,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #defi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bj1 #bjba,mr4 
,mc,clintock 7for himself1 ,mr4         
,westerman1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4        
,newhouse1 ,mr4 ,bentz1 ,mr4 ,obernolte1
 ,mr4 ,rosendale1 ,mrs4 ,boebert1 and   
,mr4 ,tiffany7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on        
,agriculture1 for a period to be        
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require that only two    
alternatives be considered with respect 
to certain proposed collaborative forest
 management activities1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,action ,versus ,no 
,action ,act4  #b4 ,analysis of only two
 alternatives 7action versus no action7 
in proposed collaborative forest        

management activities  7a7 ,application 
to certain environmental assessments and
 environmental impact statements ,this  
section shall apply whenever the        
,secretary concerned prepares an        
environmental assessment or an          
environmental impact statement pursuant 
to section #ajb of the ,national        
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dccb7 for a forest      
management activity that-- 7#a7 will    
occur on lands identified as the        
,secretary concerned as suitable for    
timber production2 and  7#b7 meets at   
least one of the following conditions3  
7,a7 ,the forest management activity    
will occur on lands designated by the   
,secretary 7or designee thereof7        
pursuant to section #fjb7;b7 of the     
,healthy ,forests ,restoration ,act of  
#bjjc 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #feia;a7b771       
notwithstanding whether such forest     
management activity is initiated prior  
to the date of enactment of this ,act4  
7,b7 ,the forest management activity is 

developed through a collaborative       
process4  7,c7 ,the forest management   
activity is proposed by a resource      
advisory committee4  7,d7 ,the forest   
management activity is covered by a     
community wildfire protection plan4  7b7
 ,consideration of alternatives ,in the 
case of an environmental assessment or  
environmental impact statement described
 in subsection 7a71 the ,secretary      
concerned shall study1 develop1 and     
describe only the following two         
alternatives3 7#a7 ,the forest          
management activity4  7#b7 ,the         
alternative of no action4  7c7 ,elements
 of no action alternative ,in the case  
of the alternative of no action         
described in subsection 7b77#b71 the    
,secretary concerned shall consider     
whether to evaluate-- 7#a7 the effect of
 no action on-- 7,a7 forest health2     
7,b7 potential losses of life and       
property2  7,c7 habitat diversity2  7,d7
 wildfire potential2  7,e7 insect and   
disease potential2 and  7,f7 timber     

production2 and  7#b7 the implications  
of a resulting decline in forest health1
 loss of habitat diversity1 wildfire1 or
 insect or disease infestation 7given   
fire and insect and disease historic    
cycles7 on-- 7,a7 potential losses of   
life and property2  7,b7 domestic water 
supply in the project area2  7,c7       
wildlife habitat loss2 and  7,d7 other  
economic and social factors4  7d7       
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,collaborative process ,the term        
collaborative process means a process   
relating to the management of ,national 
,forest ,system lands or public lands by
 which a project or forest management   
activity is developed and implemented by
 the ,secretary concerned through       
collaboration with interested persons1  
as described in section                 
#fjc7;b77#a77;,c7 of the ,healthy       
,forests ,restoration ,act of #bjjc 7#af
 ,u4,s4,c4 #feia;b7b77#a77;,c774  7#b7  
,community wildfire protection plan ,the
 term community wildfire protection plan

 has the meaning given the term in      
section #aja of the ,healthy ,forests   
,restoration ,act of #bjjc 7#af         
,u4,s4,c4 #feaa74  7#c7 ,resource       
advisory committee ,the term resource   
advisory committee has the meaning given
 the term in section #bja of the ,secure
 ,rural ,schools and ,community         
,self-,determination ,act of #bjjj 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #gaba74  7#d7 ,secretary      
concerned ,the term ,secretary concerned
 means-- 7,a7 the ,secretary of         
,agriculture1 with respect to ,national 
,forest ,system lands2 and  7,b7 the    
,secretary of the ,interior1 with       
respect to public lands4