(A) shall be considered to have not violated 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)); and 
(B) may be carried out. 
SEC. 124. FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED 
NON-DISCRETIONARY ACTIONS. 
For purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest management activity car-
ried out by the Secretary concerned pursuant to this Act 
shall be considered a non-discretionary action. 
TITLE II—SALVAGE AND REFOR-
ESTATION IN RESPONSE TO 
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS 
SEC. 201. EXPEDITED SALVAGE OPERATIONS AND REFOR-
ESTATION ACTIVITIES FOLLOWING LARGE- 
SCALE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS. 
(a) EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, an environmental 
assessment prepared by the Secretary concerned pursuant 
to section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for a salvage operation or reforest-
ation activity proposed to be conducted on National Forest 
System lands or public lands adversely impacted by a 
large-scale catastrophic event shall be completed within 60 
days after the conclusion of the catastrophic event. 
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(b) EXPEDITED
IMPLEMENTATION
AND
COMPLE-
TION.—In the case of reforestation activities conducted on 
National Forest System lands or public lands adversely im-
pacted by a large-scale catastrophic event, the Secretary 
concerned shall, to the maximum extent practicable, achieve 
reforestation of at least 75 percent of the impacted lands 
during the 5-year period following the conclusion of the cat-
astrophic event. 
(c) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
KNUTSON-VANDENBERG 
FUNDS.—Amounts in the special fund established pursuant 
to section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known 
as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b) shall be 
available to the Secretary of Agriculture for reforestation 
activities authorized by this title. 
(d) TIMELINE FOR PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a 
salvage operation or reforestation activity proposed to be 
conducted on National Forest System lands or public lands 
adversely impacted by a large-scale catastrophic event, the 
Secretary concerned shall allow 30 days for public scoping 
and comment, 15 days for filing an objection, and 15 days 
for the agency response to the filing of an objection. Upon 
completion of this process and expiration of the period spec-
ified in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall imple-
ment the project immediately. 
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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 re-
sponse to a large-scale catastrophic event. Section 705 of 
title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to any challenge 
to the salvage operation or reforestation activity. 
TITLE III—FOREST 
MANAGEMENT LITIGATION 
Subtitle A—General Litigation 
Provisions 
SEC. 301. NO ATTORNEY FEES FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITY CHALLENGES. 
Notwithstanding 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 expended from the Claims and Judgment Fund of the 
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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 carried out pur-
suant to this Act. 
SEC. 302. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 
(a) BALANCING SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF 
FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN CONSIDERING IN-
JUNCTIVE 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 activ-
ity under titles I through IX, the court reviewing the agency 
action shall balance the impact to the ecosystem likely af-
fected 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 under-
taking the action. 
(b) TIME LIMITATIONS FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) the 
length of any preliminary injunctive relief and stays 
pending appeal that applies to any agency action as 
part of a forest management activity under titles I 
through IX, shall not exceed 60 days. 
(2) RENEWAL.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—A court of competent ju-
risdiction may issue one or more renewals of any 
preliminary injunction, or stay pending appeal, 
granted under paragraph (1). 
(B) UPDATES.—In each renewal of an in-
junction in an action, the parties to the action 
shall present the court with updated information 
on the status of the authorized forest manage-
ment activity. 
Subtitle B—Forest Management 
Activity Arbitration Pilot Program 
SEC. 311. USE OF ARBITRATION INSTEAD OF LITIGATION TO 
ADDRESS CHALLENGES TO FOREST MANAGE-
MENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY ARBITRATION PROCESS PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, 
with respect to National Forest System lands, and the 
Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands, 
shall each establish a discretionary arbitration pilot 
program as an alternative dispute resolution process 
in lieu of judicial review for the activities described 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The Secretary con-
cerned, at the sole discretion of the Secretary, may 
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the date that is 7 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) INTERVENING PARTIES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Any person that submitted 
a public comment on the forest management activity 
that is subject to arbitration may intervene in the ar-
bitration— 
(A) by endorsing— 
(i) the forest management activity; or 
(ii) the modification proposal sub-
mitted under subparagraph (B); or 
(B) by submitting a proposal to further 
modify the forest management activity. 
(2) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION.—With respect 
to an objection or protest that is designated for arbi-
tration under this subsection (a), a request to inter-
vene in an arbitration must be submitted not later 
than the date that is 30 days after the date on which 
such objection or protest was designated for arbitra-
tion. 
(3) MULTIPLE
PARTIES.—Multiple intervening 
parties may submit a joint proposal so long as each 
intervening party meets the eligibility requirements of 
paragraph (1). 
(c) APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATOR.— 
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(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly 
develop and publish a list of not fewer than 20 indi-
viduals eligible to serve as arbitrators for the pilot 
programs under this section. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—In order to be eligible to 
serve as an arbitrator under this subsection, an indi-
vidual shall be, on the date of the appointment of 
such arbitrator— 
(A) certified by the American Arbitration 
Association; and 
(B) not a registered lobbyist. 
(3) SELECTION OF ARBITRATOR.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For each arbitration 
commenced under this section, the Secretary con-
cerned and each applicable objector or protestor 
shall agree, not later than 14 days after the 
agreement process is initiated, on a mutually ac-
ceptable arbitrator from the list published under 
subsection. 
(B) APPOINTMENT AFTER 14-DAYS.—In the 
case of an agreement with respect to a mutually 
acceptable arbitrator not being reached within 
the 14-day limit described in subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary concerned shall appoint an arbi-
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trator from the list published under this sub-
section. 
(d) SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The arbitrator appointed 
under subsection (c)— 
(A) may not modify any of the proposals 
submitted with the objection, protest, or request 
to intervene; and 
(B) shall select to be conducted— 
(i) the forest management activity, as 
approved by the Secretary; or 
(ii) a proposal submitted by an objec-
tor or an intervening party. 
(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—An arbitrator shall, 
when selecting a proposal, consider— 
(A) whether the proposal is consistent with 
the applicable forest plan, laws, and regulations; 
(B) whether the proposal can be carried out 
by the Secretary concerned; and 
(C) the effect of each proposal on— 
(i) forest health; 
(ii) habitat diversity; 
(iii) wildfire potential; 
(iv) insect and disease potential; 
(v) timber production; and 
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(vi) the implications of a resulting de-
cline in forest health, loss of habitat diver-
sity, wildfire, or insect or disease infesta-
tion, given fire and insect and disease his-
toric cycles, on— 
(I) domestic water costs; 
(II) wildlife habitat loss; and 
(III) other economic and social 
factors. 
(e) EFFECT OF DECISION.—The decision of an arbi-
trator with respect to the forest management activity— 
(1) shall not be considered a major Federal ac-
tion; 
(2) shall be binding; and 
(3) shall not be subject to judicial review, except 
as provided in section 10(a) of title 9, United States 
Code. 
(f) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—Not later than 90 
days after the date on which the arbitration is filed with 
respect to the forest management activity, the arbitration 
process shall be completed. 
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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 Secure 
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(f) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self- 
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124(f)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Secretary concerned shall ensure that at least 50 per-
cent of the project funds reserved by a participating 
county under section 102(d) shall be available only 
for projects that— 
‘‘(A) include the sale of timber or other for-
est products, reduce fire risks, or improve water 
supplies; and 
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‘‘(B) implement stewardship objectives that 
enhance forest ecosystems or restore and improve 
land health and water quality. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement in para-
graph (1) shall apply only to project funds reserved 
by a participating county whose boundaries include 
Federal land that the Secretary concerned determines 
has been subject to a timber or other forest 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 ‘‘2022’’. 
(b) 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 ‘‘15 members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘9 members’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘5 persons’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘3 persons’’. 
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(c) 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 members 
of a resource advisory committee shall reside within 
the county or counties in which the committee has ju-
risdiction or an adjacent county.’’. 
(d) APPOINTMENT OF RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEES BY APPLICABLE DESIGNEE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 205 of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(or 
applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘The Secretary 
concerned’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary concerned’’; and 
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(iii) in paragraph (4), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary concerned’’ both places it appears; 
(B) in subsection (b)(6), by inserting ‘‘(or 
applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary con-
cerned’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by insert-
ing ‘‘OR APPLICABLE DESIGNEE’’ after ‘‘BY 
THE SECRETARY’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘The Sec-
retary concerned’’ both places it appears; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘The Sec-
retary concerned’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by inserting 
‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘The Sec-
retary concerned’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) APPLICABLE
DESIGNEE.—In this section, 
the term ‘applicable designee’ means— 
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‘‘(A) with respect to Federal land described 
in section 3(7)(A), the applicable Regional For-
ester; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to Federal land described 
in section 3(7)(B), the applicable Bureau of 
Land Management State Director.’’; 
(D) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting ‘‘(or 
applicable designee)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary con-
cerned’’; and 
(E) in subsection (f)(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(or applicable des-
ignee)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or applicable des-
ignee)’’ after ‘‘of the Secretary’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 201(3) 
of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-De-
termination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121(3)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘(or applicable designee (as de-
fined in section 205(c)(6)))’’ after ‘‘Secretary con-
cerned’’ both places it appears. 
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. 
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7121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 209. PROGRAM FOR SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE AD-
VISORY COMMITTEE PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) RAC PROGRAM.—The Chief of the Forest Service 
shall conduct a program (to be known as the ‘self-sustaining 
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 sec-
tion 102(d). 
‘‘(b) SELECTION OF PARTICIPATING RESOURCE ADVI-
SORY 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. 
‘‘(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 
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RAC program, including any interest accrued from the rev-
enues, shall be— 
‘‘(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, 2022. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS IN TREASURY.—Any funds avail-
able for projects under the RAC program and not ob-
ligated by September 30, 2023, shall be deposited 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 reve-
nues’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in section 209, 
all revenues’’. 
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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— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and law enforcement pa-
trols’’ after ‘‘including firefighting’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and carry 
out’’ after ‘‘develop’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(4) 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’’. 
SEC. 405. TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 
(16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.—None 
of the funds made available to a beneficiary county or other 
political subdivision of a State under this Act shall be used 
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in lieu of or to otherwise offset State funding sources for 
local schools, facilities, or educational purposes.’’. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF DIRECT PAYMENTS.—Payments 
to States made under the Secure Rural Schools and Com-
munity Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et 
seq.) and 25-percent payments made to States and Terri-
tories under the Acts of May 23, 1908, and March 1, 1911 
(16 U.S.C. 500), shall continue to be made as direct pay-
ments. 
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 following 
new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h) CANCELLATION CEILINGS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
3903(b)(1) of title 41, United States Code, the Chief 
and the Director may obligate funds in stages that 
are economically or programmatically viable to cover 
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any potential cancellation or termination costs for an 
agreement or contract under subsection (b) in stages 
that are economically or programmatically viable. 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF CAN-
CELLATION CEILING IN EXCESS OF $25 MILLION.—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 million, 
but does not include proposed funding for the costs of 
cancelling the agreement or contract up to such can-
cellation ceiling, the Chief or the Director, as the case 
may be, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources and the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives a written 
notice that includes— 
‘‘(A) the cancellation ceiling amounts pro-
posed for each program year in the agreement or 
contract; 
‘‘(B) the reasons why such cancellation ceil-
ing amounts were selected; 
‘‘(C) the extent to which the costs of contract 
cancellation are not included in the budget for 
the agreement or contract; and 
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‘‘(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 no-
tice 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 trans-
mit 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— 
(1) by striking ‘‘, the Chief may’’ and inserting 
‘‘and section 2(a)(1) of the Act of July 31, 1947 (com-
monly known as the Materials Act of 1947; 30 U.S.C. 
602(a)(1)), the Chief and the Director may’’; and 
(2) by striking the last sentence. 
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 striking 
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 Forests 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 re-
ceived by the Chief or the Director’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and inserting the 
following: ‘‘services and in-kind resources received by 
the Chief or the Director under a stewardship con-
tract project conducted under this section shall not be 
considered monies received from the National Forest 
System or the public lands, but any payments made 
by the contractor to the Chief or Director 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 redesignated 
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’’. 
SEC. 505. FIRE LIABILITY PROVISION. 
Section 604(d) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) MODIFICATION.—Upon the request of the 
contractor, a contract or agreement under this section 
awarded before February 7, 2014, shall be modified 
by the Chief or Director to include the fire liability 
provisions described in paragraph (7).’’. 
SEC. 506. EXTENSION OF STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING 
MAXIMUM TERM LIMITS. 
(a) HEALTH FORESTS RESTORATION ACT.—Section 
604(d)(3)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘10 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 
(b) NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT.—Section 
14(c) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 
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U.S.C. 472a(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 
TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL FUNDING 
SOURCES FOR FOREST MAN-
AGEMENT 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 Sec-
retary concerned to be appropriate for participa-
tion in the Fund. 
(2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the State- 
Supported Forest Management Fund established by 
section 603. 
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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 Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)(2)(B)), as amend-
ed by section 503, is further amended by striking ‘‘appro-
priation at the project site from which the monies are col-
lected or at another project site.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘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 percent 
of the cost of planning additional steward-
ship contracting projects.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF COLLABORATIVE FOREST LAND-
SCAPE RESTORATION FUND.—Section 4003(f)(1) of the Om-
nibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 
7303(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘carrying out and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘planning, carrying out, and’’. 
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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-Supported Forest 
Management Fund’’, to cover the cost of planning (espe-
cially related to compliance with section 102 of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332)), car-
rying out, and monitoring certain forest management ac-
tivities on National Forest System lands or public lands. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The State-Supported Forest Manage-
ment 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 mak-
ing a contribution under subsection (b)(1), an eligible enti-
ty may— 
(1) specify the National Forest System lands or 
public lands for which the contribution may be ex-
pended; and 
(2) limit the types of forest management activi-
ties for which the contribution may be expended. 
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(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 management 
activity that— 
(1) is developed through a collaborative process; 
(2) is proposed by a resource advisory com-
mittee; 
(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 sec-
tion 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 author-
ity available to the Secretary concerned, but revenues gen-
erated 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.— 
(1) REVENUE SHARING.—Subject to subsection 
(e), revenues generated by a forest management activ-
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ity 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 
10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EFFECT OF TERMINATION.—Upon the termi-
nation 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 PROTEC-
TION 
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 sub-
mits to the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘In response to 
the submission by an Indian Tribe of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(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 en-
tering 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 1 year after the date on which the Sec-
retary received the request. 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date on which the Secretary receives a 
Tribal request under paragraph (1), other than 
a Tribal request denied under subsection (d), the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) complete all environmental reviews 
necessary in connection with the agreement 
or contract and proposed activities 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 (b)(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 amended 
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 For-
ests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(1), the Secretary may’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 
(1) and (4)(B) of subsection (b), the Secretary 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 SYS-
TEM LAND AND PUBLIC LAND.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—At the request of an Indian 
Tribe, the Secretary concerned may agree to treat 
Federal forest land as Indian forest land for purposes 
of planning and conducting forest land management 
activities under this section if the Federal forest land 
is located within, or mostly within, a geographic area 
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that presents a feature or involves circumstances 
principally relevant to that Indian Tribe, such as 
Federal forest land ceded to the United States by trea-
ty, Federal forest land within the boundaries of a cur-
rent or former reservation, or Federal forest land ad-
judicated to be Tribal homelands. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—As part of the agreement 
to treat Federal forest land as Indian forest land 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned and the 
Indian Tribe making the request shall— 
‘‘(A) provide for continued public access ap-
plicable to the Federal forest land prior to the 
agreement, except that the Secretary concerned 
may limit or prohibit such access as needed; 
‘‘(B) continue sharing revenue generated by 
the Federal forest land with State and local gov-
ernments either— 
‘‘(i) on the terms applicable to the Fed-
eral forest land prior to the agreement, in-
cluding, where applicable, 25-percent pay-
ments or 50-percent payments; or 
‘‘(ii) at the option of the Indian Tribe, 
on terms agreed upon by the Indian Tribe, 
the Secretary concerned, and State and 
county governments participating in a rev-
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enue sharing agreement for the Federal for-
est land; 
‘‘(C) comply with applicable prohibitions 
on the export of unprocessed logs harvested from 
the Federal forest land; 
‘‘(D) recognize all right-of-way agreements 
in place on Federal forest land prior to com-
mencement of Tribal management activities; 
‘‘(E) ensure that all commercial timber re-
moved from the Federal forest land is sold on a 
competitive bid basis; and 
‘‘(F) cooperate with the appropriate State 
fish and wildlife agency to achieve mutual agree-
ment on the management of fish and wildlife. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—Treating Federal forest land 
as Indian forest land for purposes of planning and 
conducting management activities pursuant to para-
graph (1) shall not be construed to designate the Fed-
eral forest land as Indian forest lands for any other 
purpose. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) FEDERAL
FOREST
LAND.—The term 
‘Federal forest land’ means— 
‘‘(i) National Forest System lands; and 
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‘‘(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 Or-
egon and California Railroad Grant lands. 
‘‘(B) SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—The term 
‘Secretary concerned’ means— 
‘‘(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 referred to 
in subparagraph (A)(ii).’’. 
SEC. 703. TRIBAL FOREST MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT. 
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag-
riculture may carry out demonstration projects by which 
federally recognized Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations 
may contract to perform administrative, management, and 
other functions of programs of the Tribal Forest Protection 
Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a et seq.) through contracts en-
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tered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304 et seq.). 
SEC. 704. RULE OF APPLICATION. 
Nothing in this title, or the amendments made by this 
title, shall be construed as interfering with, diminishing, 
or conflicting with the authority, jurisdiction, or responsi-
bility of any State to exercise primary management, con-
trol, or regulation of fish and wildlife on land or water 
within the State (including on public land) under State 
law. 
TITLE VIII— EXPEDITING 
INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION 
Subtitle A—Forest Plans Not 
Considered Major Federal Actions 
SEC. 801. FOREST PLANS NOT CONSIDERED MAJOR FED-
ERAL ACTIONS. 
The development, maintenance, amendment, and revi-
sion of a forest plan shall not be considered a major Federal 
action for purposes of section 102 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
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Subtitle B—Agency Consultation 
SEC. 811. CONSULTATION UNDER FOREST AND RANGELAND 
RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING ACT OF 
1974. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(d) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1604(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(d) The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(d) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED 
AFTER APPROVAL OF LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be 
required to engage in consultation under this 
subsection or any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (16 
U.S.C. 1536) and section 402.16 of title 50, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or a successor regula-
tion)) with respect to— 
‘‘(i) if a land management plan ap-
proved by the Secretary— 
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‘‘(I) the listing of a species as 
threatened or endangered, or a designa-
tion of critical habitat pursuant to the 
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.); 
‘‘(II) whether the amount or ex-
tent of taking specified in the inci-
dental take statement is exceeded; 
‘‘(III) whether new information 
reveals effects of the action that may 
affect listed species or critical habitat 
in a manner or to an extent not pre-
viously considered; or 
‘‘(IV) whether the identified ac-
tion is subsequently modified in a 
manner that causes an effect to the list-
ed species or critical habitat that was 
not considered in the biological opin-
ion; or 
‘‘(ii) any provision of a land manage-
ment plan adopted as described in clause 
(i). 
‘‘(B) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—Nothing in 
this paragraph affects any applicable require-
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ment of the Secretary to consult with the head of 
any other Federal department or agency— 
‘‘(i) regarding any project, including a 
project carried out, or proposed to be car-
ried out, in an area designated as critical 
habitat pursuant to the Endangered Species 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to the development of 
an amendment to a land management plan 
that would result in a significant change in 
the land management plan. 
‘‘(3) LAND MANAGEMENT PLAN CONSIDERED A 
NON-DISCRETIONARY
ACTION.—For purposes of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.), a forest management activity carried out by the 
Secretary concerned pursuant to this Act shall be con-
sidered a non-discretionary action.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY; CONFORMING AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 3(a) of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1601(a)) is amended, in 
the first sentence of the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting ‘‘(referred to in this Act as the ‘Sec-
retary’)’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’. 
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) is amended, in sections 
4 through 9, 12, 13, and 15, by striking ‘‘Secretary 
of Agriculture’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Secretary’’. 
SEC. 812. CONSULTATION UNDER FEDERAL LAND POLICY 
AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1976. 
Section 202(f) of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(f) The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION REQUIRED 
AFTER APPROVAL OF LAND USE PLANS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be 
required to engage in consultation under this 
subsection or any other provision of law (includ-
ing section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (16 
U.S.C. 1536) and section 402.16 of title 50, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or a successor regula-
tion)), with respect to— 
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‘‘(i) the listing of a species as threat-
ened or endangered, or a designation of crit-
ical habitat, pursuant to the Endangered 
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), if a 
land use plan has been adopted by the Sec-
retary as of the date of listing or designa-
tion; or 
‘‘(ii) any provision of a land use plan 
adopted as described in clause (i). 
‘‘(B) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.— 
‘‘(i) 
DEFINITION
OF
SIGNIFICANT 
CHANGE.—In this subparagraph, the term 
‘significant change’ means a significant 
change within the meaning of section 
219.13(b)(3) of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of en-
actment of this subparagraph), except 
that— 
‘‘(I) any reference contained in 
that section to a land management 
plan shall be deemed to be a reference 
to a land use plan; 
‘‘(II) any reference contained in 
that section to the Forest Service shall 
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be deemed to be a reference to the Bu-
reau of Land Management; and 
‘‘(III) any reference contained in 
that section to the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 
94–588; 90 Stat. 2949) shall be deemed 
to be a reference to this Act. 
‘‘(ii) EFFECT.—Nothing in this para-
graph affects any applicable requirement of 
the Secretary to consult with the head of 
any other Federal department or agency— 
‘‘(I) regarding a project carried 
out, or proposed to be carried out, with 
respect to a species listed as threatened 
or endangered, or in an area des-
ignated as critical habitat, pursuant to 
the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.); or 
‘‘(II) with respect to the develop-
ment of a new land use plan or the re-
vision of or other significant change to 
an existing land use plan. 
‘‘(3) LAND USE PLAN CONSIDERED NON-DISCRE-
TIONARY ACTION.—For purposes of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest 
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management activity carried out by the Secretary 
concerned pursuant to this Act shall be considered a 
non-discretionary action.’’. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Forest Management 
Provisions 
SEC. 901. CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING CATEGORICAL EX-
CLUSION AUTHORITY RELATED TO INSECT 
AND DISEASE INFESTATION. 
Section 603(c)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restora-
tion Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)(2)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Fire Regime Groups I, II, or III’’ and inserting 
‘‘Fire Regime I, Fire Regime II, Fire Regime III, Fire Re-
gime IV, or Fire Regime V’’. 
SEC. 902. REVISION OF ALTERNATE CONSULTATION AGREE-
MENT REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Commerce shall revise section 402.13 of title 50, 
Code of Federal Regulations, to— 
(1) authorize Federal agencies to enter into alter-
native consultation agreements under which the Fed-
eral agency may determine if an action such agency 
authorizes is likely to adversely affect listed species or 
critical habitat; and 
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(2) if an agency determines such action will not 
likely adversely affect listed species or critical habitat 
pursuant to paragraph (1), not require such agency 
to complete a formal consultation, informal consulta-
tion, or written concurrence of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries 
Service with respect to such action. 
SEC. 903. REVISION OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES 
REGULATIONS. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS
OF
EXTRAORDINARY
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—In determining whether extraordinary cir-
cumstances related to a proposed action preclude use of a 
categorical exclusion, the Forest Service shall not be re-
quired to— 
(1) consider whether a proposed action is within 
a potential wilderness area; 
(2) consider whether a proposed action affects a 
Forest Service sensitive species; 
(3) conduct an analysis under section 220.4(f) of 
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, of the proposed 
action’s cumulative impact (as the term is defined in 
section 1508.7 of title 40, Code of Federal Regula-
tions); 
(4) consider a determination under section 7 of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) 
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that a proposed action may affect, but is not likely 
to adversely affect, threatened, endangered, or can-
didate species, or designated critical habitats; or 
(5) consider a determination under section 7 of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) 
that a proposed action may affect, and is likely to ad-
versely affect threatened, endangered, candidate spe-
cies, or designated critical habitat if the agency is in 
compliance with the applicable provisions of the bio-
logical opinion. 
(b) PROPOSED RULEMAKING.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to 
revise section 220.6(b) of title 36, Code of Federal Regula-
tions to conform such section with subsection (a). 
(c) ADDITIONAL REVISION.—As part of the proposed 
rulemaking described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall revise section 220.5(a)(2) of title 36, Code 
of Federal Regulations, to provide that the Forest Service 
shall not be required to consider proposals that would sub-
stantially alter a potential wilderness area as a class of 
actions normally requiring environmental impact state-
ments. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag-
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riculture shall issue final regulations to carry out the revi-
sions described in subsections (b) and (c). 
SEC. 904. CONDITIONS ON FOREST SERVICE ROAD DECOM-
MISSIONING. 
(a) CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED COUNTY.—When-
ever 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 possible 
consequences of decommissioning the road; and 
(2) solicit possible alternatives to decommis-
sioning the road. 
(b) PERIOD PRIOR
TO DECOMMISSION.—A Forest 
Service road described in subsection (a) may not be decom-
missioned without the advance approval of the Regional 
Forester. 
SEC. 905. PROHIBITION ON APPLICATION OF EASTSIDE 
SCREENS REQUIREMENTS ON NATIONAL FOR-
EST SYSTEM LANDS. 
(a) REPEAL
OF
EASTSIDE
SCREENS
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall immediately withdraw the 
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Interim Management Direction Establishing Riparian, 
Ecosystem, and Wildlife Standards for Timber Sales (com-
monly known as the Eastside Screens requirements), in-
cluding all preceding or associated versions of these amend-
ments. 
(b) EFFECT OF REPEAL.—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 amend-
ments repealed under subsection (a). 
SEC. 906. 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 de-
cision or decision notice for the project or activity. 
SEC. 907. 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-Vanden-
berg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b(a)), is amended by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘any purchaser’’ 
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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: 
‘‘(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(d); and 
(3) by inserting before subsection (d), as so redes-
ignated, the following new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c)(1) Amounts in the special fund established pursu-
ant 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 over-
head costs from the funds collected under subsection (a), ex-
cept as needed to fund personnel of the responsible Ranger 
District for the planning and implementation of the activi-
ties authorized by subsection (a).’’. 
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SEC. 908. APPLICATION OF NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN SUR-
VEY AND MANAGE MITIGATION MEASURE 
STANDARD AND GUIDELINES. 
The Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Miti-
gation Measure Standard and Guidelines shall not apply 
to any National Forest System lands or public lands. 
SEC. 909. RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR INCLUDED IN 
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS. 
Section 8206(a)(3) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 
U.S.C. 2113a(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 
(iv); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) construction, reconstruction, re-
pair or restoration of roads as necessary to 
achieve project objectives; and’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘forest, range-
land, and watershed restoration services’ does not 
include construction, alteration, repair or re-
placement of public buildings or works.’’. 
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SEC. 910. LOGGING AND MECHANIZED OPERATIONS. 
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203)— 
(A) in subsection (l), by striking ‘‘well- 
being.’’ and inserting ‘‘well-being, and that em-
ployment of employees ages sixteen or seventeen 
years in a logging or mechanized operation in 
an occupation that the Secretary of Labor finds 
and declares to be particularly hazardous for the 
employment of individuals of such ages shall not 
be deemed to constitute oppressive child labor if 
such employee is employed by his parent or by 
a person standing in the place of his parent in 
a logging or mechanized operation owned or op-
erated by such parent or person.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(z)(1) ‘Logging’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) the felling, skidding, yarding, loading 
and processing of timber by equipment other 
than manually operated chainsaws and cable 
skidders; 
‘‘(ii) the felling of timber in mechanized op-
erations; 
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‘‘(iii) the bucking or converting of timber 
into logs, poles, ties, bolts, pulpwood, chemical 
wood, excelsior wood, cordwood, fence posts, or 
similar products; 
‘‘(iv) the collecting, skidding, yarding, load-
ing, transporting and unloading of such prod-
ucts in connection with logging; 
‘‘(v) the constructing, repairing and main-
taining of roads or camps used in connection 
with logging; the constructing, repairing, and 
maintenance of machinery or equipment used in 
logging; and 
‘‘(vi) other work performed in connection 
with logging; and 
‘‘(B) does not include the manual use of chain 
saws to fell and process timber and the use of cable 
skidders to bring the timber to the landing. 
‘‘(2) ‘Mechanized operation’— 
‘‘(A) means the felling, skidding, yarding, load-
ing and processing of timber by equipment other than 
manually operated chainsaws and cable skidders; and 
‘‘(B) includes whole tree processors, cut-to-length 
processors, stroke boom delimbers, wheeled and track 
feller-bunchers, pull thru delimbers, wheeled and track 
forwarders, chippers, grinders, mechanical debarkers, 
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wheeled and track grapple skidders, yarders, bull-
dozers, excavators, and log loaders.’’; and 
(2) in section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 211(c)), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) The provisions of section 12 relating to child labor 
shall apply to an employee who is 16 or 17 years old em-
ployed in a logging or mechanized operation in an occupa-
tion that the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to be 
particularly hazardous for the employment of children ages 
16 or 17, except where such employee is employed by his 
parent or by a person standing in the place of his parent 
in a logging or mechanized operation owned or operated 
by such parent or person.’’. 
Subtitle B—Oregon and California 
Railroad Grant Lands and Coos 
Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands 
SEC. 911. AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT OF AUGUST 28, 1937. 
The first section of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 
874; 43 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘principal of sustained yield’’ 
and inserting ‘‘principle of sustained yield’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘facilties’’ and inserting ‘‘facili-
ties’’; and 
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(3) by striking ‘‘That timber from said lands in 
an amount’’ and inserting ‘‘That timber from said 
lands in the amount that is the greater of:’’. 
SEC. 912. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD GRANT 
LANDS AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT 
LANDS PERMANENT RIGHTS OF ACCESS. 
(a) CREATION OF PERMANENT RIGHTS OF ACCESS RE-
QUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on 
the date of the enactment of this section, reciprocal road 
right-of-way permits, grants, and agreements issued to a 
private landowner by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant 
to subpart 2812 of part 2810 of title 43, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or its predecessor regulation shall become per-
manent rights of access that are recordable and that shall 
run with the land. 
(b) RECORDS UPDATED.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the reciprocal road 
right-of-way permits, grants, and agreements described in 
subsection (a) shall be amended to reflect the permanent 
rights of access required under subsection (a) and recorded 
by the Secretary of the Interior in each county where the 
lands are located. No other amendments shall be made to 
such right-of-way permits, grants, and agreements. 
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SEC. 913. MANAGEMENT OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-
MENT LANDS IN WESTERN OREGON. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All of the public land managed by 
the Bureau of Land Management in the Northwest District, 
Roseburg District, Coos Bay District, Medford District, and 
the Klamath Resource Area of the Lakeview District in the 
State of Oregon shall hereafter be managed pursuant to title 
I of the of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a 
through 1181e). Except as provided in subsection (b), all 
of the revenue produced from such land shall be deposited 
in the Treasury of the United States in the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and be subject to the provisions 
of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f). 
(b) CERTAIN LANDS EXCLUDED.—Subsection (a) does 
not apply to any revenue that is required to be deposited 
in the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund pursuant to sec-
tions 1 through 4 of the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 
1181f et seq.). 
Subtitle C—Timber Innovation 
SEC. 921. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) INNOVATIVE WOOD PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘in-
novative wood product’’ means a type of building 
component or system that uses large panelized wood 
construction, including mass timber. 
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(2) MASS TIMBER.—The term ‘‘mass timber’’ in-
cludes— 
(A) cross-laminated timber; 
(B) nail laminated timber; 
(C) glue laminated timber; 
(D) laminated strand lumber; and 
(E) laminated veneer lumber. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Re-
search and Development deputy area and the State 
and Private Forestry deputy area of the Forest Serv-
ice. 
(4) TALL WOOD BUILDING.—The term ‘‘tall wood 
building’’ means a building designed to be— 
(A) constructed with mass timber; and 
(B) more than 85 feet in height. 
SEC. 922. CLARIFICATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT PROGRAM FOR WOOD BUILDING CON-
STRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct per-
formance-driven research and development, education, and 
technical assistance for the purpose of facilitating the use 
of innovative wood products in wood building construction 
in the United States. 
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(b) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) after receipt of input and guidance from, 
and collaboration with, the wood products industry, 
conservation organizations, and institutions of higher 
education, conduct research and development, edu-
cation, and technical assistance at the Forest Prod-
ucts Laboratory or through the State and Private 
Forestry deputy area that meets measurable perform-
ance goals for the achievement of the priorities de-
scribed in subsection (c); and 
(2) after coordination and collaboration with the 
wood products industry and conservation organiza-
tions, make competitive grants to institutions of high-
er education to conduct research and development, 
education, and technical assistance that meets meas-
urable performance goals for the achievement of the 
priorities described in subsection (c). 
(c) PRIORITIES.—The research and development, edu-
cation, and technical assistance conducted under subsection 
(a) shall give priority to— 
(1) ways to improve the commercialization of in-
novative wood products; 
(2) analyzing the safety of tall wood building 
materials; 
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(3) calculations by the Forest Products Labora-
tory of the life cycle environmental footprint, from ex-
traction of raw materials through the manufacturing 
process, of tall wood building construction; 
(4) analyzing methods to reduce the life cycle en-
vironmental footprint of tall wood building construc-
tion; 
(5) analyzing the potential implications of the 
use of innovative wood products in building construc-
tion on wildlife; and 
(6) one or more other research areas identified 
by the Secretary, in consultation with conservation 
organizations, institutions of higher education, and 
the wood products industry. 
(d) TIMEFRAME.—To the maximum extent practicable, 
the measurable performance goals for the research and de-
velopment, education, and technical assistance conducted 
under subsection (a) shall be achievable within a 5-year 
timeframe. 
TITLE X—MAJOR DISASTER FOR 
WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 1001. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘means’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) MAJOR DISASTER.— 
‘‘(A) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘major 
disaster’ means’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON 
FEDERAL LANDS.—The term ‘major disaster for 
wildfire on Federal lands’ means any wildfire or 
wildfires, which in the determination of the 
President under section 802 warrants assistance 
under section 803 to supplement the efforts and 
resources of the Department of the Interior or the 
Department of Agriculture— 
‘‘(i) on Federal lands; or 
‘‘(ii) on non-Federal lands pursuant to 
a fire protection agreement or cooperative 
agreement.’’. 
SEC. 1002. DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILD-
FIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
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‘‘TITLE VIII—MAJOR DISASTER 
FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL 
LAND 
‘‘SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘As used in this title— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal land’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
Department of the Interior; and 
‘‘(B) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
United States Forest Service. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.— 
The term ‘Federal land management agencies’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the Bureau of Land Management; 
‘‘(B) the National Park Service; 
‘‘(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
‘‘(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service; and 
‘‘(E) the United States Forest Service. 
‘‘(3) WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS.—The 
term ‘wildfire suppression operations’ means the 
emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland fire-
fighting, including support, response, emergency sta-
bilization activities, and other emergency manage-
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ment activities of wildland firefighting on Federal 
lands (or on non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire 
protection agreement or cooperative agreement) by the 
Federal land management agencies covered by the 
wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland Fire 
Management account or the FLAME Wildfire Sup-
pression Reserve Fund account of the Federal land 
management agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 802. PROCEDURE FOR DECLARATION OF A MAJOR 
DISASTER 
FOR 
WILDFIRE 
ON 
FEDERAL 
LANDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior or 
the Secretary of Agriculture may submit a request to the 
President consistent with the requirements of this title for 
a declaration by the President that a major disaster for 
wildfire on Federal lands exists. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A request for a declaration by 
the President that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal 
lands exists shall— 
‘‘(1) be made in writing by the respective Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(2) certify that the amount appropriated in the 
current fiscal year for wildfire suppression operations 
of the Federal land management agencies under the 
jurisdiction of the respective Secretary, net of any 
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concurrently enacted rescissions of wildfire suppres-
sion funds, increases the total unobligated balance of 
amounts available for wildfire suppression by an 
amount equal to or greater than the average total 
costs incurred by the Federal land management agen-
cies per year for wildfire suppression operations, in-
cluding the suppression costs in excess of appro-
priated amounts, over the previous ten fiscal years; 
‘‘(3) certify that the amount available for wild-
fire suppression operations of the Federal land man-
agement agencies under the jurisdiction of the respec-
tive Secretary will be obligated not later than 30 days 
after such Secretary notifies the President that wild-
fire suppression funds will be exhausted to fund ongo-
ing and anticipated wildfire suppression operations 
related to the wildfire on which the request for the 
declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal 
lands pursuant to this title is based; and 
‘‘(4) specify the amount required in the current 
fiscal year to fund wildfire suppression operations re-
lated to the wildfire on which the request for the dec-
laration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal 
lands pursuant to this title is based. 
‘‘(c) DECLARATION.—Based on the request of the re-
spective Secretary under this title, the President may de-
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clare that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands 
exists. 
‘‘SEC. 803. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a major disaster for wildfire 
on Federal lands, the President may transfer funds, only 
from the account established pursuant to subsection (b), to 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture 
to conduct wildfire suppression operations on Federal lands 
(and non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire protection agree-
ment or cooperative agreement). 
‘‘(b) WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION
OPERATIONS
AC-
COUNT.—The President shall establish a specific account for 
the assistance available pursuant to a declaration under 
section 802. Such account may only be used to fund assist-
ance pursuant to this title. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION OF TRANSFER.—The assistance 
available pursuant to a declaration under section 802 
is limited to the transfer of the amount requested pur-
suant to section 802(b)(4). The assistance available 
for transfer shall not exceed the amount contained in 
the wildfire suppression operations account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Funds under this 
section shall be transferred from the wildfire suppres-
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sion operations account to the wildfire suppression 
subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management Ac-
count. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION OF OTHER TRANSFERS.—Except as 
provided in this section, no funds may be transferred to 
or from the account established pursuant to subsection (b) 
to or from any other fund or account. 
‘‘(e) REIMBURSEMENT FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION 
OPERATIONS ON NON-FEDERAL LAND.—If amounts trans-
ferred under subsection (c) are used to conduct wildfire sup-
pression operations on non-Federal land, the respective Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(1) secure reimbursement for the cost of such 
wildfire suppression operations conducted on the non- 
Federal land; and 
‘‘(2) transfer the amounts received as reimburse-
ment to the wildfire suppression operations account 
established pursuant to subsection (b). 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal 
year for which assistance is received pursuant to this sec-
tion, the respective Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Agriculture, Appropriations, the Budget, Natural Re-
sources, and Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committees on Agri-
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culture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, the Budg-
et, Energy and Natural Resources, Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, and Indian Affairs of the Senate, 
and make available to the public, a report that includes 
the following: 
‘‘(1) The risk-based factors that influenced man-
agement decisions regarding wildfire suppression op-
erations of the Federal land management agencies 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(2) Specific discussion of a statistically signifi-
cant sample of large fires, in which each fire is ana-
lyzed for cost drivers, effectiveness of risk management 
techniques, resulting positive or negative impacts of 
fire on the landscape, impact of investments in pre-
paredness, suggested corrective actions, and such other 
factors as the respective Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
‘‘(3) Total expenditures for wildfire suppression 
operations of the Federal land management agencies 
under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary, bro-
ken out by fire sizes, cost, regional location, and such 
other factors as the such Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
‘‘(4) Lessons learned. 
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‘‘(5) Such other matters as the respective Sec-
retary considers appropriate. 
‘‘(g) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this title shall 
limit the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, Indian Tribe, or a State from receiving assistance 
through a declaration made by the President under this Act 
when the criteria for such declaration have been met.’’. 
SEC. 1003. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS. 
No funds may be transferred to or from the Federal 
land management agencies’ wildfire suppression operations 
accounts referred to in section 801(3) of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to or 
from any account or subactivity of the Federal land man-
agement agencies, as defined in section 801(2) of such Act, 
that is not used to cover the cost of wildfire suppression 
operations. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as 
the ‘‘Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con-
tents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
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Sec. 3. Rule of application for National Forest System lands 
and public lands. 
TITLE I—EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND 
AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPE-
DITE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—Analysis of Proposed Collaborative Forest 
Management Activities 
Sec. 101. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no ac-
tion) in proposed collaborative forest manage-
ment activities. 
Subtitle B—Categorical Exclusions 
Sec. 111. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical re-
sponse actions. 
Sec. 112. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations 
in response to catastrophic events. 
Sec. 113. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for 
early successional forests. 
Sec. 114. Categorical exclusion for road side projects. 
Sec. 115. Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National 
Forest System Lands or public land or reduce the 
risk of wildfire. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions for Forest Management 
Activities 
Sec. 121. Compliance with forest plans. 
Sec. 122. Consultation under the National Historic Preserva-
tion Act. 
Sec. 123. Consultation under the Endangered Species Act. 
Sec. 124. Forest management activities considered non-discre-
tionary actions. 
TITLE II—SALVAGE AND REFORESTATION IN RESPONSE 
TO CATASTROPHIC EVENTS 
Sec. 201. Expedited salvage operations and reforestation ac-
tivities following large-scale catastrophic events. 
Sec. 202. Compliance with forest plan. 
Sec. 203. Prohibition on restraining orders, preliminary in-
junctions, and injunctions pending appeal. 
TITLE III—FOREST MANAGEMENT LITIGATION 
Subtitle A—General Litigation Provisions 
Sec. 301. No attorney fees for forest management activity chal-
lenges. 
Sec. 302. Injunctive relief. 
Subtitle B—Forest Management Activity Arbitration Pilot 
Program 
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Sec. 311. Use of arbitration instead of litigation to address 
challenges to forest management activities. 
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. 
Sec. 402. Resource advisory committees. 
Sec. 403. Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory 
committee projects. 
Sec. 404. Additional authorized use of reserved funds for title 
III county projects. 
Sec. 405. Treatment as supplemental funding. 
TITLE V—STEWARDSHIP END RESULT CONTRACTING 
Sec. 501. Cancellation ceilings for stewardship end result con-
tracting projects. 
Sec. 502. Excess offset value. 
Sec. 503. Payment of portion of stewardship project revenues 
to county in which stewardship project occurs. 
Sec. 504. Submission of existing annual report. 
Sec. 505. Fire liability provision. 
Sec. 506. Extension of stewardship contracting maximum term 
limits. 
TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 601. Definitions. 
Sec. 602. Availability of stewardship project revenues and Col-
laborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund to 
cover forest management activity planning costs. 
Sec. 603. State-supported planning of forest management ac-
tivities. 
TITLE VII—TRIBAL FORESTRY PARTICIPATION AND 
PROTECTION 
Sec. 701. Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stew-
ardship end result contracting and other authori-
ties. 
Sec. 702. Management of Indian forest land authorized to in-
clude related National Forest System lands and 
public lands. 
Sec. 703. Tribal forest management demonstration project. 
Sec. 704. Rule of application. 
TITLE VIII— EXPEDITING INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION 
Subtitle A—Forest Plans Not Considered Major Federal 
Actions 
Sec. 801. Forest plans not considered major Federal actions. 
Subtitle B—Agency Consultation 
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Sec. 811. Consultation under Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act of 1974. 
Sec. 812. Consultation under Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Forest Management Provisions 
Sec. 901. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion author-
ity related to insect and disease infestation. 
Sec. 902. Revision of alternate consultation agreement regula-
tions. 
Sec. 903. Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations. 
Sec. 904. Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning. 
Sec. 905. Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens re-
quirements on National Forest System lands. 
Sec. 906. Use of site-specific forest plan amendments for cer-
tain projects and activities. 
Sec. 907. Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications. 
Sec. 908. Application of Northwest Forest Plan Survey and 
Manage Mitigation Measure Standard and Guide-
lines. 
Sec. 909. Reconstruction and repair included in good neighbor 
agreements. 
Sec. 910. Logging and mechanized operations. 
Subtitle B—Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and 
Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands 
Sec. 911. Amendments to the Act of August 28, 1937. 
Sec. 912. Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and 
Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands permanent 
rights of access. 
Sec. 913. Management of Bureau of Land Management lands in 
Western Oregon. 
TITLE X—MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL 
LAND 
Sec. 1001. Wildfire on Federal lands. 
Sec. 1002. Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Fed-
eral lands. 
Sec. 1003. Prohibition on transfers. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In titles I through IX: 
(1) CATASTROPHIC
EVENT.—The term 
‘‘catastrophic event’’ means any natural 
disaster (such as hurricane, tornado, 
windstorm, snow or ice storm, rain storm, 
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high water, wind-driven water, tidal 
wave, 
earthquake, 
volcanic 
eruption, 
landslide, mudslide, drought, or insect or 
disease outbreak) or any fire, flood, or ex-
plosion, regardless of cause. 
(2) 
COLLABORATIVE
PROCESS.—The 
term ‘‘collaborative process’’ refers to a 
process relating to the management of 
National Forest System lands or public 
lands by which a project or forest man-
agement activity is developed and imple-
mented 
by 
the 
Secretary 
concerned 
through collaboration with interested 
persons, 
as 
described 
in 
section 
603(b)(1)(C) of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration 
Act 
of 
2003 
(16 
U.S.C. 
6591b(b)(1)(C)). 
(3) COMMUNITY
WILDFIRE
PROTECTION 
PLAN.—The 
term 
‘‘community 
wildfire 
protection plan’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 101 of the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6511). 
(4) COOS
BAY
WAGON
ROAD
GRANT 
LANDS.—The term ‘‘Coos Bay Wagon Road 
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Grant lands’’ means the lands reconveyed 
to the United States pursuant to the first 
section of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 
Stat. 1179). 
(5) FOREST
MANAGEMENT
ACTIVITY.— 
The term ‘‘forest management activity’’ 
means a project or activity carried out by 
the Secretary concerned on National For-
est System lands or public lands con-
sistent with the forest plan covering the 
lands. 
(6) 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 Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); 
or 
(B) a land and resource manage-
ment plan prepared by the Forest 
Service for a unit of the National For-
est System pursuant to section 6 of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
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Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1604). 
(7) 
LARGE-SCALE
CATASTROPHIC 
EVENT.—The 
term 
‘‘large-scale 
cata-
strophic event’’ means a catastrophic 
event that adversely impacts at least 
5,000 acres of reasonably contiguous Na-
tional Forest System lands or public 
lands, as determined by the Secretary 
concerned. 
(8) 
NATIONAL
FOREST
SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘‘National Forest System’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 11(a) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1609(a)). 
(9) OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD 
GRANT
LANDS.—The term ‘‘Oregon and 
California Railroad Grant lands’’ means 
the following lands: 
(A) All lands in the State of Or-
egon revested in the United States 
under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 
218), that are administered by the 
Secretary 
of 
the 
Interior, 
acting 
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through the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, pursuant to the first section of 
the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 
1181a). 
(B) All lands in that State ob-
tained by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior pursuant to the land exchanges 
authorized and directed by section 2 
of the Act of June 24, 1954 (43 U.S.C. 
1181h). 
(C) All lands in that State ac-
quired by the United States at any 
time and made subject to the provi-
sions of title II of the Act of August 
28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f). 
(10) 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 California Railroad Grant lands. 
(11) 
REFORESTATION
ACTIVITY.—The 
term ‘‘reforestation activity’’ means a 
project or forest management activity 
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carried out by the Secretary concerned 
whose primary purpose is the reforest-
ation of impacted lands following a large- 
scale catastrophic event. The term in-
cludes planting, evaluating and enhanc-
ing natural regeneration, clearing com-
peting vegetation, and other activities re-
lated to reestablishment of forest species 
on the impacted lands. 
(12) RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
The term ‘‘resource advisory committee’’ 
has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 201 of the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121). 
(13) SALVAGE
OPERATION.—The term 
‘‘salvage operation’’ means a forest man-
agement activity and restoration activi-
ties carried out in response to a cata-
strophic event where the primary pur-
pose is— 
(A) to prevent wildfire as a result 
of the catastrophic event, or, if the 
catastrophic event was wildfire, to 
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prevent a re-burn of the fire-impacted 
area; 
(B) to provide an opportunity for 
utilization of forest materials dam-
aged as a result of the catastrophic 
event; or 
(C) to provide a funding source 
for reforestation and other restora-
tion activities for the National Forest 
System lands or public lands im-
pacted by the catastrophic event. 
(14) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term 
‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, 
with respect to National Forest Sys-
tem lands; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, 
with respect to public lands. 
SEC. 3. RULE OF APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL FOREST 
SYSTEM LANDS AND PUBLIC LANDS. 
Unless specifically provided by a provi-
sion of titles I through IX, the authorities pro-
vided by such titles do not apply with respect 
to any National Forest System lands or public 
lands— 
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(1) that are included in the National 
Wilderness Preservation System; 
(2) that are located within a national 
or 
State-specific 
inventoried 
roadless 
area established by the Secretary of Agri-
culture through regulation, unless— 
(A) the forest management activ-
ity to be carried out under such au-
thority is consistent with the forest 
plan applicable to the area; or 
(B) the Secretary concerned de-
termines the activity is allowed under 
the applicable roadless rule gov-
erning such lands; or 
(3) on which timber harvesting for 
any purpose is prohibited by Federal 
statute. 
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TITLE I—EXPEDITED ENVIRON-
MENTAL 
ANALYSIS 
AND 
AVAILABILITY OF CATEGOR-
ICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPE-
DITE FOREST MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITIES 
Subtitle A—Analysis of Proposed 
Collaborative 
Forest 
Manage-
ment Activities 
SEC. 101. ANALYSIS OF ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES (ACTION 
VERSUS NO ACTION) IN PROPOSED COLLABO-
RATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPLICATION
TO
CERTAIN
ENVIRON-
MENTAL ASSESSMENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IM-
PACT STATEMENTS.—This section shall apply 
whenever the Secretary concerned prepares 
an environmental assessment or an environ-
mental impact statement pursuant to section 
102 of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for a forest manage-
ment activity that— 
(1) is developed through a collabo-
rative process; 
(2) is proposed by a resource advisory 
committee; 
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(3) will occur on lands identified by 
the Secretary concerned as suitable for 
timber production; 
(4) will occur on lands designated by 
the Secretary (or designee thereof) pur-
suant to section 602(b) of the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6591a(b)), notwithstanding whether such 
forest management activity is initiated 
prior to September 30, 2018; or 
(5) is covered by a community wild-
fire protection plan. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF ALTERNATIVES.—In 
an environmental assessment or environ-
mental impact statement described in sub-
section (a), the Secretary concerned shall 
study, develop, and describe only the fol-
lowing two alternatives: 
(1) The forest management activity. 
(2) The alternative of no action. 
(c) 
ELEMENTS
OF
NO
ACTION
ALTER-
NATIVE.—In the case of the alternative of no 
action, the Secretary concerned shall con-
sider whether to evaluate— 
(1) the effect of no action on— 
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(A) forest health; 
(B) habitat diversity; 
(C) wildfire potential; 
(D) insect and disease potential; 
and 
(E) timber production; and 
(2) the implications of a resulting de-
cline in forest health, loss of habitat di-
versity, wildfire, or insect or disease in-
festation, given fire and insect and dis-
ease historic cycles, on— 
(A) domestic water supply in the 
project area; 
(B) wildlife habitat loss; and 
(C) other economic and social fac-
tors. 
Subtitle B—Categorical Exclusions 
SEC. 111. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO EXPEDITE CER-
TAIN CRITICAL RESPONSE ACTIONS. 
(a) 
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION
ESTAB-
LISHED.—Forest management activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) are a category of ac-
tions hereby designated as being categori-
cally excluded from the preparation of an en-
vironmental assessment or an environmental 
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impact statement under section 102 of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DES-
IGNATED
FOR
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION.—The 
forest 
management 
activities 
designated 
under this section for a categorical exclusion 
are forest management activities carried out 
by the Secretary concerned on National For-
est System lands or public lands where the 
primary purpose of such activity is— 
(1) to address an insect or disease in-
festation; 
(2) to reduce hazardous fuel loads; 
(3) to protect a municipal water 
source; 
(4) to maintain, enhance, or modify 
critical habitat to protect it from cata-
strophic disturbances; 
(5) to increase water yield; 
(6) produce timber; or 
(7) any combination of the purposes 
specified in paragraphs (1) through (6). 
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF CATEGORICAL EXCLU-
SION.—On and after the date of the enactment 
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of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use 
the categorical exclusion established under 
subsection (a) in accordance with this section. 
(d) ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of 
a forest management activity described 
in paragraph (2), a forest management ac-
tivity covered by the categorical exclu-
sion established under subsection (a) may 
not contain treatment units exceeding a 
total of 10,000 acres. 
(2) LARGER AREAS AUTHORIZED.—A for-
est management activity covered by the 
categorical exclusion established under 
subsection (a) may contain treatment 
units exceeding a total of 10,000 acres but 
not more than a total of 30,000 acres if 
the forest management activity— 
(A) is developed through a col-
laborative process; 
(B) is proposed by a resource ad-
visory committee; or 
(C) is covered by a community 
wildfire protection plan. 
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SEC. 112. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO EXPEDITE SAL-
VAGE OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO CATA-
STROPHIC EVENTS. 
(a) 
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION
ESTAB-
LISHED.—Salvage operations carried out by 
the Secretary concerned on National Forest 
System lands or public lands are a category 
of actions hereby designated as being cat-
egorically excluded from the preparation of 
an environmental assessment or an environ-
mental impact statement under section 102 of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
(42 U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLU-
SION.—On and after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use 
the categorical exclusion established under 
subsection (a) in accordance with this section. 
(c) ACREAGE LIMITATION.—A salvage oper-
ation covered by the categorical exclusion es-
tablished under subsection (a) may not con-
tain treatment units exceeding a total of 
10,000 acres. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) STREAM BUFFERS.—A salvage oper-
ation covered by the categorical exclu-
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sion established under subsection (a) 
shall comply with the standards and 
guidelines for stream buffers contained 
in the applicable forest plan unless 
waived by the Regional Forester, in the 
case of National Forest System lands, or 
the State Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management, in the case of public lands. 
(2) REFORESTATION PLAN.—A reforest-
ation plan shall be developed under sec-
tion 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (com-
monly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg 
Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), as part of a salvage 
operation covered by the categorical ex-
clusion established under subsection (a). 
SEC. 113. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO MEET FOREST 
PLAN GOALS FOR EARLY SUCCESSIONAL 
FORESTS. 
(a) 
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION
ESTAB-
LISHED.—Forest management activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) are a category of ac-
tions hereby designated as being categori-
cally excluded from the preparation of an en-
vironmental assessment or an environmental 
impact statement under section 102 of the Na-
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tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DES-
IGNATED
FOR
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION.—The 
forest 
management 
activities 
designated 
under this section for a categorical exclusion 
are forest management activities carried out 
by the Secretary concerned on National For-
est System lands or public lands where the 
primary purpose of such activity is to modify, 
improve, enhance, or create early succes-
sional forests for wildlife habitat improve-
ment and other purposes, consistent with the 
applicable forest plan. 
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF CATEGORICAL EXCLU-
SION.—On and after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use 
the categorical exclusion established under 
subsection (a) in accordance with this section. 
(d) PROJECT GOALS.—To the maximum ex-
tent practicable, the Secretary concerned 
shall design a forest management activity 
under this section to meet early successional 
forest goals in such a manner so as to maxi-
mize production and regeneration of priority 
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species, as identified in the forest plan and 
consistent with the capability of the activity 
site. 
(e) ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.—A forest man-
agement activity covered by the categorical 
exclusion established under subsection (a) 
may not contain treatment units exceeding a 
total of 10,000 acres. 
SEC. 114. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR ROAD SIDE 
PROJECTS. 
(a) 
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION
ESTAB-
LISHED.—Projects carried out by the Secretary 
concerned to remove hazard trees or to sal-
vage timber for purposes of the protection of 
public health or safety, water supply, or pub-
lic infrastructure are a category of actions 
hereby designated as being categorically ex-
cluded from the preparation of an environ-
mental assessment or an environmental im-
pact statement under section 102 of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLU-
SION.—On and after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use 
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the categorical exclusion established under 
subsection (a) in accordance with this section. 
(c) HEALTHY FORESTS RESTORATION ACT RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—A project 
that is categorically excluded under this 
section shall be subject to the require-
ments of subsections (d), (e), and (f) of 
section 603 of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591). 
(2) HAZARDOUS
FUEL
REDUCTION
ON 
FEDERAL LAND.—A project that is categori-
cally excluded under this section shall be 
subject to the requirements of sections 
102, 104, 105, and 106 of title I of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.). 
SEC. 115. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO IMPROVE OR RE-
STORE NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS OR 
PUBLIC LAND OR REDUCE THE RISK OF 
WILDFIRE. 
(a) 
CATEGORICAL
EXCLUSION
ESTAB-
LISHED.—Forest management activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) are a category of ac-
tions hereby designated as being categori-
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cally excluded from the preparation of an en-
vironmental assessment or an environmental 
impact statement under section 102 of the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332). 
(b) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES DES-
IGNATED FOR CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—The forest manage-
ment activities designated under this sec-
tion for a categorical exclusion are forest 
management activities described in para-
graph (2) that are carried out by the Sec-
retary concerned on National Forest Sys-
tem Lands or public lands where the pri-
mary purpose of such activity is to im-
prove or restore such lands or reduce the 
risk of wildfire on those lands. 
(2) ACTIVITIES
AUTHORIZED.—The fol-
low activities may be carried out pursu-
ant to the categorical exclusion estab-
lished under subsection (a): 
(A) Removal of juniper trees, 
medusahead rye, conifer trees, pin˜ on 
pine trees, cheatgrass, and other nox-
ious or invasive weeds specified on 
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Federal or State noxious weeds lists 
through late-season livestock grazing, 
targeted livestock grazing, prescribed 
burns, and mechanical treatments. 
(B) 
Performance 
of 
hazardous 
fuels management. 
(C) Creation of fuel and fire 
breaks. 
(D) Modification of existing fences 
in order to distribute livestock and 
help improve wildlife habitat. 
(E) Installation of erosion control 
devices. 
(F) 
Construction 
of 
new 
and 
maintenance 
of 
permanent 
infra-
structure, 
including 
stock 
ponds, 
water catchments, and water spring 
boxes used to benefit livestock and 
improve wildlife habitat. 
(G) Performance of soil treat-
ments, native and non-native seeding, 
and planting of and transplanting 
sagebrush, grass, forb, shrub, and 
other species. 
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(H) Use of herbicides, so long as 
the Secretary concerned determines 
that the activity is otherwise con-
ducted consistently with agency pro-
cedures, including any forest plan ap-
plicable to the area covered by the 
activity. 
(c) AVAILABILITY
OF CATEGORICAL EXCLU-
SION.—On and after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use 
the categorical exclusion established under 
subsection (a) in accordance with this section. 
(d) ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.—A forest man-
agement activity covered by the categorical 
exclusion established under subsection (a) 
may not exceed 10,000 acres. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HAZARDOUS
FUELS
MANAGEMENT.— 
The term ‘‘hazardous fuels management’’ 
means any vegetation management ac-
tivities that reduce the risk of wildfire. 
(2) LATE-SEASON
GRAZING.—The term 
‘‘late-season grazing’’ means grazing ac-
tivities that occur after both the invasive 
species and native perennial species have 
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completed 
their 
current-year 
annual 
growth cycle until new plant growth be-
gins to appear in the following year. 
(3) TARGETED
LIVESTOCK
GRAZING.— 
The term ‘‘targeted livestock grazing’’ 
means grazing used for purposes of haz-
ardous fuel reduction. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions for 
Forest Management Activities 
SEC. 121. COMPLIANCE WITH FOREST PLANS. 
A forest management activity carried out 
pursuant to this Act shall be conducted in a 
manner consistent with the forest plan appli-
cable to the National Forest System land or 
public lands covered by the forest manage-
ment activity. 
SEC. 122. CONSULTATION UNDER THE NATIONAL HISTORIC 
PRESERVATION ACT. 
(a) EFFECT OF UNDERTAKING ON HISTORIC 
PROPERTY.—With respect to a forest manage-
ment activity carried out pursuant to this Act, 
in taking into account the effect of a Federal 
undertaking on any historic property under 
section 306108 of title 54, United States Code, 
the Secretary concerned may, without con-
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sultation with the State Historic Preservation 
Officer, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, 
or any other entity— 
(1) conduct a phased identification 
and evaluation under section 800.4(b)(2) 
of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, 
or successor regulation; and 
(2) with respect to the phased identi-
fication 
and 
evaluation 
described 
in 
paragraph (1), apply the criteria of ad-
verse effect consistent with phased iden-
tification and evaluation under section 
800.5(a)(3) of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or successor regulation. 
(b) EXPEDITED CONSULTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a for-
est management activity carried out pur-
suant to this Act that is not the subject of 
a phased identification and evaluation 
under subsection (a), consultation under 
section 106 of the National Historic Pres-
ervation Act (54 U.S.C. 306108) shall be 
concluded within the 90-day period be-
ginning on the date on which such con-
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sultation was requested by the Secretary 
concerned. 
(2) NO CONCLUSION.—In the case of a 
consultation described in paragraph (1) 
that is not concluded within the 90-day 
period, the forest management activity 
for which such consultation was initi-
ated— 
(A) shall be considered to have 
not violated section 106 of the Na-
tional Historic Preservation Act (54 
U.S.C. 306108); and 
(B) may be carried out. 
SEC. 123. CONSULTATION UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPE-
CIES ACT. 
(a) NO CONSULTATION IF ACTION NOT LIKE-
LY TO ADVERSELY AFFECT A LISTED SPECIES OR 
DESIGNATED CRITICAL HABITAT.—With respect 
to a forest management activity carried out 
pursuant to this Act, consultation under sec-
tion 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1536) shall not be required if the 
Secretary concerned determines that the such 
forest management activity is not likely to ad-
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versely affect a listed species or designated 
critical habitat. 
(b) EXPEDITED CONSULTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a for-
est management activity carried out pur-
suant to this Act, consultation required 
under section 7 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) shall be 
concluded within the 90-day period be-
ginning on the date on which such con-
sultation was requested by the Secretary 
concerned. 
(2) NO CONCLUSION.—In the case of a 
consultation described in paragraph (1) 
that is not concluded within the 90-day 
period, the forest management activity 
for which such consultation was initi-
ated— 
(A) shall be considered to have 
not violated section 7 of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1536(a)(2)); and 
(B) may be carried out. 
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SEC. 124. FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES CONSIDERED 
NON-DISCRETIONARY ACTIONS. 
For purposes of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest 
management activity carried out by the Sec-
retary concerned pursuant to this Act shall be 
considered a non-discretionary action. 
TITLE II—SALVAGE AND REFOR-
ESTATION IN RESPONSE TO 
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS 
SEC. 201. EXPEDITED SALVAGE OPERATIONS AND REFOR-
ESTATION ACTIVITIES FOLLOWING LARGE- 
SCALE CATASTROPHIC EVENTS. 
(a) EXPEDITED
ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESS-
MENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, an environmental assessment pre-
pared by the Secretary concerned pursuant to 
section 102 of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for a sal-
vage operation or reforestation activity pro-
posed to be conducted on National Forest Sys-
tem lands or public lands adversely impacted 
by a large-scale catastrophic event shall be 
completed within 60 days after the conclusion 
of the catastrophic event. 
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(b) EXPEDITED IMPLEMENTATION AND COM-
PLETION.—In the case of reforestation activi-
ties conducted on National Forest System 
lands or public lands adversely impacted by 
a large-scale catastrophic event, the Secretary 
concerned shall achieve reforestation of at 
least 75 percent of the impacted lands during 
the 5-year period following the conclusion of 
the catastrophic event. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF KNUTSON-VANDENBERG 
FUNDS.—Amounts in the special fund estab-
lished pursuant to section 3 of the Act of June 
9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Van-
denberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b) shall be available 
to the Secretary of Agriculture for reforest-
ation activities authorized by this title. 
(d) TIMELINE FOR PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
in the case of a salvage operation or reforest-
ation activity proposed to be conducted on 
National Forest System lands or public lands 
adversely impacted by a large-scale cata-
strophic event, the Secretary concerned shall 
allow 30 days for public scoping and com-
ment, 15 days for filing an objection, and 15 
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days for the agency response to the filing of 
an objection. Upon completion of this process 
and expiration of the period specified in sub-
section (a), the Secretary concerned shall im-
plement the project immediately. 
SEC. 202. COMPLIANCE WITH FOREST PLAN. 
A salvage operation or reforestation activ-
ity authorized by this title shall be conducted 
in a manner consistent with the forest plan 
applicable to the National Forest System 
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 injunc-
tion, or injunction 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 challenge to the 
salvage operation or reforestation activity. 
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TITLE III—FOREST 
MANAGEMENT LITIGATION 
Subtitle A—General Litigation 
Provisions 
SEC. 301. NO ATTORNEY FEES FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT 
ACTIVITY CHALLENGES. 
Notwithstanding 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 carried out pursu-
ant to this Act. 
SEC. 302. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. 
(a) BALANCING SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EF-
FECTS 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 manage-
ment activity under titles I through IX, the 
court reviewing the agency action shall bal-
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ance the impact to the ecosystem likely af-
fected by the forest management activity of— 
(1) the short- and long-term effects of 
undertaking the agency action; against 
(2) the short- and long-term effects of 
not undertaking the action. 
(b) TIME LIMITATIONS FOR INJUNCTIVE RE-
LIEF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 
(2) the length of any preliminary injunc-
tive relief and stays pending appeal that 
applies to any agency action as part of a 
forest management activity under titles I 
through IX, shall not exceed 60 days. 
(2) RENEWAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A court of com-
petent jurisdiction may issue one or 
more renewals of any preliminary in-
junction, or stay pending appeal, 
granted under paragraph (1). 
(B) UPDATES.—In each renewal of 
an injunction in an action, the parties 
to the action shall present the court 
with updated information on the sta-
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tus of the authorized forest manage-
ment activity. 
Subtitle B—Forest Management 
Activity Arbitration Pilot Program 
SEC. 311. USE OF ARBITRATION INSTEAD OF LITIGATION 
TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES TO FOREST MAN-
AGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY ARBITRATION PROCESS 
PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture, with respect to National Forest 
System lands, and the Secretary of the In-
terior, with respect to public lands, shall 
each establish a discretionary arbitration 
pilot program as an alternative dispute 
resolution process in lieu of judicial re-
view for the activities described in para-
graph (2). 
(2) ACTIVITIES
DESCRIBED.—The Sec-
retary concerned, at the sole discretion of 
the Secretary, may designate objections 
or protests to forest management activi-
ties for arbitration under the arbitration 
pilot program established under para-
graph (1). 
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(3) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
OF
ARBITRA-
TIONS.—Under the arbitration pilot pro-
gram, the Secretary concerned may not 
arbitrate more than 10 objections or pro-
tests to forest management activities in a 
fiscal year in— 
(A) each Forest Service Region; 
and 
(B) each State Region of the Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
(4) DETERMINING AMOUNT OF ARBITRA-
TIONS.—An objection or protest to a forest 
management activity shall not be counted 
towards the limitation on number of arbi-
trations under paragraph (3) unless— 
(A) on the date such objection or 
protest is designated for arbitration, 
the forest management activity for 
which such objection or protest is 
filed has not been the subject of arbi-
tration proceedings under the pilot 
program; and 
(B) the arbitration proceeding has 
commenced with respect to such ob-
jection or protest. 
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(5) TERMINATION.—The pilot programs 
established pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall terminate on the date that is 7 years 
after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) INTERVENING PARTIES.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Any person that 
submitted a public comment on the forest 
management activity that is subject to ar-
bitration may intervene in the arbitra-
tion— 
(A) by endorsing— 
(i) the forest management ac-
tivity; or 
(ii) the modification proposal 
submitted 
under 
subparagraph 
(B); or 
(B) by submitting a proposal to 
further modify the forest manage-
ment activity. 
(2) DEADLINE
FOR
SUBMISSION.—With 
respect to an objection or protest that is 
designated for arbitration under this sub-
section (a), a request to intervene in an 
arbitration must be submitted not later 
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than the date that is 30 days after the 
date on which such objection or protest 
was designated for arbitration. 
(3) MULTIPLE PARTIES.—Multiple inter-
vening parties may submit a joint pro-
posal so long as each intervening party 
meets the eligibility requirements of 
paragraph (1). 
(c) APPOINTMENT OF ARBITRATOR.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall jointly develop and publish a 
list of not fewer than 20 individuals eligi-
ble to serve as arbitrators for the pilot 
programs under this section. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—In order to be el-
igible to serve as an arbitrator under this 
subsection, an individual shall be, on the 
date of the appointment of such arbi-
trator— 
(A) certified by the American Ar-
bitration Association; and 
(B) not a registered lobbyist. 
(3) SELECTION OF ARBITRATOR.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—For each arbitra-
tion commenced under this section, 
the Secretary concerned and each ap-
plicable objector or protestor shall 
agree, not later than 14 days after the 
agreement process is initiated, on a 
mutually acceptable arbitrator from 
the list published under subsection. 
(B) APPOINTMENT AFTER 14-DAYS.— 
In the case of an agreement with re-
spect to a mutually acceptable arbi-
trator not being reached within the 
14-day limit described in subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary concerned 
shall appoint an arbitrator from the 
list published under this subsection. 
(d) SELECTION OF PROPOSALS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The arbitrator ap-
pointed under subsection (c)— 
(A) may not modify any of the 
proposals submitted with the objec-
tion, protest, or request to intervene; 
and 
(B) shall select to be conducted— 
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(i) the forest management ac-
tivity, as approved by the Sec-
retary; or 
(ii) a proposal submitted by 
an objector or an intervening 
party. 
(2) 
SELECTION
CRITERIA.—An 
arbi-
trator shall, when selecting a proposal, 
consider— 
(A) whether the proposal is con-
sistent with the applicable forest 
plan, laws, and regulations; 
(B) whether the proposal can be 
carried out by the Secretary con-
cerned; and 
(C) the effect of each proposal 
on— 
(i) forest health; 
(ii) habitat diversity; 
(iii) wildfire potential; 
(iv) insect and disease poten-
tial; 
(v) timber production; and 
(vi) the implications of a re-
sulting decline in forest health, 
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loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, 
or insect or disease infestation, 
given fire and insect and disease 
historic cycles, on— 
(I) domestic water costs; 
(II) wildlife habitat loss; 
and 
(III) other economic and 
social factors. 
(e) EFFECT OF DECISION.—The decision of 
an arbitrator with respect to the forest man-
agement activity— 
(1) shall not be considered a major 
Federal action; 
(2) shall be binding; and 
(3) shall not be subject to judicial re-
view, except as provided in section 10(a) 
of title 9, United States Code. 
(f) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date on which the arbi-
tration is filed with respect to the forest man-
agement activity, the arbitration process shall 
be completed. 
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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 Secure 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(f) of the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 7124(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to para-
graph (2), the Secretary concerned shall 
ensure that at least 50 percent of the 
project funds reserved by a participating 
county under section 102(d) shall be 
available only for projects that— 
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‘‘(A) include the sale of timber or 
other forest products, reduce fire 
risks, or improve water supplies; and 
‘‘(B) implement stewardship ob-
jectives 
that 
enhance 
forest 
eco-
systems or restore and improve land 
health and water quality. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The requirement 
in paragraph (1) shall apply only to 
project funds reserved by a participating 
county whose boundaries include Federal 
land that the Secretary concerned deter-
mines has been subject to a timber or 
other forest 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 
COMMITTEES.—Section 205(a)(4) of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
(b) REDUCTION IN COMPOSITION OF COMMIT-
TEES.—Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural 
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Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15 
members’’ and inserting ‘‘9 members’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘5 persons’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘3 persons’’. 
(c) EXPANDING LOCAL PARTICIPATION
ON 
COMMITTEES.—Section 205(d) of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, consistent with the requirements of 
paragraph (4)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and in-
serting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The 
members of a resource advisory com-
mittee shall reside within the county or 
counties in which the committee has ju-
risdiction or an adjacent county.’’. 
(d) APPOINTMENT OF RESOURCE ADVISORY 
COMMITTEES BY APPLICABLE DESIGNEE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 205 of the Se-
cure Rural Schools and Community Self- 
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125) 
is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by insert-
ing 
‘‘(or 
applicable 
designee)’’ 
after ‘‘The Secretary concerned’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by in-
serting ‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ 
after ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (4), by in-
serting ‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ 
after ‘‘the Secretary concerned’’ 
both places it appears; 
(B) in subsection (b)(6), by insert-
ing ‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after 
‘‘the Secretary concerned’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, 
by inserting ‘‘OR APPLICABLE DES-
IGNEE’’ after ‘‘BY THE SECRETARY’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by in-
serting ‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ 
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after ‘‘The Secretary concerned’’ 
both places it appears; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by in-
serting ‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ 
after ‘‘The Secretary concerned’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (4), by in-
serting ‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ 
after ‘‘The Secretary concerned’’; 
and 
(v) by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) APPLICABLE
DESIGNEE.—In this 
section, the term ‘applicable designee’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to Federal land 
described in section 3(7)(A), the appli-
cable Regional Forester; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to Federal land 
described in section 3(7)(B), the appli-
cable Bureau of Land Management 
State Director.’’; 
(D) in subsection (d)(3), by insert-
ing ‘‘(or applicable designee)’’ after 
‘‘the Secretary concerned’’; and 
(E) in subsection (f)(1)— 
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(i) by inserting ‘‘(or applicable 
designee)’’ after ‘‘the Secretary 
concerned’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(or applica-
ble designee)’’ after ‘‘of the Sec-
retary’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 
201(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121(3)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(or applicable designee (as de-
fined in section 205(c)(6)))’’ after ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ both places it appears. 
SEC. 403. PROGRAM FOR TITLE II SELF-SUSTAINING RE-
SOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROJECTS. 
(a) SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE PROJECTS.—Title II of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 209. PROGRAM FOR SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE AD-
VISORY COMMITTEE PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) RAC PROGRAM.—The Chief of the For-
est Service shall conduct a program (to be 
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known as the ‘self-sustaining resource advi-
sory committee program’ or ‘RAC program’) 
under which 10 resource advisory committees 
will propose projects authorized by sub-
section (c) to be carried out using project 
funds reserved by a participating county 
under section 102(d). 
‘‘(b) SELECTION
OF
PARTICIPATING
RE-
SOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.—The selection 
of resource advisory committees to partici-
pate in the RAC program is in the sole discre-
tion of the Chief of the Forest Service. 
‘‘(c) 
AUTHORIZED
PROJECTS.—Notwith-
standing the project purposes specified in sec-
tions 202(b), 203(c), and 204(a)(5), projects 
under the RAC program are intended to— 
‘‘(1) accomplish forest management 
objectives or support community devel-
opment; and 
‘‘(2) generate receipts. 
‘‘(d) DEPOSIT
AND AVAILABILITY
OF REVE-
NUES.—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 provided in advance in appro-
priation Acts, for additional projects 
under the RAC program. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to ini-
tiate a project under the RAC program 
shall terminate on September 30, 2022. 
‘‘(2) 
DEPOSITS
IN
TREASURY.—Any 
funds available for projects under the 
RAC program and not obligated by Sep-
tember 30, 2023, shall be deposited in the 
Treasury of the United States.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION TO GENERAL RULE REGARD-
ING 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 revenues’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in section 
209, all revenues’’. 
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SEC. 404. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF RESERVED 
FUNDS FOR TITLE III COUNTY PROJECTS. 
Section 302(a) of the Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7142(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and law enforce-
ment patrols’’ after ‘‘including fire-
fighting’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and 
carry out’’ after ‘‘develop’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (2) 
the following new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) to cover training costs and equip-
ment purchases directly related to the 
emergency services described in para-
graph (2); and’’. 
SEC. 405. TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
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‘‘(f) TREATMENT
AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUND-
ING.—None of the funds made available to a 
beneficiary county or other political subdivi-
sion of a State under this Act shall be used in 
lieu of or to otherwise offset State funding 
sources for local schools, facilities, or edu-
cational purposes.’’. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF DIRECT PAYMENTS.— 
Payments to States made under the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) 
and 25-percent payments made to States and 
Territories under the Acts of May 23, 1908, 
and March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), shall con-
tinue to be made as direct payments. 
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), respec-
tively; and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (g) 
the following new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h) CANCELLATION CEILINGS.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 3903(b)(1) of title 41, United 
States Code, the Chief and the Director 
may obligate funds in stages that are eco-
nomically or programmatically viable to 
cover any potential cancellation or termi-
nation costs for an agreement or contract 
under subsection (b) in stages that are 
economically or programmatically viable. 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF 
CANCELLATION
CEILING
IN
EXCESS
OF $25 
MILLION.—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 million, but does not include pro-
posed 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 Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources and the Committee on Agri-
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culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-
sources and the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives a 
written notice that includes— 
‘‘(A) 
the 
cancellation 
ceiling 
amounts proposed for each program 
year in the agreement or contract; 
‘‘(B) the reasons why such can-
cellation ceiling amounts were se-
lected; 
‘‘(C) the extent to which the costs 
of contract cancellation are not in-
cluded in the budget for the agree-
ment or contract; and 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the finan-
cial risk of not including budgeting 
for the costs of agreement 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 agree-
ment or contract under subsection (b), 
the Chief or the Director, as the case may 
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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 amend-
ed— 
(1) 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’’; and 
(2) by striking the last sentence. 
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 striking subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) and inserting the following new subpara-
graphs: 
‘‘(A) use the excess to satisfy any 
outstanding liabilities for cancelled 
agreements or contracts; or 
‘‘(B) if there are no outstanding li-
abilities 
under 
subparagraph 
(A), 
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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 Forests Res-
toration 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 Di-
rector’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘services and in-kind resources 
received by the Chief or the Director 
under a stewardship 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 Director under the project 
shall be considered monies received from 
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the National Forest System or the public 
lands.’’. 
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 redesignated 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 re-
port’’. 
SEC. 505. FIRE LIABILITY PROVISION. 
Section 604(d) of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) MODIFICATION.—Upon the request 
of the contractor, a contract or agree-
ment under this section awarded before 
February 7, 2014, shall be modified by the 
Chief or Director to include the fire li-
ability provisions described in paragraph 
(7).’’. 
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SEC. 506. EXTENSION OF STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING 
MAXIMUM TERM LIMITS. 
(a) HEALTH FORESTS RESTORATION ACT.— 
Section 604(d)(3)(B) of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration 
Act 
of 
2003 
(16 
U.S.C. 
6591c(d)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘10 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 
(b) NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT ACT.— 
Section 14(c) of the National Forest Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(c)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘ten years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 
years’’. 
TITLE 
VI—ADDITIONAL 
FUND-
ING SOURCES FOR FOREST 
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble entity’’ 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 polit-
ical subdivision thereof; 
(C) a rural electric company; and 
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(D) any other entity determined 
by the Secretary concerned to be ap-
propriate for participation in the 
Fund. 
(2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means 
the State-Supported Forest Management 
Fund established 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 
REVENUES.—Section 
604(e)(2)(B) 
of 
the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6591c(e)(2)(B)), as amended by section 
503, is further amended by striking ‘‘appro-
priation at the project site from which the 
monies are collected or at another project 
site.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘appropria-
tion— 
‘‘(i) at the project site from 
which the monies are collected or 
at another project site; and 
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‘‘(ii) to cover not more than 25 
percent of the cost of planning 
additional 
stewardship 
con-
tracting projects.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF COLLABORATIVE FOR-
EST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION FUND.—Section 
4003(f)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land Man-
agement Act of 2009 (16 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-Supported Forest Management Fund’’, 
to cover the cost of planning (especially re-
lated to compliance with section 102 of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332)), carrying out, and monitoring 
certain forest management activities on Na-
tional Forest System lands or public lands. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The State-Supported For-
est Management Fund shall consist of such 
amounts as may be— 
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(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 con-
tribution may be expended; and 
(2) limit the types of forest manage-
ment activities for which the contribu-
tion may be expended. 
(d) AUTHORIZED FOREST MANAGEMENT AC-
TIVITIES.—In such amounts as may be pro-
vided 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 collabo-
rative process; 
(2) is proposed by a resource advisory 
committee; 
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(3) is covered by a community wild-
fire protection plan. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION METHODS.—A forest 
management 
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 authority 
available to the Secretary concerned, but rev-
enues 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.— 
(1) REVENUE SHARING.—Subject to sub-
section (e), revenues generated by a for-
est management activity carried out 
using amounts from the Fund shall be 
considered monies received from the Na-
tional Forest System. 
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(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 man-
agement 
activity 
carried 
out 
using 
amounts in the Fund. 
(g) TERMINATION OF FUND.— 
(1) TERMINATION.—The Fund shall ter-
minate 10 years after the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(2) EFFECT OF TERMINATION.—Upon the 
termination of the Fund pursuant to 
paragraph (1) or pursuant to any other 
provision of law, unobligated contribu-
tions remaining in the Fund shall be re-
turned to the eligible entity that made 
the contribution. 
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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 Pro-
tection 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 Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘In response to the 
submission by an Indian Tribe of’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) 
TIME
PERIODS
FOR
CONSIDER-
ATION.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL
RESPONSE.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date on which 
the Secretary receives a Tribal re-
quest under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall provide an initial re-
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sponse to the Indian Tribe regard-
ing— 
‘‘(i) whether the request may 
meet the selection criteria de-
scribed in subsection (c); and 
‘‘(ii) the likelihood of the Sec-
retary 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 1 
year after the date on which the Sec-
retary received the request. 
‘‘(C) COMPLETION.—Not later than 
2 years after the date on which the 
Secretary receives a Tribal request 
under paragraph (1), other than a 
Tribal request denied under sub-
section (d), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) 
complete 
all 
environ-
mental reviews necessary in con-
nection with the agreement or 
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contract and proposed activities 
under the agreement or contract; 
and 
‘‘(ii) enter into the agreement 
or contract with the Indian tribe 
under paragraph (2).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AND TECHNICAL AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protec-
tion Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a) is amended— 
(1) in subsections (b)(1) and (f)(1), by 
striking ‘‘section 347 of the Department 
of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 2104 
note; Public Law 105–277) (as amended by 
section 323 of the Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2003 (117 Stat. 275))’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 604 of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c)’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)(1), the Secretary may’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (4)(B) of sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall’’. 
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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 FOR-
EST SYSTEM LAND AND PUBLIC LAND.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—At the request of an 
Indian Tribe, the Secretary concerned 
may agree to treat Federal forest land as 
Indian forest land for purposes of plan-
ning and conducting forest land manage-
ment 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, Fed-
eral forest land within the boundaries of 
a current or former reservation, or Fed-
eral forest land adjudicated to be Tribal 
homelands. 
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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—As part of the 
agreement to treat Federal forest land as 
Indian forest land under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary concerned and the Indian 
Tribe making the request shall— 
‘‘(A) provide for continued public 
access applicable to the Federal for-
est land prior to the agreement, ex-
cept that the Secretary concerned 
may limit or prohibit such access as 
needed; 
‘‘(B) continue sharing revenue 
generated by the Federal forest land 
with State and local governments ei-
ther— 
‘‘(i) on the terms applicable to 
the Federal forest land prior to 
the agreement, including, where 
applicable, 25-percent payments 
or 50-percent payments; or 
‘‘(ii) at the option of the In-
dian Tribe, on terms agreed upon 
by the Indian Tribe, the Secretary 
concerned, and State and county 
governments participating in a 
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revenue sharing agreement for 
the Federal forest land; 
‘‘(C) comply with applicable pro-
hibitions on the export of unproc-
essed logs harvested from the Federal 
forest land; 
‘‘(D) recognize all right-of-way 
agreements in place on Federal forest 
land prior to commencement of Trib-
al management activities; 
‘‘(E) ensure that all commercial 
timber removed from the Federal for-
est land is sold on a competitive bid 
basis; and 
‘‘(F) cooperate with the appro-
priate State fish and wildlife agency 
to achieve mutual agreement on the 
management of fish and wildlife. 
‘‘(3) 
LIMITATION.—Treating 
Federal 
forest land as Indian forest land for pur-
poses of planning and conducting man-
agement activities pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall not be construed to designate 
the Federal forest land as Indian forest 
lands for any other purpose. 
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‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) FEDERAL
FOREST
LAND.—The 
term ‘Federal forest land’ means— 
‘‘(i) National Forest System 
lands; and 
‘‘(ii) public lands (as defined 
in section 103(e) of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e))), includ-
ing Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant 
lands reconveyed to the United 
States pursuant to the first sec-
tion 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— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary of Agri-
culture, with respect to the Fed-
eral forest land referred to in sub-
paragraph (A)(i); and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, with respect to the Federal 
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forest land referred to in subpara-
graph (A)(ii).’’. 
SEC. 703. TRIBAL FOREST MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECT. 
The Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may carry out dem-
onstration projects by which federally recog-
nized Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations 
may contract to perform administrative, man-
agement, and other functions of programs of 
the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 
U.S.C. 3115a et seq.) through contracts en-
tered into under the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5304 et seq.). 
SEC. 704. RULE OF APPLICATION. 
Nothing in this title, or the amendments 
made by this title, shall be construed as inter-
fering with, diminishing, or conflicting with 
the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of 
any State to exercise primary management, 
control, or regulation of fish and wildlife on 
land or water within the State (including on 
public land) under State law. 
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TITLE VIII— EXPEDITING 
INTERAGENCY CONSULTATION 
Subtitle A—Forest Plans Not 
Considered Major Federal Actions 
SEC. 801. FOREST PLANS NOT CONSIDERED MAJOR FED-
ERAL ACTIONS. 
The development, maintenance, amend-
ment, and revision of a forest plan shall not 
be considered a major Federal action for pur-
poses of section 102 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
Subtitle B—Agency Consultation 
SEC. 811. CONSULTATION UNDER FOREST AND RANGELAND 
RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING ACT OF 
1974. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(d) of the Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(d) The Secretary’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND CONSULTA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION RE-
QUIRED AFTER APPROVAL OF LAND MANAGE-
MENT PLANS.— 
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, 
the Secretary shall not be required to 
engage in consultation under this 
subsection or any other provision of 
law (including section 7 of the Endan-
gered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1536) and 
section 402.16 of title 50, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or a successor regu-
lation)) with respect to— 
‘‘(i) if a land management plan 
approved by the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) the listing of a species 
as threatened or endangered, 
or a designation of critical 
habitat pursuant to the En-
dangered 
Species 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 
‘‘(II) whether the amount 
or extent of taking specified 
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in the incidental take state-
ment is exceeded; 
‘‘(III) whether new infor-
mation reveals effects of the 
action that may affect listed 
species or critical habitat in a 
manner or to an extent not 
previously considered; or 
‘‘(IV) whether the identi-
fied action is subsequently 
modified in a manner that 
causes an effect to the listed 
species or critical habitat that 
was not considered in the bio-
logical opinion; or 
‘‘(ii) any provision of a land 
management plan adopted as de-
scribed in clause (i). 
‘‘(B) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.—Noth-
ing in this paragraph affects any ap-
plicable requirement of the Secretary 
to consult with the head of any other 
Federal department or agency— 
‘‘(i) regarding any project, in-
cluding a project carried out, or 
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proposed to be carried out, in an 
area designated as critical habitat 
pursuant to the Endangered Spe-
cies Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or 
‘‘(ii) with respect to the devel-
opment of an amendment to a 
land 
management 
plan 
that 
would 
result 
in 
a 
significant 
change in the land management 
plan. 
‘‘(3) LAND
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
CONSID-
ERED
A
NON-DISCRETIONARY
ACTION.—For 
purposes of the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest 
management activity carried out by the 
Secretary concerned pursuant to this Act 
shall be considered a non-discretionary 
action.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY; CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 
3(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renew-
able Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
U.S.C. 1601(a)) is amended, in the first 
sentence of the matter preceding para-
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graph (1), by inserting ‘‘(referred to in 
this Act as the ‘Secretary’)’’ after ‘‘Sec-
retary of Agriculture’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The 
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1600 et seq.) is amended, in sections 4 
through 9, 12, 13, and 15, by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary of Agriculture’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
SEC. 812. CONSULTATION UNDER FEDERAL LAND POLICY 
AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1976. 
Section 202(f) of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1712(f)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(f) The Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) NO ADDITIONAL CONSULTATION RE-
QUIRED
AFTER
APPROVAL
OF
LAND
USE 
PLANS.— 
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‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, 
the Secretary shall not be required to 
engage in consultation under this 
subsection or any other provision of 
law (including section 7 of the Endan-
gered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1536) and 
section 402.16 of title 50, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or a successor regu-
lation)), with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the listing of a species as 
threatened or endangered, or a 
designation of critical habitat, 
pursuant to the Endangered Spe-
cies Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), if 
a land use plan has been adopted 
by the Secretary as of the date of 
listing or designation; or 
‘‘(ii) any provision of a land 
use plan adopted as described in 
clause (i). 
‘‘(B) EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.— 
‘‘(i) DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT 
CHANGE.—In this subparagraph, 
the 
term 
‘significant 
change’ 
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means a significant change within 
the 
meaning 
of 
section 
219.13(b)(3) of title 36, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph), except that— 
‘‘(I) any reference con-
tained in that section to a 
land management plan shall 
be deemed to be a reference 
to a land use plan; 
‘‘(II) any reference con-
tained in that section to the 
Forest 
Service 
shall 
be 
deemed to be a reference to 
the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment; and 
‘‘(III) any reference con-
tained in that section to the 
National Forest Management 
Act of 1976 (Public Law 94– 
588; 90 Stat. 2949) shall be 
deemed to be a reference to 
this Act. 
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‘‘(ii) EFFECT.—Nothing in this 
paragraph affects any applicable 
requirement of the Secretary to 
consult with the head of any 
other 
Federal 
department 
or 
agency— 
‘‘(I) regarding a project 
carried out, or proposed to be 
carried out, with respect to a 
species listed as threatened or 
endangered, or in an area des-
ignated as critical habitat, 
pursuant to the Endangered 
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.); or 
‘‘(II) with respect to the 
development of a new land 
use plan or the revision of or 
other significant change to an 
existing land use plan. 
‘‘(3) LAND USE PLAN CONSIDERED NON- 
DISCRETIONARY
ACTION.—For purposes of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), a forest management 
activity carried out by the Secretary con-
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cerned pursuant to this Act shall be con-
sidered a non-discretionary action.’’. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Forest Management 
Provisions 
SEC. 901. CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING CATEGORICAL EX-
CLUSION AUTHORITY RELATED TO INSECT 
AND DISEASE INFESTATION. 
Section 603(c)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration 
Act 
of 
2003 
(16 
U.S.C. 
6591b(c)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘Fire 
Regime Groups I, II, or III’’ and inserting 
‘‘Fire Regime I, Fire Regime II, Fire Regime 
III, Fire Regime IV, or Fire Regime V’’. 
SEC. 
902. 
REVISION 
OF 
ALTERNATE 
CONSULTATION 
AGREEMENT REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall 
revise section 402.13 of title 50, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, to— 
(1) authorize Federal agencies to 
enter into alternative consultation agree-
ments under which the Federal agency 
may determine if an action such agency 
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authorizes is likely to adversely affect 
listed species or critical habitat; and 
(2) if an agency determines such ac-
tion will not likely adversely affect listed 
species or critical habitat pursuant to 
paragraph (1), not require such agency to 
complete a formal consultation, informal 
consultation, or written concurrence of 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the 
National Marine Fisheries Service with 
respect to such action. 
SEC. 903. REVISION OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES 
REGULATIONS. 
(a) DETERMINATIONS
OF
EXTRAORDINARY 
CIRCUMSTANCES.—In determining whether ex-
traordinary circumstances related to a pro-
posed action preclude use of a categorical ex-
clusion, the Forest Service shall not be re-
quired to— 
(1) consider whether a proposed ac-
tion is within a potential wilderness area; 
(2) consider whether a proposed ac-
tion affects a Forest Service sensitive 
species; 
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(3) conduct an analysis under section 
220.4(f) of title 36, Code of Federal Regu-
lations, of the proposed action’s cumu-
lative impact (as the term is defined in 
section 1508.7 of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations); 
(4) consider a determination under 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) that a proposed 
action may affect, but is not likely to ad-
versely affect, threatened, endangered, or 
candidate species, or designated critical 
habitats; or 
(5) consider a determination under 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) that a proposed 
action may affect, and is likely to ad-
versely affect threatened, endangered, 
candidate species, or designated critical 
habitat if the agency is in compliance 
with the applicable provisions of the bio-
logical opinion. 
(b) 
PROPOSED
RULEMAKING.—Not 
later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
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publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to re-
vise section 220.6(b) of title 36, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations to conform such section with 
subsection (a). 
(c) ADDITIONAL REVISION.—As part of the 
proposed rulemaking described in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise 
section 220.5(a)(2) of title 36, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to provide that the Forest Serv-
ice shall not be required to consider proposals 
that would substantially alter a potential wil-
derness area as a class of actions normally re-
quiring environmental impact statements. 
(d) ADDITIONAL ACTIONS.—Not later than 
120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue 
final regulations to carry out the revisions de-
scribed in subsections (b) and (c). 
SEC. 904. CONDITIONS ON FOREST SERVICE ROAD DECOM-
MISSIONING. 
(a) CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED COUN-
TY.—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 consid-
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ered for decommissioning, the Forest Super-
visor of that unit of the National Forest Sys-
tem shall— 
(1) consult with the government of 
the county containing the road regarding 
the merits and possible consequences of 
decommissioning the road; and 
(2) solicit possible alternatives to de-
commissioning the road. 
(b) PERIOD PRIOR
TO DECOMMISSION.—A 
Forest Service road described in subsection 
(a) may not be decommissioned without the 
advance approval of the Regional Forester. 
SEC. 905. PROHIBITION ON APPLICATION OF EASTSIDE 
SCREENS 
REQUIREMENTS 
ON 
NATIONAL 
FOREST SYSTEM LANDS. 
(a) REPEAL OF EASTSIDE SCREENS REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall im-
mediately withdraw the Interim Management 
Direction Establishing Riparian, Ecosystem, 
and Wildlife Standards for Timber Sales (com-
monly known as the Eastside Screens require-
ments), including all preceding or associated 
versions of these amendments. 
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(b) EFFECT OF REPEAL.—On and after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may not apply to Na-
tional Forest System lands any of the amend-
ments repealed under subsection (a). 
SEC. 906. 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 amend-
ment through the record of decision or deci-
sion notice for the project or activity. 
SEC. 907. KNUTSON-VANDENBERG ACT MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) DEPOSITS
OF FUNDS FROM NATIONAL 
FOREST TIMBER PURCHASERS REQUIRED.—Sec-
tion 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 striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘any 
purchaser’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The 
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Secretary of Agriculture shall require each 
purchaser’’. 
(b) CONDITIONS ON USE OF DEPOSITS.—Sec-
tion 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 in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(b) Amounts deposited under subsection 
(a)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as 
subsection (d); and 
(3) by inserting before subsection (d), 
as so redesignated, the following new 
subsection (c): 
‘‘(c)(1) Amounts in the special fund estab-
lished pursuant to this section— 
‘‘(A) shall be used exclusively to im-
plement activities authorized by sub-
section (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 col-
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lected 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. 908. APPLICATION OF NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN SUR-
VEY AND MANAGE MITIGATION MEASURE 
STANDARD AND GUIDELINES. 
The Northwest Forest Plan Survey and 
Manage Mitigation Measure Standard and 
Guidelines shall not apply to any National 
Forest System lands or public lands. 
SEC. 909. RECONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR INCLUDED IN 
GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS. 
Section 8206(a)(3) of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(B) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
clause (iv); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (ii) 
the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) construction, reconstruc-
tion, 
repair 
or 
restoration 
of 
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roads as necessary to achieve 
project objectives; and’’. 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘for-
est, rangeland, and watershed res-
toration services’ does not include 
construction, alteration, repair or re-
placement of public buildings or 
works.’’. 
SEC. 910. LOGGING AND MECHANIZED OPERATIONS. 
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3 (29 U.S.C. 203)— 
(A) in subsection (l), by striking 
‘‘well-being.’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘well- 
being, and that employment of em-
ployees ages sixteen or seventeen 
years in a logging or mechanized op-
eration in an occupation that the Sec-
retary of Labor finds and declares to 
be particularly hazardous for the em-
ployment of individuals of such ages 
shall not be deemed to constitute op-
pressive child labor if such employee 
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is employed by his parent or by a per-
son standing in the place of his par-
ent in a logging or mechanized oper-
ation owned or operated by such par-
ent or person.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(z)(1) ‘Logging’— 
‘‘(A) means— 
‘‘(i) the felling, skidding, yarding, 
loading and processing of timber by 
equipment other than manually oper-
ated chainsaws and cable skidders; 
‘‘(ii) 
the 
felling 
of 
timber 
in 
mechanized operations; 
‘‘(iii) the bucking or converting of 
timber into logs, poles, ties, bolts, 
pulpwood, chemical wood, excelsior 
wood, cordwood, fence posts, or simi-
lar products; 
‘‘(iv) 
the 
collecting, 
skidding, 
yarding, loading, transporting and 
unloading of such products in con-
nection with logging; 
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‘‘(v) the constructing, repairing 
and maintaining of roads or camps 
used in connection with logging; the 
constructing, repairing, and mainte-
nance of machinery or equipment 
used in logging; and 
‘‘(vi) other work performed in 
connection with logging; and 
‘‘(B) does not include the manual use 
of chain saws to fell and process timber 
and the use of cable skidders to bring the 
timber to the landing. 
‘‘(2) ‘Mechanized operation’— 
‘‘(A) 
means 
the 
felling, 
skidding, 
yarding, loading and processing of timber 
by equipment other than manually oper-
ated chainsaws and cable skidders; and 
‘‘(B) includes whole tree processors, 
cut-to-length 
processors, 
stroke 
boom 
delimbers, 
wheeled 
and 
track 
feller- 
bunchers, pull thru delimbers, wheeled 
and track forwarders, chippers, grinders, 
mechanical debarkers, wheeled and track 
grapple skidders, yarders, bulldozers, ex-
cavators, and log loaders.’’; and 
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(2) in section 13(c) (29 U.S.C. 211(c)), 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) The provisions of section 12 relating 
to child labor shall apply to an employee who 
is 16 or 17 years old employed in a logging or 
mechanized operation in an occupation that 
the Secretary of Labor finds and declares to 
be particularly hazardous for the employment 
of children ages 16 or 17, except where such 
employee is employed by his parent or by a 
person standing in the place of his parent in 
a logging or mechanized operation owned or 
operated by such parent or person.’’. 
Subtitle B—Oregon and California 
Railroad Grant Lands and Coos 
Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands 
SEC. 911. AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT OF AUGUST 28, 1937. 
The first section of the Act of August 28, 
1937 (50 Stat. 874; 43 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘principal of sustained 
yield’’ and inserting ‘‘principle of sus-
tained yield’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘facilties’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘facilities’’; and 
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(3) by striking ‘‘That timber from said 
lands in an amount’’ and inserting ‘‘That 
timber from said lands in the amount 
that is the greater of:’’. 
SEC. 912. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD GRANT 
LANDS AND COOS BAY WAGON ROAD GRANT 
LANDS PERMANENT RIGHTS OF ACCESS. 
(a) CREATION OF PERMANENT RIGHTS OF AC-
CESS REQUIRED.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, on the date of the enactment 
of this section, reciprocal road right-of-way 
permits, grants, and agreements issued to a 
private landowner by the Secretary of the In-
terior pursuant to subpart 2812 of part 2810 
of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, or its 
predecessor regulation shall become perma-
nent rights of access that are recordable and 
that shall run with the land. 
(b) RECORDS UPDATED.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the reciprocal road right-of-way permits, 
grants, and agreements described in sub-
section (a) shall be amended to reflect the per-
manent rights of access required under sub-
section (a) and recorded by the Secretary of 
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the Interior in each county where the lands 
are located. No other amendments shall be 
made to such right-of-way permits, grants, 
and agreements. 
SEC. 913. MANAGEMENT OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-
MENT LANDS IN WESTERN OREGON. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All of the public land 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management 
in the Northwest District, Roseburg District, 
Coos Bay District, Medford District, and the 
Klamath Resource Area of the Lakeview Dis-
trict in the State of Oregon shall hereafter be 
managed pursuant to title I of the of the Act 
of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a through 
1181e). Except as provided in subsection (b), 
all of the revenue produced from such land 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States in the Oregon and California 
land-grant fund and be subject to the provi-
sions of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 
(43 U.S.C. 1181f). 
(b) CERTAIN LANDS EXCLUDED.—Subsection 
(a) does not apply to any revenue that is re-
quired to be deposited in the Coos Bay Wagon 
Road grant fund pursuant to sections 1 
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through 4 of the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 
1181f et seq.). 
TITLE X—MAJOR DISASTER FOR 
WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND 
SEC. 1001. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘means’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) MAJOR DISASTER.— 
‘‘(A) MAJOR
DISASTER.—The term 
‘major disaster’ means’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE 
ON FEDERAL LANDS.—The term ‘major 
disaster for wildfire on Federal lands’ 
means 
any 
wildfire 
or 
wildfires, 
which in the determination of the 
President under section 802 warrants 
assistance under section 803 to sup-
plement the efforts and resources of 
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the Department of the Interior or the 
Department of Agriculture— 
‘‘(i) on Federal lands; or 
‘‘(ii) on non-Federal lands pur-
suant to a fire protection agree-
ment or cooperative agreement.’’. 
SEC. 1002. DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR 
WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘TITLE VIII—MAJOR DISASTER 
FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL 
LAND 
‘‘SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘As used in this title— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
LAND.—The term ‘Fed-
eral land’ means— 
‘‘(A) any land under the jurisdic-
tion of the Department of the Inte-
rior; and 
‘‘(B) any land under the jurisdic-
tion of the United States Forest Serv-
ice. 
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‘‘(2) FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGEN-
CIES.—The term ‘Federal land manage-
ment agencies’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment; 
‘‘(B) the National Park Service; 
‘‘(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; 
‘‘(D) the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service; and 
‘‘(E) the United States Forest 
Service. 
‘‘(3) 
WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION
OPER-
ATIONS.—The term ‘wildfire suppression 
operations’ means the emergency and un-
predictable 
aspects 
of 
wildland 
fire-
fighting, 
including 
support, 
response, 
emergency stabilization activities, and 
other emergency management activities 
of wildland firefighting on Federal lands 
(or on non-Federal lands pursuant to a 
fire protection agreement or cooperative 
agreement) by the Federal land manage-
ment agencies covered by the wildfire 
suppression subactivity of the Wildland 
Fire Management account or the FLAME 
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Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund ac-
count of the Federal land management 
agencies. 
‘‘SEC. 802. PROCEDURE FOR DECLARATION OF A MAJOR 
DISASTER 
FOR 
WILDFIRE 
ON 
FEDERAL 
LANDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the In-
terior or the Secretary of Agriculture may 
submit a request to the President consistent 
with the requirements of this title for a dec-
laration by the President that a major dis-
aster for wildfire on Federal lands exists. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A request for a dec-
laration by the President that a major dis-
aster for wildfire on Federal lands exists 
shall— 
‘‘(1) be made in writing by the respec-
tive Secretary; 
‘‘(2) certify that the amount appro-
priated in the current fiscal year for 
wildfire suppression operations of the 
Federal land management agencies under 
the jurisdiction of the respective Sec-
retary, net of any concurrently enacted 
rescissions of wildfire suppression funds, 
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increases the total unobligated balance of 
amounts available for wildfire suppres-
sion by an amount equal to or greater 
than the average total costs incurred by 
the Federal land management agencies 
per year for wildfire suppression oper-
ations, including the suppression costs in 
excess of appropriated amounts, over the 
previous ten fiscal years; 
‘‘(3) certify that the amount available 
for wildfire suppression operations of the 
Federal land management agencies under 
the jurisdiction of the respective Sec-
retary will be obligated not later than 30 
days after such Secretary notifies the 
President that wildfire suppression funds 
will be exhausted to fund ongoing and 
anticipated wildfire suppression oper-
ations related to the wildfire on which 
the request for the declaration of a major 
disaster for wildfire on Federal lands 
pursuant to this title is based; and 
‘‘(4) specify the amount required in 
the current fiscal year to fund wildfire 
suppression operations related to the 
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wildfire on which the request for the dec-
laration of a major disaster for wildfire 
on Federal lands pursuant to this title is 
based. 
‘‘(c) DECLARATION.—Based on the request 
of the respective Secretary under this title, 
the President may declare that a major dis-
aster for wildfire on Federal lands exists. 
‘‘SEC. 803. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In a major disaster for 
wildfire on Federal lands, the President may 
transfer funds, only from the account estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (b), to the Sec-
retary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agri-
culture to conduct wildfire suppression oper-
ations on Federal lands (and non-Federal 
lands pursuant to a fire protection agreement 
or cooperative agreement). 
‘‘(b) WILDFIRE
SUPPRESSION
OPERATIONS 
ACCOUNT.—The President shall establish a 
specific account for the assistance available 
pursuant to a declaration under section 802. 
Such account may only be used to fund assist-
ance pursuant to this title. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.— 
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