<enum>I</enum><header>FLAME Act amendments </header><section id="id1975e6426ff5497fb6c8e0524cce1c47"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="idc2a46f93ed0847e58d9057d487d53c19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>over the past 2 decades, wildfires have increased dramatically in size and costs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id336bdfaafcda471194f618f43df92113"><enum>(2)</enum><text>existing budget mechanisms for estimating the costs of wildfire suppression are not keeping pace with the actual costs for wildfire suppression due in part to improper budget estimation methodology;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7e551318955e4b6a915af0748f7a710b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the FLAME Funds have not been adequate in supplementing wildland fire management funds in cases in which wildland fire management accounts are exhausted; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91e163ee90b148ed8277a14cbdf1f45e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the practice of transferring funds from other agency funds (including the hazardous fuels treatment accounts) by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to pay for wildfire suppression activities, commonly known as <quote>fire-borrowing</quote>, does not support the missions of the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior with respect to protecting human life and property from the threat of wildfires.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id22064263262148738d88635848cceeac"><enum>102.</enum><header>FLAME Act amendments</header><subsection id="id1e2592852d974b8dbad08cd3423e1bb1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section 502(d) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id044592f91d544c4fae5f63bc2bf2cd60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idc28a266dca7e4ddfa5181d0c7d5e794a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall consist of</quote> and all that follows through <quote>appropriated to</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>shall consist of such amounts as are appropriated to</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5258bc2a14d84b70917e6017f9b21753"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5583523414E744A2B10392F3B225E57C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id38fac4d387d9426092dd30ba112a6efd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of flame fund</header><text>Section 502(e) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id150790d8f8b441de965b74c380addc1f" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id6cca96c1ab32469cb0ef4671e8b9bbf4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts appropriated to a FLAME Fund, in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/902">2 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(E)</external-xref>), shall be available to the Secretary concerned for wildfire suppression operations if the Secretary concerned issues a declaration and notifies the relevant congressional committees that a wildfire suppression event is eligible for funding from the FLAME Fund.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c5fbaf9364e45aeaecc79573e89023f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Declaration criteria</header><text>A declaration by the Secretary concerned under paragraph (1) may be issued only if—</text><subparagraph id="id09925C6560D147E8B4E8AAF74146DCA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual wildfire incident meets the objective indicators of an extraordinary wildfire situation, including—</text><clause id="id8a765844cb1048e088604b9e49d63ffe"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a wildfire that the Secretary concerned determines has required an emergency Federal response based on the significant complexity, severity, or threat posed by the fire to human life, property, or a resource;</text></clause><clause id="idc3bcb212c2c24b598dd0a4e856eb61e7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a wildfire that covers 1,000 or more acres; or</text></clause><clause id="idcb55b38f981b45acb66b8c6db15e23a0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a wildfire that is within 10 miles of an urbanized area (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/134">section 134(b)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code); or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14118f3645e347a0a8690fae74d87977"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cumulative costs of wildfire suppression and Federal emergency response activities, as determined by the Secretary concerned, would exceed, within 30 days, all of the amounts otherwise previously appropriated (including amounts appropriated under an emergency designation, but excluding amounts appropriated to the FLAME Fund) to the Secretary concerned for wildfire suppression and Federal emergency response.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id0D03984F727643839893CBFED5933438"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of anticipated and predicted activities</header><text>Section 502(f) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(e)(2)(B)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>(e)(2)(A)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id219B6073F04546249E1CF3984938114E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on other transfers</header><text>Section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c33bbb6fc164a63aabf90837dd2f28d" style="OLC"><subsection id="iddecd83e1c62b48ed87230f22a4d9d336"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on other transfers</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall not transfer funds provided for activities other than wildfire suppression operations to pay for any wildfire suppression operations.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id10f667822dcf44a2a5101c3756b0361c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Accounting and reports</header><text>Section 502(h) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd9018d3be5e4f0fb7d1142f280d26dc" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idf0746b7ae03c414599aaca0cb882bd2f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Estimates of Wildfire Suppression Operations Costs to Improve Budgeting and Funding</header><subparagraph id="id52abe88fe380484aa07bf77ef1d20532"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Budget submission</header><text>Consistent with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, the President shall include in each budget for the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior information on estimates of appropriations for wildfire suppression costs based on an out-year forecast that uses a statistically valid regression model.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75cd3353602249b1a4a19d268e1d7a17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The estimate of anticipated wildfire suppression costs under subparagraph (A) shall be developed using the best available—</text><clause id="id52293e9fb3204f818706546811830a1f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>climate, weather, and other relevant data; and</text></clause><clause id="idd687de92a49946f6b0917de298e75fd7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>models and other analytic tools.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52e054eae6234a8597b0a08b4d055400"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Independent review</header><text>The methodology for developing the estimates of wildfire suppression costs under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to periodic independent review to ensure compliance with subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC5DA64ED1E674C9BA1F46A6D3BD6672A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Submission to congress</header><clause id="id8eea9ef4bdb74f229ceeb34472500f73"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Consistent with the schedule described in clause (ii) and in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary concerned shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives an updated estimate of wildfire suppression costs for the applicable fiscal year.</text></clause><clause id="ida9bd699c1f7f41f5a9fb270f3fe4093a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall submit the updated estimates under clause (i) during—</text><subclause id="idc7012fdb33e3417d8d87612baff9e8f5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>March of each year;</text></subclause><subclause id="id70b1efb3bc45465f8994a29e9e34f534"><enum>(II)</enum><text>May of each year;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide8ba2f8b5ae142988b9da23210c80062"><enum>(III)</enum><text>July of each year; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id23d4b4b893fa4e408f782523e9197c9b"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>if a bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service for the following fiscal year has not been enacted by September 1, September of each year.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id33F7A31FDC4342AD9E295DF8C39CB0CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Annually, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that—</text><subparagraph id="id283542162D0B421F8B7023874B8742F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides a summary of the amount of appropriations made available during the previous fiscal year, which specifies the source of the amounts and the commitments and obligations made under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE4A3FC7DA9C04108AF13675607790FD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the amounts obligated to individual wildfire events that meet the criteria specified in subsection (e)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id611FF6A7AB4D44B58A77A243E39B54C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes any recommendations that the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior may have to improve the administrative control and oversight of the FLAME Fund.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idD81CD69591224AB38B283BA9FA19087E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Wildfire disaster funding authority</header><subsection id="idfce2ded627b7448a8996c11df0ddc13f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd86e6338db7f4fb3893c86d91e6d7e1c" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id8ef9f15f87fc4657b29552b8494fa54c"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Flame wildfire suppression</header><clause id="idf22b0e3e2a50403aa5a541a50499f745"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8677397CC4BF4C24B059206F0B604525"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The adjustments for a fiscal year shall be in accordance with clause (ii) if—</text><item id="idB9CEA2A4837C492D94D2AC34090261A2" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted that—</text><subitem id="id77319C7FD36F49FC99BFBA7712F95EA6"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>specifies an amount for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior; and</text></subitem><subitem id="idEE4B23F60B7C41F2A3B50CBAE954362C"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>specifies a total amount to be used for the purposes described in subclause (II) in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior that is not less than 50 percent of the amount described in subitem (AA); and</text></subitem></item><item id="id384CF53CD5AA46FE9D31C40E10CC34FC" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>as of the day before the date of enactment of the bill or joint resolution all amounts in the FLAME Fund established under section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a) have been expended.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id97E980B32421408BA465CC3F6FF91F51" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The purposes described in this subclause are—</text><item id="id8135D20863C04B23A6682D21437F2B3B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>hazardous fuels reduction projects and other activities of the Secretary of the Interior, as authorized under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) and the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a); and</text></item><item id="idEA43D55E39864951AB83179FFBA2E677"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>forest restoration and fuel reduction activities carried out outside of the wildland urban interface that are on condition class 3 Federal land or condition class 2 Federal land located within fire regime I, fire regime II, or fire regime III.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idCEF9582230A74418B5F363F575A16A06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If the requirements under clause (i)(I) are met for a fiscal year, the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be the amount of additional new budget authority provided in the bill or joint resolution described in clause (i)(I)(aa) for wildfire suppression operations for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 in additional new budget authority in each of fiscal years 2015 through 2021.</text></clause><clause id="ide9371dbad70640ffa94f518c605ced53"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>As used in this subparagraph—</text><subclause id="id9c91e3531113442e847910cdcc4d67ab"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the term <term>additional new budget authority</term> means the amount provided for a fiscal year in an appropriation Act and specified to pay for the costs of wildfire suppression operations that is equal to the greater of the amount in excess of—</text><item id="idCE8F5FFFBF904454A9B1130455282573"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>100 percent of the average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 5 years; or</text></item><item id="id13EB424D37A048D9B14531C183BB0AB6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the estimated amount of anticipated wildfire suppression costs at the upper bound of the 90 percent confidence interval for that fiscal year calculated in accordance with section 502(h)(3) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a(h)(3)); and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id5ee6aa1171654571bc92a70fb7122fc8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the term <term>wildfire suppression operations</term> means the emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland firefighting including support, response, and emergency stabilization activities; other emergency management activities; and funds necessary to repay any transfers needed for these costs.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2a5ec8d72ce24c07840c825d449c82f9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 5 years shall be calculated annually and reported in the President’s Budget submission under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, for each fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id726dff9c4c8a44fa9e5782fb9527335a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disaster funding</header><text>Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id80af70beaef741359d80cf1abff35498"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text><subparagraph id="idF2091208A6CD49DBAE0C8B9E37CB6DC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>and</quote> and inserting <quote>plus</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id911707ad9d9e4a67b4280fe1da28e084"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; less</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id809b156fbbeb4945b84d1693beff8363"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd13051c55f3e41ddb4c06a426a4f028b" style="OLC"><subclause id="id2b6a526528a44bfba5ca17623934c48c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the preceding fiscal year.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb690555327284c1098519db927bc904a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf089602ca7ae4b46a367887b403605dd" style="OLC"><clause id="idd4ecf63379134af0a0c4a1832d0a7e1a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2016 and in subsequent fiscal years, the calculation of the <quote>average funding provided for disaster relief over the previous 10 years</quote> shall not include the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph (E).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>

113 S2593 IS: FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014 U.S. Senate 2014-07-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Short title; table of contents

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the

FLAME Act Amendments Act of 2014

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Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—FLAME Act amendments

Sec. 101. Findings.

Sec. 102. FLAME Act amendments.

Sec. 103. Wildfire disaster funding authority.

TITLE II—Forest treatment projects

Sec. 201. Definitions.

Sec. 202. Projects in Forest Management Emphasis Areas.

Sec. 203. Administrative review; arbitration.

Sec. 204. Distribution of revenue.

Sec. 205. Performance measures; reporting.

Sec. 206. Termination.

TITLE III—Forest stewardship contracting

Sec. 301. Cancellation ceilings.

<enum>I</enum><header>FLAME Act amendments </header><section id="id1975e6426ff5497fb6c8e0524cce1c47"><enum>101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="idc2a46f93ed0847e58d9057d487d53c19"><enum>(1)</enum><text>over the past 2 decades, wildfires have increased dramatically in size and costs;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id336bdfaafcda471194f618f43df92113"><enum>(2)</enum><text>existing budget mechanisms for estimating the costs of wildfire suppression are not keeping pace with the actual costs for wildfire suppression due in part to improper budget estimation methodology;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7e551318955e4b6a915af0748f7a710b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the FLAME Funds have not been adequate in supplementing wildland fire management funds in cases in which wildland fire management accounts are exhausted; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91e163ee90b148ed8277a14cbdf1f45e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the practice of transferring funds from other agency funds (including the hazardous fuels treatment accounts) by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to pay for wildfire suppression activities, commonly known as <quote>fire-borrowing</quote>, does not support the missions of the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior with respect to protecting human life and property from the threat of wildfires.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id22064263262148738d88635848cceeac"><enum>102.</enum><header>FLAME Act amendments</header><subsection id="id1e2592852d974b8dbad08cd3423e1bb1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section 502(d) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id044592f91d544c4fae5f63bc2bf2cd60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="idc28a266dca7e4ddfa5181d0c7d5e794a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall consist of</quote> and all that follows through <quote>appropriated to</quote> in subparagraph (A) and inserting <quote>shall consist of such amounts as are appropriated to</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5258bc2a14d84b70917e6017f9b21753"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5583523414E744A2B10392F3B225E57C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id38fac4d387d9426092dd30ba112a6efd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of flame fund</header><text>Section 502(e) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id150790d8f8b441de965b74c380addc1f" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id6cca96c1ab32469cb0ef4671e8b9bbf4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Amounts appropriated to a FLAME Fund, in accordance with section 251(b)(2)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/902">2 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(E)</external-xref>), shall be available to the Secretary concerned for wildfire suppression operations if the Secretary concerned issues a declaration and notifies the relevant congressional committees that a wildfire suppression event is eligible for funding from the FLAME Fund.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c5fbaf9364e45aeaecc79573e89023f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Declaration criteria</header><text>A declaration by the Secretary concerned under paragraph (1) may be issued only if—</text><subparagraph id="id09925C6560D147E8B4E8AAF74146DCA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual wildfire incident meets the objective indicators of an extraordinary wildfire situation, including—</text><clause id="id8a765844cb1048e088604b9e49d63ffe"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a wildfire that the Secretary concerned determines has required an emergency Federal response based on the significant complexity, severity, or threat posed by the fire to human life, property, or a resource;</text></clause><clause id="idc3bcb212c2c24b598dd0a4e856eb61e7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a wildfire that covers 1,000 or more acres; or</text></clause><clause id="idcb55b38f981b45acb66b8c6db15e23a0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a wildfire that is within 10 miles of an urbanized area (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/23/134">section 134(b)</external-xref> of title 23, United States Code); or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14118f3645e347a0a8690fae74d87977"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cumulative costs of wildfire suppression and Federal emergency response activities, as determined by the Secretary concerned, would exceed, within 30 days, all of the amounts otherwise previously appropriated (including amounts appropriated under an emergency designation, but excluding amounts appropriated to the FLAME Fund) to the Secretary concerned for wildfire suppression and Federal emergency response.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id0D03984F727643839893CBFED5933438"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of anticipated and predicted activities</header><text>Section 502(f) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(e)(2)(B)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>(e)(2)(A)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id219B6073F04546249E1CF3984938114E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on other transfers</header><text>Section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c33bbb6fc164a63aabf90837dd2f28d" style="OLC"><subsection id="iddecd83e1c62b48ed87230f22a4d9d336"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Prohibition on other transfers</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall not transfer funds provided for activities other than wildfire suppression operations to pay for any wildfire suppression operations.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id10f667822dcf44a2a5101c3756b0361c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Accounting and reports</header><text>Section 502(h) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1748a">43 U.S.C. 1748a(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd9018d3be5e4f0fb7d1142f280d26dc" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idf0746b7ae03c414599aaca0cb882bd2f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Estimates of Wildfire Suppression Operations Costs to Improve Budgeting and Funding</header><subparagraph id="id52abe88fe380484aa07bf77ef1d20532"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Budget submission</header><text>Consistent with <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, the President shall include in each budget for the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior information on estimates of appropriations for wildfire suppression costs based on an out-year forecast that uses a statistically valid regression model.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75cd3353602249b1a4a19d268e1d7a17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The estimate of anticipated wildfire suppression costs under subparagraph (A) shall be developed using the best available—</text><clause id="id52293e9fb3204f818706546811830a1f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>climate, weather, and other relevant data; and</text></clause><clause id="idd687de92a49946f6b0917de298e75fd7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>models and other analytic tools.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id52e054eae6234a8597b0a08b4d055400"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Independent review</header><text>The methodology for developing the estimates of wildfire suppression costs under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to periodic independent review to ensure compliance with subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC5DA64ED1E674C9BA1F46A6D3BD6672A"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Submission to congress</header><clause id="id8eea9ef4bdb74f229ceeb34472500f73"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Consistent with the schedule described in clause (ii) and in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary concerned shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives an updated estimate of wildfire suppression costs for the applicable fiscal year.</text></clause><clause id="ida9bd699c1f7f41f5a9fb270f3fe4093a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Schedule</header><text>The Secretary concerned shall submit the updated estimates under clause (i) during—</text><subclause id="idc7012fdb33e3417d8d87612baff9e8f5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>March of each year;</text></subclause><subclause id="id70b1efb3bc45465f8994a29e9e34f534"><enum>(II)</enum><text>May of each year;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide8ba2f8b5ae142988b9da23210c80062"><enum>(III)</enum><text>July of each year; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id23d4b4b893fa4e408f782523e9197c9b"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>if a bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service for the following fiscal year has not been enacted by September 1, September of each year.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id33F7A31FDC4342AD9E295DF8C39CB0CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Annually, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that—</text><subparagraph id="id283542162D0B421F8B7023874B8742F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provides a summary of the amount of appropriations made available during the previous fiscal year, which specifies the source of the amounts and the commitments and obligations made under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE4A3FC7DA9C04108AF13675607790FD5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describes the amounts obligated to individual wildfire events that meet the criteria specified in subsection (e)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id611FF6A7AB4D44B58A77A243E39B54C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>includes any recommendations that the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior may have to improve the administrative control and oversight of the FLAME Fund.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="idD81CD69591224AB38B283BA9FA19087E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Wildfire disaster funding authority</header><subsection id="idfce2ded627b7448a8996c11df0ddc13f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd86e6338db7f4fb3893c86d91e6d7e1c" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id8ef9f15f87fc4657b29552b8494fa54c"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Flame wildfire suppression</header><clause id="idf22b0e3e2a50403aa5a541a50499f745"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8677397CC4BF4C24B059206F0B604525"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The adjustments for a fiscal year shall be in accordance with clause (ii) if—</text><item id="idB9CEA2A4837C492D94D2AC34090261A2" indent="up1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a bill or joint resolution making appropriations for a fiscal year is enacted that—</text><subitem id="id77319C7FD36F49FC99BFBA7712F95EA6"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>specifies an amount for wildfire suppression operations in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior; and</text></subitem><subitem id="idEE4B23F60B7C41F2A3B50CBAE954362C"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>specifies a total amount to be used for the purposes described in subclause (II) in the Wildland Fire Management accounts at the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior that is not less than 50 percent of the amount described in subitem (AA); and</text></subitem></item><item id="id384CF53CD5AA46FE9D31C40E10CC34FC" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>as of the day before the date of enactment of the bill or joint resolution all amounts in the FLAME Fund established under section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a) have been expended.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id97E980B32421408BA465CC3F6FF91F51" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The purposes described in this subclause are—</text><item id="id8135D20863C04B23A6682D21437F2B3B"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>hazardous fuels reduction projects and other activities of the Secretary of the Interior, as authorized under the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) and the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a); and</text></item><item id="idEA43D55E39864951AB83179FFBA2E677"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>forest restoration and fuel reduction activities carried out outside of the wildland urban interface that are on condition class 3 Federal land or condition class 2 Federal land located within fire regime I, fire regime II, or fire regime III.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idCEF9582230A74418B5F363F575A16A06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>If the requirements under clause (i)(I) are met for a fiscal year, the adjustments for that fiscal year shall be the amount of additional new budget authority provided in the bill or joint resolution described in clause (i)(I)(aa) for wildfire suppression operations for that fiscal year, but shall not exceed $1,000,000,000 in additional new budget authority in each of fiscal years 2015 through 2021.</text></clause><clause id="ide9371dbad70640ffa94f518c605ced53"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>As used in this subparagraph—</text><subclause id="id9c91e3531113442e847910cdcc4d67ab"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the term <term>additional new budget authority</term> means the amount provided for a fiscal year in an appropriation Act and specified to pay for the costs of wildfire suppression operations that is equal to the greater of the amount in excess of—</text><item id="idCE8F5FFFBF904454A9B1130455282573"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>100 percent of the average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 5 years; or</text></item><item id="id13EB424D37A048D9B14531C183BB0AB6"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the estimated amount of anticipated wildfire suppression costs at the upper bound of the 90 percent confidence interval for that fiscal year calculated in accordance with section 502(h)(3) of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a(h)(3)); and</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id5ee6aa1171654571bc92a70fb7122fc8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the term <term>wildfire suppression operations</term> means the emergency and unpredictable aspects of wildland firefighting including support, response, and emergency stabilization activities; other emergency management activities; and funds necessary to repay any transfers needed for these costs.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2a5ec8d72ce24c07840c825d449c82f9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The average costs for wildfire suppression operations over the previous 5 years shall be calculated annually and reported in the President’s Budget submission under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, for each fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id726dff9c4c8a44fa9e5782fb9527335a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disaster funding</header><text>Section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(D)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id80af70beaef741359d80cf1abff35498"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text><subparagraph id="idF2091208A6CD49DBAE0C8B9E37CB6DC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>and</quote> and inserting <quote>plus</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id911707ad9d9e4a67b4280fe1da28e084"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; less</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id809b156fbbeb4945b84d1693beff8363"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd13051c55f3e41ddb4c06a426a4f028b" style="OLC"><subclause id="id2b6a526528a44bfba5ca17623934c48c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph (E) for the preceding fiscal year.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb690555327284c1098519db927bc904a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf089602ca7ae4b46a367887b403605dd" style="OLC"><clause id="idd4ecf63379134af0a0c4a1832d0a7e1a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2016 and in subsequent fiscal years, the calculation of the <quote>average funding provided for disaster relief over the previous 10 years</quote> shall not include the additional new budget authority provided in an appropriation Act for wildfire suppression operations pursuant to subparagraph (E).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Forest treatment projects</header><section id="id1b05657f014c4c499dac41c792445d3a"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text><paragraph id="id647eb766cf8c49189beb0917f2b03274"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered project</header><text>The term <term>covered project</term> means a project that involves the management or sale of national forest material within a Forest Management Emphasis Area.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb4ffda57da914ad28ed8c5bdf885e072"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Forest Management Emphasis Area</header><subparagraph id="id54368a4c32734e789813e948978fa65c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>Forest Management Emphasis Area</term> 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.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf54add6e06b3415d91070728c13e97ab"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>Forest Management Emphasis Area</term> does not include National Forest System land—</text><clause id="id14152d7b11e04ce9b6780b7b0c7a408f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that is a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; or</text></clause><clause id="ida5ce08974e9d4c548c21d542429f7664"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>on which removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited by Federal law.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida43e8282793e4469b36a8a1eb3f2bcfa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>National forest material</header><text>The term <term>national forest material</term> means trees, portions of trees, or forest products, with an emphasis on sawtimber and pulpwood, derived from National Forest System land.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf27720c788de48459568aa11c3c795f0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>National Forest System</header><subparagraph id="id7b924cce0f514c95ac9d3ed1ca2541a5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>National Forest System</term> has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1609">16 U.S.C. 1609(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id165555d18048431e8cdcb3687337a5fd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>National Forest System</term> does not include—</text><clause id="idc024dafb3dd34e2896b967c2a4b9cea0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the national grasslands and land utilization projects administered under title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1010">7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text></clause><clause id="idd463319688344f4bb3d6c20e3ca96c1f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>National Forest System land east of the 100th meridian.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id684ee27c21be4afebcffdaeb857de92a"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id9ec796448bda4316825db29dc55b448e"><enum>202.</enum><header>Projects in Forest Management Emphasis Areas</header><subsection id="id03409b3d09164f1e9591a33a79895bfb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conduct of covered projects Within Forest Management Emphasis Areas</header><paragraph id="idf741898e99fa49d09bd7a5f18299afee"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may conduct covered projects in Forest Management Emphasis Areas, subject to paragraphs (2) through (4).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9aa47a6aa2fe425aa7895a69970e82c5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designating timber for cutting</header><subparagraph id="idff1748633cca4c14b45c3b3ba8c9b156"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 14(g) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a(g)</external-xref>), the Secretary may use designation by prescription or designation by description in conducting covered projects under this title.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1150f9ad04e84e98a8d0ff892c88e372"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id29a54e512194429eb81b437d9ed79e4e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contracting methods</header><subparagraph id="id5ecff320939b4d0ea2caab91b41056e1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 title.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5bba3dbc97b2431eb28775fc0f3c4ab4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Record</header><text>If the Secretary does not use a timber sale contract under section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a</external-xref>) to carry out a covered project under this title, the Secretary shall provide a written record specifying the reasons that different contracting methods were used.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id94011b18634c4973b5ea8583a379cfcc"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Acreage treatment requirements</header><subparagraph id="idd5d33cb5616748b3affb794bbeeeb2f1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Total acreage requirements</header><text>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).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8c804e41d7d64278b2583bdc7c8c6469"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Assignment of acreage treatment requirements to individual units of the National Forest System</header><clause id="idc24316244d2b4d4db5289ae078fb41c1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text></clause><clause id="ida18d4d145c7247f69a3e02731d5924fc"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>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).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfeb3ba3116ce481eb466df825f8bf7d8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Environmental analysis and public review process for covered projects in Forest Management Emphasis Areas</header><paragraph id="id4f6ae44981de4f5b88a561ca5433bcf5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Environmental assessment</header><text>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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc3abc8d774f545038f6c0478bd1b047e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public notice and comment</header><text>In preparing an environmental assessment for a covered project under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide—</text><subparagraph id="id2356036723d849afb4a9fb44248e6bf7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public notice of the covered project; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id74e8331e2c9947b284dd798d49b4e4c4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an opportunity for public comment on the covered project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idada7233a42d64be79c4586415318b0f8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Length</header><text>The environmental assessment prepared for a covered project under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 100 pages in length.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2d269309fc1a44eda6c736cd9f0f31b2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Inclusion of certain documents</header><text>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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id591fb427d181414e8d61a432e54b1d65"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Deadline for completion</header><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id05a2f160b1c3400abaa09be6d5024e32"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with Endangered Species Act</header><text>To comply with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary shall use qualified professionals on the staff of the Forest Service to make determinations required under section 7 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id9649ceced6704074ad48eeb6ec576a9a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on revision of national forest plans</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1604">16 U.S.C. 1604</external-xref>), 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536(b)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section id="idfeaf6fd14e0e434caf451dce542f24a6"><enum>203.</enum><header>Administrative review; arbitration</header><subsection id="idc7f6d4e488134a29a9b9b800f31a3091"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative review</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6515">16 U.S.C. 6515</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="ideaa5ec56b1cf42c5af06b97d48794785"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Arbitration</header><paragraph id="idf03bd154ed8a41b495c823055027b1c1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Department of Agriculture a pilot program that—</text><subparagraph id="id3cb74f64e45c4e378febb1ace65ddbfc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5cc87c46cd8045f1b582a59e0df5ce48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 202(a)(4)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1fdea30f150642a09e39ed87498f0746"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Arbitration process procedures</header><subparagraph id="idf03f6b6ebd67412898699dc656b4ef09"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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—</text><clause id="idef0f8b0119fd41209ef06704f32d53fe"><enum>(i)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/9/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of title 9, United States Code; and</text></clause><clause id="id893715d753c344ba8044c477510b1140"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97b814a365734049b9a4d8d56df255d9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements for demand</header><text>A demand for arbitration under subparagraph (A) shall—</text><clause id="id4a5cf7410f7b462eb1800872cb065008"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be filed not more than 30 days after the date on which the special administrative review decision is issued under subsection (a); and</text></clause><clause id="id1b1e87d8aafc4185bb00f9b8071ba4cf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>include a proposal containing the modifications sought to the covered project.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd6fc6a35a0694357997838ea08c3c7d7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Intervening parties</header><clause id="id42eddb686d1a49d59c3753dee6c53675"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Deadline for submission; requirements</header><text>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).</text></clause><clause id="idbf477fe8f62a42f0bd05456dccf53a73"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Multiple parties</header><text>Multiple objectors or intervening parties that meet the requirements of clause (i) may submit a joint proposal under that clause.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1719283d804742e1a74aaac60da5fe74"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Appointment of arbitrator</header><text>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.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd2e7e623bd1b4643a18b5cc0c109a9a5"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Selection of proposals</header><clause id="id9571e0b650f04068a76aaa1ee001974b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An arbitrator appointed under subparagraph (D)—</text><subclause id="idd499995bfeec423881c7fe6a9e84442c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>may not modify any of the proposals submitted under this paragraph; and</text></subclause><subclause id="iddf55d24a425b4faf9e065175f158aa87"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall select to be conducted—</text><item id="idcca9c86b90764daab584d068ff594360"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>a proposal submitted by an objector under subparagraph (B)(ii) or an intervening party under subparagraph (C); or</text></item><item id="idd16a1966756845b890850e3855620e61"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the covered project, as approved by the Secretary.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id40f3979dc5bb42318b2ea653df628310"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text>An arbitrator shall select the proposal that best meets the purpose and needs described in the environmental assessment conducted under section 202(b)(1) for the covered project.</text></clause><clause id="idc9dbaca09e2b4a168060b5e3f01b2d2d"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The decision of an arbitrator with respect to a selection under clause (i)(II)—</text><subclause id="id0534dd0f5abf48a99c6eac6f23c3d19b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>shall not be considered a major Federal action;</text></subclause><subclause id="id508397147a3c42ef91896acce1b55499"><enum>(II)</enum><text>shall be binding; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idc07c328a00634cf4a8146c01ff852356"><enum>(III)</enum><text>shall not be subject to judicial review.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0d6bece09e5c4e8faec29e0a3ba05f9a"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Deadline for completion</header><text>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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5079f2f0e2774e7280473a975cba0e81"><enum>204.</enum><header>Distribution of revenue</header><subsection id="idd47220c16aac48ab814bdd61374d72fe"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payments to counties</header><paragraph id="idef57d97f89534a9faf17c4ff3ac167db"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective for fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year thereafter until the termination date under section 206, 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5645992818f241f49eb407b51b369ac4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>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 <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Forest service</header-in-text></quote> in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/500">16 U.S.C. 500</external-xref>), and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/500">16 U.S.C. 500</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id905b001c22d64c4cbd4d965872ca473e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposit in Knutson-Vandenberg and Salvage Sale Funds</header><text>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 <quote>Knutson-Vandenberg Act</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/576b">16 U.S.C. 576b</external-xref>), and the fund established under section 14(h) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/472a">16 U.S.C. 472a(h)</external-xref>) in contributions equal to the amounts otherwise collected under those Acts for projects conducted on National Forest System land.</text></subsection><subsection id="idea071f5167db46bdb9a224a24a22bd08"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deposit in General Fund of the Treasury</header><text>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.</text></subsection></section><section id="id3ba7f6adb46c470ca6903ff9a9971513"><enum>205.</enum><header>Performance measures; reporting</header><subsection id="id4d304700044245739db99d70a6adcb51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Performance measures</header><text>The Secretary shall develop performance measures that evaluate the degree to which the Secretary is achieving—</text><paragraph id="id29df63d0146e484f9f188713653ea9f5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the purposes of this title; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida9b9a8a7d03041ba9509fe11ccbb2619"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the minimum acreage requirements established under section 202(a)(4).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5d21b88576ca43c2b9f618f33dc23f58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual Reports</header><text>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—</text><paragraph id="id1d718ee7131946079efde42ef2197f56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a report that describes the results of evaluations using the performance measures developed under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51ec0ed745cd48579ad2eeb76039553e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a report that describes—</text><subparagraph id="id441ff8c0c5e44717842444351dc49c2f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number and substance of the covered projects that are subject to administrative review and arbitration under section 203; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90758526a85047c98515d0c1edd5fa6e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the outcomes of the administrative review and arbitration under that section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9c7282d918ad4ff7b2bd06e07e2f7e8e"><enum>206.</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority of this title terminates on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></section><enum>III</enum><header>Forest stewardship contracting</header><section id="id1791D69B51354881ACF77B4F3DB7EC0A"><enum>301.</enum><header>Cancellation ceilings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(d) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id63C8FAE1165D44F9B93C72FE58C50FEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (6), (7), and (8), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idEB24C01558F144058DA6FF6F95A63CB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49fb097973c9464d81a221708ccefc98" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idacd3fd2d4ac34eee8f081ec55127cae7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Cancellation ceilings</header><subparagraph id="id7f2bef737bf34584b86cbb2e7e62dc22"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Chief and the Director may obligate funds to cover any potential cancellation or termination costs for an agreement or contract under subsection (b) in stages that are economically or programmatically viable.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26318ab76b39409fa55064b74569c5c3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice</header><clause id="id47b8c9ab65244388926e265d84ab784e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Submission to congress</header><text>Not later than 30 days before entering into a multiyear agreement or contract under subsection (b) that includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of $25,000,000, but does not include proposed funding for the costs of cancelling the agreement or contract up to the cancellation ceiling established in the agreement or contract, the Chief and the Director shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a written notice that includes—</text><subclause id="id2745e1dd06a84a53980107e12d45e269"><enum>(I)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7198F983B5C8447B914E0EE9D9EC992C"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the cancellation ceiling amounts proposed for each program year in the agreement or contract; and</text></item><item id="id5592e382e56c4806847962be542227b2" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the reasons for the cancellation ceiling amounts proposed under item (aa);</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idc8a10d770e8b4950af38c838c82da783"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the extent to which the costs of contract cancellation are not included in the budget for the agreement or contract; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id42d62fea7b0144c6ab73a4357b59633c"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a financial risk assessment of not including budgeting for the costs of agreement or contract cancellation.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idb25b9c460a8248bfb976eda799f6c991"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Transmittal to omb</header><text>At least 14 days before the date on which the Chief and Director enter into an agreement or contract under subsection (b), the Chief and Director shall transmit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget a copy of the written notice submitted under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>