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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 2607 (Introduced in House) — To expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National... · Sec. 116

Sec. 116. Treatment areas

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Section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6591a ) is amended— in the heading, by striking ; Designation of by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: In this section: The term Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands means the lands reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the first section of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179). The term declining forest health means a qualified forest that is experiencing— substantially increased tree mortality due to insect or disease infestation; or dieback due to infestation or defoliation by insects or disease. The term Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands means the following lands: All lands in the State of Oregon revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), that are administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, pursuant to the first section of the Act of August 28, 1937 ( 43 U.S.C. 1181a ). All lands in that State obtained by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the land exchanges authorized and directed by section 2 of the Act of June 24, 1954 ( 43 U.S.C. 1181h ). All lands in that State acquired by the United States at any time and made subject to the provisions of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 ( 43 U.S.C. 1181f ). The term public lands has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ), except that the term includes Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands and Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands. The term qualified forest means a forest located in— National Forest System lands; or public lands. The term Secretary concerned means— with respect to National Forest System lands, the Secretary of Agriculture; and with respect to public lands, the Secretary of the Interior. ; by amending subsection
(b)to read as follows: The Secretary concerned may carry out insect and disease treatment programs in a qualified forest that meets the requirements specified in subsection (c). ; in subsection (c), by striking To be designated a landscape-scale area under subsection (b), the area shall be and inserting The Secretary concerned may only carry out projects under subsection
(b)in a qualified forest that is ; and in subsection (d)(1), by striking on Federal land in the areas designated .
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