Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2015 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Expedited Environmental Analysis and Availability 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 insect and disease infestation. Sec. 106. Categorical exclusion to improve, restore, and reduce the risk of wildfire. 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 injunctions pending appeal. Sec. 204. Exclusion of certain lands. Title III—Collaborative Project Litigation Requirement Sec. 301. Definitions. Sec. 302. Bond requirement as part of legal challenge of certain forest management activities. Title IV—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act Amendments Sec. 401.

Use of reserved funds for title II projects on Federal land and certain non-Federal land. Sec. 402. Resource advisory committees. Sec. 403. Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects. Sec. 404. Additional authorized use of reserved funds for title III county projects. Title V—Stewardship End Result Contracting Sec. 501. Cancellation ceilings for stewardship end result contracting projects. Sec. 502. Excess offset value. Sec. 503. Payment of portion of stewardship project revenues to county in which stewardship project occurs.

Sec. 504. Submission of existing annual report. Title VI—Additional Funding Sources for Forest Management Activities Sec. 601. Definitions. Sec. 602. Availability of stewardship project revenues and Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund to cover forest management activity planning costs. Sec. 603. State-supported planning of forest management activities. Title VII—Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Sec. 701. Protection of tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end result contracting and other authorities.

Sec. 702. Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System lands and public lands. Title VIII—Miscellaneous Forest Management Provisions Sec. 801. Balancing short- and long-term effects of forest management activities in considering injunctive relief. Sec. 802. Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning. Sec. 803. Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands. Sec. 804. Use of site-specific forest plan amendments for certain projects and activities.

Sec. 805. Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications. Sec. 806. Exclusion of certain National Forest System lands and public lands.