---
title: "Emergency Wildfire and Forest Management Act of 2016"
identifier: "114-S-3085"
congress: 114
bill_number: 3085
bill_type: "S"
version_code: "is"
version_type: "Introduced in Senate"
bill_url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/114/bills/s/3085"
source: "https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/3085"
site: "Chamber Zero"
site_url: "https://chamberzero.com"
rendered_at: "2026-06-03T21:46:11.380Z"
---
## SEC. 1 Short title; table of contents.

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## SEC. 2 Definitions.

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# TITLE I — Major Disaster for Wildfire on Federal Land

## SEC. 101 Wildfire on Federal land.

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## SEC. 102 Declaration of a major disaster for wildfire on Federal land.

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## SEC. 103 Prohibition on transfers.

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# TITLE II — Expedited environmental analysis and availability of categorical exclusions to expedite forest management activities

## SEC. 201 Analysis of only 2 alternatives in proposed collaborative forest management activities.

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## SEC. 202 Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions.

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## SEC. 203 Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events.

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## SEC. 204 Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests.

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## SEC. 205 Categorical exclusion to improve, restore, and reduce the risk of wildfire.

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## SEC. 206 Consideration of resource conditions for extraordinary circumstances.

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## SEC. 207 Compliance with forest plan.

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## SEC. 208 Roads.

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## SEC. 209 Exclusions.

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# TITLE III — Salvage and Reforestation in Response to Catastrophic Events

## SEC. 301 Expedited salvage operations and reforestation activities following large-scale catastrophic events.

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## SEC. 302 Compliance with forest plans.

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## SEC. 303 Exclusion of certain land.

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# TITLE IV — Additional Funding Sources for Forest Management Activities

## SEC. 401 Definitions.

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## SEC. 402 State-supported planning of forest management activities.

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# TITLE V — Tribal forestry participation and protection

## SEC. 501 Protection of tribal forest assets.

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## SEC. 502 Management of Indian forest land authorized to include related National Forest System land and public land.

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## SEC. 503 Tribal forest management demonstration project.

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# TITLE VI — Miscellaneous forest management activities

## SEC. 601 Balancing of impacts in considering injunctive relief.

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## SEC. 602 State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program.

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## SEC. 603 Pilot arbitration program.

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## SEC. 604 National Forest System accelerated landscape restoration pilot program.

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