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SEC. 8321. 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, Fire 
Regime IV, or Fire Regime V’’. 
PART III—MISCELLANEOUS FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 8331. GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS. 
Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 
U.S.C. 2113a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary or a Governor’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary, 
Governor, county, or Indian Tribe’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary and a Governor’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary and a Governor, county, or an Indian 
Tribe’’; 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)).
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‘‘(11) COUNTY.— The term ‘county’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 2 of title 1, 
United States Code.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 
county, or an Indian Tribe’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, coun-
ty, or an Indian Tribe’’ after ‘‘Governor’’. 
SEC. 8332. PROMOTING CROSS-BOUNDARY WILDFIRE MITI-
GATION. 
Section 103 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6513) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) CROSS-BOUNDARY CONSIDERATIONS.—For 
any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated to 
the Secretary for hazardous fuels reduction is in ex-
cess of $300,000,000, the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) is encouraged to use the excess 
amounts for hazardous fuels reduction projects 
that incorporate cross-boundary treatments of 
landscapes on Federal land and non-Federal 
land; and
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‘‘(B) may use the excess amounts to sup-
port authorized hazardous fuels reduction 
projects on non-Federal lands through grants to 
State Foresters, or equivalent State officials, in 
accordance with subsection (e) in an amount 
equal to the greater of— 
‘‘(i) 20 percent of the excess amount; 
and 
‘‘(ii) $20,000,000.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) 
CROSS-BOUNDARY
FUELS
REDUCTION 
PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall use the excess funds 
described in subsection (d)(3) to support hazardous 
fuels reduction projects that incorporate treatments 
for hazardous fuels reduction in landscapes across 
ownership boundaries on Federal, State, county, or 
Tribal land, private land, and other non-Federal 
land, particularly in areas identified as priorities in 
applicable State-wide forest resource assessments or 
strategies under section 2A(a) of the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
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2101a(a)), as mutually agreed to by the State For-
ester and the Regional Forester. 
‘‘(2) LAND
TREATMENTS.—To conduct and 
fund treatments for projects that include Federal 
and non-Federal land, the Secretary may— 
‘‘(A) use the authorities of the Secretary 
relating to cooperation and technical and finan-
cial assistance, including the good neighbor au-
thority under— 
‘‘(i) section 8206 of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a); and 
‘‘(ii) section 331 of the Department of 
the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2001 (16 U.S.C. 1011 note; 
Public Law 106–291); and 
‘‘(B) allocate excess funds under sub-
section (d)(3) for projects carried out pursuant 
to section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(16 U.S.C. 2113a). 
‘‘(3) COOPERATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the State Forester, in consultation with the 
Secretary (or a designee)— 
‘‘(A) shall consult with the owners of 
State, county, Tribal, and private land and
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other non-Federal land with respect to haz-
ardous fuels reduction projects; and 
‘‘(B) shall not implement any project on 
non-Federal land without the consent of the 
owner of the non-Federal land. 
‘‘(4) EXISTING LAWS.—Regardless of the indi-
vidual or entity implementing a project on non-Fed-
eral land under this subsection, only the laws and 
regulations that apply to non-Federal land shall be 
applicable with respect to the project.’’. 
SEC. 8333. REGULATIONS REGARDING DESIGNATION OF 
DEAD OR DYING TREES OF CERTAIN TREE 
SPECIES 
ON 
NATIONAL 
FOREST 
SYSTEM 
LANDS IN CALIFORNIA AS EXEMPT FROM 
PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF UNPROCESSED 
TIMBER 
ORIGINATING 
FROM 
FEDERAL 
LANDS. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF REGULATIONS.—Consistent with 
the rulemaking procedures specified in paragraph (2) of 
subsection (b) of section 489 of the Forest Resources Con-
servation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 
620a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a deter-
mination under paragraph (1) of such subsection that un-
processed timber derived from dead or dying trees of a 
covered tree species originating on National Forest Sys-
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tem lands in the State of California are surplus to domes-
tic manufacturing needs and therefore exempt from the 
export prohibition contained in subsection (a) of such sec-
tion. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF ADVERSE EFFECTS.—In mak-
ing the determination under subsection (a) and in imple-
menting any regulations issued under such subsection, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall— 
(1) consult with representatives of sawmills in 
the State of California and other interested persons; 
and 
(2) make reasonable efforts to avoid adversely 
impacting the domestic sawmill industry in the State 
of California. 
(c) SPECIAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture may adjust contract provisions for Forest 
Service contracts in region 5 of the National Forest Sys-
tem as the Secretary considers appropriate to ensure suc-
cessful implementation of, and compliance with, the regu-
lations issued under subsection (a). 
(d) RELATION TO LIMITATIONS ON TIMBER SUBSTI-
TUTION.—Section 490 of the Forest Resources Conserva-
tion and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 620b) 
shall not apply to unprocessed timber designated as sur-