[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4748-S4749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3347. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and Ms. 
Stabenow) to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and 
continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of 
Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part II of of subtitle F of title VIII, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 86__. FOREST ROADS AND TRAILS ACT.

       Public Law 88-657 (16 U.S.C. 532 et seq.) (commonly known 
     as the ``Forest Roads and

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     Trails Act'') is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 8. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS REMEDIATION 
                   PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) National forest system.--The term `National Forest 
     System' has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of 
     the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
     1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
       ``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary, 
     acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
       ``(b) Program.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish, and 
     develop a national strategy to carry out, a program, to be 
     known as the `Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails 
     Remediation Program', within the National Forest System to 
     implement for each unit of the National Forest System the 
     minimum road system identified under subsection (c).
       ``(c) Identification of Minimum Road System.--Not later 
     than 3 years after the date of enactment of this section, in 
     accordance with section 212.5(b) of title 36, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
     section), the Secretary shall identify for each unit of the 
     National Forest System--
       ``(1) the minimum road system; and
       ``(2) any unneeded roads.
       ``(d) Contents.--In carrying out subsections (b) and (c), 
     the Secretary shall use the priorities described in section 
     212.5(b)(2) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
     effect on the date of enactment of this section).
       ``(e) Unneeded Roads.--The Secretary shall decommission any 
     roads identified as unneeded under subsection (c) as soon as 
     practicable after making the identification under that 
     subsection.
       ``(f) Revision.--The Secretary shall review, and may 
     revise, an identification made under subsection (c) for a 
     unit of the National Forest System during a revision of the 
     land and resource management plan applicable to the unit.''.
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