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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''National Forest
Jobs and Management Act of 2014''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Projects in Forest Management Emphasis Areas.
Sec. 5. Administrative review; arbitration.
Sec. 6. Distribution of revenue.
Sec. 7. Performance measures; reporting.
Sec. 8. Termination.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are--
(1) to create a predictable wood supply from National
Forest System land that can be harvested, processed, and sold
as wood products--
(A) to preserve and create jobs;
(B) to generate revenue to be shared with counties;
and
(C) to strengthen rural economies;
(2) to reduce the uncertainty and costs to the Forest
Service of planning and implementing timber management, forest
restoration, and community wildfire protection projects on
National Forest System land; and
(3) to promote the use of timber harvest as a method to
achieve forest management goals on a portion of non-reserved
National Forest System land.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Covered project.--The term ''covered project'' means a
project that involves the management or sale of national forest
material within a Forest Management Emphasis Area.
(2) Forest management emphasis area.--
(A) In general.--The term ''Forest Management
Emphasis Area'' means National Forest System land
identified as suitable for timber production in a
forest management plan in effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.
(B) Exclusions.--The term ''Forest Management
Emphasis Area'' does not include National Forest System
land--
(i) that is a component of the National
Wilderness Preservation System; or
(ii) on which removal of vegetation is
specifically prohibited by Federal law.
(3) National forest material.--The term ''national forest
material'' means trees, portions of trees, or forest products,
with an emphasis on sawtimber and pulpwood, derived from
National Forest System land.
(4) National forest system.--
(A) In general.--The term ''National Forest
System'' has the meaning given the term in section
11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
(B) Exclusion.--The term ''National Forest System''
does not include--
(i) the national grasslands and land
utilization projects administered under title
III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7
U.S.C. 1010 et seq.); or
(ii) National Forest System land east of
the 100th meridian.
(5) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.

SEC. 4. PROJECTS IN FOREST MANAGEMENT EMPHASIS AREAS.

(a) Conduct of Covered Projects Within Forest Management Emphasis
Areas.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary may conduct covered projects
in Forest Management Emphasis Areas, subject to paragraphs (2)
through (4).
(2) Designating timber for cutting.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 14(g) of
the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.
472a(g)), the Secretary may use designation by
prescription or designation by description in
conducting covered projects under this Act.
(B) Requirement.--The designation methods
authorized under subparagraph (A) shall be used in a
manner that ensures that the quantity of national
forest material that is removed from the Forest
Management Emphasis Area is verifiable and accountable.
(3) Contracting methods.--
(A) In general.--Timber sale contracts under
section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of
1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) shall be the primary means of
carrying out covered projects under this Act.
(B) Record.--If the Secretary does not use a timber
sale contract under section 14 of the National Forest
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) to carry out a
covered project under this Act, the Secretary shall
provide a written record specifying the reasons that
different contracting methods were used.
(4) Acreage treatment requirements.--
(A) Total acreage requirements.--The Secretary
shall identify, prioritize, and carry out covered
projects in Forest Management Emphasis Areas that
mechanically treat a total of at least 7,500,000 acres
in the Forest Management Emphasis Areas during the 15-
year period beginning on the date that is 60 days after
the date on which the Secretary assigns the acreage
treatment requirements under subparagraph (B).
(B) Assignment of acreage treatment requirements to
individual units of the national forest system.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 60 days
after the date of enactment of this Act and
subject to clause (ii), the Secretary, in the
sole discretion of the Secretary, shall assign
the acreage treatment requirements that shall
apply to the Forest Management Emphasis Areas
of each unit of the National Forest System.
(ii) Limitation.--Notwithstanding clause
(i), the acreage treatment requirements
assigned to a specific unit of the National
Forest System under that clause may not apply
to more than 25 percent of the acreage to be
treated in any unit of the National Forest
System in a Forest Management Emphasis Area
during the 15-year period described in
subparagraph (A).
(b) Environmental Analysis and Public Review Process for Covered
Projects in Forest Management Emphasis Areas.--
(1) Environmental assessment.--The Secretary shall comply
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) by completing an environmental assessment that
assesses the direct environmental effects of each covered
project proposed to be conducted within a Forest Management
Emphasis Area, except that the Secretary shall not be required
to study, develop, or describe more than the proposed agency
action and 1 alternative to the proposed agency action for
purposes of that Act.
(2) Public notice and comment.--In preparing an
environmental assessment for a covered project under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall provide--
(A) public notice of the covered project; and
(B) an opportunity for public comment on the
covered project.
(3) Length.--The environmental assessment prepared for a
covered project under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 100 pages
in length.
(4) Inclusion of certain documents.--The Secretary may
incorporate, by reference, into an environmental assessment any
documents that the Secretary, in the sole discretion of the
Secretary, determines are relevant to the assessment of the
environmental effects of the covered project.
(5) Deadline for completion.--Not later than 180 days after
the date on which the Secretary has published notice of a
covered project in accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary
shall complete the environmental assessment for the covered
project.
(c) Compliance With Endangered Species Act.--To comply with the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the Secretary
shall use qualified professionals on the staff of the Forest Service to
make determinations required under section 7 of that Act (16 U.S.C.
1536).
(d) Limitation on Revision of National Forest Plans.--The Secretary
may not, during a revision of a forest plan under section 6 of the
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16
U.S.C. 1604), reduce the acres designated as suitable for timber
harvest under a covered project, unless the Secretary determines, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, that the reduction in
acreage is necessary to prevent a jeopardy finding under section 7(b)
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(b)).

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW; ARBITRATION.

(a) Administrative Review.--Administrative review of a covered
project shall occur only in accordance with the special administrative
review process established by section 105 of the Healthy Forests
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6515).
(b) Arbitration.--
(1) In general.--There is established in the Department of
Agriculture a pilot program that--
(A) authorizes the use of arbitration instead of
judicial review of a decision made following the
special administrative review process for a covered
project described in subsection (a); and
(B) shall be the sole means to challenge a covered
project in a Forest Management Emphasis Area during the
15-year period beginning on the date that is 60 days
after the date on which the Secretary assigns the
acreage treatment requirements under section
4(a)(4)(B).
(2) Arbitration process procedures.--
(A) In general.--Any person who sought
administrative review for a covered project in
accordance with subsection (a) and who is not satisfied
with the decision made under the administrative review
process may file a demand for arbitration in accordance
with--
(i) chapter 1 of title 9, United States
Code; and
(ii) this paragraph.
(B) Requirements for demand.--A demand for
arbitration under subparagraph (A) shall--
(i) be filed not more than 30 days after
the date on which the special administrative
review decision is issued under subsection (a);
and
(ii) include a proposal containing the
modifications sought to the covered project.
(C) Intervening parties.--
(i) Deadline for submission;
requirements.--Any person that submitted a
public comment on the covered project subject
to the demand for arbitration may intervene in
the arbitration under this subsection by
submitting a proposal endorsing or modifying
the covered project by the date that is 30 days
after the date on which the demand for
arbitration is filed under subparagraph (A).
(ii) Multiple parties.--Multiple objectors
or intervening parties that meet the
requirements of clause (i) may submit a joint
proposal under that clause.
(D) Appointment of arbitrator.--The United States
District Court in the district in which a covered
project subject to a demand for arbitration filed under
subparagraph (A) is located shall appoint an arbitrator
to conduct the arbitration proceedings in accordance
with this subsection.
(E) Selection of proposals.--
(i) In general.--An arbitrator appointed
under subparagraph (D)--
(I) may not modify any of the
proposals submitted under this
paragraph; and
(II) shall select to be conducted--
(aa) a proposal submitted
by an objector under
subparagraph (B)(ii) or an
intervening party under
subparagraph (C); or
(bb) the covered project,
as approved by the Secretary.
(ii) Selection criteria.--An arbitrator
shall select the proposal that best meets the
purpose and needs described in the
environmental assessment conducted under
section 4(b)(1) for the covered project.
(iii) Effect.--The decision of an
arbitrator with respect to a selection under
clause (i)(II)--
(I) shall not be considered a major
Federal action;
(II) shall be binding; and
(III) shall not be subject to
judicial review.
(F) Deadline for completion.--Not later than 90
days after the date on which a demand for arbitration
is filed under subparagraph (A), the arbitration
process shall be completed.

SEC. 6. DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUE.

(a) Payments to Counties.--
(1) In general.--Effective for fiscal year 2015 and each
fiscal year thereafter until the termination date under section
8, the Secretary shall provide to each county in which a
covered project is carried out annual payments in an amount
equal to 25 percent of the amounts received for the applicable
fiscal year by the Secretary from the covered project.
(2) Limitation.--A payment made under paragraph (1) shall
be in addition to any payments the county receives under the
payment to States required by the sixth paragraph under the
heading ''forest service'' in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat.
260; 16 U.S.C. 500), and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911
(36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500).
(b) Deposit in Knutson-Vandenberg and Salvage Sale Funds.--After
compliance with subsection (a), the Secretary shall use amounts
received by the Secretary from covered projects during each of the
fiscal years during the period described in subsection (a) to make
deposits into the fund established under section 3 of the Act of June
9, 1930 (commonly known as the ''Knutson-Vandenberg Act'') (16 U.S.C.
576b) and the fund established under section 14(h) of the National
Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(h)) in contributions
equal to the amounts otherwise collected under those Acts for projects
conducted on National Forest System land.
(c) Deposit in General Fund of the Treasury.--After compliance with
subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall deposit into the general
fund of the Treasury any remaining amounts received by the Secretary
for each of the fiscal years referred to in those subsections from
covered projects.

SEC. 7. PERFORMANCE MEASURES; REPORTING.

(a) Performance Measures.--The Secretary shall develop performance
measures that evaluate the degree to which the Secretary is achieving--
(1) the purposes of this Act; and
(2) the minimum acreage requirements established under
section 4(a)(4).
(b) Annual Reports.--Annually, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives--
(1) a report that describes the results of evaluations
using the performance measures developed under subsection (a);
and
(2) a report that describes--
(A) the number and substance of the covered
projects that are subject to administrative review and
arbitration under section 5; and
(B) the outcomes of the administrative review and
arbitration under that section.

SEC. 8. TERMINATION.

The authority of this Act terminates on the date that is 15 years
after the date of enactment of this Act.
Output:
National Forest Jobs and Management Act of 2014 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct projects that involve the management or sale of national forest material (covered projects) within certain National Forest System (NFS) lands (Forest Management Emphasis Areas). Makes timber sale contracts under the National Forest Management Act of 1976 the primary means for carrying out covered projects under this Act. Requires the Secretary to identify, prioritize, and carry out covered projects in Forest Management Emphasis Areas that mechanically treat a total of at least 7.5 million acres in such areas during a specified 15-year period. Requires the Secretary to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) by completing an environmental assessment of the direct environmental effects of each proposed covered project, limited to the proposed agency action and one alternative. Requires administrative review of covered projects to occur only in accordance with the special administrative review process established by the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003. Establishes a pilot program in the USDA that: (1) authorizes the use of arbitration instead of judicial review of a decision made following the special administrative process for a covered project, and (2) shall be the only means to challenge a covered project in a Forest Management Emphasis Area during the 15-year period. Directs the Secretary, for FY2015 and each fiscal year until termination of this Act, to make to each county in which a covered project is carried out annual payments of 25% of the amounts received from that project. Requires the Secretary, after making such payments, to use amounts received from covered projects during such period to make deposits into the fund established under the Knutson-Vandenburg Act and the fund established under the National Forest Management Act of 1976 in contributions equal to the amounts collected under those Acts for projects conducted on NFS lands. Requires the Secretary to develop performance measures that evaluate the degree to which this Act's purposes and the minimum acreage requirements are being achieved.