I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1345 
To address the forest health, public safety, and wildlife habitat threat pre-
sented by the risk of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, on National 
Forest System lands and public lands managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 
of the Interior to expedite forest management projects relating to haz-
ardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2013 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. AMODEI, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. FRANKS of 
Arizona, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. SALMON, Mr. CON-
AWAY, and Mr. STEWART) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 
Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To address the forest health, public safety, and wildlife habi-
tat threat presented by the risk of wildfire, including 
catastrophic wildfire, on National Forest System lands 
and public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest manage-
ment projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, for-
est health, and economic development, and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes. 
TITLE I—REAUTHORIZING AND EXPANDING AUTHORITIES USED 
FOR HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION, FOREST HEALTH, FOR-
EST RESTORATION, AND WATERSHED RESTORATION. 
Sec. 101. Stewardship end result contracting authority. 
Sec. 102. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management good-neighbor co-
operation. 
Sec. 103. Clarification of Flame Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund authority. 
TITLE II—EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
WILDFIRE PREVENTION PROJECTS NEAR AT-RISK COMMUNITIES. 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. Eligible wildfire prevention projects. 
Sec. 203. Environmental analysis. 
Sec. 204. Administrative and judicial review. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are as follows: 
(1) Provide the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior the tools to reduce the 
potential for wildfires. 
(2) Expedite wildfire prevention projects to re-
duce the chances of wildfire on certain high-risk 
Federal lands. 
(3) Reduce threats to endangered species from 
wildfires. 
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TITLE I—REAUTHORIZING AND 
EXPANDING 
AUTHORITIES 
USED 
FOR 
HAZARDOUS 
FUELS REDUCTION, FOREST 
HEALTH, FOREST RESTORA-
TION, AND WATERSHED RES-
TORATION. 
SEC. 101. STEWARDSHIP END RESULT CONTRACTING AU-
THORITY. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of 
section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in sec-
tion 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 
U.S.C. 2104 note), as most recently amended by section 
323 of Public Law 108–7 (117 Stat. 275), is amended 
by striking ‘‘Until September 30, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘Until September 30, 2023’’. 
(b) CONTRACT DURATION.—Subsection (c)(2) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘20 years’’. 
(c) CANCELLATION OR TERMINATION COSTS.—Sub-
section (c) of such section is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) 
CANCELLATION
OR
TERMINATION 
COSTS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 3903 of title 41, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
the Interior are not required to obligate funds 
to cover the cost of cancelling or terminating a 
multiyear stewardship contract or agreement 
until such contract or agreement is cancelled or 
terminated. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING
SOURCES.—The costs of 
cancelling or terminating of a multiyear stew-
ardship contract or agreement may be paid 
from— 
‘‘(i) appropriations originally made 
available for the performance of the con-
tract or agreement; 
‘‘(ii) appropriations currently available 
for procurement of the type of service con-
cerned, and not otherwise obligated; or 
‘‘(iii) funds appropriated for payments 
for that performance or procurement. 
‘‘(C) ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT VIOLATIONS.— 
In a case in which payment or obligation of 
funds under this paragraph would constitute a 
violation of section 1341 of title 31, United 
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States Code (commonly known as the Anti-Defi-
ciency Act), the Secretary may— 
‘‘(i) seek a supplemental appropria-
tion; or 
‘‘(ii) request funds from the perma-
nent judgment appropriation established 
pursuant to section 1304 of such title.’’. 
(d) PAYMENTS
TO COUNTIES.—Subsection (d) of 
such section is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) PAYMENTS TO COUNTIES.—25 percent of 
timber sale receipts from a contract or agreement 
entered into under the authority of this section and 
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph 
shall be paid to the county within whose boundaries 
the receipts are derived. Payments to a county made 
under this paragraph shall be in addition to the 
amounts received under chapter 69 of title 31, 
United States Code (Payment in Lieu of Taxes; 31 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 102. FOREST SERVICE AND BUREAU OF LAND MAN-
AGEMENT GOOD-NEIGHBOR COOPERATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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