TITLE III—TRANSPARENCY AND TECHNOLOGY 
Sec. 301. Biochar innovations and opportunities for conservation, health, and ad-
vancements in research. 
Sec. 302. Accurate hazardous fuels reduction reports. 
Sec. 303. Public-private wildfire technology deployment and testbed partnership. 
Sec. 304. GAO study on Forest Service policies. 
Sec. 305. Forest Service Western headquarters study. 
Sec. 306. Keeping forest plans current and monitored. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 
Director of the Fireshed Center appointed under sec-
tion 102. 
(2) FIRESHED.—The term ‘‘fireshed’’ means a 
landscape-scale area that faces similar wildfire threat 
where a response strategy could influence the wildfire 
outcome. 
(3) FIRESHED
MANAGEMENT
PROJECT.—The 
term ‘‘fireshed management project’’ means a project 
under section 106. 
(4) FIRESHED REGISTRY.—The term ‘‘Fireshed 
Registry’’ means the fireshed registry established 
under section 103. 
(5) FOREST
PLAN.—The term ‘‘forest plan’’ 
means— 
(A) a land use plan prepared by the Bureau 
of Land Management for public lands pursuant 
to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); 
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(B) a land and resource management plan 
prepared by the Forest Service for a unit of the 
National Forest System pursuant to section 6 of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604); or 
(C) a forest management plan (as defined 
in section 304 of the National Indian Forests 
Resources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3104)) 
with respect to Indian forest land or rangeland. 
(6) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the Governor or any other appropriate executive offi-
cial of an affected State or Indian Tribe or the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(7) HAZARDOUS
FUELS
MANAGEMENT
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The term ‘‘hazardous fuels management ac-
tivities’’ means any vegetation management activities 
(or combination thereof) that reduce the risk of wild-
fire, including mechanical thinning, mastication, pre-
scribed burning, cultural burning (as determined by 
the applicable Indian Tribe), timber harvest, and 
grazing. 
(8) HFRA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘at-risk commu-
nity’’, ‘‘community wildfire protection plan’’, and 
‘‘wildland-urban interface’’ have the meanings given 
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such terms, respectively, in section 101 of the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 
(9) INDIAN FOREST LAND OR RANGELAND.—The 
term ‘‘Indian forest land or rangeland’’ means land 
that— 
(A) is held in trust by, or with a restriction 
against alienation by, the United States for an 
Indian Tribe or a member of an Indian Tribe; 
and 
(B)(i)(I) is Indian forest land (as defined 
in section 304 of the National Indian Forest Re-
sources Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3103)); or 
(II) has a cover of grasses, brush, 
or any similar vegetation; or 
(ii) formerly had a forest cover or vege-
tative cover that is capable of restoration. 
(10) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(11) NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM
LANDS.—The 
term ‘‘National Forest System lands’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609). 
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(12) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1702), except that the term includes Coos 
Bay Wagon Road Grant lands and Oregon and Cali-
fornia Railroad Grant lands. 
(13) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
The 
term 
‘‘relevant 
Congressional 
Committees’’ 
means— 
(A) the Committees on Natural Resources 
and Agriculture of the House of Representatives; 
and 
(B) the Committees on Energy and Natural 
Resources and Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate. 
(14) RESPONSIBLE
OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘re-
sponsible official’’ means an employee of the Depart-
ment of the Interior or Forest Service who has the au-
thority to make and implement a decision on a pro-
posed action. 
(15) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ 
means each of— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior; and 
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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(16) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(17) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System lands; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to public lands. 
(18) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and each 
territory of the United States 
TITLE I—LANDSCAPE-SCALE 
RESTORATION 
Subtitle A—Addressing Emergency 
Wildfire Risks in High Priority 
Firesheds 
SEC. 
101. 
DESIGNATION 
OF 
FIRESHED 
MANAGEMENT 
AREAS. 
(a) 
DESIGNATION
OF
FIRESHED
MANAGEMENT 
AREAS.— 
(1) INITIAL DESIGNATIONS.—For the period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this Act and end-
ing on the date that is 5 years after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, there are designated fireshed man-
agement areas, which— 
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