Designation of fireshed management areas

(a) Designation of fireshed management areas (1) Initial designations For the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, there are designated fireshed management areas, which— (A) shall be comprised of individual landscape-scale firesheds identified as being a high risk fireshed in the Wildfire Crisis Strategy published by the Forest Service in January 2022; (B) shall be comprised of individual landscape-scale firesheds identified by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, as being in the top 20 percent of the 7,688 firesheds published by the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the Forest Service in 2019 for wildfire exposure based on the following criteria— (i) wildfire exposure and corresponding risk to communities, including risk to life and structures; (ii) wildfire exposure and corresponding risk to municipal watersheds, including tribal water supplies and systems; and (iii) risk of forest conversion due to wildfire; (C) shall not overlap with any other fireshed management areas; (D) may contain Federal and non-Federal land, including Indian forest lands or rangelands; and (E) where the Secretary concerned shall carry out fireshed management projects. (2) Further fireshed management area designations (A) In general On the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall submit to the relevant Congressional Committees an updated map of firesheds based on the Fireshed Registry maintained under section 103. (B) Designation Not later than 60 days after submitting an updated fireshed map under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, based on such map, designate additional fireshed management areas that are identified as being in the top 20 percent of firesheds at risk of wildfire exposure based on the criteria specified in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1). (b) Applicability of NEPA The designation of fireshed management areas under this section shall not be subject to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

(a) Designation of fireshed management areas (1) Initial designations For the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, there are designated fireshed management areas, which— (A) shall be comprised of individual landscape-scale firesheds identified as being a high risk fireshed in the Wildfire Crisis Strategy published by the Forest Service in January 2022; (B) shall be comprised of individual landscape-scale firesheds identified by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, as being in the top 20 percent of the 7,688 firesheds published by the Rocky Mountain Research Station of the Forest Service in 2019 for wildfire exposure based on the following criteria— (i) wildfire exposure and corresponding risk to communities, including risk to life and structures; (ii) wildfire exposure and corresponding risk to municipal watersheds, including tribal water supplies and systems; and (iii) risk of forest conversion due to wildfire; (C) shall not overlap with any other fireshed management areas; (D) may contain Federal and non-Federal land, including Indian forest lands or rangelands; and (E) where the Secretary concerned shall carry out fireshed management projects. (2) Further fireshed management area designations (A) In general On the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall submit to the relevant Congressional Committees an updated map of firesheds based on the Fireshed Registry maintained under section 103. (B) Designation Not later than 60 days after submitting an updated fireshed map under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, based on such map, designate additional fireshed management areas that are identified as being in the top 20 percent of firesheds at risk of wildfire exposure based on the criteria specified in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1). (b) Applicability of NEPA The designation of fireshed management areas under this section shall not be subject to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).