[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 109 (Thursday, June 28, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4760-S4761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3379. Mr. TESTER 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:
       After section 8611, insert the following:

     SEC. 8612. CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION FOR COLLABORATIVE 
                   RESTORATION PROJECTS.

       (a) Expansion of Categorical Exclusion to Fire Regime Iv.--
     Section 603(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
     (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(2) Location.--
       ``(A) Definition of fire regime iv.--In this paragraph, the 
     term `Fire Regime IV' means an area in which historically 
     there are stand replacement severity fires with a frequency 
     of 35 to 100 years.
       ``(B) Location.--A project under this section shall be 
     limited to areas--
       ``(i) in the wildland-urban interface; or
       ``(ii) for projects located outside the wildland-urban 
     interface, within condition class 2 or condition class 3 in--

       ``(I) fire regime I, fire regime II, or fire regime III; or
       ``(II) fire regime IV--

       ``(aa) if the Secretary determines, based on the best 
     available scientific information,

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     that an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project is 
     necessary to restore reference conditions and reduce the 
     threat posed to the water quality of a municipal water 
     supply, electrical transmission lines, or other 
     infrastructure; and
       ``(bb) if the project does not include clearcutting 
     regeneration, coppice, or even-aged methods (as those terms 
     are defined in Forest Service Manual 2470 (as in effect on 
     the date of enactment of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
     2018)).''.
       (b) Roadless Area Restriction.--Section 603(d) of the 
     Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(d)) 
     is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) an inventoried roadless area.''.
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