fornia, Oregon, and Washington. Timber management in-
vestment opportunities considered shall include—
(1) reforestation, including site preparation, di-
rect seeding, planting, and interplanting; and
(2) timber stand improvement, including release
(manual, chemical, and mechanical), fertilization,
pruning, precommercial thinning, and commercial
thinning.
(b) LAND AND FOREST CLASS.—The report prepared
under subsection (a) shall present the yield and cost infor-
mation for each of the following:
(1) Timber site productivity class.
(2) Current forest condition class, including
old-growth, second-growth, sawtimber, poletimber,
saplings, seedlings, and nonstock.
(3) Land suitability allocation for timber pro-
duction under the appropriate forest plan.
(c) LANDS CLASSIFIED AS UNSUITABLE FOR TIM-
BER PRODUCTION.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall in-
clude in the report required by this section—
(1) the reasons why lands in Forest Service Re-
gions 5 and 6 are classified as not suitable for tim-
ber production pursuant to the Forest and Range-
land Renewable Resources Planning of 1974, distin-
guishing among timber site productivity classes and
current forest conditions; and
(2) the specific identity of those lands deemed
to be unsuitable for timber production solely due to
difficulties in meeting the reforestation requirements
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974, and a description of those dif-
ficulties.
(d) EXCHANGE AND CONSOLIDATION OF LANDS.—
In addition to other matters required to be included in
the study under this section, the study shall address op-
portunities for land exchanges with private landowners to
consolidate Federal landholdings in the States of Califor-
nia, Oregon, and Washington to enhance reforestation and
timber stand improvement.
(e) ADVISORY BOARDS.—In order to assure a com-
prehensive and unbiased report on the costs and yields of
timber management investment opportunities, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture on a forest-by-forest basis in Forest
Service Regions 5 and 6, and the Secretary of the Interior
on a district-by-district basis for the Bureau of Land Man-
agement districts subject to this Act, shall establish and
consult with advisory boards before releasing a draft of
the report required by subsection (a) to the public. The
advisory boards shall be comprised of individuals who, in
the appropriate Secretary’s judgment, represent a diver-
sity of views. The appropriate Secretaries shall provide the
advisory boards with the opportunity to review and com-
ment on the practices and investments being examined
under subsection (a) and on the draft of the report before
its release to the public. The Federal Advisory Committee
Act shall not apply to advisory boards established under
this subsection.
(f) CONSULTATION WITH PRIVATE AND OTHER PUB-
LIC TIMBERLAND OWNERS.—(1) In preparing the report
required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with private
and other public timberland owners in the general vicinity
of the forest or district, as appropriate, to—
(A) identify possible timber management invest-
ments and practices, and
(B) identify potential costs and yields of those
investments and practices.
(2) The report shall include information gathered
under this subsection in a manner which protects the pro-
prietary nature of corporate cost information and the cost
and yield estimates of the Secretaries.
(g) DATE OF SUBMISSION.—The report required by
this section shall be submitted to the Congress within 1
year after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. PRIVATE FOREST LANDS.
Section 4 of the Cooperative Forest Assistance Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
‘‘(l) Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this
section, not less than $1,500,000 shall be made available
for assistance under this section in each of the States of
California, Oregon, and Washington for planning, refor-
estation, and timber stand improvement practices to fur-
ther second growth management of timber resources to
offset the expected decline in timber harvests from Federal
lands as a result of listing the northern spotted owl as
a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973. Such assistance shall be concentrated in those
counties containing Federal lands designated as habitat
conservation areas for the purposes of the protection and
recovery of the northern spotted owl.’’.
SEC. 5. KNUTSON-VANDENBERG ACT.
(a) REFORESTATION OF BLM LANDS.—Section 3 of
the Act of June 9, 1930 (16 U.S.C. 576b) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘SEC. 3.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to the
lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior
through the Bureau of Land Management in the same
manner as such subsection applies with respect to national
forest lands.’’.
(b) REFORESTATION UNDER THE K–V ACT.—Sec-
tion 3(a) of the Act of June 9, 1930 (16 U.S.C. 576b),
as amended by subsection (a) of this Act, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘(3)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘timber, or (4)’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘Provided,’’ and inserting ‘‘timber:
Provided,’’.
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