 
(a) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION ESTABLISHED.—Sal-
vage operations carried out by the Secretary concerned on 
National Forest System lands or public lands are a cat-
egory of actions hereby designated as being categorically 
excluded from the preparation of an environmental assess-
ment or an environmental impact statement under section 
102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.— 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
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Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion es-
tablished under subsection (a) in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
(c) ACREAGE LIMITATION.—A salvage operation cov-
ered by the categorical exclusion established under sub-
section (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a 
total of 10,000 acres. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) STREAM
BUFFERS.—A salvage operation 
covered by the categorical exclusion established 
under subsection (a) shall comply with the standards 
and guidelines for stream buffers contained in the 
applicable forest plan unless waived by the Regional 
Forester, in the case of National Forest System 
lands, or the State Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, in the case of public lands. 
(2) REFORESTATION
PLAN.—A reforestation 
plan shall be developed under section 3 of the Act 
of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson- 
Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), as part of a sal-
vage operation covered by the categorical exclusion 
established under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 113. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO MEET FOREST 
PLAN GOALS FOR EARLY SUCCESSIONAL 
FORESTS. 
(a) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION ESTABLISHED.—For-
est management activities described in subsection (b) are 
a category of actions hereby designated as being categori-
cally excluded from the preparation of an environmental 
assessment or an environmental impact statement under 
section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DESIGNATED 
FOR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.—The forest management 
activities designated under this section for a categorical 
exclusion are forest management activities carried out by 
the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands 
or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity 
is to modify, improve, enhance, or create early successional 
forests for wildlife habitat improvement and other pur-
poses, consistent with the applicable forest plan. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.— 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion es-
tablished under subsection (a) in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
(d) PROJECT GOALS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary concerned shall design a forest man-
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agement activity under this section to meet early succes-
sional forest goals in such a manner so as to maximize 
production and regeneration of priority species, as identi-
fied in the forest plan and consistent with the capability 
of the activity site. 
(e) ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.—A forest management 
activity covered by the categorical exclusion established 
under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units ex-
ceeding a total of 10,000 acres. 
SEC. 114. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR ROAD SIDE 
PROJECTS. 
(a) CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION
ESTABLISHED.— 
Projects carried out by the Secretary concerned to remove 
hazard trees or to salvage timber for purposes of the pro-
tection of public health or safety, water supply, or public 
infrastructure are a category of actions hereby designated 
as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an 
environmental assessment or an environmental impact 
statement under section 102 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.— 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion es-
tablished under subsection (a) in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
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(c) HEALTHY FORESTS RESTORATION ACT RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—A project that 
is categorically excluded under this section shall be 
subject to the requirements of subsections (d), (e), 
and (f) of section 603 of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591). 
(2) HAZARDOUS
FUEL
REDUCTION
ON
FED-
ERAL
LAND.—A project that is categorically ex-
cluded under this section shall be subject to the re-
quirements of sections 102, 104, 105, and 106 of 
title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.). 
SEC. 115. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO IMPROVE OR RE-
STORE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS OR 
PUBLIC LAND OR REDUCE THE RISK OF 
WILDFIRE. 
(a) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION ESTABLISHED.—For-
est management activities described in subsection (b) are 
a category of actions hereby designated as being categori-
cally excluded from the preparation of an environmental 
assessment or an environmental impact statement under 
section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
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(b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DESIGNATED 
FOR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—The forest management ac-
tivities designated under this section for a categor-
ical exclusion are forest management activities de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that are carried out by the 
Secretary concerned on National Forest System 
Lands or public lands where the primary purpose of 
such activity is to improve or restore such lands or 
reduce the risk of wildfire on those lands. 
(2) ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED.—The follow ac-
tivities may be carried out pursuant to the categor-
ical exclusion established under subsection (a): 
(A) Removal of juniper trees, medusahead 
rye, conifer trees, pin˜on pine trees, cheatgrass, 
and other noxious or invasive weeds specified on 
Federal or State noxious weeds lists through 
late-season livestock grazing, targeted livestock 
grazing, prescribed burns, and mechanical 
treatments. 
(B) Performance of hazardous fuels man-
agement. 
(C) Creation of fuel and fire breaks. 
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(D) Modification of existing fences in order 
to distribute livestock and help improve wildlife 
habitat. 
(E) Installation of erosion control devices. 
(F) Construction of new and maintenance 
of permanent infrastructure, including stock 
ponds, water catchments, and water spring 
boxes used to benefit livestock and improve 
wildlife habitat. 
(G) Performance of soil treatments, native 
and non-native seeding, and planting of and 
transplanting sagebrush, grass, forb, shrub, and 
other species. 
(H) Use of herbicides, so long as the Sec-
retary concerned determines that the activity is 
otherwise conducted consistently with agency 
procedures, including any forest plan applicable 
to the area covered by the activity. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.— 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion es-
tablished under subsection (a) in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
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(d) ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.—A forest management 
activity covered by the categorical exclusion established 
under subsection (a) may not exceed 10,000 acres. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HAZARDOUS
FUELS
MANAGEMENT.—The 
term ‘‘hazardous fuels management’’ means any 
vegetation management activities that reduce the 
risk of wildfire. 
(2) LATE-SEASON GRAZING.—The term ‘‘late- 
season grazing’’ means grazing activities that occur 
after both the invasive species and native perennial 
species have completed their current-year annual 
growth cycle until new plant growth begins to ap-
pear in the following year. 
(3) 
TARGETED
LIVESTOCK
GRAZING.—The 
term ‘‘targeted livestock grazing’’ means grazing 
used for purposes of hazardous fuel reduction. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions for 
Forest Management Activities 
SEC. 121. COMPLIANCE WITH FOREST PLANS. 
A forest management activity carried out pursuant 
to this Act shall be conducted in a manner consistent with 
the forest plan applicable to the National Forest System 
land or public lands covered by the forest management ac-
tivity. 
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SEC. 122. CONSULTATION UNDER THE NATIONAL HISTORIC 
PRESERVATION ACT. 
(a) EFFECT OF UNDERTAKING ON HISTORIC PROP-
ERTY.—With respect to a forest management activity car-
ried out pursuant to this Act, in taking into account the 
effect of a Federal undertaking on any historic property 
under section 306108 of title 54, United States Code, the 
Secretary concerned may, without consultation with the 
State Historic Preservation Officer, Tribal Historic Pres-
ervation Officer, or any other entity— 
(1) conduct a phased identification and evalua-
tion under section 800.4(b)(2) of title 36, Code of 
Federal Regulations, or successor regulation; and 
(2) with respect to the phased identification and 
evaluation described in paragraph (1), apply the cri-
teria of adverse effect consistent with phased identi-
fication and evaluation under section 800.5(a)(3) of 
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor 
regulation. 
(b) EXPEDITED CONSULTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a forest man-
agement activity carried out pursuant to this Act 
that is not the subject of a phased identification and 
evaluation under subsection (a), consultation under 
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation 
Act (54 U.S.C. 306108) shall be concluded within 
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the 90-day period beginning on the date on which 
such consultation was requested by the Secretary 
concerned. 
(2) NO CONCLUSION.—In the case of a con-
sultation described in paragraph (1) that is not con-
cluded within the 90-day period, the forest manage-
ment activity for which such consultation was initi-
ated— 
(A) shall be considered to have not violated 
section 106 of the National Historic Preserva-
tion Act (54 U.S.C. 306108); and 
(B) may be carried out. 
SEC. 123. CONSULTATION UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPE-
CIES ACT. 
(a) NO CONSULTATION IF ACTION NOT LIKELY TO 
ADVERSELY AFFECT A LISTED SPECIES OR DESIGNATED 
CRITICAL HABITAT.—With respect to a forest manage-
ment activity carried out pursuant to this Act, consulta-
tion under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) shall not be required if the Sec-
retary concerned determines that the such forest manage-
ment activity is not likely to adversely affect a listed spe-
cies or designated critical habitat. 
(b) EXPEDITED CONSULTATION.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to a forest 
management activity carried out pursuant to this 
Act, consultation required under section 7 of the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) 
shall be concluded within the 90-day period begin-
ning on the date on which such consultation was re-
quested by the Secretary concerned. 
(2) NO CONCLUSION.—In the case of a con-
sultation described in paragraph (1) that is not con-
cluded within the 90-day period, the forest manage-
ment activity for which such consultation was initi-
ated— 
(A) shall be considered to have not violated 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)); and 
(B) may be carried out. 
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. 
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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 
concerned shall 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-
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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-
tem lands or public lands covered by the salvage operation 
or reforestation activity. 
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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. 311. 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 
to an action challenging a forest management activity car-
ried out pursuant to this Act. 
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SEC. 312. 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 
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 
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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. 321. 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-
agement activities for arbitration under the arbitra-
tion pilot program established under paragraph (1). 
(3) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
OF
ARBITRATIONS.— 
Under the arbitration pilot program, the Secretary 
concerned may not arbitrate more than 10 objec-
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tions or protests to forest management activities in 
a fiscal year in— 
(A) each Forest Service Region; and 
(B) each State Region of the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(4) 
DETERMINING
AMOUNT
OF
ARBITRA-
TIONS.—An objection or protest to a forest manage-
ment activity shall not be counted towards the limi-
tation on number of arbitrations under paragraph 
(3) unless— 
(A) on the date such objection or protest 
is designated for arbitration, the forest manage-
ment activity for which such objection or pro-
test is filed has not been the subject of arbitra-
tion proceedings under the pilot program; and 
(B) the arbitration proceeding has com-
menced with respect to such objection or pro-
test. 
(5) TERMINATION.—The pilot programs estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (1) shall terminate on 
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 
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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.— 
(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. 
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(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, certified by the American Arbitra-
tion Association. 
(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
14-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-
point an arbitrator from the list published 
under this subsection. 
(d) SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The arbitrator appointed 
under subsection (c)— 
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(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; 
(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-
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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. 
(a) REPEAL
OF
MERCHANTABLE
TIMBER
CON-
TRACTING PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 204(e) of the Se-
cure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124(e)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECT FUNDS.—Section 
204(f) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- 
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124(f)) is amend-
ed 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 
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‘‘(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 
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.’’. 
SEC. 402. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
(a) RECOGNITION OF RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEES.—Section 205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
(b) REDUCTION IN COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES.— 
Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Commu-
nity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘15 members’’ and inserting ‘‘9 
members’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘5 persons’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘3 persons’’. 
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(c) EXPANDING LOCAL PARTICIPATION ON COMMIT-
TEES.—Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
7125(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, consistent with the 
requirements of paragraph (4)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The mem-
bers of a resource advisory committee shall reside 
within the county or counties in which the committee 
has jurisdiction or an adjacent county.’’. 
(d) APPOINTMENT OF RESOURCE ADVISORY COM-
MITTEES BY APPLICABLE DESIGNEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 205 of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(or 
applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘The Secretary 
concerned’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary concerned’’; and 
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(iii) in paragraph (4), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary concerned’’ both places it appears; 
(B) in subsection (b)(6), by inserting ‘‘(or 
applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary con-
cerned’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by in-
serting ‘‘OR APPLICABLE DESIGNEE’’ after 
‘‘BY THE SECRETARY’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary concerned’’ both places it appears; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary concerned’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary concerned’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) APPLICABLE DESIGNEE.—In this section, 
the term ‘applicable designee’ means— 
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‘‘(A) with respect to Federal land de-
scribed in section 3(7)(A), the applicable Re-
gional Forester; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to Federal land de-
scribed in section 3(7)(B), the applicable Bu-
reau of Land Management State Director.’’; 
(D) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘(or ap-
plicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary con-
cerned’’; and 
(E) in subsection (f)(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(or applicable des-
ignee)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or applicable des-
ignee)’’ after ‘‘of the Secretary’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
201(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121(3)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘(or applicable designee (as 
defined in section 205(c)(6)))’’ after ‘‘Secretary con-
cerned’’ both places it appears. 
SEC. 403. PROGRAM FOR TITLE II SELF-SUSTAINING RE-
SOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROJECTS. 
(a) SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE PROJECTS.—Title II of the Secure Rural Schools 
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and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 7121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 209. PROGRAM FOR SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE AD-
VISORY COMMITTEE PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) RAC PROGRAM.—The Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice shall conduct a program (to be known as the ‘self-sus-
taining resource advisory committee program’ or ‘RAC 
program’) under which 10 resource advisory committees 
will propose projects authorized by subsection (c) to be 
carried out using project funds reserved by a participating 
county under section 102(d). 
‘‘(b) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING RESOURCE AD-
VISORY COMMITTEES.—The selection of resource advisory 
committees to participate in the RAC program is in the 
sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the 
project purposes specified in sections 202(b), 203(c), and 
204(a)(5), projects under the RAC program are intended 
to— 
‘‘(1) accomplish forest management objectives 
or support community development; and 
‘‘(2) generate receipts. 
‘‘(d) DEPOSIT AND AVAILABILITY OF REVENUES.— 
Any revenue generated by a project conducted under the 
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RAC program, including any interest accrued from the 
revenues, shall be— 
‘‘(1) deposited in the special account in the 
Treasury established under section 102(d)(2)(A); 
and 
‘‘(2) available, in such amounts as may be pro-
vided in advance in appropriation Acts, for addi-
tional projects under the RAC program. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to initiate a 
project under the RAC program shall terminate on 
September 30, 2022. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS
IN
TREASURY.—Any funds 
available for projects under the RAC program and 
not obligated by September 30, 2023, shall be depos-
ited in the Treasury of the United States.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION
TO GENERAL RULE REGARDING 
TREATMENT OF RECEIPTS.—Section 403(b) of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7153(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘All rev-
enues’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in section 209, 
all revenues’’. 
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SEC. 404. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF RESERVED 
FUNDS FOR TITLE III COUNTY PROJECTS. 
Section 302(a) of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-
munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
7142(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and law enforcement pa-
trols’’ after ‘‘including firefighting’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and carry 
out’’ after ‘‘develop’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) to cover training costs and equipment pur-
chases directly related to the emergency services de-
scribed in paragraph (2); and’’. 
SEC. 405. TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 
(16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.— 
None of the funds made available to a beneficiary county 
or other political subdivision of a State under this Act 
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shall be used in lieu of or to otherwise offset State funding 
sources for local schools, facilities, or educational pur-
poses.’’. 
(b) CONTINUATION
OF DIRECT PAYMENTS.—Pay-
ments to States made under the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.) and 25-percent payments made to States 
and Territories under the Acts of May 23, 1908, and 
March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), shall continue to be made 
as direct payments. 
TITLE V—STEWARDSHIP END 
RESULT CONTRACTING 
SEC. 501. CANCELLATION CEILINGS FOR STEWARDSHIP 
END RESULT CONTRACTING PROJECTS. 
(a) CANCELLATION CEILINGS.—Section 604 of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6591c) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h) CANCELLATION CEILINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
3903(b)(1) of title 41, United States Code, the Chief 
and the Director may obligate funds in stages that 
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are economically or programmatically viable to cover 
any potential cancellation or termination costs for an 
agreement or contract under subsection (b) in stages 
that are economically or programmatically viable. 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF CAN-
CELLATION CEILING IN EXCESS OF $25 MILLION.— 
Not later than 30 days before entering into a 
multiyear agreement or contract under subsection 
(b) that includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of 
$25 million, but does not include proposed funding 
for the costs of cancelling the agreement or contract 
up to such cancellation ceiling, the Chief or the Di-
rector, as the case may be, shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-
sources and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives a written notice that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) the cancellation ceiling amounts pro-
posed for each program year in the agreement 
or contract; 
‘‘(B) the reasons why such cancellation 
ceiling amounts were selected; 
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‘‘(C) the extent to which the costs of con-
tract cancellation are not included in the budget 
for the agreement or contract; and 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the financial risk of 
not including budgeting for the costs of agree-
ment or contract cancellation. 
‘‘(3) TRANSMITTAL OF NOTICE TO OMB.—Not 
later than 14 days after the date on which written 
notice is provided under paragraph (2) with respect 
to an agreement or contract under subsection (b), 
the Chief or the Director, as the case may be, shall 
transmit a copy of the notice to the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.’’. 
(b) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 604(d)(5) 
of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6591c(d)(5)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘, the Chief may’’ and inserting 
‘‘and section 2(a)(1) of the Act of July 31, 1947 
(commonly known as the Materials Act of 1947; 30 
U.S.C. 602(a)(1)), the Chief and the Director may’’; 
and 
(2) by striking the last sentence. 
SEC. 502. EXCESS OFFSET VALUE. 
Section 604(g)(2) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(g)(2)) is amended by strik-
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ing subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following 
new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(A) use the excess to satisfy any out-
standing liabilities for cancelled agreements or 
contracts; or 
‘‘(B) if there are no outstanding liabilities 
under subparagraph (A), apply the excess to 
other authorized stewardship projects.’’. 
SEC. 
503. 
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 
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received from the National Forest System or the 
public lands.’’. 
SEC. 504. SUBMISSION OF EXISTING ANNUAL REPORT. 
Subsection (j) of section 604 of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c), as redesig-
nated by section 501(a)(1), is amended by striking ‘‘report 
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘submit to the 
congressional committees specified in subsection (h)(2) a 
report’’. 
SEC. 505. 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. 506. EXTENSION OF STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING 
MAXIMUM TERM LIMITS. 
(a) HEALTH FORESTS RESTORATION ACT.—Section 
604(d)(3)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
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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 ‘‘ten years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 
TITLE 
VI—ADDITIONAL 
FUND-
ING SOURCES FOR FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a State or political subdivision of a 
State containing National Forest System lands 
or public lands; 
(B) a publicly chartered utility serving one 
or more States or a political subdivision thereof; 
(C) a rural electric company; and 
(D) any other entity determined by the 
Secretary concerned to be appropriate for par-
ticipation in the Fund. 
(2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the 
State-Supported Forest Management Fund estab-
lished by section 603. 
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SEC. 602. AVAILABILITY OF STEWARDSHIP PROJECT REVE-
NUES AND COLLABORATIVE FOREST LAND-
SCAPE RESTORATION FUND TO COVER FOR-
EST 
MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITY 
PLANNING 
COSTS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF STEWARDSHIP PROJECT REVE-
NUES.—Section 604(e)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)(2)(B)), as 
amended by section 503, is further amended by striking 
‘‘appropriation at the project site from which the monies 
are collected or at another project site.’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘appropriation— 
‘‘(i) at the project site from which the 
monies are collected or at another project 
site; and 
‘‘(ii) to cover not more than 25 per-
cent of the cost of planning additional 
stewardship contracting projects.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
COLLABORATIVE
FOREST 
LANDSCAPE RESTORATION FUND.—Section 4003(f)(1) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 
U.S.C. 7303(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘carrying out 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘planning, carrying out, and’’. 
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SEC. 603. STATE-SUPPORTED PLANNING OF FOREST MAN-
AGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) 
STATE-SUPPORTED
FOREST
MANAGEMENT 
FUND.—There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘State-Sup-
ported Forest Management Fund’’, to cover the cost of 
planning (especially related to compliance with section 102 
of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332)), carrying out, and monitoring certain forest 
management activities on National Forest System lands 
or public lands. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The State-Supported Forest Man-
agement Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be— 
(1) contributed by an eligible entity for deposit 
in the Fund; 
(2) appropriated to the Fund; or 
(3) generated by forest management activities 
carried out using amounts in the Fund. 
(c) GEOGRAPHICAL
AND
USE
LIMITATIONS.—In 
making a contribution under subsection (b)(1), an eligible 
entity may— 
(1) specify the National Forest System lands or 
public lands for which the contribution may be ex-
pended; and 
(2) limit the types of forest management activi-
ties for which the contribution may be expended. 
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(d) AUTHORIZED FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—In such amounts as may be provided in advance 
in appropriation Acts, the Secretary concerned may use 
the Fund to plan, carry out, and monitor a forest manage-
ment activity that— 
(1) is developed through a collaborative process; 
(2) is proposed by a resource advisory com-
mittee; 
(3) is covered by a community wildfire protec-
tion plan. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION METHODS.—A forest manage-
ment activity carried out using amounts in the Fund may 
be carried out using a contract or agreement under section 
604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6591c), the good neighbor authority provided by 
section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 
2113a), a contract under section 14 of the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), or other au-
thority available to the Secretary concerned, but revenues 
generated by the forest management activity shall be used 
to reimburse the Fund for planning costs covered using 
amounts in the Fund. 
(f) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) REVENUE SHARING.—Subject to subsection 
(e), revenues generated by a forest management ac-
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tivity carried out using amounts from the Fund shall 
be considered monies received from the National 
Forest System. 
(2) KNUTSON-VANDERBERG ACT.—The Act of 
June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson- 
Vanderberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.), shall apply 
to any forest management activity carried out using 
amounts in the Fund. 
(g) TERMINATION OF FUND.— 
(1) TERMINATION.—The Fund shall terminate 
10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EFFECT OF TERMINATION.—Upon the ter-
mination of the Fund pursuant to paragraph (1) or 
pursuant to any other provision of law, unobligated 
contributions remaining in the Fund shall be re-
turned to the eligible entity that made the contribu-
tion. 
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TITLE 
VII—TRIBAL 
FORESTRY 
PARTICIPATION 
AND 
PRO-
TECTION 
SEC. 
701. 
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. 702. 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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and conducting management activities pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall not be construed to designate 
the Federal forest land as Indian forest lands for 
any other purpose. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) FEDERAL FOREST LAND.—The term 
‘Federal forest land’ means— 
‘‘(i) National Forest System lands; 
and 
‘‘(ii) public lands (as defined in sec-
tion 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1702(e))), including Coos Bay Wagon 
Road Grant lands reconveyed to the 
United States pursuant to the first section 
of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 
1179), and Oregon and California Railroad 
Grant lands. 
‘‘(B) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term 
‘Secretary concerned’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
respect to the Federal forest land referred 
to in subparagraph (A)(i); and 
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‘‘(3) certify that the amount available for wild-
fire suppression operations of the Federal land man-
agement agencies under the jurisdiction of the re-
spective Secretary will be obligated not later than 30 
days after such Secretary notifies the President that 
wildfire suppression funds will be exhausted to fund 
ongoing and anticipated wildfire suppression oper-
ations related to the wildfire on which the request 
for the declaration of a major disaster for wildfire 
on Federal lands pursuant to this title is based; and 
‘‘(4) specify the amount required in the current 
fiscal year to fund wildfire suppression operations 
related to the wildfire on which the request for the 
declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Fed-
eral lands pursuant to this title is based. 
‘‘(c) DECLARATION.—Based on the request of the re-
spective Secretary under this title, the President may de-
clare that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands 
exists. 
‘‘SEC. 803. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a major disaster for wildfire 
on Federal lands, the President may transfer funds, only 
from the account established pursuant to subsection (b), 
to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture to conduct wildfire suppression operations on Fed-
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eral lands (and non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire pro-
tection agreement or cooperative agreement). 
‘‘(b) WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION
OPERATIONS
AC-
COUNT.—The President shall establish a specific account 
for the assistance available pursuant to a declaration 
under section 802. Such account may only be used to fund 
assistance pursuant to this title. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION OF TRANSFER.—The assist-
ance available pursuant to a declaration under sec-
tion 802 is limited to the transfer of the amount re-
quested pursuant to section 802(b)(4). The assist-
ance available for transfer shall not exceed the 
amount contained in the wildfire suppression oper-
ations account established pursuant to subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Funds under this 
section shall be transferred from the wildfire sup-
pression operations account to the wildfire suppres-
sion subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management 
Account. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION OF OTHER TRANSFERS.—Except 
as provided in this section, no funds may be transferred 
to or from the account established pursuant to subsection 
(b) to or from any other fund or account. 
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