Sec. 2. Definitions

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In this Act: The term end water user has the meaning given the term in section 303(a) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6542(a) ). The term Executive Director means the Executive Director of the Wildfire Intelligence Center appointed under section 102(g). The term fireshed means a landscape-scale area, as delineated using methods developed through research conducted by the Forest Service, that represents similar source levels of community exposure to wildfire.

The term fireshed management area means a fireshed management area designated under section 101(a). The term fireshed management project means any of the following forest or vegetation management activities: A hazardous fuels management activity. Creating a fuel break or fire break. Removing hazard trees, dead trees, or dying trees, as determined by a responsible official. Developing, approving, or conducting routine maintenance under a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan under section 512(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1772(c) ).

Removing trees to address overstocking or crowding in a forest stand, consistent with achieving the appropriate basal area of the forest stand, as determined by a responsible official. Using treatments to address insects or disease or to control vegetation competition or invasive species. A wet-meadow, floodplain, or riparian restoration activity that increases wildfire resistance. A forest stand improvement activity necessary to protect life and property from catastrophic wildfire, as determined by a responsible official.

Any combination of activities described in this paragraph. The term Fireshed Registry means the registry established under section 103(a). The term forest plan means— a land use plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for public land pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1712 ); a land and resource management plan prepared by the Forest Service 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 ); and a forest management plan (as defined in section 304 of the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3103 )) with respect to Indian forest land or rangeland.

The term Governor means the Governor or other appropriate executive official of— a State; or an Indian Tribe. The term hazardous fuels management activity means a vegetation management activity, or any combination of such activities, that reduces the risk of wildfire, including mechanical thinning, mastication, prescribed burning, cultural burning (as determined by an applicable Indian Tribe), timber harvest, and grazing. The terms at-risk community , community wildfire protection plan , and wildland-urban interface have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6511 ).

The term Indian forest land or rangeland means land that— is held in trust, or subject to a restriction against alienation, by the United States for an Indian Tribe or a member of an Indian Tribe; and is Indian forest land (as defined in section 304 of the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act ( 25 U.S.C. 3103 )); or has a cover of grasses, brush, or any similar vegetation; or formerly had a forest cover or vegetative cover that is capable of restoration. The term Indian Tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5304 ).

The term National Forest System has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1609(a) ). The term public land means— public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 )); the land reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the first section of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179, chapter 47) (commonly known as Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands ) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior; and the land revested in the United States by the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218, chapter 137) (commonly known as Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands ) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior.

The term relevant committees of Congress means— in the Senate— the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; and in the House of Representatives— the Committee on Agriculture; and the Committee on Natural Resources. The term Secretaries means— the Secretary; and the Secretary of the Interior. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. The term Secretary concerned means— the Secretary, with respect to National Forest System land; and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public land.

The term special district means a political subdivision of a State that— has significant budgetary autonomy or control; was established by, or pursuant to, the laws of the State for the purpose of performing a limited and specific governmental or proprietary function primarily relating to land management; and is distinct from any other unit of local government within the State. The term State means— each of the several States; the District of Columbia; and each territory of the United States.

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