text: SECTION 1. PRE-DECISIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS FOR FOREST 
                SERVICE ACTIONS IMPLEMENTING LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
                PLANS.
  
      (a) Replacement of Current Administrative Appeals Process.--Section 
  322 of Public Law 102-381 (16 U.S.C. 1612 note) is amended by striking 
  subsections (c), (d), and (e) and inserting the following new 
  subsections:
      ``(c) Pre-Decisional Administrative Review Process for Certain 
  Forest Service Actions.--
              ``(1) Establishment as sole means for administrative 
          review.--The Secretary shall establish by regulation a pre-
          decisional administrative review process that will serve as the 
          sole means by which a person can seek administrative review 
          regarding proposed actions referred to in subsection (a).
              ``(2) Review period.--The pre-decisional administrative 
          review process for a proposed action referred to in subsection 
          (a) shall occur during the period--
                      ``(A) beginning after the completion of the 
                  environmental assessment or environmental impact 
                  statement prepared for the action; and
                      ``(B) ending not later than the date of the 
                  issuance of the final decision approving the action.
              ``(3) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the 
          pre-decisional administrative review process for a proposed 
          action referred to in subsection (a), a person shall submit to 
          the Secretary, during scoping or the public comment period for 
          the draft environmental analysis for the action, specific 
          written comments that relate to the proposed action.
              ``(4) Notice of proposed decision.--Following the 
          conclusion of the pre-decisional administrative review process 
          for a proposed action referred to in subsection (a), the 
          Secretary shall provide notice of, and distribute, the proposed 
          decision along with the final environmental assessment or 
          environmental impact statement.
      ``(d) Emergency Situations.--
              ``(1) Exemption from pre-decisional administrative review 
          process.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), if the Chief of 
          the Forest Service determines that an emergency situation 
          exists for which immediate implementation of a proposed action 
          referred to in subsection (a) is necessary, the proposed action 
          shall not be subject the pre-decisional administrative review 
          process in subsection (c).
              ``(2) Notice; post-decisional objection process.--In the 
          case of an action exempted under paragraph (1), the Forest 
          Service shall--
                      ``(A) provide notice of the final decision for the 
                  proposed action; and
                      ``(B) provide for an expedited post-decisional 
                  review process.
              ``(3) Implementation.--The Forest Service may implement an 
          action exempted under paragraph (1) immediately after notice is 
          provided under paragraph (2)(A) and continue such 
          implementation during the post-decisional administrative review 
          process.
      ``(e) Efforts To Expedite Judicial Review.--Subsections (b) and 
  (c)(3) of section 106 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
  (16 U.S.C. 6516) shall apply with respect to--
              ``(1) the judicial review of an action challenging an 
          action referred to in subsection (a); and
              ``(2) any request for an injunction regarding such an 
          action.
      ``(f) Relationship to Other Authorities.--This section does not 
  apply to--
              ``(1) an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project under 
          title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
          U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), which has its own special administrative 
          review process under section 105 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6515); 
          and
              ``(2) a proposed action referred to in subsection (a) for 
          which a categorically exclusion is provided.
      ``(g) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the `Forest 
  Service Administrative Review Act'.''.
      (b) Technical Corrections.--Section 322 of Public Law 102-381 (16 
  U.S.C. 1612 note) is further amended--
              (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(16 U.S.C. 1601 et 
          seq.)'' and inserting ``(16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.)''; and
              (2) in subsection (b)--
                      (A) by striking ``Secretary'' both places it 
                  appears and inserting ``Forest Service''; and
                      (B) by striking the comma at the end of paragraph 
                  (1)(A).
      (c) Effective Date and Interim Process.--
              (1) Effective date.--Subject to paragraph (3), the pre-
          decisional administrative review process required by subsection 
          (c) of section 322 of Public Law 102-381 (16 U.S.C. 1612 note), 
          as added by subsection (a), shall take effect upon the issuance 
          of final regulations by the Secretary of Agriculture 
          establishing the process.
              (2) Interim process.--Pending issuance of the final 
          regulations, the Secretary shall apply--
                      (A) the regulations in part 215, title 36, Code of 
                  Federal Regulations that implement the notice and 
                  comment provisions in subsections (a) and (b) of 
                  section 322 of Public Law 102-381; and
                      (B) the regulations in part 218, title 36, Code of 
                  Federal Regulations, to provide the pre-decisional 
                  administrative review process under subsection (c) of 
                  section 322 of Public Law 102-381, except that 
                  subsection (c)(5) of such section shall apply to 
                  require notice and distribution of proposed decisions.
              (3) Transition.--Upon issuance of the final regulations, 
          the Secretary shall no longer apply the regulations in part 
          215, title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, that implement 
          subsections (c), (d), and (e) of section 322 of Public Law 102-
          381, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
          this Act, except with respect to a decision which was, or could 
          have been, appealed under such part on the day before the date 
          of the issuance of the final regulations.
target: Forest Service Administrative Review Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Forest Service, to establish a pre-decisional administrative review process that will serve as the sole means by which persons can seek an administrative review regarding proposed actions of the Forest Service concerning projects and activities that implement land and resource management plans developed under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974.
  
  Sets forth requirements for the pre-decisional administrative review process concerning the occurrence of the review period, eligibility of a participant in the process, and notice of the proposed decision.
  
  Exempts from such process an emergency situation that exists for which immediate implementation of a proposed action is necessary.
  
  Applies certain judicial review provisions of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 with respect to: (1) the judicial review of an action challenging a proposed action under this Act, and (2) any request for an injunction regarding such an action.
  
  Makes this Act non-applicable to: (1) an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project under such Act that has its own special administrative review process, and (2) a proposed action under this Act for which a categorical exclusion is provided.
feat_title: To replace the current Forest Service administrative appeals process with a pre-decisional administrative review process modeled after the successful approach used in the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003, and for other purposes.