To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project required by that Act.

Amends the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act (the Act) to extend the term of the pilot forest management project for the Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests in California.

Requires that when the Regional Forester for Region 5 initiates the process of amending or revising such plans for the pilot project area (the federal lands within the Plumas and Lassen National Forests and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe National Forest designated as available for group selection) the process include the preparation of at least one alternative that incorporates the pilot project and area designations, the resource management activities, and other aspects of the Quincy Library Group Community Stability Proposal.

Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the pilot project area to include all of the National Forest System lands in California or Nevada that lie within the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, and Humboldt-Toiyabe and Inyo National Forests.

Deems those areas that are designated as deferred under the Act, but located in Tehama County, south and west of Lassen Peak, as being designated as available for group selection.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3685 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3685

To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act 
 to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project 
                         required by that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 15, 2011

Mr. Herger (for himself, Mr. McClintock, and Mr. Amodei) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
   Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act 
 to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project 
                         required by that Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF HERGER-FEINSTEIN QUINCY LIBRARY GROUP 
              FOREST RECOVERY ACT.

    (a) Extension.--Subsection (g) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy 
Library Group Forest Recovery Act (title IV of the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in 
section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 
note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Term of Pilot Project.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct the pilot 
        project until the earlier of the following:
                    ``(A) September 30, 2022.
                    ``(B) The date on which the Secretary completes 
                amendment or revision of the land and resource 
                management plans for the National Forest System lands 
                included in the pilot project area.
            ``(2) Forest plan amendments.--Not later than September 30, 
        2014, the Regional Forester for Region 5 shall initiate the 
        process to amend or revise the land and resource management 
        plans for the pilot project area. The process shall include 
        preparation of at least one alternative that incorporates the 
        pilot project and area designations by subsection (b), the 
        resource management activities described in subsection (d), and 
        other aspects of the Quincy Library Group Community Stability 
        Proposal.''.
    (b) Expansion of Pilot Project Area.--Subsection (b) of the Herger-
Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Expansion of pilot project area.--The Secretary may 
        expand the pilot project area to include all National Forest 
        System lands within California or Nevada that lie within the 
        Sierra Nevada and Cascade Province, Lake Tahoe Basin Management 
        Unit, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, and Inyo National 
        Forest. These lands may be managed using the same strategy, 
        guidelines and resource management activities outlined in this 
        section or developed to meet local forest and community needs 
        and conditions.''.
    (c) Roadless Area Protection.--Subsection (c)(4) of the Herger-
Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act is amended by adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ``However, those areas 
designated as `Deferred' on the map, but located in Tehama County, 
south and west of Lassen Peak, are deemed to be designated as 
`Available for Group Selection' and shall managed accordingly under 
subsection (d).''.
    (d) Group Selection Requirement.--Subparagraph (A) of subsection 
(d)(2) of the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act 
is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Group selection.--After September 30, 2012, 
                group selection on an average acreage of .57 percent of 
                the pilot project area land shall occur each year of 
                the pilot project.''.
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