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ment, and other functions of programs of the Tribal For-
est Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a et seq.) 
through contracts entered into under the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.). 
TITLE 
VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PRO-
VISIONS 
SEC. 801. 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 applies to any agency 
action as part of a forest management activity under titles 
I through VIII, 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. 
SEC. 802. CONDITIONS ON FOREST SERVICE ROAD DECOM-
MISSIONING. 
(a) CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED COUNTY.— 
Whenever any Forest Service defined maintenance level 
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one- or two-system road within a designated high fire 
prone area of a unit of the National Forest System is con-
sidered for decommissioning, the Forest Supervisor of that 
unit of the National Forest System shall— 
(1) consult with the government of the county 
containing the road regarding the merits and pos-
sible consequences of decommissioning the road; and 
(2) solicit possible alternatives to decommis-
sioning the road. 
(b) REGIONAL FORESTER APPROVAL.—A Forest 
Service road described in subsection (a) may not be de-
commissioned without the advance approval of the Re-
gional Forester. 
SEC. 803. PROHIBITION ON APPLICATION OF EASTSIDE 
SCREENS 
REQUIREMENTS 
ON 
NATIONAL 
FOREST SYSTEM LANDS. 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture may not apply to National 
Forest System lands any of the amendments to forest 
plans adopted in the Decision Notice for the Revised Con-
tinuation of Interim Management Direction Establishing 
Riparian, Ecosystem and Wildlife Standards for Timber 
Sales (commonly known as the Eastside Screens require-
ments), including all preceding or associated versions of 
these amendments. 
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SEC. 804. USE OF SITE-SPECIFIC FOREST PLAN AMEND-
MENTS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS AND ACTIVI-
TIES. 
If the Secretary concerned determines that, in order 
to conduct a project or carry out an activity implementing 
a forest plan, an amendment to the forest plan is required, 
the Secretary concerned shall execute such amendment as 
a nonsignificant plan amendment through the record of 
decision or decision notice for the project or activity. 
SEC. 805. KNUTSON-VANDENBERG ACT MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) DEPOSITS OF FUNDS FROM NATIONAL FOREST 
TIMBER PURCHASERS REQUIRED.—Section 3(a) of the 
Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson- 
Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b(a)), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘The Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘any 
purchaser’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall require each purchaser’’. 
(b) CONDITIONS ON USE OF DEPOSITS.—Section 3 
of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the 
Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Such deposits’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
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(3) by inserting before subsection (d), as so re-
designated, the following new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c)(1) Amounts in the special fund established pur-
suant to this section— 
‘‘(A) shall be used exclusively to implement ac-
tivities authorized by subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) may be used anywhere within the Forest 
Service Region from which the original deposits were 
collected. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Agriculture may not deduct 
overhead costs from the funds collected under subsection 
(a), except as needed to fund personnel of the responsible 
Ranger District for the planning and implementation of 
the activities authorized by subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 806. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST SYS-
TEM LANDS AND PUBLIC LANDS. 
Unless specifically provided by a provision of titles 
I through VIII, 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 an inventoried 
roadless area unless the forest management activity 
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to be carried out under such authority is consistent 
with the forest plan applicable to the area; or 
(3) on which timber harvesting for any purpose 
is prohibited by statute. 
SEC. 807. APPLICATION OF NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN SUR-
VEY AND MANAGE MITIGATION MEASURE 
STANDARD AND GUIDELINES. 
The Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Miti-
gation Measure Standard and Guidelines shall not apply 
to any National Forest System lands or public lands. 
SEC. 808. MANAGEMENT OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-
MENT LANDS IN WESTERN OREGON. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—All of the public land managed 
by the Bureau of Land Management in the Salem District, 
Eugene District, Roseburg District, Coos Bay District, 
Medford District, and the Klamath Resource Area of the 
Lakeview District in the State of Oregon shall hereafter 
be managed pursuant to title I of the of the Act of August 
28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a through 1181e). Except as 
provided in subsection (b), all of the revenue produced 
from such land shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States in the Oregon and California land-grant 
fund and be subject to the provisions of title II of the 
Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f). 
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(b) CERTAIN LANDS EXCLUDED.—Subsection (a) 
does not apply to any revenue that is required to be depos-
ited in the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund pursuant 
to sections 1 through 4 of the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 
U.S.C. 1181f–1 through f–4). 
SEC. 809. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT RESOURCE 
MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND ALTERNATIVES.—To 
develop a full range of reasonable alternatives as required 
by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall develop and consider in de-
tail a reference analysis and two additional alternatives 
as part of the revisions of the resource management plans 
for the Bureau of Land Management’s Salem, Eugene, 
Coos Bay, Roseburg, and Medford Districts and the Klam-
ath Resource Area of the Lakeview District. 
(b) REFERENCE ANALYSIS.—The reference analysis 
required by subsection (a) shall measure and assume the 
harvest of the annual growth net of natural mortality for 
all forested land in the planning area in order to determine 
the maximum sustained yield capacity of the forested land 
base and to establish a baseline by which the Secretary 
of the Interior shall measure incremental effects on the 
sustained yield capacity and environmental impacts from 
management prescriptions in all other alternatives. 
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(c) ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES.— 
(1) CARBON SEQUESTRATION ALTERNATIVE.— 
The Secretary of the Interior shall develop and con-
sider an additional alternative with the goal of maxi-
mizing the total carbon benefits from forest storage 
and wood product storage. To the extent practicable, 
the analysis shall consider— 
(A) the future risks to forest carbon from 
wildfires, insects, and disease; 
(B) the amount of carbon stored in prod-
ucts or in landfills; 
(C) the life cycle benefits of harvested 
wood products compared to non-renewable 
products; and 
(D) the energy produced from wood resi-
dues. 
(2) SUSTAINED
YIELD
ALTERNATIVE.—The 
Secretary of the Interior shall develop and consider 
an additional alternative that produces the greater 
of 500 million board feet or the annual net growth 
on the acres classified as timberland, excluding any 
congressionally reserved areas. The projected harvest 
levels, as nearly as practicable, shall be distributed 
among the Districts referred to in subsection (a) in 
the same proportion as the maximum yield capacity 
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of each such District bears to maximum yield capac-
ity of the planning area as a whole. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPA-
TION.—The Secretary of the Interior shall publish the ref-
erence analysis and additional alternatives and analyze 
their environmental and economic consequences in a sup-
plemental draft environmental impact statement. The 
draft environmental impact statement and supplemental 
draft environmental impact statement shall be made avail-
able for public comment for a period of not less than 180 
days. The Secretary shall respond to any comments re-
ceived before making a final decision between all alter-
natives. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall affect the obligation of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to manage the timberlands as required by the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874; 43 U.S.C. 1181a–1181j). 
SEC. 
810. 
LANDSCAPE-SCALE 
FOREST 
RESTORATION 
PROJECT. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and imple-
ment at least one landscape-scale forest restoration project 
that includes, as a defined purpose of the project, the gen-
eration of material that will be used to promote advanced 
wood products. The project shall be developed through a 
collaborative process. 
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TITLE IX—MAJOR DISASTER FOR 
WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 901. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘means’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) MAJOR DISASTER.— 
‘‘(A) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘major 
disaster’ means’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON 
FEDERAL
LANDS.—The term ‘major disaster 
for wildfire on Federal lands’ means any wild-
fire or wildfires, which in the determination of 
the President under section 802 warrants as-
sistance under section 803 to supplement the 
efforts and resources of the Department of the 
Interior or the Department of Agriculture— 
‘‘(i) on Federal lands; or 
‘‘(ii) on non-Federal lands pursuant 
to a fire protection agreement or coopera-
tive agreement.’’. 
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SEC. 902. DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILD-
FIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE VIII—MAJOR DISASTER 
FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL 
LAND 
‘‘SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘As used in this title— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal land’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Interior; and 
‘‘(B) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
United States Forest Service. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL
LAND
MANAGEMENT
AGEN-
CIES.—The term ‘Federal land management agen-
cies’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
‘‘(B) the National Park Service; 
‘‘(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
‘‘(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; and 
‘‘(E) the United States Forest Service. 
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