of the impacted lands during the five-year period following 
the conclusion of the catastrophic event. 
SEC. 202. COMPLIANCE WITH FOREST PLAN. 
A salvage operation or reforestation activity author-
ized by this title shall be conducted in a manner consistent 
with the forest plan applicable to the National Forest Sys-
tem lands or public lands covered by the salvage operation 
or reforestation activity. 
SEC. 203. PROHIBITION ON RESTRAINING ORDERS, PRE-
LIMINARY INJUNCTIONS, AND INJUNCTIONS 
PENDING APPEAL. 
No restraining order, preliminary injunction, or in-
junction pending appeal shall be issued by any court of 
the United States with respect to any decision to prepare 
or conduct a salvage operation or reforestation activity in 
response to a large-scale catastrophic event. Section 705 
of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to any chal-
lenge to the salvage operation or reforestation activity. 
SEC. 204. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN LANDS. 
In applying this title, the Secretary concerned may 
not carry out salvage operations or reforestation activities 
on National Forest System lands or public lands— 
(1) that are included in the National Wilderness 
Preservation System; 
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(2) that are located within an inventoried 
roadless area unless the reforestation activity is con-
sistent with the forest plan; or 
(3) on which timber harvesting for any purpose 
is prohibited by statute. 
TITLE 
III—COLLABORATIVE 
PROJECT 
LITIGATION 
RE-
QUIREMENT 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COSTS.—The term ‘‘costs’’ refers to the 
fees and costs described in section 1920 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
(2) EXPENSES.—The term ‘‘expenses’’ includes 
the expenditures incurred by the staff of the Sec-
retary concerned in preparing for and responding to 
a legal challenge to a collaborative forest manage-
ment activity and in participating in litigation that 
challenges the forest management activity, including 
such staff time as may be used to prepare the ad-
ministrative record, exhibits, declarations, and affi-
davits in connection with the litigation. 
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SEC. 302. BOND REQUIREMENT AS PART OF LEGAL CHAL-
LENGE OF CERTAIN FOREST MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITIES. 
(a) BOND REQUIRED.—In the case of a forest man-
agement activity developed through a collaborative process 
or proposed by a resource advisory committee, any plain-
tiff or plaintiffs challenging the forest management activ-
ity shall be required to post a bond or other security equal 
to the anticipated costs, expenses, and attorneys fees of 
the Secretary concerned as defendant, as reasonably esti-
mated by the Secretary concerned. All proceedings in the 
action shall be stayed until the required bond or security 
is provided. 
(b) RECOVERY OF LITIGATION COSTS, EXPENSES, 
AND ATTORNEYS FEES.— 
(1) MOTION FOR PAYMENT.—If the Secretary 
concerned prevails in an action challenging a forest 
management activity described in subsection (a), the 
Secretary concerned shall submit to the court a mo-
tion for payment, from the bond or other security 
posted under subsection (a) in such action, of the 
reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys fees in-
curred by the Secretary concerned. 
(2) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
RECOVERED.—The 
amount of costs, expenses, and attorneys fees recov-
ered by the Secretary concerned under paragraph 
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(1) as a result of prevailing in an action challenging 
the forest management activity may not exceed the 
amount of the bond or other security posted under 
subsection (a) in such action. 
(3) RETURN OF REMAINDER.—Any funds re-
maining from the bond or other security posted 
under subsection (a) after the payment of costs, ex-
penses, and attorneys fees under paragraph (1) shall 
be returned to the plaintiff or plaintiffs that posted 
the bond or security in the action. 
(c) RETURN OF BOND TO PREVAILING PLAINTIFF.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the plaintiff ultimately 
prevails on the merits in every action brought by the 
plaintiff challenging a forest management activity 
described in subsection (a), the court shall return to 
the plaintiff any bond or security provided by the 
plaintiff under subsection (a), plus interest from the 
date the bond or security was provided. 
(2) ULTIMATELY PREVAILS ON THE MERITS.— 
In this subsection, the phrase ‘‘ultimately prevails on 
the merits’’ means, in a final enforceable judgment 
on the merits, a court rules in favor of the plaintiff 
on every cause of action in every action brought by 
the plaintiff challenging the forest management ac-
tivity. 
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(d) EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT.—If a challenge to a 
forest management activity described in subsection (a) for 
which a bond or other security was provided by the plain-
tiff under such subsection is resolved by settlement be-
tween the Secretary concerned and the plaintiff, the settle-
ment agreement shall provide for sharing the costs, ex-
penses, and attorneys fees incurred by the parties. 
(e) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Notwith-
standing section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, no 
award may be made under section 2412 of title 28, United 
States Code, and no amounts may be obligated or ex-
pended from the Claims and Judgment Fund of the 
United States Treasury to pay any fees or other expenses 
under such sections to any plaintiff related to an action 
challenging a forest management activity described in sub-
section (a). 
TITLE 
IV—SECURE 
RURAL 
SCHOOLS 
AND 
COMMUNITY 
SELF-DETERMINATION 
ACT 
AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 401. USE OF RESERVED FUNDS FOR TITLE II 
PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LAND AND CERTAIN 
NON-FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) REPEAL
OF
MERCHANTABLE
TIMBER
CON-
TRACTING PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 204(e) of the Se-
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cure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124(e)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECT FUNDS.—Section 
204 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-De-
termination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124) is amended by 
striking subsection (f) and inserting the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary concerned shall ensure that at least 50 
percent of the project funds reserved by a partici-
pating county under section 102(d) shall be available 
only for projects that— 
‘‘(A) include the sale of timber or other 
forest products; and 
‘‘(B) implement stewardship objectives 
that enhance forest ecosystems or restore and 
improve land health and water quality. 
‘‘(2) 
APPLICABILITY.—The 
requirement 
in 
paragraph (1) shall apply only to project funds re-
served by a participating county whose boundaries 
include Federal land that the Secretary concerned 
determines has been subject to a timber or other for-
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est products program within 5 fiscal years before the 
fiscal year in which the funds are reserved.’’. 
SEC. 402. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
(a) RECOGNITION OF RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEES.—Section 205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
(b) TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN COMPOSITION OF 
COMMITTEES.—Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 
(16 U.S.C. 7125(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Each’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Except during the period specified in 
paragraph (6), each’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) TEMPORARY
REDUCTION
IN
MINIMUM 
NUMBER OF MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) TEMPORARY 6-MEMBER MINIMUM.— 
During the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph and ending on 
September 30, 2020, a resource advisory com-
mittee established under this section may be 
comprised of 6 or more members, of which— 
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‘‘(i) at least 2 shall be representative 
of interests described in subparagraph (A) 
of paragraph (2); 
‘‘(ii) at least 2 shall be representative 
of interests described in subparagraph (B) 
of paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(iii) at least 2 shall be representative 
of interests described in subparagraph (C) 
of paragraph (2). 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—In ap-
pointing members of a resource advisory com-
mittee from the 3 categories described in para-
graph (2), as provided in subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary concerned shall ensure balanced and 
broad representation in each category. 
‘‘(C) CHARTER.—A charter for a resource 
advisory committee with 15 members that was 
filed on or before the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph shall be considered to be filed 
for a resource advisory committee described in 
this paragraph.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING CHANGE TO PROJECT APPROVAL 
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 205(e)(3) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 
(16 U.S.C. 7125(e)(3)) is amended by adding at the end 
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the following new sentence: ‘‘In the case of a resource ad-
visory committee consisting of fewer than 15 members, as 
authorized by subsection (d)(6), a project may be proposed 
to the Secretary concerned upon approval by a majority 
of the members of the committee.’’. 
(d) EXPANDING LOCAL PARTICIPATION ON COMMIT-
TEES.—Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
7125(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the pe-
riod at the end the following: ‘‘, consistent with the 
requirements of paragraph (4)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The mem-
bers of a resource advisory committee shall reside 
within the county or counties in which the committee 
has jurisdiction or an adjacent county.’’. 
SEC. 403. PROGRAM FOR TITLE II SELF-SUSTAINING RE-
SOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROJECTS. 
(a) SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE PROJECTS.—Title II of the Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 7121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 209. PROGRAM FOR SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE AD-
VISORY COMMITTEE PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) RAC PROGRAM.—The Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice shall conduct a program (to be known as the ‘self-sus-
taining resource advisory committee program’ or ‘RAC 
program’) under which 10 resource advisory committees 
will propose projects authorized by subsection (c) to be 
carried out using project funds reserved by a participating 
county under section 102(d). 
‘‘(b) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING RESOURCE AD-
VISORY COMMITTEES.—The selection of resource advisory 
committees to participate in the RAC program is in the 
sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service, except 
that, consistent with section 205(d)(6), a selected resource 
advisory committee must have a minimum of 6 members. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the 
project purposes specified in sections 202(b), 203(c), and 
204(a)(5), projects under the RAC program are intended 
to— 
‘‘(1) accomplish forest management objectives 
or support community development; and 
‘‘(2) generate receipts. 
‘‘(d) DEPOSIT AND AVAILABILITY OF REVENUES.— 
Any revenue generated by a project conducted under the 
RAC program, including any interest accrued from the 
revenues, shall be— 
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‘‘(1) deposited in the special account in the 
Treasury established under section 102(d)(2)(A); 
and 
‘‘(2) available, in such amounts as may be pro-
vided in advance in appropriation Acts, for addi-
tional projects under the RAC program. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to initiate a 
project under the RAC program shall terminate on 
September 30, 2020. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS
IN
TREASURY.—Any funds 
available for projects under the RAC program and 
not obligated by September 30, 2021, shall be depos-
ited in the Treasury of the United States.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION
TO GENERAL RULE REGARDING 
TREATMENT OF RECEIPTS.—Section 403(b) of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7153(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘All rev-
enues’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in section 209, 
all revenues’’. 
SEC. 404. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF RESERVED 
FUNDS FOR TITLE III COUNTY PROJECTS. 
Section 302(a) of the Secure Rural Schools and Com-
munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
7142(a)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and law enforcement pa-
trols’’ after ‘‘including firefighting’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) to cover training costs and equipment pur-
chases directly related to the emergency services de-
scribed in paragraph (2); and’’. 
TITLE V—STEWARDSHIP END 
RESULT CONTRACTING 
SEC. 501. CANCELLATION CEILINGS FOR STEWARDSHIP 
END RESULT CONTRACTING PROJECTS. 
(a) CANCELLATION CEILINGS.—Section 604 of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6591c) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h) CANCELLATION CEILINGS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief and the Director 
may obligate funds to cover any potential cancella-
tion or termination costs for an agreement or con-
tract under subsection (b) in stages that are eco-
nomically or programmatically viable. 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF CAN-
CELLATION CEILING IN EXCESS OF $25,000,000.—Not 
later than 30 days before entering into a multiyear 
agreement or contract under subsection (b) that in-
cludes 
a 
cancellation 
ceiling 
in 
excess 
of 
$25,000,000, but does not include proposed funding 
for the costs of cancelling the agreement or contract 
up to such cancellation ceiling, the Chief or the Di-
rector, as the case may be, shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-
sources and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives a written notice that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) the cancellation ceiling amounts pro-
posed for each program year in the agreement 
or contract; 
‘‘(B) the reasons why such cancellation 
ceiling amounts were selected; 
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‘‘(C) the extent to which the costs of con-
tract cancellation are not included in the budget 
for the agreement or contract; and 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the financial risk of 
not including budgeting for the costs of agree-
ment or contract cancellation. 
‘‘(3) TRANSMITTAL OF NOTICE TO OMB.—Not 
later than 14 days after the date on which written 
notice is provided under paragraph (2) with respect 
to an agreement or contract under subsection (b), 
the Chief or the Director, as the case may be, shall 
transmit a copy of the notice to the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget.’’. 
(b) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.—Section 604(d)(5) 
of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6591c(d)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘, the Chief 
may’’ and inserting ‘‘and section 2(a)(1) of the Act of July 
31, 1947 (commonly known as the Materials Act of 1947; 
30 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)), the Chief and the Director may’’. 
SEC. 502. EXCESS OFFSET VALUE. 
Section 604(g)(2) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(g)(2)) is amended by strik-
ing subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following 
new subparagraphs: 
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‘‘(A) use the excess to satisfy any out-
standing liabilities for cancelled agreements or 
contracts; or 
‘‘(B) if there are no outstanding liabilities 
under subparagraph (A), apply the excess to 
other authorized stewardship projects.’’. 
SEC. 
503. 
PAYMENT 
OF 
PORTION 
OF 
STEWARDSHIP 
PROJECT REVENUES TO COUNTY IN WHICH 
STEWARDSHIP PROJECT OCCURS. 
Section 604(e) of the Healthy Forest Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘subject 
to paragraph (3)(A),’’ before ‘‘shall’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘services 
received by the Chief or the Director’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting 
the following: ‘‘services and in-kind resources re-
ceived by the Chief or the Director under a steward-
ship contract project conducted under this section 
shall not be considered monies received from the Na-
tional Forest System or the public lands, but any 
payments made by the contractor to the Chief or Di-
rector under the project shall be considered monies 
received from the National Forest System or the 
public lands.’’. 
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SEC. 504. SUBMISSION OF EXISTING ANNUAL REPORT. 
Subsection (j) of section 604 of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c), as redesig-
nated by section 501(a)(1), is amended by striking ‘‘report 
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘submit to the 
congressional committees specified in subsection (h)(2) a 
report’’. 
TITLE 
VI—ADDITIONAL 
FUND-
ING SOURCES FOR FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a State or political subdivision of a 
State containing National Forest System lands 
or public lands; 
(B) a publicly chartered utility serving one 
or more States or a political subdivision thereof; 
(C) a rural electric company; and 
(D) any other entity determined by the 
Secretary concerned to be appropriate for par-
ticipation in the Fund. 
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(2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the 
State-Supported Forest Management Fund estab-
lished by section 603. 
SEC. 602. AVAILABILITY OF STEWARDSHIP PROJECT REVE-
NUES AND COLLABORATIVE FOREST LAND-
SCAPE RESTORATION FUND TO COVER FOR-
EST 
MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITY 
PLANNING 
COSTS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF STEWARDSHIP PROJECT REVE-
NUES.—Section 604(e)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forest Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)(2)(B)), as 
amended by section 503, is further amended by striking 
‘‘appropriation at the project site from which the monies 
are collected or at another project site.’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘appropriation— 
‘‘(i) at the project site from which the 
monies are collected or at another project 
site; and 
‘‘(ii) to cover not more than 25 per-
cent of the cost of planning additional 
stewardship contracting projects.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF
COLLABORATIVE
FOREST 
LANDSCAPE RESTORATION FUND.—Section 4003(f)(1) of 
the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 
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U.S.C. 7303(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘carrying out 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘planning, carrying out, and’’. 
SEC. 603. STATE-SUPPORTED PLANNING OF FOREST MAN-
AGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) 
STATE-SUPPORTED
FOREST
MANAGEMENT 
FUND.—There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund, to be known as the ‘‘State-Sup-
ported Forest Management Fund’’, to cover the cost of 
planning, carrying out, and monitoring certain forest man-
agement activities on National Forest System lands or 
public lands. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The State-Supported Forest Man-
agement Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be— 
(1) contributed by an eligible entity for deposit 
in the Fund; 
(2) appropriated to the Fund; or 
(3) generated by forest management activities 
carried out using amounts in the Fund. 
(c) GEOGRAPHICAL
AND
USE
LIMITATIONS.—In 
making a contribution under subsection (b)(1), an eligible 
entity may— 
(1) specify the National Forest System lands or 
public lands for which the contribution may be ex-
pended; and 
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(2) limit the types of forest management activi-
ties for which the contribution may be expended. 
(d) AUTHORIZED FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVI-
TIES.—In such amounts as may be provided in advance 
in appropriation Acts, the Secretary concerned may use 
the Fund to plan, carry out, and monitor a forest manage-
ment activity that— 
(1) is developed through a collaborative process; 
(2) is proposed by a resource advisory com-
mittee; or 
(3) is covered by a community wildfire protec-
tion plan. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION METHODS.—A forest manage-
ment activity carried out using amounts in the Fund may 
be carried out using a contract or agreement under section 
604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6591c), the good neighbor authority provided by 
section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 
2113a), a contract under section 14 of the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), or other au-
thority available to the Secretary concerned, but revenues 
generated by the forest management activity shall be used 
to reimburse the Fund for planning costs covered using 
amounts in the Fund. 
(f) RELATION TO OTHER LAWS.— 
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(1) REVENUE SHARING.—Subject to subsection 
(e), revenues generated by a forest management ac-
tivity carried out using amounts from the Fund shall 
be considered monies received from the National 
Forest System. 
(2) KNUTSON-VANDERBERG ACT.—The Act of 
June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson- 
Vanderberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.), shall apply 
to any forest management activity carried out using 
amounts in the Fund. 
(g) TERMINATION OF FUND.— 
(1) TERMINATION.—The Fund shall terminate 
on September 30, 2025. 
(2) EFFECT OF TERMINATION.—Upon the ter-
mination of the Fund pursuant to paragraph (1) or 
pursuant to any other provision of law, unobligated 
contributions remaining in the Fund shall be re-
turned to the eligible entity that made the contribu-
tion. 
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TITLE 
VII—TRIBAL 
FORESTRY 
PARTICIPATION 
AND 
PRO-
TECTION 
SEC. 
701. 
PROTECTION 
OF 
TRIBAL 
FOREST 
ASSETS 
THROUGH USE OF STEWARDSHIP END RE-
SULT CONTRACTING AND OTHER AUTHORI-
TIES. 
(a) PROMPT
CONSIDERATION
OF
TRIBAL
RE-
QUESTS.—Section 2(b) of the Tribal Forest Protection 
Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not later 
than 120 days after the date on which an Indian 
tribe submits to the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘In re-
sponse to the submission by an Indian tribe of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) TIME PERIODS FOR CONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL RESPONSE.—Not later than 
120 days after the date on which the Secretary 
receives a tribal request under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall provide an initial response 
to the Indian tribe regarding— 
‘‘(i) whether the request may meet the 
selection criteria described in subsection 
(c); and 
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‘‘(ii) the likelihood of the Secretary 
entering into an agreement or contract 
with the Indian tribe under paragraph (2) 
for activities described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) NOTICE OF DENIAL.—Notice under 
subsection (d) of the denial of a tribal request 
under paragraph (1) shall be provided not later 
than one year after the date on which the Sec-
retary received the request. 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION.—Not later than two 
years after the date on which the Secretary re-
ceives a tribal request under paragraph (1), 
other than a tribal request denied under sub-
section (d), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) complete all environmental re-
views necessary in connection with the 
agreement or contract and proposed activi-
ties under the agreement or contract; and 
‘‘(ii) enter into the agreement or con-
tract with the Indian tribe under para-
graph (2).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 
U.S.C. 3115a) is amended— 
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(1) in subsections (a)(1) and (f)(1), by striking 
‘‘section 347 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 
U.S.C. 2104 note; Public Law 105-277) (as amend-
ed by section 323 of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (117 
Stat. 275))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 604 of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6591c)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(1), the Secretary may’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (1) and (4)(B) of subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall’’. 
SEC. 702. MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN FOREST LAND AUTHOR-
IZED TO INCLUDE RELATED NATIONAL FOR-
EST SYSTEM LANDS AND PUBLIC LANDS. 
Section 305 of the National Indian Forest Resources 
Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3104) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) INCLUSION
OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM LAND AND PUBLIC LAND.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—At the request of an Indian 
tribe, the Secretary concerned may treat Federal 
forest land as Indian forest land for purposes of 
planning and conducting forest land management 
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activities under this section if the Federal forest 
land is located within, or mostly within, a geographic 
area that presents a feature or involves cir-
cumstances principally relevant to that Indian tribe, 
such as Federal forest land ceded to the United 
States by treaty, Federal forest land within the 
boundaries of a current or former reservation, or 
Federal forest land adjudicated to be tribal home-
lands. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) FEDERAL FOREST LAND.—The term 
‘Federal forest land’ means— 
‘‘(i) National Forest System lands de-
rived from the public domain; and 
‘‘(ii) public lands (as defined in sec-
tion 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1702(e))), including Coos Bay Wagon 
Road Grant lands reconveyed to the 
United States pursuant to the first section 
of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 
1179), and Oregon and California Railroad 
Grant lands. 
‘‘(B) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term 
‘Secretary concerned’ means— 
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‘‘(i) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
respect to the Federal forest land referred 
to in subparagraph (A)(i); and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary of the Interior, 
with respect to the Federal forest land re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 
TITLE 
VIII—MISCELLANEOUS 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PRO-
VISIONS 
SEC. 801. BALANCING SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS 
OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN 
CONSIDERING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 
As part of its weighing the equities while considering 
any request for an injunction that applies to any agency 
action as part of a forest management activity under this 
Act, the court reviewing the agency action shall balance 
the impact to the ecosystem likely affected by the forest 
management activity of— 
(1) the short- and long-term effects of under-
taking the agency action; against 
(2) the short- and long-term effects of not un-
dertaking the action. 
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SEC. 802. CONDITIONS ON FOREST SERVICE ROAD DECOM-
MISSIONING. 
(a) CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED COUNTY.— 
Whenever any Forest Service defined maintenance level 
one or two system road within a designated high fire prone 
area of a unit of the National Forest System is considered 
for decommissioning, the Forest Supervisor of that unit 
of the National Forest System shall— 
(1) consult with the government of the county 
containing the road regarding the merits and pos-
sible consequences of decommissioning the road; and 
(2) solicit possible alternatives to decommis-
sioning the road. 
(b) REGIONAL FORESTER APPROVAL.—A Forest 
Service road described in subsection (a) may not be de-
commissioned without the advance approval of the Re-
gional Forester. 
SEC. 803. PROHIBITION ON APPLICATION OF EASTSIDE 
SCREENS 
REQUIREMENTS 
ON 
NATIONAL 
FOREST SYSTEM LANDS. 
On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture may not apply to National 
Forest System lands any of the amendments to forest 
plans adopted in the Decision Notice for the Revised Con-
tinuation of Interim Management Direction Establishing 
Riparian, Ecosystem and Wildlife Standards for Timber 
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Sales (commonly known as the Eastside Screens require-
ments), including all preceding or associated versions of 
these amendments. 
SEC. 804. USE OF SITE-SPECIFIC FOREST PLAN AMEND-
MENTS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS AND ACTIVI-
TIES. 
If the Secretary concerned determines that, in order 
to conduct a project or carry out an activity implementing 
a forest plan, an amendment to the forest plan is required, 
the Secretary concerned shall execute such amendment as 
a nonsignificant plan amendment through the record of 
decision or decision notice for the project or activity. 
SEC. 805. KNUTSON-VANDENBERG ACT MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) DEPOSITS OF FUNDS FROM NATIONAL FOREST 
TIMBER PURCHASERS REQUIRED.—Section 3(a) of the 
Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson- 
Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b(a)), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘The Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘any 
purchaser’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The Secretary of 
Agriculture shall require each purchaser’’. 
(b) CONDITIONS ON USE OF DEPOSITS.—Section 3 
of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the 
Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Such deposits’’ and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(3) by inserting before subsection (d), as so re-
designated, the following new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c)(1) Amounts in the special fund established pur-
suant to this section— 
‘‘(A) shall be used exclusively to implement ac-
tivities authorized by subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) may be used anywhere within the Forest 
Service Region from which the original deposits were 
collected. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Agriculture may not deduct 
overhead costs from the funds collected under subsection 
(a), except as needed to fund personnel of the responsible 
Ranger District for the planning and implementation of 
the activities authorized by subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 806. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST SYS-
TEM LANDS AND PUBLIC LANDS. 
Unless specifically provided by a provision of this Act, 
the authorities provided by this Act do not apply with re-
spect to any National Forest System lands or public 
lands— 
(1) that are included in the National Wilderness 
Preservation System; 
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(2) that are located within an inventoried 
roadless area unless the forest management activity 
to be carried out under such authority is consistent 
with the forest plan applicable to the area; or 
(3) on which timber harvesting for any purpose 
is prohibited by statute. 
Æ 
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