Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4197 To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 16, 2023 Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Ms. SCHRIER, and Ms. SALINAS) introduced the fol- lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be sub- sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, 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 ‘‘Collaborative Forest 4 Landscape Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 5 2023’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Jul 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4197.IH H4197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 4197 IH SEC. 2. COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORA- 1 TION PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION. 2 Section 4003 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage- 3 ment Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303) is amended— 4 (1) in subsection (b)(3)— 5 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘spe- 6 cies;’’ and inserting ‘‘species or pathogens;’’; 7 (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking 8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 9 (C) in subparagraph (H), by adding ‘‘and’’ 10 after the semicolon at the end; and 11 (D) by adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘(I) address standardized monitoring ques- 13 tions and indicators;’’; 14 (2) in subsection (c)(3)(A)— 15 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 16 end; 17 (B) in clause (ii), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 18 end; and 19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 20 ‘‘(iii) include a Federal Government 21 staffing plan for providing support to 22 collaboratives established pursuant to sub- 23 section (b)(2);’’; 24 (3) in subsection (d)— 25 (A) in paragraph (2)— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Jul 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4197.IH H4197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 4197 IH (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking 1 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 2 (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 3 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 4 and’’; and 5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 6 lowing: 7 ‘‘(G) proposals that seek to use innovative 8 implementation mechanisms, including con- 9 servation finance agreements, good neighbor 10 agreements entered into under section 8206 of 11 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 12 2113a), and similar implementation mecha- 13 nisms; 14 ‘‘(H) proposals that seek to reduce the risk 15 of uncharacteristic wildfire or increase ecologi- 16 cal restoration activities— 17 ‘‘(i) within areas across land owner- 18 ships, including State, Tribal, and private 19 land; and 20 ‘‘(ii) within the wildland-urban inter- 21 face (as defined in section 101 of the 22 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 23 (16 U.S.C. 6511)); and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Jul 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4197.IH H4197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 4197 IH ‘‘(I) proposals that seek to enhance water- 1 shed health and drinking water sources.’’; and 2 (B) in paragraph (3)— 3 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 4 ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’; and 5 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 6 ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’; 7 (4) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ‘‘conflict 8 resolution or collaborative governance,’’ before ‘‘and 9 woody’’; and 10 (5) in subsection (f)— 11 (A) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by striking 12 ‘‘$4,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’; and 13 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘2019 14 through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 through 15 2032’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Jul 22, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4197.IH H4197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS