[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 103 (Wednesday, June 19, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 791. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Collins, 
Mr. Crapo, and Mr. King) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 
to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SECTION 108__. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE BIOMASS UNDER 
                   RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM.

       Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
     7545(o)(1)(I)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating clauses (iii) through (vii) as clauses 
     (v) through (ix), respectively; and
       (2) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:
       ``(ii) Trees and tree residue from non-Federal land, 
     including land belonging to an Indian tribe or an Indian 
     individual that is held in trust by the United States or 
     subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the 
     United States.
       ``(iii) Any secondary, residual materials generated from 
     forest products manufacturing, including, but not limited to, 
     sawdust, wood chips, shavings, bark, sanderdust, and 
     trimmings, regardless of whether the source of primary 
     materials is derived from Federal or non-Federal land.
       ``(iv) Biomass materials obtained from Federal land that--

       ``(I) are not harvested from old growth stands, unless the 
     old growth stand is part of a science-based ecological 
     restoration project authorized by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable, 
     that meets applicable protection and old growth enhancement 
     objectives, as determined by the applicable Secretary;
       ``(II) are slash, precommercial thinnings, or derived from 
     ecological restoration activities;
       ``(III) are harvested in a manner consistent with 
     applicable Federal laws (including regulations) and land 
     management plans; and
       ``(IV) are derived within--

       ``(aa) the wildland-urban interface (as defined in section 
     101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
     6511)) from acreage included within a community wildfire 
     protection plan (as so defined);
       ``(bb) a priority area on Federal land, as identified by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the 
     Interior, as applicable, in need of--
       ``(AA) ecological restoration;
       ``(BB) an authorized hazardous fuels reduction project 
     under section 102 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
     2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512); or
       ``(CC) a project carried out under section 602(d) of that 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 6591a(d)); or
       ``(cc) an area identified as a priority area for wildfire 
     threat in a State-wide assessment and State-wide strategy 
     developed in accordance with section 2A of the Cooperative 
     Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101a).''.
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