Sec. 305. Keeping forest plans current and monitored
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The Secretary shall— to the maximum extent practicable and subject to the availability of appropriations— ensure that each forest plan for a unit of the National Forest System is in compliance with the applicable requirements of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A) ); and prioritize revising any forest plan not in compliance with that section; not be considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A) ) solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the National Forest System; not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the relevant committees of Congress a notice describing the date on which each forest plan referred to in paragraph (1)(A) was most recently revised, amended, or modified; seek to publish a new, complete version of any forest plan that the Secretary has been directed by court order to amend, revise, or modify by not later than 60 days after the date of the amendment, revision, or modification, subject to the availability of appropriations made in advance for that purpose; and maintain a central, publicly accessible website with links to— the most recently available forest plan adopted, amended, or modified by a court order as a single document; and the most recently published forest plan monitoring report for the unit.
If the Secretary fails to act expeditiously and in good faith using available funding to revise, amend, or modify a plan for a unit of the National Forest System as required by an applicable law or court order— subsection
(a)shall be void with respect to the plan; and a court of competent jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the relevant committees of Congress a report summarizing the implementation of this section. The authority under this section terminates on September 30, 2031.
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