Sec. 50301. Timber sales and long-term contracting for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management

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In this subsection: The term forest plan means a land and resource management plan prepared by the Secretary for a unit of the National Forest System pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604 ). The term National Forest System means land of the National Forest System (as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1609(a) )) administered by the Secretary.

The term National Forest System does not include any forest reserve not created from the public domain. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service. For each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034, the Secretary shall sell timber annually on National Forest System land in a total quantity that is not less than 250,000,000 board-feet greater than the quantity of board-feet sold in the previous fiscal year. The timber sales under subparagraph

(A)shall be subject to the maximum allowable sale quantity of timber or the projected timber sale quantity under the applicable forest plan in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. For the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, the Secretary shall enter into not fewer than 40 long-term timber sale contracts with private persons or other public or private entities under subsection

(a)of section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 ( 16 U.S.C. 472a ) for the sale of national forest materials (as defined in subsection (e)(1) of that section) in the National Forest System. The period of a timber sale contract entered into to meet the requirement under subparagraph

(A)shall be not less than 20 years, with options for extensions or renewals, as determined by the Secretary. Any monies derived from a timber sale contract entered into to meet the requirements under subparagraphs

(A)and

(B)shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury. In this subsection: The term public lands has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ). The term resource management plan means a land use plan prepared for public lands under section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712 ). The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. For each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034, the Secretary shall sell timber annually on public lands in a total quantity that is not less than 20,000,000 board-feet greater than the quantity of board-feet sold in the previous fiscal year. The timber sales under subparagraph

(A)shall be subject to the applicable resource management plan in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. For the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, the Secretary shall enter into not fewer than 5 long-term contracts with private persons or other public or private entities under section 1 of the Act of July 31, 1947 (commonly known as the Materials Act of 1947 ) (61 Stat. 681, chapter 406; 30 U.S.C. 601 ), for the disposal of vegetative materials described in that section on public lands. The period of a contract entered into to meet the requirement under subparagraph

(A)shall be not less than 20 years, with options for extensions or renewals, as determined by the Secretary. Any monies derived from a contract entered into to meet the requirements under subparagraphs

(A)and

(B)shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

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