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Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act - Title I: Restoring the Commitment to Rural Counties and Schools - (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) (the Secretary in this title) to establish at least one Forest Reserve Revenue Area (Area) within each unit of the National Forest System (NFS) designated for sustainable forest management for the production of national forest materials (the sale of trees, portions of trees, or forest products from NFS lands) and forest reserve revenues (to be derived from the sale of such materials in such an Area).

States that the purpose of an Area is to provide a dependable source of 25% payments and economic activity for each beneficiary county containing NFS land that was eligible to receive payments through its state under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

Requires the Secretary to determine the annual volume requirement for each Area.

Prohibits the Secretary from reducing the number of acres of NFS land in an Area once it has been established.

(Sec. 104) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) manage Areas in the manner necessary to achieve their annual volume requirement (a volume of national forest materials at least 50% of the Area's sustained yield), and (2) conduct covered forest reserve projects within those Areas in accordance with this section, which shall serve as the only means by which the Secretary will comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and other applicable laws. Defines "covered forest reserve project" as one involving the management or sale of national forest materials within an Area to generate forest reserve revenues and achieve its annual volume requirement.

Requires the Secretary to complete an environmental assessment for a covered forest reserve project proposed for an Area, but does not require the Secretary to study, develop, or describe any alternative to the proposed agency action.

Makes the decision notice for a covered reserve project the final agency action, and prohibits the requirement of any additional analysis under NEPA to implement any part of the covered project.

Excludes categorically from NEPA requirements a covered forest reserve project proposed in response to a catastrophic event, that covers an area of up to 10,000 acres, or an eligible hazardous fuel reduction or forest health project involving the removal of insect-infested trees, dead or dying trees, trees presenting a threat to public safety, or other hazardous fuels within 500 feet of utility or telephone infrastructure, campgrounds, roadsides, heritage sites, recreation sites, schools, or other infrastructure.

(A "categorical exclusion" under NEPA is a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment and which have been found to have no such effect in procedures adopted by a federal agency in implementing environmental regulations and for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.)

Requires the Secretary, if a proposed covered forest reserve project may affect the continued existence of endangered or threatened species, to issue a determination explaining that the proposed covered project is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the species. Requires a written response from the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, including, if it rejects that determination, recommendations for measures that will avoid the likelihood of jeopardy to an endangered or threatened species.

Prescribes requirements for administrative and judicial reviews of a covered forest reserve project.

Permits the use of all-terrain vehicles within Areas for the purpose of activities associated with the sale of national forest materials.

(Sec. 105) Requires forest reserve revenues to be used to make: (1) 25% payments to states for the benefit ofbeneficiary counties, and (2) deposits into the Knutson-Vandenburg Fund and the salvage sale fund in contributions equal to the monies collected under such Acts for projects conducted on System NFS land.

Requires the deposit of remaining forest reserve revenues into the Treasury's general fund.

(Sec. 106) Prescribes requirements for annual reports for each Area.

Title II: Healthy Forest Management and Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention - (Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to NFS land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands, to implement a hazardous fuel reduction project or forest health project in at-risk forests in a manner that focuses on surface, ladder, and canopy fuels reduction activities.

Permits a hazardous fuel reduction project or a forest health project to include livestock grazing and timber harvest projects carried out for purposes of hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, forest restoration, watershed restoration, or threatened and endangered species habitat protection or improvement, if the management action is consistent with achieving long-term ecological restoration.

(Sec. 204) Applies the environmental assessment requirements of title I to the implementation of a hazardous fuel reduction project or a forest health project under this title.

Exempts such a project from judicial review or any federal court injunction if its primary purpose is the salvage of dead, damaged, or down timber resulting from wildfire occurring in 2013.

(Sec. 205) Allows a state governor to designate high-risk areas of federal land in the state for purposes of addressing: (1) deteriorating forest health conditions due to the bark beetle epidemic or drought, with the resulting imminent risk of devastating wildfires; and (2) the future risk of insect infestations or disease outbreaks through preventative treatments to improve forest health conditions.

 Prohibits the following federal land from being designated as a high-risk area: (1) a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, (2) federal land on which the removal of vegetation is specifically prohibited by federal statute, and (3) federal land within a National Monument.

Requires the first high-risk areas, for 20 years duration, to be designated within 60 days of enactment of this Act but permits the designation of high-risk areas at any time.

Declares that designation of a high-risk area shall not be construed to limit or restrict: (1) access to federal land included in the area for hunting, fishing, and other related purposes; or (2) valid and existing rights regarding such land.

(Sec. 206) Allows a state governor, upon designation of a high-risk area in the state, to provide for the development of proposed hazardous fuel reduction projects or forest health projects for the high-risk area.

Requires the governor to submit proposed emergency hazardous fuel reduction projects and forest health projects to the Secretary concerned for implementation.

(Sec. 207) Bars the Secretary of Agriculture from conducting any prescribed fire (except as part of wildfire suppression activities) in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project until the following report is submitted to Congress.

Directs the Secretary to report an evaluation of recent and current Forest Service management practices for the Forest, including lands in the Forest enrolled, or under consideration for enrollment, in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project to convert certain lands into shortleaf pine-oak woodlands, to determine the impact of those management practices on forest health and tree mortality.

 Title III: Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands Trust, Conservation, and Jobs - O&C Trust, Conservation, and Jobs Act - Subtitle A: Trust, Conservation, and Jobs - Chapter 1: Creation and Terms of O&C Trust - (Sec. 311) Establishes the Oregon and California Railroad Grant Lands Trust to produce annual maximum sustained revenues in perpetuity for Trust counties by managing the timber resources on Trust lands on a sustained-yield basis subject to the management requirements of this chapter.

States that such Trust land comprises all lands (with certain exceptions) containing specified stands of timber located, as of January 2013, on Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands and O&C Region Public Domain lands.

(Sec. 312) Declares that all right, title, and interest in the O&C Trust lands remain in the United States, except that: (1) the Board of Trustees (the Board in this title) shall have all authority to manage the surface estate of the O&C Trust lands and the resources found there, (2) actions on the O&C Trust land shall be deemed to involve no federal action or federal discretionary involvement or control and the laws of Oregon shall apply to the surface estate of the O&C Trust lands in the manner applicable to privately owned timberlands in Oregon, and (3) the O&C Trust shall be treated as the beneficial owner of the surface estate of the O&C Trust lands for purposes of all legal proceedings involving such lands.

States that, mineral and other subsurface rights in the O&C Trust lands are retained by the United States or other owner of such rights as of the date on which management authority over the surface estate of the lands is transferred to the O&C Trust.

Allows the Board to: (1) utilize rock or gravel within existing quarries on any Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands and O&C Region Public Domain lands, with certain exceptions; and (2) construct new quarries, of no more than five acres, on O&C Trust lands.

Requires the Board to assume authority and responsibility over, and have authority to use, all roads and specified road systems.

(Sec. 313) Authorizes the Governor of a state to appoint a Board of Trustees, whose members meet certain requirements, to administer the O&C Trust and O&C Trust lands.

(Sec. 314) Requires the Board to administer the O&C Trust lands in compliance with all federal and state laws in the same manner as those laws apply to private forest lands.

Requires the Board to approve and periodically update management and timber sale plans.

Directs the Board to: (1) manage at least 50% of the harvestable acres of the O&C Trust lands on a 100-120 year rotation, and (2) establish a program for the sale of timber set aside for purchase by business entities with 500 or fewer employees.

Requires the Board to sell timber on a competitive bid basis, at least 50% of it by oral bidding.

Makes it a condition on the sale of timber or other forest products from O&C Trust lands that unprocessed timber harvested from such lands may not be exported. Prohibits knowing violators of this condition from purchasing timber from O&C Trust lands or federal lands. Imposes the same disqualification on any person who uses unprocessed timber harvested from O&C Trust lands in substitution for exported unprocessed timber originating from private lands.

Directs the Board to develop an integrated pest and vegetation management plan which allows for the eradication, containment, and suppression of disease, pests, weeds and noxious plants, and invasive species.

Requires O&C Trust lands to include harvest area tree and retention requirements consistent with state law.

Subjects timber harvesting on O&C Trust lands in riparian areas to specified limitations.

Prescribes requirements for reciprocal fire protection agreements regarding the Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands and O&C Region Public Domain lands.

(Sec. 315) Prescribes requirements for calculation and distribution of payments made to each O&C Trust county.

Directs the Board to generate a reserve fund, to be maintained with an annual balance of $125 million, from which to: (1) pay management and administrative expenses or capital improvement costs on O&C Trust lands, and (2) make payments to O&C Trust counties when regular payments to them are projected to be 90% or less of the previous year's payments.

Directs the Board to use a portion of revenues generated from activity on the O&C Trust lands to establish a O&C Trust Conservation Fund to: (1) fund the voluntary acquisition of conservation easements from willing private landowners in the state; (2) fund watershed restoration, remediation, and enhancement projects within the state; or (3) contribute to balancing values in a land exchange with willing private landowners if the exchange will result in a net increase in ecosystem benefits for fish, wildlife, or rare native plants.

(Sec. 316) Authorizes the Board, subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary concerned), to negotiate proposals for land exchanges with owners of lands adjacent to O&C Trust lands in order to create larger contiguous blocks of land under O&C Trust management to facilitate resource management, improve the conservation value of such lands, or improve the efficiency of the management of those lands.

Specifies criteria a proposed land exchange must meet to win approval.

Prohibits the approval of land exchanges that, taken together with all previous exchanges involving the O&C Trust lands, have the effect of reducing the total acreage of the O&C Trust lands by more than 5%.

Authorizes land exchanges by the Board with the Forest Service if approved by the Secretary concerned.

(Sec. 317) Requires the O&C Trust, after the third fiscal year of a specified transition period and in each of the subsequent seven fiscal years, to pay $10 million to the U.S. Treasury.

Chapter 2: Transfer of Certain Lands to Forest Service - (Sec. 321) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over all Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands and O&C Region Public Domain lands not designated as O&C Trust lands, except for certain tribal lands, to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the NFS.

(Sec. 322) Requires assignment of management responsibilities for the lands transferred under this chapter to the NFS unit geographically closest to them, with the Secretary of Agriculture having ultimate decision-making authority.

Requires the transferred lands to be managed under the Northwest Forest Plan and to retain its land use designations.

Prohibits the harvest of old growth by the Forest Service on the transferred lands.

(Sec. 323) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct land exchanges involving the transferred lands, other than those excluded from the O&C Trust, in order to create larger contiguous blocks of land under the Secretary's management.

Prescribes criteria for administrative land exchanges between the Secretary and a non-federal owner (other than the O&C Trust), as well as with the Board.

Prohibits the approval of land exchanges that, taken together with all previous exchanges involving the transferred lands, have the effect of reducing the total acreage of the transferred lands by more than 5%.

(Sec. 324) Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint an Old Growth Review Panel to define old growth as it applies to the ecologically, geographically, and climatologically unique Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands and O&C Region Public Domain lands managed by the O&C Trust or the Forest Service only (but not to tribal lands).

Chapter 3: Transition - (Sec. 331) Provides for a three-year transition period which shall commence after the appointment of the Board.

Specifies what activities shall occur in years one, two, and three of the transition period.

(Sec. 332) Specifies the Board's borrowing authority, and prescribes requirements for treatment of existing contracts and the protection of valid existing rights and access to non-federal land.

(Sec. 335) Repeals specified federal law relating to the Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands; butrestores it to full legal force and effect if, as a result of judicial review, any provision of this subtitle is held invalid and its implementation, or any activity conducted under it, is then enjoined.

Subtitle B: Coos Bay Wagon Roads - (Sec. 341) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer management authority over the reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands, with certain exceptions, and their surface resources to the Coos County government in Oregon.

Makes Coos County responsible for all management and administrative costs of the Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands over which management authority is transferred.

Authorizes Coos County to contract for management of the lands, if competitively bid, with one or more public, private, or tribal entities, including the Coquille Indian tribe, if such entities are substantially located in Coos or Douglas Counties, Oregon.

Requires Coos County, after the third fiscal year of the transition period and in each of the subsequent seven fiscal years, to make payments of $400,000 to the U.S. Treasury.

Requires Coos County to transmit a payment to the Douglas County treasury from the net revenues generated from the transferred lands.

(Sec. 342) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands excluded from the transfer under this subtitle to the Secretary of Agriculture for inclusion in the NFS.

(Sec. 343) Permits Coos County to recommend land exchanges to the Secretary of Agriculture and carry them out.

Subtitle C: Oregon Treasures - Chapter 1: Wilderness Areas - (Sec. 351) Designates certain federal land in Oregon as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

(Sec. 352) Adds specified federal land managed by the BLM in the Wild Rogue Wilderness as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Chapter 2: Wild and Scenic River Designated and Related Protections - (Sec. 361) Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (the Act in this chapter) to designate specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

Amends the Act to rename the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Whychus Creek.

(Sec. 362) Amends the Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths.

(Sec. 363) Amends the Act to designate Franklin and Wasson Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers in the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

(Sec. 364) Amends the Act to add specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

(Sec. 365) Withdraws the federal land within a quarter mile on each side of specified stream segments from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials.

 Chapter 3: Additional Protections - (Sec. 371) Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from acquiring by condemnation any land or interest within the boundaries of the river segments or wilderness designated by this subtitle.

Prohibits the inclusion of private or non-federal public property within the boundaries of the river segments or wilderness designated by this subtitle unless the owner of the property has consented in writing.

(Sec. 372) Declares that, nothing in this subtitle or the Wilderness Act precludes: (1) low-level overflights and operations of military aircraft, helicopters, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles over the wilderness designated by this subtitle; or (2) the designation of new units of special use airspace, the expansion of existing units, or the use or establishment of military training routes over such wilderness.

(Sec. 373) Declares that nothing in this subtitle: (1) establishes or authorizes the establishment of a protective perimeter or buffer zone around the boundaries of the river segments or wilderness designated by this subtitle; or (2) precludes, limits, or restricts an activity from being conducted outside such boundaries, including one that can be seen or heard from within such boundaries.

(Sec. 374) Declares that, the designation of a river segment or wilderness by this subtitle or the withdrawal of the federal land shall not be construed to interfere with the authority of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to authorize mechanical thinning of trees or underbrush to prevent or control the spread of wildfires, or conditions creating the risk of wildfire that threatens areas outside the wilderness boundary, or the use of mechanized equipment for wildfire pre-suppression and suppression.

(Sec. 375) Requires any national monument designation within or on any part of the Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands or the O&C Region Public Domain lands to only be made pursuant to congressional approval in an Act of Congress.

Chapter 4: Effective Date - (Sec. 381) Sets forth the effective date of this subtitle.

States that, if, as a result of judicial review, any provision of subtitle A is held to be invalid and implementation of the provision or any activity conducted under it is enjoined, this subtitle and the amendments it has made shall not take effect, or if the effective date has already occurred, this subtitle shall have no force and effect and the amendments made by it are repealed.

Subtitle D: Tribal Trust Lands - Part 1: Council Creek Land Conveyance - (Sec. 392) Holds in trust for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians all interest of the United States in and to the Council Creek specified land composed of approximately 17,519 acres. Makes that land part of the Tribe's reservation.

(Sec. 394) Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs harvested from the federal land conveyed to the Tribes.

Prohibits gaming on those lands.

Requires forest management activities carried out on the Council Creek land to be managed in accordance with all applicable federal laws.

Part 2: Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance - (Sec. 396) Holds in trust for the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 14,804 acres of specified federal land. Makes that land part of the Tribes' reservation.

(Sec. 398) Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs harvested from the federal land conveyed to the Tribes.

Prohibits gaming on those lands.

Requires forest management activities carried out on the Council Creek land to be managed in accordance with all applicable federal laws.

Title IV: Community Forest Management Demonstration - (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish the community forest demonstration area of a state, consisting of National Forest System (NFS) land, at the request of an advisory committee appointed by a governor to manage such land in that state.

Conditions establishment of an area upon: (1) inclusion of at least 200,000 acres of NFS land; (2) a state forest practices law applicable to state or privately owned forest land, or established silvicultural best management practices or other regulations for forest management practices related to clean water, soil quality, wildlife, or forest health; and (3) a revenue-sharing agreement between a county and the state governor requiring the county, in using certain revenues received from the area, to continue to meet obligations for the use of such revenues for the benefit of public schools and roads.

States that, if an NFS unit in which a community forest demonstration area is being established contains more than 5 million acres, such area may include 900,000 or more acres of NFS land.

Limits to a total of 4 million acres the amount of NFS land that may be established as community forest demonstration areas.

(Sec. 403) Declares that a community forest demonstration area for a state shall be managed by an Advisory Committee appointed by the governor.

(Sec. 404) Directs the advisory committee for a community forest demonstration area to: (1) cooperate and consult with Indian tribes on management policies and practices for the area that may affect those tribes, and (2) consult with any applicable forest collaborative group.

Prohibits the export of unprocessed timber harvested from a community demonstration area as a condition on the sale of timber or other forest products from a community demonstration area.

(Sec. 405) Allows the advisory committee appointed for a community forest demonstration area to retain from amounts generated from the area any sums necessary to fund the management, administration, restoration, operation and maintenance, improvement, repair, and related expenses incurred with respect to that area.

Requires the advisory committee to distribute funds generated from the area to each county or local governmental unit in certain proportional amounts.

(Sec. 406) Permits counties to use certain sums necessary to provide initial funding for the management of community forest demonstration areas.

(Sec. 407) Requires the advisory committee for a community forest demonstration area to make payments to the U.S. Treasury.

(Sec. 408) Permits the advisory committee for a community forest demonstration area to terminate the area by a unanimous vote, subject to approval by the state governor.

Declares that, upon termination of a community forest demonstration area, the Secretary shall immediately resume management of the NFS land that had been included in it, and the advisory committee for the area shall be dissolved.

Title V: Reauthorization and Amendment of Existing Authorities and Other Matters - (Sec. 501) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, during February 2015, to distribute to each beneficiary county a payment equal to the amount distributed to the county for FY2010 under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior, during February 2015, to distribute to all counties that received a payment for FY2010 under the same Act new payments totalling the difference between: (1) the total amount distributed to all such counties for FY2010, and (2) $27 million. Requires each county to receive during February 2015, from this total amount, an amount determined according to a certain formula.

Disallows a county that receives a payment under this section from receiving specified 25% or 50% payments for FY2015 under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

(Sec. 502) Restores the original method for calculating 25% payments under such Act.

(Sec. 503) Authorizes the Secretary concerned (the Secretary of Agriculture for NFS land or the Secretary of the Interior BLM land) to enter into a cooperative agreement or contract (including a sole source contract) with a state forester to authorize the forester to provide specified forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, and protection services.

(Sec. 504) Extends through FY2017 the authority of the Forest Service and the BLM to enter into stewardship end result contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities, via agreement or contract, to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and the public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

Increases from 10 to 20 years the term limit for a multiyear contract.

Authorizes the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the BLM to obligate funds to cover any potential cancellation or termination costs for an agreement or contract in stages that are economically or programmatically viable. Prescribes terms for such an agreement or contract.

(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds made available to a beneficiary county or other political subdivision of a state under this Act in lieu of, or to otherwise offset, state funding sources for local schools, facilities, or educational purposes.

(Sec. 507) Makes the Forest Service decisionmaking and appeals reform process and the Forest Service pre-decisional objection process inapplicable to a project or activity implementing a land and resource management plan developed under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 that is categorically excluded from documentation in an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under NEPA.

(Sec. 508) Declares that, for certain funding purposes the term "fire suppression" includes reforestation, site rehabilitation, salvage operations, and replanting occurring following fire damage on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned or following fire suppression efforts on such lands by the Secretary concerned.

(Sec. 509) Bars the Forest Service from removing or otherwise eliminating or obliterating any legally created road or trail unless there has been a specific decision, which included adequate and appropriate public involvement, to decommission that road or trail. States that the fact that any road or trail is not a Forest System road or trail, or does not appear on a motor vehicle use map, shall not constitute a decision.

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adopted federal agency implementing environmental regulations environmental assessment environmental impact statement required requires secretary proposed covered forest reserve project affect continued existence endangered threatened species issue determination explaining proposed covered project likely jeopardize continued existence species requires written response secretary interior secretary commerce appropriate including rejects determination recommendations measures avoid likelihood jeopardy endangered threatened species prescribes requirements administrative judicial reviews covered forest reserve project permits use terrain vehicles areas purpose activities associated sale national forest materials sec requires forest reserve revenues payments states benefit counties deposits salvage sale fund contributions equal monies collected acts projects conducted system nfs land requires deposit remaining forest reserve revenues treasury general fund sec prescribes requirements annual reports area title catastrophic wildfire prevention sec authorizes secretary agriculture respect nfs land secretary interior respect public lands implement hazardous fuel reduction project forest health project risk forests manner focuses surface ladder canopy fuels reduction activities permits hazardous fuel reduction project forest health project include livestock grazing timber harvest projects carried purposes hazardous fuels reduction forest health forest restoration watershed restoration threatened endangered species habitat protection improvement management action consistent achieving long term ecological restoration sec applies environmental assessment requirements title implementation hazardous fuel reduction project forest health project title exempts project judicial review federal court injunction primary purpose salvage dead damaged timber resulting wildfire occurring sec allows state governor designate high risk areas federal land state purposes addressing deteriorating forest health conditions bark beetle epidemic drought resulting imminent risk devastating wildfires future risk insect infestations disease outbreaks preventative treatments improve forest health conditions prohibits following federal land designated high risk area component national_wilderness_preservation_system federal land removal vegetation specifically prohibited federal statute federal land national monument requires high risk areas years duration designated days enactment act permits designation high risk areas time declares designation high risk area shall construed limit restrict access federal land included area hunting fishing related purposes valid existing rights land sec allows state governor designation high risk area state provide development proposed hazardous fuel reduction projects forest health projects high risk area requires governor submit proposed emergency hazardous fuel reduction projects forest health projects secretary concerned implementation sec bars secretary agriculture conducting prescribed fire wildfire suppression activities missouri following report submitted congress directs secretary report evaluation recent current forest_service management practices forest including lands forest enrolled consideration enrollment convert certain lands pine oak determine impact management practices forest health tree mortality title iii oregon california railroad grant lands trust conservation trust conservation creation terms trust sec establishes oregon california railroad grant lands trust produce annual maximum sustained revenues perpetuity trust counties managing timber resources trust lands sustained yield basis subject management requirements chapter states trust land comprises lands certain exceptions containing specified stands timber located january oregon california railroad grant lands region public domain lands sec declares right title interest lands remain united_states board_of_trustees board title shall authority manage surface estate lands resources found actions land shall deemed involve federal action federal discretionary involvement control laws oregon shall apply surface estate lands manner applicable privately owned oregon shall treated beneficial owner surface estate lands purposes legal proceedings involving lands states mineral subsurface rights lands retained united_states owner rights date management authority surface estate lands transferred utilize rock gravel existing oregon california railroad grant lands region public domain lands certain exceptions construct new acres lands requires board assume authority responsibility authority use roads specified road systems sec authorizes governor state appoint board_of_trustees members meet certain requirements administer lands sec requires board administer lands compliance federal state laws manner laws apply private forest lands requires board approve periodically update management timber sale plans directs board manage harvestable acres lands year rotation establish program sale timber set aside purchase business entities fewer employees requires board sell timber competitive bid basis oral bidding makes condition sale timber forest products lands unprocessed timber harvested lands exported prohibits knowing violators condition purchasing timber lands federal lands imposes disqualification person uses unprocessed timber harvested lands substitution exported unprocessed timber originating private lands directs board develop integrated pest vegetation management plan allows eradication containment suppression disease pests weeds noxious plants invasive species requires trust lands include harvest area tree retention requirements consistent state law subjects timber harvesting lands riparian areas specified limitations prescribes requirements reciprocal fire protection agreements oregon california railroad grant lands region public domain lands sec prescribes requirements calculation distribution payments directs board generate reserve fund maintained annual balance million pay management administrative expenses capital improvement costs lands payments counties regular payments projected previous year payments directs board use portion revenues generated activity lands establish fund voluntary acquisition conservation easements willing private landowners state fund watershed restoration remediation enhancement projects state contribute balancing values land exchange willing private landowners exchange result net increase ecosystem benefits fish wildlife rare native plants sec authorizes board subject approval secretary interior secretary agriculture secretary concerned negotiate proposals land exchanges owners lands adjacent lands order create larger contiguous blocks land management facilitate resource management improve conservation value lands improve efficiency management lands specifies criteria proposed land exchange meet win approval prohibits approval land exchanges taken previous exchanges involving lands effect reducing total acreage lands authorizes land exchanges board forest_service approved secretary concerned sec requires fiscal year specified transition period subsequent seven fiscal years pay million chapter transfer certain lands forest service sec directs secretary interior transfer administrative jurisdiction oregon california railroad grant lands region public domain lands designated lands certain tribal lands secretary agriculture inclusion nfs sec requires assignment management responsibilities lands transferred chapter nfs unit geographically closest secretary agriculture having ultimate decision making authority requires transferred lands managed northwest forest plan retain land use designations prohibits harvest old growth forest_service transferred lands sec authorizes secretary agriculture conduct land exchanges involving transferred lands excluded order create larger contiguous blocks land secretary management prescribes criteria administrative land exchanges secretary non federal owner board prohibits approval land exchanges taken previous exchanges involving transferred lands effect reducing total acreage transferred lands sec requires secretary agriculture appoint old growth review panel define old growth applies ecologically geographically unique oregon california railroad grant lands region public domain lands managed forest_service tribal lands chapter transition sec provides year transition period shall commence appointment board specifies activities shall occur years transition period sec specifies board borrowing authority prescribes requirements treatment existing contracts protection valid existing rights access non federal land sec repeals specified federal law relating oregon california railroad grant lands coos bay wagon road grant lands legal force effect result judicial review provision subtitle held invalid implementation activity conducted subtitle coos bay wagon roads sec directs secretary interior transfer management authority coos bay wagon road grant lands certain exceptions surface resources coos_county government oregon makes coos county responsible management administrative costs lands management authority transferred authorizes coos county contract management lands competitively bid public private tribal entities including coquille indian tribe entities substantially located coos oregon requires coos_county fiscal year transition period subsequent seven fiscal years payments requires coos county transmit payment douglas_county treasury net revenues generated transferred lands sec directs secretary interior transfer administrative jurisdiction lands excluded transfer subtitle secretary agriculture inclusion nfs sec permits coos county recommend land exchanges secretary agriculture carry subtitle oregon treasures chapter wilderness areas sec designates certain federal land oregon inclusion national_wilderness_preservation_system sec adds specified federal land managed blm component national_wilderness_preservation_system chapter wild scenic river designated related protections sec amends wild scenic rivers act act chapter designate specified segments oregon components national_wild_and_scenic_rivers_system amends act rename oregon sec amends act corrections segment designations chetco_river oregon including revising segment lengths sec amends act designate franklin oregon wild rivers wild scenic rivers system sec amends act add specified segments creeks designation rogue_river oregon component national wild scenic rivers system sec withdraws federal land quarter mile specified stream segments entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent mining laws disposition laws pertaining mineral geothermal leasing mineral materials chapter prohibits secretary interior secretary agriculture acquiring condemnation land interest boundaries river segments wilderness designated subtitle prohibits inclusion private non federal public property boundaries river segments wilderness designated subtitle owner property consented writing sec declares subtitle wilderness act precludes low level overflights operations military aircraft helicopters missiles unmanned aerial vehicles wilderness designated subtitle designation new units special use airspace expansion existing units use establishment military training routes wilderness sec declares subtitle establishes authorizes establishment protective perimeter buffer zone boundaries river segments wilderness designated subtitle precludes limits restricts activity conducted outside boundaries including seen heard boundaries sec declares designation river segment wilderness subtitle withdrawal federal land shall construed interfere authority secretary interior secretary agriculture authorize mechanical thinning trees prevent control spread wildfires conditions creating risk wildfire threatens areas outside wilderness boundary use mechanized equipment wildfire pre suppression suppression sec requires national monument designation oregon california railroad grant lands lands pursuant congressional approval act congress chapter effective date sec sets forth effective date subtitle states result judicial review provision subtitle held invalid implementation provision activity conducted subtitle amendments shall effect effective date occurred subtitle shall force effect amendments repealed subtitle council creek land conveyance sec holds trust cow creek band umpqua_tribe indians interest united_states council creek specified land composed approximately acres makes land tribe reservation sec applies federal law relating export unprocessed logs harvested federal land unprocessed logs harvested federal land conveyed tribes prohibits gaming lands requires forest management activities carried council_creek land managed accordance applicable federal laws holds trust confederated tribes coos lower umpqua siuslaw indians right title interest united_states approximately acres specified federal land makes land tribes reservation sec applies federal law relating export unprocessed logs harvested federal land unprocessed logs harvested federal land conveyed tribes prohibits gaming lands requires forest management activities carried council_creek land managed accordance applicable federal laws title sec directs secretary agriculture establish community forest demonstration area state consisting national_forest_system nfs land request advisory committee appointed governor manage land state conditions establishment area inclusion acres nfs land state forest practices law applicable state privately owned forest land established silvicultural best management practices regulations forest management practices related clean water soil quality wildlife forest health revenue sharing agreement county state governor requiring county certain revenues received area continue meet obligations use revenues benefit public schools roads states nfs unit community forest demonstration area established contains million acres area include acres nfs land limits total million acres nfs land established community forest demonstration areas sec declares community forest demonstration area state shall managed advisory_committee appointed governor sec directs advisory committee community forest demonstration area cooperate consult indian tribes management policies practices area affect tribes consult applicable forest collaborative group prohibits export unprocessed timber harvested community demonstration area condition sale timber forest products community demonstration area sec allows advisory committee appointed community forest demonstration area retain amounts generated area sums necessary fund management administration restoration operation maintenance improvement repair related expenses incurred respect area requires advisory committee distribute funds generated area county local governmental unit certain proportional amounts sec permits counties use certain sums necessary provide initial funding management community forest demonstration areas sec requires advisory committee community forest demonstration area payments sec permits advisory committee community forest demonstration area terminate area unanimous vote subject approval state governor declares termination community forest demonstration area secretary shall immediately resume management nfs land included advisory committee area shall dissolved title reauthorization amendment existing authorities matters sec directs secretary agriculture february distribute beneficiary county payment equal distributed county fy2010 secure rural schools community self determination act directs secretary interior february distribute counties received payment fy2010 act new payments difference total distributed counties fy2010 million requires county receive february total determined according certain formula disallows county receives payment section receiving specified payments fy2015 secure rural schools community self determination act sec restores original method calculating payments act sec authorizes secretary concerned secretary land secretary land enter cooperative agreement contract including sole source contract state forester authorize forester provide specified forest rangeland watershed restoration management protection services sec extends fy2017 authority forest_service blm enter stewardship end result contracting projects private persons public private entities agreement contract perform services achieve land management goals national forests public lands meet local rural community needs increases years term limit multiyear contract authorizes chief forest_service director blm obligate funds cover potential cancellation termination costs agreement contract stages economically programmatically viable prescribes terms agreement contract sec prohibits use funds available beneficiary county political subdivision state act lieu offset state funding sources local schools facilities educational purposes sec makes forest_service decisionmaking appeals reform process forest_service pre objection process inapplicable project activity implementing land resource management plan developed forest_and_rangeland_renewable_resources_planning_act categorically excluded documentation environmental assessment environmental impact statement nepa sec declares certain funding purposes term fire suppression includes reforestation site rehabilitation salvage operations replanting occurring following fire damage lands jurisdiction secretary concerned following fire suppression efforts lands secretary concerned sec bars forest_service removing eliminating legally created road trail specific decision included adequate appropriate public involvement decommission road trail states fact road trail forest system road trail appear motor vehicle use map shall constitute decision


Summary: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act - Designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin. Sets forth administrative provisions regarding: (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

america red rock wilderness act designates specified lands following areas utah components national_wilderness_preservation_system great_basin grand staircase escalante moab sal canyons henry_mountains glen_canyon san_juan-anasazi san rafael swell book cliffs uinta basin sets forth administrative provisions exchange state owned lands areas federal reservation water rights measurement setbacks roads wilderness authorized livestock grazing withdrawal lands disposition certain public land laws


Summary:
Small Lands Tracts Conveyance Act - Requires the Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a state (respecting certain public lands) or the Regional Forester (respecting certain National Forest System lands) to select an eligible federal lands parcel for conveyance: (1) in response to a request by an adjacent landholder (any holder of non-federal land that shares one or more boundaries with such a parcel and who requests to purchase such a parcel), or (2) upon the recommendation of the BLM District Office or System unit that exercises administration over such parcel.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior to each create a process by which an adjacent landholder may request to purchase an eligible parcel. Instructs that such process be open to the public and available on the Internet.

Bars a conveyed eligible parcel from exceeding 160 acres unless the Director or Regional Forester concerned approves a request for additional acreage. Permits acquisition by an adjacent landholder of only one eligible parcel a year, subject to an exception.

Instructs the Director or Regional Forester concerned, as consideration for the sale of an eligible parcel, to require a cash payment in an amount equal to not less than the fair market value of such parcel, including the mineral estate, being conveyed.

Requires the proceeds collected from such conveyances to be deposited into a special fund established by this Act and distributed annually to each state in which the federal government owns more than 33% of the land area of such state.

Requires, from amounts collected and deposited: (1) 50% of the amount collected from a conveyance to be distributed to the state in which the conveyance took place, and (2) the remaining 50% to be distributed equally between the remaining states identified pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

Requires states receiving such funds to use them only for: (1) purchasing additional eligible parcels consistent with land use management under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act; and (2) being in compliance with federal requirements under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, Federal Water Pollution Control Act (known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]), and National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).

Requires the purchaser of an eligible federal lands parcel under this Act to cover the costs to be incurred, or to reimburse the Director or Regional Forester concerned for the costs incurred, in carrying out the conveyance.

Excludes categorically a conveyance of an eligible federal lands parcel under this Act from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under NEPA.

small lands tracts conveyance act requires director bureau_of_land_management blm state respecting certain public lands respecting certain national_forest_system lands select eligible federal lands parcel conveyance response request adjacent holder non federal land shares boundaries parcel requests purchase parcel recommendation unit exercises administration parcel directs secretary agriculture usda secretary interior create process adjacent request purchase eligible parcel instructs process open public available internet bars conveyed eligible parcel exceeding acres director regional forester concerned approves request additional acreage permits acquisition adjacent eligible parcel year subject exception instructs director regional forester concerned consideration sale eligible parcel require cash payment equal fair market value parcel including mineral estate conveyed requires proceeds collected conveyances deposited special fund established act distributed annually state federal government owns land area state requires amounts collected deposited collected conveyance distributed state conveyance took place remaining distributed equally remaining states identified pursuant preceding paragraph requires states receiving funds use purchasing additional eligible parcels consistent land use management federal_land_policy_and_management_act compliance federal requirements endangered species act federal_water_pollution_control_act known clean water act cwa national_environmental_policy_act nepa requires purchaser eligible federal lands parcel act cover costs incurred reimburse director regional forester concerned costs incurred carrying conveyance excludes categorically conveyance eligible federal lands parcel act requirement prepare environmental assessment environmental impact statement nepa


Summary:
National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy Act of 2013 - Establishes the National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy to undertake a comprehensive review of current policies of the federal government toward marijuana in light of the growing number of states in which marijuana is legal for medicinal or personal use.

Requires such review to include: (1) how federal policy should interact with state laws that make marijuana legal for such use; (2) the cost of the prohibition and potential regulation of marijuana and the potential revenue generated by taxation of marijuana; (3) the impact of federal banking and tax laws on businesses operating in compliance with state laws related to marijuana; (4) the health impacts related to marijuana use, and in comparison to alcohol and tobacco use; (5) the public safety effects and impact of the prohibition, and the regulation and control, of marijuana; (6) the impact of marijuana prohibition on criminal justice and the collateral consequences of prosecution for marijuana possession; (7) recommendations for the appropriate placement of marijuana in the schedule of the Controlled Substances Act; and (8) the effects of the prohibition or future regulation and control of marijuana on international relationships and treaty obligations.

national_commission federal marijuana policy act establishes national_commission federal marijuana policy undertake comprehensive review current policies federal government marijuana light growing number states marijuana legal personal use requires review include federal policy interact state laws marijuana legal use cost prohibition potential regulation marijuana potential revenue generated taxation marijuana impact federal banking tax laws businesses operating compliance state laws related marijuana health impacts related marijuana use comparison alcohol tobacco use public safety effects impact prohibition regulation control marijuana impact marijuana prohibition criminal justice collateral consequences prosecution marijuana possession recommendations appropriate placement marijuana schedule controlled substances act effects prohibition future regulation control marijuana international relationships treaty obligations


Summary:
Limestone Hills Training Area Withdrawal Act - (Sec. 2) Withdraws from all forms of appropriation under public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, 18,644 acres of public lands and interests in Broadwater County, Montana, identified on the map titled the "Limestone Hills Training Area Land Withdrawal."

Reserves the withdrawn lands for use for: (1) training for active and reserve components of the Armed Forces; (2) construction and operation of support and maintenance facilities for such components; (3) training by the Montana Department of Military Affairs; (4) training by state and local law enforcement agencies, civil defense organizations, and public education institutions; and (5) other defense-related purposes.

Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as altering any rights reserved for an Indian tribe for tribal use of lands within the military land withdrawal area by treaty or federal law. Requires the Secretary of the Army (the Secretary) to consult with any Indian tribes in the vicinity of the withdrawal area before taking action affecting tribal rights or cultural resources protected by treaty or federal law.

(Sec. 4) Sets forth special rules regarding: (1) mining the Indian Creek Mine and the removal of unexploded ordnance, and (2) grazing permits and leases on withdrawn lands.

Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a specified agreement regarding coordination of defense-related uses and mining and the on-going removal of unexploded ordnance.

(Sec.6) Terminates the military land withdrawal and reservation on March 31, 2039.

(Sec. 7) Declares the withdrawn lands to remain eligible as entitlement land for purposes of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program.

(Sec. 8) Permits hunting, fishing, and trapping on the withdrawn lands.

(Sec. 9) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) establish a reservation in favor of the United States with respect to any water or water right on withdrawn lands, or (2) authorize the appropriation of water on such lands except in accordance with applicable state law.

(Sec. 10) Requires the Secretary to take necessary precautions to prevent and suppress brush and range fires resulting from military activities on the withdrawn and reserved lands.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior, at the Secretary's request, to assist in the suppression of such fires, and be reimbursed by the Secretary.

(Sec. 11) Directs the Secretary to maintain a program of decontamination of contamination caused by defense-related uses on the withdrawn and reserved lands.

(Sec. 12) Prescribes a procedure for application for renewal of a withdrawal and reservation.

(Sec. 13) Declares that, upon termination of a withdrawal and reservation under this Act, the previously withdrawn lands shall not be open to any form of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining laws and the mineral leasing and geothermal leasing laws, until the Secretary of the Interior publishes an appropriate order specifying when such lands shall be restored to the public domain and opened for such purposes.

(Sec. 14) Prescribes a procedure, during the period of withdrawal and reservation, for relinquishment to the Secretary of the Interior of any or all of the lands withdrawn and reserved, if the Secretary decides to relinquish them.

Requires the Secretary to decontaminate any contaminated land if practicable and economically feasible.

Absolves the Secretary of the Interior of any obligation to accept: (1) contaminated lands if their decontamination is not practicable and economically feasible, or (2) any lands determined not suitable for return to the public domain.

area withdrawal act sec withdraws forms appropriation public land laws including mining laws mineral leasing geothermal leasing laws acres public lands interests montana identified map titled training area land withdrawal reserves withdrawn lands use training active reserve components armed_forces construction operation support maintenance facilities components training training state local law enforcement agencies civil defense organizations public education institutions defense related purposes prohibits act construed altering rights reserved indian tribe tribal use lands military land withdrawal area treaty federal law requires secretary army secretary consult indian tribes vicinity withdrawal area taking action affecting tribal rights cultural resources protected treaty federal law sec sets forth special rules mining removal unexploded ordnance grazing permits leases withdrawn lands directs secretary secretary interior enter specified agreement coordination defense related uses mining going removal unexploded ordnance terminates military land withdrawal reservation march sec declares withdrawn lands remain eligible entitlement land purposes payments lieu taxes pilt program sec permits hunting fishing trapping withdrawn lands sec declares act shall construed establish reservation favor united_states respect water water right withdrawn lands authorize appropriation water lands accordance applicable state law sec requires secretary necessary precautions prevent suppress brush range fires resulting military activities withdrawn reserved lands requires secretary interior secretary request assist suppression fires reimbursed secretary sec directs secretary maintain program decontamination contamination caused defense related uses withdrawn reserved lands sec prescribes procedure application renewal withdrawal reservation sec declares termination withdrawal reservation act previously withdrawn lands shall open form appropriation public land laws including mining laws mineral leasing geothermal leasing laws secretary interior publishes appropriate order specifying lands shall restored public domain opened purposes sec prescribes procedure period withdrawal reservation relinquishment secretary interior lands withdrawn reserved secretary decides relinquish requires secretary contaminated land practicable economically feasible absolves secretary interior obligation accept contaminated lands decontamination practicable economically feasible lands determined suitable return public domain


Summary:
Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Act - Designates specified land in Carson National Forest in New Mexico, which shall be known as the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness, as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Releases any federal land within the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Study Area administered by the Forest Service that is not designated as wilderness by this Act from further review for designation as wilderness.

Modifies the boundary of the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in New Mexico as specified on the map entitled "Columbine-Hondo, Wheeler Peak Wilderness."

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to convey to the town of Red River in New Mexico, one or more parcels of federal land in Taos County, New Mexico, identified as Parcels, 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the map entitled "Town of Red River Town Site Act Proposal" (the Red River Conveyance Map).

Directs the Secretary to convey to the village of Taos Ski Valley in New Mexico the National Forest System land identified as parcel 1 on the map entitled "Village of Taos Ski Valley Town Site Act Proposal."

Authorizes the conveyance of certain National Forest System land in New Mexico involving Parcels 5 and 6 as identified on the Red River Conveyance Map.

wilderness act designates specified land carson_national_forest new_mexico shall known hondo wilderness component national_wilderness_preservation_system releases federal land hondo wilderness study area administered forest_service designated wilderness act review designation wilderness modifies boundary peak wilderness new_mexico specified map entitled peak wilderness directs secretary agriculture usda convey town red_river new_mexico parcels federal land new_mexico identified parcels map entitled town red river town site act proposal directs secretary convey village taos ski valley new_mexico national forest system land identified parcel map entitled village taos ski valley town site act proposal authorizes conveyance certain national_forest_system land new_mexico involving parcels identified


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House reported version is repeated here.)

Ranch A Consolidation and Management Improvement Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), acting through the Forest Service, to convey to Wyoming, upon state request, without consideration and by quitclaim deed, all interest of the United States in approximately 10 acres of National Forest System land located in the Black Hills National Forest in Crook County, Wyoming.

Repeals the requirement that Ranch A be used for: (1) fish and wildlife management and educational activities; and (2) maintenance and restoration of the museum-quality real and personal property there. Repeals as well the reversionary interest of the United States in the property if the state of Wyoming uses it for any other purpose or develops the property.

measure amended introduced expanded summary house reported version repeated ranch consolidation management improvement act directs secretary agriculture usda acting forest_service convey wyoming state request consideration quitclaim deed interest united_states approximately acres national_forest_system land located wyoming repeals requirement ranch fish wildlife management educational activities maintenance restoration museum quality real personal property repeals reversionary interest united_states property state wyoming uses purpose develops property


Summary:
Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act - Establishes the Clear Creek National Recreation Area in California to promote environmentally responsible high-quality motorized and non-motorized trail based recreation, including off-highway vehicle use, scenic touring, and access for hunting and gem collecting, while protecting landscape resources.

Instructs the Secretary to use the 2005 Clear Creek Management Area Travel Management Plan as modified by this Act or by the Secretary to incorporate natural resource protection information unavailable in 2005 as the basis for an interim management plan to govern motorized recreation in the Recreation Area.

Requires the Secretary to create a comprehensive management plan for the Recreation Area within two years of enactment of this Act.

Requires landowners to be provided with adequate access to inholdings within the Recreation Area.

Permits livestock grazing to be allowed to continue in areas in which it is allowed.

Designates specified federal lands in Fresno and San Benito Counties, California, to be known as the Joaquin Rocks Wilderness, as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to add the Larious Canyon, San Carlos Creek, Cantua Creek, Picacho Creek, and White Creek and its tributaries as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.

clear creek national recreation area conservation act establishes clear creek national recreation area california promote environmentally responsible high quality motorized non motorized trail based recreation including highway vehicle use scenic access hunting collecting protecting landscape resources instructs secretary use clear modified act secretary incorporate natural resource protection information unavailable basis interim management plan govern motorized recreation recreation_area requires secretary create comprehensive management plan recreation_area years enactment act requires landowners provided adequate access inholdings recreation_area permits livestock grazing allowed continue areas allowed designates specified federal lands fresno california known joaquin rocks wilderness wilderness component national_wilderness_preservation_system amends wild scenic rivers act add canyon tributaries components national_wild_and_scenic_rivers_system


Summary:
Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act of 2013 - Establishes the Belmont-Harquahala National Conservation Area and the Gila Bend National Conservation Area in Arizona.

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Conservation Areas as: (1) components the National Landscape Conservation System, and (2) in a manner that conserves and enhances their resources and values.

Designates specified wilderness and wilderness additions in Maricopa County, Arizona, as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Establishes the Sentinel Plain Special Management Area and the Rainbow Valley Special Management Area in Arizona.

Requires the Secretary to develop separate comprehensive management plans for the long-term protection and management of such Areas.

Requires the Secretary to provide for the protection of the Agua Caliente Road.

arizona establishes national conservation area arizona requires secretary interior manage components national_landscape_conservation_system manner conserves enhances resources values designates specified wilderness wilderness additions arizona wilderness areas components national_wilderness_preservation_system establishes arizona requires secretary develop separate comprehensive management plans long term protection management areas requires secretary provide protection agua road


Summary: Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to extend the period during which the Secretary of the Army may use amounts in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund to operate and maintain a water quality project administered by the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, in California, or the Central Basin Water Quality Project administered by the Central Basin Municipal Water District from 10 to 15 years after the initial date of operation of the project.

amends miscellaneous appropriations act extend period secretary army use amounts operate maintain water quality project administered california administered years initial date operation project


Summary:
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act - Requires federal public land management officials to facilitate the use of, and access to, federal public lands, including National Monuments, Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, or lands administratively classified as wilderness eligible or suitable and primitive or semi-primitive areas, for fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, except as limited by: (1) statutory authority that authorizes or withholds action for reasons of national security, public safety, or resource conservation; (2) any other federal statute that specifically precludes recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting on specific federal public lands or waters; and (3) discretionary limitations on recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting determined to be necessary and reasonable as supported by the best scientific evidence and advanced through a transparent public process.

Requires the heads of federal public land management agencies to exercise their discretion in a manner that supports and facilitates recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting opportunities, to the extent authorized under applicable federal and state law.

Requires public land planning documents to include specific evaluations of their effects on opportunities to engage in recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting.

Prohibits any action taken under this Act or concerning the National Wildlife Refuge System under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, from being considered to be a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Declares that no additional identification, analysis, or consideration of environmental effects, including cumulative effects, is necessary or required.

Prohibits federal public land management officials from being required to consider the existence or availability of recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting opportunities on adjacent or nearby public or private lands in the planning for, or determination of, which federal public lands are open for such activities or in the setting of levels of use for such activities, unless the combination or coordination of such opportunities would enhance the recreational fishing, hunting, or shooting opportunities available to the public.

Requires Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Forest Service lands, except those on the Outer Continental Shelf, to be open to recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting unless the managing agency acts to close them to such activity for purposes of resource conservation, public safety, energy or mineral production, energy generation or transmission infrastructure, water supply facilities, protection of other permittees, protection of private property rights or interest, national security, or compliance with other law.

Requires the heads of federal agencies to use their authorities consistently with this Act to: (1) lease or permit use of their lands for shooting ranges, and (2) designate specific lands for recreational shooting activities. Prohibits such designation from subjecting the United States to any civil action or claim for damages for injury or loss of property or personal injury or death caused by any activity occurring at or on such designated land.

Declares that the provision of opportunities for hunting, fishing, recreational shooting, and the conservation of fish and wildlife to provide sustainable use recreational opportunities on designated federal wilderness areas constitutes the measures necessary to meet the minimum requirements for the administration of such areas. Denies, however, that this determination authorizes or facilitates commodity development, use, or extraction, motorized recreational access or use that is not otherwise allowed under the Wilderness Act, or permanent road construction or maintenance within designated wilderness areas.

Reaffirms provisions of the Wilderness Act stipulating that wilderness purposes are "within and supplemental to" the purposes of the underlying federal land unit. Requires the heads of federal agencies, when seeking to carry out fish and wildlife conservation programs and projects or provide fish and wildlife dependent recreation opportunities on designated wilderness areas, to implement those supplemental purposes so as to facilitate and/or enhance, but not to impede, the underlying federal land purposes. Declares that such implementation shall not authorize or facilitate commodity development, use or extraction, or permanent road construction or use within those areas.

Requires biennial reports on federal public lands closed to recreational fishing, sport hunting, or shooting.

Sets forth requirements for any permanent or temporary withdrawal, change of classification, or change of management status that effectively closes or significantly restricts 640 or more contiguous acres of federal public lands for fishing or hunting or related activities.

States that nothing in this Act prohibits a federal land management agency from establishing or implementing emergency closures or restrictions of the smallest practicable area to provide for public safety, resource conservation, national security, or other purposes authorized by law. Requires such an emergency closure to terminate after a reasonable period unless converted to a permanent closure consistent with this Act.

measure amended introduced summary expanded action occurred measure recreational fishing hunting heritage opportunities act requires federal public land management officials facilitate use access federal public lands including wilderness areas wilderness study areas lands administratively classified wilderness eligible suitable primitive semi primitive areas fishing sport hunting recreational shooting limited statutory authority authorizes withholds action reasons national security public safety resource conservation federal statute specifically precludes recreational fishing hunting shooting specific federal public lands waters discretionary limitations recreational fishing hunting shooting determined necessary reasonable supported best scientific evidence advanced transparent public process requires heads federal public land management agencies exercise discretion manner supports facilitates recreational fishing hunting shooting opportunities extent authorized applicable federal state law requires public land planning documents include specific evaluations effects opportunities engage recreational fishing hunting shooting prohibits action taken act concerning national_wildlife_refuge_system national_wildlife_refuge_system_administration_act considered major federal action significantly affecting quality human environment declares additional identification analysis consideration environmental effects including cumulative effects necessary required prohibits federal public land management officials required consider existence availability recreational fishing hunting shooting opportunities adjacent nearby public private lands planning determination federal public lands open activities setting levels use activities combination coordination opportunities enhance recreational fishing hunting shooting opportunities available public requires bureau land management blm forest_service lands outer_continental_shelf open recreational fishing hunting shooting managing agency acts close activity purposes resource conservation public safety energy mineral production energy generation transmission infrastructure water supply facilities protection permittees protection private property rights interest national security compliance law requires heads federal agencies use authorities consistently act lease permit use lands shooting ranges designate specific lands recreational shooting activities prohibits designation subjecting united_states civil action claim damages injury loss property personal injury death caused activity occurring designated land declares provision opportunities hunting fishing recreational shooting conservation fish wildlife provide sustainable use recreational opportunities designated federal wilderness areas constitutes measures necessary meet minimum requirements administration areas denies determination authorizes facilitates commodity development use extraction motorized recreational access use allowed wilderness act permanent road construction maintenance designated wilderness areas reaffirms provisions wilderness act wilderness purposes supplemental purposes underlying federal land unit requires heads federal agencies seeking carry fish wildlife conservation programs projects provide fish wildlife dependent recreation opportunities designated wilderness areas implement supplemental purposes facilitate enhance impede underlying federal land purposes declares implementation shall authorize facilitate commodity development use extraction permanent road construction use areas requires biennial reports federal public lands closed recreational fishing sport hunting shooting sets forth requirements permanent temporary withdrawal change classification change management status effectively closes significantly restricts contiguous acres federal public lands fishing hunting related activities states act prohibits federal land management agency establishing implementing emergency closures restrictions smallest practicable area provide public safety resource conservation national security purposes authorized law requires emergency closure terminate reasonable period converted permanent closure consistent act


Summary:
Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Permits specified federal lands in San Juan National Forest in Colorado to be called the Hermosa Creek Watershed and Protection Area.

(Sec. 5) Designates certain federal lands in a proposed watershed protection area in San Juan National Forest to be administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the Hermosa Creek Special Management Area.

Authorizes in the Special Management Area, subject to conditions, specified activities including: (1) the use of motorized vehicles and snowmobiles, and (2) grazing and other traditional economic activities. Prohibits an area identified as East Hermosa Area from having unauthorized new road construction, renovations of existing nonsystem roads, or commercial timber harvests.

Requires any land interests acquired by the United States within the Special Management Area to occur only through donation or exchange with written consent of the property owner.

Declares that nothing in this Act affects: (1) Colorado's fish and wildlife jurisdiction, or (2) management of water storage reservoirs.

Withdraws federal land within the Special Management Area from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under mining laws; and (3) disposition under mineral leasing, geothermal leasing, or mineral materials laws.

Sets forth authority for the management of ski area permits, vegetation, wildfires, hazardous fuels, insects, and diseases in the Special Management Area.

Requires USDA, within three years after enactment of this Act, to develop a management plan for the long-term protection and management of the Special Management Area.

(Sec. 6) Prohibits designation of the Special Management Area from affecting water rights decreed under existing Colorado laws.

(Sec. 7) Designates certain San Juan National Forest land as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System to be known as Hermosa Creek Wilderness.

(Sec. 8) Withdraws federal land and mineral interests depicted on a map entitled "Perins Peak & Animas City Mountain, Horse Gulch and Lake Nighthorse Mineral Withdrawal" from certain acts under public land, mining, mineral, and geothermal laws. Permits USDA to convey that land to the city of Durango, the county of La Plata, or the state of Colorado pursuant to the Recreation and Public Purposes Act or by a legal exchange.

(Sec. 9) Directs the Department of the Interior, upon the expiration of a specified permit and upon the request and agreement of La Plata, to convey to La Plata identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the Tres Rios District in Colorado.

Directs Interior to require La Plata to pay administrative costs associated with such conveyance.

(Sec. 10) Designates certain San Juan County land as the Molas Pass Recreation Area. Authorizes snowmobiles in the area under specified conditions and requires USDA to authorize mountain biking and other recreational uses.

Designates as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System certain San Juan National Forest land depicted as "Weminuche Wilderness Addition" on a map entitled "West Needles Contiguous Wilderness Study Area." Transfers administrative jurisdiction of that land from the BLM to the Forest Service.

(Sec. 11) Declares that nothing in this Act restricts low-level overflights of military aircraft, flight testing and evaluation, special use airspace, or military flight training routes over wilderness areas.

sec permits specified federal lands san juan national forest colorado called sec designates certain federal lands proposed watershed protection area administered department_of_agriculture usda authorizes special_management_area subject conditions specified activities including use motorized vehicles snowmobiles grazing traditional economic activities prohibits area identified having unauthorized new road construction renovations existing roads commercial timber harvests requires land interests acquired united_states special_management_area occur donation exchange written consent property owner declares act affects colorado fish wildlife jurisdiction management water storage reservoirs withdraws federal land special_management_area entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent mining laws disposition mineral leasing geothermal leasing mineral materials laws sets forth authority management ski area permits vegetation wildfires hazardous fuels insects diseases special_management_area requires usda years enactment act develop management plan long term protection management special_management_area sec prohibits designation special_management_area affecting water rights existing colorado laws sec designates certain land component national_wilderness_preservation_system known sec withdraws federal land mineral interests depicted map entitled peak city mountain horse lake mineral withdrawal certain acts public land mining mineral geothermal laws permits usda convey land city county state colorado pursuant recreation_and_public_purposes_act legal exchange sec directs department_of_the_interior expiration specified permit request agreement convey identified land managed bureau_of_land_management blm rios district colorado directs interior require pay administrative costs associated conveyance sec designates certain san_juan_county land authorizes snowmobiles area specified conditions requires usda authorize mountain recreational uses designates component national_wilderness_preservation_system certain land depicted wilderness addition map entitled west needles contiguous wilderness study area transfers administrative jurisdiction land blm forest_service sec declares act restricts low level overflights military aircraft flight testing evaluation special use airspace military flight training routes wilderness areas


Summary: Promoting Border Commerce and Travel Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from: (1) establishing, collecting, or otherwise imposing a border crossing fee for pedestrians or passenger vehicles at land ports of entry along the southern or northern border of the United States; or (2) conducting any study relating to such fee's imposition.

travel act prohibits secretary homeland_security dhs establishing collecting imposing border crossing fee pedestrians passenger vehicles land ports entry southern northern border united_states conducting study relating fee imposition


Summary:
National Forest Emergency Response Act - Declares that the fire hazard and human endangerment in national forests to be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture constitute emergency circumstances. Directs the Secretary to designate (for up to 10 years) at least one national forest in each state that is experiencing conditions that constitute emergency circumstances due to pine beetle infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage and the resulting imminent risk of devastating wildfire that poses significant threat to the economic stability of surrounding areas and the health, safety, and well-being of residents, firefighters, and visitors.

Makes provisions of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act regarding hazardous fuel reduction on federal land (including environmental analysis requirements, the special administrative review process, and the judicial review process) applicable to all Forest Service projects and activities implementing the land and resource management plan developed for the designated national forests during the term of the emergency circumstances, subject to specified modifications by the Secretary.

Requires a project conducted in a designated national forest under this Act that comprises less than 10,000 acres (with exceptions, including components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, any federal land on which the removal of vegetation is restricted or prohibited by Act of Congress or presidential proclamation, or a congressionally designated wilderness study area) to be considered an action categorically excluded from the requirements for an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement.

Prohibits a U.S. court from issuing any restraining order, preliminary injunction, or injunction pending appeal regarding any decision to engage in remedial action or to prepare, advertise, offer, award, or operate a timber sale in a designated forest.

Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with a state forester to provide forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services on national forest system land in that state.

national_forest emergency response act declares fire hazard human endangerment national forests designated secretary agriculture constitute emergency circumstances directs secretary designate years national forest state experiencing conditions constitute emergency circumstances pine beetle infestation drought disease storm damage resulting imminent risk devastating wildfire poses significant threat economic stability surrounding areas health safety residents firefighters visitors makes provisions healthy_forests_restoration_act hazardous fuel reduction federal land including environmental analysis requirements special administrative review process judicial review process applicable forest_service projects activities implementing land resource management plan developed designated national forests term emergency circumstances subject specified modifications secretary requires project conducted designated national forest act comprises acres exceptions including components national_wilderness_preservation_system federal land removal vegetation restricted prohibited act congress presidential proclamation congressionally designated wilderness study area considered action categorically excluded requirements environmental assessment environmental impact statement prohibits court issuing restraining order preliminary injunction injunction pending appeal decision engage remedial action prepare advertise offer award operate timber sale designated forest authorizes secretary enter cooperative agreement contract state forester provide forest rangeland watershed restoration protection services national forest system land state