[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1693 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1693

To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize Forest 
                     Service flexible partnerships.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2023

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 
                        Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize Forest 
                     Service flexible partnerships.

    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 ``Forest Service Flexible Housing 
Partnerships Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) housing is a challenge nationwide, especially in areas 
        within or adjacent to forests; and
            (2) the Forest Service is a critical partner in addressing 
        housing needs for--
                    (A) individuals in areas described in paragraph 
                (1); and
                    (B) Forest Service employees.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR LEASE OF FOREST SERVICE SITES.

    Section 8623 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (16 U.S.C. 
580d note; Public Law 115-334) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)(D), by striking ``dwelling;'' and 
        inserting ``dwelling or multiunit dwelling;'';
            (2) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii)--
                            (i) in subclause (I), by inserting ``such 
                        as housing,'' after ``improvements,'';
                            (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (iii) in subclause (III), by striking 
                        ``or'' at the end and inserting ``and''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(IV) services occurring off of 
                                the administrative site--
                                            ``(aa) that--

                                                    ``(AA) occur on the 
                                                unit of the National 
                                                Forest System in which 
                                                the administrative site 
                                                is located; or

                                                    ``(BB) benefit the 
                                                National Forest System; 
                                                and

                                            ``(bb) that support 
                                        activities occurring within the 
                                        unit of the National Forest 
                                        System in which the 
                                        administrative site is located; 
                                        or''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(6) Lease term.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term of a lease of an 
                administrative site under this section shall be up to 
                100 years.
                    ``(B) Renewal.--A lease of an administrative site 
                under this section shall include a provision for 
                renewal of the lease if the use of the administrative 
                site, at the time of renewal, is in accordance with 
                this section.''; and
            (3) in subsection (i), by striking ``2023'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``2028''.
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