[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4197 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2023

 Mr. Neguse (for himself, Ms. Schrier, and Ms. Salinas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and 
 in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Collaborative Forest Landscape 
Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM 
              REAUTHORIZATION.

    Section 4003 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 
U.S.C. 7303) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``species;'' 
                and inserting ``species or pathogens;'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (C) in subparagraph (H), by adding ``and'' after 
                the semicolon at the end; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(I) address standardized monitoring questions and 
                indicators;'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(3)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by adding ``and'' at the end; 
                and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) include a Federal Government 
                        staffing plan for providing support to 
                        collaboratives established pursuant to 
                        subsection (b)(2);'';
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) proposals that seek to use innovative 
                implementation mechanisms, including conservation 
                finance agreements, good neighbor agreements entered 
                into under section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
                (16 U.S.C. 2113a), and similar implementation 
                mechanisms;
                    ``(H) proposals that seek to reduce the risk of 
                uncharacteristic wildfire or increase ecological 
                restoration activities--
                            ``(i) within areas across land ownerships, 
                        including State, Tribal, and private land; and
                            ``(ii) within the wildland-urban interface 
                        (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy 
                        Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
                        6511)); and
                    ``(I) proposals that seek to enhance watershed 
                health and drinking water sources.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``10'' 
                        and inserting ``20''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2'' 
                        and inserting ``4'';
            (4) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ``conflict 
        resolution or collaborative governance,'' before ``and woody''; 
        and
            (5) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by striking 
                ``$4,000,000'' and inserting ``$8,000,000''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``2019 through 
                2023'' and inserting ``2023 through 2032''.
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