(1) to assist in the preparation of a landscape 
assessment; and 
(2) to implement special recovery projects iden-
tified in the landscape assessment. 
(d) SPECIAL RECOVERY PROJECTS.—The Secretary 
of the Interior may provide assistance under subsection 
(c)(2) for special recovery projects, including revegetation, 
tree planting, and other practices the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
SEC. 212. RESTORING COMMUNITIES. 
(a) COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS.—At the request of 
an eligible entity affected by a catastrophic event, the Sec-
retary of the Interior may cooperate with the eligible enti-
ty in the preparation of a community wildfire protection 
plan or related plan. 
(b) DECISION
TO PROVIDE ASSESSMENT ASSIST-
ANCE.—In response to the request of an eligible entity for 
assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall make a decision, within 30 days after receiving 
the request, whether or not to provide such assistance. 
The decision rests in the sole discretion of the Secretary, 
but, if the Secretary rejects the request for assistance, the 
Secretary shall provide the eligible entity with an expla-
nation of the reasons for the rejection.
(c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of the In-
terior may provide technical and financial cost-share as-
sistance to an eligible entity—
(1) to assist in the preparation of development 
of a community wildfire protection plan, a commu-
nity assessment, or a community action plan; and 
(2) to implement special recovery projects iden-
tified in a community wildfire protection plan, a 
community assessment, or a community action plan. 
(d) SPECIAL RECOVERY PROJECTS.—Special recov-
ery projects supported under subsection (c)(2) may in-
clude projects involving—
(1) developing products from and markets for 
timber harvested in response to a catastrophic event 
and remaining forest resources; 
(2) training for the local populace for work in 
connection with catastrophic event recovery; 
(3) repair of forest roads, bridges, and trails 
and water supply areas affected by a catastrophic 
event; and 
(4) such other activities as the Secretary deter-
mines to be necessary to undertake the special recov-
ery project.
TITLE III—EXPERIMENTAL 
FORESTS 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The experimental forests established pursu-
ant to section 4 of the Forest and Rangeland Re-
newable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
1643) or the organic administrative authorities of 
the Secretary of Agriculture (16 U.S.C. 551) serve 
as a natural laboratory for the Forest Service to 
evaluate management practices generally and spe-
cific responses to catastrophic events that can be 
eventually used throughout the National Forest Sys-
tem. 
(2) To build upon the knowledge base to be de-
veloped using catastrophic events research projects 
conducted under title I, the Secretary of Agriculture 
should be authorized to use the same authorities 
provided under sections 104 and 105 to design and 
carry out projects in the experimental forests. 
SEC. 302. AVAILABILITY AND USE OF PRE-APPROVED MAN-
AGEMENT PRACTICES ON NATIONAL FOREST 
EXPERIMENTAL FORESTS. 
Management practices included on the list of pre-ap-
proved management practices prepared under subsection
(a) of section 104 may be implemented, in the manner 
provided by such section, in an experimental forest estab-
lished pursuant to section 4 of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
1643) or the organic administrative authorities of the Sec-
retary of Agriculture (16 U.S.C. 551). 
SEC. 303. LIMITED CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES FOR 
PROJECTS ON NATIONAL FOREST EXPERI-
MENTAL FORESTS. 
Section 105(a) shall apply with respect to any indi-
vidual activity or a series of activities proposed to be un-
dertaken in an experimental forest established pursuant 
to section 4 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1643) or the 
organic administrative authorities of the Secretary of Ag-
riculture (16 U.S.C. 551). 
TITLE IV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. REGULATIONS. 
Except as provided in section 106(b), the Secretary 
concerned is not required to promulgate regulations to im-
plement this Act.
SEC. 402. DEDICATED SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR RESEARCH 
AND MONITORING. 
(a) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall establish a special account in the Treasury for 
each Secretary concerned. 
(b) DEPOSITS.—Ten percent of the gross proceeds 
derived by the Secretary concerned from catastrophic 
event recovery projects and catastrophic event research 
projects conducted by the Secretary concerned under title 
I shall—
(1) be deposited in the special account estab-
lished for that Secretary; and 
(2) remain available, without further appropria-
tion and until expended, for expenditure as provided 
in subsection (c). 
(c) RESEARCH-RELATED
USE
OF
SPECIAL
AC-
COUNTS.—The Secretary concerned shall use amounts in 
the special account established for that Secretary—
(1) to develop research protocols under section 
101; 
(2) to prepare and implement catastrophic 
event research projects; and 
(3) to provide for monitoring under sections 
104 and 105. 
(d) RELATION TO OTHER FUNDS.—Amounts in the 
special account established for the Secretary concerned are
in addition to other amounts available to that Secretary 
for the purposes described in subsection (c). 
SEC. 403. OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. 
(a) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
KNUTSON-VANDENBERG 
FUNDS.—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 shall be covered’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a) shall be 
covered’’; 
(2) by inserting after ‘‘national park.’’ the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture 
may also use excess amounts to cover the costs of 
activities of the Secretary under title I of the Forest 
Emergency Recovery and Research Act.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) the excess amounts will not be needed for 
activities of the Secretary under title I of the Forest 
Emergency Recovery and Research Act during the
fiscal year in which the transfer would be made; 
and’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF FOREST SERVICE SALVAGE 
SALE FUNDS.—Section 14(h) of the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(h)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the fourth sentence, by inserting after 
‘‘the purposes for which deposited’’ the following: 
‘‘and to cover the costs of activities of the Secretary 
under title I of the Forest Emergency Recovery and 
Research Act’’; and 
(2) in last proviso, by striking ‘‘for which de-
posited on any national forest’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
which deposits of money are available under this 
subsection’’. 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF BLM REVOLVING FUND DE-
RIVED FROM DISPOSAL OF SALVAGE TIMBER.—The first 
paragraph under the headings ‘‘FOREST ECOSYSTEMS 
HEALTH AND RECOVERY’’ and ‘‘REVOLVING FUND, SPE-
CIAL ACCOUNT’’ in title I of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public 
Law 102–381; 106 Stat. 1376; 43 U.S.C. 1736a), is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘The money in this fund shall likewise be immediately 
available to cover the costs of activities of the Bureau of