1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2023 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—Accomplishments Over Rhetoric Sec. 101. Thinning targets. Sec. 102. Annual reports. Sec. 103. Transparency in fire mitigation reporting. Sec. 104. Regional forest carbon accounting. Sec. 105. Targets for wildlife habitat improvement. TITLE II—Forest Management Sec. 201. Land and resource management plans. Sec. 202. Management of old growth and mature forests. Sec. 203. Assessment of processed-based restoration techniques. Sec. 204. Intervenor status. Sec. 205. Utilizing grazing for wildfire prevention. TITLE III—Workforce Sec. 301. Logging workforce. Sec. 302. Break-in-service consideration for firefighter retirements. Sec. 303. Firefighter rental housing. TITLE IV—Cultural Change in Agencies Sec. 401. Mandatory use of existing authorities. Sec. 402. Curtailing employee relocations. Sec. 403. Repeal of FLAME reports. 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) National Forest System (A) In general The term National Forest System has the meaning given the term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1609(a) ). (B) Exclusions The term National Forest System does not include— (i) any forest reserve not created from the public domain; or (ii) any national grassland or land utilization project administered under title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1010 et seq. ). (2) Public lands (A) In general Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term public lands has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ). (B) Exclusion The term public lands does not include land governed by the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874, chapter 876