Sec. 106. National Forest Foundation activities
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Section 402(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 583j(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of money and of real and personal property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the objectives for optimizing total domestic carbon stocks established under section 101(a) of the Trillion Trees and Natural Carbon Storage Act ; and carry out the Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Prize for Forest Restoration under section 410. . The National Forest Foundation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 583j et seq.) is amended— in section 405, by striking 410 both places it appears and inserting 411 ; by redesignating section 410 as section 411; and by inserting after section 409 the following: In this section: The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. The term Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Prize means the Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Prize for Forest Restoration established under subsection (b).
The Foundation shall, in consultation with the Secretary, establish a program to award an incentive prize, to be known as the Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Prize for Forest Restoration , to support domestic reforestation activities carried out by individuals, communities, nonprofit organizations, and corporations. The following entities are eligible to receive the Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Prize: A State agency. A nonprofit entity that the Secretary determines has a demonstrated expertise in tree planting activity and reforestation.
Other entities that the Secretary determines to be appropriate, such as a local government or a private owner of land covered by a forest management plan. In carrying out this section, the Secretary may coordinate on an ongoing basis with appropriate Federal, State, Tribal, and local resource management departments, local nonprofit organizations, private landowners, and corporations— to identify land suitable for reforestation; to encourage, accept, and administer private gifts of money, technical expertise, and real and personal property for the benefit of the program under this section; and to manage and maintain reforested land. .
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