Sec. 8241. GAO reports on good neighbor authority
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Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 16 U.S.C. 2113a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection: The term Comptroller General means the Comptroller General of the United States. The term project type means the type of activities described in clause (i), (ii), or
(iii)of subsection (a)(4)(A). Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, and once every 3 years thereafter, the Comptroller General shall conduct a study— describing each project conducted under a good neighbor agreement since the date of enactment of this Act ( Public Law 113–79 ; 128 Stat. 649) or the date of the last study conducted under this paragraph, if applicable, categorized by the project type; identifying— the number of projects described in subparagraph
(A)that have occurred exclusively on Federal land; and the number of those projects that have occurred on both Federal land and State, local, Tribal, or private land; determining whether authorized restoration services were carried out under each project described in subparagraph (A), as required by subsection (b)(1)(A); comparing the acreage of timber harvested under each project conducted under a good neighbor agreement with the total acreage treated under that project; assessing how non-Federal partners use funds retained from the sale of timber under subsection (b)(2)(C), including— a description of the projects conducted using those funds, categorized by the project type; and which projects described in clause (i), if any, have occurred on non-Federal land, including State, local, Tribal, and private land; comparing the workforce conditions, pay, and diversity metrics for workers hired under Federal procurement authority, including those hired under the H–2B nonimmigrant program, to the workforce conditions, pay, and diversity metrics for workers hired under good neighbor agreements; and assessing how good neighbor agreements contribute to ecosystem health and community safety. Not later than 90 days after the completion of each study conducted under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General shall prepare 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 that contains the findings of that study. .