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16 U.S.C. § 6502 — Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Chiefs** — The term “Chiefs” means the Chief of the Forest Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
(2) **Eligible activity** — The term “eligible activity” means an activity—
(A) to reduce the risk of wildfire;
(B) to protect water quality and supply; or
(C) to improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species.
(3) **Program** — The term “Program” means the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program established under subsection (b)(1).
(4) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(5) **Wildland-urban interface** — The term “wildland-urban interface” has the meaning given the term in [section 6511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6511&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall establish a Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program to improve the health and resilience of forest landscapes across National Forest System land and State, Tribal, and private land.
(2) **Administration** — The Secretary shall administer the Program by coordinating eligible activities conducted on National Forest System land and State, Tribal, or private land across a forest landscape to improve the health and resilience of the forest landscape by—
(A) assisting producers and landowners in implementing eligible activities on eligible private or Tribal land using the applicable programs and authorities administered by the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service under title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), not inc
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Chiefs** — The term “Chiefs” means the Chief of the Forest Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
(2) **Eligible activity** — The term “eligible activity” means an activity—
(A) to reduce the risk of wildfire;
(B) to protect water quality and supply; or
(C) to improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species.
(3) **Program** — The term “Program” means the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program established under subsection (b)(1).
(4) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(5) **Wildland-urban interface** — The term “wildland-urban interface” has the meaning given the term in [section 6511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6511&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Establishment**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall establish a Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program to improve the health and resilience of forest landscapes across National Forest System land and State, Tribal, and private land.
(2) **Administration** — The Secretary shall administer the Program by coordinating eligible activities conducted on National Forest System land and State, Tribal, or private land across a forest landscape to improve the health and resilience of the forest landscape by—
(A) assisting producers and landowners in implementing eligible activities on eligible private or Tribal land using the applicable programs and authorities administered by the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service under title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), not including the conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of that title ([16 U.S.C. 3831](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3831&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(B) conducting eligible activities on National Forest System land or assisting landowners in implementing eligible activities on State, Tribal, or private land using the applicable programs and authorities administered by the Chief of the Forest Service.
**(c) Selection of eligible activities** The appropriate Regional Forester and State Conservationist shall jointly submit to the Chiefs on an annual basis proposals for eligible activities under the Program.
**(d) Evaluation criteria** In evaluating and selecting proposals submitted under subsection (c), the Chiefs shall consider—
(1) criteria including whether the proposal—
(A) reduces wildfire risk in a municipal watershed or the wildland-urban interface;
(B) was developed through a collaborative process with participation from diverse stakeholders;
(C) increases forest workforce capacity or forest business infrastructure and development;
(D) leverages existing authorities and non-Federal funding;
(E) provides measurable outcomes; or
(F) supports established State and regional priorities; and
(2) such other criteria relating to the merits of the proposals as the Chiefs determine to be appropriate.
**(e) Outreach** The Secretary shall provide—
(1) public notice on the websites of the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service describing—
(A) the solicitation of proposals under subsection (c); and
(B) the criteria for selecting proposals in accordance with subsection (d); and
(2) information relating to the Program and activities funded under the Program to States, Indian Tribes, units of local government, and private landowners.
**(f) Exclusions** An eligible activity may not be carried out under the Program—
(1) in a wilderness area or designated wilderness study area;
(2) in an inventoried roadless area;
(3) on any Federal land on which, by Act of Congress or Presidential proclamation, the removal of vegetation is restricted or prohibited; or
(4) in an area in which the eligible activity would be inconsistent with the applicable land and resource management plan.
**(g) Accountability**
(1) **Initial report** — Not later than 1 year after November 15, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report providing recommendations to Congress relating to the Program, including a review of—
(A) funding mechanisms for the Program;
(B) staff capacity to carry out the Program;
(C) privacy laws applicable to the Program;
(D) data collection under the Program;
(E) monitoring and outcomes under the Program; and
(F) such other matters as the Secretary considers to be appropriate.
(2) **Additional reports** — For each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the Chiefs shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report describing projects for which funding is provided under the Program, including the status and outcomes of those projects.
**(h) Funding**
(1) **Authorization of appropriations** — There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the Program $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
(2) **Additional funds** — In addition to the funds described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may obligate available funds from accounts used to carry out the existing Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership prior to November 15, 2021, to carry out the Program.
(3) **Duration of availability** — Funds made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.
(4) **Distribution of funds** — Of the funds made available under paragraph (1)—
(A) not less than 40 percent shall be allocated to carry out eligible activities through the Natural Resources Conservation Service;
(B) not less than 40 percent shall be allocated to carry out eligible activities through the Forest Service; and
(C) the remaining funds shall be allocated by the Chiefs to the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the Forest Service—
(i) to carry out eligible activities; or
(ii) for other purposes, such as technical assistance, project development, or local capacity building.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Additional services** — The term “additional services” means the provision of supplementary power, backup or standby power, maintenance power, or interruptible power to an electric consumer by an electric utility.
(2) **Waste heat to power system** — The term “waste heat to power system” means a system that generates electricity through the recovery of waste energy.
(3) **Other terms**
(A) *Purpa* — The terms “electric consumer”, “electric utility”, “interconnection service”, “nonregulated electric utility”, and “State regulatory authority” have the meanings given those terms in the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ([16 U.S.C. 2601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), within the meaning of title I of that Act ([16 U.S.C. 2611](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2611&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(B) *EPCA* — The terms “combined heat and power system” and “waste energy” have the meanings given those terms in [section 6341 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section6341&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Review**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 180 days after November 15, 2021, the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other appropriate entities, shall review existing rules and procedures relating to interconnection service and additional services throughout the United States for electric generation with nameplate capacity up to 150 megawatts connecting at either distribution or transmission voltage levels to identify barriers to the deployment of combined heat and power systems and waste heat to power s
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**(a) In general** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.
**(b) Availability of appropriations** Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the provision of funds under this chapter shall be subject to the availability of appropriations and the Secretary is not required to reduce funding for programs, projects, or activities serving a tribe in order to make funds available to another tribe or tribal organization under this chapter.
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The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to reduce wildfire risk to communities, municipal water supplies, and other at-risk Federal land through a collaborative process of planning, prioritizing, and implementing hazardous fuel reduction projects;
(2) to authorize grant programs to improve the commercial value of forest biomass (that otherwise contributes to the risk of catastrophic fire or insect or disease infestation) for producing electric energy, useful heat, transportation fuel, and petroleum-based product substitutes, and for other commercial purposes;
(3) to enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire, across the landscape;
(4) to promote systematic gathering of information to address the impact of insect and disease infestations and other damaging agents on forest and rangeland health;
(5) to improve the capacity to detect insect and disease infestations at an early stage, particularly with respect to hardwood forests; and
(6) to protect, restore, and enhance forest ecosystem components—
(A) to promote the recovery of threatened and endangered species;
(B) to improve biological diversity; and
(C) to enhance productivity and carbon sequestration.
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**(a) In general** Through the 2023 fiscal year, the Secretary shall formulate and carry out a conservation reserve program under which land is enrolled through the use of contracts to assist owners and operators of land specified in subsection (b) to conserve and improve the soil, water, and wildlife resources of such land and to address issues raised by State, regional, and national conservation initiatives.
**(b) Eligible land** The Secretary may include in the program established under this subpart—
(1) highly erodible cropland that—
(A)
(i) if permitted to remain untreated could substantially reduce the agricultural production capability for future generations; or
(ii) cannot be farmed in accordance with a plan that complies with the requirements of subchapter II; and
(B) the Secretary determines had a cropping history or was considered to be planted for 4 of the 6 years preceding December 20, 2018, on the condition that the Secretary shall consider to be planted cropland enrolled in the conservation reserve program;
(2) marginal pasture land to be devoted to appropriate vegetation, including trees, in or near riparian areas, or devoted to similar water quality purposes (including marginal pastureland converted to wetland or established as wildlife habitat);
(3) grasslands that—
(A) contain forbs or shrubland (including improved rangeland and pastureland) for which grazing is the predominant use;
(B) are located in an area historically dominated by grasslands; and
(C) could provide habitat for animal and plant populations of significant ecological value if the land is retained in its current use or restored to a natural condition;
(4) cropland, marginal pasture land, and grasslands that will have a positive impact on water quality and
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**(a)** The Secretary is authorized and directed to make such expenditures as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; lawbooks, books of reference, directories, periodicals, and newspapers; and the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at community, county, State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed upon the request of the Secretary to establish one or more separate appropriation accounts into which there shall be transferred from the respective funds available for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16, in connection with which personnel or other facilities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are utilized, proportionate amounts estimated by the Secretary to be required by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for administrative expenses in carrying out or cooperating in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16.
**(b)** In the administration of this subchapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia, including regional offices, and in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 3 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and chapter 3B of title 16, unless otherwise provided by appropriation or oth
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**(a)** For purposes of subchapters I through VIII:
(1) The term “agricultural commodity” means—
(A) any agricultural commodity planted and produced in a State by annual tilling of the soil, including tilling by one-trip planters; or
(B) sugarcane planted and produced in a State.
(2) **Beginning farmer or rancher.—** — The term “beginning farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in [section 1991(a)(8) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1991/a/8&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Conservation plan.—** — The term “conservation plan” means the document that—
(A) applies to highly erodible cropland;
(B) describes the conservation system applicable to the highly erodible cropland and describes the decisions of the person with respect to location, land use, tillage systems, and conservation treatment measures and schedule; and
(C) is approved by the local soil conservation district, in consultation with the local committees established under [section 590h(b)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b/5&num=0&edition=prelim) and the Secretary, or by the Secretary.
(4) **Conservation system.—** — The term “conservation system” means a combination of 1 or more conservation measures or management practices that—
(A) are based on local resource conditions, available conservation technology, and the standards and guidelines contained in the Natural Resources Conservation Service field office technical guides; and
(B) are designed to achieve, in a cost effective and technically practicable manner, a substantial reduction in soil erosion or a substantial improvement in soil conditions on a field or group of fields containing highly erodible croplan
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3801
Sec.
3812.
Exemptions.
3812a.
Development and implementation of con-
servation plans and conservation systems.
3813.
Soil surveys.
3814.
Notice and investigation of possible compli-
ance deficiencies.
SUBCHAPTER III—WETLAND CONSERVATION
3821.
Program ineligibility.
3822.
Delineation of wetlands; exemptions.
3823.
Affiliated persons.
3824.
Fairness of compliance.
SUBCHAPTER IV—AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES
CONSERVATION PROGRAM
PART I—COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION ENHANCEMENT
PROGRAM
SUBPART A—GENERAL PROVISIONS
3830, 3830a. Repealed.
SUBPART B—CONSERVATION RESERVE
3831.
Conservation reserve.
3831a.
Conservation reserve enhancement program.
3831b.
Farmable wetland program.
3831c.
Pilot programs.
3832.
Duties of owners and operators.
3833.
Duties of the Secretary.
3834.
Payments.
3835.
Contracts.
3835a.
Repealed.
SUBPART C—WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM
3837 to 3837f. Repealed.
PART II—CONSERVATION SECURITY AND FARMLAND
PROTECTION
SUBPART A—CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM
3838 to 3838c. Repealed.
SUBPART B—CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
3838d to 3838g. Transferred.
SUBPART C—FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM
3838h to 3838j. Repealed.
SUBPART D—GRASSLAND RESERVE PROGRAM
3838n to 3838q. Repealed.
PART III—ENVIRONMENTAL EASEMENT PROGRAM
3839 to 3839d. Repealed.
PART IV—ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES
PROGRAM AND CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
SUBPART A—ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES
PROGRAM
3839aa.
Purposes.
3839aa–1. Definitions.
3839aa–2. Establishment and administration.
3839aa–3. Evaluation of applications.
3839aa–4. Duties of producers.
3839aa–5. Environmental quality incentives program
plan.
3839aa–6. Duties of the Secretary.
3839aa–7. Limitation on payments.
3839aa–8. Conservat
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3830a
3576; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title I, § 1402(a), Aug. 10,
1993, 107 Stat. 332; Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 331, Apr. 4,
1996, 110 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2006(b), May
13, 2002, 116 Stat. 237, related to comprehensive con-
servation enhancement program.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
Pub. L. 106–224, title II, § 211, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat.
406,
as
amended
by
Pub.
L.
107–171,
title
II,
§ 2503(b)(1)(B), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 269, authorized
Secretary to use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide financial assistance to
farmers and ranchers to address threats to soil, water,
and related natural resources, including grazing land,
wetland, and wildlife habitat; comply with Federal and
State environmental laws; and make beneficial, cost-ef-
fective changes to cropping systems, grazing manage-
ment, manure, nutrient, pest, or irrigation manage-
ment, land uses, or other measures needed to conserve
and improve soil, water, and related natural resources.
FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM
Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 388, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat.
1020, directed Secretary of Agriculture to establish and
carry out a farmland protection program, prior to re-
peal by Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2503(b)(1)(A), May 13,
2002, 116 Stat. 269.
[Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2503(b)(2), May 13, 2002, 116
Stat. 269, provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by
paragraph (1)(A) [repealing section 388 of Pub. L.
104–127, formerly set out above] shall have no effect on
any contract entered into under section 388 of the Fed-
eral Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
[Pub. L. 104–127] (16 U.S.C. 3830 note) that is in effect as
of the date of
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 6511
structure development, agriculture, settlements, land
use planning or zoning, and energy siting and genera-
tion;
(ii) address deforestation and land conversion risk in
new relevant trade agreements and seek to address
such risks, where possible, in the implementation of ex-
isting trade agreements;
(iii) identify and engage in international processes
and fora, as appropriate, to pursue approaches to com-
bat deforestation and enhance sustainable land use op-
portunities in preparing climate, development, and fi-
nance strategies;
(iv) engage other major commodity-importing and
commodity-producing countries to advance common in-
terests in addressing commodity-driven deforestation;
and
(v) assess options to direct foreign assistance and
other agency programs and tools, as appropriate, to
help threatened forest communities transition to an
economically sustainable future, with special attention
to the participation of and the critical role played by
indigenous peoples and local communities and land-
holders in protecting and restoring forests and in re-
ducing deforestation and forest degradation.
SEC. 4. Deploying Nature-Based Solutions to Tackle Cli-
mate Change and Enhance Resilience. Just as forest con-
servation, restoration, and adaptation generate broad
benefits related to climate change and other areas,
other nature-based solutions can advance multiple ben-
efits. These solutions include actions that protect
coasts and critical marine ecosystems, reduce flooding,
moderate extreme heat, replenish groundwater sources,
capture and store carbon dioxide, conserve biodiver-
sity, and improve the productivity of agricultural and
forest lands to produce food and fiber. To ensure that
agencies pursue nature-bas
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