IB Union Calendar No. 372 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3685 [Report No. 112–524, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2011 Mr. Herger (for himself, Mr. McClintock, and Mr. Amodei) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned June 15, 2012 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic June 15, 2012 The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 15, 2011 A BILL To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project required by that Act.

1.

Reauthorization of Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act

(a)

Extension

Subsection (g) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act (title IV of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) is amended to read as follows: (g)

Term of pilot project

(1)

In general

The Secretary shall conduct the pilot project until the earlier of the following: (A)September 30, 2022. (B)The date on which the Secretary completes amendment or revision of the land and resource management plans for the National Forest System lands included in the pilot project area. (2)

Forest plan amendments

When the Regional Forester for Region 5 initiates the process to amend or revise the land and resource management plans for the pilot project area, the process shall include preparation of at least one alternative that incorporates the pilot project and area designations under subsection (b), the resource management activities described in subsection (d), and other aspects of the Quincy Library Group Community Stability Proposal. . (b)

Expansion of pilot project area

Subsection (b) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3)

Expansion of pilot project area

The Secretary may expand the pilot project area to include all National Forest System lands within California or Nevada that lie within the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, and Inyo National Forest. These lands may be managed using the same strategy, guidelines and resource management activities outlined in this section or developed to meet local forest and community needs and conditions. . (c)

Roadless area protection

Subsection (c)(4) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: However, those areas designated as Deferred on the map, but located in Tehama County, south and west of Lassen Peak, are deemed to be designated as Available for Group Selection and shall be managed accordingly under subsection (d).. (d)

Group selection requirement

Subparagraph (A) of subsection (d)(2) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended to read as follows: (A)

Group selection

After September 30, 2012, group selection on an average acreage of .57 percent of the pilot project area land shall occur each year of the pilot project. .

June 15, 2012 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment June 15, 2012 The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed