tract, or agreement on a best value basis with consider-
ation of one or more of the following: 
(1) Ability of the offeror to meet project eco-
logical objectives and the sensitivity of the resources 
being treated. 
(2) The use of low-impact equipment or tech-
niques that will minimize or eliminate impacts on 
soil. 
(3) The ability of the offeror to benefit local 
economies through the retention or creation of em-
ployment or training opportunities in performing the 
restorative treatments. 
(4) The ability of the offeror to ensure that 
wood and other by-products are processed locally 
and contribute to the development of value-added 
products for an existing market or emerging market. 
(b) RETENTION AND CREATION OF JOBS IN RURAL 
AREAS.—In awarding a Federal contract for projects de-
scribed in section 4, the Forest Service and Bureau of 
Land Management, in evaluating bids and proposals, shall 
give consideration to local contractors who are from, or 
who provide employment or training for workers in, an 
economically disadvantaged rural area, including those 
historically timber-dependent areas that have been af-
fected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands and 
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other forest-dependent rural areas isolated from signifi-
cant alternative employment opportunities. 
SEC. 6. PREPARATION OF PROGRAMMATIC ENVIRON-
MENTAL DOCUMENTATION. 
(a) NEPA DOCUMENTATION.—Each Forest Service 
and Bureau of Land Management administrative unit con-
taining land managed under the Northwest Forest Plan 
may prepare programmatic environmental documentation 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) at the appropriate scale 
(District, watershed, or subwatershed) to study the signifi-
cant environmental effects of the major Federal actions 
contemplated in projects authorized by section 4. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF REPETITIVE DISCUSSIONS OF 
ISSUES.—If programmatic environmental documentation 
is prepared under subsection (a), the Forest Service or 
Bureau of Land Management administrative unit may 
eliminate repetitive discussions of the same issues and 
focus on the actual issues ripe for decision at subsequent 
levels of environmental review. Subsequent levels of envi-
ronmental review may tier to the programmatic environ-
mental document by summarizing the issues discussed in 
the broader statement and incorporate discussions from 
the broader statement by reference. 
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SEC. 7. IMPLEMENTATION REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHOR-
IZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) RELATION TO NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN.—This 
Act is intended to supplement the requirements of the 
Northwest Forest Plan. Except as provided in section 4, 
all projects on land managed under the Northwest Forest 
Plan shall be planned and implemented in compliance with 
the Northwest Forest Plan and all other applicable laws. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each 
fiscal year to plan and implement projects under section 
4. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this authorization 
of appropriation shall remain available until expended. 
This authorization of appropriations is in addition to any 
other authorization of appropriations for the Forest Serv-
ice or the Bureau of Land Management. 
(c) TREATMENT
OF
PROCEEDS
FROM
CERTAIN 
PROJECTS.— 
(1) RETAINED
PROCEEDS.—Subject to para-
graph (2), an administrative unit of the Forest Serv-
ice or the Bureau of Land Management may retain 
proceeds from the sale of commercial timber result-
ing from a project described in section 4(b) for use 
in planning and implementing other projects under 
such section and other projects to improve forest 
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health of land managed under the Northwest Forest 
Plan. 
(2) RELATION
TO
OTHER
FOREST
RECEIPT 
LAWS.—Nothing in this Act shall affect deposits to 
the Knudsen-Vanderburg Reforestation Trust Fund 
established under section 3 of the Act of June 9, 
1930 (16 U.S.C. 576b), the requirement to make 
payments to States or counties under any provision 
of law, or other obligations related to receipts ob-
tained from the sale of forest products from Federal 
land. 
Æ 
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