3.0.0 3310 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z 2023-01-11T13:33:35Z Senate S 2016-09-12 114 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-12T21:50:46Z 2016-09-12 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2016-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2016-09-12 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Ecology Fires Forests, forestry, trees Indian lands and resources rights Intergovernmental relations Land use and conservation Pest management Public-private cooperation State and local government operations Water quality Water use and supply Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2016-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-05T15:38:34Z Environmental and Economic Benefits Restoration Act of 2016

This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to direct the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on state, political subdivision, and private forest lands that maintain or improve benefits from trees and forests on such lands.

The program shall:

  • address the national private forest conservation priorities specified under the Act; and
  • enhance public benefits from trees and forests, as identified in a state-wide assessment and a long-term state-wide forest resource strategy under the Act.

The program shall also have one or more objectives, including to:

  • protect or improve water quality or quantity;
  • reduce wildfire risk;
  • protect or enhance wildlife habitat, consistent with wildlife objectives established by the applicable state fish and wildlife agency;
  • improve forest health, including addressing native, nonnative, and invasive pests; or
  • enhance opportunities for new and existing markets in which the production and use of wood products strengthens local and regional economies.

USDA shall establish a measurement system to measure the results of landscape-scale restoration projects assisted under this bill.

USDA shall allocate from the amounts made available under this bill:

  • 50% for the competitive process for distributing funds for landscape-scale restoration projects; and
  • 50% proportionally to states to maximize the achievement of the restoration program's objectives and to address the highest national priorities, as identified in state-wide assessments and long-term state-wide forest resource strategies.

The bill amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to allocate funds and use specified authorities of the USDA or of the Department of the Interior, as appropriate, to assist cross-boundary hazardous fuel reduction and wildfire mitigation programs.

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Environmental and Economic Benefits Restoration Act of 2016 Display Title Environmental and Economic Benefits Restoration Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Environmental and Economic Benefits Restoration Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a grant program to support landscape-scale restoration and management, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3310is/xml/BILLS-114s3310is.xml 2016-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.