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    FSH 1909.13 - PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND BUDGETING HANDBOOK
                    WO AMENDMENT 1909.13-94-1
                        EFFECTIVE 9/30/94

    CHAPTER 70 - LAND MANAGEMENT PLANNING REPORT TO CONGRESS


70.4 - Responsibility.  

70.41 - Washington Office.

70.41a - Director, Program Development and Budget.  It is the 
responsibility of the Director, Program Development and Budget, 
through the Branch Chief for Program Planning and Development, 
to:

    1.  Prepare the Land Management Planning Report to Congress.

    2.  Appoint a Process Manager to coordinate the preparation, 
review, and distribution of the Land Management Planning Report 
to Congress.

70.41b - Process Manager.  It is the responsibility of the 
Process Manager to: 

    1.  Coordinate the preparation, review, and distribution of 
the Land Management Planning Report to Congress.

    2.  Prepare the annual instructions for the field units, 
which incorporates the previous year's direction and critique 
into the pending year to provide report consistency.

    3.  Manage the report development process by responding to 
questions and resolving process problems.

    4.  Prepare the final report and ensure the data is accurate 
and consistent with the annual budget justification to Congress 
(Explanatory Notes).

    5.  Coordinate the printing of the report with the Washington 
Office, Public Affairs Staff and distribute the report to all 
appropriate individuals or groups.

    6.  Conduct the annual critique of the report preparation 
process as a means of regularly improving the content and quality 
of the report.

70.42 - Field Units.  It is the responsibility of these line 
officers to ensure report data is collected and submitted to the 
Washington Office, Process Manager.

71 - REQUIREMENTS AND USES.  The Land Management Planning Report 
to Congress has been submitted to the Congress annually since 
1989.  In the 1988 Appropriations Bill (Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 1988 Report 
100-171, page 67-68), the Congress directed the Forest Service to 
prepare a report that compared annual budgets to the annual 
funding level assumed in the Forest Land and Resource Management 
Plans.  The report is submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations by April 1 of each year.  The report is used by 
the Congress to:

    1.  Assist in reviewing future budget requests relative to 
the needs for full implementation of the National Forest land and 
resource management plans.

    2.  Assess any developing trends as the National Forests 
implement the forest land and resource management plans.  

72 - PRODUCTION SCHEDULE.  See exhibit 01 for an outline of the 
production schedule for the report.  



                         72 - Exhibit 01

                                                                                                                                               

Land Management Planning Report To Congress, Production Schedule


Dates                         Action(s) 

MAY - JUNE       Process manager conducts a critique of the 
                 previous year process.

SEPTEMBER        Process manager reviews critique comments and 
                 make recommendations to the Director, Program 
                 Development and Budget for improvements in the 
                 process.

OCTOBER          Process manager prepares the annual 
                 instructions for preparation of the report. 

DECEMBER         Field units collect report data.

FEBRUARY         Field units submit report data.  

                 Process manager conducts validation and 
                 analysis to ensure data accuracy and compliance 
                 with instruction guidelines.

MARCH - APRIL    Final report is prepared and released to 
                 Congress.


73 - CONTENT.  The Land Management Planning Report to Congress 
contains the following information:

    1.  The agency's final budget allocations with supplements 
and adjustments for the current year - 1 (CY-1).

    2.  The agency's budget allocations in accordance with the 
final Program Budget Management Information (PBMI) Advice by 
budget line item for the current year (CY).

    3.  The agency's budget allocations in accordance with the 
initial PBMI for the current year + 1 (CY+1).

    4.  The agency's annual estimates to fully implement the 
National Forest land and resource management plans.