I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3685 
To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act 
to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project 
required by that Act. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2011 
Mr. HERGER (for himself, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. AMODEI) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group For-
est Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of 
the pilot forest management project required by that 
Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF HERGER-FEINSTEIN 
QUINCY LIBRARY GROUP FOREST RECOVERY 
ACT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (g) of the Herger-Fein-
stein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act (title IV 
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of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in section 101(e) 
of division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 
note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) TERM OF PILOT PROJECT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct the pilot project until the earlier of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) September 30, 2022. 
‘‘(B) The date on which the Secretary 
completes amendment or revision of the land 
and resource management plans for the Na-
tional Forest System lands included in the pilot 
project area. 
‘‘(2) FOREST PLAN AMENDMENTS.—Not later 
than September 30, 2014, the Regional Forester for 
Region 5 shall initiate the process to amend or re-
vise the land and resource management plans for the 
pilot project area. The process shall include prepara-
tion of at least one alternative that incorporates the 
pilot project and area designations by subsection (b), 
the resource management activities described in sub-
section (d), and other aspects of the Quincy Library 
Group Community Stability Proposal.’’. 
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(b) EXPANSION OF PILOT PROJECT AREA.—Sub-
section (b) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group 
Forest Recovery Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) EXPANSION OF PILOT PROJECT AREA.— 
The Secretary may expand the pilot project area to 
include all National Forest System lands within 
California or Nevada that lie within the Sierra Ne-
vada and Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Man-
agement Unit, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 
and Inyo National Forest. These lands may be man-
aged using the same strategy, guidelines and re-
source management activities outlined in this section 
or developed to meet local forest and community 
needs and conditions.’’. 
(c) 
ROADLESS
AREA
PROTECTION.—Subsection 
(c)(4) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group For-
est Recovery Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘However, those areas designated 
as ‘Deferred’ on the map, but located in Tehama County, 
south and west of Lassen Peak, are deemed to be des-
ignated as ‘Available for Group Selection’ and shall man-
aged accordingly under subsection (d).’’. 
(d) GROUP SELECTION REQUIREMENT.—Subpara-
graph (A) of subsection (d)(2) of the Herger-Feinstein 
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Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) 
GROUP
SELECTION.—After 
Sep-
tember 30, 2012, group selection on an average 
acreage of .57 percent of the pilot project area 
land shall occur each year of the pilot project.’’. 
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