1.This Act may be cited as the
Forest Landscape Restoration Act of
2008
.
2.The purpose of this Act is to encourage the
collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest
landscapes through a process that—
(1)encourages
ecological, economic, and social sustainability;
(2)leverages local
resources with national and private resources;
(3)facilitates the
reduction of wildfire management costs, including through reestablishing
natural fire regimes and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire;
and
(4)demonstrates the
degree to which—
(A)various ecological
restoration techniques—
(i)achieve ecological
health objectives; and
(ii)affect wildfire
activity and management costs; and
(B)the use of forest
restoration byproducts can offset treatment costs while benefitting rural
economies and improving forest health.
3.In this Act:
(1)The
term Fund means the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Fund established by section 4(f).
(2)The
term Plan means the plan entitled the 10 Year Comprehensive
Strategy Implementation Plan
and dated December 2006.
(3)The term program means the
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program established under section
4(a).
(4)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through
the Chief of the Forest Service.
4.Collaborative
forest landscape restoration program
(a)The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish a
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to select and fund
ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes in accordance
with applicable law.
(b)To be eligible for nomination under subsection (c), a
collaborative forest landscape restoration proposal shall—
(1)be based on a
landscape restoration strategy that—
(A)is complete or
substantially complete;
(B)identifies and
prioritizes ecological restoration treatments for a 10-year period across a
landscape that is—
(i)at least 50,000
acres;
(ii)comprised
primarily of forested National Forest System land, but may also include other
Federal, State, tribal, or private land;
(iii)in need of
active ecosystem restoration; and
(iv)accessible by
existing or proposed wood-processing infrastructure at an appropriate scale to
use woody biomass and small-diameter wood removed in ecological restoration
treatments;
(C)incorporates—
(i)the best available
science and scientific application tools in ecological restoration strategies;
and
(ii)the requirements
for old-growth maintenance, restoration, and management direction of paragraphs
(2), (3), and (4) of subsection (e) and the requirements for large-tree
retention of subsection (f) of section 102 of the Healthy Forests Restoration
Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512); and
(D)does not include
the establishment of permanent roads;
(2)be developed and
implemented through a collaborative process that—
(A)includes multiple
stakeholders representing diverse interests;
(B)(i)is transparent and
nonexclusive; or
(ii)meets the
requirements for a resource advisory committee under section 205 of the Secure
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 500 note;
Public Law 106–393); and
(C)has an established
record of successful planning and implementation of ecological restoration
projects on National Forest System land;
(3)describe plans
to—
(A)use fire for
ecological restoration and maintenance, where appropriate;
(B)improve fish and
wildlife habitat, including for endangered, threatened, and sensitive
species;
(C)maintain or
improve water quality;
(D)prevent,
remediate, or control invasions of exotic species;
(E)maintain or
decommission roads;
(F)use woody biomass
and small-diameter trees produced from projects implementing the landscape
restoration strategy;
(G)report annually on
performance, including through performance measures from the Plan;
(H)develop small
business incubators and provide employment and training opportunities to people
in rural communities, including contracts for monitoring activities,
through—
(i)local private,
nonprofit, or cooperative entities;
(ii)Youth
Conservation Corps crews or related partnerships, with State, local, and
non-profit youth groups;
(iii)small or
micro-businesses; or
(iv)other entities
that will hire or train a significant percentage of local people to complete
such contracts; and
(I)take into account
any applicable community wildfire protection plan (as defined in section 101 of
the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511));
(4)analyze the
anticipated cost savings resulting from—
(A)reduced wildfire
management costs; and
(B)a decrease in the
unit costs of implementing ecological restoration treatments over time;
(5)estimate—
(A)the annual Federal
funding necessary to implement the proposal; and
(B)the amount of new
non-Federal investment for carrying out the proposal that would be leveraged by
Federal funding for ecological restoration treatments; and
(6)be subject to any
other requirements that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the
efficient and effective administration of the program.
(c)
(1)Collaborative
forest landscape restoration proposals shall be submitted to the appropriate
Regional Forester for consideration.
(2)A
Regional Forester may nominate collaborative forest landscape restoration
proposals for selection by the Secretary.
(3)With
respect to each collaborative forest landscape restoration proposal that is
nominated under paragraph (2)—
(A)the appropriate
Regional Forester shall—
(i)include a proposal
to use Federal funds allocated to the region to fund those costs of planning
and carrying out ecological restoration treatments on National Forest land
consistent with the landscape restoration strategy that would not be covered by
amounts transferred to the Secretary from the Fund; and
(ii)provide evidence
that amounts proposed to be transferred to the Secretary from the Fund during
the first 2 years following selection would be used to carry out ecological
restoration treatments consistent with the landscape restoration strategy
during the same fiscal year in which the funds are transferred to the
Secretary;
(B)if actions under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior are proposed, the nomination
shall require—
(i)the concurrence of
the appropriate official of the Department of the Interior; and
(ii)a proposal to
fund ecological restoration treatments consistent with the landscape
restoration strategy that would be carried out by the Secretary of the
Interior; and
(C)if actions on land
not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior
are proposed, the appropriate Regional Forester shall provide evidence that the
landowner intends to participate in, and provide appropriate funding to carry
out, the actions.
(d)
(1)After consulting with any scientific and technical
advisory panels established under subsection (e), the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall, subject to paragraph
(2), select the best collaborative forest landscape restoration proposals
that—
(A)have been
nominated under subsection (c)(2); and
(B)meet the
eligibility criteria established by subsection (b).
(2)In
selecting collaborative forest landscape restoration proposals under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall give special consideration to—
(A)the strength of
the ecological case of the proposal for landscape restoration and the proposed
restoration strategies;
(B)the strength of
the collaborative process;
(C)whether the
proposal would reduce the relative costs of carrying out treatments as a result
of the use of woody biomass and small-diameter trees;
(D)whether the
proposal is likely to achieve reductions in long-term wildfire management
costs;
(E)the strength of
the landscape restoration proposal and strategy; and
(F)whether an
appropriate level of non-Federal investment would be leveraged in carrying out
the proposal.
(3)The
Secretary may select not more than—
(A)10 collaborative
forest landscape restoration proposals to be funded during any given year;
and
(B)2 collaborative
forest landscape restoration proposals in any 1 region of the National Forest
System to be funded during any given year.
(e)
(1)Scientific
advisory panelThe Secretary shall establish a scientific
advisory panel comprised of not more than 12 experts in ecological forest
restoration and fire ecology to evaluate, and provide recommendations on, any
proposal that has been nominated under subsection (c)(2) and meets the
eligibility criteria established by subsection (b) with respect to—
(A)the strength of
the ecological case of the proposal for landscape restoration and the proposed
restoration strategies; and
(B)whether the
proposal is likely to achieve reductions in long-term wildfire management
costs.
(2)The Secretary may establish a technical advisory
panel comprised of experts in rural business development and the use of woody
biomass and small-diameter trees to evaluate, and provide recommendations on,
any proposal that has been nominated under subsection (c)(2) and meets the
eligibility criteria established by subsection (b) with respect to whether the
proposal is likely to reduce the relative costs of carrying out treatments as a
result of the use of woody biomass and small-diameter trees and provide local
economic benefit.
(f)Collaborative
Forest Landscape Restoration Fund
(1)There
is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund
, to be used to
pay up to 50 percent of the cost of carrying out ecological restoration
treatments on National Forest System land for each collaborative forest
landscape restoration proposal selected to be carried out under subsection (d),
consisting of—
(A)such amounts as
are appropriated to the Fund under paragraph (5); and
(B)any interest
earned on investment of amounts in the Fund under paragraph (3).
(2)On request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the Secretary of Agriculture such
amounts as the Secretary of Agriculture determines are necessary to carry out
ecological restoration treatments under paragraph (1).
(3)
(A)The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest such portion
of the Fund as is not, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, after
consulting with the Secretary, required to meet current withdrawals.
(B)Interest-bearing
obligationsInvestments may be made only in interest-bearing
obligations of the United States.
(C)Acquisition of
obligationsFor the purpose of investments under subparagraph
(A), obligations may be acquired—
(i)on original issue
at the issue price; or
(ii)by purchase of
outstanding obligations at the market price.
(D)Any obligation acquired by the Fund may be sold by
the Secretary of the Treasury at the market price.
(E)The interest on, and the proceeds from the sale or
redemption of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be credited to and form a
part of the Fund.
(4)Accounting and
Reporting SystemThe Secretary shall establish an accounting and
reporting system for the Fund.
(5)Authorization of
AppropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund
$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018, to remain available
until expended.
(g)Program
Implementation and Monitoring
(1)Not later than 180 days after the date on which a
collaborative forest landscape restoration proposal is selected to be carried
out, the Secretary shall create, in collaboration with the interested
stakeholders, an implementation work plan and budget to implement the
collaborative forest landscape restoration proposal that includes—
(A)a description of
the manner in which the proposal would be implemented to achieve ecological and
community economic benefit, including capacity building to accomplish
restoration;
(B)a business plan
that addresses—
(i)the anticipated
unit treatment cost reductions over 10 years;
(ii)the anticipated
costs for infrastructure needed for the proposal;
(iii)the projected
sustainability of the supply of woody biomass and small-diameter trees removed
in ecological restoration treatments; and
(iv)the projected
local economic benefits of the proposal; and
(C)documentation of
the non-Federal investment in the priority landscape, including the sources and
uses of the investments.
(2)Amounts transferred to the Secretary from the Fund
shall be used to carry out ecological restoration treatments that are—
(A)consistent with
the landscape restoration proposal and strategy; and
(B)identified through
the collaborative process described in subsection (b)(2).
(3)Annually, the Secretary, in collaboration with the
Secretary of the Interior and interested stakeholders, shall prepare a report
on the accomplishments of each selected collaborative forest landscape
restoration proposal that includes—
(A)a description of
all acres (or other appropriate unit) treated and restored through projects
implementing the landscape restoration strategy;
(B)an evaluation of
progress, including performance measures and how prior year evaluations have
contributed to improved project performance;
(C)a description of
community benefits achieved, including any local economic benefits;
(D)the results of the
multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process under paragraph
(4); and
(E)a summary of the
costs of—
(i)treatments;
and
(ii)relevant fire
management activities.
(4)The Secretary shall, in collaboration with the
Secretary of the Interior and interested stakeholders, use a multiparty
monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process to assess the positive or
negative ecological, social, and economic effects of each project implementing
a selected collaborative forest landscape restoration proposal for not less
than 15 years after project implementation commences.
(h)Not
later than 5 years after the first fiscal year in which funding is made
available to carry out ecological restoration projects under the program, and
every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
the Interior, shall submit a report on the program, including an assessment of
whether, and to what extent, the program is fulfilling the purposes of this
Act, to—
(1)the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;
(2)the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate;
(3)the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(4)the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
1.This Act may be cited as the
Forest Landscape Restoration Act of
2008
.
2.The purpose of this Act is to encourage the
collaborative, science-based ecosystem restoration of priority forest
landscapes through a process that—
(1)encourages ecological,
economic, and social sustainability;
(2)leverages local resources
with national and private resources;
(3)facilitates the reduction
of wildfire management costs, including through reestablishing natural fire
regimes and reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; and
(4)demonstrates the degree
to which—
(A)various ecological
restoration techniques—
(i)achieve ecological and
watershed health objectives; and
(ii)affect wildfire activity
and management costs; and
(B)the use of forest
restoration byproducts can offset treatment costs while benefitting local rural
economies and improving forest health.
3.In this Act:
(1)The
term Fund means the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration
Fund established by section 4(f).
(2)The term program means the
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program established under section
4(a).
(3)The
term proposal means a collaborative forest landscape restoration
proposal described in section 4(b).
(4)The
term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through
the Chief of the Forest Service.
(5)The
term strategy means a landscape restoration strategy described in
section 4(b)(1).
4.Collaborative forest
landscape restoration program
(a)The Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish a
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program to select and fund
ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes in accordance
with—
(1)the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
(2)the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and
(3)any other applicable
law.
(b)To be eligible for nomination under subsection (c), a
collaborative forest landscape restoration proposal shall—
(1)be based on a landscape
restoration strategy that—
(A)is complete or
substantially complete;
(B)identifies and
prioritizes ecological restoration treatments for a 10-year period within a
landscape that is—
(i)at least 50,000
acres;
(ii)comprised primarily of
forested National Forest System land, but may also include land under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, land under the jurisdiction of
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, or other Federal, State, tribal, or private
land;
(iii)in need of active
ecosystem restoration; and
(iv)accessible by existing
or proposed wood-processing infrastructure at an appropriate scale to use woody
biomass and small-diameter wood removed in ecological restoration
treatments;
(C)incorporates the best
available science and scientific application tools in ecological restoration
strategies;
(D)fully maintains, or
contributes toward the restoration of, the structure and composition of old
growth stands according to the pre-fire suppression old growth conditions
characteristic of the forest type, taking into account the contribution of the
stand to landscape fire adaptation and watershed health and retaining the large
trees contributing to old growth structure;
(E)would carry out any
forest restoration treatments that reduce hazardous fuels by—
(i)focusing on small
diameter trees, thinning, strategic fuel breaks, and fire use to modify fire
behavior, as measured by the projected reduction of uncharacteristically severe
wildfire effects for the forest type (such as adverse soil impacts, tree
mortality or other impacts); and
(ii)maximizing the retention
of large trees, as appropriate for the forest type, to the extent that the
trees promote fire-resilient stands; and
(F)(i)does not include the
establishment of permanent roads; and
(ii)would commit funding to
decommission all temporary roads constructed to carry out the strategy;
(2)be developed and
implemented through a collaborative process that—
(A)includes multiple
interested persons representing diverse interests; and
(B)(i)is transparent and
nonexclusive; or
(ii)meets the requirements
for a resource advisory committee under subsections (c) through (f) of section
205 of Public Law 106–393 (16 U.S.C. 500 note);
(3)describe plans to—
(A)reduce the risk of
uncharacteristic wildfire, including through the use of fire for ecological
restoration and maintenance and reestablishing natural fire regimes, where
appropriate;
(B)improve fish and wildlife
habitat, including for endangered, threatened, and sensitive species;
(C)maintain or improve water
quality and watershed function;
(D)prevent, remediate, or
control invasions of exotic species;
(E)maintain, decommission,
and rehabilitate roads and trails;
(F)use woody biomass and
small-diameter trees produced from projects implementing the strategy;
(G)report annually on
performance, including through performance measures from the plan entitled the
10 Year Comprehensive Strategy Implementation Plan
and dated
December 2006; and
(H)take into account any
applicable community wildfire protection plan;
(4)analyze any anticipated
cost savings, including those resulting from—
(A)reduced wildfire
management costs; and
(B)a decrease in the unit
costs of implementing ecological restoration treatments over time;
(5)estimate—
(A)the annual Federal
funding necessary to implement the proposal; and
(B)the amount of new
non-Federal investment for carrying out the proposal that would be
leveraged;
(6)describe the
collaborative process through which the proposal was developed, including a
description of—
(A)participation by or
consultation with State, local, and Tribal governments; and
(B)any established record of
successful collaborative planning and implementation of ecological restoration
projects on National Forest System land and other land included in the proposal
by the collaborators; and
(7)benefit local economies
by providing local employment or training opportunities through contracts,
grants, or agreements for restoration planning, design, implementation, or
monitoring with—
(A)local private, nonprofit,
or cooperative entities;
(B)Youth Conservation Corps
crews or related partnerships, with State, local, and non-profit youth
groups;
(C)existing or proposed
small or micro-businesses, clusters, or incubators; or
(D)other entities that will
hire or train local people to complete such contracts, grants, or agreements;
and
(8)be subject to any other
requirements that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Interior, determines to be necessary for the efficient and effective
administration of the program.
(c)
(1)A
proposal shall be submitted to—
(A)the appropriate Regional
Forester; and
(B)if actions under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior are proposed, the
appropriate—
(i)State Director of the
Bureau of Land Management;
(ii)Regional Director of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
(iii)other official of the
Department of the Interior.
(2)
(A)A Regional Forester may nominate for selection by the
Secretary any proposals that meet the eligibility criteria established by
subsection (b).
(B)Any
proposal nominated by the Regional Forester that proposes actions under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior shall include the concurrence of
the appropriate—
(i)State Director of the
Bureau of Land Management;
(ii)Regional Director of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
(iii)other official of the
Department of the Interior.
(3)With
respect to each proposal that is nominated under paragraph (2)—
(A)the appropriate Regional
Forester shall—
(i)include a plan to use
Federal funds allocated to the region to fund those costs of planning and
carrying out ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land,
consistent with the strategy, that would not be covered by amounts transferred
to the Secretary from the Fund; and
(ii)provide evidence that
amounts proposed to be transferred to the Secretary from the Fund during the
first 2 fiscal years following selection would be used to carry out ecological
restoration treatments consistent with the strategy during the same fiscal year
in which the funds are transferred to the Secretary;
(B)if actions under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior are proposed, the nomination
shall include a plan to fund such actions, consistent with the strategy, by the
appropriate—
(i)State Director of the
Bureau of Land Management;
(ii)Regional Director of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
(iii)other official of the
Department of the Interior; and
(C)if actions on land not
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior are
proposed, the appropriate Regional Forester shall provide evidence that the
landowner intends to participate in, and provide appropriate funding to carry
out, the actions.
(d)
(1)After consulting with the advisory panel established
under subsection (e), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Interior, shall, subject to paragraph (2), select the best proposals
that—
(A)have been nominated under
subsection (c)(2); and
(B)meet the eligibility
criteria established by subsection (b).
(2)In
selecting proposals under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give special
consideration to—
(A)the strength of the
proposal and strategy;
(B)the strength of the
ecological case of the proposal and the proposed ecological restoration
strategies;
(C)the strength of the
collaborative process and the likelihood of successful collaboration throughout
implementation;
(D)whether the proposal is
likely to achieve reductions in long-term wildfire management costs;
(E)whether the proposal
would reduce the relative costs of carrying out ecological restoration
treatments as a result of the use of woody biomass and small-diameter trees;
and
(F)whether an appropriate
level of non-Federal investment would be leveraged in carrying out the
proposal.
(3)The
Secretary may select not more than—
(A)10 proposals to be funded
during any fiscal year;
(B)2 proposals in any 1
region of the National Forest System to be funded during any fiscal year;
and
(C)the number of proposals
that the Secretary determines are likely to receive adequate funding.
(e)
(1)The Secretary shall establish and maintain an advisory
panel comprised of not more than 15 members to evaluate, and provide
recommendations on, each proposal that has been nominated under subsection
(c)(2).
(2)The
Secretary shall ensure that the membership of the advisory panel is fairly
balanced in terms of the points of view represented and the functions to be
performed by the advisory panel.
(3)The
advisory panel shall include experts in ecological restoration, fire ecology,
fire management, rural economic development, strategies for ecological
adaptation to climate change, fish and wildlife ecology, and woody biomass and
small-diameter tree utilization.
(f)Collaborative Forest
Landscape Restoration Fund
(1)There
is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund
, to be used to
pay up to 50 percent of the cost of carrying out and monitoring ecological
restoration treatments on National Forest System land for each proposal
selected to be carried out under subsection (d).
(2)The
cost of carrying out ecological restoration treatments as provided in paragraph
(1) may, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, include cancellation
and termination costs required to be obligated for contracts to carry out
ecological restoration treatments on National Forest System land for each
proposal selected to be carried out under subsection (d).
(3)The
Fund shall consist of such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund under
paragraph (6).
(4)
(A)On request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the Secretary such amounts as the
Secretary determines are appropriate, in accordance with paragraph (1).
(B)The
Secretary shall not expend money from the Fund on any 1 proposal—
(i)during a period of more
than 10 fiscal years; or
(ii)in excess of $4,000,000
in any 1 fiscal year.
(5)Accounting and
Reporting SystemThe Secretary shall establish an accounting and
reporting system for the Fund.
(6)Authorization of
AppropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund
$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2019, to remain available
until expended.
(g)Program Implementation
and Monitoring
(1)Not later than 180 days after the date on which a proposal
is selected to be carried out, the Secretary shall create, in collaboration
with the interested persons, an implementation work plan and budget to
implement the proposal that includes—
(A)a description of the
manner in which the proposal would be implemented to achieve ecological and
community economic benefit, including capacity building to accomplish
restoration;
(B)a business plan that
addresses—
(i)the anticipated unit
treatment cost reductions over 10 years;
(ii)the anticipated costs
for infrastructure needed for the proposal;
(iii)the projected
sustainability of the supply of woody biomass and small-diameter trees removed
in ecological restoration treatments; and
(iv)the projected local
economic benefits of the proposal; and
(C)documentation of the
non-Federal investment in the priority landscape, including the sources and
uses of the investments; and
(D)a plan to decommission
any temporary roads established to carry out the proposal.
(2)Amounts transferred to the Secretary from the Fund
shall be used to carry out ecological restoration treatments that are—
(A)consistent with the
proposal and strategy; and
(B)identified through the
collaborative process described in subsection (b)(2).
(3)The Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of the
Interior and interested persons, shall prepare an annual report on the
accomplishments of each selected proposal that includes—
(A)a description of all
acres (or other appropriate unit) treated and restored through projects
implementing the strategy;
(B)an evaluation of
progress, including performance measures and how prior year evaluations have
contributed to improved project performance;
(C)a description of
community benefits achieved, including any local economic benefits;
(D)the results of the
multiparty monitoring, evaluation, and accountability process under paragraph
(4); and
(E)a summary of the costs
of—
(i)treatments; and
(ii)relevant fire management
activities.
(4)The Secretary shall, in collaboration with the
Secretary of the Interior and interested persons, use a multiparty monitoring,
evaluation, and accountability process to assess the positive or negative
ecological, social, and economic effects of projects implementing a selected
proposal for not less than 15 years after project implementation
commences.
(h)Not
later than 5 years after the first fiscal year in which funding is made
available to carry out ecological restoration projects under the program, and
every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of
the Interior, shall submit a report on the program, including an assessment of
whether, and to what extent, the program is fulfilling the purposes of this
Act, to—
(1)the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate;
(2)the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate;
(3)the Committee on Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(4)the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(i)Authorization of
appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior such sums as are necessary to carry
out this Act.
June 16, 2008
Reported with an amendment