Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act

H.R. 3188 · 113th Congress · Sep 26, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber sales as part of Forest Service and Department of the Interior restoration and rehabilitation activities for lands within the Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park and Bureau of Land Management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act”.

Sec. 2 Expedited salvage timber sales in response to the California Rim Fire

(a)

Salvage timber sales required— As part of the restoration and rehabilitation activities undertaken on the lands within the Stanislaus National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in California, the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to affected Stanislaus National Forest lands, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to affected Bureau of Land Management lands, shall promptly plan and implement salvage timber sales of dead, damaged, or downed timber resulting from that wildfire.

(b)

Expedited implementation—

(1)

Legal sufficiency— Due to the extraordinary severity of the Rim Fire occurring on the Federal lands described in subsection (a), salvage timber sales conducted under such subsection shall proceed immediately and to completion notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

(2)

Administrative and judicial review— Salvage timber sales conducted under subsection (a) shall not be subject to—

(A)

administrative review, including, in the case of the Forest Service, the notice, comment, and appeal requirements of section 322 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–381; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note); or

(B)

judicial review in any court of the United States.

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Sep 26, 2013viewing Reported in House Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Walden, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Cook, Mr. Denham, Mr. Hastings of Washington, and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned See what changed
Sep 26, 2013 Introduced in House Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mrs. Lummis, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Walden, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Cook, Mr. Denham, Mr. Hastings of Washington, and Mr. Valadao) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Expedited salvage timber sales in response to the California Rim Fire

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