Timber Sales and Long-Term Contracting for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management
Section 50301 · Sec. 50301 ·
What this chapter is about
This part orders more timber sold off federal land each year. The forest agency must add 250 million board feet a year. The land agency must add 20 million. Both must also sign long contracts of at least 20 years.
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 50301 in the PDF
What the document says
“For each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034, the Secretary shall sell timber annually on National Forest System land in a total quantity that is not less than 250,000,000 board-feet greater than the quantity of board-feet sold in the previous fiscal year.”
The section requires the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to sell in each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034 at least 250,000,000 board feet more timber on National Forest System land than was sold the previous fiscal year. The National Forest System here does not include a forest reserve not created from the public domain.
What the document actually says
“For each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034, the Secretary shall sell timber annually on National Forest System land in a total quantity that is not less than 250,000,000 board-feet greater than the quantity of board-feet sold in the previous fiscal year.”
That sentence, in plain words
The Secretary must sell more timber each year. Each year must beat the last by 250 million board feet. That holds from fiscal year 2026 through 2034.
What this is about
A board foot is a unit of cut wood. The rise builds on the year before. So the target climbs each year.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 50301 in the PDF
What the document says
“The timber sales under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to the maximum allowable sale quantity of timber or the projected timber sale quantity under the applicable forest plan in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.”
The section makes the required sales subject to the maximum allowable sale quantity or the projected timber sale quantity under the forest plan in effect at enactment. A forest plan is a land and resource management plan prepared under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974.
What the document actually says
“The timber sales under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to the maximum allowable sale quantity of timber or the projected timber sale quantity under the applicable forest plan in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.”
That sentence, in plain words
The sales must stay within a ceiling. That ceiling comes from the forest plan. It is the plan in force when this law passed.
What this is about
So the yearly rise cannot break the plan. A later plan does not change the ceiling. The plan itself is not indexed here.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of AgricultureHow: statuteSec. 50301 in the PDF
What the document says
“For the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, the Secretary shall enter into not fewer than 40 long-term timber sale contracts with private persons or other public or private entities”
The section requires at least 40 long-term timber sale contracts over fiscal years 2025 through 2034 under section 14(a) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) for the sale of national forest materials, each running at least 20 years with options for extension or renewal as the Secretary determines.
What the document actually says
“For the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, the Secretary shall enter into not fewer than 40 long-term timber sale contracts with private persons or other public or private entities”
That sentence, in plain words
The Secretary must sign at least 40 long timber contracts. That must happen between fiscal years 2025 and 2034. They may be with firms or with other public bodies.
What this is about
Each contract must run at least 20 years. The Secretary may allow it to be extended. That is far longer than a normal timber sale.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50301 in the PDF
What the document says
“For each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034, the Secretary shall sell timber annually on public lands in a total quantity that is not less than 20,000,000 board-feet greater than the quantity of board-feet sold in the previous fiscal year.”
The section requires the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to sell in each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034 at least 20,000,000 board feet more timber on public lands than was sold the previous fiscal year, subject to the resource management plan in effect at enactment.
What the document actually says
“For each of fiscal years 2026 through 2034, the Secretary shall sell timber annually on public lands in a total quantity that is not less than 20,000,000 board-feet greater than the quantity of board-feet sold in the previous fiscal year.”
That sentence, in plain words
The Secretary must sell more timber each year. Each year must beat the last by 20 million board feet. That holds from fiscal year 2026 through 2034.
What this is about
This applies to public lands, not to national forests. The rise builds on the year before. The land use plan in force at enactment still caps it.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50301 in the PDF
What the document says
“For the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, the Secretary shall enter into not fewer than 5 long-term contracts with private persons or other public or private entities”
The section requires at least five long-term contracts over fiscal years 2025 through 2034 under section 1 of the Materials Act of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 601) for the disposal of vegetative materials on public lands, each running at least 20 years with options for extension or renewal as the Secretary determines.
What the document actually says
“For the period of fiscal years 2025 through 2034, the Secretary shall enter into not fewer than 5 long-term contracts with private persons or other public or private entities”
That sentence, in plain words
The Secretary must sign at least five long contracts. That must happen between fiscal years 2025 and 2034. They may be with firms or with other public bodies.
What this is about
These cover plant materials on public lands. Each must run at least 20 years. They rest on a 1947 law that is not indexed here.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50301 in the PDF
What the document says
“Any monies derived from a timber sale contract entered into to meet the requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.”
The section provides that money from the long-term timber sale contracts required of the Forest Service, and money from the long-term contracts required of the Bureau of Land Management, is deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
What the document actually says
“Any monies derived from a timber sale contract entered into to meet the requirements under subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.”
That sentence, in plain words
Money from these contracts goes to the Treasury. It goes into the general fund.
What this is about
That fund pays for government as a whole. The money does not stay with the agency. The same rule covers both sets of contracts.
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Each distinct thing the section does: the yearly increase in Forest Service timber sales and the limit on it, the 40 long-term Forest Service contracts and their length, the yearly increase in Bureau of Land Management timber sales and the limit on it, the 5 long-term Bureau contracts, and the rule sending receipts to the Treasury.
The definitions of a forest plan, the National Forest System, public lands, a resource management plan and the Secretary are carried in summaries rather than recorded as their own proposals.
The section works alongside the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, the National Forest Management Act of 1976, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Materials Act of 1947, none of which is indexed here.
