,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gca  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,issa 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,bacon1 and ,mr4 ,la,malfa7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural           
,resources1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 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     
exempt hazardous fuel reduction         
activities from certain environmental   
requirements for a #aj-year period4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,green ,tape ,elimination ,act of  
#bjbe4  #b4 ,exemption of hazardous fuel
 reduction activities from certain      
environmental requirements  7a7 ,in     
general ,during the #aj-year period     
beginning on the date of the enactment  
of this section1 a hazardous fuel       

reduction activity carried out on       
,federal land--  7#a7 shall not be      
considered a major ,federal action for  
the purposes of section #ajb7b77;,c7 of 
the ,national ,environmental ,policy    
,act of #aifi 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#dccb7b77;,c772 and  7#b7 may be carried
 out without regard to the provisions of
 law specified in subsection 7b74  7b7  
,provisions of law specified ,the       
provisions of law specified in this     
subsection are all ,federal laws1       
regulations1 and legal requirements of1 
deriving from1 or related to the subject
 of the following laws3 7#a7 ,the       
,endangered ,species ,act of #aigc 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #aeca et seq474  7#b7         
,division ,a of subtitle ,,iii of title 
#ed1 ,united ,states ,code 7commonly    
referred to as the ,national ,historic  
,preservation ,act74  7#c7 ,the         
,migratory ,bird ,treaty ,act 7#af      
,u4,s4,c4 #gjc et seq474  7#d7 ,the     
,migratory ,bird ,conservation ,act 7#af
 ,u4,s4,c4 #gae et seq474  7c7 ,clean   

,air ,act amendment ,section #cai of the
 ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gfai7 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7c7 ,certain air quality    
monitoring data excluded ,in the event a
 hazardous fuel reduction activity 7as  
that term is defined in section #b7;d7  
of the ,green ,tape ,elimination ,act of
 #bjbe7 is carried out that the         
,administrator determines has a         
significant impact on air quality1 the  
,administrator shall exclude air quality
 monitoring data that is directly due to
 such hazardous fuel reduction activity 
from use in determinations by the       
,administrator with respect to          
exceedances or violations of the        
national ambient air quality standard   
for any air pollutant4  4  7d7          
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,hazardous fuel ,the term hazardous fuel
 means any vegetative material that is  
susceptible to burning1 including-- 7,a7
 trees2  7,b7 grasses2  7,c7 shrubs2    
7,d7 sagebrush2  7,e7 chaparral2 and    

7,f7 any dead vegetative material on or 
near the ground4  7#b7 ,hazardous fuel  
reduction activity ,the term hazardous  
fuel reduction activity means an        
activity the purpose of which is--  7,a7
 the installation of-- 7i7 a natural or 
manmade change in fuel characteristics  
that affects fire behavior such that a  
fire can be more readily controlled     
7commonly known as a fuel break72 or    
7ii7 a natural or constructed barrier   
used to stop or check a fire or to      
provide a control line from which to    
work to stop or check a fire 7commonly  
known as a firebreak72 or  7,b7 to      
reduce hazardous fuels1 including--  7i7
 prescribed fire2  7ii7 wildland fire   
use2 and  7iii7 the use of mechanical   
methods such as crushing1 tractor and   
hand piling1 thinning1 pruning1 cutting1
 or otherwise removing hazardous fuels4