Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Forest Ecosystem Recovery and Protection Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—PINE BEETLE PREVENTION AND MITIGATION AND 
FOREST RESTORATION 
Sec. 101. Designation of demonstration project forests. 
Sec. 102. Pine beetle prevention and mitigation and forest restoration dem-
onstration projects. 
Sec. 103. Grants to support forest products industry participation in pine bee-
tle prevention and mitigation and forest restoration demonstra-
tion projects. 
Sec. 104. Treatment of biomass removed from demonstration project site. 
Sec. 105. Conforming changes to stewardship contracting authority. 
Sec. 106. Environmental analysis and decision document. 
Sec. 107. Predecisional administrative review process and judicial review. 
Sec. 108. Availability of Reforestation Trust Fund. 
Sec. 109. Acceptance of donations. 
TITLE II—GOOD NEIGHBOR AND EMERGENCY ECOSYSTEM, 
WATERSHED, AND HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITIES 
Sec. 201. Designation of insect or disease emergency areas. 
Sec. 202. Treatment of biomass removed from insect or disease emergency 
areas. 
Sec. 203. Use of State foresters to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed 
restoration and protection services on Federal land. 
Sec. 204. Removal of dead and dying trees from rights-of-way on Federal land. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AT-RISK COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘at-risk 
community’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 
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(2) COVERED
STATE.—The term ‘‘covered 
State’’ means the States of Arizona, California, Col-
orado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Or-
egon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyo-
ming. 
(3) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOREST.—The 
term ‘‘demonstration project forest’’ means a unit of 
the National Forest System or portion of a unit of 
the National Forest System in a covered State des-
ignated by the Secretary under section 101 as the 
site for demonstration projects under section 102. 
The term excludes National Forest System land de-
scribed in section 101(d). 
(4) 
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT
SITE.—The 
term ‘‘demonstration project site’’ means a site with-
in a demonstration project forest at which pine bee-
tle prevention and mitigation and forest restoration 
activities will be conducted under section 102. 
(5) INSECT OR DISEASE EMERGENCY AREA.— 
The term ‘‘insect or disease emergency area’’ means 
National Forest System land or public land in a cov-
ered State designated by the Secretary under section 
201 as the site for emergency removal of dead and 
dying trees under such section. 
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(6) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘National Forest System’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1609(a)). 
(7) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 103(e) of 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture, except in title II, in 
which the term means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture with re-
spect to National Forest System land; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior with re-
spect to public land. 
(9) STATE FORESTER.—The term ‘‘State for-
ester’’ means the head of a State agency with juris-
diction over State forestry programs in a covered 
State. 
(10) WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE.—The term 
‘‘wildland-urban interface’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 
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TITLE I—PINE BEETLE PREVEN-
TION AND MITIGATION AND 
FOREST RESTORATION 
SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
FORESTS. 
(a) DESIGNATION REQUIRED.—Using the selection 
criteria specified in subsection (c), the Secretary shall des-
ignate 25 demonstration project forests in the covered 
States. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION
OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 
FORESTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) or (3), each covered State shall contain at 
least two demonstration project forests. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR NEVADA.—In the case 
of Nevada, the Secretary shall designate all or a por-
tion of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest as a 
demonstration project forest for that State notwith-
standing the selection criteria specified in subsection 
(c). 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR SOUTH DAKOTA.—In 
the case of South Dakota, the Secretary shall des-
ignate all or a portion of the Black Hills National 
Forest as a demonstration project forest for that 
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State notwithstanding the selection criteria specified 
in subsection (c). 
(4) ADDITIONAL
SITES.—In addition to the 
demonstration project forests required by para-
graphs (1) through (3), the Secretary shall designate 
three additional demonstration project forests that 
the Secretary determines, using the selection criteria 
specified in subsection (c), has the greatest need for 
demonstration projects under section 102. No cov-
ered State may have more than four demonstration 
project forests located in whole or in part within 
that State. 
(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 
(1) BEETLE INFESTATION.—At least one dem-
onstration project forest in each covered State must 
have a significant beetle infestation rate, to be deter-
mined using the most recent forest survey data. Pri-
ority shall be given to forests located in counties 
that the Secretary determines have the greatest need 
for beetle mitigation or recovery. 
(2) WILDLAND-URBAN
INTERFACE.—To the 
maximum extent feasible, at least one demonstration 
project forest in each covered State shall include— 
(A) a wildland-urban interface with signifi-
cant beetle infestation; or 
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(B) an area covered by a Community and 
Wildfire Protection Plan. 
(3) PROTECTION OF OTHER VALUABLE LAND.— 
To the maximum extent feasible, at least one dem-
onstration project forest in each covered State shall 
be designated based on its proximity to units of the 
National Park System, State park units, wilderness 
areas, or wilderness study areas with the potential of 
a future beetle infestation in the demonstration 
project forest spreading to the other land. Nothing 
in this paragraph affects the law applicable to wil-
derness or wilderness study areas. 
(4) USE
OF
EXISTING
FOREST
INFRASTRUC-
TURE.—To the maximum extent feasible, the Sec-
retary shall designate as demonstration project for-
ests land on which demonstration project sites will 
be able to utilize and supply existing forest infra-
structure, such as local loggers and mills. 
(d) CERTAIN LANDS EXCLUDED.—A demonstration 
project forest may not include National Forest System 
land— 
(1) that is designated as wilderness; 
(2) that is recommended for wilderness designa-
tion in a forest land and resource management plan; 
or 
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