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16 U.S.C. § 2206 — Emergency forest restoration program
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Emergency measures** — The term “emergency measures” means those measures that—
(A) are necessary to address damage caused by a natural disaster to natural resources on nonindustrial private forest land, and the damage, if not treated—
(i) would impair or endanger the natural resources on the land; and
(ii) would materially affect future use of the land; and
(B) would restore forest health and forest-related resources on the land.
(2) **Natural disaster** — The term “natural disaster” includes wildfires, hurricanes or excessive winds, drought, ice storms or blizzards, floods, or other resource-impacting events, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Nonindustrial private forest land** — The term “nonindustrial private forest land” means rural land, as determined by the Secretary, that—
(A) has existing tree cover (or had tree cover immediately before the natural disaster and is suitable for growing trees); and
(B) is owned by any nonindustrial private individual, group, association, corporation, or other private legal entity, that has definitive decision-making authority over the land.
**(b) Availability of assistance** The Secretary may make payments to an owner of nonindustrial private forest land who carries out emergency measures to restore the land after the land is damaged by a natural disaster.
**(c) Eligibility** To be eligible to receive a payment under subsection (b), an owner must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the nonindustrial private forest land on which the emergency measures are carried out had tree cover immediately before the natural disaster.
**(d) Cost share requirement** Payments made under subsection (b) shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Emergency measures** — The term “emergency measures” means those measures that—
(A) are necessary to address damage caused by a natural disaster to natural resources on nonindustrial private forest land, and the damage, if not treated—
(i) would impair or endanger the natural resources on the land; and
(ii) would materially affect future use of the land; and
(B) would restore forest health and forest-related resources on the land.
(2) **Natural disaster** — The term “natural disaster” includes wildfires, hurricanes or excessive winds, drought, ice storms or blizzards, floods, or other resource-impacting events, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Nonindustrial private forest land** — The term “nonindustrial private forest land” means rural land, as determined by the Secretary, that—
(A) has existing tree cover (or had tree cover immediately before the natural disaster and is suitable for growing trees); and
(B) is owned by any nonindustrial private individual, group, association, corporation, or other private legal entity, that has definitive decision-making authority over the land.
**(b) Availability of assistance** The Secretary may make payments to an owner of nonindustrial private forest land who carries out emergency measures to restore the land after the land is damaged by a natural disaster.
**(c) Eligibility** To be eligible to receive a payment under subsection (b), an owner must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the nonindustrial private forest land on which the emergency measures are carried out had tree cover immediately before the natural disaster.
**(d) Cost share requirement** Payments made under subsection (b) shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the emergency measures carried out by an owner of nonindustrial private forest land.
**(e) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such funds as may be necessary to carry out this section. Amounts so appropriated shall remain available until expended.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 2204
section to repair damage caused by storms occurring in
1988 or 1989 to watersheds located in any county in any
State, to the extent that funds authorized by this sec-
tion remain available, with $25,000,000 appropriated for
fiscal year 1990.
§ 2204. Funding and administration
(a) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such
funds as may be necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of this chapter, to remain available until
expended.
(b) Set-aside for fencing
Of the amounts made available under sub-
section (a) for a fiscal year, 25 percent shall be
set aside until April 1 of that fiscal year for the
repair or replacement of fencing.
(c) Use of Commodity Credit Corporation
In implementing this chapter, the Secretary
may use the facilities, services, and authorities
of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
(d) Limitation
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall not
make any expenditures to carry out the provi-
sions of this chapter unless funds specifically
appropriated for such purpose have been trans-
ferred to it.
(Pub. L. 95–334, title IV, § 404, Aug. 4, 1978, 92
Stat. 434; Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2403(a)(2)(A),
(e), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4571, 4572.)
Editorial Notes
2018—Pub. L. 115–334, § 2403(e), inserted section catch-
line; designated first, third, and fourth sentences as
subsecs. (a), (c), and (d), respectively, and inserted
headings; in subsec. (a), inserted ‘‘, to remain available
until expended’’ before period at end; in subsec. (c),
substituted ‘‘In implementing this chapter’’ for ‘‘In im-
plementing the provisions of this chapter’’; in subsec.
(d), substituted ‘‘The Commodity Credit Corporation’’
for ‘‘The Corporation’’; added subsec. (b); and struck
out form
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