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 PUBLIC LAW 108–148—DEC. 3, 2003

117 STAT. 1887

Public Law 108–148 108th Congress An Act To improve the capacity of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects on National Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands aimed at protecting communities, watersheds, and certain other at-risk lands from catastrophic wildfire, to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003’’. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Dec. 3, 2003 [H.R. 1904]

Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003. 16 USC 6501 note.

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. TITLE I—HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION ON FEDERAL LAND Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108.

Definitions. Authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects. Prioritization. Environmental analysis. Special administrative review process. Judicial review in United States district courts. Effect of title. Authorization of appropriations. TITLE II—BIOMASS

Sec. 201. Improved biomass use research program. Sec. 202. Rural revitalization through forestry. Sec. 203. Biomass commercial utilization grant program. TITLE III—WATERSHED FORESTRY ASSISTANCE Sec. 301. Findings and purposes. Sec. 302. Watershed forestry assistance program. Sec. 303. Tribal watershed forestry assistance. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

TITLE IV—INSECT INFESTATIONS AND RELATED DISEASES 401. Findings and purpose. 402. Definitions. 403. Accelerated information gathering regarding forest-damaging insects. 404. Applied silvicultural assessments. 405. Relation to other laws. 406. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE V—HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM Sec. 501. Establishment of healthy forests reserve program. Sec. 502. Eligibility and enrollment of lands in program. Sec. 503. Restoration plans.

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