Sec. 8214. Study on protection of forests from invasive species
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The Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract (referred to in this section as the Contract ) with the National Academy of Sciences, or another nongovernmental entity that the Secretary determines to be most appropriate, under which the National Academy of Sciences or other entity, as applicable, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, shall conduct, and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the results of, a study to analyze the available resources that Federal agencies have to research, and find solutions to, nonnative invasive plants, insects, and pathogens.
The report submitted pursuant to subsection
(a)shall include recommendations— with respect to— establishing a national policy to effectively counter the threat posed to tree species and forest ecosystems by invasive species (as defined in section 1 of Executive Order 13112 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to invasive species)), including plants, insects, and pathogens, including preventing the introduction and spread of those invasive species, minimizing the damage caused by those invasive species, and restoring affected tree species to forest ecosystems; improving coordination and cooperation among Federal agencies with responsibility for management and repair of the decimation of tree species affected by invasive species and associated ecological destruction, including through activities of the National Invasive Species Council; addressing the low prioritization by the Federal agencies described in subparagraph
(B)of invasive species affecting forests and trees; identifying expertise and site and facility resources within the Federal agencies described in subparagraph (B); and improving coordination among those agencies with respect to the management and repair described in subparagraph (B), including coordination with academic institutions and other appropriate nonprofit organizations; identifying opportunities for the National Invasive Species Council to increase the provision of advice and technical assistance relating to the control or prevention of invasive species and the restoration of native species, with an emphasis on services that are available, or could be made available through additional legislation, to the Department of Agriculture, including the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Agricultural Research Service, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Forest Service; and giving priority to the emergency response of the Department of Agriculture to an emergency relating to invasive species; clarifying the coordination of the Department of Agriculture with other Federal agencies in responding to those emergencies; and identifying funding levels sufficient to carry out responses to those emergencies; and that— take into account existing Federal resources; and may be implemented through further legislative and administrative action. The Contract shall require the National Academy of Sciences or other entity, as applicable, to consult with specialists in entomology, genetics, forest pathology, tree breeding, forest and urban ecology, and invasive species management.
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