S.Amdt. 3423

SA 3423. Mr. GARDNER (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title IV of division A, add the following:

expansion of certain authorities of the healthy forests restoration act
of 2003 to fire regime iv and fire regime v

Sec. 43__.  (a) Section 101 of the Healthy Forests
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through (16) as
paragraphs (13) through (18), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
``(11) Fire regime iv.--The term `fire regime IV' means an
area--
``(A) in which historically there are stand replacement
severity fires with a frequency of 35 through 100 years; and
``(B) that may be located in any vegetation type.
``(12) Fire regime v.--The term `fire regime V' means an
area--
``(A) in which historically there are stand replacement
severity fires with a frequency of 200 years; and
``(B) that may be located in any vegetation type.''.
(b) Section 102(a)(3) of the Healthy Forests Restoration
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512(a)(3)) is amended by striking
``or fire regime III'' and inserting ``fire regime III, fire
regime IV, or fire regime V''.
(c) Section 603(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)) is amended by striking paragraph
(2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Location.--
``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph, the terms `condition
class 2', `condition class 3', `fire regime I', `fire regime
II', `fire regime III', `fire regime IV', `fire regime V',
and `wildland-urban interface' have the meanings given those
terms in section 101.
``(B) Location.--A project under this section shall be--
``(i) limited to areas in the wildland-urban interface; or
``(ii) for projects located outside the wildland-urban
interface, limited to areas within condition class 2 or
condition class 3 in fire regime I, fire regime II, fire
regime III, fire regime IV, or fire regime V.''.
(d) Section 605 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591d) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``Hazardous fuels reduction projects, as defined in the
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511(2))''
and inserting ``Authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects
(as defined in section 101)'';
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and sections 104 and
105''; and
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``subject to section
106,'' before ``considered'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ``to the extent''
and all that follows through ``disease,''; and

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(3) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Prioritized'' and
inserting ``prioritized'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``If located outside
the wildland-urban interface, limited to areas within
Condition Classes 2 or 3 in Fire Regime Groups I, II, or
III'' and inserting ``if located outside the wildland-urban
interface, limited to areas within condition class 2 or
condition class 3 in fire regime I, fire regime II, fire
regime III, fire regime IV, or fire regime V (as those terms
are defined in section 101)''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``Limited'' and
inserting ``limited''.
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