I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5760 
To fulfill President Clinton’s commitments made as part of the designation 
of the Giant Sequoia National Monument by presidential proclamation 
to provide a transition from the timber sale program in effect before 
the designation to the more restrictive management anticipated for the 
national monument, to promote the Kings River Research Project in 
the Sierra National Forest, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 11, 2006 
Mr. NUNES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To fulfill President Clinton’s commitments made as part 
of the designation of the Giant Sequoia National Monu-
ment by presidential proclamation to provide a transition 
from the timber sale program in effect before the des-
ignation to the more restrictive management anticipated 
for the national monument, to promote the Kings River 
Research Project in the Sierra National Forest, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Giant Sequoia Na-
tional Monument Transition Act of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. RATIFICATION OF GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL 
MONUMENT 
TRANSITIONAL 
TIMBER 
SALE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) COMPLETION OF TIMBER SALES RECOGNIZED IN 
DESIGNATION PROCLAMATION.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture may proceed with and complete each timber sale 
located within the boundaries of the Giant Sequoia Na-
tional Monument— 
(1) that was under contract as of April 15, 
2000, the date of the designation of the national 
monument by Presidential Proclamation No. 7295 
(65 Fed. Reg. 24095); or 
(2) for which a decision notice was signed after 
January 1, 1999, but prior to December 31, 1999. 
(b) COMPLETION TERMS.—Completion of a timber 
sale described in subsection (a) shall be consistent with 
the terms of the applicable contract or decision notice, and 
nothing in such contract terms or decision notice shall be 
considered to be arbitrary or capricious under any provi-
sion of law so long as trees greater than 30 inches in di-
ameter at breast height are not harvested for other than 
safety reasons, as determined by the Secretary. Modifica-
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tion or amendment of any of the timber sale contract 
terms or decision notices shall not be required. 
(c) PROMPT IMPLEMENTATION.—Effective upon the 
date of the enactment of this Act, implementation of the 
timber sales described in subsection (a) may proceed im-
mediately and to completion, notwithstanding any pre-
vious or future amendments or revisions to the Sequoia 
Land and Resource Management Plan or the Giant Se-
quoia National Monument Management Plan. 
SEC. 3. KINGS RIVER RESEARCH PROJECT, SIERRA NA-
TIONAL FOREST. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF EXISTING DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall designate 
the Kings River Demonstration Project in the Sierra Na-
tional Forest as the ‘‘Kings River Research Project’’ as 
a means to address disputes over fuels reduction projects 
and the short-term and long-term benefits and impacts re-
lated to wildlife, watershed, and other resources. 
(b) RESEARCH PURPOSES.—Under the Kings River 
Research Project, the Secretary shall provide for research 
about the potential short-term and long-term positive and 
negative impacts of fuels reduction and forest health treat-
ments on the Pacific fisher, California spotted owl, and 
the Kings River watershed, including impacts from pre-
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scribed burning, uneven-aged timber harvest, and possible 
catastrophic wildfire. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—To expedite implementation 
of the Kings River Research Project, the Secretary shall 
complete the final environmental impact statement and 
issue the record of decision for the Project not later than 
October 31, 2006. 
(d) COMPLIANCE.—Because of unnaturally heavy fuel 
loads and the importance of promptly furthering the un-
derstanding of the relationship between vegetation man-
agement and the impacts on other resources, the final en-
vironmental impact statement and record of decision for 
the Kings River Research Project, along with all actions 
implementing the Project, including any research, stew-
ardship contracts, vegetation management projects, and 
timber sales, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), section 14 of the Na-
tional Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4331 et seq.), and other applicable environmental laws, 
so long as any timber removed under the Project is re-
moved using uneven-aged silvicultural treatments. 
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