[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5157 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5157

To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to reauthorize 
 and expand State-wide assessment and strategies for forest resources.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 2023

Ms. Salinas (for herself and Mr. Neguse) introduced the following bill; 
           which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to reauthorize 
 and expand State-wide assessment and strategies for forest resources.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIES FOR FOREST RESOURCES.

    Section 2A(f) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2101a(f)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
        ``2028'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$10,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$50,000,000''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Implementation of state-wide assessments and 
        strategies for forest resources.--In addition to the 
        authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1), there are 
        authorized to be appropriated up to $40,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2023 through 2028 for the purposes of supporting 
        the implementation of State-wide assessments and strategies for 
        forest resources under this section.''.
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