119-s1662

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1662 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1662

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize 
 the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 May 7, 2025

Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Risch, Mr. Bennet, 
and Mr. Daines) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize 
 the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Collaborative Forest Landscape 
Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION PROGRAM 
 REAUTHORIZATION.

 

Section 4003 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 
U.S.C. 7303) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b)

    (3) --
        (A) in subparagraph
            (D) , by striking ``species;'' 
 and inserting ``species or pathogens;'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (G) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
            (C) in subparagraph
        (H) , by adding ``and'' after 
 the semicolon at the end; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (I) address standardized monitoring questions and 
 indicators;'';

    (2) in subsection
            (c) (3)
        (A) --
        (A) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (B) in clause
            (ii) , by adding ``and'' at the end; 
 and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iii) include a Federal Government 
 staffing plan for providing support to 
 collaboratives established pursuant to 
 subsection

    (b)

    (2) ;'';

    (3) in subsection
            (d) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (E) , by striking 
 ``and'' at the end;
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (F) , by striking the 
 period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (G) proposals that seek to use innovative 
 implementation mechanisms, including conservation 
 finance agreements, good neighbor agreements entered 
 into under 

section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
 (16 U.S.C. 2113a), and similar implementation 
 mechanisms;
 ``
        (H) proposals that seek to reduce the risk of 
 uncharacteristic wildfire or increase ecological 
 restoration activities--
 ``
            (i) within areas across land ownerships, 
 including State, Tribal, and private land; and
 ``
            (ii) within the wildland-urban interface 
 (as defined in 

section 101 of the Healthy 
 Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
 6511)); and
 ``
            (I) proposals that seek to enhance watershed 
 health and drinking water sources.''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) --
            (i) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``10'' 
 and inserting ``20''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``2'' 
 and inserting ``4'';

    (4) in subsection

    (e)

    (3) , by inserting ``conflict 
 resolution or collaborative governance,'' before ``and woody''; 
 and

    (5) in subsection

    (f) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (4)
        (B)
            (ii) , by striking 
 ``$4,000,000'' and inserting ``$8,000,000''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (6) , by striking ``2023'' and 
 inserting ``2034''.
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