ucts located on such unit of National Forest System 
lands.’’. 
SEC. 103. UTILIZING GRAZING FOR WILDFIRE RISK REDUC-
TION. 
The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, in coordination with 
holders of permits to graze livestock on Federal land, shall 
develop a strategy to increase opportunities to utilize live-
stock grazing as wildfire risk reduction strategy, includ-
ing— 
(1) completion of reviews (as required under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.)) to allow permitted grazing on vacant 
grazing allotments during instances of drought, wild-
fire or other natural disasters that disrupt grazing 
on allotments already permitted; 
(2) use of targeted grazing; 
(3) increase use of temporary permits to pro-
mote targeted fuels reduction and reduction of 
invasive annual grasses; 
(4) increased use of grazing as a postfire recov-
ery and restoration strategy, where appropriate; and 
(5) use all applicable authorities under the law. 
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SEC. 104. AMENDMENTS TO THE HEALTHY FOREST RES-
TORATION ACT OF 2003 TO IMPROVE WILD-
FIRE MITIGATION. 
(a) PROMOTING CROSS-BOUNDARY WILDFIRE MITI-
GATION.—Section 103(e)(5) of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6513(e)(5)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
(b) WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PROJECT SIZE.—Section 
605(c)(1) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6591d(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘3000 
acres’’ and inserting ‘‘10,000 acres’’. 
SEC. 105. AMENDMENT TO FUEL BREAKS IN FORESTS AND 
OTHER WILDLAND VEGETATION. 
Section 40806(d)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment 
and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 6592b(d)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘3,000 acres’’ and inserting ‘‘10,000 acres’’. 
TITLE II—GOOD NEIGHBOR 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 201. MODIFICATION OF THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN 
REVENUE 
AND 
PAYMENTS 
UNDER 
GOOD 
NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS. 
(a) GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY.—Section 8206 of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ‘‘or Indian 
tribe’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 
Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking clause 
(i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Funds received 
from the sale of timber by a Governor, an 
Indian tribe, or a county under a good 
neighbor agreement shall be retained and 
used by the Governor, Indian tribe, or 
county, as applicable— 
‘‘(I) to carry out authorized res-
toration services under the good 
neighbor agreement; and 
‘‘(II) if there are funds remain-
ing after carrying out subclause (I), 
to carry out authorized restoration 
services under other good neighbor 
agreements.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, In-
dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 
(D) by striking paragraph (4). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 8206(a) 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)) is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, Indian 
tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, Indian 
tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act apply to any project initiated pursuant to a good 
neighbor agreement (as defined in section 8206(a) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)))— 
(1) before the date of enactment of this Act, if 
the project was initiated after the date of enactment 
of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 4490); or 
(2) on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
TITLE III—ELECTRICAL UTILITY 
LINES RIGHTS-OF-WAYS AND 
RELATED VEGETATION MAN-
AGEMENT 
SEC. 301. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT, FACILITY INSPEC-
TION, AND OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
RELATING TO ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION AND 
DISTRIBUTION FACILITY RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 
(a) HAZARD TREES WITHIN 50 FEET OF ELECTRIC 
POWER LINE.—Section 512(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
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1772(a)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘10’’ and in-
serting ‘‘50’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS.— 
Section 512(c)(3)(E) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1772(c)(3)(E)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) consulting with private land-
owners with respect to any hazard trees 
identified for removal from land owned by 
such private landowners.’’. 
(c) REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS.—Clause (iv) 
of section 512(c)(4)(A) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1772(c)(4)(A)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(iv) ensures that— 
‘‘(I) a plan submitted without a 
modification under clause (iii) shall be 
automatically approved 60 days after 
review; and 
‘‘(II) a plan submitted with a 
modification under clause (iii) shall be 
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automatically approved 67 days after 
review.’’. 
SEC. 302. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR ELECTRIC UTIL-
ITY LINES RIGHTS-OF-WAY. 
(a) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION ESTABLISHED.—For-
est management activities described in subsection (c) are 
a category of activities designated as being categorically 
excluded from the preparation of an environmental assess-
ment or an environmental impact statement under section 
102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DESIGNATED 
FOR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.—The forest management 
activities designated as being categorically excluded under 
subsection (b) are— 
(1) the development and approval of a vegeta-
tion management, facility inspection, and operation 
and maintenance plan submitted under section 
512(c)(1) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1772(c)(1)) by the 
Secretary concerned; and 
(2) the implementation of routine activities con-
ducted under the plan referred to in paragraph (1). 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.— 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
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