Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production

               By the authority vested in me as President by the 
               Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
               America, it is hereby ordered:

               Section 1. Purpose. The production of timber, lumber, 
               paper, bioenergy, and other wood products (timber 
               production) is critical to our Nation's well-being. 
               Timber production is essential for crucial human 
               activities like construction and energy production. 
               Furthermore, as recent disasters demonstrate, forest 
               management and wildfire risk reduction projects can 
               save American lives and communities.

               The United States has an abundance of timber resources 
               that are more than adequate to meet our domestic timber 
               production needs, but heavy-handed Federal policies 
               have prevented full utilization of these resources and 
               made us reliant on foreign producers. Our inability to 
               fully exploit our domestic timber supply has impeded 
               the creation of jobs and prosperity, contributed to 
               wildfire disasters, degraded fish and wildlife 
               habitats, increased the cost of construction and 
               energy, and threatened our economic security. These 
               onerous Federal policies have forced our Nation to rely 
               upon imported lumber, thus exporting jobs and 
               prosperity and compromising our self-reliance. It is 
               vital that we reverse these policies and increase 
               domestic timber production to protect our national and 
               economic security.

               Sec. 2. Directives to the Secretary of the Interior and 
               the Secretary of Agriculture. (a) Within 30 days of the 
               date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior and 
               the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Director of 
               the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Chief of 
               the United States Forest Service (USFS), respectively, 
               shall each issue new or updated guidance regarding 
               tools to facilitate increased timber production and 
               sound forest management, reduce time to deliver timber, 
               and decrease timber supply uncertainty, such as the 
               Good Neighbor Authority described in 16 U.S.C. 2113a, 
               stewardship contracting pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 6591c, 
               and agreements or contracts with Indian tribes under 
               the Tribal Forest Protection Act as contemplated by 25 
               U.S.C. 3115a. The Secretary of the Interior and the 
               Secretary of Agriculture shall also each submit to the 
               Director of the Office of Management and Budget any 
               legislative proposals that would expand authorities to 
               improve timber production and sound forest management.

                   (b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the 
               Secretary of the Interior, through the Director of the 
               United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the 
               Secretary of Commerce, through the Assistant 
               Administrator for Fisheries, shall complete a strategy 
               on USFS and BLM forest management projects under 
               section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 
               U.S.C. 1536) to improve the speed of approving forestry 
               projects. The Secretary of the Interior, through the 
               Director of the FWS, shall also examine any applicable 
               existing authorities that would permit executive 
               departments and agencies (agencies) to delegate 
               consultation requirements under section 7 of the ESA to 
               other agencies and, if necessary, provide a legislative 
               proposal to ensure consultation is streamlined.
                   (c) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the 
               Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
               Agriculture shall together submit to the President, 
               through the Assistant to the President for Economic 
               Policy, a plan that sets a target for the annual amount 
               of timber per year to be offered for
               sale over the next 4 years from Federal lands managed 
               by the BLM and the USFS, measured in millions of board 
               feet.
                   (d) Within 120 days of the date of this order, the 
               Secretary of the Interior, through the Directors of the 
               FWS and the BLM, and the Secretary of Agriculture, 
               through the Chief of the USFS, shall complete the 
               Whitebark Pine Rangewide Programmatic Consultation 
               under section 7 of the ESA.
                   (e) Within 180 days of the date of this order, the 
               Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
               Agriculture shall consider and, if appropriate and 
               consistent with applicable law, adopt categorical 
               exclusions administratively established by other 
               agencies to comply with the National Environmental 
               Policy Act and reduce unnecessarily lengthy processes 
               and associated costs related to administrative 
               approvals for timber production, forest management, and 
               wildfire risk reduction treatments.
                   (f) Within 280 days of the date of this order, the 
               Secretary of the Interior shall consider and, if 
               appropriate and consistent with applicable law, 
               establish a new categorical exclusion for timber 
               thinning and re-establish a categorical exclusion for 
               timber salvage activities.

               Sec. 3. Streamlined Permitting. All relevant agencies 
               shall eliminate, to the maximum extent permissible by 
               law, all undue delays within their respective 
               permitting processes related to timber production. 
               Additionally, all relevant agencies shall take all 
               necessary and appropriate steps consistent with 
               applicable law to suspend, revise, or rescind all 
               existing regulations, orders, guidance documents, 
               policies, settlements, consent orders, and other agency 
               actions that impose an undue burden on timber 
               production.

               Sec. 4. Endangered Species Committee. (a) Agencies are 
               directed to use, to the maximum extent permissible 
               under applicable law, the ESA regulations on 
               consultations in emergencies to facilitate the Nation's 
               timber production. The Secretary of the Interior, as 
               Chairman of the Endangered Species Committee, shall 
               ensure a prompt and efficient review of all submissions 
               to such committee, to include identification of any 
               legal deficiencies, in order to ensure the timely 
               consideration of exemption applications and, where 
               possible, to resolve such applications before the 
               deadlines set by the ESA.

                   (b) Federal members of the Endangered Species 
               Committee, or their designees, shall coordinate to 
               develop and submit a report to the President, through 
               the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, 
               that identifies obstacles to domestic timber production 
               infrastructure specifically deriving from 
               implementation of the ESA and recommends procedural, 
               regulatory, and interagency improvements.
                   (c) The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure that 
               the Director of the FWS, or the Director's authorized 
               representative, is available to consult promptly with 
               agencies and to take other appropriate action 
               concerning the applicability of the ESA's emergency 
               regulations. The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure 
               that the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, or the 
               Assistant Administrator's authorized representative, is 
               available for such consultation and to take such other 
               action as may assist in applying the ESA's emergency 
               regulations.

               Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order 
               shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

              (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department 
              or agency, or the head thereof; or
              (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management 
              and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative 
              proposals.

                   (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
               applicable law and subject to the availability of 
               appropriations.
                   (c) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
               create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
               enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
               the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
               entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
               other person.
                              
                DONALD J. TRUMP

               THE WHITE HOUSE,

                   March 1, 2025.