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16 U.S.C. § 6511 — Purposes
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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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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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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 95–313, § 6, as added Pub. L. 108–148, title III, § 302, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1903; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title VII, § 7511(c)(35), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1270; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VII, § 7511(c)(35), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2032, related to the establishment and implementation of watershed forestry assistance programs.
A prior section 2103b, Pub. L. 95–313, § 6, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XII, § 1216, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3526, established the Stewardship Incentive Program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–171, title VIII, § 8001(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 468.
A prior section 6 of Pub. L. 95–313 was renumbered section 9 and is classified to [section 2105 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2105&num=0&edition=prelim).
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As used in this chapter, the term—
(1) “Academy” means the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control;
(2) “Administration” means the United States Fire Administration established pursuant to [section 2204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) “Administrator” means, except as otherwise provided, the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, within the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(4) “Administrator of FEMA” means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(5) “fire service” means any organization in any State consisting of personnel, apparatus, and equipment which has as its purpose protecting property and maintaining the safety and welfare of the public from the dangers of fire, including a private firefighting brigade. The personnel of any such organization may be paid employees or unpaid volunteers or any combination thereof. The location of any such organization and its responsibility for extinguishment and suppression of fires may include, but need not be limited to, a Federal installation, a State, city, town, borough, parish, county, Indian tribe, fire district, fire protection district, rural fire district, or other special district. The terms “fire prevention”, “firefighting”, and “fire control” relate to activities conducted by a fire service;
(6) “Indian tribe” has the meaning given that term in [section 5304 of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim) and “tribal” means of or pertaining to an Indian tribe;
(7) “local” means of or pertaining to any city, town, county, special purpose district, unincorporated territory, or other political subdivision of
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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) In general** In accordance with the Implementation Plan, the Secretary shall develop an annual program of work for Federal land that gives priority to authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects that provide for the protection of at-risk communities or watersheds or that implement community wildfire protection plans.
**(b) Collaboration**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall consider recommendations under subsection (a) that are made by at-risk communities that have developed community wildfire protection plans.
(2) **Exemption** — Chapter 10 of title 5 shall not apply to the planning process and recommendations concerning community wildfire protection plans.
**(c) Administration**
(1) **In general** — Federal agency involvement in developing a community wildfire protection plan, or a recommendation made in a community wildfire protection plan, shall not be considered a Federal agency action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ([42 U.S.C. 4321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(2) **Compliance** — In implementing authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects on Federal land, the Secretary shall, in accordance with [section 6514 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section6514&num=0&edition=prelim), comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ([42 U.S.C. 4321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(d) Funding allocation**
(1) **Federal land**
(A) *In general* — Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall use not less than 50 percent of the funds allocated for authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects in the wildl
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**(a) Interim final regulations**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 30 days after December 3, 2003, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate interim final regulations to establish a predecisional administrative review process for the period described in paragraph (2) that will serve as the sole means by which a person can seek administrative review regarding an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project on Forest Service land.
(2) **Period** — The predecisional administrative review process required under paragraph (1) shall occur during the period—
(A) beginning after the completion of the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and
(B) ending not later than the date of the issuance of the final decision approving the project.
(3) **Eligibility** — To be eligible to participate in the administrative review process for an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project under paragraph (1), a person shall submit to the Secretary, during scoping or the public comment period for the draft environmental analysis for the project, specific written comments that relate to the proposed action.
(4) **Effective date** — The interim final regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of promulgation of the regulations.
**(b) Final regulations** The Secretary shall promulgate final regulations to establish the process described in subsection (a)(1) after the interim final regulations have been published and reasonable time has been provided for public comment.
**(c) Administrative review**
(1) **In general** — A person may bring a civil action challenging an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project in a Federal district court only if the person has challenged the authorized hazardous fuel reduction project by exhau
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Chief** — The term “Chief” means the Chief of the Forest Service.
(2) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
**(b) Projects** The Chief and the Director, via agreement or contract as appropriate, may enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and the public lands that meet local and rural community needs.
**(c) Land management goals** The land management goals of a project under subsection (b) may include any of the following:
(1) Road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or maintain water quality.
(2) Soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or other resource values.
(3) Setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife habitat.
(4) Removing vegetation or other activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or achieve other land management objectives.
(5) Watershed restoration and maintenance.
(6) Restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish.
(7) Control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing native plant species.
**(d) Agreements or contracts**
(1) **Procurement procedure** — A source for performance of an agreement or contract under subsection (b) shall be selected on a best-value basis, including consideration of source under other public and private agreements or contracts.
(2) **Contract for sale of property** — A contract entered into under this section may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be considered a contract for the sale of property under such terms as the Secretary may pres
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, for the activities described in subsection (c), $3,369,200,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
**(b) Treatment** Of the Federal land or Indian forest land or rangeland that has been identified as having a very high wildfire hazard potential, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall, by not later than September 30, 2027, conduct restoration treatments and improve the Fire Regime Condition Class of 10,000,000 acres that are located in—
(1) the wildland-urban interface; or
(2) a public drinking water source area.
**(c) Activities** Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026—
(1) $20,000,000 shall be made available for entering into an agreement with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish and operate a program that makes use of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Program to rapidly detect and report wildfire starts in all areas in which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture has financial responsibility for wildland fire protection and prevention, of which—
(A) $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior; and
(B) $10,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of Agriculture;
(2) $600,000,000 shall be made available for the salaries and expenses of Federal wildland firefighters in accordance with subsection (d), of which—
(A) $120,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior; and
(
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**(a) General authority**
(1) **In general** — The Administrator may enter into agreements with eligible entities to make capitalization grants to such entities for the establishment of hazard mitigation revolving loan funds (referred to in this section as “entity loan funds”) for providing funding assistance to local governments to carry out eligible projects under this section to reduce disaster risks for homeowners, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and communities in order to decrease—
(A) the loss of life and property;
(B) the cost of insurance; and
(C) Federal disaster payments.
(2) **Agreements** — Any agreement entered into under this section shall require the participating entity to—
(A) comply with the requirements of this section; and
(B) use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures conforming to generally accepted accounting standards.
**(b) Application**
(1) **In general** — To be eligible to receive a capitalization grant under this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the Administrator an application that includes the following:
(A) Project proposals comprised of local government hazard mitigation projects, on the condition that the entity provides public notice not less than 6 weeks prior to the submission of an application.
(B) An assessment of recurring major disaster vulnerabilities impacting the entity that demonstrates a risk to life and property.
(C) A description of how the hazard mitigation plan of the entity has or has not taken the vulnerabilities described in subparagraph (B) into account.
(D) A description about how the projects described in subparagraph (A) could conform with the hazard mitigation plan of the entity and of the unit of local government.
(E) A proposal of the systematic and regional
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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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