Sec. 312. Modification of authorities governing cultural and conservation activities of the Department of Defense
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Section 2694 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting or Sentinel Landscape after military department ; and in subparagraph (B), by inserting or that would contribute to maintaining or improving military installation resilience after military operations ; in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting or nature-based climate resilience plans after land management plans ; and by amending subparagraph
(F)to read as follows: The implementation of ecosystem-wide land management plans— for a single ecosystem that— encompasses at least two non-contiguous military installations, if those military installations are not all under the administrative jurisdiction of the same Secretary of a military department; and provides synergistic benefits unavailable if the installations acted separately; or for one or more ecosystems within a designated Sentinel Landscape. ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: In this section, the term Sentinel Landscape means a landscape-scale area encompassing— one or more military installations or State-owned National Guard installations and associated airspace; and the working or natural lands that serve to protect and support the rural economy, the natural environment, outdoor recreation, and the national defense test and training missions of the military or State-owned National Guard installation or installations. . Section 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 ( 10 U.S.C. 2684a note) is amended— in subsection (c)— by inserting resilience, after mutual benefit of conservation, ; by inserting , resilience, after voluntary land management ; and by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Secretary of Defense shall include information concerning the activities taken pursuant to the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership in the annual report to Congress submitted pursuant to section 2684a(g) of title 10, United States Code. ; in subsection (d), in the second sentence, by inserting by an eligible landowner or agricultural producer after Participation ; by redesignating subsection
(e)as subsection (f); by inserting after subsection
(d)the following new subsection (e): To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall seek the participation of other Federal agencies in the Sentinel Landscape Partnership and encourage such agencies to become full partners in the Partnership. ; and in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The term resilience means the capability to avoid, prepare for, minimize the effect of, adapt to, and recover from extreme weather events, flooding, wildfires, or other anticipated or unanticipated changes in environmental conditions. .
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Modification of authorities governing cultural and conservation activities of the Department of Defense
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