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[H.R. 1159 Reported in House (RH)]





                                                  Union Calendar No. 37

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1159

                          [Report No. 104-71]

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                                 A BILL

Making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.

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                             March 8, 1995

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed


                                                  Union Calendar No. 37
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1159

                          [Report No. 104-71]

Making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 1995

  Mr. Livingston, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
Making supplemental appropriations and rescissions for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to provide supplemental appropriations and rescissions 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes, 
namely:

                                TITLE I

                      SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

                               CHAPTER I

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service, $9,048,000.

          Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for salaries and expenses of the 
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, $10,000,000.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                          (transfer of funds)

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation in excess of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 
1995 (exclusive of the cost of commodities in the fiscal year), may be 
used to carry out the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o) 
with respect to commodities made available under section 416(b) of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949. The additional costs resulting from this 
provision shall be financed from funds credited to the Corporation 
pursuant to section 426 of Public Law 103-465.

                               CHAPTER II

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                             RELATED AGENCY

                    United States Information Agency

                 international broadcasting operations

    For an additional amount for ``International Broadcasting 
Operations'', $7,290,000, for transfer to the Board for International 
Broadcasting.

                              CHAPTER III

       FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  funds appropriated to the president

                           debt restructuring

                         debt relief for jordan

    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended, of modifying direct loans to Jordan issued by 
the Export-Import Bank or by the Agency for International Development 
or by the Department of Defense, as authorized under subsection (a) 
under the heading ``Debt Relief for Jordan'', in title VI of Public Law 
103-306, $50,000,000.

                               CHAPTER IV

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

      Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress

    For payment to the family trust of Dean A. Gallo, late a 
Representative from the State of New Jersey, $133,600.

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

                          (transfer of funds)

    Of the funds made available until expended by transfer under this 
heading in Public Law 103-283, $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the 
appropriation ``Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and 
Grounds, Capitol Complex Security Enhancements'', and shall remain 
available until expended.

                               CHAPTER V

           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION

                      Office of the Administrator

                          (transfer of funds)

    Section 341 of Public Law 103-331 is amended by deleting ``and 
received from the Delaware and Hudson Railroad,'' after ``amended,''.

                               CHAPTER VI

            TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

                          (transfer of funds)

    In the paragraph under this heading in Public Law 103-329, delete 
``of which not less than $6,443,000 and 85 full-time equivalent 
positions shall be available for enforcement activities;''.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

                         salaries and expenses

                          (transfer of funds)

    In the paragraph under this heading in Public Law 103-329, delete 
``first-aid and emergency'' and insert ``short-term'' before ``medical 
services''.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                          information systems

                          (transfer of funds)

    In the paragraph under this heading in Public Law 103-329, delete 
``$650,000,000'' and insert ``$640,000,000''.

          Administrative Provisions--Internal Revenue Service

    In the paragraph under this heading in Public Law 103-329, in 
section 3, after ``$119,000,000'', insert ``annually''.

                           United States Mint

                         salaries and expenses

                          (transfer of funds)

    In the paragraph under this heading in Public Law 103-329, insert 
``not to exceed'' after ``of which''.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    General Services Administration

                         federal buildings fund

                          (transfer of funds)

    Of the funds made available for the Federal Buildings Fund in 
Public Law 103-329, $5,000,000 shall be made available by the General 
Services Administration to implement an agreement between the Food and 
Drug Administration and another entity for space, equipment and 
facilities related to seafood research.

                     Office of Personnel Management

  government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance benefits

    For an additional amount for ``Government payment for annuitants, 
employee life insurance'', $9,000,000 to remain available until 
expended.

                                TITLE II

                              RESCISSIONS

                               CHAPTER I

      DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                    Public Law 480 Program Accounts

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
330, $20,000,000 for commodities supplied in connection with 
dispositions abroad, pursuant to title III of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER II

DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                                AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             scientific and technical research and services

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
317, $19,500,000 are rescinded.

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                    diplomatic and consular programs

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
317, $2,000,000 are rescinded.

            acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
317 and prior appropriations Acts, $20,000,000 are rescinded.

              International Organizations and Conferences

        contributions for international peacekeeping activities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
317, $14,617,000 are rescinded.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

                arms control and disarmament activities

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
317, $3,000,000 are rescinded, of which $2,000,000 are from funds made 
available for activities related to the implementation of the Chemical 
Weapons Convention.

                    United States Information Agency

               educational and cultural exchange programs

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
317, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

                           radio construction

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading, $6,000,000 are 
rescinded.

                              CHAPTER III

       FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  funds appropriated to the president

                  Agency for International Development

  debt restructuring under the enterprise for the americas initiative

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102-
391, $2,400,000 are rescinded.

                         economic support fund

                             (rescissions)

    Of the unobligated balances of funds available under this heading 
from funds provided in Public Law 103-306, $7,500,000 are rescinded.
    Of the unobligated balances of funds available under this heading 
from funds provided in Public Law 103-87, $20,000,000 are rescinded.
    Of the unobligated balances of funds currently available under this 
heading, including earmarked funds, from funds provided in Public Law 
102-391 and prior appropriations Acts, $15,475,000 are rescinded.

     operating expenses of the agency for international development

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
306, $5,000,000 are rescinded.

  assistance for the new independent states of the former soviet union

                             (rescissions)

    Of the unobligated balances of funds available under this heading 
from funds provided in Public Law 103-306, $17,500,000 are rescinded.
    Of the unobligated or unexpended balances of funds available under 
this heading from funds provided in Public Law 103-87 and Public Law 
102-391, $30,200,000 are rescinded.

                               CHAPTER IV

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

                              (rescission)

    Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 103-
283, $187,000 are rescinded.

                               TITLE III

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. None of the funds made available in any appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used to issue, implement, administer, 
or enforce any executive order, or other rule or order, that prohibits 
Federal contracts with companies that hire permanent replacements for 
striking employees.
    Sec. 302. Hereafter, the requirement pursuant to section 18(b)(3) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937, for the provision of an 
additional dwelling unit for each public housing dwelling unit to be 
demolished or disposed of under an application submitted by a public 
housing agency under section 18(a) of such Act, shall not apply to any 
such application approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development in fiscal year 1995 or in any prior fiscal year: Provided, 
That no such application submitted by a public housing agency to 
implement a final order of a court issued, or a settlement approved by 
a court, before the effective date of this public law, shall be 
affected by this paragraph.
    Sec. 303. None of the funds made available in any appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used by the Environmental Protection 
Agency to impose or enforce any requirement that a State implement trip 
reduction measures to reduce vehicular emissions.
    Sec. 304. None of the funds made available in any appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 1995 may be used by the Environmental Protection 
Agency to impose or enforce any requirement that a State implement an 
inspection and maintenance program for vehicular emissions.
    Sec. 305. The Congress finds that the 1990 amendments to the Clean 
Air Act (Public Law 101-549) superseded prior requirements of the Clean 
Air Act regarding the demonstration of attainment of national ambient 
air quality standards and eliminated the obligation of the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to promulgate a 
Federal implementation plan under section 110(e) of the Clean Air Act 
for the South Coast, Ventura, or Sacramento areas of California. Upon 
the enactment of this Act, any Federal implementation plan that has 
been promulgated by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency under the Clean Air Act for the South Coast, Ventura, or 
Sacramento areas of California pursuant to a court order or settlement 
shall be rescinded and shall have no further force and effect.

                   limitation on funding of abortions

    Sec. 306. None of the funds appropriated under Public Laws 103-112 
and 103-333 shall be expended for any abortion except when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which funds are appropriated 
under this Act that such procedure is necessary to save the life of the 
mother or that the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest: 
Provided, That, effective October 1, 1993, and notwithstanding any 
other law, each State is and remains free not to fund abortions to the 
extent that the State in its sole discretion deems appropriate, except 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were 
carried to term.

SEC. 307. EMERGENCY TWO-YEAR SALVAGE TIMBER SALE PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) The term ``emergency period'' means the two-year period 
        beginning on the date of the enactment of this section.
            (2) The term ``Federal lands'' means--
                    (A) lands within the National Forest System, as 
                defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland 
                Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
                1609(a)); and
                    (B) public lands, as defined in section 103(e) of 
                the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
                U.S.C. 1702(e)).
            (3) The term ``land management plan'' means--
                    (A) a land and resource management plan (or, if no 
                final plan is currently in effect, a draft land and 
                resource management plan) prepared by the Forest 
                Service pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and 
                Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 
                U.S.C. 1604) for a unit or units of the Federal lands 
                described in paragraph (2)(A); or
                    (B) a land use plan prepared by the Bureau of Land 
                Management pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land 
                Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712), or 
                other multiple-use plan in effect, for a unit of the 
                Federal lands described in paragraph (2)(B).
            (4) The term ``salvage timber sale'' means a timber sale 
        for which an important reason for entry includes the removal of 
        disease- or insect-infested trees, dead, damaged, or down 
        trees, or trees affected by fire or imminently susceptible to 
        fire or insect attack. Such term also includes the removal of 
        associated trees or trees lacking the characteristics of a 
        healthy and viable ecosystem for the purpose of ecosystem 
        improvement or rehabilitation, except that any such sale must 
        include an identifiable salvage component of trees described in 
        the first sentence.
            (5) The term `Secretary concerned' means--
                    (A) with respect to Federal lands described in 
                paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of Agriculture; and
                    (B) with respect to Federal lands described in 
                paragraph (2)(B), the Secretary of the Interior.
    (b) Two-Year Emergency Program of Salvage Timber Sales for Federal 
Lands.--
            (1) Salvage timber sales required.--Using the expedited 
        procedures provided in subsection (c), the Secretary concerned 
        shall prepare, advertise, offer, and award contracts during the 
        emergency period for salvage timber sales from Federal lands to 
        satisfy the volume requirements of paragraph (2).
            (2) Salvage timber sale volumes.--The salvage timber sales 
        sold under this subsection during the emergency period shall 
        contain the following total timber volumes (programmed or 
        otherwise):
                    (A) For Federal lands described in subsection 
                (a)(2)(A)--
                            (i) not less than 3,000,000,000 board feet 
                        during the first year of the emergency period; 
                        and
                            (ii) not less than 3,000,000,000 board feet 
                        during the second year of the emergency period.
                    (B) For Federal lands described in subsection 
                (a)(2)(B)--
                            (i) not less than 115,000,000 board feet 
                        during the first year of the emergency period; 
                        and
                            (ii) not less than 115,000,000 board feet 
                        during the second year of the emergency period.
            (3) Use of salvage sale funds.--To conduct salvage timber 
        sales under this subsection, the Secretary concerned may use 
        salvage sale funds otherwise available to the Secretary 
        concerned.
    (c) Expedited Procedures for Emergency Salvage Timber Sales.--
            (1) Sale documentation.--For each salvage timber sale 
        conducted under subsection (b) to meet the minimum salvage 
        timber sale volumes specified in paragraph (2) of such 
        subsection, the Secretary concerned shall prepare a document 
        that combines an environmental assessment under section 102(2) 
        and implementing regulations of the National Environmental 
        Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(E)) and a biological 
        evaluation under section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act 
        of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(a)(2)) and other applicable Federal law 
        and implementing regulations. The environmental assessment and 
        biological evaluation must consider the environmental effects 
        of the salvage timber sale and consider the effect, if any, on 
        threatened or endangered species. In lieu of preparing a new 
        document under this paragraph, the Secretary concerned may use 
        a document prepared pursuant to the National Environmental 
        Policy Act of 1969 before the date of the enactment of this 
        section, a biological evaluation written before such date, or 
        information collected for such a document or evaluation if the 
        document, evaluation, or information applies to the Federal 
        lands covered by the proposed sale.
            (2) Time periods for, and reporting of, sales.--
                    (A) First year.--For salvage timber sales conducted 
                pursuant to subsection (b) during the first year of the 
                emergency period, the Secretary concerned shall--
                            (1) offer sales which contain fifty percent 
                        of the total timber volume required pursuant to 
                        subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) or (b)(2)(B)(i), as the 
                        case may be, within the first 3 months of the 
                        year; and
                            (2) offer sales which contain the remaining 
                        volume required pursuant to subsection 
                        (b)(2)(A)(i) or (b)(2)(B)(i), as the case may 
                        be, evenly distributed throughout the remainder 
                        of the year.
                    (B) Second year.--For salvage timber sales 
                conducted pursuant to subsection (b) during the second 
                year of the emergency period, the Secretary concerned 
                shall--
                            (1) offer sales which contain fifty percent 
                        of the total timber volume required pursuant to 
                        subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii) or (b)(2)(B)(ii), as 
                        the case may be, within 15 months of the date 
                        of enactment of this Act, and
                            (2) offer sales which contain the remaining 
                        volume required pursuant to subsection 
                        (b)(2)(A)(ii) or (b)(2)(B)(ii), as the case may 
                        be, within the remainder of the year.
                                    (i) Each Secretary shall report to 
                                the Committee on Resources of the House 
                                of Representatives and the Committee on 
                                Energy and Natural Resources of the 
                                United States Senate 90 days after the 
                                date of enactment of this Act and on 
                                the final day of each 90-day period 
                                thereafter throughout the emergency 
                                period on the number of sales and 
                                volumes contained therein offered 
                                during such 90 day period and expected 
                                to be offered during the next 90 day 
                                period.
                                    (ii) Special rules for second year 
                                sales.--The Secretary concerned may 
                                begin salvage sales intended for the 
                                second year of the emergency period 
                                before the start of the second year if 
                                the Secretary concerned determines that 
                                the preparation, advertisement, 
                                offering, awarding, and operation of 
                                such sales will not interfere with 
                                salvage timber sales required during 
                                the first year of the emergency period.
            (3) Decisions.--The Secretary concerned shall design and 
        select the specific salvage timber sales to be offered under 
        subsection (b) on the basis of the analysis contained in the 
        document or documents prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) to 
        satisfy the applicable volume requirement in subsection (b)(2) 
        within the applicable schedule specified in paragraph (2).
            (4) Sale preparation.--The Secretary concerned shall make 
        use of all available authority, including the employment of 
        private contractors and the use of expedited fire contracting 
        procedures, to prepare and advertise salvage timber sales under 
        subsection (b) to meet the applicable schedule specified in 
        paragraph (2). The provisions of section 3(d)(1) of the Federal 
        Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-226) shall 
        not apply to any former employee of the Department of the 
        Secretary concerned who received a voluntary separation 
        incentive payment authorized by such Act or accepts employment 
        pursuant to this paragraph.
            (5) Cost considerations.--Salvage timber sales undertaken 
        pursuant to this section shall not be precluded because the 
        costs of such activities are likely to exceed the revenues 
        derived from such activities.
            (6) Effect on other laws.--The documents and procedures 
        required by this section for the preparation, advertisement, 
        offering, awarding, and operation of any salvage timber sale 
        subject to subsection (b) shall be deemed to satisfy the 
        requirements of all applicable Federal laws (and regulations 
        implementing such laws) including but not limited to:
                    (A) The Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
                Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.).
                    (B) The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
                1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
                    (C) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
                (42 U.S.C. 4332).
                    (D) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
                1531 et seq.).
            (7) Effect of salvage sales.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall not substitute salvage timber sales conducted under 
        subsection (b) for planned non-salvage timber sales.
            (8) Effect on judicial decisions.--The Secretary concerned 
        may conduct salvage timber sales under the authority of this 
        section during the emergency period and the first year after 
        the end of the emergency period notwithstanding any decision, 
        restraining order, or injunction issued by a United States 
        court issued before the date of the enactment of this section.
    (d) Reforestation of Salvage Timber Sale Parcels.--The Secretary 
concerned shall plan and implement reforestation of each parcel of land 
harvested under a salvage timber sale conducted under subsection (b) as 
expeditiously as possible after completion of the harvest on the 
parcel, but in no case later than any applicable restocking period 
required by law or regulation.
    (e) Administrative Review.--Salvage timber sales conducted under 
subsection (b), and any decision of the Secretary concerned in 
connection with such sales, shall not be subject to administrative 
review.
    (f) Judicial Review.--
            (1) Place and time of filing.--A salvage timber sale to be 
        conducted under subsection (b) shall be subject to judicial 
        review only in the United States district court for the 
        district in which the affected Federal lands are located. Any 
        challenge to such sale must be filed in such district court 
        within 15 days after the date of initial advertisement of the 
        challenged sale.
            (2) Effect of filing on agency action.--For 45 days after 
        the date of the filing of a challenge to a salvage timber sale 
        to be conducted under subsection (b), the Secretary concerned 
        shall take no action to award the challenged sale.
            (3) Prohibition on restraining orders, preliminary 
        injunctions, and relief pending review.--No restraining order 
        or preliminary injunction shall be issued by any court of the 
        United States with respect to any decision to prepare, 
        advertise, offer, award, or operate a salvage timber sale 
        pursuant to subsection (b). Section 705 of title 5, United 
        States Code, shall not apply to any challenge to such a sale.
            (4) Standard of review.--The courts shall have authority to 
        enjoin permanently, order modification of, or void an 
        individual salvage timber sale if it is determined by a trial 
        on the merits that the decision to prepare, advertise, offer, 
        award, or operate such sale was arbitrary and capricious or 
        otherwise not in accordance with applicable law (other than 
        those laws specified in subsection (c)(6)).
            (5) Time for decision.--Civil actions filed under this 
        subsection shall be assigned for hearing at the earliest 
        possible date and shall take precedence over all other matters 
        pending on the docket of the court at that time except for 
        criminal cases. The court shall render its final decision 
        relative to any challenge within 45 days from the date such 
        challenge is brought, unless the court determines that a longer 
        period of time is required to satisfy the requirement of the 
        United States Constitution. In order to reach a decision within 
        45 days, the district court may assign all or part of any such 
        case or cases to one or more Special Masters, for prompt review 
        and recommendations to the court.
            (6) Procedures.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the court may set rules governing the procedures of any 
        proceeding brought under this subsection which set page limits 
        on briefs and time limits on filing briefs and motions and 
        other actions which are shorter than the limits specified in 
        the Federal rules of civil or appellate procedure.
            (7) Appeal.--Any appeal from the final decision of a 
        district court in an action brought pursuant to this subsection 
        shall be filed not later than 30 days after the date of 
        decision.
    (g) Exclusion of Certain Federal Lands.--
            (1) Exclusion.--The Secretary concerned may not select, 
        authorize, or undertake any salvage timber sale under 
        subsection (b) with respect to lands described in paragraph 
        (2).
            (2) Description of excluded lands.--The lands referred to 
        in paragraph (1) are as follows:
                    (A) Any area on Federal lands included in the 
                National Wilderness Preservation System.
                    (B) Any roadless area on Federal lands designated 
                by Congress for wilderness study in Colorado or 
                Montana.
                    (C) Any roadless area on Federal lands recommended 
                by the Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management for 
                wilderness designation in its most recent land 
                management plan in effect as of the date of the 
                enactment of this Act.
                    (D) Any area on Federal lands on which timber 
                harvesting for any purpose is prohibited by statute.
    (h) Rulemaking.--The Secretary concerned is not required to issue 
formal rules under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, to 
implement this section or carry out the authorities provided by this 
section.
    (i) Award and Release of Previously Offered and Unawarded Timber 
Sale Contracts.--
            (1) Award and release required.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of law, within 30 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this section, the Secretary concerned shall act to 
        award, release, and permit to be completed in fiscal years 1995 
        and 1996, with no change in originally advertised terms and 
        volumes, all timber sale contracts offered or awarded before 
        that date in any unit of the National Forest System or district 
        of the Bureau of Land Management subject to section 318 of 
        Public Law 101-121 (103 Stat. 745).
            (2) Effect on land management plans.--Compliance with 
        paragraph (1) shall not require or permit any change in any 
        land management plan in existence on the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
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