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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 962 (Introduced in Senate) — To establish a grant program to support landscape-scale restoration and management, and for other purposes. · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation

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Section 103 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6513 ) is amended— in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: For any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated for hazardous fuels reduction is in excess of $300,000,000, the Secretary— is encouraged to use the excess amounts for projects that include cross-boundary consideration; and of that excess amount, may use, through grants to State Foresters, to support hazardous fuel reduction projects on non-Federal land in accordance with subsection
(e)an amount equal to the greater of— 20 percent; and $20,000,000. ; and by adding at the end the following: To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use the funds described in subsection (d)(3) to support hazardous fuel reduction projects that incorporate treatments in landscapes across ownership boundaries on Federal, State, county, or tribal land, private land, and other non-Federal land, particularly in areas identified as priorities in applicable State-wide forest resource assessments or strategies under section 2A(a) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2101a(a) ), as mutually agreed to by the State Forester and the Regional Forester. To conduct and fund treatments for projects that include Federal and non-Federal land, the Secretary may— use the authorities of the Secretary relating to cooperation and technical and financial assistance, including the good neighbor authority under— section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 2113a ); and section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 ( 16 U.S.C. 1011 note; Public Law 106–291 ); and allocate cross-boundary wildfire mitigation funds, in accordance with subsection (d)(3) and paragraph (1), for projects carried out pursuant to that section ( 16 U.S.C. 2113a ). In carrying out this subsection, the State Forester, in consultation with the Secretary (or a designee)— shall consult with the owners of State, county, tribal, and private land and other non-Federal land with respect to hazardous fuels reduction projects; and shall not implement any project on non-Federal land without the consent of the owner of the non-Federal land. Regardless of the individual or entity implementing a project on non-Federal land under this subsection, only the laws and regulations that apply to non-Federal land shall be applicable with respect to the project. .
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Sec. 3
Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation
U.S.C.§ 6513
U.S.C.§ 2101a
U.S.C.§ 2113a
U.S.C.§ 1011
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106-291
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