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                        JULY 1, 2015 
 
               RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 114-21 
               
            TEXT OF H.R. 2647, RESILIENT FEDERAL 
                    FORESTS ACT OF 2015 
                    
        [Showing text based on H.R. 2647, as reported by the 
          Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources.] 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2      (a) SHORT TITLE.--This Act may be cited as the 

3 "Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015". 

4      (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.-The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

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

  TITLE I--EXPEDITED ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND AVAIL-
    ABILITY OF CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPEDITE FOREST 
    MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 

  Sec. 101. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) 
                 in proposed collaborative forest management activities. 
  Sec. 102. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions. 
  Sec. 103. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to 
                 catastrophic events. 
  Sec. 104. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional 
                 forests. 
  Sec. 105. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to in- 
                 sect and disease infestation. 
  Sec. 106. Categorical exclusion to improve) restore1 and reduce the risk of wild-
                 fire. 
  Sec. 107. Compliance with forest plan. 


       TITLE II-SALVAGE AND REFORESTATION IN RESPONSE TO 
                         CATASTROPHIC EVENTS 

  Sec. 201. Expedited salvage operations and reforestation activities following
                   large-scale catastrophic events. 
  Sec. 202. Compliance with forest plan. 
  Sec. 203. Prohibition on restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, and injunc-
                    tions pending appeal. 
  Sec. 204. Exclusion of certain lands. 


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