,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bh1 
#bjbb,mr4 ,thune 7for himself and ,mr4  
,barrasso7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,agriculture  
to carry out vegetation management      
projects and timber production projects 
on certain ,national ,forest ,system    
land in the ,states of ,montana1 ,south 
,dakota1 and ,wyoming1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,black ,hills       
,forest ,protection and ,jobs           
,preservation ,act of #bjbb4  #b4       
,vegetation management projects on      
,black ,hills ,national ,forest using   
expedited ,,nepa authorities ,the       
,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting      
through the ,chief of the ,forest       
,service 7referred to in this ,act as   
the ,secretary71 shall issue #a or more 

decisions using expedited authorities   
for compliance with the ,national       
,environmental ,policy ,act of #aifi    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dcba et seq471 including
 sections #fjc and #fje of the ,healthy 
,forests ,restoration ,act of #bjjc 7#af
 ,u4,s4,c4 #feia;b1 #feia;d7 and a      
determination of ,,nepa adequacy        
described in section #bbj4d7;j7 of title
 #cf1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or
 successor regulations71 to carry out   
vegetation management projects on land  
in the ,black ,hills ,national ,forest4 
#c4 ,funding for timber production      
projects  7a7 ,in general ,of the       
amounts made available to the ,secretary
 by section #djhjc7;c77#aa7 of the      
,infrastructure ,investment and ,jobs   
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #feib7;c77#aa771 the
 ,secretary shall use #dj1jjj1jjj for   
the period of fiscal years #bjbb through
 #bjbf to carry out projects on the     
,bighorn ,national ,forest1 the ,custer 
,gallatin ,national ,forest1 and the    
,black ,hills ,national ,forest that    

will result in timber production4  7b7  
,use of categorical exclusion and       
emergency action authorities ,in        
carrying out projects under subsection  
7a71 the ,secretary shall use1 to the   
extent practicable-- 7#a7 the           
categorical exclusion established by    
section #djhjf7;b7 of the               
,infrastructure ,investment and ,jobs   
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #feib;b7b772 and    
7#b7 the emergency action authority     
under section #djhjg of that ,act 7#af  
,u4,s4,c4 #feib;c74  7c7 ,excess amounts
 ,if any amounts made available under   
subsection 7a7 are not used by the      
,secretary by ,september #cj1 #bjbf1 and
 the ,secretary has exhausted all       
reasonable means to use those amounts   
for the purposes described in that      
subsection1 those amounts shall remain  
available to the ,secretary until       
expended to carry out projects described
 in section #djhjc7;c77#aa7 of the      
,infrastructure ,investment and ,jobs   
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #feib7;c77#aa774    

#d4 ,wood products infrastructure ,in   
the ranking system developed under      
section #djhjd7;d77#a7 of the           
,infrastructure ,investment and ,jobs   
,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #feib;a7d77#a771 the
 ,secretary shall categorize the ,black 
,hills ,national ,forest and the        
,bighorn ,national ,forest as being very
 high priority for ecological           
restoration involving vegetation        
removal4  #e4 ,administration  7a7      
,judicial review ,a project carried out 
under section #b or #c shall not be     
subject to judicial review4  7b7        
,excluded land ,a project carried out   
under section #b or #c may not be       
carried out on-- 7#a7 a component of the
 ,national ,wilderness ,preservation    
,system2 or  7#b7 an inventoried        
roadless area4