Trail Stewardship for Economic Recovery Act of 2020

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4035 To establish and provide for the use of amounts in a Trail Stewardship for Economic Recovery Fund, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 23, 2020 Mr. DAINES (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To establish and provide for the use of amounts in a Trail Stewardship for Economic Recovery Fund, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trail Stewardship for 4 Economic Recovery Act of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF TRAIL STEWARDSHIP 6 FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY FUND. 7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 8 Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:26 Jul 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4035.IS S4035 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4035 IS ‘‘Trail Stewardship for Economic Recovery Fund’’ (re- 1 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 2 (b) DEPOSIT INTO THE FUND.—On the date of en- 3 actment of this Act, out of amounts in the Treasury not 4 otherwise obligated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 5 deposit into the Fund $200,000,000, to remain available 6 until expended and without further appropriation or fiscal 7 year limitation, to carry out the purposes described in sub- 8 section (c). 9 (c) USE OF FUND.— 10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri- 11 culture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Serv- 12 ice (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), 13 shall use amounts in the Fund to enter into coopera- 14 tive agreements or contracts with an outfitter or 15 guide to complete, on National Forest System 16 land— 17 (A) trail maintenance projects; and 18 (B) additional invasive plant and noxious 19 weed prevention and control projects. 20 (2) PREFERENCE.—In entering into cooperative 21 agreements or contracts under paragraph (1), the 22 Secretary shall— 23 (A) give preference to projects described in 24 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:26 Jul 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4035.IS S4035 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4035 IS that can be performed in an area that the Sec- 1 retary has selected as a priority area under sec- 2 tion 5 of the National Forest System Trails 3 Stewardship Act (16 U.S.C. 583k–3); and 4 (B) expedite projects with the goal of initi- 5 ating the majority of the projects not later than 6 120 days after the date of enactment of this 7 Act. 8 (3) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.—A cooper- 9 ative agreement or contract that is entered into 10 under paragraph (1)— 11 (A) shall not be subject to any requirement 12 relating to the procurement of matching funds 13 under any other provision of law; and 14 (B) may contain such terms and conditions 15 as the Secretary requires. 16 (d) SUBMISSION OF LIST OF PROJECTS TO CON- 17 GRESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact- 18 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter for each fiscal 19 year for which amounts made available under subsection 20 (b) are expended, the Secretary shall submit to the Com- 21 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 22 and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 23 of Representatives a list of projects described in subpara- 24 graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(1) that— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:26 Jul 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4035.IS S4035 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •S 4035 IS (1) meet the criteria described in this section; 1 and 2 (2) have been, or are expected to be, funded 3 from amounts made available under subsection (b). 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:26 Jul 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4035.IS S4035 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS