Sec. 82401. Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish and maintain a Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program (referred to in this section as the Program ) within the National Forest System— to restore fish and other aquatic organism passage by removing or replacing unnatural barriers to the passage of fish and other aquatic organisms; to decommission unneeded roads and trails; and to carry out associated activities. In implementing the Program, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that protect or restore— water quality; watersheds that feed public drinking water systems; or habitat for threatened, endangered, and sensitive fish and wildlife species.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief of the Forest Service shall develop a national strategy for implementing the Program and share the national strategy with the Committee on Natural Resources, Committee on Agriculture, and Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023, to remain available until expended.