Sec. 11002. Non-Federal land forest restoration and fuels reduction projects and research

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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2031— $9,000,000,000 to award grants to a Tribal, State, or local government, a regional organization, a special district, or a nonprofit organization to support, on non-Federal land, forest restoration and resilience projects, including projects to reduce the risk of wildfires and establish defensible space around structures within at-risk communities; $1,000,000,000 to award grants to a Tribal, State, or local government, a regional organization, a special district, or a nonprofit organization to implement community wildfire protection plans (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6511 )), purchase firefighting equipment, provide firefighter training, and increase the capacity for planning, coordinating, and monitoring projects on non-Federal land to protect at-risk communities (as defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6511 )); $250,000,000 to award grants to a Tribal, State, or local government, a regional organization, a special district, or a nonprofit organization for projects on non-Federal land to aid in the recovery and rehabilitation of burned areas, including reforestation; $250,000,000 to award grants to a Tribal, State, or local government, a regional organization, a special district, or a nonprofit organization for projects on non-Federal land to expand equitable outdoor access and promote tourism on non-Federal forested land for members of underserved groups; $250,000,000 for the State Fire Assistance and Volunteer Fire Assistance programs established under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq. ), to be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary; $250,000,000 for the implementation of State-wide forest resource strategies under section 2A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2101a ); $250,000,000 for the competitive grant program under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2109a ) for providing through that program a cost share to carry out climate mitigation or forest resilience practices in the case of underserved forest landowners, subject to the condition that subsection

(h)of that section shall not apply; $250,000,000 for the competitive grant program under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2109a ) for providing through that program grants to support the participation of underserved forest landowners in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience, subject to the condition that subsection

(h)of that section shall not apply; $250,000,000 for the competitive grant program under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2109a ) for providing through that program grants to support the participation of forest landowners who own less than 2,500 acres of forest land in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience, subject to the condition that subsection

(h)of that section shall not apply; $500,000,000 for the competitive grant program under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2109a ) to provide grants to states and other eligible entities to provide payments to owners of private forest land for implementation of forestry practices on private forest land, that are determined by the Secretary, based on the best available science, to provide measurable increases in carbon sequestration and storage beyond customary practices on comparable land, subject to the conditions that— those payments shall not preclude landowners from participation in other public and private sector financial incentive programs; and subsection

(h)of that section shall not apply; $50,000,000 to carry out the healthy forests reserve program established under section 501 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6571 ); $50,000,000 for the forest inventory and analysis program established under section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 1642(e) ) for collaborative partnerships with the National Association of University Forest Resources Programs; $50,000,000 for the forest inventory and analysis program established under section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 1642(e) ) for activities and tactics to accelerate and expand existing research efforts to improve forest carbon monitoring technologies to better predict changes in forest carbon due to climate change; $100,000,000 for the forest inventory and analysis program established under section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 1642(e) ) to carry out recommendations from a panel of relevant experts convened by the Secretary that has reviewed and, based on the review, issued recommendations regarding the current priorities and future needs of the forest inventory and analysis program with respect to climate change, forest health, sustainable wood products, and increasing carbon storage in forests; $50,000,000 for the forest inventory and analysis program established under section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 1642(e) ) to provide enhancements to the technology managed and used by the forest inventory and analysis program, including cloud computing and remote sensing for purposes such as small area estimation; $1,000,000,000 to provide grants under the wood innovation grant program under section 8643 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 7 U.S.C. 7655d ), including for the construction of new facilities that advance the purposes of the program, subject to the conditions that— the amount of such a grant shall be not more than $5,000,000; notwithstanding subsection

(d)of that section, a recipient of such a grant shall provide funds equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount received under the grant, to be derived from non-Federal sources; and a priority shall be placed on projects that create a financial model for addressing forest restoration needs on public or private forest land; $50,000,000 for the research mission area of the Forest Service to accelerate and expand existing research efforts relating to strategies to increase carbon stocks on National Forest System land; $50,000,000 for the research mission area of the Forest Service to accelerate and expand existing research efforts relating to the impacts of climate change and weather variability on national forest ecosystems; $50,000,000 for the research mission area of the Forest Service to accelerate and expand existing research efforts relating to strategies to ensure that national forest ecosystems, including forests, plants, aquatic ecosystems, and wildlife, are able to adapt to climate change and weather variability; $50,000,000 for the research mission area of the Forest Service to assess the quantity of carbon sequestration and storage accomplished by different forest practices when applied in diverse ecological and geographic settings; $50,000,000 for the research mission area of the Forest Service to carry out greenhouse gas life cycle analyses of domestic wood products; $50,000,000 for the Forest Health Monitoring Program of the Forest Service for activities and tactics to reduce the spread of invasive species on non-Federal forested land; and $2,250,000,000 to be used for staffing, salaries, and other workforce needs and expenses to support the development of a Civilian Climate Corps for carrying out projects on non-Federal land through the Forest Service State and private forestry mission area and other Department of Agriculture programs, including rural and urban conservation and tree planting projects, subject to the conditions that— the amounts made available under this paragraph shall be in addition to any amounts required for salaries and expenses needed to carry out projects under this subsection; and members of the Civilian Climate Corps shall be compensated at not less than 200 percent of the annual Federal poverty line. The Governor of a State may submit to the Secretary, in writing, a request to include with land on which a project is carried out using amounts made available by this section certain non-Federal land in the State. A written request submitted under paragraph

(1)may include 1 or more maps or recommendations. On approval of a written request submitted under paragraph (1), a project may be carried out using amounts made available by this section on the non-Federal land in the State that is the subject of the request. The grants made available under paragraphs

(1)through

(5)of subsection

(a)shall be subject to a non-Federal match requirement of not less than 20 percent of the overall project cost. The cost-sharing requirement under paragraph

(1)may be waived, at the discretion of the Secretary, for high priority projects that— have the purpose of protecting human life or critical infrastructure; and are located in counties where the average median household income of the population is less than 150 percent of the poverty line.

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