‘‘(ii) the Secretary of the Interior, 
with respect to the Federal forest land re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 
SEC. 703. TRIBAL FOREST MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT. 
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture may carry out demonstration projects by 
which federally recognized Indian Tribes or Tribal organi-
zations may contract to perform administrative, manage-
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. 
5304 et seq.). 
SEC. 704. RULE OF APPLICATION. 
Nothing in this title, or the amendments made by this 
title, shall be construed as interfering with, diminishing, 
or conflicting with the authority, jurisdiction, or responsi-
bility of any State to exercise primary management, con-
trol, or regulation of fish and wildlife on land or water 
within the State (including on public land) under State 
law. 
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TITLE VIII— EXPEDITING 
INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION 
Subtitle A—Forest Plans Not 
Considered Major Federal Actions 
SEC. 801. FOREST PLANS NOT CONSIDERED MAJOR FED-
ERAL ACTIONS. 
The development, maintenance, amendment, and re-
vision of a forest plan shall not be considered a major Fed-
eral action for purposes of section 102 of the National En-
vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
Subtitle B—Agency Consultation 
SEC. 811. CONSULTATION UNDER FOREST AND RANGELAND 
RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING ACT OF 
1974. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(d) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable 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.— 
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‘‘(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 the Endangered Species Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1536) and section 402.16 of title 
50, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
regulation)) with respect to— 
‘‘(i) if a land management plan ap-
proved by the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) the listing of a species as 
threatened or endangered, or a des-
ignation of critical habitat pursuant to 
the Endangered Species Act (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
‘‘(II) whether the amount or ex-
tent of taking specified in the inci-
dental take statement is exceeded; 
‘‘(III) whether new information 
reveals effects of the action that may 
affect listed species or critical habitat 
in a manner or to an extent not pre-
viously considered; or 
‘‘(IV) whether the identified ac-
tion is subsequently modified in a 
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manner that causes an effect to the 
listed species or critical habitat that 
was not considered in the biological 
opinion; 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, including a 
project carried out, or proposed to be car-
ried out, in an area designated as critical 
habitat pursuant to the Endangered Spe-
cies Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to the development 
of an amendment to a land management 
plan that would result in a significant 
change in the land management plan. 
‘‘(3) LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN CONSIDERED A 
NON-DISCRETIONARY ACTION.—For purposes of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), a forest management activity carried out by 
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the Secretary concerned pursuant to this Act shall 
be considered a non-discretionary action.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF
SECRETARY; CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 3(a) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
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. 812. CONSULTATION UNDER 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 
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(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 
subsection or any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 
(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 the Endan-
gered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), if a land use plan has been adopted 
by the Secretary as of the date of listing 
or designation; 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 
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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 
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 
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area designated as critical habitat, 
pursuant to the Endangered Species 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 
‘‘(II) with respect to the develop-
ment of a new land use plan or the re-
vision of or other significant change to 
an existing land use plan. 
‘‘(3) LAND USE PLAN CONSIDERED NON-DIS-
CRETIONARY ACTION.—For purposes of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
a forest management activity carried out by the Sec-
retary concerned pursuant to this Act shall be con-
sidered a non-discretionary action.’’. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Forest Management 
Provisions 
SEC. 901. CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING CATEGORICAL EX-
CLUSION AUTHORITY RELATED TO INSECT 
AND DISEASE INFESTATION. 
Section 603(c)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restora-
tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)(2)(B)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Fire Regime Groups I, II, or III’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Fire Regime I, Fire Regime II, Fire Regime III, or 
Fire Regime IV’’. 
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SEC. 
902. 
REVISION 
OF 
ALTERNATE 
CONSULTATION 
AGREEMENT REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Commerce shall revise section 402.13 of title 
50, Code of Federal Regulations, to— 
(1) authorize Federal agencies to enter into al-
ternative consultation agreements under which the 
Federal agency may determine if an action such 
agency authorizes is likely to adversely affect listed 
species or critical habitat; and 
(2) if an agency determines such action will not 
likely adversely affect listed species or critical habi-
tat pursuant to paragraph (1), not require such 
agency to complete a formal consultation, informal 
consultation, or written concurrence of the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fish-
eries Service with respect to such action. 
SEC. 903. REVISION OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES 
REGULATIONS. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS
OF
EXTRAORDINARY
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—In determining whether extraordinary cir-
cumstances related to a proposed action preclude use of 
a categorical exclusion, the Forest Service shall not be re-
quired to— 
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(1) consider whether a proposed action is within 
a potential wilderness area; 
(2) consider whether a proposed action affects 
a Forest Service sensitive species; 
(3) conduct an analysis under section 220.4(f) 
of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, of the pro-
posed action’s cumulative impact (as the term is de-
fined in section 1508.7 of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations); 
(4) consider a determination under section 7 of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1536) that a proposed action may affect, but is not 
likely to adversely affect, threatened, endangered, or 
candidate species, or designated critical habitats; or 
(5) consider a determination under section 7 of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1536) that a proposed action may affect, and is like-
ly to adversely affect threatened, endangered, can-
didate species, or designated critical habitat if the 
agency is in compliance with the applicable provi-
sions of the biological opinion. 
(b) PROPOSED RULEMAKING.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall publish a notice of proposed rule-
making to revise section 220.6(b) of title 36, Code of Fed-
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eral Regulations to conform such section with subsection 
(a). 
(c) ADDITIONAL REVISION.—As part of the proposed 
rulemaking described in subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall revise section 220.5(a)(2) of title 36, 
Code of Federal Regulations, to provide that the Forest 
Service shall not be required to consider proposals that 
would substantially alter a potential wilderness area as a 
class of actions normally requiring environmental impact 
statements. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall issue final regulations to carry out the 
revisions described in subsections (b) and (c). 
SEC. 904. CONDITIONS ON FOREST SERVICE ROAD DECOM-
MISSIONING. 
(a) CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED COUNTY.— 
Whenever any Forest Service defined maintenance level 
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 
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(2) solicit possible alternatives to decommis-
sioning the road. 
(b) PERIOD PRIOR TO DECOMMISSION.—A Forest 
Service road described in subsection (a) may not be de-
commissioned without the advance approval of the Re-
gional Forester. 
SEC. 905. PROHIBITION ON APPLICATION OF EASTSIDE 
SCREENS 
REQUIREMENTS 
ON 
NATIONAL 
FOREST SYSTEM LANDS. 
(a) REPEAL
OF
EASTSIDE
SCREENS
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall immediately withdraw the 
Interim Management Direction Establishing Riparian, 
Ecosystem, and Wildlife Standards for Timber Sales 
(commonly known as the Eastside Screens requirements), 
including all preceding or associated versions of these 
amendments. 
(b) EFFECT OF REPEAL.—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 repealed under subsection (a). 
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SEC. 906. 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. 907. 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. 908. 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. 909. RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR INCLUDED IN 
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS. 
Section 8206(a)(3) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(iv); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) construction, reconstruction, re-
pair or restoration of roads as necessary to 
achieve project objectives; and’’. 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘forest, 
rangeland, and watershed restoration services’ 
does not include construction, alteration, repair 
or replacement of public buildings or works.’’. 
SEC. 910. LOGGING AND MECHANIZED OPERATIONS. 
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
201 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203)— 
(A) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘well- 
being.’’ and inserting ‘‘well-being, and that em-
ployment of employees ages sixteen or seventeen 
years in a logging or mechanized operation in 
an occupation that the Secretary of Labor finds 
and declares to be particularly hazardous for 
the employment of individuals of such ages 
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shall not be deemed to constitute oppressive 
child labor if such employee is employed by his 
parent or by a person standing in the place of 
his parent in a logging or mechanized operation 
owned or operated by such parent or person’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(z)(1) ‘Logging’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) the felling, skidding, yarding, loading 
and processing of timber by equipment other 
than manually operated chainsaws and cable 
skidders; 
‘‘(ii) the felling of timber in mechanized 
operations; 
‘‘(iii) the bucking or converting of timber 
into logs, poles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical 
wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, fence posts, or 
similar products; 
‘‘(iv) the collecting, skidding, yarding, 
loading, transporting and unloading of such 
products in connection with logging; 
‘‘(v) the constructing, repairing and main-
taining of roads or camps used in connection 
with logging; the constructing, repairing, and 
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maintenance of machinery or equipment used in 
logging; and 
‘‘(vi) other work performed in connection 
with logging; and 
‘‘(B) does not include the manual use of chain 
saws to fell and process timber and the use of cable 
skidders to bring the timber to the landing. 
‘‘(2) ‘Mechanized operation’— 
‘‘(A) means the felling, skidding, yarding, load-
ing and processing of timber by equipment other 
than manually operated chainsaws and cable skid-
ders; and 
‘‘(B) includes whole tree processors, cut-to- 
length processors, stroke boom delimbers, wheeled 
and track feller-bunchers, pull thru delimbers, 
wheeled and track forwarders, chippers, grinders, 
mechanical debarkers, wheeled and track grapple 
skidders, yarders, bulldozers, excavators, and log 
loaders.’’; and 
(2) in section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 211(c)), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) The provisions of section 12 relating to child 
labor shall apply to an employee who is 16 or 17 years 
old employed in a logging or mechanized operation in an 
occupation that the Secretary of Labor finds and declares 
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