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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Air and Health Quality Empowerment 
Zone Designation Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to establish criteria through the use of 
which specific geographical areas--
            (1) shall be designated as air and health quality 
        empowerment zones; and
            (2) may apply for grants authorized for the purpose of 
        replacing or retrofitting polluting vehicles or engines (or 
        both vehicles and engines) in order to improve the health of 
        the population living in the zones.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the San Joaquin Valley faces serious air quality 
        challenges that impact the development, health, and economy of 
        the Valley;
            (2) the Valley emits approximately 624 tons of nitrogen 
        oxides per day, and attainment of the federally mandated 8-hour 
        ozone standard under the Clean Air Act requires emissions of 
        not more than 160 tons of oxides of nitrogen per day;
            (3) the Valley does not attain the federally mandated 
        standard for PM&lt;INF&gt;2.5&lt;/INF&gt;;
            (4) the children of the Valley miss 188,000 school days per 
        year, which translates to 1 in 4 of those children experiencing 
        a day of absence each year due to elevated ozone levels;
            (5) approximately 460 residents of the Valley die earlier 
        than they otherwise would due to elevated ozone levels, and 
        Valley residents experience 23,300 asthma attacks per year, a 
        rate that equals 3 times the State average and 5 times the 
        national average;
            (6) 1 in 5 children residing in the Valley have been 
        diagnosed with asthma;
            (7) nonattainment of Federal air quality standards costs 
        the Valley $3,200,000,000 annually;
            (8) the Valley experiences chronic double-digit 
        unemployment rates; and
            (9) the Federal Government must partner with the Valley and 
        the State to address air quality, health, and economic 
        development for the residents of the Valley through the 
        designation of the Valley as air quality empowerment zone that 
        is eligible for Federal grants and technical assistance.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Agency.--The term ``Agency'' means the Environmental 
        Protection Agency.
            (3) Clean air act.--The term ``Clean Air Act'' means the 
        Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.).
            (4) PM&lt;INF&gt;2.5&lt;/INF&gt;.--The term ``PM&lt;INF&gt;2.5&lt;/INF&gt;'' means 
        particulate matter with a diameter that does not exceed 2.5 
        micrometers.
            (5) Strategic plan.--The term ``strategic plan'' means, 
        with respect to an area, the plan contained in the application 
        for designation of the area under section 5.
            (6) Valley.--The term ``Valley'' means the San Joaquin 
        Valley, California.

SEC. 5. AIR QUALITY EMPOWERMENT ZONE DESIGNATION PROCEDURES.

    (a) In General.--From among the areas nominated for designation 
under this section, the Administrator may designate 1 or more areas as 
air and health quality empowerment zones.
    (b) Period for Which Designation Is in Effect.--
            (1) In general.--Any designation under this section shall 
        remain in effect during the period beginning on the date of the 
        designation and ending on the earlier of--
                    (A) the last day of the tenth calendar year 
                beginning on the date of the designation; or
                    (B) the date on which the Administrator revokes the 
                designation.
            (2) Revocation of designation.--The Administrator may 
        revoke the designation under this section of an area if the 
        Administrator determines that the local air pollution control 
        district in which the designated area is located--
                    (A) has been designated as being in attainment with 
                the national ambient air quality standard for 
                PM&lt;INF&gt;2.5&lt;/INF&gt; and ozone promulgated under the Clean 
                Air Act; or
                    (B) is not complying substantially with, or fails 
                to make progress in achieving the goals of, the 
                strategic plan.
    (c) Limitations on Designations.--No area may be designated under 
subsection (a) unless--
            (1) the area is nominated for designation by the air 
        pollution control district with jurisdiction over the area;
            (2) the air pollution control district provides written 
        assurances satisfactory to the Administrator that the strategic 
        plan will be implemented; and
            (3) the Administrator determines that any information 
        provided is reasonably accurate.
    (d) Application.--No area may be designated under subsection (a) 
unless the application for the designation--
            (1) demonstrates that the nominated area satisfies the 
        eligibility criteria described in section 6; and
            (2) includes a strategic plan for accomplishing the 
        purposes of this Act that--
                    (A) describes--
                            (i) the process by which the nominated area 
                        is a full partner in the process of developing 
                        and implementing the plan; and
                            (ii) the extent to which local institutions 
                        and organizations have contributed to the 
                        planning process;
                    (B) identifies--
                            (i) the amount of State, local, and private 
                        resources that will be available for the 
                        nominated area; and
                            (ii) the private/public partnerships to be 
                        used (which may include participation by, and 
                        cooperation with, institutions of higher 
                        education, medical centers, and other private 
                        and public entities);
                    (C) identifies the funding requested under any 
                Federal program in support of the purposes of this Act;
                    (D) identifies baselines, methods, and benchmarks 
                for measuring the success of carrying out the strategic 
                plan; and
                    (E) includes such other information as may be 
                required by the Administrator.

SEC. 6. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

    (a) In General.--A nominated area shall be eligible for designation 
under section 5(a) only if the area meets all of the following 
criteria:
            (1) Nonattainment.--The nominated area has been designated 
        as being--
                    (A) in extreme nonattainment of the 8-hour ozone 
                national ambient air quality standard promulgated by 
                the Administrator under the Clean Air Act; and
                    (B) in nonattainment of national ambient air 
                quality standard for PM&lt;INF&gt;2.5&lt;/INF&gt; promulgated by 
                the Administrator under that Act.
            (2) Agricultural sources.--The nominated area has--
                    (A) emissions of oxides of nitrogen from farm 
                equipment of at least 30 tons per day in calendar year 
                2010; or
                    (B) emissions of volatile organic compounds from 
                farming operations of at least 40 tons per day in 
                calendar year 2010.
            (3) Air-related health effects.--As of the date of 
        nomination, the nominated area--
                    (A) meets or exceeds the national average per 
                capita incidence of asthma; and
                    (B) meets or exceeds the national average of school 
                days missed due to the health impact of elevated ozone 
                levels.
            (4) Economic impact.--As of the date of nomination, the 
        nominated area experiences unemployment rates higher than the 
        national average.
            (5) State matching funds.--The nominated area is located 
        within a State and local area that will match at least \1/2\ of 
        the funds provided by the Federal Government under this Act.

SEC. 7. ELIGIBLE GRANT APPLICANTS.

    Any air pollution control district or other local governmental 
entity authorized to regulate air quality in a State under the Clean 
Air Act may apply for a grant under this Act.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF AIR AND HEALTH EMPOWERMENT GRANTS.

    (a) Eligibility.--
            (1) In general.--Each area designated as an air and health 
        quality empowerment zone under section 5(a) shall be eligible 
        to receive 1 or more grants under this section.
            (2) Amount of grants.--The amount of each grant awarded to 
        a designated air and health quality empowerment zone shall be 
        determined by the Administrator based upon a review of--
                    (A) the information contained in the applications 
                required by section 5(d); and
                    (B) the needs set forth in the applications by 
                those designated as beneficiaries.
            (3) Timing of grants.--With respect to each designated air 
        and health quality empowerment zone, the Administrator shall 
        make--
                    (A) a grant under this section to each such zone on 
                the date of designation of the zone under section 5(a); 
                and
                    (B) the grant under this section to each such zone 
                available on the first day of the first fiscal year 
                that begins after the date of designation of the zone.
            (4) Oversight of grants.--The air pollution control 
        district or other local government entity authorized to 
        regulate air quality in an area designated as an air and health 
        safety empowerment zone under section 5(a) shall oversee the 
        use of any grant funds provided to the zone under this section.
    (b) Use of Grants.--Each air and health safety empowerment zone 
that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant solely--
            (1) to carry out activities that achieve the purposes 
        described in section 2;
            (2) in accordance with the strategic plan for the zone; and
            (3) for activities that benefit the residents of the zone 
        for which the grant is made through improved air quality and 
        health.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator to provide grants under this section 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.

A: Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate areas nominated by local air pollution control districts as air and health quality empowerment zones, which shall be eligible for grants for replacing or retrofitting polluting vehicles and/or engines in order to improve the health of the population living in the zones.

Sets forth area eligibility requirements, including: (1) being in nonattainment of specified national ambient air quality standards for ozone or PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter that does not exceed 2.5 micrometers); (2) having specified emission levels from agricultural sources; (3) meeting or exceeding national averages for asthma, school days missed for ozone levels, and unemployment; and (4) being eligible for state or local matching funds.

Prohibits an area from being designated unless the relevant district provides satisfactory assurances that the strategic plan (to be contained in its application) will be implemented. Authorizes the Administrator to revoke the designation if the relevant district: (1) has been designated as being in attainment with the air quality standards; or (2) is failing to comply with, or make progress in achieving the goals of, its strategic plan.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prison Judgment Relief Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE REMEDIES FOR PRISON CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3626 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 3626. Appropriate remedies with respect to prison conditions
    ``(a) Requirements for Relief.--
            ``(1) Limitations on prospective relief.--The court shall 
        not grant or approve any prospective relief unless the court 
        finds that there is a violation of a Federal right and that 
        such relief is narrowly drawn and the least intrusive means to 
        remedy the violation of the Federal right. In determining the 
        intrusiveness of the relief, the court shall give substantial 
        weight to any adverse impact on public safety or the operation 
        of a criminal justice system caused by the relief.
            ``(2) Prison population reduction relief.--In any civil 
        action with respect to prison conditions, the court shall not 
        grant or approve any relief whose purpose or effect is to 
        reduce or limit the prison population, unless the plaintiff 
        proves that crowding is the primary cause of the deprivation of 
        the Federal right and no other relief will remedy that 
        deprivation.
    ``(b) Termination of Relief.--
            ``(1) Automatic termination of prospective relief after 4-
        year period.--In any civil action with respect to prison 
        conditions, any prospective relief shall automatically 
        terminate 4 years after the later of--
                    ``(A) the date of entry of the final judgment in 
                which the court found the violation of a Federal right 
                that was the basis for the relief; or
                    ``(B) in the case of a final judgment entered more 
                than 4 years before the date of the enactment of the 
                Prison Judgment Relief Act of 1995, 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of such Act.
            ``(2) Immediate termination of prospective relief.--In any 
        civil action with respect to prison conditions, a defendant or 
        intervenor shall be entitled to the immediate termination of 
        any prospective relief, if that relief was approved or granted 
        in the absence of a finding by the court that prison conditions 
        violated a Federal right.
    ``(c) Procedure for Motions Affecting Prospective Relief.--The 
court shall promptly rule on any motion to modify or terminate 
prospective relief in a civil action with respect to prison conditions.
    ``(d) Standing.--Any Federal, State, or local official or unit of 
government--
            ``(1) whose jurisdiction or function includes the 
        prosecution or custody of persons in a prison subject to; or
            ``(2) who otherwise is or may be affected by;
any relief whose purpose or effect is to reduce or limit the prison 
population shall have standing to oppose the imposition or continuation 
in effect of that relief and may intervene in any proceeding relating 
to that relief. Standing shall be liberally conferred under this 
subsection so as to effectuate the remedial purposes of this section.
    ``(e) Special Masters.--In any civil action in a Federal court with 
respect to prison conditions, any special master or monitor shall be a 
United States magistrate and shall make proposed findings on the record 
on complicated factual issues submitted to that special master or 
monitor by the court, but shall have no other function. The parties may 
not by consent extend the function of a special master beyond that 
permitted under this subsection.
    ``(f) Attorney's Fees.--No attorney's fee under section 722 of the 
Revised Statutes of the United States (42 U.S.C. 1988) may be granted 
to a plaintiff in a civil action with respect to prison conditions 
except to the extent such fee is--
            ``(1) directly and reasonably incurred in proving an actual 
        violation of the plaintiff's Federal rights; and
            ``(2) proportionally related to the extent the plaintiff 
        obtains court ordered relief for that violation.''.
    ``(g) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `prison' means any Federal, State, or local 
        facility that incarcerates or detains juveniles or adults 
        accused of, convicted of, sentenced for, or adjudicated 
        delinquent for, violations of criminal law;
            ``(2) the term `relief' means all relief in any form which 
        may be granted or approved by the court, and includes consent 
        decrees and settlement agreements (except a settlement 
        agreement the breech of which is not subject to any court 
        proceeding which such agreement settled); and
            ``(3) the term `prospective relief' means all relief other 
        than compensatory monetary damages.''
    (b) Application of Amendment.--Section 3626 of title 18, United 
States Code, as amended by this section, shall apply with respect to 
all relief (as defined in such section) whether such relief was 
originally granted or approved before, on, or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to section 3526 in the 
table of sections at the beginning of subchapter C of chapter 229 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ``crowding'' and 
inserting ``conditions''.

A: Prison Judgment Relief Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the court from granting or approving prospective relief with respect to prison conditions unless it finds that there is a violation of a Federal right and that such relief is narrowly drawn and the least intrusive means to remedy the violation of such right. Directs the court, in determining the intrusiveness of the relief, to give substantial weight to any adverse impact on public safety or the operation of a criminal justice system. 
Prohibits the court, in any civil action with respect to such conditions, from granting or approving relief to reduce or limit the prison population, unless the plaintiff proves that crowding is the primary cause of the deprivation of the Federal right and no other relief will remedy that deprivation. 
Specifies that any prospective relief in such an action shall automatically terminate four years after the later of:  (1) the date of entry of the final judgment in which the court found the violation of a Federal right; or (2) 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.  Entitles a defendant or intervenor to immediate termination of prospective relief that was approved or granted in the absence of a finding by the court that such conditions violated a Federal right. 
Requires the court to promptly rule on any motion to modify or terminate prospective relief in a civil action with respect to prison conditions. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) standing (Federal, State, or local officials shall have standing under specified circumstances to oppose the imposition or continuation of relief and to intervene in proceedings relating to that relief); (2) special masters; and (3) limits on attorney's fees.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Forest Fire Fuels Reduction 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTIONS TO ADDRESS FIRE HAZARDS DUE TO INSECT AND DISEASE 
              INFESTATION AND TREE OVERCROWDING IN NATIONAL FOREST 
              SYSTEM LANDS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Forest health conditions within National Forest System 
        lands are deteriorating and immediate action to cut timber on 
        these lands is in the public interest.
            (2) Pending litigation prevents timely action to reduce the 
        risk of wildfire in National Forest System lands.
            (3) Existing administrative and legal processes cannot 
        address the fire danger in time to enable the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to take action to reduce the danger.
            (4) Immediate action to address the fire danger in an 
        environmentally responsive manner is supported by the States 
        and local governments, local industry users, and some 
        environmental groups.
            (5) The Forest Service and State and local fire officials 
        are encouraged to take actions as necessary to create a 
        defensible fuel zone within State owned lands adjacent to 
        National Forest System lands.
    (b) Fire and Insect Risk Reduction in Existing Timber Sale Analysis 
Areas.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary is 
        authorized to cut additional timber within or outside the 
        existing cutting units for National Forest System timber sales 
        and within the analysis areas for these sales as is necessary 
        to reduce insect and disease infestation or fire hazard.
            (2) Criteria.--In implementing additional timber harvests 
        within the timber sale analysis areas referred to in paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary shall use, in order of priority, the 
        following criteria:
                    (A) Areas within \1/4\ mile of private properties 
                where private property owners have taken or are taking 
                actions to cut timber on their lands.
                    (B) Stands that are a fire hazard or insect and 
                disease infested, and are near private lands or in 
                proximity to communities.
                    (C) Areas that have the highest intensity or 
                concentration of insect or disease infestation that 
                will move to other areas.
                    (D) Stands that are a fire hazard or insect and 
                disease infested, and are near areas of high resource 
                value where retaining green trees is important, such as 
                wildlife habitats, sensitive landscapes, forest growth, 
                recreation areas, and developments.
                    (E) Stands that are a high fire hazard or insect 
                and disease infested, and are within skidding distance 
                of existing roads.
                    (F) Concentrations of insect or disease infested 
                trees or areas that are high fire hazards due to 
                accumulated forest debris.
                    (G) Stands with the highest density that are most 
                susceptible to insect or disease attack and are in 
                close proximity to infested trees.
    (c) Use of Forest Fire Fuels Reduction Sale Funds.--To conduct 
timber sales under this section, the Secretary may use forest timber 
sale funds otherwise available to the Secretary.
    (d) Sales in Preparation.-- Any timber sale in preparation on the 
date of the enactment of this Act shall be subject to the provisions of 
this section.
    (e) Use of Available Authorities.--The Secretary shall make use of 
all available authority, including the employment of private 
contractors and the use of expedited fire contracting procedures, to 
prepare and advertise timber sales under this section.
    (f) Exemptions.--The preparation, solicitation, and award of forest 
fire fuels reduction timber sales shall be exempt from the requirements 
of the Competition in Contracting Act (41 U.S.C. 253 et seq.) and the 
implementing regulations in the Federal Acquisition Regulation issued 
pursuant to section 25(c) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy 
Act (41 U.S.C. 421(c)) and any departmental acquisition regulations and 
the notice and publication requirements in section 18 of such Act (41 
U.S.C. 416) and 8(e) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(e)) and 
the implementing regulations in the Federal Acquisition Regulations and 
any departmental acquisition regulations.
    (g) Cost Considerations.--Forest fire fuels reduction timber sales 
undertaken pursuant to this section shall not be precluded because the 
costs of such activities are likely to exceed the revenues derived from 
such activities.
    (h) Effect of Forest Fire Fuels Reduction Timber Sales.--The 
Secretary shall not substitute forest fires fuels reduction timber 
sales conducted for planned non-forest fire fuels reduction timber 
sales.
    (i) Reforestation of Forest Fire Fuels Reduction Timber Sale 
Parcels.--The Secretary shall plan and implement reforestation of each 
parcel of land harvested under a forest fire fuels reduction timber 
sale conducted as expeditiously as possible after completion of the 
harvest on the parcel, but in no case later than any applicable 
restocking period required by law or regulation.
    (j) Effect on Judicial Decisions.--The Secretary may conduct forest 
fire fuels reduction timber sales notwithstanding any decision, 
restraining order, or injunction issued by a United States court before 
the date of the enactment of this section.
    (k) Direction To Complete Timber Sales on Lands.--Notwithstanding 
any other law (including a law under the authority of which any 
judicial order may be outstanding on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act), the Secretary shall expeditiously prepare, offer, and award 
timber sale contracts on Federal lands described in the ``Record of 
Decision for Amendments to Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 
Planning Documents Within the Range of the Northern Spotted Owl'', 
signed by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture on April 13, 1994. The Secretary may conduct timber sales 
under this subsection notwithstanding any decision, restraining order, 
or injunction issued by a United States court before the date of the 
enactment of this section. The issuance of any regulation pursuant to 
section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(d)) 
to ease or reduce restrictions on non-Federal lands within the range of 
the northern spotted owl shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of 
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), given the analysis included in the Final 
Supplemental Impact Statement on the Management of the Habitat for Late 
Succession and Old Growth Forest Related Species Within the Range of 
the Northern Spotted Owl, prepared by the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior in 1994, which is, or may be, 
incorporated by reference in the administrative record of any such 
regulation. The issuance of any such regulation pursuant to section 
4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(d)) shall 
not require the preparation of an environmental impact statement under 
section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).
    (l) Administrative Review.--Forest fire fuels reduction timber 
sales and any decision of the Secretary concerned in connection with 
such sales, shall not be subject to administrative review.
    (m) Judicial Review.--
            (1) Place and time of filing.--A forest fire fuels 
        reduction timber sale to be conducted, and a timber sale shall 
        be subject to judicial review only in the United States 
        district court for the district in which the affected Federal 
        lands are located. Any challenge to such sale must be filed in 
        such district court within 15 days after the date of initial 
        advertisement of the challenged sale. The Secretary may not 
        agree to, and a court may not grant, a waiver of the 
        requirements of this paragraph.
            (2) Effect of filing on agency action.--For 45 days after 
        the date of the filing of a challenge to a forest fire fuels 
        reduction timber sale, the Secretary shall take no action to 
        award the challenged sale.
            (3) Prohibition on restraining orders, preliminary in-
        junctions, and relief pending review.--No restraining order, 
        preliminary injunction, or injunction pending appeal shall be 
        issued by any court of the United States with respect to any 
        decision to prepare, advertise, offer, award, or operate a 
        forest fire fuels reduction timber sale or any decision to 
        prepare, advertise, offer, award, or operate a timber sale 
        pursuant to this section. Section 705 of title 5, United States 
        Code, shall not apply to any challenge to such a sale.
            (4) Standard of review.--The courts shall have authority to 
        enjoin permanently, order modification of, or void an 
        individual forest fire fuels reduction timber sale if it is 
        determined by a review of the record that the decision to 
        prepare, advertise, offer, award, or operate such sale was 
        arbitrary and capricious or otherwise not in accordance with 
applicable law (other than those laws specified in subsection (f) or 
(p)).
            (5) Time for decision.--Civil actions filed under this 
        subsection shall be assigned for hearing at the earliest 
        possible date. The court shall render its final decision 
        relative to any challenge within 45 days from the date such 
        challenge is brought, unless the court determines that a longer 
        period of time is required to satisfy the requirement of the 
        United States Constitution. In order to reach a decision within 
        45 days, the district court may assign all or part of any such 
        case or cases to one or more Special Masters, for prompt review 
        and recommendations to the court.
            (6) Procedures.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the court may set rules governing the procedures of any 
        proceeding brought under this subsection which set page limits 
        on briefs and time limits on filing briefs and motions and 
        other actions which are shorter than the limits specified in 
        the Federal rules of civil or appellate procedure.
            (7) Appeal.--Any appeal from the final decision of a 
        district court in an action brought pursuant to this subsection 
        shall be filed not later than 30 days after the date of 
        decision.
    (n) Exclusion of Certain Federal Lands.--
            (1) Exclusion.--The Secretary may not select, authorize, or 
        undertake any forest fire fuels reduction timber sale on any 
        excluded lands described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Description of excluded lands.--The lands referred to 
        in paragraph (1) are as follows:
                    (A) Any area on Federal lands included in the 
                National Wilderness Preservation System.
                    (B) Any roadless area on Federal lands recommended 
                by the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management for 
                wilderness designation in its most recent land 
                management plan in effect as of the date of the 
                enactment of this Act.
                    (C) Any area on Federal lands on which timber 
                harvesting for any purpose is prohibited by statute.
    (o) Rule Making.--The Secretary is not required to issue formal 
rules under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to implement 
this section or carry out the authorities provided by this section.
    (p) Effect on Other Laws.--The documents and procedures required by 
this section for the preparation, advertisement, offering, awarding, 
and operation of any forest fire fuels reduction timber sale shall be 
deemed to satisfy the requirements of the following applicable Federal 
laws (and regulations implementing such laws):
            (1) The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
        Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.).
            (2) The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976(43 
        U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
            (3) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
        U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
            (4) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
        seq.).
            (5) The National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 
        472a et seq.).
            (6) The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16 U.S.C. 
        528 et seq.).
            (7) Any compact, executive agreement, convention, treaty, 
        and international agreement, and implementing legislation 
        related thereto.
     (q) Threatened or Endangered Species.--No sale unit shall be 
released or completed under this subsection if any threatened or 
endangered bird species is known to be nesting within the acreage that 
is the subject of the sale unit.
    (r) Roadless Character.--The actions authorized by this section 
shall not affect the determination of any area's wilderness capability, 
wilderness suitability, or roadless character.
    (s) Reporting.--The Secretary shall report to Congress on the 
implementation of this section on or by November 30, 2002 and every 6 
months thereafter.

A:
National Forest Fire Fuels Reduction Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cut additional timber within or outside existing cutting units for National Forest System timber sales and within related analysis areas to reduce insect infestation or fire hazard. Sets forth treatment priority criteria.Directs the Secretary to complete certain Federal land timber sales within the range of the northern spotted owl.Limits judicial review of forest fire fuels reduction timber sales (sales) to the United States district court for the district in which the affected lands are located.Prohibits sales on Federal lands: (1) included in the National Wilderness Preservation System; (2) with roadless areas recommended for wilderness designation; and (3) on which timber sales are prohibited by statute.Prohibits sale release or completion if any threatened or endangered bird species is nesting within acreage of the sale unit.
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