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[CITE: 16USC2104]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
               CHAPTER 41--COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE
 
Sec. 2104. Forest health protection


(a) In general

    The Secretary may protect trees and forests and wood products, 
stored wood, and wood in use directly on the National Forest System and, 
in cooperation with others, on other lands in the United States, from 
natural and man-made causes, to--
        (1) enhance the growth and maintenance of trees and forests;
        (2) promote the stability of forest-related industries and 
    employment associated therewith through the protection of forest 
    resources;
        (3) aid in forest fire prevention and control;
        (4) conserve forest cover on watersheds, shelterbelts, and 
    windbreaks;
        (5) protect outdoor recreation opportunities and other forest 
    resources; and
        (6) extend timber supplies by protecting wood products, stored 
    wood, and wood in use.

(b) Activities

    Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section and to such 
other conditions the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may, 
directly on the National Forest System, in cooperation with other 
Federal departments on other Federal lands, and in cooperation with 
State foresters, or equivalent State officials, subdivisions of States, 
agencies, institutions, organizations, or individuals on non-Federal 
lands--
        (1) conduct surveys to detect and appraise insect infestations 
    and disease conditions and man-made stresses affecting trees and 
    establish a monitoring system throughout the forests of the United 
    States to determine detrimental changes or improvements that occur 
    over time, and report annually concerning such surveys and 
    monitoring;
        (2) determine the biological, chemical, and mechanical measures 
    necessary to prevent, retard, control, or suppress incipient, 
    potential, threatening, or emergency insect infestations and disease 
    conditions affecting trees;
        (3) plan, organize, direct, and perform measures the Secretary 
    determines necessary to prevent, retard, control, or suppress 
    incipient, potential, threatening, or emergency insect infestations 
    and disease epidemics affecting trees;
        (4) provide technical information, advice, and related 
    assistance on the various techniques available to maintain a healthy 
    forest and in managing and coordinating the use of pesticides and 
    other toxic substances applied to trees and other vegetation, and to 
    wood products, stored wood, and wood in use;
        (5) develop applied technology and conduct pilot tests of 
    research results prior to the full-scale application of such 
    technology in affected forests;
        (6) promote the implementation of appropriate silvicultural or 
    management techniques that may improve or protect the health of the 
    forests of the United States; and
        (7) take any other actions the Secretary determines necessary to 
    accomplish the objectives and purposes of this section.

(c) Consent of entity

    Operations under this section to prevent, retard, control, or 
suppress insects or diseases affecting forests and trees on land not 
controlled or administered by the Secretary shall not be conducted 
without the consent, cooperation, and participation of the entity having 
ownership of or jurisdiction over the affected land.

(d) Contribution by entity

    No money appropriated to implement this section shall be expended to 
prevent, retard, control, or suppress insects or diseases affecting 
trees on non-Federal land until the entity having ownership of or 
jurisdiction over the affected land contributes, or agrees to 
contribute, to the work to be done in the amount and in the manner 
determined appropriate by the Secretary.

(e) Allotments to other agencies

    The Secretary may, in the Secretary's discretion, and out of any 
money appropriated to implement this section, make allocations to 
Federal agencies having jurisdiction over lands held or owned by the 
United States in the amounts the Secretary determines necessary to 
prevent, retard, control, or suppress insect infestations and disease 
epidemics affecting trees on those lands.

(f) Limitation on use of appropriations

                       (1) Removing dead trees

        No amounts appropriated shall be used to--
            (A) pay the cost of felling and removing dead or dying trees 
        unless the Secretary determines that such actions are necessary 
        to prevent the spread of a major insect infestation or disease 
        epidemic severely affecting trees; or
            (B) compensate for the value of any property injured, 
        damaged, or destroyed by any cause.

              (2) Insects and diseases affecting trees

        The Secretary may procure materials and equipment necessary to 
    prevent, retard, control, or suppress insects and diseases affecting 
    trees without regard to section 5 of title 41, under whatever 
    procedures the Secretary may prescribe, if the Secretary determines 
    that such action is necessary and in the public interest.

(g) Partnerships

    The Secretary, by contract or cooperative agreement, may provide 
financial assistance through the Forest Service to State foresters or 
equivalent State officials, and private forestry and other 
organizations, to monitor forest health and protect the forest lands of 
the United States. The Secretary shall require contribution by the non-
Federal entity in the amount and in the manner determined appropriate. 
Such non-Federal share may be in the form of cash, services, or 
equipment, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.

(h) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out subsections (a) through (g) of this section.

(i) Integrated pest management

                           (1) In general

        Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (e) of this 
    section, the Secretary shall, in cooperation with State foresters or 
    equivalent State officials, subdivisions of States, or other 
    entities on non-Federal lands (hereafter in this subsection referred 
    to as the ``cooperator'')--
            (A) provide cost-share assistance to such cooperators who 
        have established an acceptable integrated pest management 
        strategy, as determined by the Secretary, that will prevent, 
        retard, control, or suppress gypsy moth, southern pine beetle, 
        spruce budworm infestations, or other major insect infestations 
        in an amount no less than 50 percent nor greater than 75 percent 
        of the cost of implementing such strategy; and
            (B) upon request, assist the cooperator in the development 
        of such integrated pest management strategy.

                 (2) Authorization of appropriations

        There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually 
    $10,000,000 to implement this subsection.

(Pub. L. 95-313, Sec. 8, formerly Sec. 5, July 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 368; 
renumbered Sec. 8 and amended Pub. L. 101-624, title XII, Secs. 1215(1), 
1218, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3525, 3531.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 8 of Pub. L. 95-313 was renumbered section 11 and is 
classified to section 2107 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-624 amended section generally, substituting 
present provisions for provisions relating to insect and disease control 
on Federal and non-Federal forest lands, additional protective functions 
and responsibilities concerning such lands, consent, cooperation, and 
participation of, and contribution by, entity having jurisdiction over 
such lands, allocations to Federal agencies having jurisdiction over 
such lands, availability and limitations on use of appropriated amounts, 
and authorization of appropriations.


        Stewardship End Result Contracting Demonstration Project

    Pub. L. 107-63, title III, Sec. 332, Nov. 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 471, 
provided in part that: ``The authority to enter into stewardship and end 
result contracts provided to the Forest Service in accordance with 
section 347 of title III of section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 
105-277 [set out as a note below] is hereby expanded to authorize the 
Forest Service to enter into an additional 28 contracts subject to the 
same terms and conditions as provided in that section: Provided, That of 
the additional contracts authorized by this section at least 9 shall be 
allocated to Region 1 and at least 3 to Region 6.''
    Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 106-291, title III, 
Sec. 338, Oct. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 998, as amended by Pub. L. 107-20, 
title II, Sec. 2604, July 24, 2001, 115 Stat. 178.
    Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(e) [title III, Sec. 347], Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-231, 2681-298, as amended by Pub. L. 106-113, div. 
B, Sec. 1000(a)(3) [title III, Sec. 341], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 
1501A-201; Pub. L. 107-63, title III, Sec. 332, Nov. 5, 2001, 115 Stat. 
471, provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--Until September 30, 2004, the Forest Service, via 
agreement or contract as appropriate, may enter into no more than 
twenty-eight (28) stewardship contracting demonstration pilot projects 
with private persons or other public or private entities, of which 
Region One of the Forest Service shall have the authority to enter into 
nine (9) such contracts, to perform services to achieve land management 
goals for the national forests that meet local and rural community 
needs.
    ``(b) Land Management Goals.--The land management goals of a project 
under subsection (a) may include, among other things--
        ``(1) road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or 
    maintain water quality;
        ``(2) soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or 
    other resource values;
        ``(3) setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, 
    structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife 
    habitat;
        ``(4) noncommercial cutting or removing of trees or other 
    activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or 
    achieve other non-commercial objectives;
        ``(5) watershed restoration and maintenance;
        ``(6) restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish habitat; 
    and
        ``(7) control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing 
    native plant species.
    ``(c) Agreements or Contracts.--
        ``(1) Procurement procedure.--A source for performance of an 
    agreement or contract under subsection (a) shall be selected on a 
    best-value basis, including consideration of source under other 
    public and private agreements or contracts.
        ``(2) Term.--A multiyear contract may be entered into under 
    subsection (a) in accordance with section 304B of the Federal 
    Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c), 
    except that the period of the contract may exceed 5 years but may 
    not exceed 10 years.
        ``(3) Offsets.--
            ``(A) In general.--In connection with agreement or contracts 
        under subsection (a), the Forest Service may apply the value of 
        timber or other forest products removed as an offset against the 
        cost of services received.
            ``(B) Methods of appraisal.--The value of timber or other 
        forest products used as offsets under subparagraph (A)--
                ``(i) shall be determined using appropriate methods of 
            appraisal commensurate with the quantity of products to be 
            removed;
                ``(ii) may be determined using a unit of measure 
            appropriate to the agreement or contracts; and
                ``(iii) may include valuing products on a per-acre 
            basis.
        ``(4) Relation to other laws.--The Forest Service may enter into 
    agreement or contracts under subsection (a), notwithstanding 
    subsections (d) and (g) of section 14 of the National Forest 
    Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a).
    ``(d) Receipts.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Forest Service may collect monies from an 
    agreement or contract under subsection (a) so long as such 
    collection is a secondary objective of negotiating contracts that 
    will best achieve the purposes of this section.
        ``(2) Use.--Monies from an agreement or contract under 
    subsection (a) may be retained by the Forest Service and shall be 
    available for expenditure without further appropriation at the 
    demonstration project site from which the monies are collected or at 
    another demonstration project site.
        ``(3) Relation to other laws.--The value of services received by 
    the Secretary under a stewardship contract project conducted under 
    this section, and any payments made or resources provided by the 
    contractor or the Secretary under such a project, shall not be 
    considered to be monies received from the National Forest System 
    under any provision of law. The Act of June 9, 1930 (16 U.S.C. 576 
    et seq.; commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act), shall not 
    apply to stewardship contracts entered into under this section.
    ``(e) Costs of Removal.--The Forest Service may collect deposits 
from contractors covering the costs of removal of timber or other forest 
products pursuant to the Act of August 11, 1916 (39 Stat. 462, chapter 
313; 16 U.S.C. 490); and the next to the last paragraph under the 
heading `Forest Service.' under the heading `Department of Agriculture' 
in the Act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat. 430, chapter 131; 16 U.S.C. 498); 
notwithstanding the fact that the timber purchasers did not harvest the 
timber.
    ``(f) Performance and Payment Guarantees.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Forest Service may require performance 
    and payment bonds, in accordance with sections 103-2 and 103-2 of 
    part 28 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. 28.103-2, 
    28.103-3), in an amount that the contracting officer considers 
    sufficient to protect the Government's investment in receipts 
    generated by the contractor from the estimated value of the forest 
    products to be removed under contract under subsection (a).
        ``(2) Excess offset value.--If the offset value of the forest 
    products exceeds the value of the resource improvement treatments, 
    the Forest Service may--
            ``(A) collect any residual receipts pursuant to the Act of 
        June 9, 1930 (46 Stat. 527, chapter 416; 16 U.S.C. 576b); and
            ``(B) apply the excess to other authorized stewardship 
        demonstration projects.
    ``(g) Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting.--The Forest Service 
shall establish a multiparty monitoring and evaluation process that 
accesses each individual stewardship pilot project conducted under this 
section. Besides the Forest Service, participants in this process may 
include any cooperating governmental agencies, including tribal 
governments, and any interested groups or individuals. The Forest 
Service shall report annually to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate on--
        ``(1) the status of development, execution, and administration 
    of agreements or contracts under subsection (a);
        ``(2) the specific accomplishments that have resulted; and
        ``(3) the role of local communities in development of agreements 
    or contract plans.''


          Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery

    Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(e) [title IV], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2681-231, 2681-305, as amended by Pub. L. 107-171, title VI, 
Sec. 6201(d)(5), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 419, provided that:
    ``Sec. 401. Pilot Project for Plumas, Lassen, and Tahoe National 
Forests to Implement Quincy Library Group Proposal. (a) Definition.--For 
purposes of this section, the term `Quincy Library Group-Community 
Stability Proposal' means the agreement by a coalition of 
representatives of fisheries, timber, environmental, county government, 
citizen groups, and local communities that formed in northern California 
to develop a resource management program that promotes ecologic and 
economic health for certain Federal lands and communities in the Sierra 
Nevada area. Such proposal includes the map entitled `QUINCY LIBRARY 
GROUP Community Stability Proposal', dated October 12, 1993, and 
prepared by VESTRA Resources of Redding, California.
    ``(b) Pilot Project Required.--
        ``(1) Pilot project and purpose.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
    (in this section referred to as the `Secretary'), acting through the 
    Forest Service and after completion of an environmental impact 
    statement (a record of decision for which shall be adopted within 
    300 days), shall conduct a pilot project on the Federal lands 
    described in paragraph (2) to implement and demonstrate the 
    effectiveness of the resource management activities described in 
    subsection (d) and the other requirements of this section, as 
    recommended in the Quincy Library Group-Community Stability 
    Proposal.
        ``(2) Pilot project area.--The Secretary shall conduct the pilot 
    project on the Federal lands within Plumas National Forest, Lassen 
    National Forest, and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe 
    National Forest in the State of California designated as `Available 
    for Group Selection' on the map entitled `QUINCY LIBRARY GROUP 
    Community Stability Proposal', dated October 12, 1993 (in this 
    section referred to as the `pilot project area'). Such map shall be 
    on file and available for inspection in the appropriate offices of 
    the Forest Service.
    ``(c) Exclusion of Certain Lands, Riparian Protection and 
Compliance.--
        ``(1) Exclusion.--All spotted owl habitat areas and protected 
    activity centers located within the pilot project area designated 
    under subsection (b)(2) will be deferred from resource management 
    activities required under subsection (d) and timber harvesting 
    during the term of the pilot project.
        ``(2) Riparian protection.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Scientific Analysis Team guidelines 
        for riparian system protection described in subparagraph (B) 
        shall apply to all resource management activities conducted 
        under subsection (d) and all timber harvesting activities that 
        occur in the pilot project area during the term of the pilot 
        project.
            ``(B) Guidelines described.--The guidelines referred to in 
        subparagraph (A) are those in the document entitled `Viability 
        Assessments and Management Considerations for Species Associated 
        with Late-Successional and Old-Growth Forests of the Pacific 
        Northwest', a Forest Service research document dated March 1993 
        and co-authored by the Scientific Analysis Team, including Dr. 
        Jack Ward Thomas.
            ``(C) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        construed to require the application of the Scientific Analysis 
        Team guidelines to any livestock grazing in the pilot project 
        area during the term of the pilot project, unless the livestock 
        grazing is being conducted in the specific location at which the 
        Scientific Analysis Team guidelines are being applied to an 
        activity under subsection (d).
        ``(3) Compliance.--All resource management activities required 
    by subsection (d) shall be implemented to the extent consistent with 
    applicable Federal law and the standards and guidelines for the 
    conservation of the California spotted owl as set forth in the 
    California Spotted Owl Sierran Provence Interim Guidelines or the 
    subsequently issued guidelines, whichever are in effect.
        ``(4) Roadless area protection.--The Regional Forester for 
    Region 5 shall direct that any resource management activity required 
    by subsection (d)(1) and (2), all road building, all timber 
    harvesting activities, and any riparian management under subsection 
    (d)(4) that utilizes road construction or timber harvesting shall 
    not be conducted on Federal lands within the Plumas National Forest, 
    Lassen National Forest, and the Sierraville Ranger District of the 
    Tahoe National Forest that are designated as either `Off Base' or 
    `Deferred' on the map referred to in subsection (a). Such direction 
    shall be effective during the term of the pilot project.
    ``(d) Resource Management Activities.--During the term of the pilot 
project, the Secretary shall implement and carry out the following 
resource management activities on an acreage basis on the Federal lands 
included within the pilot project area designated under subsection 
(b)(2):
        ``(1) Fuelbreak construction.--Construction of a strategic 
    system of defensible fuel profile zones, including shaded 
    fuelbreaks, utilizing thinning, individual tree selection, and other 
    methods of vegetation management consistent with the Quincy Library 
    Group-Community Stability Proposal, on not less than 40,000, but not 
    more than 60,000, acres per year.
        ``(2) Group selection and individual tree selection.--
    Utilization of group selection and individual tree selection uneven-
    aged forest management prescriptions described in the Quincy Library 
    Group-Community Stability Proposal to achieve a desired future 
    condition of all-age, multistory, fire resilient forests as follows:
            ``(A) Group selection.--Group selection on an average 
        acreage of .57 percent of the pilot project area land each year 
        of the pilot project.
            ``(B) Individual tree selection.--Individual tree selection 
        may also be utilized within the pilot project area.
        ``(3) Total acreage.--The total acreage on which resource 
    management activities are implemented under this subsection shall 
    not exceed 70,000 acres each year.
        ``(4) Riparian management.--A program of riparian management, 
    including wide protection zones and riparian restoration projects, 
    consistent with riparian protection guidelines in subsection 
    (c)(2)(B).
    ``(e) Cost-Effectiveness.--In conducting the pilot project, 
Secretary shall use the most cost-effective means available, as 
determined by the Secretary, to implement resource management activities 
described in subsection (d).
    ``(f) Funding.--
        ``(1) Source of funds.--In conducting the pilot project, the 
    Secretary shall use, subject to the relevant reprogramming 
    guidelines of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations--
            ``(A) those funds specifically provided to the Forest 
        Service by the Secretary to implement resource management 
        activities according to the Quincy Library Group-Community 
        Stability Proposal; and
            ``(B) year-end excess funds that are allocated for the 
        administration and management of Plumas National Forest, Lassen 
        National Forest, and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe 
        National Forest.
        ``(2) Prohibition on use of certain funds.--The Secretary may 
    not conduct the pilot project using funds appropriated for any other 
    unit of the National Forest System.
        ``(3) Flexibility.--Subject to normal reprogramming guidelines, 
    during the term of the pilot project, the forest supervisors of 
    Plumas National Forest, Lassen National Forest, and Tahoe National 
    Forest may allocate and use all accounts that contain year-end 
    excess funds and all available excess funds for the administration 
    and management of Plumas National Forest, Lassen National Forest, 
    and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe National Forest to 
    perform the resource management activities described in subsection 
    (d).
        ``(4) Restriction.--The Secretary or the forest supervisors, as 
    the case may be, shall not utilize authority provided under 
    paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) if, in their judgment, doing so will limit 
    other nontimber related multiple use activities for which such funds 
    were available.
        ``(5) Overhead.--The Secretary shall seek to ensure that of 
    amounts available to carry out this section--
            ``(A) not more than 12 percent is used or allocated for 
        general administration or other overhead; and
            ``(B) at least 88 percent is used to implement and carry out 
        activities required by this section.
        ``(6) Authorized supplemental funds.--There are authorized to be 
    appropriated to implement and carry out the pilot project such sums 
    as are necessary.
        ``(7) Baseline funds.--Amounts available for resource management 
    activities authorized under subsection (d) shall at a minimum 
    include existing baseline funding levels.
    ``(g) Term of Pilot Project.--The Secretary shall conduct the pilot 
project until the earlier of: (1) the date on which the Secretary 
completes amendment or revision of the land and resource management 
plans directed under and in compliance with subsection (i) for the 
Plumas National Forest, Lassen National Forest, and Tahoe National 
Forest; or (2) five years after the date of the commencement of the 
pilot project.
    ``(h) Consultation.--(1) The statement required by subsection (b)(1) 
shall be prepared in consultation with interested members of the public, 
including the Quincy Library Group.
    ``(2) Contracting.--The Forest Service, subject to the availability 
of appropriations, may carry out any (or all) of the requirements of 
this section using private contracts.
    ``(i) Corresponding Forest Plan Amendments.--Within 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998], the Regional 
Forester for Region 5 shall initiate the process to amend or revise the 
land and resource management plans for Plumas National Forest, Lassen 
National Forest, and Tahoe National Forest. The process shall include 
preparation of at least one alternative that--
        ``(1) incorporates the pilot project and area designations made 
    by subsection (b), the resource management activities described in 
    subsection (d), and other aspects of the Quincy Library Group-
    Community Stability Proposal; and
        ``(2) makes other changes warranted by the analyses conducted in 
    compliance with section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy 
    Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)), section 6 of the Forest and 
    Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604), 
    and other applicable laws.
    ``(j) Status Reports.--
        ``(1) In general.--Not later than February 28 of each year 
    during the term of the pilot project, the Secretary shall submit to 
    Congress a report on the status of the pilot project. The report 
    shall include at least the following:
            ``(A) A complete accounting of the use of funds made 
        available under subsection (f)(1)(A) until such funds are fully 
        expended.
            ``(B) A complete accounting of the use of funds and accounts 
        made available under subsection (f)(1) for the previous fiscal 
        year, including a schedule of the amounts drawn from each 
        account used to perform resource management activities described 
        in subsection (d).
            ``(C) A description of total acres treated for each of the 
        resource management activities required under subsection (d), 
        forest health improvements, fire risk reductions, water yield 
        increases, and other natural resources-related benefits achieved 
        by the implementation of the resource management activities 
        described in subsection (d).
            ``(D) A description of the economic benefits to local 
        communities achieved by the implementation of the pilot project.
            ``(E) A comparison of the revenues generated by, and costs 
        incurred in, the implementation of the resource management 
        activities described in subsection (d) on the Federal lands 
        included in the pilot project area with the revenues and costs 
        during each of the fiscal years 1992 through 1997 for timber 
        management of such lands before their inclusion in the pilot 
        project.
            ``(F) A proposed schedule for the resource management 
        activities to be undertaken in the pilot project area during the 
        1-year period beginning on the date of submittal of the report.
            ``(G) A description of any adverse environmental impacts 
        from the pilot project.
        ``(2) Limitation on expenditures.--The amount of Federal funds 
    expended on each annual report under this subsection shall not 
    exceed $125,000.
    ``(k) Final Report.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an independent 
    scientific panel to review and report on whether, and to what 
    extent, implementation of the pilot project under this section 
    achieved the goals stated in the Quincy Library Group-Community 
    Stability Proposal, including improved ecological health and 
    community stability. The membership of the panel shall reflect 
    expertise in diverse disciplines in order to adequately address all 
    of those goals.
        ``(2) Preparation.--The panel shall initiate such review no 
    sooner than 18 months after the first day of the term of the pilot 
    project under subsection (g). The panel shall prepare the report in 
    consultation with interested members of the public, including the 
    Quincy Library Group. The report shall include, but not be limited 
    to, the following:
            ``(A) A description of any adverse environmental impacts 
        resulting from implementation of the pilot project.
            ``(B) An assessment of watershed monitoring data on lands 
        treated pursuant to this section. Such assessment shall address 
        the following issues on a priority basis: timing of water 
        releases; water quality changes; and water yield changes over 
        the short- and long-term in the pilot project area.
        ``(3) Submission to the congress.--The panel shall submit the 
    final report to the Congress as soon as practicable, but in no case 
    later than 18 months after completion of the pilot project.
        ``(4) Limitation on expenditures.--The amount of Federal funds 
    expended for the report under this subsection, other than for 
    watershed monitoring, shall not exceed $350,000. The amount of 
    Federal funds expended for watershed monitoring under this 
    subsection shall not exceed $175,000 for each fiscal year in which 
    the report is prepared.
    ``(l) Relationship to Other Laws.--Nothing in this section exempts 
the pilot project from any Federal environmental law.
    ``Sec. 402. Short Title. Section 401 of this title may be cited as 
the `Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act'.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2106b, 2109 of this title.