,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #dhj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #f        
7legislative day1 ,february #e71        
#bjbe,mr4 ,rounds introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to require certain forest   
supervisors of units of the ,national   
,forest ,system to submit to the ,chief 
of the ,forest ,service a harvesting    
improvement report1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,timber ,harvesting 
,restoration ,act of #bjbe4  #b4        
,harvesting improvement on ,national    
,forest ,system land  7a7 ,definitions  
,in this section3 7#a7 ,allowable sale  
quantity ,the term allowable sale       
quantity means the maximum volume of    
timber potentially available in a unit  
of the ,national ,forest ,system as part
 of regularly scheduled timber sales    
from land suitable for timber production

 over a #aj-year period4  7#b7 ,covered 
,,nfs unit ,the term covered ,,nfs unit 
means a unit of the ,national ,forest   
,system with respect to which1 as       
determined by the ,secretary1 the actual
 volume of timber sold from the unit    
during the fiscal year preceding the    
date of enactment of this ,act is not   
more than #b_/c of the allowable sale   
quantity4  7#c7 ,forest supervisor ,the 
term forest supervisor means a forest   
supervisor of a unit of the ,national   
,forest ,system4  7#d7 ,harvesting      
improvement report ,the term harvesting 
improvement report means a harvesting   
improvement report described in         
subsection 7b77#a74  7#e7 ,secretary    
,the term ,secretary means the          
,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting      
through the ,chief of the ,forest       
,service4  7b7 ,harvesting improvement  
reports  7#a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #ahj days after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 each forest     
supervisor of a covered ,,nfs unit shall

 submit to the ,secretary a harvesting  
improvement report that identifies areas
 of the covered ,,nfs unit that could be
 used1 and any actionable steps that may
 be taken1 to increase the volume of    
timber sold from the covered ,,nfs unit4
  7#b7 ,consultation ,in preparing a    
harvesting improvement report1 a forest 
supervisor shall consult with-- 7,a7    
relevant members of private industry2   
7,b7 relevant advisory committees2  7,c7
 ,state1 local1 and ,tribal governments2
 and  7,d7 relevant stakeholder groups4 
7#c7 ,notification ,not later than #cj  
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary shall notify each 
forest supervisor of whether that forest
 supervisor is required to file a       
harvesting improvement report4  7c7     
,actionable steps ,not later than #a    
year after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 each forest supervisor required  
to submit a harvesting improvement      
report shall demonstrate1 to the        
satisfaction of the ,secretary1 that the

 forest supervisor has taken actionable 
steps toward increasing the volume of   
timber sold from the applicable covered 
,,nfs unit4  7d7 ,measuring performance 
7#a7 ,review of progress #a year after  
the date on which a forest supervisor   
submits a harvesting improvement report1
 the ,secretary shall review the        
progress made toward increasing the     
volume of timber sold from the          
applicable covered ,,nfs unit4  7#b7    
,improvement ,if the ,secretary         
determines1 after a review under        
paragraph 7#a71 that the actual volume  
of timber sold from the unit is more    
than #c_/d of the allowable sale        
quantity for the unit1 the forest       
supervisor of that unit shall not be    
required to submit any additional       
harvesting improvement reports under    
this section4  7#c7 ,lack of improvement
 ,if the ,secretary determines1 after a 
review under paragraph 7#a71 that the   
actual volume of timber sold from the   
unit is not more than #c_/d of the      

allowable sale quantity for the unit1   
the forest supervisor of that unit      
shall1 not later than #ahj days after   
the review under paragraph 7#a71 submit 
to the ,secretary another harvesting    
improvement report4  7e7 ,supporting    
harvesting improvements ,with respect to
 a unit described in subsection 7d77#c71
 the ,secretary shall allocate any      
available resources to that unit for the
 purpose of increasing the volume of    
timber sold1 which resources may        
include-- 7#a7 providing additional     
personnel2  7#b7 expanding the use of   
good neighbor agreements under section  
#hbjf of the ,agricultural ,act of #bjad
 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #baac;a72 and  7#c7     
using any feasible actions and          
authorities to expedite environmental   
review processes4  7f7 ,waiver ,the     
,secretary may waive a requirement to   
submit a harvesting improvement report  
under this section with respect to a    
unit of the ,national ,forest ,system if
 the ,secretary determines that there is

 a plausible reason1 such as a natural  
disaster1 for the lack of progress      
toward increasing the volume of timber  
sold4