Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2023”.
Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program Reauthorization Act of 2023
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
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—
in subsection (b)(3)—
in subparagraph (D), by striking “species;” and inserting “species or pathogens;”;
in subparagraph (G), by striking “and” at the end;
in subparagraph (H), by adding “and” after the semicolon at the end; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(I) address standardized monitoring questions and indicators;”
in subsection (c)(3)(A)—
in clause (i), by striking “and” at the end;
in clause (ii), by adding “and” at the end; and
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);”
in subsection (d)—
in paragraph (2)—
in subparagraph (E), by striking “and” at the end;
in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
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.”
in paragraph (3)—
in subparagraph (A), by striking “10” and inserting “20”; and
in subparagraph (B), by striking “2” and inserting “4”;
in subsection (e)(3), by inserting “conflict resolution or collaborative governance,” before “and woody”; and
in subsection (f)—
in paragraph (4)(B)(ii), by striking “$4,000,000” and inserting “$8,000,000”; and
in paragraph (6), by striking “2019 through 2023” and inserting “2023 through 2032”.