[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[H.R. 3188 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 293
113th CONGRESS
   2d Session
                                H. R. 3188

                      [Report No. 113-394, Part I]

To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as 
 part of Forest Service and Department of the Interior restoration and 
  rehabilitation activities for lands within the Stanislaus National 
 Forest and Yosemite National Park and Bureau of Land Management lands 
         adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2013

   Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. 
 LaMalfa, Mr. Walden, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Cook, 
Mr. Denham, Mr. Hastings of Washington, and Mr. Valadao) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and 
 in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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

                             April 1, 2014

             Additional sponsors: Mr. Amodei and Mr. Pearce

                             April 1, 2014

    Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                             April 1, 2014

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 
                          September 26, 2013]


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                                 A BILL


 
To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as 
 part of Forest Service and Department of the Interior restoration and 
  rehabilitation activities for lands within the Stanislaus National 
 Forest and Yosemite National Park and Bureau of Land Management lands 
         adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED SALVAGE TIMBER SALES IN RESPONSE TO THE CALIFORNIA 
              RIM FIRE.

    (a) Salvage Timber Sales Required.--As part of the restoration and 
rehabilitation activities undertaken on the lands within the Stanislaus 
National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management lands adversely 
impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, with respect to affected Stanislaus National Forest lands, 
and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to affected Bureau of 
Land Management lands, shall promptly plan and implement salvage timber 
sales of dead, damaged, or downed timber resulting from that wildfire.
    (b) Expedited Implementation.--
            (1) Legal sufficiency.--Due to the extraordinary severity 
        of the Rim Fire occurring on the Federal lands described in 
        subsection (a), salvage timber sales conducted under such 
        subsection shall proceed immediately and to completion 
        notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
        seq.), section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 
        (16 U.S.C. 472a), the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
        Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), and the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et 
        seq.).
            (2) Administrative and judicial review.--Salvage timber 
        sales conducted under subsection (a) shall not be subject to--
                    (A) administrative review, including, in the case 
                of the Forest Service, the notice, comment, and appeal 
                requirements of section 322 of the Department of the 
                Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 
                (Public Law 102-381; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note); or
                    (B) judicial review in any court of the United 
                States.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to expedite the 
        planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as part of 
        Forest Service and Department of the Interior restoration and 
        rehabilitation activities for lands within the Stanislaus 
        National Forest and Bureau of Land Management lands adversely 
        impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 293

113th CONGRESS

   2d Session

                               H. R. 3188

                      [Report No. 113-394, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as 
 part of Forest Service and Department of the Interior restoration and 
  rehabilitation activities for lands within the Stanislaus National 
 Forest and Yosemite National Park and Bureau of Land Management lands 
         adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California.

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                             April 1, 2014

    Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with amendments

                             April 1, 2014

The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of 
  the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed