[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5274-S5275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3423. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 6147, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title IV of division A, add the following:


expansion of certain authorities of the healthy forests restoration act 
              of 2003 to fire regime iv and fire regime v

       Sec. 43__.  (a) Section 101 of the Healthy Forests 
     Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (16) as 
     paragraphs (13) through (18), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
       ``(11) Fire regime iv.--The term `fire regime IV' means an 
     area--
       ``(A) in which historically there are stand replacement 
     severity fires with a frequency of 35 through 100 years; and
       ``(B) that may be located in any vegetation type.
       ``(12) Fire regime v.--The term `fire regime V' means an 
     area--
       ``(A) in which historically there are stand replacement 
     severity fires with a frequency of 200 years; and
       ``(B) that may be located in any vegetation type.''.
       (b) Section 102(a)(3) of the Healthy Forests Restoration 
     Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512(a)(3)) is amended by striking 
     ``or fire regime III'' and inserting ``fire regime III, fire 
     regime IV, or fire regime V''.
       (c) 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) Definitions.--In this paragraph, the terms `condition 
     class 2', `condition class 3', `fire regime I', `fire regime 
     II', `fire regime III', `fire regime IV', `fire regime V', 
     and `wildland-urban interface' have the meanings given those 
     terms in section 101.
       ``(B) Location.--A project under this section shall be--
       ``(i) limited to areas in the wildland-urban interface; or
       ``(ii) for projects located outside the wildland-urban 
     interface, limited to areas within condition class 2 or 
     condition class 3 in fire regime I, fire regime II, fire 
     regime III, fire regime IV, or fire regime V.''.
       (d) Section 605 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
     2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591d) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``Hazardous fuels reduction projects, as defined in the 
     Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(2))'' 
     and inserting ``Authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects 
     (as defined in section 101)'';
       (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and sections 104 and 
     105''; and
       (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``subject to section 
     106,'' before ``considered'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ``to the extent'' 
     and all that follows through ``disease,''; and

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       (3) in subsection (c)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Prioritized'' and 
     inserting ``prioritized'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``If located outside 
     the wildland-urban interface, limited to areas within 
     Condition Classes 2 or 3 in Fire Regime Groups I, II, or 
     III'' and inserting ``if located outside the wildland-urban 
     interface, limited to areas within condition class 2 or 
     condition class 3 in fire regime I, fire regime II, fire 
     regime III, fire regime IV, or fire regime V (as those terms 
     are defined in section 101)''; and
       (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``Limited'' and 
     inserting ``limited''.
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