Sec. 3. Supplemental appropriations for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management
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The following amounts are appropriated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes: For an additional amount for the Forest Service, $3,500,000,000 for National Forest System , to remain available through September 30, 2023, which shall be used for hazardous fuels management activities, subject to the conditions described in subsection (b). For an additional amount for the Bureau of Land Management, $2,000,000,000 for Management of Lands and Resources , to remain available until September 30, 2021, which shall be used for hazardous fuels management activities, subject to the conditions described in subsection (b).
In using amounts made available under paragraph
(1)or
(2)of subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, or the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, respectively (referred to in this section as the Secretary concerned )— shall prioritize hazardous fuels reduction projects using those amounts for projects— for which any applicable processes under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been completed or are in the process of being completed; that are noncommercial; that focus on small diameter trees, thinning, strategic fuel breaks, and fire use to modify fire behavior, as measured by the projected reduction of uncharacteristically severe wildfire effects for the forest type (such as adverse soil impacts, tree mortality, or other impacts); that maximize the retention of large trees, as appropriate for the forest type, to the extent that the trees promote fire-resilient stands; that do not include the establishment of permanent roads; that include a commitment of funding to decommission all temporary roads constructed to carry out the project; that are located in fire regime I, fire regime II, or fire regime III (as those terms are defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6511 )); and that are located in forests that exhibit the greatest vulnerability to mortality and catastrophic wildfire; and shall not harvest vegetation using mechanical treatment— from old growth stands, unless the old growth stand is part of a science-based ecological restoration project authorized by the Secretary concerned that meets applicable protection and old growth enhancement objectives, as determined by the Secretary concerned; within an inventoried roadless area; within a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; within a wilderness study area in which restoration would impair the suitability of the area to be designated as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, as determined by the Secretary concerned; or within a research natural area, as designated by the Forest Service. The Secretary concerned shall complete and submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives an annual report describing the number of acres of land on which projects carried out using amounts made available under paragraph
(1)or (2), as applicable, of subsection
(a)effectively mitigated wildfire risk.
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Sec. 3
Supplemental appropriations for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management
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