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This Act may be cited as the . Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2019 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Rule of application for National Forest System lands and public lands. Title I—Expedited Environmental Analysis and Availability of Categorical Exclusions to Expedite Forest Management Activities Subtitle A—Analysis of Proposed Collaborative Forest Management Activities Sec. 101. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) in proposed collaborative forest management activities.
Subtitle B—Categorical Exclusions Sec. 111. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions. Sec. 112. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events. Sec. 113. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests. Sec. 114. Categorical exclusion for road side projects. Sec. 115. Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System Lands or public land or reduce the risk of wildfire.
Sec. 116. Treatment areas. Sec. 117. Administrative review. Sec. 118. Wildfire resilience projects. Subtitle C—General Provisions for Forest Management Activities Sec. 121. Compliance with forest plans. Sec. 122. Consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act. Sec. 123. Consultation under the Endangered Species Act. Sec. 124. Forest management activities considered non-discretionary actions. 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. Title III—Forest Management Litigation Subtitle A—General Litigation Provisions Sec. 301. No attorney fees for forest management activity challenges. Sec. 302. Injunctive relief. Subtitle B—Forest Management Activity Arbitration Pilot Program Sec. 311.
Use of arbitration instead of litigation to address challenges to 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. Title V—Stewardship End Result Contracting Sec. 501. Payment of portion of stewardship project revenues to county in which stewardship project occurs. Sec. 502. Fire liability provision. Sec. 503. Extension of stewardship contracting maximum term limits.
Title VI—Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection Sec. 601. Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end result contracting and other authorities. Sec. 602. Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System lands and public lands. Sec. 603. Tribal forest management demonstration project. Sec. 604. Rule of application. Title VII— Expediting Interagency Consultation Subtitle A—Forest Plans Not Considered Major Federal Actions Sec. 701.
Forest plans not considered major Federal actions. Subtitle B—Agency Consultation Sec. 711. Consultation under Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. Title VIII—Miscellaneous Subtitle A—Forest Management Provisions Sec. 801. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to insect and disease infestation. Sec. 802. Revision of alternate consultation agreement regulations. Sec. 803. Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations.
Sec. 804. Conditions on Forest Service road decommissioning. Sec. 805. Prohibition on application of Eastside Screens requirements on National Forest System lands. Sec. 806. Use of site-specific forest plan amendments for certain projects and activities. Sec. 807. Knutson-Vandenberg Act modifications. Sec. 808. Application of Northwest Forest Plan Survey and Manage Mitigation Measure Standard and Guidelines. Sec. 809. Reconstruction and repair included in good neighbor agreements.
Subtitle B—Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Sec. 811. Amendments to the Act of August 28, 1937. Sec. 812. Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands permanent rights of access. Sec. 813. Management of Bureau of Land Management lands in Western Oregon.