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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Provo River Project Transfer Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Agreement.--The term ''Agreement'' means the contract
numbered 04-WC-40-8950 and entitled ''Agreement Among the United
States, the Provo River Water Users Association, and the
Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy to Transfer Title
to Certain Lands and Facilities of the Provo River Project'' and
shall include maps of the land and features to be conveyed under
the Agreement.
(2) Association.--The term ''Association'' means the Provo
River Water Users Association, a nonprofit corporation organized
under the laws of the State.
(3) District.--The term ''District'' means the Metropolitan
Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy, a political subdivision of the
State.
(4) Pleasant grove property.--
(A) In general.--The term ''Pleasant Grove Property'' means
the 3.79-acre parcel of land acquired by the United States for
the Provo River Project, Deer Creek Division, located at
approximately 285 West 1100 North, Pleasant Grove, Utah, as in
existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
(B) Inclusions.--The term ''Pleasant Grove Property''
includes the office building and shop complex constructed by
the Association on the parcel of land described in subparagraph
(A).
(5) Provo reservoir canal.--The term ''Provo Reservoir Canal''
means the canal, and any associated land, rights-of-way, and
facilities acquired, constructed, or improved by the United States
as part of the Provo River Project, Deer Creek Division, extending
from, and including, the Murdock Diversion Dam at the mouth of
Provo Canyon, Utah, to and including the Provo Reservoir Canal
Siphon and Penstock, as in existence on the date of enactment of
this Act.
(6) Salt lake aqueduct.--The term ''Salt Lake Aqueduct'' means
the aqueduct and associated land, rights-of-way, and facilities
acquired, constructed or improved by the United States as part of
the Provo River Project, Aqueduct Division, extending from, and
including, the Salt Lake Aqueduct Intake at the base of Deer Creek
Dam to and including the Terminal Reservoirs located at 3300 South
St. and Interstate Route 215 in Salt Lake City, Utah, as in
existence on the date of enactment of this Act.
(7) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary of
the Interior or a designee of the Secretary.
(8) State.--The term ''State'' means the State of Utah.

SEC. 3. CONVEYANCE OF LAND AND FACILITIES.

(a) Conveyances to Association.--
(1) Provo reservoir canal.--
(A) In general.--In accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Agreement and subject to subparagraph (B),
the Secretary shall convey to the Association, all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to the Provo
Reservoir Canal.
(B) Condition.--The conveyance under subparagraph (A) shall
not be completed until the Secretary executes the Agreement and
accepts future arrangements entered into by the Association,
the District, the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, and
the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District providing for the
operation, ownership, financing, and improvement of the Provo
Reservoir Canal.
(2) Pleasant grove property.--In accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Agreement, the Secretary shall convey to the
Association, all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to the Pleasant Grove Property.
(b) Conveyance to District.--
(1) In general.--In accordance with the terms and conditions of
the Agreement, and subject to the execution of the Agreement by the
Secretary, the Secretary shall convey to the District, all right,
title, and interest of the United States in and to Salt Lake
Aqueduct.
(2) Easements.--
(A) In general.--As part of the conveyance under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall grant to the District permanent
easements to--
(i) the National Forest System land on which the Salt
Lake Aqueduct is located; and
(ii) land of the Aqueduct Division of the Provo River
Project that intersects the parcel of non-Federal land
authorized to be conveyed to the United States under
section 104(a) of Public Law 107-329 (116 Stat. 2816).
(B) Purpose.--The easements conveyed under subparagraph (A)
shall be for the use, operation, maintenance, repair,
improvement, or replacement of the Salt Lake Aqueduct by the
District.
(C) Limitation.--The United States shall not carry out any
activity on the land subject to the easements conveyed under
subparagraph (A) that would materially interfere with the use,
operation, maintenance, repair, improvement, or replacement of
the Salt Lake Aqueduct by the District.
(D) Boundaries.--The boundaries of the easements conveyed
under subparagraph (A) shall be determined by the Secretary, in
consultation with the District and the Secretary of
Agriculture.
(E) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction.--
(i) In general.--On conveyance of the easement to the
land described in subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary,
subject to the easement, shall transfer to the Secretary of
Agriculture administrative jurisdiction over the land.
(ii) Administrative site.--The land transferred under
clause (i) shall be administered by the Secretary of
Agriculture as an administrative site.
(F) Administration.--The easements conveyed under
subparagraph (A) shall be administered by the Secretary of
Agriculture in accordance with section 501(b)(3) of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761(b)(3)).
(c) Consideration.--
(1) Association.--
(A) In general.--In exchange for the conveyance under
subsection (a)(1), the Association shall pay the Secretary an
amount that is equal to the sum of--
(i) the net present value of any remaining debt
obligation of the United States with respect to the Provo
Reservoir Canal; and
(ii) the net present value of any revenues from the
Provo Reservoir Canal that, based on past history--

(I) would be available to the United States but for
the conveyance of the Provo Reservoir Canal under
subsection (a)(1); and
(II) would be deposited in the reclamation fund
established under the first section of the Act of June
17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), and credited under the terms
of Reclamation Manual/Directives and Standards PEC 03-
01.

(B) Deduction.--In determining the net present values under
clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the Association may
deduct from the net present value such sums as are required for
the reimbursement described in the Agreement.
(2) District.--
(A) In general.--In exchange for the conveyance under
subsection (b)(1), the District shall pay the Secretary an
amount that is equal to the sum of--
(i) the net present value of any remaining debt
obligation of the United States with respect to the Salt
Lake Aqueduct; and
(ii) the net present value of any revenues from the
Salt Lake Aqueduct that, based on past history--

(I) would have been available to the United States
but for the conveyance of the Salt Lake Aqueduct under
subsection (b)(1); and
(II) would be deposited in the reclamation fund
established under the first section of the Act of June
17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391), and credited under the terms
of Reclamation Manual/Directives and Standards PEC 03-
01.

(B) Deduction.--In determining the net present values under
clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the District may
deduct from the net present value such sums as are required for
the reimbursement described in the Agreement.
(d) Payment of Costs.--In addition to amounts paid to the Secretary
under subsection (c), the Association and the District shall, in
accordance with the Agreement, pay the Secretary--
(1) any necessary and reasonable administrative and real estate
transfer costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the
conveyance; and
(2) one-half of any necessary and reasonable costs associated
with complying with--
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
(B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.); and
(C)(i) the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C.
470 et seq.); and
(ii) any other Federal cultural resource laws.
(e) Compliance With Environmental Laws.--
(1) In general.--Before conveying land and facilities under
subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall comply with all
applicable requirements under--
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
(B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.); and
(C) any other law applicable to the land and facilities.
(2) Effect.--Nothing in this Act modifies or alters any
obligations under--
(A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or
(B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).

SEC. 4. EXISTING CONTRACTS.

(a) Deer Creek Division Construction Contract.--Notwithstanding the
conveyances under subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 3, and subject
to the terms of the Agreement, any portion of the Deer Creek Division,
Provo River Project, Utah, that is not conveyed under that section
shall continue to be operated and maintained by the Association, in
accordance with the contract numbered I1r-874, dated June 27, 1936, and
entitled the ''Contract Between the United States and Provo River Water
Users Association Providing for the Construction of the Deer Creek
Division of the Provo River Project, Utah''.
(b) Provo River Project and Jordan Aqueduct System Contracts.--
Subject to the terms of the Agreement, any written contract of the
United States in existence on the date of enactment of this Act
relating to the operation and maintenance of any division or facility
of the Provo River Project or the Jordan Aqueduct System is confirmed
and declared to be a valid contract of the United States that is
enforceable in accordance with the express terms of the contract.
(c) Use of Central Utah Project Water.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), any entity with
contractual Provo Reservoir Canal or Salt Lake Aqueduct capacity
rights in existence on the date of enactment of this Act may, in
addition to the uses described in the existing contracts, use the
capacity rights, without additional charge or further approval from
the Secretary, to transport Central Utah Project water on behalf of
the entity or others.
(2) Limitations.--An entity shall not use the capacity rights
to transport Central Utah Project water under paragraph (1)
unless--
(A) the transport of the water is expressly authorized by
the Central Utah Water Conservancy District;
(B) the use of the water facility to transport the Central
Utah Project water is expressly authorized by the entity
responsible for operation and maintenance of the facility; and
(C) carrying Central Utah Project water through Provo River
Project facilities would not--
(i) materially impair the ability of the Central Utah
Water Conservancy District or the Secretary to meet
existing express environmental commitments for the
Bonneville Unit; or
(ii) require the release of additional Central Utah
Project water to meet those environmental commitments.
(d) Authorized Modifications.--The Agreement may provide for--
(1) the modification of the 1936 Repayment Contract for the
Deer Creek Division of the Provo River Project to reflect the
partial prepayment, the adjustment of the annual repayment amount,
and the transfer of the Provo Reservoir Canal and the Pleasant
Grove Property; and
(2) the modification or termination of the 1938 Repayment
Contract for the Aqueduct Division of the Provo River Project to
reflect the complete payout and transfer of all facilities of the
Aqueduct Division.
(e) Effect of Act.--Nothing in this Act impairs any contract
(including subscription contracts) in effect on the date of enactment
of this Act that allows for or creates a right to convey water through
the Provo Reservoir Canal.

SEC. 5. EFFECT OF CONVEYANCE.

On conveyance of any land or facility under subsection (a) or
(b)(1) of section 3--
(1) the land and facilities shall no longer be part of a
Federal reclamation project;
(2) the Association and the District shall not be entitled to
receive any future reclamation benefits with respect to the land
and facilities, except for benefits that would be available to
other nonreclamation facilities; and
(3) the United States shall not be liable for damages arising
out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to the land and
facilities, but shall continue to be liable for damages caused by
acts of negligence committed by the United States or by any
employee or agent of the United States before the date of
conveyance, consistent with chapter 171 of title 28, United States
Code.

SEC. 6. REPORT.

If a conveyance required under subsection (a) or (b)(1) of section
3 is not completed by the date that is 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
that--
(1) describes the status of the conveyance;
(2) describes any obstacles to completing the conveyance; and
(3) specifies an anticipated date for completion of the
conveyance.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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Provo River Project Transfer Act - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Provo River Water Users Association (Association) all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Provo Reservoir Canal in the State of Utah. Conditions such conveyance upon the execution by the Secretary of the Agreement entitled "Agreement Among the United States, the Provo River Waters Users Association, and the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy to Transfer Title to Certain Lands and Facilities of the Provo River Project (Agreement)," and upon the Secretary's acceptance of future arrangements governing the operation, ownership, financing, and improvement of the Provo Reservoir Canal.

Directs the Secretary to convey to the Association all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Pleasant Grove Property in the State of Utah.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) convey to the Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy (District) in the State of Utah, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to Salt Lake Aqueduct; (2) grant permanent easements to the District for the use, operation, maintenance, repair, improvement, or replacement of the Salt Lake Aqueduct by the District; (3) determine the boundaries of such easements; and (4) transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain land of the Aqueduct Division of the Provo River Project to the Secretary of Agriculture. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer such land as an administrative site subject to provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.

Prohibits the United States from carrying out any activities on the lands covered by the Salt Lake Aqueduct easements that would materially interfere with the operation, maintenance, repair, improvement, or replacement of the Salt Lake Aqueduct by the District.

Sets forth a formula for for payments by the Association and the District for the land conveyances under this Act. Requires the Association and the District to pay certain additional costs relating to the land conveyances.

Requires the Secretary to comply with certain environmental and other laws prior to making land conveyances under this Act.

(Sec. 4) Confirms that: (1) certain existing contracts covering lands of the Provo River Project not conveyed by this Act remain in effect; and (2) entities with existing contractual capacity rights to either the Provo Reservoir Canal or Salt Lake Aqueduct may transport Central Utah Project water.

Authorizes the Agreement to provide for modifications to repayment contracts for the Deer Creek and Aqueduct Divisions of the Provo River Project.

Provides that nothing in this Act impairs any existing contract (including subscription contracts) regarding the conveyance of water through the Provo Reservoir Canal.

(Sec. 5) Provides that: (1) lands and facilities conveyed under this Act are no longer part of a Federal reclamation project; (2) the Association and the District are no longer entitled to reclamation benefits for conveyed lands, except for benefits available to other nonreclamation facilities; and (3) the United States shall not be liable for damages for acts, omissions, or occurrences relating to conveyances under this Act, except for negligent acts committed prior to the date of conveyance.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of any land conveyances not completed within 18 months after the enactment of this Act.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''California Forest
Ecosystems Health Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Ecosystem management plans for National Forest System lands in
California.
Sec. 5. Process for full implementation of ecosystem management plans.
Sec. 6. Research and monitoring program.
Sec. 7. Miscellaneous requirements.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) Although people have had an active part in the
development and maintenance of forest structure and the
condition of the National Forest System lands in the State of
California for many years, recent forest management policies
have often resulted in a degeneration of the forest structure
and a loss of forest health and vigor.
(2) The Forest Service, through the judicious use of
ecosystem management, has an opportunity to reverse these
forest management policies and restore the health and vigor of
National Forest System lands in California.
(3) Ecosystems are dynamic and in a state of constant
change, and it is not possible to preserve a given ecosystem
condition in a static state over a period of time.
(4) The many and varied resources and uses of National
Forest System lands provide both tangible and intangible
benefits to the people of the United States.
(5) Although management of National Forest System lands in
California has traditionally placed first priority on the need
to produce maximum volumes of timber, the other multiple forest
resources and services are equally important to the people of
California and the United States.
(6) Ecosystem management must balance the needs of outdoor
recreation, range, timber, watershed, fish, and wildlife, as
required by the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16
U.S.C. 528 et seq.), as well as protect soil and air quality
and provide for forest research.
(7) National Forest System lands in California include some
of the most unique forest ecosystems in the world, including
giant sequoias, coastal redwoods, and bristlecone pines.
(8) Destructive forest fires classified by the Forest
Service as ''intense'' have occurred in unprecedented numbers
and size on the National Forest System lands in California in
recent years, and these fires pose a threat to the very health
of the forests and present a danger to human life and property.
(9) The Forest Service, through the judicious use of
ecosystem management, has an opportunity to reduce the
likelihood that fires classified as ''intense'' will occur with
such frequency and, at the same time, to improve forest vigor
and visitor safety.
(10) Ecosystem management that considers the needs of all
species and their ability to interact with the presence of
humans can integrate both the conservation needs of the many
species of the ecosystems and the multiple use activities of
humans.
(11) Identification of sound management options is both a
biological issue and a social issue, and the resulting
management policies must be socially acceptable, ecologically
sustainable, scientifically sound, legally responsible, and
economically viable.
(12) The results of management practices in local
ecosystems can have a profound effect on the levels of demand
for commodity outputs from other ecosystems around the world.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) Adaptive management.--The term ''adaptive management''
means the experimental and monitored application of
scientifically derived management decisions to gain knowledge
that is then used to improve subsequent management decisions.
(2) Ecosystem.--The term ''ecosystem'' means a community of
organisms and its environment that functions as a unit.
(3) Ecosystem management.--The term ''ecosystem
management'' means the integration of ecological, economic, and
social factors to meet the biological needs of all associated
organisms and human needs through diverse, healthy, and
productive ecosystems, addressing resource supply,
conservation, and demand as opposed to a strategy for managing
individual species.
(4) Ecosystem management plans.--The terms ''ecosystem
management plans'' and ''plans'' mean the ecosystem management
plans for National Forest System lands in the State of
California required to be developed by section 4(a).
(5) 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)).
(6) Seral stages.--The term ''seral stages'' means the
various age or life stages of a vegetative community as it
progresses from initial establishment toward a climax stage or
equilibrium.
(7) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
(8) Stand.--The term ''stand'' means an area within a
forest where the trees have similar characteristics with
respect to species composition, size, condition, and age.
(9) Vigor.--The term ''vigor'', with respect to forest
ecosystems, means the relative health of stands of trees and
related vegetation, including their actual growth rates as
compared with potential growth rates and their ability to
protect themselves naturally from forest pests, diseases, and
the effects of natural disaster.

SEC. 4. ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS IN
CALIFORNIA.

(a) Plans Required.--Notwithstanding the planning provisions of
section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604), the Secretary of Agriculture shall develop
and implement ecosystem management plans pursuant to this Act to
develop and demonstrate ecosystem management, including adaptive
management techniques, for National Forest System lands described in
subsection (b).
(b) Federal Lands Covered by Plans.--The ecosystem management plans
required by subsection (a) shall apply to all management units of the
National Forest System located in the State of California. In the case
of National Forest System lands in California that have been designated
by law for special management before the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall incorporate into the ecosystem management
plans applicable to those lands any statutory provisions that are in
effect on such date and applicable to those lands.
(c) Principles of Plans.--Ecosystem management plans shall embody
the following principles:
(1) Application of management techniques that will enhance
the health and vigor of the renewable natural resources on the
National Forest System lands covered by the plans and provide
for the continued protection of the soil, air, and water
resources of these lands.
(2) Improvement of the forest ecosystems on these lands
toward desired forest conditions that--
(A) provide a mosaic of forest seral stages--
(i) representing a range of wildlife
habitats necessary to meet the needs of the
species indigenous to the ecosystem being
managed; and
(ii) designed in such a way as to obviate
the need for corridors or special management
areas to meet the needs of given species or
situations;
(B) minimize the danger of stand-destroying
uncontrolled wildfire;
(C) increase or maintain the health and vigor of
stands at a level that will permit the stands to resist
naturally, to the greatest degree practicable, insect
and disease attacks and the effects of other natural
disasters while incorporating the concern that some
level of dead-wood, both standing and down, is
desirable in healthy ecosystems;
(D) maintain the sustainable economic well-being
and stability of communities in areas dependent upon
national forest resources; and
(E) are developed, to the extent possible, with
consideration of the conditions that are known to have
existed on these lands or on similar lands before the
impacts of European settlement.
(3) Concentration of management activities on the condition
of the renewable resources of an ecosystem rather than on
producing targeted outputs, with projected outputs based upon
attainment of specific stand conditions.
(4) Emphasis on tangible management results rather than on
procedural standards and guidelines, but with development of
scientifically credible monitoring standards and guidelines to
assess both short- and long-term management results.
(5) Except for any statutory provisions incorporated under
subsection (b) with respect to specific lands, prohibition on
requiring the allocation or categorization of tracts of land
for specific preselected ecosystem management emphases.
(6) Consideration of the habitat needs of all species
across a broad landscape using management indicator species
whose presence will reflect a suitable amount and distribution
of particular habitat elements, rather than concentrating on
the needs of single species in a limited area.
(7) Application across the entire unreserved land base in
such a manner as to harmonize the various multiple uses.
(8) Incorporation of maximum flexibility in resource
decisionmaking through the use of adaptive management.
(d) Management to Promote Desired Forest Conditions.--
(1) In general.--Ecosystem management under the ecosystem
management plans shall be planned and practiced in a manner
that--
(A) considers the entire landscape in a management
unit of the National Forest System covered by a plan;
and
(B) benefits, to the extent practicable, all
renewable resources and the human resource in or
dependent upon the management unit.
(2) Individual projects.--Individual management projects in
a management unit of the National Forest System covered by the
ecosystem management plans shall be designed to provide
multiresource benefits, promote the desired forest conditions
described in subsection (c)(2), and achieve maximum project
operating efficiency.
(e) Selection of Acres for Ecosystem Management Activities.--
(1) Minimum acres.--Ecosystem management plans shall
specify the minimum number of acres on which ecosystem
management activities will be applied annually in any
management unit of the National Forest System covered by the
plans. Such acreage shall be determined on the basis of the
total number of acres in the management unit, the work to be
performed across the unit as a whole during the plan period,
and the pro rata annual acreage on which ecosystem management
activities must be applied in order to establish and maintain
the desired forest condition during the specified plan period.
(2) Effect of natural disasters.--In case of natural
disasters, such as wildfire, flood, windthrow, insect or
disease attack, a revision of the schedule of acres to be
treated may be granted by the Secretary in order to conduct
restoration and rehabilitation activities on the acres affected
by the natural disaster.
(f) Participation in Development.--To ensure that the ecosystem
management plans are economically, scientifically, and socially
acceptable, the Secretary shall develop the plans through the use of
public involvement programs that emphasize input from residents of
local communities to be affected by the plans. The Secretary shall
continue to consult with all interested persons in evaluating or
modifying the plans.

SEC. 5. PROCESS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT PLANS.

(a) Implementation.--Beginning not later than January 1, 1995, the
Secretary shall begin to implement the ecosystem management plans. The
Secretary shall develop and implement the plans progressively over a
five-year period to ensure full application of all plans not later than
January 1, 2000, to all National Forest System lands described in
section 4(b). Upon implementation of an ecosystem management plan for
any portion of the lands described in such section, the plan shall
replace and supersede any land and resource management plan (or portion
of such a plan) then in effect for such lands.
(b) Yearly Expansion.--During each year of the period specified in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall expand application of the ecosystem
management plans to contiguous areas required to be covered by such
plans, as described in section 4(b). To the extent the Secretary
considers it to be necessary, the Secretary may modify the ecosystem
management plans for each new addition in order to incorporate the
lessons gained from experience. Adaptive management shall be used to
evaluate management decisions and to develop new information to be used
to keep the plans and subsequent management decisions up-to-date.
(c) Modification of Ecosystem Management Plans.--The Secretary
shall modify the ecosystem management plans to incorporate findings
from research, adaptive management projects, or monitoring to the
extent such findings indicate changes in the plans are necessary or
appropriate to achieve the principles described in section 4(c). Before
the end of the first two years of the period specified in subsection
(a), the Secretary shall issue regulations that set forth the process
to be used for any modification of the ecosystem management plans.
(d) Consistency.--Resource plans and permits and other instruments
for the use and occupancy of National Forest System lands covered by an
ecosystem management plan that are executed subsequent to the
implementation date of the plan with respect to such lands shall be
consistent with the plan. If the ecosystem management plan is modified,
resource plans and permits and other instruments that are executed
subsequent to the date of the modification shall be consistent with the
modified plan. Appropriate supplemental documents under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) shall be
prepared for those resource plans and permits, contracts, and other
instruments in existence upon adoption of the ecosystem management plan
or any modification of the plan. Any revisions in existing resource
plans and permits, contracts, and other instruments shall be consistent
with the supplemental document findings and subject to the agreement of
all contractual parties. Any revision in present or future permits,
contracts, and other instruments made pursuant to this subsection shall
be subject to valid existing rights.

SEC. 6. RESEARCH AND MONITORING PROGRAM.

The Secretary shall describe in detail in the ecosystem management
plans and implement as part of the plans a targeted program of research
and monitoring aimed at measuring the effects of the management regimes
adopted under the plans. The Secretary shall ensure that monitoring is
sufficient to measure the responses of the various resources to
management practices and to provide a basis for adjustments of
subsequent management decisions.

SEC. 7. MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Increased Use of Certified Professional Practitioners.--With
respect to National Forest System lands covered by the ecosystem
management plans, the Secretary shall endeavor to increase the amount
of field work to be done by professional practitioners certified by the
Forest Service.
(b) Accountability Procedures.--The Secretary shall develop
accountability procedures to annually measure and inform the Congress
concerning the work (as described in section 4(e)) achieved through the
use of funds appropriated each year for National Forest System lands
covered by the ecosystem management plans. The selection of acres upon
which such work will be performed shall be controlled through the
planning process. The accountability procedures required by this
subsection shall be established and in operation before the end of the
first two years of the period specified in section 5(a) and shall be
designed to ensure the accomplishment of the work in accordance with
plan direction.
(c) Budgetary Considerations.--The Secretary shall develop budgets
for each management unit of the National Forest System covered by
ecosystem management plans on the basis of estimated benefits to the
various resources affected by the ecosystem management activities, and
such budgets will be justified on such basis. The Secretary shall
provide the managers of these units the flexibility to accomplish over-
all objectives within over-all budgets in lieu of requiring and
preparing detailed line-item budgets for each unit of work, except that
accountability procedures developed under subsection (b) shall include
requirements for detailed explanations of expenditures and estimates of
benefits for each resource.

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California Forest Ecosystems Health Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement ecosystem management plans for National Forest System lands in California.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Childrens' Media Protection Act of
1995''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On average, a child in the United States is exposed to
27 hours of television each week, and some children are exposed
to as much as 11 hours of television each day.
(2) The average American child watches 8,000 murders and
100,000 acts of other violence on television by the time the
child completes elementary school.
(3) By the age of 18 years, the average American teenager
has watched 200,000 acts of violence on television, including
40,000 murders.
(4) The Times Mirror Center reports that a recent poll of
Americans indicates that 72 percent of the American people
believe that there is too much violence on television, and,
according to a survey by U.S. News and World Report dated May
1994, 91 percent of American voters believe that mayhem in the
media contributes to violence in real life.
(5) On several occasions since 1975, The Journal of the
American Medical Association has alerted the medical community
to the adverse effects of televised violence on child
development, including an increase in the level of aggressive
behavior and violent behavior among children who view it.
(6) The National Commission on Children recommended in 1991
that producers of television programs exercise greater
restraint in the content of programming for children.
(7) A report of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation,
dated May 1993, indicates that there is an irrefutable
connection between the amount of violence depicted in the
television programs watched by children and increased
aggressive behavior among children.
(8) It is in the National interest that parents be
empowered with the technology to block the viewing of
television programs whose content is overly violent or
objectionable for other reasons.
(9) Technology currently exists to permit the manufacture
of television receivers that are capable of permitting parents
to block television programs having violent or otherwise
objectionable content.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEVISION VIOLENCE RATING CODE.

Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''(v) Prescribe, in consultation with television broadcasters,
cable operators, appropriate public interest groups, and interested
individuals from the private sector, rules for rating the level of
violence in television programming, including rules for the
transmission by television broadcast systems and cable systems of
signals containing specifications for blocking violent programming.''.

SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR MANUFACTURE OF TELEVISIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRAMS.

Section 303 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 303), as
amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
''(w) Require, in the case of apparatus designed to receive
television signals that are manufactured in the United States or
imported for use in the United States and that have a picture screen 13
inches or greater in size (measured diagonally), that such apparatus--
''(1) be equipped with circuitry designed to enable viewers
to block the display of channels, programs, and time slots; and
''(2) enable viewers to block display of all programs with
a common rating.''.

SEC. 5. SHIPPING OR IMPORTING OF TELEVISIONS THAT BLOCK PROGRAMS.

(a) Regulations.--Section 330 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 330) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(2) by adding after subsection (b) the following new
subsection (c):
''(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall ship
in interstate commerce, manufacture, assemble, or import from any
foreign country into the United States any apparatus described in
section 303(w) of this Act except in accordance with rules prescribed
by the Commission pursuant to the authority granted by that section.
''(2) This subsection shall not apply to carriers transporting
apparatus referred to in paragraph (1) without trading it.
''(3) The rules prescribed by the Commission under this subsection
shall provide performance standards for blocking technology. Such rules
shall require that all such apparatus be able to receive the rating
signals which have been transmitted by way of line 21 of the vertical
blanking interval and which conform to the signal and blocking
specifications established by the Commission.
''(4) As new video technology is developed, the Commission shall
take such action as the Commission determines appropriate to ensure
that blocking service continues to be available to consumers.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 330(d) of such Act, as
redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking ''section
303(s), and section 303(u)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ''and
sections 303(s), 303(u), and 303(w)''.

SEC. 6. ELIMINATION OF VIOLENT PROGRAMMING ON TELEVISION DURING CERTAIN
HOURS.

Title I of the Children's Television Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''prohibition on violent programming

''Sec. 105. (a) The Commission shall, within 30 days of the date of
the enactment of this Act, initiate a rule-making proceeding to
prescribe a prohibition on the broadcast on commercial television and
by public telecommunications entities, including the broadcast by cable
operators, from the hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., inclusive, of
programming that contains gratuitous violence.
''(b) As used in this section:
''(1) The term 'cable operator' has the meaning given such
term in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 522).
''(2) The term 'programming' includes advertisements but
does not include bona fide newscasts, bona fide news
interviews, bona fide news documentaries, and on-the-spot
coverage of bona fide news events.
''(3) The term 'public telecommunications entity' has the
meaning given such term in section 397(12) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397(12)).''.

SEC. 7. BROADCAST ON TELEVISION AND CABLE OF EDUCATIONAL AND
INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN.

(a) Broadcast Television.--Section 309 of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(k) Educational and Information Programming for Children.--In
granting an application for a license for a television broadcasting
station (including an application for renewal of such a license), the
Commission shall impose such conditions upon the applicant as the
Commission requires in order to ensure that the applicant complies
under the license with the standards for children's television
programming established under section 102 of the Children's Television
Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a) and otherwise serves the educational and
informational needs of children through its overall programming.''.
(b) Cable Service.--Part III of title VI of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 541 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

''educational and information programming for children

''Sec. 629. A franchise, including the renewal of a franchise, may
not be awarded under this part unless the cable operator to be awarded
the franchise agrees to comply with the standards for children's
television programming established under section 102 of the Children's
Television Act of 1990 (47 U.S.C. 303a) and to otherwise serve the
educational and informational needs of children in the provision of
cable service under the franchise.''.

Ex Output:
Childrens' Media Protection Act of 1995 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) prescribe rules for the rating of violence levels in television programming, including rules for the transmission of signals containing specifications for blocking violent programming; and (2) require television sets with picture screens of 13 inches or more to be equipped with blocking circuitry and enable viewers to block display of all programs with a common rating. Prohibits any person from shipping, manufacturing, assembling, or importing any television not so equipped. Requires performance standards for blocking technology.
(Sec. 6) Directs the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to prescribe a prohibition on the broadcast on commercial television and any public telecommunications entities between six o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock p.m., inclusively, of programming that contains gratuitous violence.
(Sec. 7) Directs the FCC, in granting an application for a television broadcast license, to impose conditions which ensure that the applicant complies with the standards for children's television programming as established under the Children's Television Act of 1990 and otherwise serves the educational and informational needs of children through its overall programming. Prohibits a cable franchise award or renewal unless the cable operator complies with such standards.