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[H.R. 2647 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 634
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2647


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 13, 2015

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

                           September 19, 2016

               Reported by Mr. Roberts, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 
 improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, 
     on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
  Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, 
           fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Resilient 
Federal Forests Act of 2015''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
<DELETED>Sec. 2. Definitions.
<DELETED>TITLE I--EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND AVAILABILITY OF 
    CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPEDITE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

<DELETED>Sec. 101. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no 
                            action) in proposed collaborative forest 
                            management activities.
<DELETED>Sec. 102. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical 
                            response actions.
<DELETED>Sec. 103. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations 
                            in response to catastrophic events.
<DELETED>Sec. 104. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for 
                            early successional forests.
<DELETED>Sec. 105. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion 
                            authority related to insect and disease 
                            infestation.
<DELETED>Sec. 106. Categorical exclusion to improve, restore, and 
                            reduce the risk of wildfire.
<DELETED>Sec. 107. Compliance with forest plan.
      <DELETED>TITLE II--SALVAGE AND REFORESTATION IN RESPONSE TO 
                          CATASTROPHIC EVENTS

<DELETED>Sec. 201. Expedited salvage operations and reforestation 
                            activities following large-scale 
                            catastrophic events.
<DELETED>Sec. 202. Compliance with forest plan.
<DELETED>Sec. 203. Prohibition on restraining orders, preliminary 
                            injunctions, and injunctions pending 
                            appeal.
<DELETED>Sec. 204. Exclusion of certain lands.
    <DELETED>TITLE III--COLLABORATIVE PROJECT LITIGATION REQUIREMENT

<DELETED>Sec. 301. Definitions.
<DELETED>Sec. 302. Bond requirement as part of legal challenge of 
                            certain forest management activities.
      <DELETED>TITLE IV--SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
                      DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS

<DELETED>Sec. 401. Use of reserved funds for title II projects on 
                            Federal land and certain non-Federal land.
<DELETED>Sec. 402. Resource advisory committees.
<DELETED>Sec. 403. Program for title II self-sustaining resource 
                            advisory committee projects.
<DELETED>Sec. 404. Additional authorized use of reserved funds for 
                            title III county projects.
<DELETED>Sec. 405. Treatment as supplemental funding.
          <DELETED>TITLE V--STEWARDSHIP END RESULT CONTRACTING

<DELETED>Sec. 501. Cancellation ceilings for stewardship end result 
                            contracting projects.
<DELETED>Sec. 502. Excess offset value.
<DELETED>Sec. 503. Payment of portion of stewardship project revenues 
                            to county in which stewardship project 
                            occurs.
<DELETED>Sec. 504. Submission of existing annual report.
<DELETED>Sec. 505. Fire liability provision.
  <DELETED>TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT 
                               ACTIVITIES

<DELETED>Sec. 601. Definitions.
<DELETED>Sec. 602. Availability of stewardship project revenues and 
                            Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 
                            Fund to cover forest management activity 
                            planning costs.
<DELETED>Sec. 603. State-supported planning of forest management 
                            activities.
    <DELETED>TITLE VII--TRIBAL FORESTRY PARTICIPATION AND PROTECTION

<DELETED>Sec. 701. Protection of tribal forest assets through use of 
                            stewardship end result contracting and 
                            other authorities.
<DELETED>Sec. 702. Management of Indian forest land authorized to 
                            include related National Forest System 
                            lands and public lands.
<DELETED>Sec. 703. Tribal forest management demonstration project.
    <DELETED>TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS FOREST MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS

<DELETED>Sec. 801. Balancing short- and long-term effects of forest 
                            management activities in considering 
                            injunctive relief.
<DELETED>Sec. 802. Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning.
<DELETED>Sec. 803. Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens 
                            requirements on National Forest System 
                            lands.
<DELETED>Sec. 804. Use of site-specific forest plan amendments for 
                            certain projects and activities.
<DELETED>Sec. 805. Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications.
<DELETED>Sec. 806. Exclusion of certain National Forest System lands 
                            and public lands.
<DELETED>Sec. 807. Application of Northwest Forest Plan Survey and 
                            Manage Mitigation Measure Standard and 
                            Guidelines.
<DELETED>Sec. 808. Management of Bureau of Land Management lands in 
                            western Oregon.
<DELETED>Sec. 809. Bureau of Land Management resource management plans.
<DELETED>Sec. 810. Landscape-scale forest restoration project.
     <DELETED>TITLE IX--MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND

<DELETED>Sec. 901. Wildfire on Federal lands.
<DELETED>Sec. 902. Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on 
                            Federal lands.
<DELETED>Sec. 903. Prohibition on transfers.

<DELETED>SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In titles I through VIII:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Catastrophic event.--The term ``catastrophic 
        event'' means any natural disaster (such as hurricane, tornado, 
        windstorm, snow or ice storm, rain storm, high water, wind-
        driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, volcanic eruption, 
        landslide, mudslide, drought, or insect or disease outbreak) or 
        any fire, flood, or explosion, regardless of cause.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Categorical exclusion.--The term ``categorical 
        exclusion'' refers to an exception to the requirements of the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et 
        seq.) for a project or activity relating to the management of 
        National Forest System lands or public lands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Collaborative process.--The term 
        ``collaborative process'' refers to a process relating to the 
        management of National Forest System lands or public lands by 
        which a project or activity is developed and implemented by the 
        Secretary concerned through collaboration with interested 
        persons, as described in section 603(b)(1)(C) of the Healthy 
        Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
        6591b(b)(1)(C)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Community wildfire protection plan.--The term 
        ``community wildfire protection plan'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 101(3) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
        Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(3)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Coos bay wagon road grant lands.--The term 
        ``Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands'' means the lands reconveyed 
        to the United States pursuant to the first section of the Act 
        of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Forest management activity.--The term ``forest 
        management activity'' means a project or activity carried out 
        by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or 
        public lands in concert with the forest plan covering the 
        lands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Forest plan.--The term ``forest plan'' means--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a land use plan prepared by the Bureau 
                of Land Management for public lands pursuant to section 
                202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
                1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) a land and resource management plan 
                prepared by the Forest Service for a unit of the 
                National Forest System pursuant to section 6 of the 
                Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
                of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Large-scale catastrophic event.--The term 
        ``large-scale catastrophic event'' means a catastrophic event 
        that adversely impacts at least 5,000 acres of reasonably 
        contiguous National Forest System lands or public 
        lands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (9) National forest system.--The term ``National 
        Forest System'' has the meaning given that term in section 
        11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
        Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) Oregon and california railroad grant lands.--
        The term ``Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands'' means 
        the following lands:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) All lands in the State of Oregon 
                revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 
                1916 (39 Stat. 218), that are administered by the 
                Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
                Land Management, pursuant to the first section of the 
                Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) All lands in that State obtained by 
                the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the land 
                exchanges authorized and directed by section 2 of the 
                Act of June 24, 1954 (43 U.S.C. 1181h).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) All lands in that State acquired by 
                the United States at any time and made subject to the 
                provisions of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 
                (43 U.S.C. 1181f).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (11) Public lands.--The term ``public lands'' has 
        the meaning given that term in section 103(e) of the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)), 
        except that the term includes Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands 
        and Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (12) Reforestation activity.--The term 
        ``reforestation activity'' means a project or activity carried 
        out by the Secretary concerned whose primary purpose is the 
        reforestation of impacted lands following a large-scale 
        catastrophic event. The term includes planting, evaluating and 
        enhancing natural regeneration, clearing competing vegetation, 
        and other activities related to reestablishment of forest 
        species on the fire-impacted lands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (13) Resource advisory committee.--The term 
        ``resource advisory committee'' has the meaning given that term 
        in section 201(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
        Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121(3)).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (14) Salvage operation.--The term ``salvage 
        operation'' means a forest management activity undertaken in 
        response to a catastrophic event whose primary purpose--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is to prevent wildfire as a result of 
                the catastrophic event, or, if the catastrophic event 
                was wildfire, to prevent a re-burn of the fire-impacted 
                area;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) is to provide an opportunity for 
                utilization of forest materials damaged as a result of 
                the catastrophic event; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) is to provide a funding source for 
                reforestation and other restoration activities for the 
                National Forest System lands or public lands impacted 
                by the catastrophic event.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (15) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary 
        concerned'' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
                respect to National Forest System lands; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with 
                respect to public lands.</DELETED>

<DELETED>TITLE I--EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND AVAILABILITY OF 
         CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPEDITE FOREST MANAGEMENT 
                          ACTIVITIES</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 101. ANALYSIS OF ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES (ACTION VERSUS NO 
              ACTION) IN PROPOSED COLLABORATIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT 
              ACTIVITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Application to Certain Environmental Assessments and 
Environmental Impact Statements.--This section shall apply whenever the 
Secretary concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an 
environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102(2) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) for a 
forest management activity that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) is developed through a collaborative 
        process;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) is proposed by a resource advisory committee; 
        or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) is covered by a community wildfire protection 
        plan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Consideration of Alternatives.--In an environmental 
assessment or environmental impact statement described in subsection 
(a), the Secretary concerned shall study, develop, and describe only 
the following two alternatives:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The forest management activity, as proposed 
        pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection 
        (a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The alternative of no action.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Elements of Non-Action Alternative.--In the case of 
the alternative of no action, the Secretary concerned shall evaluate--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the effect of no action on--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) forest health;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) habitat diversity;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) wildfire potential; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) insect and disease potential; 
                and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the implications of a resulting decline in 
        forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or insect 
        or disease infestation, given fire and insect and disease 
        historic cycles, on--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) domestic water costs;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) wildlife habitat loss; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) other economic and social 
                factors.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 102. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO EXPEDITE CERTAIN CRITICAL 
              RESPONSE ACTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Availability of Categorical Exclusion.--A categorical 
exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry 
out a forest management activity on National Forest System lands or 
public lands when the primary purpose of the forest management activity 
is--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to address an insect or disease 
        infestation;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to reduce hazardous fuel loads;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) to protect a municipal water source;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) to maintain, enhance, or modify critical 
        habitat to protect it from catastrophic disturbances;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) to increase water yield; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) any combination of the purposes specified in 
        paragraphs (1) through (5).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Acreage Limitations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Except in the case of a forest 
        management activity described in paragraph (2), a forest 
        management activity covered by the categorical exclusion 
        granted by subsection (a) may not contain harvest units 
        exceeding a total of 5,000 acres.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Larger areas authorized.--A forest management 
        activity covered by the categorical exclusion granted by 
        subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total 
        of 15,000 acres if the forest management activity--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is developed through a collaborative 
                process;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) is proposed by a resource advisory 
                committee; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) is covered by a community wildfire 
                protection plan.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 103. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO EXPEDITE SALVAGE OPERATIONS 
              IN RESPONSE TO CATASTROPHIC EVENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Availability of Categorical Exclusion.--A categorical 
exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry 
out a salvage operation as part of the restoration of National Forest 
System lands or public lands following a catastrophic event.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Acreage Limitations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--A salvage operation covered by 
        the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not 
        contain harvest units exceeding a total of 5,000 
        acres.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Harvest area.--In addition to the limitation 
        imposed by paragraph (1), the harvest units covered by the 
        categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not exceed 
        one-third of the area impacted by the catastrophic 
        event.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Additional Requirements.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Road building.--A salvage operation covered by 
        the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not 
        include any new permanent roads. Temporary roads constructed as 
        part of the salvage operation shall be retired before the end 
        of the fifth fiscal year beginning after the completion of the 
        salvage operation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Stream buffers.--A salvage operation covered 
        by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) shall 
        comply with the standards and guidelines for stream buffers 
        contained in the applicable forest plan unless waived by the 
        Regional Forester, in the case of National Forest System lands, 
        or the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management, in the 
        case of public lands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Reforestation plan.--A reforestation plan 
        shall be developed under section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 
        (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), 
        as part of a salvage operation covered by the categorical 
        exclusion granted by subsection (a).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 104. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO MEET FOREST PLAN GOALS FOR 
              EARLY SUCCESSIONAL FORESTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Availability of Categorical Exclusion.--A categorical 
exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry 
out a forest management activity on National Forest System lands or 
public lands when the primary purpose of the forest management activity 
is to modify, improve, enhance, or create early successional forests 
for wildlife habitat improvement and other purposes, consistent with 
the applicable forest plan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Project Goals.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Secretary concerned shall design a forest management activity under 
this section to meet early successional forest goals in such a manner 
so as to maximize production and regeneration of priority species, as 
identified in the forest plan and consistent with the capability of the 
activity site.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Acreage Limitations.--A forest management activity 
covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not 
contain harvest units exceeding a total of 5,000 acres.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 105. CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION 
              AUTHORITY RELATED TO INSECT AND DISEASE 
              INFESTATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 603(c)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``Fire 
Regime Groups I, II, or III'' and inserting ``Fire Regime I, Fire 
Regime II, Fire Regime III, or Fire Regime IV''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 106. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO IMPROVE, RESTORE, AND 
              REDUCE THE RISK OF WILDFIRE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Availability of Categorical Exclusion.--A categorical 
exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to carry out a forest 
management activity described in subsection (c) on National Forest 
System Lands or public lands when the primary purpose of the activity 
is to improve, restore, or reduce the risk of wildfire on those 
lands.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Acreage Limitations.--A forest management activity 
covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not 
exceed 5,000 acres.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Authorized Activities.--The following activities may 
be carried out using a categorical exclusion granted by subsection 
(a):</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Removal of juniper trees, medusahead rye, 
        conifer trees, pinon pine trees, cheatgrass, and other noxious 
        or invasive weeds specified on Federal or State noxious weeds 
        lists through late-season livestock grazing, targeted livestock 
        grazing, prescribed burns, and mechanical treatments.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Performance of hazardous fuels 
        management.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Creation of fuel and fire breaks.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Modification of existing fences in order to 
        distribute livestock and help improve wildlife 
        habitat.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) Installation of erosion control 
        devices.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Construction of new and maintenance of 
        permanent infrastructure, including stock ponds, water 
        catchments, and water spring boxes used to benefit livestock 
        and improve wildlife habitat.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) Performance of soil treatments, native and 
        non-native seeding, and planting of and transplanting 
        sagebrush, grass, forb, shrub, and other species.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) Use of herbicides, so long as the Secretary 
        concerned determines that the activity is otherwise conducted 
        consistently with agency procedures, including any forest plan 
        applicable to the area covered by the activity.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Hazardous fuels management.--The term 
        ``hazardous fuels management'' means any vegetation management 
        activities that reduce the risk of wildfire.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Late-season grazing.--The term ``late-season 
        grazing'' means grazing activities that occur after both the 
        invasive species and native perennial species have completed 
        their current-year annual growth cycle until new plant growth 
        begins to appear in the following year.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Targeted livestock grazing.--The term 
        ``targeted livestock grazing'' means grazing used for purposes 
        of hazardous fuel reduction.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 107. COMPLIANCE WITH FOREST PLAN.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    A forest management activity covered by a categorical 
exclusion granted by this title shall be conducted in a manner 
consistent with the forest plan applicable to the National Forest 
System land or public lands covered by the forest management 
activity.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>TITLE II--SALVAGE AND REFORESTATION IN RESPONSE TO 
                     CATASTROPHIC EVENTS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 201. EXPEDITED SALVAGE OPERATIONS AND REFORESTATION 
              ACTIVITIES FOLLOWING LARGE-SCALE CATASTROPHIC 
              EVENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Expedited Environmental Assessment.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, any environmental assessment prepared by 
the Secretary concerned pursuant to section 102(2) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) for a salvage 
operation or reforestation activity proposed to be conducted on 
National Forest System lands or public lands adversely impacted by a 
large-scale catastrophic event shall be completed within 3 months after 
the conclusion of the catastrophic event.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Expedited Implementation and Completion.--In the case 
of reforestation activities conducted on National Forest System lands 
or public lands adversely impacted by a large-scale catastrophic event, 
the Secretary concerned shall achieve reforestation of at least 75 
percent of the impacted lands during the 5-year period following the 
conclusion of the catastrophic event.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Availability of Knutson-Vandenberg Funds.--Amounts in 
the special fund established pursuant to section 3 of the Act of June 
9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b) 
shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture for reforestation 
activities authorized by this title.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Timeline for Public Input Process.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in the case of a salvage operation or 
reforestation activity proposed to be conducted on National Forest 
System lands or public lands adversely impacted by a large-scale 
catastrophic event, the Secretary concerned shall allow 30 days for 
public scoping and comment, 15 days for filing an objection, and 15 
days for the agency response to the filing of an objection. Upon 
completion of this process and expiration of the period specified in 
subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall implement the project 
immediately.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 202. COMPLIANCE WITH FOREST PLAN.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    A salvage operation or reforestation activity authorized 
by this title shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the forest 
plan applicable to the National Forest System lands or public lands 
covered by the salvage operation or reforestation activity.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 203. PROHIBITION ON RESTRAINING ORDERS, PRELIMINARY 
              INJUNCTIONS, AND INJUNCTIONS PENDING APPEAL.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    No restraining order, preliminary injunction, or 
injunction pending appeal shall be issued by any court of the United 
States with respect to any decision to prepare or conduct a salvage 
operation or reforestation activity in response to a large-scale 
catastrophic event. Section 705 of title 5, United States Code, shall 
not apply to any challenge to the salvage operation or reforestation 
activity.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 204. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN LANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In applying this title, the Secretary concerned may not 
carry out salvage operations or reforestation activities on National 
Forest System lands or public lands--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) that are included in the National Wilderness 
        Preservation System;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) that are located within an inventoried 
        roadless area unless the reforestation activity is consistent 
        with the forest plan; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) on which timber harvesting for any purpose is 
        prohibited by statute.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>TITLE III--COLLABORATIVE PROJECT LITIGATION 
                         REQUIREMENT</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this title:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Costs.--The term ``costs'' refers to the fees 
        and costs described in section 1920 of title 28, United States 
        Code.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Expenses.--The term ``expenses'' includes the 
        expenditures incurred by the staff of the Secretary concerned 
        in preparing for and responding to a legal challenge to a 
        collaborative forest management activity and in participating 
        in litigation that challenges the forest management activity, 
        including such staff time as may be used to prepare the 
        administrative record, exhibits, declarations, and affidavits 
        in connection with the litigation.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 302. BOND REQUIREMENT AS PART OF LEGAL CHALLENGE OF 
              CERTAIN FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Bond Required.--In the case of a forest management 
activity developed through a collaborative process or proposed by a 
resource advisory committee, any plaintiff or plaintiffs challenging 
the forest management activity shall be required to post a bond or 
other security equal to the anticipated costs, expenses, and attorneys 
fees of the Secretary concerned as defendant, as reasonably estimated 
by the Secretary concerned. All proceedings in the action shall be 
stayed until the required bond or security is provided.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Recovery of Litigation Costs, Expenses, and Attorneys 
Fees.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Motion for payment.--If the Secretary 
        concerned prevails in an action challenging a forest management 
        activity described in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned 
        shall submit to the court a motion for payment, from the bond 
        or other security posted under subsection (a) in such action, 
        of the reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys fees incurred 
        by the Secretary concerned.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Maximum amount recovered.--The amount of 
        costs, expenses, and attorneys fees recovered by the Secretary 
        concerned under paragraph (1) as a result of prevailing in an 
        action challenging the forest management activity may not 
        exceed the amount of the bond or other security posted under 
        subsection (a) in such action.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Return of remainder.--Any funds remaining from 
        the bond or other security posted under subsection (a) after 
        the payment of costs, expenses, and attorneys fees under 
        paragraph (1) shall be returned to the plaintiff or plaintiffs 
        that posted the bond or security in the action.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Return of Bond to Prevailing Plaintiff.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--If the plaintiff ultimately 
        prevails on the merits in every action brought by the plaintiff 
        challenging a forest management activity described in 
        subsection (a), the court shall return to the plaintiff any 
        bond or security provided by the plaintiff under subsection 
        (a), plus interest from the date the bond or security was 
        provided.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Ultimately prevails on the merits.--In this 
        subsection, the phrase ``ultimately prevails on the merits'' 
        means, in a final enforceable judgment on the merits, a court 
        rules in favor of the plaintiff on every cause of action in 
        every action brought by the plaintiff challenging the forest 
        management activity.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Effect of Settlement.--If a challenge to a forest 
management activity described in subsection (a) for which a bond or 
other security was provided by the plaintiff under such subsection is 
resolved by settlement between the Secretary concerned and the 
plaintiff, the settlement agreement shall provide for sharing the 
costs, expenses, and attorneys fees incurred by the parties.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Limitation on Certain Payments.--Notwithstanding 
section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, no award may be made 
under section 2412 of title 28, United States Code, and no amounts may 
be obligated or expended from the Claims and Judgment Fund of the 
United States Treasury to pay any fees or other expenses under such 
sections to any plaintiff related to an action challenging a forest 
management activity described in subsection (a).</DELETED>

      <DELETED>TITLE IV--SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY SELF-
                 DETERMINATION ACT AMENDMENTS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 401. USE OF RESERVED FUNDS FOR TITLE II PROJECTS ON 
              FEDERAL LAND AND CERTAIN NON-FEDERAL LAND.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Repeal of Merchantable Timber Contracting Pilot 
Program.--Section 204(e) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7124(e)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (3).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Requirements for Project Funds.--Section 204 of the 
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 
U.S.C. 7124) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Requirements for Project Funds.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary concerned shall ensure that at least 50 percent of 
        the project funds reserved by a participating county under 
        section 102(d) shall be available only for projects that--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) include the sale of timber or other 
                forest products, reduce fire risks, or improve water 
                supplies; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) implement stewardship objectives 
                that enhance forest ecosystems or restore and improve 
                land health and water quality.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Applicability.--The requirement in paragraph 
        (1) shall apply only to project funds reserved by a 
        participating county whose boundaries include Federal land that 
        the Secretary concerned determines has been subject to a timber 
        or other forest products program within 5 fiscal years before 
        the fiscal year in which the funds are reserved.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 402. RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Recognition of Resource Advisory Committees.--Section 
205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``2012'' each 
place it appears and inserting ``2020''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Temporary Reduction in Composition of Committees.--
Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Each'' and 
        inserting ``Except during the period specified in paragraph 
        (6), each''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Temporary reduction in minimum number of 
        members.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Temporary reduction.--During the 
                period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
                paragraph and ending on September 30, 2020, a resource 
                advisory committee established under this section may 
                be comprised of nine or more members, of which--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) at least three shall be 
                        representative of interests described in 
                        subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2);</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) at least three shall be 
                        representative of interests described in 
                        subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) at least three shall be 
                        representative of interests described in 
                        subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Additional requirements.--In 
                appointing members of a resource advisory committee 
                from the three categories described in paragraph (2), 
                as provided in subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
                concerned shall ensure balanced and broad 
                representation in each category. In the case of a 
                vacancy on a resource advisory committee, the vacancy 
                shall be filled within 90 days after the date on which 
                the vacancy occurred. Appointments to a new resource 
                advisory committee shall be made within 90 days after 
                the date on which the decision to form the new resource 
                advisory committee was made.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Charter.--A charter for a resource 
                advisory committee with 15 members that was filed on or 
                before the date of the enactment of this paragraph 
                shall be considered to be filed for a resource advisory 
                committee described in this paragraph. The charter of a 
                resource advisory committee shall be reapproved before 
                the expiration of the existing charter of the resource 
                advisory committee. In the case of a new resource 
                advisory committee, the charter of the resource 
                advisory committee shall be approved within 90 days 
                after the date on which the decision to form the new 
                resource advisory committee was made.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Conforming Change to Project Approval Requirements.--
Section 205(e)(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(e)(3)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ``In the case of a resource 
advisory committee consisting of fewer than 15 members, as authorized 
by subsection (d)(6), a project may be proposed to the Secretary 
concerned upon approval by a majority of the members of the committee, 
including at least one member from each of the three categories 
described in subsection (d)(2).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Expanding Local Participation on Committees.--Section 
205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125(d)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the 
        period at the end the following: ``, consistent with the 
        requirements of paragraph (4)''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
        following new paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Geographic distribution.--The members of a 
        resource advisory committee shall reside within the county or 
        counties in which the committee has jurisdiction or an adjacent 
        county.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 403. PROGRAM FOR TITLE II SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE 
              ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROJECTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Self-Sustaining Resource Advisory Committee 
Projects.--Title II of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 209. PROGRAM FOR SELF-SUSTAINING RESOURCE ADVISORY 
              COMMITTEE PROJECTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) RAC Program.--The Chief of the Forest Service shall 
conduct a program (to be known as the `self-sustaining resource 
advisory committee program' or `RAC program') under which 10 resource 
advisory committees will propose projects authorized by subsection (c) 
to be carried out using project funds reserved by a participating 
county under section 102(d).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Selection of Participating Resource Advisory 
Committees.--The selection of resource advisory committees to 
participate in the RAC program is in the sole discretion of the Chief 
of the Forest Service, except that, consistent with section 205(d)(6), 
a selected resource advisory committee must have a minimum of six 
members.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Authorized Projects.--Notwithstanding the project 
purposes specified in sections 202(b), 203(c), and 204(a)(5), projects 
under the RAC program are intended to--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) accomplish forest management objectives or 
        support community development; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) generate receipts.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Deposit and Availability of Revenues.--Any revenue 
generated by a project conducted under the RAC program, including any 
interest accrued from the revenues, shall be--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) deposited in the special account in the 
        Treasury established under section 102(d)(2)(A); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) available, in such amounts as may be 
        provided in advance in appropriation Acts, for additional 
        projects under the RAC program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Termination of Authority.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--The authority to initiate a 
        project under the RAC program shall terminate on September 30, 
        2020.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Deposits in treasury.--Any funds available 
        for projects under the RAC program and not obligated by 
        September 30, 2021, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
        United States.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Exception to General Rule Regarding Treatment of 
Receipts.--Section 403(b) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7153(b)) is amended by 
striking ``All revenues'' and inserting ``Except as provided in section 
209, all revenues''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 404. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF RESERVED FUNDS FOR 
              TITLE III COUNTY PROJECTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 302(a) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7142(a)) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by inserting ``and law enforcement 
                patrols'' after ``including firefighting''; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
        (4); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
        new paragraph (3):</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) to cover training costs and equipment 
        purchases directly related to the emergency services described 
        in paragraph (2); and''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 405. TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Treatment as Supplemental Funding.--None of the 
funds made available to a beneficiary county or other political 
subdivision of a State under this Act shall be used in lieu of or to 
otherwise offset State funding sources for local schools, facilities, 
or educational purposes.''.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>TITLE V--STEWARDSHIP END RESULT CONTRACTING</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 501. CANCELLATION CEILINGS FOR STEWARDSHIP END RESULT 
              CONTRACTING PROJECTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Cancellation Ceilings.--Section 604 of the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
        subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the 
        following new subsection (h):</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(h) Cancellation Ceilings.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) In general.--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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Advance notice to congress of cancellation 
        ceiling in excess of $25 million.--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 million, but does not include proposed funding for the 
        costs of cancelling the agreement or contract up to such 
        cancellation ceiling, the Chief or the Director, as the case 
        may be, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
        Resources and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
        Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources 
        and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
        Representatives a written notice that includes--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the cancellation ceiling amounts 
                proposed for each program year in the agreement or 
                contract;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the reasons why such cancellation 
                ceiling amounts were selected;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the extent to which the costs of 
                contract cancellation are not included in the budget 
                for the agreement or contract; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) an assessment of the financial risk 
                of not including budgeting for the costs of agreement 
                or contract cancellation.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Transmittal of notice to omb.--Not later 
        than 14 days after the date on which written notice is provided 
        under paragraph (2) with respect to an agreement or contract 
        under subsection (b), the Chief or the Director, as the case 
        may be, shall transmit a copy of the notice to the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Relation to Other Laws.--Section 604(d)(5) of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)(5)) is 
amended by striking ``, the Chief may'' and inserting ``and section 
2(a)(1) of the Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly known as the Materials 
Act of 1947; 30 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)), the Chief and the Director 
may''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 502. EXCESS OFFSET VALUE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 604(g)(2) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(g)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) use the excess to satisfy any 
                outstanding liabilities for cancelled agreements or 
                contracts; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) if there are no outstanding 
                liabilities under subparagraph (A), apply the excess to 
                other authorized stewardship projects.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 503. PAYMENT OF PORTION OF STEWARDSHIP PROJECT REVENUES 
              TO COUNTY IN WHICH STEWARDSHIP PROJECT OCCURS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 604(e) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(e)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``subject to 
        paragraph (3)(A),'' before ``shall''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``services 
        received by the Chief or the Director'' and all that follows 
        through the period at the end and inserting the following: 
        ``services and in-kind resources received by the Chief or the 
        Director under a stewardship contract project conducted under 
        this section shall not be considered monies received from the 
        National Forest System or the public lands, but any payments 
        made by the contractor to the Chief or Director under the 
        project shall be considered monies received from the National 
        Forest System or the public lands.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 504. SUBMISSION OF EXISTING ANNUAL REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Subsection (j) of section 604 of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c), as redesignated by section 
501(a)(1), is amended by striking ``report to the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives'' and inserting ``submit to 
the congressional committees specified in subsection (h)(2) a 
report''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 505. FIRE LIABILITY PROVISION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 604(d) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) Modification.--Upon the request of the 
        contractor, a contract or agreement under this section awarded 
        before February 7, 2014, shall be modified by the Chief or 
        Director to include the fire liability provisions described in 
        paragraph (7).''.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>TITLE VI--ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT 
                          ACTIVITIES</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 601. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    In this title:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' 
        means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) a State or political subdivision of a 
                State containing National Forest System lands or public 
                lands;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) a publicly chartered utility serving 
                one or more States or a political subdivision 
                thereof;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) a rural electric company; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) any other entity determined by the 
                Secretary concerned to be appropriate for participation 
                in the Fund.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the State-
        Supported Forest Management Fund established by section 
        603.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 602. AVAILABILITY OF STEWARDSHIP PROJECT REVENUES AND 
              COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION FUND TO COVER 
              FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY PLANNING COSTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Availability of Stewardship Project Revenues.--Section 
604(e)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6591c(e)(2)(B)), as amended by section 503, is further amended by 
striking ``appropriation at the project site from which the monies are 
collected or at another project site.'' and inserting the following: 
``appropriation--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) at the project site from 
                        which the monies are collected or at another 
                        project site; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) to cover not more than 25 
                        percent of the cost of planning additional 
                        stewardship contracting projects.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Availability of Collaborative Forest Landscape 
Restoration Fund.--Section 4003(f)(1) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(f)(1)) is amended by striking 
``carrying out and'' and inserting ``planning, carrying out, 
and''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 603. STATE-SUPPORTED PLANNING OF FOREST MANAGEMENT 
              ACTIVITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) State-Supported Forest Management Fund.--There is 
established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as 
the ``State-Supported Forest Management Fund'', to cover the cost of 
planning (especially related to compliance with section 102(2) of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2))), 
carrying out, and monitoring certain forest management activities on 
National Forest System lands or public lands.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Contents.--The State-Supported Forest Management Fund 
shall consist of such amounts as may be--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) contributed by an eligible entity for deposit 
        in the Fund;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) appropriated to the Fund; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) generated by forest management activities 
        carried out using amounts in the Fund.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Geographical and Use Limitations.--In making a 
contribution under subsection (b)(1), an eligible entity may--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) specify the National Forest System lands or 
        public lands for which the contribution may be expended; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) limit the types of forest management 
        activities for which the contribution may be 
        expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Authorized Forest Management Activities.--In such 
amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the 
Secretary concerned may use the Fund to plan, carry out, and monitor a 
forest management activity that--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) is developed through a collaborative 
        process;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) is proposed by a resource advisory committee; 
        or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) is covered by a community wildfire protection 
        plan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Implementation Methods.--A forest management activity 
carried out using amounts in the Fund may be carried out using a 
contract or agreement under section 604 of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c), the good neighbor authority 
provided by section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 
2113a), a contract under section 14 of the National Forest Management 
Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), or other authority available to the 
Secretary concerned, but revenues generated by the forest management 
activity shall be used to reimburse the Fund for planning costs covered 
using amounts in the Fund.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Relation to Other Laws.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Revenue sharing.--Subject to subsection (e), 
        revenues generated by a forest management activity carried out 
        using amounts from the Fund shall be considered monies received 
        from the National Forest System.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Knutson-vanderberg act.--The Act of June 9, 
        1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vanderberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 
        576 et seq.), shall apply to any forest management activity 
        carried out using amounts in the Fund.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Termination of Fund.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Termination.--The Fund shall terminate 10 
        years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Effect of termination.--Upon the termination 
        of the Fund pursuant to paragraph (1) or pursuant to any other 
        provision of law, unobligated contributions remaining in the 
        Fund shall be returned to the eligible entity that made the 
        contribution.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>TITLE VII--TRIBAL FORESTRY PARTICIPATION AND 
                          PROTECTION</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 701. PROTECTION OF TRIBAL FOREST ASSETS THROUGH USE OF 
              STEWARDSHIP END RESULT CONTRACTING AND OTHER 
              AUTHORITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Prompt Consideration of Tribal Requests.--Section 2(b) 
of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a(b)) is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Not later than 
        120 days after the date on which an Indian tribe submits to the 
        Secretary'' and inserting ``In response to the submission by an 
        Indian tribe of''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Time periods for consideration.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Initial response.--Not later than 
                120 days after the date on which the Secretary receives 
                a tribal request under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
                shall provide an initial response to the Indian tribe 
                regarding--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) whether the request may meet 
                        the selection criteria described in subsection 
                        (c); and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the likelihood of the 
                        Secretary entering into an agreement or 
                        contract with the Indian tribe under paragraph 
                        (2) for activities described in paragraph 
                        (3).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Notice of denial.--Notice under 
                subsection (d) of the denial of a tribal request under 
                paragraph (1) shall be provided not later than 1 year 
                after the date on which the Secretary received the 
                request.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) Completion.--Not later than 2 years 
                after the date on which the Secretary receives a tribal 
                request under paragraph (1), other than a tribal 
                request denied under subsection (d), the Secretary 
                shall--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) complete all environmental 
                        reviews necessary in connection with the 
                        agreement or contract and proposed activities 
                        under the agreement or contract; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) enter into the agreement or 
                        contract with the Indian tribe under paragraph 
                        (2).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conforming and Technical Amendments.--Section 2 of the 
Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a) is amended--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsections (b)(1) and (f)(1), by striking 
        ``section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
        Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 2104 note; Public 
        Law 105-277) (as amended by section 323 of the Department of 
        the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (117 
        Stat. 275))'' and inserting ``section 604 of the Healthy 
        Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c)''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``subsection 
        (b)(1), the Secretary may'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) and 
        (4)(B) of subsection (b), the Secretary shall''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 702. MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN FOREST LAND AUTHORIZED TO 
              INCLUDE RELATED NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS AND PUBLIC 
              LANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 305 of the National Indian Forest Resources 
Management Act (25 U.S.C. 3104) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Inclusion of Certain National Forest System Land and 
Public Land.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Authority.--At the request of an Indian 
        tribe, the Secretary concerned may treat Federal forest land as 
        Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting 
        forest land management activities under this section if the 
        Federal forest land is located within, or mostly within, a 
        geographic area that presents a feature or involves 
        circumstances principally relevant to that Indian tribe, such 
        as Federal forest land ceded to the United States by treaty, 
        Federal forest land within the boundaries of a current or 
        former reservation, or Federal forest land adjudicated to be 
        tribal homelands.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Requirements.--As part of the agreement to 
        treat Federal forest land as Indian forest land under paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary concerned and the Indian tribe making the 
        request shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) provide for continued public access 
                applicable to the Federal forest land prior to the 
                agreement, except that the Secretary concerned may 
                limit or prohibit such access as needed;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) continue sharing revenue generated 
                by the Federal forest land with State and local 
                governments either--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) on the terms applicable to 
                        the Federal forest land prior to the agreement, 
                        including, where applicable, 25-percent 
                        payments or 50-percent payments; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) at the option of the Indian 
                        tribe, on terms agreed upon by the Indian 
                        tribe, the Secretary concerned, and State and 
                        county governments participating in a revenue 
                        sharing agreement for the Federal forest 
                        land;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) comply with applicable prohibitions 
                on the export of unprocessed logs harvested from the 
                Federal forest land;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) recognize all right-of-way 
                agreements in place on Federal forest land prior to 
                commencement of tribal management activities; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) ensure that all commercial timber 
                removed from the Federal forest land is sold on a 
                competitive bid basis.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Limitation.--Treating Federal forest land as 
        Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting 
        management activities pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be 
        construed to designate the Federal forest land as Indian forest 
        lands for any other purpose.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Federal forest land.--The term 
                `Federal forest land' means--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) National Forest System 
                        lands; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) public lands (as defined in 
                        section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and 
                        Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e))), 
                        including Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands 
                        reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the 
                        first section of the Act of February 26, 1919 
                        (40 Stat. 1179), and Oregon and California 
                        Railroad Grant lands.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Secretary concerned.--The term 
                `Secretary concerned' means--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) the Secretary of 
                        Agriculture, with respect to the Federal forest 
                        land referred to in subparagraph (A)(i); 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) the Secretary of the 
                        Interior, with respect to the Federal forest 
                        land referred to in subparagraph 
                        (A)(ii).''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 703. TRIBAL FOREST MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION 
              PROJECT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture may carry out demonstration projects by which federally 
recognized Indian tribes or tribal organizations may contract to 
perform administrative, management, and other functions of programs of 
the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a et seq.) 
through contracts entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).</DELETED>

         <DELETED>TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS FOREST MANAGEMENT 
                          PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 801. BALANCING SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF FOREST 
              MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES IN CONSIDERING INJUNCTIVE 
              RELIEF.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    As part of its weighing the equities while considering any 
request for an injunction that applies to any agency action as part of 
a forest management activity under titles I through VIII, the court 
reviewing the agency action shall balance the impact to the ecosystem 
likely affected by the forest management activity of--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the short- and long-term effects of 
        undertaking the agency action; against</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the short- and long-term effects of not 
        undertaking the action.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 802. CONDITIONS ON FOREST SERVICE ROAD 
              DECOMMISSIONING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Consultation With Affected County.--Whenever any 
Forest Service defined maintenance level one- or two-system road within 
a designated high fire prone area of a unit of the National Forest 
System is considered for decommissioning, the Forest Supervisor of that 
unit of the National Forest System shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) consult with the government of the county 
        containing the road regarding the merits and possible 
        consequences of decommissioning the road; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) solicit possible alternatives to 
        decommissioning the road.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Regional Forester Approval.--A Forest Service road 
described in subsection (a) may not be decommissioned without the 
advance approval of the Regional Forester.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 803. PROHIBITION ON APPLICATION OF EASTSIDE SCREENS 
              REQUIREMENTS ON NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may not apply to National Forest System lands 
any of the amendments to forest plans adopted in the Decision Notice 
for the Revised Continuation of Interim Management Direction 
Establishing Riparian, Ecosystem and Wildlife Standards for Timber 
Sales (commonly known as the Eastside Screens requirements), including 
all preceding or associated versions of these amendments.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 804. USE OF SITE-SPECIFIC FOREST PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR 
              CERTAIN PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    If the Secretary concerned determines that, in order to 
conduct a project or carry out an activity implementing a forest plan, 
an amendment to the forest plan is required, the Secretary concerned 
shall execute such amendment as a nonsignificant plan amendment through 
the record of decision or decision notice for the project or 
activity.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 805. KNUTSON-VANDENBERG ACT MODIFICATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Deposits of Funds From National Forest Timber 
Purchasers Required.--Section 3(a) of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly 
known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b(a)), is amended by 
striking ``The Secretary'' and all that follows through ``any 
purchaser'' and inserting the following: ``The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall require each purchaser''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Conditions on Use of Deposits.--Section 3 of the Act 
of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 
U.S.C. 576b), is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``Such deposits'' and inserting 
        the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a)'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
        (d); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by inserting before subsection (d), as so 
        redesignated, the following new subsection (c):</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c)(1) Amounts in the special fund established pursuant 
to this section--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(A) shall be used exclusively to implement 
        activities authorized by subsection (a); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(B) may be used anywhere within the Forest 
        Service Region from which the original deposits were 
        collected.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(2) The Secretary of Agriculture may not deduct overhead 
costs from the funds collected under subsection (a), except as needed 
to fund personnel of the responsible Ranger District for the planning 
and implementation of the activities authorized by subsection 
(a).''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 806. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS 
              AND PUBLIC LANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Unless specifically provided by a provision of titles I 
through VIII, the authorities provided by such titles do not apply with 
respect to any National Forest System lands or public lands--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) that are included in the National Wilderness 
        Preservation System;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) that are located within an inventoried 
        roadless area unless the forest management activity to be 
        carried out under such authority is consistent with the forest 
        plan applicable to the area; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) on which timber harvesting for any purpose is 
        prohibited by statute.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 807. APPLICATION OF NORTHWEST FOREST PLAN SURVEY AND 
              MANAGE MITIGATION MEASURE STANDARD AND 
              GUIDELINES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation 
Measure Standard and Guidelines shall not apply to any National Forest 
System lands or public lands.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 808. MANAGEMENT OF BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS IN 
              WESTERN OREGON.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) General Rule.--All of the public land managed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the Salem District, Eugene District, 
Roseburg District, Coos Bay District, Medford District, and the Klamath 
Resource Area of the Lakeview District in the State of Oregon shall 
hereafter be managed pursuant to title I of the of the Act of August 
28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a through 1181e). Except as provided in 
subsection (b), all of the revenue produced from such land shall be 
deposited in the Treasury of the United States in the Oregon and 
California land-grant fund and be subject to the provisions of title II 
of the Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Certain Lands Excluded.--Subsection (a) does not apply 
to any revenue that is required to be deposited in the Coos Bay Wagon 
Road grant fund pursuant to sections 1 through 4 of the Act of May 24, 
1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f-1 through f-4).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 809. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
              PLANS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Additional Analysis and Alternatives.--To develop a 
full range of reasonable alternatives as required by the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Secretary of the Interior shall 
develop and consider in detail a reference analysis and two additional 
alternatives as part of the revisions of the resource management plans 
for the Bureau of Land Management's Salem, Eugene, Coos Bay, Roseburg, 
and Medford Districts and the Klamath Resource Area of the Lakeview 
District.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Reference Analysis.--The reference analysis required 
by subsection (a) shall measure and assume the harvest of the annual 
growth net of natural mortality for all forested land in the planning 
area in order to determine the maximum sustained yield capacity of the 
forested land base and to establish a baseline by which the Secretary 
of the Interior shall measure incremental effects on the sustained 
yield capacity and environmental impacts from management prescriptions 
in all other alternatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Additional Alternatives.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Carbon sequestration alternative.--The 
        Secretary of the Interior shall develop and consider an 
        additional alternative with the goal of maximizing the total 
        carbon benefits from forest storage and wood product storage. 
        To the extent practicable, the analysis shall consider--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the future risks to forest carbon from 
                wildfires, insects, and disease;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the amount of carbon stored in 
                products or in landfills;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the life cycle benefits of harvested 
                wood products compared to non-renewable products; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) the energy produced from wood 
                residues.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Sustained yield alternative.--The Secretary of 
        the Interior shall develop and consider an additional 
        alternative that produces the greater of 500 million board feet 
        or the annual net growth on the acres classified as timberland, 
        excluding any congressionally reserved areas. The projected 
        harvest levels, as nearly as practicable, shall be distributed 
        among the Districts referred to in subsection (a) in the same 
        proportion as the maximum yield capacity of each such District 
        bears to maximum yield capacity of the planning area as a 
        whole.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Additional Analysis and Public Participation.--The 
Secretary of the Interior shall publish the reference analysis and 
additional alternatives and analyze their environmental and economic 
consequences in a supplemental draft environmental impact statement. 
The draft environmental impact statement and supplemental draft 
environmental impact statement shall be made available for public 
comment for a period of not less than 180 days. The Secretary shall 
respond to any comments received before making a final decision between 
all alternatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
affect the obligation of the Secretary of the Interior to manage the 
timberlands as required by the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874; 43 
U.S.C. 1181a-1181j).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 810. LANDSCAPE-SCALE FOREST RESTORATION 
              PROJECT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop and implement 
at least one landscape-scale forest restoration project that includes, 
as a defined purpose of the project, the generation of material that 
will be used to promote advanced wood products. The project shall be 
developed through a collaborative process.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>TITLE IX--MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL 
                             LAND</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 901. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``(2)'' and all that follows 
        through ``means'' and inserting the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Major disaster.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Major disaster.--The term `major 
                disaster' means''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Major disaster for wildfire on 
                federal lands.--The term `major disaster for wildfire 
                on Federal lands' means any wildfire or wildfires, 
                which in the determination of the President under 
                section 802 warrants assistance under section 803 to 
                supplement the efforts and resources of the Department 
                of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) on Federal lands; 
                        or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) on non-Federal lands 
                        pursuant to a fire protection agreement or 
                        cooperative agreement.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 902. DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON 
              FEDERAL LANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:</DELETED>

     <DELETED>``TITLE VIII--MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL 
                             LAND</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``As used in this title--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Federal land.--The term `Federal land' 
        means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) any land under the jurisdiction of 
                the Department of the Interior; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) any land under the jurisdiction of 
                the United States Forest Service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Federal land management agencies.--The term 
        `Federal land management agencies' means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the Bureau of Land 
                Management;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the National Park Service;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) the Bureau of Indian 
                Affairs;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife 
                Service; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) the United States Forest 
                Service.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Wildfire suppression operations.--The term 
        `wildfire suppression operations' means the emergency and 
        unpredictable aspects of wildland firefighting, including 
        support, response, emergency stabilization activities, and 
        other emergency management activities of wildland firefighting 
        on Federal lands (or on non-Federal lands pursuant to a fire 
        protection agreement or cooperative agreement) by the Federal 
        land management agencies covered by the wildfire suppression 
        subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management account or the 
        FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund account of the Federal 
        land management agencies.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 802. PROCEDURE FOR DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR 
              WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior or the 
Secretary of Agriculture may submit a request to the President 
consistent with the requirements of this title for a declaration by the 
President that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands 
exists.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Requirements.--A request for a declaration by the 
President that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands exists 
shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) be made in writing by the respective 
        Secretary;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) certify that the amount appropriated in the 
        current fiscal year for wildfire suppression operations of the 
        Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the 
        respective Secretary, net of any concurrently enacted 
        rescissions of wildfire suppression funds, increases the total 
        unobligated balance of amounts available for wildfire 
        suppression by an amount equal to or greater than the average 
        total costs incurred by the Federal land management agencies 
        per year for wildfire suppression operations, including the 
        suppression costs in excess of appropriated amounts, over the 
        previous ten fiscal years;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) certify that the amount available for 
        wildfire suppression operations of the Federal land management 
        agencies under the jurisdiction of the respective Secretary 
        will be obligated not later than 30 days after such Secretary 
        notifies the President that wildfire suppression funds will be 
        exhausted to fund ongoing and anticipated wildfire suppression 
        operations related to the wildfire on which the request for the 
        declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands 
        pursuant to this title is based; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) specify the amount required in the current 
        fiscal year to fund wildfire suppression operations related to 
        the wildfire on which the request for the declaration of a 
        major disaster for wildfire on Federal lands pursuant to this 
        title is based.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Declaration.--Based on the request of the respective 
Secretary under this title, the President may declare that a major 
disaster for wildfire on Federal lands exists.</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 803. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LANDS ASSISTANCE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--In a major disaster for wildfire on 
Federal lands, the President may transfer funds, only from the account 
established pursuant to subsection (b), to the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct wildfire 
suppression operations on Federal lands (and non-Federal lands pursuant 
to a fire protection agreement or cooperative agreement).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Wildfire Suppression Operations Account.--The 
President shall establish a specific account for the assistance 
available pursuant to a declaration under section 802. Such account may 
only be used to fund assistance pursuant to this title.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Limitation.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Limitation of transfer.--The assistance 
        available pursuant to a declaration under section 802 is 
        limited to the transfer of the amount requested pursuant to 
        section 802(b)(4). The assistance available for transfer shall 
        not exceed the amount contained in the wildfire suppression 
        operations account established pursuant to subsection 
        (b).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Transfer of funds.--Funds under this section 
        shall be transferred from the wildfire suppression operations 
        account to the wildfire suppression subactivity of the Wildland 
        Fire Management Account.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Prohibition of Other Transfers.--Except as provided 
in this section, no funds may be transferred to or from the account 
established pursuant to subsection (b) to or from any other fund or 
account.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Reimbursement for Wildfire Suppression Operations on 
Non-Federal Land.--If amounts transferred under subsection (c) are used 
to conduct wildfire suppression operations on non-Federal land, the 
respective Secretary shall--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) secure reimbursement for the cost of such 
        wildfire suppression operations conducted on the non-Federal 
        land; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) transfer the amounts received as 
        reimbursement to the wildfire suppression operations account 
        established pursuant to subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(f) Annual Accounting and Reporting Requirements.--Not 
later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year for which 
assistance is received pursuant to this section, the respective 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Agriculture, 
Appropriations, the Budget, Natural Resources, and Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Appropriations, the Budget, 
Energy and Natural Resources, Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, and Indian Affairs of the Senate, and make available to the 
public, a report that includes the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) The risk-based factors that influenced 
        management decisions regarding wildfire suppression operations 
        of the Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction 
        of the Secretary concerned.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Specific discussion of a statistically 
        significant sample of large fires, in which each fire is 
        analyzed for cost drivers, effectiveness of risk management 
        techniques, resulting positive or negative impacts of fire on 
        the landscape, impact of investments in preparedness, suggested 
        corrective actions, and such other factors as the respective 
        Secretary considers appropriate.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Total expenditures for wildfire suppression 
        operations of the Federal land management agencies under the 
        jurisdiction of the respective Secretary, broken out by fire 
        sizes, cost, regional location, and such other factors as the 
        such Secretary considers appropriate.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Lessons learned.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Such other matters as the respective 
        Secretary considers appropriate.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this title shall 
limit the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
Indian tribe, or a State from receiving assistance through a 
declaration made by the President under this Act when the criteria for 
such declaration have been met.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 903. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    No funds may be transferred to or from the Federal land 
management agencies' wildfire suppression operations accounts referred 
to in section 801(3) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to or from any account or subactivity of the 
Federal land management agencies, as defined in section 801(2) of such 
Act, that is not used to cover the cost of wildfire suppression 
operations.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Wildfire 
and Forest Management Act of 2016''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.

          TITLE I--MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND

Sec. 101. Wildfire on Federal land.
Sec. 102. Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land.
Sec. 103. Prohibition on transfers.

    TITLE II--EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND AVAILABILITY OF 
    CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPEDITE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

Sec. 201. Analysis of only 2 alternatives in proposed collaborative 
                            forest management activities.
Sec. 202. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response 
                            actions.
Sec. 203. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in 
                            response to catastrophic events.
Sec. 204. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early 
                            successional forests.
Sec. 205. Categorical exclusion to improve, restore, and reduce the 
                            risk of wildfire.
Sec. 206. Consideration of resource conditions for extraordinary 
                            circumstances.
Sec. 207. Compliance with forest plan.
Sec. 208. Roads.
Sec. 209. Exclusions.

        TITLE III--TRIBAL FORESTRY PARTICIPATION AND PROTECTION

Sec. 301. Protection of tribal forest assets.
Sec. 302. Management of Indian forest land authorized to include 
                            related National Forest System land and 
                            public land.
Sec. 303. Tribal forest management demonstration project.

          TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

Sec. 401. Definition of Secretary.
Sec. 402. State-supported planning of forest management activities.
Sec. 403. Balancing of impacts in considering injunctive relief.
Sec. 404. State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program.
Sec. 405. Pilot arbitration program.
Sec. 406. National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration 
                            pilot program.
Sec. 407. Tennessee Wilderness.
Sec. 408. Additional authority for sale or exchange of small parcels of 
                            National Forest System land.
Sec. 409. Extension of authorization for conveyance of Forest Service 
                            administrative sites.
Sec. 410. Prescribed burn approval.
Sec. 411. North Carolina wilderness study areas.

           TITLE V--KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEYANCE

Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Finding.
Sec. 503. Definitions.
Sec. 504. Authorization of conveyances.
Sec. 505. Proceeds from the sale of land.
Sec. 506. Administration.

     TITLE VI--CHATTAHOOCHEE-OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST LAND ADJUSTMENT

Sec. 601. Short title.
Sec. 602. Findings.
Sec. 603. Definition of Secretary.
Sec. 604. Land conveyance authority.
Sec. 605. Treatment of proceeds.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Catastrophic event.--The term ``catastrophic event'' 
        means any natural disaster (such as a hurricane, tornado, 
        windstorm, snow or ice storm, rain storm, high water, wind-
        driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, volcanic eruption, 
        landslide, mudslide, drought, or insect or disease outbreak) or 
        any fire, flood, or explosion, regardless of cause.
            (2) Categorical exclusion.--The term ``categorical 
        exclusion'' means an exclusion from further analysis and 
        documentation in an environmental assessment or an 
        environmental impact statement under the National Environmental 
        Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) for a project or 
        activity relating to the management of National Forest System 
        land or public land.
            (3) Collaborative process.--The term ``collaborative 
        process'' means a process relating to the management of 
        National Forest System land or public land under which a 
        project or activity is developed and implemented--
                    (A) by the Secretary concerned through 
                collaboration with interested persons, as described in 
                section 603(b)(1)(C) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
                Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(b)(1)(C)); or
                    (B) through a collaborative process under the 
                Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, as 
                described in section 4003(b)(2) of the Omnibus Public 
                Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(b)(2)).
            (4) Community wildfire protection plan.--The term 
        ``community wildfire protection plan'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
        of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511).
            (5) Forest management activity.--The term ``forest 
        management activity'' means a project or activity carried out 
        by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System land or 
        public land that is consistent with an applicable forest plan.
            (6) Forest plan.--The term ``forest plan'' means, as 
        applicable--
                    (A) a resource management plan prepared by the 
                Bureau of Land Management for public land pursuant to 
                section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
                Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); or
                    (B) a land management plan prepared by the Forest 
                Service for a unit of the National Forest System 
                pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland 
                Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
                1604).
            (7) National forest system.--The term ``National Forest 
        System'' has the meaning given that term in section 11(a) of 
        the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
        1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
            (8) Public land.--The term ``public land'' has the meaning 
        given the term ``public lands'' in section 103 of the Federal 
        Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702).
            (9) Resource advisory committee.--The term ``resource 
        advisory committee'' means--
                    (A) a resource advisory committee established under 
                section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
                Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125); or
                    (B) an advisory committee determined by the 
                Secretary concerned to satisfy the requirements of 
                section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
                Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125).
            (10) Salvage operation.--The term ``salvage operation'' 
        means a forest management activity carried out in response to a 
        catastrophic event, the primary purpose of which is--
                    (A)(i) to prevent wildfire as a result of the 
                catastrophic event; or
                    (ii) if the catastrophic event is a wildfire, to 
                prevent a reburn of the fire-impacted area;
                    (B) to provide an opportunity for use of any forest 
                material damaged as a result of the catastrophic event; 
                or
                    (C) to provide a funding source for reforestation 
                or other restoration activities for National Forest 
                System land or public land impacted by the catastrophic 
                event.
            (11) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.
            (12) Secretary concerned.--The term ``Secretary concerned'' 
        means--
                    (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to 
                National Forest System land; and
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to 
                public land.

          TITLE I--MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND

SEC. 101. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND.

    (a) In General.--Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (12) as 
        paragraphs (4) through (13), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Major disaster for wildfire on federal land.--The 
        term `major disaster for wildfire on Federal land' means any 
        wildfire or wildfires that in the determination of the 
        President in accordance with section 802 warrants assistance 
        under section 803 to supplement the efforts and resources of 
        the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture--
                    ``(A) on Federal land; or
                    ``(B) on non-Federal land in accordance with a fire 
                protection agreement or cooperative agreement.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 251(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
901(b)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended by striking ``section 102(2) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(2))'' and inserting ``paragraph (2) or (3) of section 102 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5122)''.

SEC. 102. DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND.

    The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

       ``TITLE VIII--MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND

``SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this title:
            ``(1) Federal land.--The term `Federal land' means--
                    ``(A) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
                Secretary of the Interior; and
                    ``(B) any land under the jurisdiction of the 
                Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of 
                the Forest Service.
            ``(2) Federal land management agencies.--The term `Federal 
        land management agencies' means--
                    ``(A) the Bureau of Land Management;
                    ``(B) the National Park Service;
                    ``(C) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
                    ``(D) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; 
                and
                    ``(E) the Forest Service.
            ``(3) Wildfire suppression operations.--The term `wildfire 
        suppression operations' means the emergency and unpredictable 
        aspects of wildland firefighting, including support, response, 
        emergency stabilization activities, and other emergency 
        management activities of wildland firefighting on Federal land, 
        or on non-Federal land in accordance with a fire protection 
        agreement or cooperative agreement, by the Federal land 
        management agencies covered by--
                    ``(A) the wildfire suppression subactivity of the 
                Wildland Fire Management account of the Federal land 
                management agencies; or
                    ``(B) the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund 
                account of the Federal land management agencies.

``SEC. 802. PROCEDURE FOR DECLARATION OF A MAJOR DISASTER FOR WILDFIRE 
              ON FEDERAL LAND.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Agriculture may submit a request to the President in accordance with 
the requirements of this title for a declaration by the President that 
a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land exists.
    ``(b) Requirements.--A request for a declaration by the President 
that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land exists shall--
            ``(1) be made in writing by the appropriate Secretary;
            ``(2) certify that the amount made available for the 
        current fiscal year for wildfire suppression operations of the 
        Federal land management agencies under the jurisdiction of the 
        appropriate Secretary, net of any concurrently enacted 
        rescissions of wildfire suppression funds, increases the total 
        unobligated balance of the amount available for wildfire 
        suppression by an amount not less than the average total cost 
        incurred by the Federal land management agencies per year for 
        wildfire suppression operations, including the suppression 
        costs in excess of amounts made available, during the previous 
        10 fiscal years;
            ``(3) certify that the amount available for wildfire 
        suppression operations of the Federal land management agencies 
        under the jurisdiction of the appropriate Secretary will be 
        obligated not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
        Secretary notifies the President that amounts for wildfire 
        suppression will be exhausted to fund ongoing and anticipated 
        wildfire suppression operations relating to the wildfire on 
        which the request is based; and
            ``(4) specify the amount required for the fiscal year 
        during which the request is made to fund wildfire suppression 
        operations relating to the wildfire on which the request is 
        based.
    ``(c) Declaration.--Based on the request of the appropriate 
Secretary in accordance with this title, the President may declare that 
a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land exists.

``SEC. 803. WILDFIRE ON FEDERAL LAND ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--During a period for which the President has 
declared that a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land exists in 
accordance with this title, the President may transfer funds only from 
the account established in accordance with subsection (b) to the 
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct 
wildfire suppression operations on--
            ``(1) Federal land; and
            ``(2) non-Federal land in accordance with a fire protection 
        agreement or cooperative agreement.
    ``(b) Wildfire Suppression Operations Account.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall establish a specific 
        account, to be known as the `wildfire suppression operations 
        account', for amounts that may be provided to the appropriate 
        Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression operations in 
        accordance with this title.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The account established in accordance 
        with paragraph (1) may only be used to provide amounts to the 
        appropriate Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression 
        operations in accordance with this title.
    ``(c) Limitation.--
            ``(1) Limitation of transfer.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The amounts available to the 
                appropriate Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression 
                operations in accordance with this title are limited to 
                the amount requested in accordance with section 
                802(b)(4).
                    ``(B) Wildfires suppression operations account.--
                Amounts available for transfer to the appropriate 
                Secretary to conduct wildfire suppression operations in 
                accordance with this title shall not exceed the amount 
                contained in the wildfire suppression operations 
                account.
            ``(2) Transfer of funds.--A transfer under subsection (a) 
        shall be made by the transfer of amounts from the wildfire 
        suppression operations account to the wildfire suppression 
        subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management Account.
    ``(d) Prohibition of Other Transfers.--Except as provided in this 
section, no amounts may be transferred to or from the wildfire 
suppression operations account to or from any other fund or account.
    ``(e) Reimbursement for Wildfire Suppression Operations on Non-
Federal Land.--If amounts transferred to the appropriate Secretary to 
conduct wildfire suppression operations in accordance with this title 
are used to conduct wildfire suppression operations on non-Federal 
land, the appropriate Secretary shall--
            ``(1) secure reimbursement for the cost of the wildfire 
        suppression operations conducted on the non-Federal land; and
            ``(2) transfer the amounts received under paragraph (1) to 
        the wildfire suppression operations account.
    ``(f) Annual Accounting and Reporting Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the last 
        day of each fiscal year for which the Secretary of the Interior 
        or the Secretary of Agriculture receives amounts to conduct 
        wildfire suppression operations in accordance with this title, 
        the appropriate Secretary shall submit to the committees 
        described in paragraph (2), and make available to the public, a 
        report that describes the following:
                    ``(A) The risk-based factors that influenced 
                management decisions regarding wildfire suppression 
                operations of the Federal land management agencies 
                under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
                    ``(B) Specific discussion of a statistically 
                significant sample of large fires, in which each fire 
                is analyzed for--
                            ``(i) cost drivers;
                            ``(ii) the effectiveness of risk management 
                        techniques;
                            ``(iii) resulting positive or negative 
                        impacts of fire on the landscape;
                            ``(iv) the impact of any investments in 
                        preparedness;
                            ``(v) suggested corrective actions; and
                            ``(vi) such other factors as the Secretary 
                        considers appropriate.
                    ``(C) Total expenditures for wildfire suppression 
                operations of the Federal land management agencies 
                under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, including a 
                description of expenditures by--
                            ``(i) fire size;
                            ``(ii) cost;
                            ``(iii) regional location; and
                            ``(iv) such other factors as the Secretary 
                        considers appropriate.
                    ``(D) Lessons learned.
                    ``(E) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
                appropriate.
            ``(2) Committees described.--The committees referred to in 
        paragraph (1) are--
                    ``(A) of the Senate--
                            ``(i) the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry;
                            ``(ii) the Committee on Appropriations;
                            ``(iii) the Committee on the Budget;
                            ``(iv) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                        Resources;
                            ``(v) the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs; and
                            ``(vi) the Committee on Indian Affairs; and
                    ``(B) of the House of Representatives--
                            ``(i) the Committee on Agriculture;
                            ``(ii) the Committee on Appropriations;
                            ``(iii) the Committee on the Budget;
                            ``(iv) the Committee on Natural Resources; 
                        and
                            ``(v) the Committee on Transportation and 
                        Infrastructure.
    ``(g) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this title limits the ability 
of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, an 
Indian tribe, or a State to receive assistance through a declaration 
made by the President under this Act if the criteria for that 
declaration have been satisfied.''.

SEC. 103. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS.

    No amounts may be transferred to or from the wildfire suppression 
subactivity of the Wildland Fire Management account or the FLAME 
Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund account of the Federal land 
management agencies (as defined in section 801 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (as added by 
section 102)) to or from any other account or subactivity of those 
Federal land management agencies that is not used to cover the cost of 
wildfire suppression operations.

    TITLE II--EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND AVAILABILITY OF 
    CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPEDITE FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

SEC. 201. ANALYSIS OF ONLY 2 ALTERNATIVES IN PROPOSED COLLABORATIVE 
              FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--This section shall apply whenever the Secretary 
concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an environmental 
impact statement pursuant to section 102(2) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)) for a forest 
management activity--
            (1) that is--
                    (A) developed through a collaborative process; or
                    (B) covered by a community wildfire protection 
                plan; and
            (2) the primary purpose of which is--
                    (A) the reduction of hazardous fuels;
                    (B) the reduction of fuel connectivity through the 
                installation of fuel and fire breaks;
                    (C) the restoration of forest health and 
                resilience;
                    (D) the protection of a municipal water supply 
                system (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy 
                Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511)); or
                    (E) a combination of 2 or more purposes described 
                in subparagraphs (A) through (D).
    (b) Consideration of Alternatives.--In an environmental assessment 
or environmental impact statement described in subsection (a), the 
Secretary concerned shall study, develop, and describe only the 
following 2 alternatives:
            (1) The forest management activity, as proposed pursuant to 
        subsection (a).
            (2) The alternative of no action.
    (c) Elements of No Action Alternative.--In the case of the 
alternative of no action, the Secretary concerned shall evaluate--
            (1) the effect of no action on--
                    (A) forest health;
                    (B) habitat diversity;
                    (C) wildfire potential;
                    (D) insect and disease potential; and
                    (E) other economic and social factors; and
            (2) the implications of a resulting decline, if any, in 
        forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or insect 
        or disease infestation, given fire and insect and disease 
        historic cycles, on--
                    (A) domestic water costs;
                    (B) wildlife habitat loss; and
                    (C) other economic and social factors.

SEC. 202. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO EXPEDITE CERTAIN CRITICAL RESPONSE 
              ACTIONS.

    (a) In General.--A categorical exclusion is available to the 
Secretary concerned to propose a forest management activity on National 
Forest System land or public land in any case in which--
            (1) the forest management activity is developed and 
        implemented through a collaborative process; and
            (2) the primary purpose of the forest management activity 
        is--
                    (A) to address an insect or disease infestation;
                    (B) to reduce hazardous fuels;
                    (C) to protect a municipal water supply system (as 
                defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests 
                Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511));
                    (D) to maintain, enhance, or modify critical 
                habitat to protect the critical habitat from 
                catastrophic events;
                    (E) to increase water yield; or
                    (F) any combination of the purposes specified in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (E).
    (b) Limitation.--A forest management activity covered by the 
categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) may not contain 
harvest units exceeding a total of 3,000 acres.
    (c) Requirements.--A forest management activity covered by the 
categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) shall be--
            (1) based on the best available scientific information; and
            (2) subject to section 206.

SEC. 203. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO EXPEDITE SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN 
              RESPONSE TO CATASTROPHIC EVENTS.

    (a) In General.--A categorical exclusion is available to the 
Secretary concerned to develop and carry out a salvage operation as 
part of the restoration of National Forest System land or public land 
following a catastrophic event.
    (b) Acreage Limitations.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a salvage 
        operation covered by the categorical exclusion described in 
        subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total 
        of 3,000 acres.
            (2) Harvest area.--The harvest units covered by the 
        categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) may not 
        exceed \1/3\ of the area impacted by the catastrophic event.
    (c) Requirement.--A salvage operation covered by the categorical 
exclusion described in subsection (a) shall be subject to section 206.

SEC. 204. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO MEET FOREST PLAN GOALS FOR EARLY 
              SUCCESSIONAL FORESTS.

    (a) In General.--A categorical exclusion is available to the 
Secretary concerned to develop and carry out a forest management 
activity on National Forest System land or public land--
            (1) in any case in which the forest management activity is 
        developed and implemented through a collaborative process; and
            (2) when the primary purpose of the forest management 
        activity is to modify, improve, enhance, or create early 
        successional forests for wildlife habitat improvement and other 
        purposes, consistent with the applicable forest plan.
    (b) Project Goals.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Secretary concerned shall design a forest management activity under 
this section to meet early successional forest goals in such a manner 
so as to maximize production and regeneration of priority species, as 
identified in the forest plan and consistent with the capability of the 
activity site.
    (c) Limitation.--A forest management activity covered by the 
categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) may not contain 
harvest units exceeding a total of 3,000 acres.
    (d) Requirements.--A forest management activity covered by the 
categorical exclusion described in subsection (a) shall be--
            (1) based on the best available scientific information; and
            (2) subject to section 206.

SEC. 205. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION TO IMPROVE, RESTORE, AND REDUCE THE 
              RISK OF WILDFIRE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Hazardous fuels management.--The term ``hazardous fuels 
        management'' means any vegetation management activities that 
        reduce the risk of wildfire.
            (2) Late-season grazing.--The term ``late-season grazing'' 
        means grazing activities that occur during the period--
                    (A) beginning when both the invasive species and 
                native perennial species have completed the current-
                year annual growth cycle of the species; and
                    (B) ending when new plant growth begins to appear 
                in the following year.
            (3) Targeted livestock grazing.--The term ``targeted 
        livestock grazing'' means grazing used for purposes of 
        hazardous fuel reduction.
    (b) Availability of Categorical Exclusion.--A categorical exclusion 
is available to the Secretary concerned to carry out a forest 
management activity described in subsection (d) on National Forest 
System Land or public land--
            (1) in any case in which the forest management activity is 
        developed and implemented through a collaborative process; and
            (2) when the primary purpose of the activity on that 
        National Forest System land or public land is--
                    (A) to improve forest health;
                    (B) to restore forest health;
                    (C) to reduce the risk of wildfire; or
                    (D) to achieve State wildlife population goals.
    (c) Acreage Limitations Requirements.--A forest management activity 
covered by the categorical exclusion described in subsection (b)--
            (1) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 
        3,000 acres; and
            (2) shall be based on the best available scientific 
        information.
    (d) Authorized Activities.--The following activities may be carried 
out using a categorical exclusion described in subsection (b):
            (1) Removal of juniper trees, medusahead rye, conifer 
        trees, pinon pine trees, cheatgrass, and other noxious or 
        invasive weeds specified on Federal or State noxious weeds 
        lists through late-season livestock grazing, targeted livestock 
        grazing, prescribed burns, and mechanical treatments.
            (2) Performance of hazardous fuels management.
            (3) Creation of fuel and fire breaks.
            (4) Modification of existing fences so as to distribute 
        livestock and help improve wildlife habitat.
            (5) Installation of erosion control devices.
            (6) Construction of new and maintenance of permanent 
        infrastructure, including stock ponds, water catchments, and 
        water spring boxes used to benefit livestock and improve 
        wildlife habitat.
            (7) Performance of soil treatments, native and nonnative 
        seeding, and planting of and transplanting sagebrush, grass, 
        forb, shrub, and other species.
            (8) Use of herbicides, if the Secretary concerned 
        determines that the activity is otherwise conducted 
        consistently with agency procedures, including any forest plan 
        applicable to the area covered by the activity.
    (e) Requirement.--A forest management activity covered by the 
categorical exclusion described in subsection (b) shall be subject to 
section 206.

SEC. 206. CONSIDERATION OF RESOURCE CONDITIONS FOR EXTRAORDINARY 
              CIRCUMSTANCES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Beneficial effect.--The term ``beneficial effect'' 
        means long-term--
                    (A) improvement in ecological or hydrological 
                function and health;
                    (B) improvement in forest health;
                    (C) reduction in the risk of catastrophic fire; or
                    (D) protection of watersheds.
            (2) Categorically excluded.--The term ``categorically 
        excluded'' means categorically excluded from further analysis 
        and documentation in an environmental assessment or an 
        environmental impact statement under the National Environmental 
        Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
    (b) Extraordinary Circumstances.--Except as provided in subsection 
(c), the extraordinary circumstances procedures under section 220.6 of 
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation), 
shall apply to a proposal for--
            (1) a forest management activity that is categorically 
        excluded under this title; or
            (2) a project that is categorically excluded under section 
        603(a)(1) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2013 (16 
        U.S.C. 6591b(a)(1)).
    (c) Consideration of Beneficial Effects.--
            (1) In general.--In determining whether extraordinary 
        circumstances preclude a proposal for a forest management 
        activity or project described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
        subsection (b) from being categorically excluded, the Secretary 
        shall consider the beneficial effect of the proposed forest 
        management activity or project on sensitive species.
            (2) Reasonable beneficial effect.--The Secretary shall not 
        determine that extraordinary circumstances preclude a proposal 
        for a forest management activity or project described in 
        paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) from being categorically 
        excluded if, after consideration under paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary determines that there is a reasonable beneficial 
        effect or reasonably forseeable beneficial effect of the 
        proposed forest management activity or project on sensitive 
        species.
            (3) Effect of uncertainty.--Uncertainty with respect to the 
        degree of a beneficial effect under paragraph (1) or (2) shall 
        not preclude the use of a categorical exclusion.

SEC. 207. COMPLIANCE WITH FOREST PLAN.

    A forest management activity covered by a categorical exclusion 
described in this title shall be conducted in a manner consistent with 
the forest plan applicable to the National Forest System land or public 
land covered by the forest management activity.

SEC. 208. ROADS.

    (a) Permanent Roads.--A forest management activity carried out 
under this title shall not include the construction of new permanent 
roads.
    (b) Existing Roads.--The Secretary concerned may carry out 
necessary maintenance of, repairs to, or reconstruction of an existing 
permanent road for the purposes of this title.
    (c) Temporary Roads.--The Secretary concerned shall decommission 
any temporary road constructed under this title not later than 3 years 
after the date on which the project is completed.

SEC. 209. EXCLUSIONS.

    This title does not apply to--
            (1) a component of the National Wilderness Preservation 
        System;
            (2) any Federal land on which, by Act of Congress, the 
        removal of vegetation is prohibited;
            (3) a congressionally designated wilderness study area; or
            (4) an area in which the activities authorized under this 
        title would be inconsistent with the applicable resource 
        management plan.

        TITLE III--TRIBAL FORESTRY PARTICIPATION AND PROTECTION

SEC. 301. PROTECTION OF TRIBAL FOREST ASSETS.

    (a) Prompt Consideration of Tribal Requests.--Section 2(b) of the 
Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Not later than 120 days 
        after the date on which an Indian tribe submits to the 
        Secretary'' and inserting ``In response to the submission by an 
        Indian tribe to the Secretary of''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Time periods for consideration.--
                    ``(A) Initial response.--Not later than 120 days 
                after the date on which the Secretary receives a tribal 
                request under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
                provide an initial response to the Indian tribe 
                regarding--
                            ``(i) whether the request may meet the 
                        selection criteria described in subsection (c); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the likelihood of the Secretary 
                        entering into an agreement or contract with the 
                        Indian tribe under paragraph (2) for activities 
                        described in paragraph (3).
                    ``(B) Notice of denial.--A notice under subsection 
                (d) of the denial of a tribal request under paragraph 
                (1) shall be provided to the Indian tribe by not later 
                than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary 
                receives the request.
                    ``(C) Completion.--Not later than 2 years after the 
                date on which the Secretary receives a tribal request 
                under paragraph (1) (other than a tribal request denied 
                under subsection (d)) the Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) complete all environmental reviews 
                        necessary in connection with the agreement or 
                        contract and proposed activities under the 
                        agreement or contract; and
                            ``(ii) enter into the agreement or contract 
                        with the Indian tribe under paragraph (2).''.
    (b) Conforming and Technical Amendments.--Section 2 of the Tribal 
Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a) is amended--
            (1) in subsections (b)(1) and (f)(1), by striking ``section 
        347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 2104 note; Public Law 105-
        277) (as amended by section 323 of the Department of the 
        Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (117 
        Stat. 275))'' each place it appears and inserting ``section 604 
        of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
        6591c)''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``subsection (b)(1), the Secretary may'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (4)(B) of subsection (b), the 
        Secretary shall''.

SEC. 302. MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN FOREST LAND AUTHORIZED TO INCLUDE 
              RELATED NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND AND PUBLIC LAND.

    Section 305 of the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act 
(25 U.S.C. 3104) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Inclusion of Certain National Forest System Land and Public 
Land.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Federal forest land.--The term `Federal 
                forest land' means--
                            ``(i) National Forest System land; and
                            ``(ii) public lands (as defined in section 
                        103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
                        Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)), including--
                                    ``(I) Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant 
                                land reconveyed to the United States 
                                pursuant to the first section of the 
                                Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 
                                1179, chapter 47); and
                                    ``(II) Oregon and California 
                                Railroad Grant land.
                    ``(B) Secretary concerned.--The term `Secretary 
                concerned' means--
                            ``(i) the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
                        respect to the Federal forest land described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(i); and
                            ``(ii) the Secretary of the Interior, with 
                        respect to the Federal forest land described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii).
            ``(2) Authority.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On request of an Indian tribe, 
                the Secretary concerned may treat Federal forest land 
                described in subparagraph (B) as Indian forest land for 
                purposes of planning and conducting forest land 
                management activities under this section.
                    ``(B) Federal forest land described.--Federal 
                forest land referred to in subparagraph (A) is Federal 
                forest land that is located within, or mostly within, a 
                geographic area that presents a feature or involves 
                circumstances principally relevant to the Indian tribe 
                making the request, including Federal forest land--
                            ``(i) ceded to the United States by treaty;
                            ``(ii) located within the boundaries of a 
                        current or former Indian reservation; or
                            ``(iii) adjudicated to be tribal homeland.
            ``(3) Requirements.--As part of an agreement to treat 
        Federal forest land as Indian forest land under paragraph (2), 
        the Secretary concerned and the Indian tribe making the request 
        shall--
                    ``(A) provide for continued public access 
                applicable to the Federal forest land prior to the date 
                of the agreement, except that the Secretary concerned 
                may limit or prohibit that access as necessary;
                    ``(B) continue sharing revenue generated by the 
                Federal forest land with State and local governments 
                either--
                            ``(i) on the terms applicable to the 
                        Federal forest land prior to the date of the 
                        agreement, including, as applicable, 25-percent 
                        payments or 50-percent payments; or
                            ``(ii) at the option of the Indian tribe, 
                        on terms agreed to by the Indian tribe, the 
                        Secretary concerned, and State and local 
                        governments participating in a revenue sharing 
                        agreement applicable to the Federal forest 
                        land;
                    ``(C) comply with applicable prohibitions on the 
                export of unprocessed logs harvested from the Federal 
                forest land;
                    ``(D) recognize all right-of-way agreements in 
                effect on the Federal forest land prior to the 
                commencement of tribal forest land management 
                activities; and
                    ``(E) ensure that any commercial timber removed 
                from the Federal forest land is sold on a competitive 
                bid basis.
            ``(4) Effect.--The treatment of Federal forest land as 
        Indian forest land for purposes of planning and conducting 
        forest land management activities pursuant to paragraph (2) 
        does not designate the Federal forest land as Indian forest 
        land for any other purpose.''.

SEC. 303. TRIBAL FOREST MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may 
carry out a demonstration project pursuant to which a federally 
recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization may enter into a 
contract to carry out administrative, management, or other functions of 
programs of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a), 
through a contract entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.).

          TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

SEC. 401. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.

    In this title, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
Agriculture.

SEC. 402. STATE-SUPPORTED PLANNING OF FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
                    (A) a State or political subdivision of a State 
                that contains National Forest System land or public 
                land;
                    (B) a publicly chartered utility serving 1 or more 
                States or political subdivisions of a State;
                    (C) a rural electric company; and
                    (D) any other entity determined by the Secretary 
                concerned to be appropriate for participation in the 
                Fund.
            (2) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the State-Supported 
        Forest Management Fund established by subsection (b).
    (b) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund, to be known as the ``State-Supported Forest 
Management Fund'', to cover the cost of planning (especially as 
relating to compliance with section 102(2) of the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2))), carrying out, 
and monitoring certain forest management activities on National Forest 
System land or public land.
    (c) Contents.--The Fund shall consist of such amounts as may be--
            (1) contributed by an eligible entity for deposit in the 
        Fund;
            (2) appropriated to the Fund; or
            (3) generated by forest management activities carried out 
        using amounts in the Fund.
    (d) Geographical and Use Limitations.--In making a contribution 
under subsection (c)(1), an eligible entity may--
            (1) specify the National Forest System land or public land 
        for which the contribution may be expended; and
            (2) limit the types of forest management activities for 
        which the contribution may be expended.
    (e) Authorized Activities.--In such amounts as may be provided in 
advance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary concerned may use amounts 
in the Fund to plan, carry out, and monitor any forest management 
activity that is--
            (1) developed and implemented through a collaborative 
        process;
            (2) proposed by a resource advisory committee; or
            (3) covered by a community wildfire protection plan.
    (f) Implementation Methods.--
            (1) In general.--A forest management activity carried out 
        using amounts in the Fund may be carried out pursuant to--
                    (A) a stewardship end result contracting project 
                authorized under section 604 of the Healthy Forests 
                Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c);
                    (B) good neighbor authority under section 8206 of 
                the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a) and 
                section 331 of the Department of the Interior and 
                Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
                106-291; 114 Stat. 996; 118 Stat. 3102; 123 Stat. 2961; 
                128 Stat. 341);
                    (C) a contract under section 14 of the National 
                Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a); or
                    (D) any other authority available to the Secretary 
                concerned.
            (2) Use of revenues.--Any revenue generated by a forest 
        management activity described in paragraph (1) shall be used to 
        reimburse the Fund for planning costs covered using amounts in 
        the Fund.
    (g) Relation to Other Laws.--
            (1) Revenue sharing.--Subject to subsection (f), revenues 
        generated by a forest management activity carried out using 
        amounts from the Fund shall be considered to be monies received 
        from the National Forest System.
            (2) Knutson-vandenberg act.--The Act of June 9, 1930 
        (commonly known as the ``Knutson-Vandenberg Act'') (16 U.S.C. 
        576 et seq.), shall apply to a forest management activity 
        carried out using amounts in the Fund.
    (h) Termination of Fund.--
            (1) In general.--The Fund shall terminate on September 30, 
        2018.
            (2) Effect.--On the termination of the Fund under paragraph 
        (1), or pursuant to any other law, any unobligated contribution 
        remaining in the Fund shall be returned to the eligible entity 
        that made the contribution.

SEC. 403. BALANCING OF IMPACTS IN CONSIDERING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.

    A court reviewing an agency action relating to a forest management 
activity under this Act for a request for an order to enjoin the agency 
action shall, as part of the balancing of interests, balance--
            (1) the short- and long-term impacts on each ecosystem 
        likely to be affected by the forest management activity if the 
        agency action is undertaken; against
            (2) the short- and long-term impacts on each ecosystem 
        likely to be affected by the forest management activity if the 
        agency action is not undertaken.

SEC. 404. STATE AND PRIVATE FOREST LANDSCAPE-SCALE RESTORATION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 13A. STATE AND PRIVATE FOREST LANDSCAPE-SCALE RESTORATION 
              PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to encourage 
collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes 
and help manage forest resources that are at risk of--
            ``(1) catastrophic events (as defined in section 2 of the 
        Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016); and
            ``(2) any other threats that degrade the vitality of forest 
        ecosystems.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Beginning forest owner.--The term `beginning forest 
        owner' means a person who is in the first 10 years of ownership 
        of nonindustrial private forest land.
            ``(2) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
            ``(3) Nonindustrial private forest land.--The term 
        `nonindustrial private forest land' means land that--
                    ``(A) is rural, as determined by the Secretary;
                    ``(B) has existing tree cover or is suitable for 
                growing trees; and
                    ``(C) is owned by any private individual, group, 
                association, corporation, Indian tribe, or other 
                private legal entity.
            ``(4) State forest land.--The term `State forest land' 
        means land that--
                    ``(A) is rural, as determined by the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) is under State or local governmental 
                ownership and considered to be non-Federal forest land.
    ``(c) Establishment.--The Secretary, in consultation with State 
Foresters or appropriate State agencies, shall establish a competitive 
grant program to provide financial and technical assistance--
            ``(1) to encourage active forest management on cross-
        boundary priority forest landscapes, including land owned by 
        beginning and previously unengaged forest owners, for the 
        purpose of maintaining forest health;
            ``(2) to protect forests from natural threats and wildfire;
            ``(3) to enhance public benefits from forests;
            ``(4) to conserve and manage working forest landscapes for 
        multiple values and uses; and
            ``(5) to advance priorities in statewide forest assessment 
        and resource strategies.
    ``(d) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an applicant shall submit to the Secretary, through the State 
forester or appropriate State agency, a State and private forest 
landscape-scale restoration proposal based on a restoration strategy 
that is--
            ``(1) complete or substantially complete;
            ``(2) for a multiyear period;
            ``(3) comprised of nonindustrial private forest land or 
        State forest land;
            ``(4) accessible by wood-processing infrastructure; and
            ``(5) based on the best available science.
    ``(e) Plan Criteria.--A State and private forest landscape-scale 
restoration proposal submitted under this section shall include plans--
            ``(1) to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfires, 
        including hazardous fuels management;
            ``(2) to improve fish and wildlife habitats, including the 
        habitats of threatened and endangered species;
            ``(3) to maintain or improve water quality and watershed 
        function;
            ``(4) to mitigate invasive species, insect infestation, and 
        disease;
            ``(5) to improve important forest ecosystems;
            ``(6) to measure ecological and economic benefits, 
        including air quality and soil quality and productivity;
            ``(7) to prioritize a State forest action plan;
            ``(8) to utilize and advance production of renewable 
        energy; and
            ``(9) to take other relevant actions, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
    ``(f) Priorities.--In making grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall give priority to plans that--
            ``(1) further a statewide forest assessment and resource 
        strategy;
            ``(2) promote cross boundary landscape collaboration; and
            ``(3) leverage public and private resources.
    ``(g) Collaboration and Consultation.--The Chief of the Forest 
Service, the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and 
relevant stakeholders shall collaborate and consult on an ongoing basis 
regarding administration of the program established under this section 
and identifying other applicable resources towards landscape-scale 
restoration.
    ``(h) Matching Funds Required.--As a condition of receiving a grant 
under this section, the Secretary shall require the recipient of the 
grant to provide funds or in-kind support from non-Federal sources in 
an amount that is at least equal to the amount provided by the Federal 
Government.
    ``(i) Coordination and Proximity Encouraged.--In making grants 
under this section, the Secretary may consider coordination with and 
proximity to other landscape-scale projects on other land under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, or a 
Governor of a State, including under--
            ``(1) the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 
        Program established under section 4003 of the Omnibus Public 
        Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303);
            ``(2) landscape areas designated for insect and disease 
        treatments under section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
        Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591a);
            ``(3) good neighbor authority under section 8206 of the 
        Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a) and section 331 of 
        the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-291; 114 Stat. 996; 
        118 Stat. 3102, 123 Stat. 2961; 128 Stat. 341);
            ``(4) stewardship end result contracting projects 
        authorized under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
        Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c);
            ``(5) appropriate State-level programs; and
            ``(6) other relevant programs, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
    ``(j) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations 
as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(k) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the 
status of development, execution, and administration of selected 
projects, accounting of program funding expenditures, and specific 
accomplishments that have resulted from landscape-scale projects.
    ``(l) Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of 
        the United States a fund, to be known as the `State and Private 
        Forest Landscape-Scale Restoration Fund' (referred to in this 
        subsection as the `Fund'), to be used by the Secretary to make 
        grants under this section.
            ``(2) Contents.--The Fund shall consist of such amounts as 
        are appropriated to the Fund under paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated to the Fund $40,000,000 for each fiscal year 
        beginning with the first full fiscal year after the date of 
        enactment of the Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act 
        of 2016 through fiscal year 2018, to remain available until 
        expended.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 13B of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act 
        of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109b) is repealed.
            (2) Section 19(a)(4)(C) of the Cooperative Forestry 
        Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2113(a)(4)(C)) is amended by 
        striking ``sections 13A and 13B'' and inserting ``section 
        13A''.

SEC. 405. PILOT ARBITRATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Arbitrator.--The term ``arbitrator'' means a 
        professional arbitrator or other individual who--
                    (A) possesses expertise in the subject matter of a 
                specific demand for arbitration filed under subsection 
                (f); and
                    (B) is selected by the Secretary to make a decision 
                on that specific demand for arbitration in accordance 
                with subsection (g).
            (2) Natural disaster.--The term ``natural disaster'' mean a 
        wildfire, hurricane or excessive winds, drought, ice storm or 
        blizzard, flood, or other resource-impacting event, as 
        determined by the Secretary.
            (3) Program.--The term ``program'' means the pilot 
        arbitration program established by the Secretary under 
        subsection (b).
    (b) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish within the 
        Forest Service a pilot arbitration program to designate any of 
        the projects described in subsection (c) for an alternative 
        dispute resolution process to replace judicial review of the 
        projects.
            (2) Designation process.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) establish a process for the designation of 
                projects for the program in accordance with this 
                section; and
                    (B) publish in the Federal Register the designation 
                process described in subparagraph (A).
    (c) Designation of Projects.--The Secretary may designate for the 
program projects that--
            (1)(A) are developed through a collaborative process;
            (B) are proposed by a resource advisory committee;
            (C)(i) are necessary to address damage caused by a natural 
        disaster on National Forest System land that, if not treated--
                    (I) would impair or endanger the natural resources 
                on the National Forest System land; and
                    (II) would materially affect future use of the 
                National Forest System land; and
            (ii) would restore forest health and forest-related 
        resources on the National Forest System land described in 
        clause (i);
            (D) respond to damage as a result of natural disasters;
            (E) address insect or disease infestation;
            (F) are carried out under the Tribal Forest Protection Act 
        of 2004 (25 U.S.C. 3115a); or
            (G) are carried out under community wildfire protection 
        plans (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forest 
        Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511)); and
            (2) do not constitute final agency action.
    (d) Limitation of Projects.--Not more than 10 projects described in 
subsection (c) may be designated for the program in any applicable 
calendar year.
    (e) Termination of Authority.--The authority to designate a project 
described in subsection (c) for the program terminates on October 1, 
2018.
    (f) Demand for Arbitration.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), an individual or 
        entity--
                    (A) may file a demand for arbitration regarding a 
                project described in subsection (c) that has been 
                designated for the program under subsection (b) in 
                accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 5 of title 5, 
                United States Code; and
                    (B) if a demand for arbitration is filed under 
                subparagraph (A), shall include in the demand for 
                arbitration a proposal for an alternative to the 
                project that describes each modification sought with 
                respect to the project.
            (2) Requirement.--A demand for arbitration may only be 
        filed under paragraph (1) by an individual or entity that--
                    (A) participated in a collaborative process; or
                    (B) proposed the project with a resource advisory 
                committee.
    (g) Responsibilities of Arbitrator.--
            (1) In general.--An arbitrator shall make a decision on 
        each demand for arbitration under this section by selecting 
        only--
                    (A) the project, as approved by the Secretary; or
                    (B) a proposal submitted by an individual or entity 
                under subsection (f)(1)(B).
            (2) Limitations.--
                    (A) Administrative record.--A decision of an 
                arbitrator under this subsection shall be based solely 
                on the administrative record for the project.
                    (B) No modifications to proposals.--An arbitrator 
                may not modify any proposal contained in a demand for 
                arbitration under this section.
                    (C) Decision requirements.--A decision of an 
                arbitrator under this subsection shall be--
                            (i) within the authority of the Secretary; 
                        and
                            (ii) consistent with each applicable forest 
                        plan.
                    (D) Rules.--Arbitration under this subsection shall 
                be conducted in accordance with the appropriate rules 
                and procedures of the American Arbitration Association.
    (h) Effect of Arbitration Decision.--A decision of an arbitrator 
under this section--
            (1) shall not be considered to be a major Federal action;
            (2) shall be binding; and
            (3) shall not be subject to judicial review, except as 
        provided in section 10(a) of title 9, United States Code.

SEC. 406. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM ACCELERATED LANDSCAPE RESTORATION 
              PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Title VI of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 605. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM ACCELERATED LANDSCAPE RESTORATION 
              PILOT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Collaborative group.--The term `collaborative group' 
        means a group of individuals, operating in a transparent and 
        inclusive manner, that represent a balance of the interests of 
        entities including--
                    ``(A) conservation organizations;
                    ``(B) timber and forest products organizations;
                    ``(C) local and tribal governments;
                    ``(D) community organizations; and
                    ``(E) other multiple-use groups with an interest in 
                the National Forest System, as determined by the 
                Secretary.
            ``(2) Designated landscape.--The term `designated 
        landscape' means a landscape-scale area designated for the 
        pilot program under subsection (b)(2).
            ``(3) Forest health.--The term `forest health' means the 
        state in which a forest--
                    ``(A)(i) is durable, resilient, and less prone to 
                wildfire, insect, or pathogen outbreaks of a severity, 
                size, or quantity that exceeds the natural range of 
                variation, taking into account the anticipated future 
                conditions of the forest;
                    ``(ii) supports--
                            ``(I) ecosystem services and functions; and
                            ``(II) populations of native plant species; 
                        and
                    ``(iii) allows for natural disturbances; or
                    ``(B) can maintain or develop, within acceptable 
                ranges, regimes of--
                            ``(i) species composition;
                            ``(ii) ecosystem function and structure;
                            ``(iii) hydrologic function; and
                            ``(iv) sediment.
            ``(4) Pilot program.--The term `pilot program' means the 
        National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot 
        program established by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1).
            ``(5) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
    ``(b) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a National 
        Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot program 
        to restore or maintain designated landscapes.
            ``(2) Designation.--The Secretary, acting through the Chief 
        of the Forest Service, shall, in accordance with this 
        subsection, designate for the pilot program not fewer than 10 
        landscape-scale areas 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))).
            ``(3) Eligibility.--Each designated landscape shall--
                    ``(A) include not less than 75,000 acres and not 
                more than 1,000,000 acres;
                    ``(B) be identified by a collaborative group;
                    ``(C) not include any inventoried roadless area; 
                and
                    ``(D) include forests that--
                            ``(i) are not in a state of forest health;
                            ``(ii) are at increased risk of high-
                        severity wildfire; or
                            ``(iii) are at increased risk of an insect 
                        or disease infestation.
            ``(4) Consideration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In designating landscape-scale 
                areas for the pilot program under paragraph (2), the 
                Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) prioritize landscape-scale areas in 
                        which social, ecological, and economic 
                        conditions support landscape-scale restoration; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) consider the factors described in 
                        subparagraph (B).
                    ``(B) Factors.--The factors referred to in 
                subparagraph (A)(ii) are the following factors:
                            ``(i) The existence of strong collaborative 
                        support for landscape-scale restoration.
                            ``(ii) The ecological conditions that are 
                        conducive to landscape-scale decisions, such as 
                        broad categories of land that would benefit 
                        from similar restoration treatments.
                            ``(iii) Economic conditions, such as the 
                        existence of infrastructure in proximity to the 
                        landscape-scale area that can make economic use 
                        of the forest byproducts of restoration.
                            ``(iv) The extent to which the landscape-
                        scale area is important to support, maintain, 
                        or improve water quality and watershed 
                        function.
                            ``(v) Other considerations, as determined 
                        by the Secretary.
            ``(5) Public notice.--
                    ``(A) Initial notice.--Not later than 90 days after 
                the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
                publish in the Federal Register a notice of the process 
                for the designation of landscape-scale areas for the 
                pilot program under paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Final notice.--Not later than 1 year after 
                the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 
                shall publish in the Federal Register a notice 
                describing--
                            ``(i) each designated landscape;
                            ``(ii) the rationale for designating, in 
                        accordance with the requirements described in 
                        paragraph (3), each designated landscape;
                            ``(iii) any collaborative group used to 
                        identify a designated landscape;
                            ``(iv) an overview of any forest health 
                        problem with respect to each designated 
                        landscape;
                            ``(v) a discussion of the purpose of, and 
                        need for, restoration of each designated 
                        landscape;
                            ``(vi) a summary of the management actions 
                        necessary to achieve restoration of each 
                        designated landscape;
                            ``(vii) findings relating to the short-term 
                        and long-term risks and impacts of no action 
                        compared to restoration of each designated 
                        landscape; and
                            ``(viii) a notice of intent to prepare an 
                        environmental impact statement for treatment 
                        within each designated landscape.
    ``(c) Landscape-scale Environmental Impact Statement.--The 
Secretary shall prepare, for each designated landscape, a landscape-
scale environmental impact statement for purposes of compliance with 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 
that--
            ``(1) is commensurate with the geographic scope of the 
        designated landscape;
            ``(2) is sufficient to allow--
                    ``(A) project-scale implementation;
                    ``(B) adaptive management, including site-specific 
                options, to ensure that project implementation stays 
                within the documented range of impacts;
                    ``(C) site descriptions or land allocations that 
                identify locations within the landscape in which 
                specific restoration or maintenance treatments can be 
                used appropriately; and
                    ``(D) standards and guidelines, consistent with the 
                appropriate forest plan and project-level design 
                criteria, for management or other project activities; 
                and
            ``(3) includes--
                    ``(A) an identification of any forest health 
                problem;
                    ``(B) an identification of the purpose of the 
                treatment, and need, to restore to more resilient and 
                healthy conditions, or to maintain, forest health in 
                the designated landscape;
                    ``(C) an estimate of the time needed to satisfy the 
                purpose and need described in subparagraph (B) and the 
                scale of the restoration or maintenance treatment 
                needed to satisfy that purpose and need;
                    ``(D) a description of potential restoration or 
                maintenance treatment that would contribute to the 
                satisfaction of the purpose and need described in 
                subparagraph (B); and
                    ``(E) a description of possible changes in 
                circumstances or new information that would require 
                supplemental documentation under the National 
                Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
                seq.).
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each fiscal year 
beginning with the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment 
of the Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016 through 
fiscal year 2018.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. prec. 6501) is amended by 
adding at the end of the items relating to title VI the following:

``Sec. 602. Designation of treatment areas.
``Sec. 603. Administrative review.
``Sec. 604. Stewardship end result contracting projects.
``Sec. 605. National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration 
                            pilot program.''.

SEC. 407. TENNESSEE WILDERNESS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Map.--The term ``Map'' means the map entitled 
        ``Proposed Wilderness Areas and Additions-Cherokee National 
        Forest'' and dated January 20, 2010.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        Tennessee.
    (b) Designation of Wilderness.--In accordance with the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following parcels of Federal land in 
the Cherokee National Forest in the State are designated as wilderness 
and as additions to the National Wilderness Preservation System:
            (1) Certain land comprising approximately 9,038 acres, as 
        generally depicted as the ``Upper Bald River Wilderness'' on 
        the Map, which shall be known as the ``Upper Bald River 
        Wilderness''.
            (2) Certain land comprising approximately 348 acres, as 
        generally depicted as the ``Big Frog Addition'' on the Map, 
        which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a part of, 
        the Big Frog Wilderness.
            (3) Certain land comprising approximately 630 acres, as 
        generally depicted as the ``Little Frog Mountain Addition NW'' 
        on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to 
        be a part of, the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness.
            (4) Certain land comprising approximately 336 acres, as 
        generally depicted as the ``Little Frog Mountain Addition NE'' 
        on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to 
        be a part of, the Little Frog Mountain Wilderness.
            (5) Certain land comprising approximately 2,922 acres, as 
        generally depicted as the ``Sampson Mountain Addition'' on the 
        Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 
        part of, the Sampson Mountain Wilderness.
            (6) Certain land comprising approximately 4,446 acres, as 
        generally depicted as the ``Big Laurel Branch Addition'' on the 
        Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to be a 
        part of, the Big Laurel Branch Wilderness.
            (7) Certain land comprising approximately 1,836 acres, as 
        generally depicted as the ``Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Addition'' 
        on the Map, which shall be incorporated in, and considered to 
        be a part of, the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness.
    (c) Maps and Legal Descriptions.--
            (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall file maps and legal 
        descriptions of the wilderness areas designated by subsection 
        (b) with the appropriate committees of Congress.
            (2) Public availability.--The maps and legal descriptions 
        filed under paragraph (1) shall be on file and available for 
        public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest 
        Service and the office of the Supervisor of the Cherokee 
        National Forest.
            (3) Force of law.--The maps and legal descriptions filed 
        under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if 
        included in this Act, except that the Secretary may correct 
        typographical errors in the maps and descriptions.
    (d) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights, the 
        Federal land designated as wilderness by subsection (b) shall 
        be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the 
        Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), except that any 
        reference in that Act to the effective date of that Act shall 
        be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
            (2) Fish and wildlife management.--In accordance with 
        section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), 
        nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction of the State 
        with respect to fish and wildlife management (including the 
        regulation of hunting, fishing, and trapping) in the wilderness 
        areas designated by subsection (b).

SEC. 408. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE OF SMALL PARCELS OF 
              NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND.

    (a) Increase in Maximum Value of Small Parcels.--Section 3 of 
Public Law 97-465 (commonly known as the ``Small Tract Act of 1983'') 
(16 U.S.C. 521e) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ``$150,000'' and inserting ``$500,000''.
    (b) Additional Conveyance Purposes.--Section 3 of Public Law 97-465 
(16 U.S.C. 521e) (as amended by subsection (a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) parcels of 40 acres or less that are determined by 
        the Secretary--
                    ``(A) to be physically isolated;
                    ``(B) to be inaccessible; or
                    ``(C) to have lost National Forest character;
            ``(5) parcels of 10 acres or less that are not eligible for 
        conveyance under paragraph (2) but are encroached on by a 
        permanent habitable improvement for which there is no evidence 
        that the encroachment was intentional or negligent; or
            ``(6) parcels used as a cemetery (including a parcel of not 
        more than 1 acre adjacent to the parcel used as a cemetery), a 
        landfill, or a sewage treatment plant under a special use 
        authorization issued or otherwise authorized by the 
        Secretary.''.
    (c) Disposition of Proceeds.--Section 2 of Public Law 97-465 (16 
U.S.C. 521d) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``The Secretary is authorized'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Conveyance Authority; Consideration.--The Secretary is 
authorized'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), in the second sentence, by striking 
        ``The Secretary shall insert'' and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Inclusion of Terms, Covenants, Conditions, and 
Reservations.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall insert'';
            (3) in subsection (b) (as so designated)--
                    (A) by striking ``convenants'' and inserting 
                ``covenants''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence by striking ``The 
                preceding sentence shall not'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(2) Limitation.--Paragraph (1) shall not''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Disposition of Proceeds.--
            ``(1) Deposit in sisk fund.--The net proceeds derived from 
        any sale or exchange conducted under paragraph (4), (5), or (6) 
        of section 3 shall be deposited in the fund established under 
        Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the `Sisk Act') (16 U.S.C. 
        484a).
            ``(2) Use.--Amounts deposited under paragraph (1) shall be 
        available to the Secretary until expended for--
                    ``(A) the acquisition of land or interests in land 
                for administrative sites for the National Forest System 
                in the State from which the amounts were derived;
                    ``(B) the acquisition of land or interests in land 
                for inclusion in the National Forest System in that 
                State, including land or interests in land that enhance 
                opportunities for recreational access;
                    ``(C) the performance of deferred maintenance on 
                administrative sites for the National Forest System in 
                that State or other deferred maintenance activities in 
                that State that enhance opportunities for recreational 
                access; or
                    ``(D) the reimbursement of the Secretary for costs 
                incurred in preparing a sale conducted under the 
                authority of section 3 if the sale is a competitive 
                sale.''.

SEC. 409. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION FOR CONVEYANCE OF FOREST SERVICE 
              ADMINISTRATIVE SITES.

    Section 503(f) of the Forest Service Facility Realignment and 
Enhancement Act of 2005 (16 U.S.C. 580d note; Public Law 109-54) is 
amended by striking ``2016'' and inserting ``2018''.

SEC. 410. PRESCRIBED BURN APPROVAL.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) National fire danger rating system.--The term 
        ``national fire danger rating system'' means the national 
        system used to provide a measure of fire danger according to a 
        range of low to moderate to high to very high to extreme.
            (2) Prescribed burn.--The term ``prescribed burn'' means a 
        planned fire intentionally ignited.
    (b) Limitations on Prescribed Burns.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        head of a Federal agency shall not authorize a prescribed burn 
        on Federal land if, for the county or contiguous county in 
        which the Federal land is located, the national fire danger 
        rating system indicates an extreme fire danger level.
            (2) Exception.--The head of a Federal agency may authorize 
        a prescribed burn under a condition described in paragraph (1) 
        if the head of the Federal agency coordinates with the 
        applicable State government and local fire officials.
            (3) Report.--At the end of each fiscal year, the Chief of 
        the Forest Service shall submit to Congress a report 
        describing--
                    (A) the number and locations of prescribed burns 
                during that fiscal year; and
                    (B) each prescribed burn during that fiscal year 
                that was authorized by the head of a Federal agency 
                pursuant to paragraph (2).

SEC. 411. NORTH CAROLINA WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.

    The Secretary shall not designate any land in the Nantahala 
National Forest or the Pisgah National Forest in the State of North 
Carolina as a wilderness study area unless each affected county 
approves the designation.

           TITLE V--KISATCHIE NATIONAL FOREST LAND CONVEYANCE

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Kisatchie National Forest Land 
Conveyance Act of 2016''.

SEC. 502. FINDING.

    Congress finds that it is in the public interest to authorize the 
conveyance of certain Federal land in the Kisatchie National Forest in 
the State of Louisiana for market value consideration.

SEC. 503. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Collins camp properties.--The term ``Collins Camp 
        Properties'' means Collins Camp Properties, Inc., a corporation 
        incorporated under the laws of the State.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of 
        Louisiana.

SEC. 504. AUTHORIZATION OF CONVEYANCES.

    (a) Authorization.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights and 
        subsection (b), the Secretary may convey the Federal land 
        described in paragraph (2) by quitclaim deed at public or 
        private sale, including competitive sale by auction, bid, or 
        other methods.
            (2) Description of land.--The Federal land referred to in 
        paragraph (1) consists of--
                    (A) all Federal land within sec. 9, T. 10 N., R. 5 
                W., Winn Parish, Louisiana; and
                    (B) a 2.16-acre parcel of Federal land located in 
                the SW\1/4\ of sec. 4, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., Winn Parish, 
                Louisiana, as depicted on a certificate of survey dated 
                March 7, 2007, by Glen L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436.
    (b) First Right of Purchase.--Subject to valid existing rights and 
section 506, during the 1-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, on the provision of consideration by the Collins 
Camp Properties to the Secretary, the Secretary shall convey, by 
quitclaim deed, to Collins Camp Properties all right, title and 
interest of the United States in and to--
            (1) not more than 47.92 acres of Federal land comprising 
        the Collins Campsites within sec. 9, T. 10 N., R. 5 W., in Winn 
        Parish, Louisiana, as generally depicted on a certificate of 
        survey dated February 28, 2007, by Glen L. Cannon, P.L.S. 4436; 
        and
            (2) the parcel of Federal land described in subsection 
        (a)(2)(B).
    (c) Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may--
            (1) configure the Federal land to be conveyed under this 
        title--
                    (A) to maximize the marketability of the 
                conveyance; or
                    (B) to achieve management objectives; and
            (2) establish any terms and conditions for the conveyances 
        under this title that the Secretary determines to be in the 
        public interest.
    (d) Consideration.--Consideration for a conveyance of Federal land 
under this title shall be--
            (1) in the form of cash; and
            (2) in an amount equal to the market value of the Federal 
        land being conveyed, as determined under subsection (e).
    (e) Market Value.--The market value of the Federal land conveyed 
under this title shall be determined--
            (1) in the case of Federal land conveyed under subsection 
        (b), by an appraisal that is--
                    (A) conducted in accordance with the Uniform 
                Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions; and
                    (B) approved by the Secretary; or
            (2) if conveyed by a method other than the methods 
        described in subsection (b), by competitive sale.
    (f) Hazardous Substances.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Disclosure and remediation.--In any conveyance 
                of Federal land under this title to Collins Camp 
                Properties, or any occupant residing on the Federal 
                land under a special use permit issued by the Forest 
                Service, the Secretary shall meet disclosure 
                requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, and 
                contaminants, but shall not otherwise be required to 
                remediate or abate the hazardous substances, 
                pollutants, or contaminants.
                    (B) Indemnification.--Collins Camp Properties, or 
                any occupant residing on the Federal land conveyed 
                under this title under a special use permit issued by 
                the Forest Service, that acquires the Federal land 
                shall agree, as a condition of the conveyance, to 
                indemnify and hold harmless the United States for costs 
                associated with the remediation or abatement of any 
                hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants 
                located on the acquired land.
            (2) Effect.--Nothing in this section otherwise affects the 
        application of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
        Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 
        seq.) to the conveyances of Federal land.

SEC. 505. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND.

    (a) Deposit of Receipts.--The Secretary shall deposit the proceeds 
of a conveyance of Federal land under section 504 in the fund 
established under Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the ``Sisk 
Act'') (16 U.S.C. 484a).
    (b) Use of Funds.--Amounts deposited under subsection (a) shall be 
available to the Secretary until expended, without further 
appropriation, for the acquisition of land and interests in land in the 
Kisatchie National Forest in the State.

SEC. 506. ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Costs.--As a condition of a conveyance of Federal land to 
Collins Camp Properties under section 504, the Secretary shall require 
Collins Camp Properties to pay at closing--
            (1) reasonable appraisal costs; and
            (2) the cost of any administrative and environmental 
        analyses required by law (including regulations).
    (b) Permits.--
            (1) In general.--An offer by Collins Camp Properties for 
        the acquisition of the Federal land under section 504 shall be 
        accompanied by a written statement from each holder of a Forest 
        Service special use authorization with respect to the Federal 
        land that specifies that the holder agrees to relinquish the 
        special use authorization on the conveyance of the Federal land 
        to Collins Camp Properties.
            (2) Special use authorizations.--If any holder of a special 
        use authorization described in paragraph (1) fails to provide a 
        written authorization in accordance with that paragraph, the 
        Secretary shall require, as a condition of the conveyance, that 
        Collins Camp Properties administer the special use 
        authorization according to the terms of the special use 
        authorization until the date on which the special use 
        authorization expires.

     TITLE VI--CHATTAHOOCHEE-OCONEE NATIONAL FOREST LAND ADJUSTMENT

SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Chattahoochee-Oconee National 
Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2016''.

SEC. 602. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) certain National Forest System land in the State of 
        Georgia consists of isolated tracts that--
                    (A) are inefficient to manage; or
                    (B) have lost the principal value of the tracts for 
                the National Forest System;
            (2) the disposal of the land described in paragraph (1) 
        would be in the public interest; and
            (3) the best use of proceeds from the sale of land 
        authorized under this title is the purchase by the Secretary of 
        land in the State of Georgia for the National Forest System.

SEC. 603. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.

    In this title, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
Agriculture.

SEC. 604. LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary is 
authorized to sell or exchange all right, title, and interest of the 
United States in and to the National Forest System land described in 
subsection (b) under terms and conditions that the Secretary may 
prescribe.
    (b) Land Authorized for Disposal.--
            (1) In general.--The land referred to in subsection (a) 
        consists of 30 tracts of land totaling approximately 3,841 
        acres generally depicted on 2 maps entitled ``Priority Land 
        Adjustments, State of Georgia, U.S. Forest Service-Southern 
        Region, Oconee and Chattahoochee National Forests, U.S. 
        Congressional Districts-8, 9, 10 & 14'' and dated September 24, 
        2013.
            (2) Inspection of maps.--The maps described in paragraph 
        (1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the 
        Office of the Forest Supervisor, Chattahoochee-Oconee National 
        Forest, until the land is sold or exchanged under subsection 
        (a).
            (3) Modification of boundaries.--The Secretary may modify 
        the boundaries of the land described in paragraph (1) based on 
        land management considerations.
    (c) Form of Conveyance.--
            (1) Quitclaim deed.--The Secretary shall convey land sold 
        or exchanged under subsection (a) by quitclaim deed.
            (2) Reservations.--The Secretary may reserve any right-of-
        way or other right or interest in land sold or exchanged under 
        subsection (a) that the Secretary considers necessary--
                    (A) for management purposes; or
                    (B) to protect the public interest.
    (d) Valuation.--
            (1) Market value.--The Secretary may not sell or exchange 
        land under subsection (a) for less than market value, as 
        determined by appraisal or through a competitive bidding 
        process.
            (2) Appraisal requirements.--An appraisal under paragraph 
        (1) shall be--
                    (A) consistent with--
                            (i) the Uniform Appraisal Standards for 
                        Federal Land Acquisitions; or
                            (ii) the Uniform Standards of Professional 
                        Appraisal Practice; and
                    (B) subject to the approval of the Secretary.
    (e) Consideration.--
            (1) Cash.--Consideration for a sale of land or equalization 
        of an exchange under subsection (a) shall be paid in cash.
            (2) Exchange.--Notwithstanding section 206(b) of the 
        Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
        1716(b)), the Secretary may accept a cash equalization payment 
        in excess of 25 percent of the value of land exchanged under 
        subsection (a).
    (f) Method of Sale.--
            (1) Options.--The Secretary may sell land under subsection 
        (a) at public or private sale, including competitive sale by 
        auction, bid, or otherwise, in accordance with any terms, 
        conditions, or procedures the Secretary determines are in the 
        best interest of the United States.
            (2) Solicitations.--The Secretary may--
                    (A) make public or private solicitations for the 
                sale or exchange of land under subsection (a); and
                    (B) reject any offer that the Secretary determines 
                is not--
                            (i) adequate; or
                            (ii) in the public interest.
    (g) Brokers.--The Secretary may--
            (1) use a broker or other third party in the sale or 
        exchange of land under subsection (a); and
            (2) from the proceeds of a sale or exchange of land under 
        subsection (a), pay reasonable commissions or fees, if 
        applicable.

SEC. 605. TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS.

    (a) Deposit.--Except as provided in section 604(g)(2), the 
Secretary shall deposit the proceeds or cash equalization payment of a 
sale or exchange under section 604(a) in the fund established under 
Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the ``Sisk Act'') (16 U.S.C. 
484a).
    (b) Availability and Use.--Subject to subsection (c), amounts 
deposited under subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary 
until expended, without further appropriation, only for the acquisition 
of land in the State of Georgia for the National Forest System.
    (c) Private Property Protection.--Nothing in this title authorizes 
the use of amounts deposited under subsection (a) to be used to acquire 
land without the written consent of the owner of the land.
                                                       Calendar No. 634

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2647

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                                 AN ACT

  To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 
 improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, 
     on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 
  Management, and on tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, 
           fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.

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                           September 19, 2016

                       Reported with an amendment