(3) WAIVER.—In preparing an environmental 
impact statement for a forest landscape project de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall not be 
required to comply with section 1502.11(g) or 
1502.17 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
successor regulations). 
(d) JUDICIAL REVIEW IN UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
COURTS.— 
(1) VENUE.—Notwithstanding section 1391 of 
title 28, United States Code, or other applicable law, 
a forest landscape project for which an environ-
mental assessment or an environmental impact 
statement is prepared shall be subject to judicial re-
view only in— 
(A) the United States district court for a 
district in which the Federal land to be treated 
under the forest landscape project is located; or 
(B) the United States district court for the 
District of Columbia. 
(2) EXPEDITIOUS
COMPLETION
OF
JUDICIAL 
REVIEW.—In the judicial review of an action chal-
lenging a forest landscape project described in para-
graph (1), Congress encourages a court of competent 
jurisdiction to expedite, to the maximum extent 
practicable, the proceedings in the action with the 
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goal of rendering a final determination on jurisdic-
tion, and, if jurisdiction exists, a final determination 
on the merits, as soon as practicable after the date 
on which a complaint or appeal is filed to initiate 
the action. 
(e) EXCLUSIONS.—The authorities provided under 
this section may not apply to— 
(1) any component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, except with respect to wilder-
ness study areas determined, before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, to not be suitable for wilder-
ness designation; 
(2) any congressionally designated wilderness 
study area; 
(3) National Forest System lands— 
(A) on which the removal of vegetation is 
prohibited by Act of Congress; 
(B) that are located within a national or 
State-specific inventoried roadless area estab-
lished by the Secretary through regulation, un-
less— 
(i) the forest management activity to 
be carried out under such authority is con-
sistent with the forest plan applicable to 
the area; 
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(ii) the Secretary determines the for-
est management activity is permissible 
under the applicable roadless rule gov-
erning such lands; or 
(iii) the inventoried roadless area was 
not recommended for wilderness designa-
tion as a result of— 
(I) the second roadless area re-
view and evaluation program (RARE 
II); or 
(II) a subsequent revision of a 
land and resources management plan 
under section 6 of the Forest and 
Rangeland 
Renewable 
Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1604); or 
(C) on which timber harvesting for any 
purpose is prohibited by Federal statute. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.—The term ‘‘col-
laborative process’’ means a collaborative process de-
scribed in section 4003(b)(2) of the Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
7303(b)(2)). 
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(2) FOREST
LANDSCAPE.—The term ‘‘forest 
landscape’’ means an area that— 
(A) primarily or entirely contains land that 
has a high or very high wildfire hazard poten-
tial; 
(B) due to a fuel management activity in 
the area, would have a reduced risk, as deter-
mined by the Secretary— 
(i) of wildfire endangering a nearby 
at-risk community (as defined in section 
101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511)); 
(ii) of wildfire damaging a municipal 
watershed or infrastructure that serves an 
at-risk community described in clause (i); 
or 
(iii) of the transmission of a high in-
tensity 
wildfire 
from 
the 
applicable 
wildland-urban interface or forest land-
scape to a nearby community; and 
(C) to the extent practicable, is conducive 
to the development and implementation of 
projects relating to wildfire resilience and forest 
health or removal of dead or dying trees that 
are carried out through a collaborative process. 
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(3) FOREST LANDSCAPE PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘forest landscape project’’ means a project described 
in subsection (b)(1). 
(4) FOREST
PLAN.—The term ‘‘forest plan’’ 
means a land and resource management plan pre-
pared by the Forest Service for a unit of the Na-
tional Forest System pursuant to section 6 of the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
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