Sec. 202. Implementation of 10-year National Wildfire Plan
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The Secretary of Agriculture shall, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior, implement a 10-year National Wildfire Plan that— includes— hazardous fuels and prescribed fire activities to address wildfire risk; vegetation, watershed, wildlife and fisheries habitat management to maintain habitat and improve ecological conditions, including— protecting mature and old-growth trees and forests; maintaining habitat in a way that advances at-risk species recovery and conservation; and completing consultations required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ); management of recreation, heritage, and wilderness programs; activities under the Joint Fire Science Program to address wildfire risk; the activities required under this subtitle; the activities included in— the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (and successor documents); the Wildfire Crisis Strategy entitled Confronting the Wildfire Crisis:
A Strategy for Protecting Communities and Improving Resilience in America’s Forests and dated January 2022 (and successor documents); the Wildfire Crisis Strategy Implementation Plan entitled Wildfire Crisis Implementation Plan and dated January 2022 (and successor documents); and the Wildfire Crisis Landscape Investments plan entitled Confronting the Wildfire Crisis: Initial Landscape Investments to Protect Communities and Improve Resilience in America’s Forests dated April 2022 (and successor documents); and such other wildfire-related activities as determined appropriate by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with existing law and regulations; and in accordance with section 203, prioritizes carrying out landscape-scale restoration projects.
In carrying out subsection (a), to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of Interior, shall— utilize cooperative forestry authorities and agreements, including but not limited to the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq. ); solicit proposals from States, counties, and Tribes to address water quantity and quality concerns; solicit proposals from States, counties, and Tribes for hazardous fuels treatments; consider the long-term State-wide assessments and forest resource strategies established in section 2A the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2101a ); and provide priority to collaboratively developed projects.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out hazardous fuels and prescribed fire activities under subsection (a)(1)(A), $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out vegetation, watershed, wildlife and fisheries management activities under subsection (a)(1)(B), $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out recreation, heritage, and wilderness programs under subsection (a)(1)(C), $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out wildfire risk reduction and research activities of the Joint Fire Science Program pursuant to the Plan, $20,000,000, for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032, of which— $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of Agriculture; and $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior. Of the amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) for a fiscal year, up to 10 percent may be used to cover a portion of wildland firefighter salaries, so long as the positions to which such salaries apply are full-time and cover projects and activities to reduce wildfire risk.
The amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) may not be used to cover any portion of wildland firefighter salaries if the activities to reduce wildfire risk are considered wildfire suppression activities.
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