Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the or the Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2019 . FORESTS Act of 2019 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Title I—Forest Active Management Areas Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Establishment of Forest Active Management Areas and annual volume requirements. Sec. 103. Management of Forest Active Management Areas. Sec. 104. Environmental analysis process for covered active management projects.
Sec. 105. Expedited compliance with Endangered Species Act. Sec. 106. Administrative review. Sec. 107. Use of arbitration instead of litigation to address challenge to covered active management project developed through collaborative process. Sec. 108. Distribution of forest active management revenues. Sec. 109. Annual report. Title II—Transition of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 and 25-percent payments Sec. 201. Extension of secure rural schools and community self-determination act of 2000 payments through fiscal year 2020.
Sec. 202. Effect of receipt of forest active management revenues or stewardship project payments. Sec. 203. Restoring original calculation method for 25-percent payments. Sec. 204. Prohibition on State retention of portion of 25-percent payments made on behalf of beneficiary counties. Title III—Stewardship end result contracting authority Sec. 301. Maximum authorized duration of stewardship end result contracts. Sec. 302. Cancellation ceiling authority and requirements. Sec. 303.
Payment of portion of stewardship project revenues to county in which stewardship project occurs. Sec. 304. Use of contractors to perform environmental analysis in connection with stewardship end result contracting projects. Title IV—Other Matters Sec. 401. Treatment as supplemental funding. Sec. 402. Definition of fire suppression to include certain related activities. Sec. 403. Prohibition on certain actions regarding Forest Service roads and trails.