[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4312]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5310. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 23003 and insert the following:

     SEC. 23003. STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; 
                   CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS TO EXPEDITE WILDFIRE 
                   PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.

       (a) State and Private Forestry Conservation Programs.--
       (1) Appropriations.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
     available, there are appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 
     year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2031--
       (A) $675,000,000 to provide competitive grants to States 
     through the Forest Legacy Program established under section 7 
     of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
     2103c) for projects for the acquisition of land and interests 
     in land,
       (B) $1,475,000,000 to provide multiyear, programmatic, 
     competitive grants to a State agency, a local governmental 
     entity, an agency or governmental entity of the District of 
     Columbia, an agency or governmental entity of an insular area 
     (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agriculture 
     Research, Extnesion and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
     3103)) an Indian Tribe, or a nonprofit organization through 
     the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance program 
     established under section 9(c) of the Cooperative Forestry 
     Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2105(c)) for tree planting 
     and related activities,
       (2) Waiver.--Any non-Federal cost-share requirement 
     otherwise applicable to projects carried out under this 
     subsection may be waived at the discretion of the Secretary.
       (b) Categorical Exclusions to Expedite Wildfire Prevention 
     Activities.--In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
     there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, 
     out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2031, $50,000,000 for 
     the Forest Service to update and promulgate new categorical 
     exclusions in accordance with section 1b.3(b) of title 7, 
     Code of Federal Regulations, to expedite wildfire prevention 
     activities.
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