S.Amdt. 791

SA 791. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Collins,
Mr. Crapo, and Mr. King) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed
to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SECTION 108__. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE BIOMASS UNDER
RENEWABLE FUEL PROGRAM.

Section 211(o)(1)(I) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
7545(o)(1)(I)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating clauses (iii) through (vii) as clauses
(v) through (ix), respectively; and
(2) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:
``(ii) Trees and tree residue from non-Federal land,
including land belonging to an Indian tribe or an Indian
individual that is held in trust by the United States or
subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the
United States.
``(iii) Any secondary, residual materials generated from
forest products manufacturing, including, but not limited to,
sawdust, wood chips, shavings, bark, sanderdust, and
trimmings, regardless of whether the source of primary
materials is derived from Federal or non-Federal land.
``(iv) Biomass materials obtained from Federal land that--

``(I) are not harvested from old growth stands, unless the
old growth stand is part of a science-based ecological
restoration project authorized by the Secretary of
Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable,
that meets applicable protection and old growth enhancement
objectives, as determined by the applicable Secretary;
``(II) are slash, precommercial thinnings, or derived from
ecological restoration activities;
``(III) are harvested in a manner consistent with
applicable Federal laws (including regulations) and land
management plans; and
``(IV) are derived within--

``(aa) the wildland-urban interface (as defined in section
101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C.
6511)) from acreage included within a community wildfire
protection plan (as so defined);
``(bb) a priority area on Federal land, as identified by
the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the
Interior, as applicable, in need of--
``(AA) ecological restoration;
``(BB) an authorized hazardous fuels reduction project
under section 102 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512); or
``(CC) a project carried out under section 602(d) of that
Act (16 U.S.C. 6591a(d)); or
``(cc) an area identified as a priority area for wildfire
threat in a State-wide assessment and State-wide strategy
developed in accordance with section 2A of the Cooperative
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101a).''.
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