[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3411. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title IV of division A, add the following:


   use of locally adapted native plant materials in land management 
                       activities on federal land

       Sec. 43__. To complement the implementation by the Bureau 
     of Land Management of a National Seed Strategy to improve 
     seed supplies for restoring healthy and productive native 
     plant communities, the Secretary of the Interior shall give 
     preference, to the maximum extent practicable, to the use of 
     locally adapted native plant materials in carrying out a land 
     management activity on Federal land, including maintenance 
     and restoration activities carried out in response to 
     degradation caused by human activity or natural events, such 
     as fire, flood, or infestation.
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