Sec. 5. Authorized programs
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Section 5 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act ( Public Law 106–506 ; 114 Stat. 2353) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Directors, and the Administrator, in coordination with the Planning Agency and the States of California and Nevada, may carry out or provide financial assistance to any program described in subsection
(b)or (c). Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection
(a)of section 12, as amended by section 8 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015 , not less than $4,400,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out, including by making grants, the following programs: The Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention Strategy 10-Year Plan. Competitive grants for fuels work to be awarded by the Secretary to communities that have adopted national wildland fire codes to implement the applicable portion of the plan referred to in subparagraph (A). Restoration activities related to any residual or future wildfire damage. Washoe Tribe fire risk reduction and forest management programs on tribal lands within the Lake Tahoe Basin. Development of an updated Lake Tahoe Basin multijurisdictional fuel reduction and wildfire prevention strategy, consistent with the requirement that forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin promote multiple management benefits as described in section 4(c) of this Act (as added by section 4 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015 ). Development of updated community wildfire protection plans by local fire districts. Units of local government in the Lake Tahoe Basin that have dedicated funding for inspections and enforcement of defensible space regulations shall be given priority for amounts provided under this subsection. As a condition on the receipt of funds, communities or local fire districts that receive funds under this subsection shall provide a 25-percent match. The non-Federal share required under subparagraph
(A)may be in the form of cash contributions or in-kind contributions, including providing labor, equipment, supplies, space, and other operational needs. There shall be credited toward the non-Federal share required under subparagraph
(A)any dedicated funding of the communities or local fire districts for a fuels reduction management program, defensible space inspections, or dooryard chipping. Communities and local fire districts shall— maintain a record of in-kind contributions that describes— the monetary value of the in-kind contributions; and the manner in which the in-kind contributions assist in accomplishing project goals and objectives; and document in all requests for Federal funding, and include in the total project budget, evidence of the commitment to provide the non-Federal share through in-kind contributions. Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection
(a)of section 12, as amended by section 8 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015 , not less than $800,000 shall be transferred to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Aquatic Invasive Species Program and for the watercraft inspections and decontaminations described in paragraph (2). The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Planning Agency, the California Department of Fish and Game, and the Nevada Department of Wildlife, shall deploy strategies consistent with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species into the Lake Tahoe Basin. The strategies referred to in paragraph
(2)shall provide for the following: Combined inspection and decontamination stations shall be established in the Lake Tahoe Basin. As provided in paragraph (4), these stations may be operated by the States of California and Nevada, local governments, or private entities. Watercraft shall not be allowed to launch in waters of the Lake Tahoe Basin unless the watercraft has been inspected in accordance with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan. The Planning Agency shall certify the State of California, the State of Nevada, local agencies, or private entities to perform inspection and decontamination activities described in paragraph (3)(A) at locations inside or outside the Lake Tahoe Basin if such activities are conducted in a manner consistent with the standards established by this subsection. The strategies developed under this subsection shall apply to all watercraft to be launched on water within the Lake Tahoe Basin. An entity performing inspection and decontamination activities described in paragraph (3)(A) may collect fees for such activities, but not higher than the level sufficient to cover the costs of operation of inspection and decontamination stations under this subsection. Any person that launches or attempts to launch a watercraft not in compliance with strategies deployed under this subsection shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided in title 18, United States Code. Any fine imposed under this paragraph shall be separate from penalties assessed under any other authority. The strategies deployed under paragraph (2), including the specific elements required by paragraph (3), may be modified if the Secretary of the Interior, in a nondelegable capacity and in consultation with the Planning Agency, the States of California and Nevada, and State and local governments, issues a determination that alternative measures will be no less effective at preventing introduction of aquatic invasive species into Lake Tahoe. The authority under this subsection is supplemental to all actions taken by non-Federal regulatory authorities. Nothing in this title restricts, affects, or amends any other law or the authority of any department, instrumentality, or agency of the United States, or any State or political subdivision thereof, respecting the control of invasive species. .
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