Sec. 303. Long-Term Burned Area Rehabilitation account
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There is established in the Treasury of the United States the Long-Term Burned Area Rehabilitation account for the Department of Agriculture. There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter for the account established by subsection
(a)such sums as are necessary to carry out the activities described in subsection (d), not to exceed $100,000,000. For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit through the budget request of the President and in accordance with subsection (b), a request for amounts in the National Forest System appropriation account to carry out the activities described in subsection (d). The Secretary of Agriculture shall use amounts in the account established by subsection
(a)for rehabilitation projects located at sites impacted by a wildfire or post-wildfire flooding primarily on Federal land, but may include areas on non-Federal land, that— restore the functions of an ecosystem, including— identifying areas where natural regeneration is unlikely to occur; revegetation and reforestation, including coordinating any necessary site preparation, salvage harvesting, and replanting; watershed restoration; invasive species mitigation and removal; and wildlife habitat restoration; or repair or replace infrastructure or facilities critical for land management activities. A rehabilitation project under subsection
(d)shall— begin not earlier than the date on which the wildfire was contained; and be completed not later than 5 years after the date on which the wildfire was contained. The Secretary of Agriculture may enter to agreements with non-Federal entities to carry out activities described in subsection (d). The non-Federal share of the costs of implementing activities under an agreement entered into under paragraph (1)— shall be not more than 20 percent; and may include in-kind contributions. Nothing in this subsection— requires the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with non-Federal entities to carry out activities described in subsection (d); or limits the effect of the prioritization requirements under subsection (g). The Secretary of Agriculture shall prioritize, on a nationwide basis, projects for which funding requests are submitted under this section based on downstream effects on water resources. Beginning in fiscal year 2027, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall annually submit to Congress a report on the burned area recovery work performed using— amounts from the account established by subsection (a); amounts made available under the Act of June 9, 1930 ( 16 U.S.C. 576 et seq. ); and amounts from the Reforestation Trust Fund established by section 303(a) of Public Law 96–451 ( 16 U.S.C. 1606a(a) ).
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