Sec. 302. Restoration and resilience partnership program
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The purposes of this section are— to restore and improve the ecological integrity of forest, grassland, and rangeland ecosystems across the United States in partnership with State, local, and Tribal governments; to create or sustain outdoor jobs by reducing the backlog of restoration and resilience projects on Federal land and non-Federal land; to improve the resilience and carrying capacity of rangelands in the United States by preventing or mitigating invasive species, such as cheatgrass, that contribute to rangeland fire; and to reduce uncharacteristic wildfires in the highest risk areas of the United States by carrying out, in accordance with applicable law, restoration and resilience projects.
There is established a Restoration and Resilience Partnership Program, under which the Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out restoration and resilience projects in partnership areas designated under subsection (c)(1). Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall designate, for the purposes of carrying out restoration and resilience projects under subsection (d), any areas of Federal land and non-Federal land that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
The Governor of a State or an authorized representative of an Indian Tribe may submit to the Secretary, in writing, a request to designate certain Federal land or non-Federal land in the State or Indian Country, respectively, for restoration and resilience projects under subsection (d). A written request submitted under subparagraph
(A)may include 1 or more maps or recommendations. To be eligible for designation under subsection (c), an area shall— have a high or very high wildfire potential as determined by— the map of the Forest Service entitled Wildfire Hazard Potential Version 2020 ; or any other mapping resource or data source approved by the Secretary that depicts the risk of wildfires; have high-priority wildlife habitat urgently in need of restoration, as determined by the Secretary, in consultation with eligible entities and the applicable Governor or representative of an Indian Tribe; or in the case of Federal land, be in the wildland-urban interface.