Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Responding Aggressively to Prevent Insects and Disease Act” or the “RAPID Act”.
Responding Aggressively to Prevent Insects and Disease Act
A BILL
To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to provide clarification with respect to certain categorical exclusion authority relating to insect and disease infestation and wildfire resilience projects, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to insect and disease infestation
Insect and disease categorical exclusion— Section 603(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “3000 acres” and inserting “10,000 acres”; and
in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “Fire Regime Groups I, II, or III,” and inserting “Fire Regime I, Fire Regime II, Fire Regime III, Fire Regime IV, or Fire Regime V,”.
Sec. 3 Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to wildfire resilience projects
Section 605(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591d(c)) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “3000 acres” and inserting “10,000 acres”; and
in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “Fire Regime Groups I, II, or III” and inserting “Fire Regime I, Fire Regime II, Fire Regime III, Fire Regime IV, or Fire Regime V”.