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2		-	Union Calendar No. 757
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3	2		118THCONGRESS
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5		-	DSESSION H. R. 2989
6		-	[Report No. 118–927, Part I]
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	4	+	STSESSION H. R. 2989
7	5		To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes.
8	6		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	7		APRIL28, 2023
10	8		Mr. M
11	9		CCARTHY(for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. COSTA, Mr.
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13	11		ALADAO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr.
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15	13		ILEY, Mr. HARDERof California, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Mr. BERA, Mrs.
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17	15		IMof California, Mr. THOMPSONof California, Mr. ISSA, Mr. VARGAS,
18	16		Mrs. S
19	17		TEEL, Mr. CORREA, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LAMALFA,
20	18		Mr. M
21	19		ULLIN, Mr. MIKEGARCIAof California, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr.
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23		-	UARTE, Mr. BISHOPof Georgia, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Ms.
	21	+	UARTE, Mr. BISHOPof Georgia, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Mrs.
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25	23		EEof Nevada, Mrs. RODGERSof Washington, Mr. GOLDENof Maine,
26	24		Mr. G
27	25		RAVESof Louisiana, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. TIFFANY, Ms. KUSTER, Mr.
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29	27		URTIS, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Ms. ROSS, Mr. STAUBER, Mr.
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31	29		OULTON, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. FULCHER, Mrs. TORRESof
32	30		California, Mr. L
33	31		AMBORN, Mrs. PELTOLA, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr.
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35	33		UTHRIE, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, and Mr. MOOREof Utah)
36	34		introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
37	35		Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for
38	36		a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
39	37		consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
40	38		mittee concerned
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42		-	ECEMBER18, 2024
43		-	Additional sponsors: Mr. W
44		-	EBSTERof Florida, Mr. JACKSONof North Caro-
45		-	lina, Mrs. R
46		-	ADEWAGEN, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. CARAVEO,
47		-	and Mr. F
48		-	ONG
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50		-	ECEMBER18, 2024
51		-	Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with an amendment
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55		-	[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
56		-	DECEMBER18, 2024
57		-	Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the Committee of the
58		-	Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
59		-	[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 28, 2023]
60	39		A BILL
61	40		To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and
62	41		for other purposes.
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66	42		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
67	43		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
68		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
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	47	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
69	48		(a) S
70		-	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
71		-	‘‘Save Our Sequoias Act’’. 5
	49	+	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
	50	+	‘‘Save Our Sequoias Act’’. 3
72	51		(b) T
73		-	ABLE OFCONTENTS.— 6
	52	+	ABLE OFCONTENTS.— 4
74	53		Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
75	54		Sec. 2. Definitions.
76	55		Sec. 3. Shared stewardship agreement for giant sequoias.
77	56		Sec. 4. Giant sequoia lands coalition.
78	57		Sec. 5. Giant sequoia health and resiliency assessment.
79	58		Sec. 6. Giant sequoia emergency response.
80	59		Sec. 7. Giant sequoia reforestation and rehabilitation strategy.
81	60		Sec. 8. Giant sequoia strike teams.
82	61		Sec. 9. Giant sequoia collaborative restoration grants.
83	62		Sec. 10. Good neighbor authority for giant sequoias.
84	63		Sec. 11. Stewardship contracting for giant sequoias.
85	64		Sec. 12. Giant sequoia emergency protection program and fund.
86	65		Sec. 13. Authorization of appropriations.
87	66		SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
88		-	7
89		-	In this Act: 8
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	68	+	In this Act: 6
90	69		(1) A
91		-	SSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘Assessment’’ 9
92		-	means the Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency As-10
93		-	sessment required by section 5. 11
	70	+	SSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘Assessment’’ 7
	71	+	means the Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency As-8
	72	+	sessment required by section 5. 9
94	73		(2) C
95		-	OALITION.—The term ‘‘Coalition’’ means 12
96		-	the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition ~~codified~~ under 13
97		-	section 4~~(a)~~. 14
	74	+	OALITION.—The term ‘‘Coalition’’ means 10
	75	+	the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition certified under 11
	76	+	section 4. 12
98	77		(3) C
99		-	OLLABORATIVE PROCESS .—The term ‘‘col-15
100		-	laborative process’’ means a process relating to the 16
101		-	management of ~~covered~~ National Forest system lands 17
102		-	~~or covered~~ public lands by which a project or forest 18
103		-	~~management~~ activity is developed and implemented 19
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107		-	~~by the Secretary concerned through collaboration with 1~~
108		-	~~multiple~~ interested persons representing diverse inter-2
109		-	ests. 3
	78	+	OLLABORATIVE PROCESS .—The term ‘‘col-13
	79	+	laborative process’’ means a process relating to the 14
	80	+	management of National Forest System lands or 15
	81	+	public lands by which a project or forest manage-16
	82	+	ment activity is developed and implemented by the 17
	83	+	Secretary concerned through collaboration with mul-18
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	87	+	tiple interested persons representing diverse inter-1
	88	+	ests. 2
110	89		(4) C
111		-	OVERED NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 4
112		-	LANDS.—The term ‘‘covered National Forest System 5
113		-	lands’’ means the proclaimed National Forest System 6
114		-	lands reserved or withdrawn from the public domain 7
115		-	of the United States covering the Sequoia National 8
116		-	Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument, Si-9
117		-	erra National Forest, and Tahoe National Forest. 10
118		-	(5) C
119		-	OVERED PUBLIC LANDS .—The term ‘‘cov-11
120		-	ered public lands’’ means— 12
121		-	(A) the Case Mountain Extensive Recre-13
122		-	ation Management Area in California managed 14
123		-	by the Bureau of Land Management; and 15
124		-	(B) Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia 16
125		-	National Park, and Yosemite National Park in 17
126		-	California managed by the National Park Serv-18
127		-	ice. 19
	90	+	OVERED NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 3
	91	+	LANDS.—The term ‘‘covered National Forest System 4
	92	+	lands’’ means the proclaimed National Forest Sys-5
	93	+	tem lands reserved or withdrawn from the public do-6
	94	+	main of the United States covering the Sequoia Na-7
	95	+	tional Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monu-8
	96	+	ment, Sierra National Forest, and Tahoe National 9
	97	+	Forest. 10
	98	+	(5) G
	99	+	IANT SEQUOIA.—The term ‘‘giant se-11
	100	+	quoia’’ means a tree of the species Sequoiadendron 12
	101	+	giganteum. 13
128	102		(6) G
129		-	IANT SEQUOIA.—The term ‘‘giant sequoia’’ 20
130		-	means a tree of the species Sequoiadendron 21
131		-	giganteum. 22
132		-	(7) G
133		-	ROVE-SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUC -23
134		-	TION PLAN.—The term ‘‘grove-specific hazardous fuels 24
135		-	reduction plan’’ means a plan developed by the appli-25
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139		-	cable land management agency prior to conducting 1
140		-	an analysis under the National Environmental Policy 2
141		-	Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to address hazardous 3
142		-	fuels in 1 or more giant sequoia groves. 4
143		-	(8) P
144		-	ROTECTION PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Protec-5
145		-	tion Project’’ means a Giant Sequoia Protection 6
146		-	Project carried out under section 6. 7
	103	+	ROVE-SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS FUELS RE -14
	104	+	DUCTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘grove-specific haz-15
	105	+	ardous fuels reduction plan’’ means a plan developed 16
	106	+	by the applicable land management agency prior to 17
	107	+	conducting an analysis under the National Environ-18
	108	+	mental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to ad-19
	109	+	dress hazardous fuels in 1 or more giant sequoia 20
	110	+	groves. 21
	111	+	(7) P
	112	+	ROTECTION PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Protec-22
	113	+	tion Project’’ means a Giant Sequoia Protection 23
	114	+	Project carried out under section 6. 24
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	118	+	(8) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘public lands’’ 1
	119	+	means— 2
	120	+	(A) the Case Mountain Extensive Recre-3
	121	+	ation Management Area in California managed 4
	122	+	by the Bureau of Land Management; and 5
	123	+	(B) Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia 6
	124	+	National Park, and Yosemite National Park in 7
	125	+	California managed by the National Park Serv-8
	126	+	ice. 9
147	127		(9) R
148		-	EFORESTATION.—The term ‘‘reforestation’’ 8
149		-	means the act of renewing tree cover, taking into con-9
150		-	sideration species composition and resilience, by es-10
151		-	tablishing young trees through natural regeneration, 11
152		-	artificial or natural regeneration with site prepara-12
153		-	tion, planting or direct seeding, or vegetation com-13
154		-	petition control following artificial or natural regen-14
155		-	eration. 15
	128	+	EFORESTATION.—The term ‘‘reforest-10
	129	+	ation’’ means the act of renewing tree cover by es-11
	130	+	tablishing young trees through natural regeneration, 12
	131	+	artificial or natural regeneration with site prepara-13
	132	+	tion, planting or direct seeding, or vegetation com-14
	133	+	petition control following artificial or natural regen-15
	134	+	eration. 16
156	135		(10) R
157		-	EHABILITATION.—The term ‘‘rehabilita-16
158		-	tion’’ means any action taken during the 5-year pe-17
159		-	riod beginning on the last day of a wildland fire to 18
160		-	repair or improve fire-impacted lands which are un-19
161		-	likely to recover to management-approved conditions. 20
	136	+	EHABILITATION.—The term ‘‘rehabilita-17
	137	+	tion’’ means any action taken during the 5-year pe-18
	138	+	riod beginning on the last day of a wildland fire to 19
	139	+	repair or improve fire-impacted lands which are un-20
	140	+	likely to recover to management-approved conditions. 21
162	141		(11) R
163		-	ELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL ~~COMMITTEES .— 21~~
164		-	The term ‘‘relevant Congressional ~~Committees’’ 22~~
165		-	means— 23
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	142	+	ELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -22
	143	+	TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant Congressional Commit-23
	144	+	tees’’ means— 24
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169	148		(A) the Committees on Natural Resources, 1
170	149		Agriculture, and Appropriations of the House of 2
171	150		Representatives; and 3
172		-	(B) the Committees on Energy and ~~Natural~~ 4
173		-	Resources, Agriculture, Nutrition, and ~~Forestry,~~ 5
174		-	and Appropriations of the Senate. 6
	151	+	(B) the Committees on Energy and Nat-4
	152	+	ural Resources, Agriculture, Nutrition, and 5
	153	+	Forestry, and Appropriations of the Senate. 6
175	154		(12) R
176	155		ESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘re-7
177	156		sponsible official’’ means an employee of the Depart-8
178		-	ment of the Interior or Forest Service who has the ~~au-~~9
179		-	~~thority~~ to make and implement a decision on a ~~pro-~~10
180		-	~~posed~~ action. 11
	157	+	ment of the Interior or Forest Service who has the 9
	158	+	authority to make and implement a decision on a 10
	159	+	proposed action. 11
181	160		(13) S
182		-	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ ~~means~~ 12
183		-	the Secretary of the Interior. 13
	161	+	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 12
	162	+	means the Secretary of the Interior. 13
184	163		(14) S
185		-	ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term ~~‘‘Sec-~~14
186		-	~~retary~~ concerned’’ means— 15
	164	+	ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term 14
	165	+	‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 15
187	166		(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-16
188		-	spect to covered National Forest System lands, or 17
189		-	their designee; and 18
	167	+	spect to covered National Forest System lands, 17
	168	+	or their designee; and 18
190	169		(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-19
191		-	spect to ~~covered~~ public lands, or their designee. 20
	170	+	spect to public lands, or their designee. 20
192	171		(15) S
193	172		TRATEGY.—The term ‘‘Strategy’’ means 21
194	173		the Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation 22
195	174		Strategy established under section 7. 23
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199	178		(16) STRIKE TEAM.—The term ‘‘Strike Team’’ 1
200	179		means a Giant Sequoia Strike Team established 2
201	180		under section 8. 3
202	181		(17) T
203		-	RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the ~~Tule~~ 4
204		-	River Indian Tribe of the Tule River ~~Reservation,~~ 5
205		-	California. 6
	182	+	RIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 4
	183	+	Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reserva-5
	184	+	tion, California. 6
206	185		SEC. 3. SHARED STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT FOR GIANT SE-7
207	186		QUOIAS. 8
208	187		(a) I
209		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after receiv-9
210		-	ing a request from the Governor of the State of California 10
211		-	or the Tribe, the Secretary shall enter into or expand an 11
212		-	existing shared stewardship agreement or enter into a simi-12
213		-	lar agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Gov-13
214		-	ernor of the State of California, and the Tribe to jointly 14
215		-	carry out the short-term and long-term management and 15
216		-	conservation of giant sequoias. 16
	188	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after re-9
	189	+	ceiving a request from the Governor of the State of Cali-10
	190	+	fornia or the Tribe, the Secretary shall enter into an 11
	191	+	agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Governor 12
	192	+	of the State of California, and the Tribe to jointly carry 13
	193	+	out the following: 14
	194	+	(1) Not later than 30 days after entering into 15
	195	+	the agreement, certify the Giant Sequoia Lands Coa-16
	196	+	lition in accordance with section 4(a). 17
	197	+	(2) Not later than 30 days after entering into 18
	198	+	the agreement, conduct Protection Projects under 19
	199	+	section 6. 20
	200	+	(3) Not later than 120 days after entering into 21
	201	+	the agreement, begin implementing the Giant Se-22
	202	+	quoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy 23
	203	+	under section 7. 24
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218		-	ARTICIPATION.— 17
	205	+	ARTICIPATION.— 25
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	209	+	(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary has not re-1
	210	+	ceived a request from the Governor of the State of 2
	211	+	California or the Tribe under subsection (a) before 3
	212	+	the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment 4
	213	+	of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into the agree-5
	214	+	ment under subsection (a) and jointly implement 6
	215	+	such agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture. 7
	216	+	(2) F
	217	+	UTURE PARTICIPATION.—If the Secretary 8
	218	+	receives a request from the Governor of the State of 9
	219	+	California or the Tribe any time after entering into 10
	220	+	the agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture 11
	221	+	under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall accept the 12
	222	+	Governor of the State of California or the Tribe as 13
	223	+	a party to such agreement. 14
	224	+	SEC. 4. GIANT SEQUOIA LANDS COALITION. 15
	225	+	(a) E
	226	+	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary, in consulta-16
	227	+	tion with the parties to such agreement, shall certify the 17
	228	+	Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition in accordance with the 18
	229	+	charter titled ‘‘Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition Charter’’ 19
	230	+	(or successor charter) signed during the period beginning 20
	231	+	June 2, 2022 and ending August 2, 2022 by each of the 21
	232	+	following: 22
	233	+	(1) The National Park Service, representing Se-23
	234	+	quoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. 24
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	238	+	(2) The National Park Service, representing 1
	239	+	Yosemite National Park. 2
	240	+	(3) The Forest Service, representing Sequoia 3
	241	+	National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monu-4
	242	+	ment. 5
	243	+	(4) The Forest Service, representing Sierra Na-6
	244	+	tional Forest. 7
	245	+	(5) The Forest Service, representing Tahoe Na-8
	246	+	tional Forest. 9
	247	+	(6) The Bureau of Land Management, rep-10
	248	+	resenting Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Man-11
	249	+	agement Area. 12
	250	+	(7) The Tribe, representing the Tule River In-13
	251	+	dian Reservation. 14
	252	+	(8) The State of California, representing 15
	253	+	Calaveras Big Trees State Park. 16
	254	+	(9) The State of California, representing Moun-17
	255	+	tain Home Demonstration State Forest. 18
	256	+	(10) The University of California, Berkeley, 19
	257	+	representing Whitaker’s Research Forest. 20
	258	+	(11) The County of Tulare, California, rep-21
	259	+	resenting Balch Park. 22
	260	+	(b) D
	261	+	UTIES.—In addition to the duties specified in 23
	262	+	the charter referenced in subsection (a), the Coalition 24
	263	+	shall— 25
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	267	+	(1) carry out the Assessment under section 5; 1
	268	+	(2) observe implementation, and provide policy 2
	269	+	recommendations to the Secretary, with respect to— 3
	270	+	(A) Protection Projects carried out under 4
	271	+	section 6; and 5
	272	+	(B) the Strategy established under section 6
	273	+	7; 7
	274	+	(3) facilitate collaboration and coordination on 8
	275	+	Protection Projects, particularly projects that cross 9
	276	+	jurisdictional boundaries; 10
	277	+	(4) facilitate information sharing, including best 11
	278	+	available science as described in section 5(c) and 12
	279	+	mapping resources; and 13
	280	+	(5) support the development and dissemination 14
	281	+	of educational materials and programs that inform 15
	282	+	the public about the threats to the health and resil-16
	283	+	iency of giant sequoia groves and actions being 17
	284	+	taken to reduce the risk to such groves from high- 18
	285	+	severity wildfire, insects, and drought. 19
	286	+	(c) A
	287	+	DMINISTRATIVESUPPORT, TECHNICALSERV-20
	288	+	ICES, ANDSTAFFSUPPORT.—The Secretary shall make 21
	289	+	personnel of the Department of the Interior available to 22
	290	+	the Coalition for administrative support, technical serv-23
	291	+	ices, development and dissemination of educational mate-24
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	295	+	rials, and staff support that the Secretary determines nec-1
	296	+	essary to carry out this section. 2
	297	+	SEC. 5. GIANT SEQUOIA HEALTH AND RESILIENCY ASSESS-3
	298	+	MENT. 4
	299	+	(a) I
	300	+	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 5
	301	+	first meeting of the Coalition, the Coalition shall submit 6
	302	+	to the relevant Congressional Committees a Giant Sequoia 7
	303	+	Health and Resiliency Assessment that, based on the best 8
	304	+	available science— 9
	305	+	(1) identifies— 10
	306	+	(A) each giant sequoia grove that has ex-11
	307	+	perienced a— 12
	308	+	(i) stand-replacing disturbance; or 13
	309	+	(ii) disturbance but continues to have 14
	310	+	living giant sequoias within the grove, in-15
	311	+	cluding identifying the tree mortality and 16
	312	+	regeneration of giant sequoias within such 17
	313	+	grove; 18
	314	+	(B) each giant sequoia grove that is at 19
	315	+	high risk of experiencing a stand-replacing dis-20
	316	+	turbance; 21
	317	+	(C) lands located near giant sequoia groves 22
	318	+	that are at risk of experiencing high-severity 23
	319	+	wildfires that could adversely impact such giant 24
	320	+	sequoia groves; and 25
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	324	+	(D) each giant sequoia grove that has ex-1
	325	+	perienced a disturbance and is unlikely to natu-2
	326	+	rally regenerate and is in need of reforestation; 3
	327	+	(2) analyzes the resiliency of each giant sequoia 4
	328	+	grove to threats, such as— 5
	329	+	(A) high-severity wildfire; 6
	330	+	(B) insects, including beetle kill; and 7
	331	+	(C) drought; 8
	332	+	(3) with respect to Protection Projects, pro-9
	333	+	poses a list of highest priority Protection Projects to 10
	334	+	be carried out under section 6, giving priority to 11
	335	+	projects located on lands identified under subpara-12
	336	+	graphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(1); 13
	337	+	(4) examines how historical, Tribal, or current 14
	338	+	approaches to wildland fire suppression and forest 15
	339	+	management activities across various jurisdictions 16
	340	+	have impacted the health and resiliency of giant se-17
	341	+	quoia groves with respect to— 18
	342	+	(A) high-severity wildfires; 19
	343	+	(B) insects, including beetle kill; and 20
	344	+	(C) drought; and 21
	345	+	(5) includes program and policy recommenda-22
	346	+	tions that address— 23
	347	+	(A) Federal and State policies that impede 24
	348	+	activities to improve the health and resiliency of 25
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	352	+	giant sequoias and proposed policy changes to 1
	353	+	address such impediments; 2
	354	+	(B) new Federal and State policies nec-3
	355	+	essary to increase the pace and scale of treat-4
	356	+	ments that improve the health and resiliency of 5
	357	+	giant sequoias; 6
	358	+	(C) options to enhance communication, co-7
	359	+	ordination, and collaboration, particularly for 8
	360	+	cross-boundary projects, to improve the health 9
	361	+	and resiliency of giant sequoias; and 10
	362	+	(D) research gaps that should be ad-11
	363	+	dressed to improve the best available science on 12
	364	+	the giant sequoias. 13
	365	+	(b) A
	366	+	NNUALUPDATES.—Not later than 1 year after 14
	367	+	the submission of the Assessment under subsection (a), 15
	368	+	and annually thereafter, the Coalition shall submit an up-16
	369	+	dated Assessment to the relevant Congressional Commit-17
	370	+	tees that— 18
	371	+	(1) includes any new data, information, or best 19
	372	+	available science that has changed or become avail-20
	373	+	able since the previous Assessment was submitted; 21
	374	+	(2) with respect to Protection Projects— 22
	375	+	(A) includes information on the number of 23
	376	+	Protection Projects initiated the previous year 24
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	380	+	and the estimated timeline for completing those 1
	381	+	projects; 2
	382	+	(B) includes information on the number of 3
	383	+	Protection Projects planned in the upcoming 4
	384	+	year and the estimated timeline for completing 5
	385	+	those projects; 6
	386	+	(C) provides status updates and long-term 7
	387	+	monitoring reports on giant sequoia groves 8
	388	+	after the completion of Protection Projects; 9
	389	+	(D) if the Secretary concerned failed to 10
	390	+	initiate at least 7 Protection Projects in the 11
	391	+	previous year, a written explanation that in-12
	392	+	cludes— 13
	393	+	(i) a detailed explanation of what im-14
	394	+	pediments resulted in failing to initiate at 15
	395	+	least 7 Protection Projects; 16
	396	+	(ii) a detailed explanation of what ac-17
	397	+	tions the Secretary concerned is taking to 18
	398	+	ensure that at least 7 Protection Projects 19
	399	+	are initiated the following year; and 20
	400	+	(iii) recommendations to Congress on 21
	401	+	any policies that need to be changed to as-22
	402	+	sist the Secretary concerned in initiating 23
	403	+	Protection Projects; and 24
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	407	+	(3) with respect to reforestation and rehabilita-1
	408	+	tion of giant sequoias— 2
	409	+	(A) contains updates on the implementa-3
	410	+	tion of the Strategy under section 7, including 4
	411	+	grove-level data on reforestation and rehabilita-5
	412	+	tion activities; and 6
	413	+	(B) provides status updates and moni-7
	414	+	toring reports on giant sequoia groves that have 8
	415	+	experienced natural or artificial regeneration as 9
	416	+	part of the Strategy under section 7. 10
	417	+	(c) D
	418	+	ASHBOARD.— 11
	419	+	(1) R
	420	+	EQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN .—The Coali-12
	421	+	tion shall create and maintain a website that— 13
	422	+	(A) publishes the Assessment, annual up-14
	423	+	dates to the Assessment, and other educational 15
	424	+	materials developed by the Coalition; 16
	425	+	(B) contains searchable information about 17
	426	+	individual giant sequoia groves, including the— 18
	427	+	(i) resiliency of such groves to threats 19
	428	+	described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 20
	429	+	subsection (a); 21
	430	+	(ii) Protection Projects that have been 22
	431	+	proposed, initiated, or completed in such 23
	432	+	groves; and 24
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	436	+	(iii) reforestation and rehabilitation 1
	437	+	activities that have been proposed, initi-2
	438	+	ated, or completed in such groves; and 3
	439	+	(C) maintains a searchable database to 4
	440	+	track— 5
	441	+	(i) the status of Federal environ-6
	442	+	mental reviews and authorizations for spe-7
	443	+	cific Protection Projects and reforestation 8
	444	+	and rehabilitation activities; and 9
	445	+	(ii) the projected cost of Protection 10
	446	+	Projects and reforestation and rehabilita-11
	447	+	tion activities. 12
	448	+	(2) S
	449	+	EARCHABLE DATABASE .—The Coalition 13
	450	+	shall include information on the status of Protection 14
	451	+	Projects in the searchable database created under 15
	452	+	paragraph (1)(C), including— 16
	453	+	(A) a comprehensive permitting timetable; 17
	454	+	(B) the status of the compliance of each 18
	455	+	lead agency, cooperating agency, and partici-19
	456	+	pating agency with the permitting timetable; 20
	457	+	(C) any modifications of the permitting 21
	458	+	timetable required under subparagraph (A), in-22
	459	+	cluding an explanation as to why the permitting 23
	460	+	timetable was modified; and 24
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	464	+	(D) information about project-related pub-1
	465	+	lic meetings, public hearings, and public com-2
	466	+	ment periods, which shall be presented in 3
	467	+	English and the predominant language of the 4
	468	+	community or communities most affected by the 5
	469	+	project, as that information becomes available. 6
	470	+	(d) B
	471	+	ESTAVAILABLESCIENCE.—In utilizing the best 7
	472	+	available science for the Assessment, the Coalition shall 8
	473	+	include— 9
	474	+	(1) data and peer-reviewed research from aca-10
	475	+	demic institutions with a demonstrated history of 11
	476	+	studying giant sequoias and with experience ana-12
	477	+	lyzing distinct management strategies to improve 13
	478	+	giant sequoia resiliency; 14
	479	+	(2) traditional ecological knowledge from the 15
	480	+	Tribe related to improving the health and resiliency 16
	481	+	of giant sequoia groves; and 17
	482	+	(3) data from Federal, State, Tribal, and local 18
	483	+	governments or agencies. 19
	484	+	(e) T
	485	+	ECHNOLOGYIMPROVEMENTS.—In carrying out 20
	486	+	this section, the Secretary may enter into memorandums 21
	487	+	of understanding or agreements with other Federal agen-22
	488	+	cies or departments, State or local governments, Tribal 23
	489	+	governments, private entities, or academic institutions to 24
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	493	+	improve, with respect to the Assessment, the use and inte-1
	494	+	gration of— 2
	495	+	(1) advanced remote sensing and geospatial 3
	496	+	technologies; 4
	497	+	(2) statistical modeling and analysis; or 5
	498	+	(3) any other technology the Secretary deter-6
	499	+	mines will benefit the quality of information used in 7
	500	+	the Assessment. 8
	501	+	(f) P
	502	+	LANNING.—The Coalition shall make informa-9
	503	+	tion from this Assessment available to the Secretary con-10
	504	+	cerned and State of California to integrate into the— 11
	505	+	(1) State of California’s Wildfire and Forest 12
	506	+	Resilience Action Plan; 13
	507	+	(2) Forest Service’s 10-year Wildfire Crisis 14
	508	+	Strategy (or successor plan); and 15
	509	+	(3) Department of the Interior’s Wildfire Risk 16
	510	+	Five-Year Monitoring, Maintenance, and Treatment 17
	511	+	Plan (or successor plan). 18
	512	+	(g) R
	513	+	ELATION TO THE NATIONALENVIRONMENTAL 19
	514	+	P
	515	+	OLICYACT OF1969.—The development and submission 20
	516	+	of the Assessment under subsection (a) shall not be sub-21
	517	+	ject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 22
	518	+	U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 23
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	522	+	SEC. 6. GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 1
	523	+	(a) E
	524	+	MERGENCYRESPONSETOPROTECTGIANTSE-2
	525	+	QUOIAS.— 3
219	526		(1) I
220		-	N GENERAL.—If the Secretary has not re-18
221		-	ceived a request from the Governor of the State of 19
222		-	California or the Tribe under subsection (a) before the 20
223		-	date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of 21
224		-	this Act, the Secretary shall enter into the agreement 22
225		-	under subsection (a) and jointly implement such 23
226		-	agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture. 24
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230		-	(2) FUTURE PARTICIPATION.—If the Secretary 1
231		-	receives a request from the Governor of the State of 2
232		-	California or the Tribe any time after entering into 3
233		-	the agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture under 4
234		-	paragraph (1), the Secretary shall accept the Gov-5
235		-	ernor of the State of California or the Tribe as a 6
236		-	party to such agreement. 7
237		-	SEC. 4. GIANT SEQUOIA LANDS COALITION. 8
238		-	(a) C
239		-	ODIFICATION.—The Coalition is the entity estab-9
240		-	lished under the charter titled ‘‘Giant Sequoia Lands Coali-10
241		-	tion Charter’’ (or successor charter) signed during the pe-11
242		-	riod beginning June 2, 2022 and ending August 2, 2022 12
243		-	by each of the following: 13
244		-	(1) The National Park Service, representing Se-14
245		-	quoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. 15
246		-	(2) The National Park Service, representing Yo-16
247		-	semite National Park. 17
248		-	(3) The Forest Service, representing Sequoia Na-18
249		-	tional Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument. 19
250		-	(4) The Forest Service, representing Sierra Na-20
251		-	tional Forest. 21
252		-	(5) The Forest Service, representing Tahoe Na-22
253		-	tional Forest. 23
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257		-	(6) The Bureau of Land Management, rep-1
258		-	resenting Case Mountain Extensive Recreation Man-2
259		-	agement Area. 3
260		-	(7) The Tribe, representing the Tule River In-4
261		-	dian Reservation. 5
262		-	(8) The State of California, representing 6
263		-	Calaveras Big Trees State Park. 7
264		-	(9) The State of California, representing Moun-8
265		-	tain Home Demonstration State Forest. 9
266		-	(10) The University of California, Berkeley, rep-10
267		-	resenting Whitaker’s Research Forest. 11
268		-	(11) The County of Tulare, California, rep-12
269		-	resenting Balch Park. 13
270		-	(b) D
271		-	UTIES.—In addition to the duties specified in the 14
272		-	charter referenced in subsection (a), the Coalition shall— 15
273		-	(1) produce the Assessment under section 5; 16
274		-	(2) observe implementation, and provide policy 17
275		-	recommendations to the Secretary concerned, with re-18
276		-	spect to— 19
277		-	(A) Protection Projects carried out under 20
278		-	section 6; and 21
279		-	(B) the Strategy established under section 7; 22
280		-	(3) facilitate collaboration and coordination on 23
281		-	Protection Projects, particularly projects that cross 24
282		-	jurisdictional boundaries; 25
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286		-	(4) facilitate information sharing, including best 1
287		-	available science as described in section 5(c) and 2
288		-	mapping resources; and 3
289		-	(5) support the development and dissemination 4
290		-	of educational materials and programs that inform 5
291		-	the public about the threats to the health and resil-6
292		-	iency of giant sequoia groves and actions being taken 7
293		-	to reduce the risk to such groves from high-severity 8
294		-	wildfire, insects, and drought. 9
295		-	(c) A
296		-	DMINISTRATIVESUPPORT, TECHNICALSERVICES, 10
297		-	ANDSTAFFSUPPORT.—The Secretary shall make personnel 11
298		-	of the Department of the Interior available to the Coalition 12
299		-	for administrative support, technical services, development 13
300		-	and dissemination of educational materials, and staff sup-14
301		-	port that the Secretary determines necessary to carry out 15
302		-	this section. 16
303		-	SEC. 5. GIANT SEQUOIA HEALTH AND RESILIENCY ASSESS-17
304		-	MENT. 18
	527	+	N GENERAL.— 4
	528	+	(A) E
	529	+	MERGENCY DETERMINATION .—Con-5
	530	+	gress determines that— 6
	531	+	(i) an emergency exists on public 7
	532	+	lands and covered National Forest System 8
	533	+	lands that makes it necessary to carry out 9
	534	+	Protection Projects that take needed ac-10
	535	+	tions to respond to the threat of wildfires, 11
	536	+	insects, and drought to giant sequoias; and 12
	537	+	(ii) Protection Projects are necessary 13
	538	+	to control the immediate impacts of the 14
	539	+	emergency described in clause (i) and are 15
	540	+	needed to mitigate harm to life, property, 16
	541	+	or important natural or cultural resources 17
	542	+	on public lands and covered National For-18
	543	+	est System lands. 19
	544	+	(B) A
	545	+	PPLICATION.—The emergency deter-20
	546	+	mination established under subparagraph (A) 21
	547	+	shall apply to all public lands and covered Na-22
	548	+	tional Forest System lands. 23
	549	+	(C) E
	550	+	XPIRATION.—The emergency deter-24
	551	+	mination established under subparagraph (A) 25
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	555	+	shall expire on the date that is 7 years after the 1
	556	+	date of the enactment of this Act. 2
	557	+	(2) I
	558	+	MPLEMENTATION.—While the emergency 3
	559	+	determination established under subsection (a) is in 4
	560	+	effect— 5
	561	+	(A) a responsible official may carry out a 6
	562	+	Protection Project described by paragraph (4) 7
	563	+	before initiating— 8
	564	+	(i) an analysis under section 102 of 9
	565	+	the National Environmental Policy Act of 10
	566	+	1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); 11
	567	+	(ii) consultation under section 7 of the 12
	568	+	Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 13
	569	+	U.S.C. 1536); and 14
	570	+	(iii) consultation under section 106 of 15
	571	+	the National Historic Preservation Act (16 16
	572	+	U.S.C. 470(f)); and 17
	573	+	(B) the rules established under subsections 18
	574	+	(d) and (e) section 40807 of the Infrastructure 19
	575	+	Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 6592c(d) 20
	576	+	and (e)) shall apply with respect to Protection 21
	577	+	Projects by substituting ‘‘Protection Projects’’ 22
	578	+	for ‘‘authorized emergency action under this 23
	579	+	section’’ each place it appears in such sub-24
	580	+	sections; and 25
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	584	+	(C) Protection Projects shall be subject to 1
	585	+	the requirements of section 106 of title I of the 2
	586	+	Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 3
	587	+	U.S.C. 6511 et seq.). 4
	588	+	(3) P
	589	+	ROTECTION PROJECTS .—The responsible 5
	590	+	official shall carry out the following forest manage-6
	591	+	ment activities as Protection Projects under the 7
	592	+	emergency determination under this section: 8
	593	+	(A) Activities recommended by the Assess-9
	594	+	ment under section 5. 10
	595	+	(B) Conducting hazardous fuels manage-11
	596	+	ment, including mechanical thinning, mastica-12
	597	+	tion, and prescribed burning. 13
	598	+	(C) Removing hazard trees, dead trees, 14
	599	+	dying trees, or trees at risk of dying, as deter-15
	600	+	mined by the responsible official. 16
	601	+	(D) Removing trees to address over-17
	602	+	stocking or crowding in a forest stand, con-18
	603	+	sistent with the appropriate basal area of the 19
	604	+	forest stand as determined by the responsible 20
	605	+	official. 21
	606	+	(E) Activities included in the applicable 22
	607	+	grove-specific hazardous fuels reduction plan. 23
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	611	+	(F) Using chemical treatments to address 1
	612	+	insects and disease and control vegetation com-2
	613	+	petition. 3
	614	+	(G) Any combination of activities described 4
	615	+	in this paragraph. 5
	616	+	(4) R
	617	+	EQUIREMENTS.— 6
305	618		(A) I
306		-	NGENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the 19
307		-	date of the enactment of this Act, the Coalition shall submit 20
308		-	to the relevant Congressional Committees a Giant Sequoia 21
309		-	Health and Resiliency Assessment that, based on the best 22
310		-	available science— 23
311		-	(1) identifies— 24
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315		-	(A) each giant sequoia grove that has expe-1
316		-	rienced a— 2
317		-	(i) stand-replacing disturbance; or 3
318		-	(ii) disturbance but continues to have 4
319		-	living giant sequoias within the grove, in-5
320		-	cluding identifying the tree mortality and 6
321		-	regeneration of giant sequoias within such 7
322		-	grove; 8
323		-	(B) each giant sequoia grove that is at high 9
324		-	risk of experiencing a stand-replacing disturb-10
325		-	ance; 11
326		-	(C) lands located near giant sequoia groves 12
327		-	that are at risk of experiencing high-severity 13
328		-	wildfires that could adversely impact such giant 14
329		-	sequoia groves; and 15
330		-	(D) each giant sequoia grove that has expe-16
331		-	rienced a disturbance and is unlikely to natu-17
332		-	rally regenerate and is in need of reforestation; 18
333		-	(2) analyzes the resiliency of each giant sequoia 19
334		-	grove to threats, such as— 20
335		-	(A) high-severity wildfire; 21
336		-	(B) insects, including beetle kill; and 22
337		-	(C) drought; 23
338		-	(3) with respect to Protection Projects, proposes 24
339		-	a list of highest priority Protection Projects to be car-25
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343		-	ried out under section 6, giving priority to projects 1
344		-	located on lands identified under subparagraphs (B) 2
345		-	and (C) of subsection (a)(1); 3
346		-	(4) examines how historical, Tribal, or current 4
347		-	approaches to wildland fire suppression and forest 5
348		-	management activities across various jurisdictions 6
349		-	have impacted the health and resiliency of giant se-7
350		-	quoia groves with respect to— 8
351		-	(A) high-severity wildfires; 9
352		-	(B) insects, including beetle kill; and 10
353		-	(C) drought; and 11
354		-	(5) includes program and policy recommenda-12
355		-	tions that address— 13
356		-	(A) Federal and State policies that impede 14
357		-	activities to improve the health and resiliency of 15
358		-	giant sequoias and proposed policy changes to 16
359		-	address such impediments; 17
360		-	(B) new Federal and State policies nec-18
361		-	essary to increase the pace and scale of treat-19
362		-	ments that improve the health and resiliency of 20
363		-	giant sequoias; 21
364		-	(C) options to enhance communication, co-22
365		-	ordination, and collaboration, particularly for 23
366		-	cross-boundary projects, to improve the health 24
367		-	and resiliency of giant sequoias; and 25
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371		-	(D) research gaps that should be addressed 1
372		-	to improve the best available science on the giant 2
373		-	sequoias. 3
	619	+	N GENERAL.—Protection Projects 7
	620	+	carried out under paragraph (3) and reforest-8
	621	+	ation and rehabilitation activities carried out 9
	622	+	under this Act that are described by subpara-10
	623	+	graph (D) are a category of actions hereby des-11
	624	+	ignated as being categorically excluded from the 12
	625	+	preparation of an environmental assessment or 13
	626	+	an environmental impact statement under sec-14
	627	+	tion 102 of the National Environmental Policy 15
	628	+	Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 16
374	629		(B) A
375		-	NNUALUPDATES.—Not later than 1 year after 4
376		-	the submission of the Assessment under subsection (a), and 5
377		-	annually thereafter, the Coalition shall submit an updated 6
378		-	Assessment to the relevant Congressional Committees that— 7
379		-	(1) includes any new data, information, or best 8
380		-	available science that has changed or become available 9
381		-	since the previous Assessment was submitted; 10
382		-	(2) with respect to Protection Projects— 11
383		-	(A) includes information on the number of 12
384		-	Protection Projects initiated the previous year 13
385		-	and the estimated timeline for completing those 14
386		-	projects; 15
387		-	(B) includes information on the number of 16
388		-	Protection Projects planned in the upcoming 17
389		-	year and the estimated timeline for completing 18
390		-	those projects; 19
391		-	(C) provides status updates and long-term 20
392		-	monitoring reports on giant sequoia groves after 21
393		-	the completion of Protection Projects; 22
394		-	(D) if the Secretary concerned failed to re-23
395		-	duce hazardous fuels in at least 3 giant sequoia 24
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399		-	groves in the previous year, a written expla-1
400		-	nation that includes— 2
401		-	(i) a detailed explanation of what im-3
402		-	pediments resulted in failing to reduce haz-4
403		-	ardous fuels in at least 3 giant sequoia 5
404		-	groves; 6
405		-	(ii) a detailed explanation of what ac-7
406		-	tions the Secretary concerned is taking to 8
407		-	ensure that hazardous fuels are reduced in 9
408		-	at least 3 giant sequoia groves the following 10
409		-	year; and 11
410		-	(iii) recommendations to Congress on 12
411		-	any policies that need to be changed to as-13
412		-	sist the Secretary concerned in reducing 14
413		-	hazardous fuels in giant sequoia groves; and 15
414		-	(3) with respect to reforestation and rehabilita-16
415		-	tion of giant sequoias— 17
416		-	(A) contains updates on the implementation 18
417		-	of the Strategy under section 7, including grove- 19
418		-	level data on reforestation and rehabilitation ac-20
419		-	tivities; and 21
420		-	(B) provides status updates and monitoring 22
421		-	reports on giant sequoia groves that have experi-23
422		-	enced natural or artificial regeneration as part 24
423		-	of the Strategy under section 7. 25
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427		-	(c) DASHBOARD.— 1
428		-	(1) R
429		-	EQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN .—The Coalition 2
430		-	shall create and maintain a website that— 3
431		-	(A) publishes the Assessment, annual up-4
432		-	dates to the Assessment, and other educational 5
433		-	materials developed by the Coalition; 6
434		-	(B) contains searchable information about 7
435		-	individual giant sequoia groves, including the— 8
436		-	(i) resiliency of such groves to threats 9
437		-	described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-10
438		-	section (a); 11
439		-	(ii) Protection Projects that have been 12
440		-	proposed, initiated, or completed in such 13
441		-	groves; and 14
442		-	(iii) reforestation and rehabilitation 15
443		-	activities that have been proposed, initiated, 16
444		-	or completed in such groves; and 17
445		-	(C) maintains a searchable database to 18
446		-	track— 19
447		-	(i) the status of Federal environmental 20
448		-	reviews and authorizations for specific Pro-21
449		-	tection Projects and reforestation and reha-22
450		-	bilitation activities; and 23
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454		-	(ii) the projected cost of Protection 1
455		-	Projects and reforestation and rehabilita-2
456		-	tion activities. 3
457		-	(2) S
458		-	EARCHABLE DATABASE .—The Coalition 4
459		-	shall include information on the status of Protection 5
460		-	Projects in the searchable database created under 6
461		-	paragraph (1)(C), including— 7
462		-	(A) a comprehensive permitting timetable; 8
463		-	(B) the status of the compliance of each lead 9
464		-	agency, cooperating agency, and participating 10
465		-	agency with the permitting timetable; 11
466		-	(C) any modifications of the permitting 12
467		-	timetable required under subparagraph (A), in-13
468		-	cluding an explanation as to why the permitting 14
469		-	timetable was modified; and 15
470		-	(D) information about project-related public 16
471		-	meetings, public hearings, and public comment 17
472		-	periods, which shall be presented in English and 18
473		-	the predominant language of the community or 19
474		-	communities most affected by the project, as that 20
475		-	information becomes available. 21
476		-	(d) B
477		-	ESTAVAILABLESCIENCE.—In utilizing the best 22
478		-	available science for the Assessment, the Coalition shall in-23
479		-	clude— 24
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483		-	(1) data and peer-reviewed research from aca-1
484		-	demic institutions with a demonstrated history of 2
485		-	studying giant sequoias and with experience ana-3
486		-	lyzing distinct management strategies to improve 4
487		-	giant sequoia resiliency; 5
488		-	(2) traditional ecological knowledge from the 6
489		-	Tribe related to improving the health and resiliency 7
490		-	of giant sequoia groves; and 8
491		-	(3) data from Federal, State, Tribal, and local 9
492		-	governments or agencies. 10
493		-	(e) T
494		-	ECHNOLOGYIMPROVEMENTS.—In carrying out 11
495		-	this section, the Secretary may enter into memorandums 12
496		-	of understanding or agreements with other Federal agencies 13
497		-	or departments, State or local governments, Tribal govern-14
498		-	ments, private entities, or academic institutions to improve, 15
499		-	with respect to the Assessment, the use and integration of— 16
500		-	(1) advanced remote sensing and geospatial tech-17
501		-	nologies; 18
502		-	(2) statistical modeling and analysis; or 19
503		-	(3) any other technology the Secretary deter-20
504		-	mines will benefit the quality of information used in 21
505		-	the Assessment. 22
506		-	(f) P
507		-	LANNING.—The Coalition shall make information 23
508		-	from this Assessment available to the Secretary concerned 24
509		-	and State of California to integrate into the— 25
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513		-	(1) State of California’s Wildfire and Forest Re-1
514		-	silience Action Plan; 2
515		-	(2) Forest Service’s 10-year Wildfire Crisis 3
516		-	Strategy (or successor plan); and 4
517		-	(3) Department of the Interior’s Wildfire Risk 5
518		-	Five-Year Monitoring, Maintenance, and Treatment 6
519		-	Plan (or successor plan). 7
520		-	(g) R
521		-	ELATION TO THE NATIONALENVIRONMENTAL 8
	630	+	VAILABILITY.—The Secretary con-17
	631	+	cerned shall use the categorical exclusion estab-18
	632	+	lished under subparagraph (A) in accordance 19
	633	+	with this section. 20
	634	+	(C) I
	635	+	NTERAGENCY COOPERATION .— 21
	636	+	(i) F
	637	+	INDINGS.—Congress finds that 22
	638	+	Protection Projects carried out under this 23
	639	+	section are consistent with improving the 24
	640	+	health and resiliency of critical habitat for 25
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	644	+	threatened and endangered species, includ-1
	645	+	ing the pacific fisher and California spot-2
	646	+	ted owl. 3
	647	+	(ii) C
	648	+	ONSULTATION.—The informal 4
	649	+	consultation requirements in sections 5
	650	+	402.05 of title 50 and 800.12 of title 36, 6
	651	+	Code of Federal Regulations (or a suc-7
	652	+	cessor regulation), shall apply to Protec-8
	653	+	tion Projects. 9
	654	+	(D) R
	655	+	EQUIREMENTS.—A Protection 10
	656	+	Project or reforestation or rehabilitation activity 11
	657	+	is described by this subparagraph if such Pro-12
	658	+	tection Project or reforestation or rehabilitation 13
	659	+	activity— 14
	660	+	(i) covers an area of no more than— 15
	661	+	(I) 2,000 acres within giant se-16
	662	+	quoia groves where a grove-specific 17
	663	+	hazardous fuels reduction plan has 18
	664	+	been developed by the relevant land 19
	665	+	management agency or on lands iden-20
	666	+	tified under section 5(a)(1)(B); and 21
	667	+	(II) 3,000 acres on lands identi-22
	668	+	fied under section 5(a)(1)(C); and 23
	669	+	(ii) was— 24
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	673	+	(I) proposed by the Assessment 1
	674	+	under section 5(a)(3); 2
	675	+	(II) developed through a collabo-3
	676	+	rative process; or 4
	677	+	(III) proposed by a resource advi-5
	678	+	sory committee (as defined in section 6
	679	+	201 of the Secure Rural Schools and 7
	680	+	Community Self-Determination Act of 8
	681	+	2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121)); and 9
	682	+	(iii) occurs on Federal land or non- 10
	683	+	Federal land with the consent of the non- 11
	684	+	Federal landowner. 12
	685	+	(E) U
	686	+	SE OF OTHER AUTHORITIES .—To the 13
	687	+	maximum extent practicable, the Secretary con-14
	688	+	cerned shall use the authorities provided under 15
	689	+	this section in combination with other authori-16
	690	+	ties to carry out Protection Projects, includ-17
	691	+	ing— 18
	692	+	(i) good neighbor agreements entered 19
	693	+	into under section 8206 of the Agricultural 20
	694	+	Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a); and 21
	695	+	(ii) stewardship contracting projects 22
	696	+	entered into under section 604 of the 23
	697	+	Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 24
	698	+	(16 U.S.C. 6591c). 25
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	702	+	(F) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—With respect to 1
	703	+	joint Protection Projects and reforestation and 2
	704	+	rehabilitation activities involving the Tribe, 3
	705	+	nothing in this section shall be construed to add 4
	706	+	any additional regulatory requirements onto the 5
	707	+	Tribe. 6
	708	+	(b) I
	709	+	MPLEMENTATION.—To the maximum extent 7
	710	+	practicable, the Secretary concerned shall initiate no fewer 8
	711	+	than 7 Protection Projects each year. 9
	712	+	SEC. 7. GIANT SEQUOIA REFORESTATION AND REHABILITA-10
	713	+	TION STRATEGY. 11
	714	+	(a) R
	715	+	EFORESTATION AND REHABILITATIONSTRAT-12
	716	+	EGY.— 13
	717	+	(1) I
	718	+	N GENERAL.—In accordance with the 14
	719	+	timeline and agreement established in section 15
	720	+	3(a)(3), the Secretary, in consultation with the par-16
	721	+	ties to such agreement, shall develop and implement 17
	722	+	a strategy, to be known as the Giant Sequoia Refor-18
	723	+	estation and Rehabilitation Strategy, to enhance the 19
	724	+	reforestation and rehabilitation of giant sequoia 20
	725	+	groves that— 21
	726	+	(A) identifies giant sequoia groves in need 22
	727	+	of natural or artificial regeneration, giving 23
	728	+	highest priority to groves identified under sec-24
	729	+	tion 5(a)(1)(A)(i); 25
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	733	+	(B) creates a priority list of reforestation 1
	734	+	and rehabilitation activities; 2
	735	+	(C) identifies and addresses— 3
	736	+	(i) barriers to reforestation or reha-4
	737	+	bilitation including— 5
	738	+	(I) regulatory barriers; 6
	739	+	(II) seedling shortages or related 7
	740	+	nursery infrastructure capacity con-8
	741	+	straints; 9
	742	+	(III) labor and workforce short-10
	743	+	ages; 11
	744	+	(IV) technology and science gaps; 12
	745	+	and 13
	746	+	(V) site preparation challenges; 14
	747	+	(ii) potential public-private partner-15
	748	+	ship opportunities to complete high-priority 16
	749	+	reforestation or rehabilitation projects; 17
	750	+	(iii) a timeline for addressing the 18
	751	+	backlog of reforestation for giant sequoias 19
	752	+	in the 10-year period after the agreement 20
	753	+	is entered into under section 3; and 21
	754	+	(iv) strategies to ensure genetic diver-22
	755	+	sity across giant sequoia groves; and 23
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	759	+	(D) includes program and policy rec-1
	760	+	ommendations needed to improve the efficiency 2
	761	+	or effectiveness of the Strategy. 3
	762	+	(2) A
	763	+	SSESSMENT.—The Secretary may incor-4
	764	+	porate the Strategy into the Assessment under sec-5
	765	+	tion 5. 6
	766	+	(b) P
	767	+	RIORITYREFORESTATION PROJECTSAMEND-7
	768	+	MENT.—Section 3(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I) of the Forest and 8
	769	+	Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 9
	770	+	(16 U.S.C. 1601(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended— 10
	771	+	(1) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘and’’; 11
	772	+	(2) in item (cc), by striking the period and in-12
	773	+	serting ‘‘; and’’; and 13
	774	+	(3) by adding at the end the following: 14
	775	+	‘‘(dd) shall include reforestation and rehabilitation 15
	776	+	activities conducted under section 7 of the Save Our Se-16
	777	+	quoias Act.’’. 17
	778	+	(c) I
	779	+	MPLEMENTATION.—Section 4(d)(1) of the Wil-18
	780	+	derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)) is amended by inserting 19
	781	+	‘‘Nothing in this Act shall restrict or prohibit the Sec-20
	782	+	retary of the Interior or Secretary of Agriculture from 21
	783	+	conducting reforestation (as such term is defined in sec-22
	784	+	tion 2 of the Save Our Sequoias Act) activities to reestab-23
	785	+	lish giant sequoias following a wildfire.’’ after the period 24
	786	+	at the end. 25
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	790	+	SEC. 8. GIANT SEQUOIA STRIKE TEAMS. 1
	791	+	(a) G
	792	+	IANTSEQUOIASTRIKETEAMS.— 2
	793	+	(1) E
	794	+	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary con-3
	795	+	cerned shall each establish a Giant Sequoia Strike 4
	796	+	Team to assist the Secretary concerned with the im-5
	797	+	plementation of— 6
	798	+	(A) primarily, section 6; and 7
	799	+	(B) secondarily, section 7. 8
	800	+	(2) D
	801	+	UTIES.—Each Strike Team shall— 9
	802	+	(A) assist the Secretary concerned with 10
	803	+	any reviews, including analysis under the Na-11
	804	+	tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 12
	805	+	U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), consultations under the 13
	806	+	National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 14
	807	+	U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and consultations under 15
	808	+	the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 16
	809	+	1531 et seq.); 17
	810	+	(B) implement any necessary site prepara-18
	811	+	tion work in advance of or as part of a Protec-19
	812	+	tion Project or reforestation or rehabilitation 20
	813	+	activity; 21
	814	+	(C) implement Protection Projects under 22
	815	+	section 6; and 23
	816	+	(D) implement reforestation or rehabilita-24
	817	+	tion activities under section 7. 25
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	821	+	(3) MEMBERS.—The Secretary concerned may 1
	822	+	appoint no more than 10 individuals each to serve 2
	823	+	on a Strike Team comprised of— 3
	824	+	(A) employees of the Department of the 4
	825	+	Interior; 5
	826	+	(B) employees of the Forest Service; 6
	827	+	(C) private contractors from any nonprofit 7
	828	+	organization, State government, Tribal Govern-8
	829	+	ment, local government, academic institution, or 9
	830	+	private organization; and 10
	831	+	(D) volunteers from any nonprofit organi-11
	832	+	zation, State government, Tribal Government, 12
	833	+	local government, academic institution, or pri-13
	834	+	vate organization. 14
	835	+	SEC. 9. GIANT SEQUOIA COLLABORATIVE RESTORATION 15
	836	+	GRANTS. 16
	837	+	(a) I
	838	+	NGENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 17
	839	+	with the parties to the agreement under section 3, shall 18
	840	+	establish a program to award grants to eligible entities 19
	841	+	to advance, facilitate, or improve giant sequoia health and 20
	842	+	resiliency. 21
	843	+	(b) E
	844	+	LIGIBLEENTITY.—The Secretary may award 22
	845	+	grants under this section to any nonprofit organization, 23
	846	+	Tribal Government, local government, academic institu-24
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	850	+	tion, or private organization to help advance, facilitate, or 1
	851	+	improve giant sequoia health and resiliency. 2
	852	+	(c) P
	853	+	RIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-3
	854	+	tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 4
	855	+	that— 5
	856	+	(1) primarily, are likely to have the greatest im-6
	857	+	pact on giant sequoia health and resiliency; and 7
	858	+	(2) secondarily— 8
	859	+	(A) are small businesses, particularly in 9
	860	+	rural areas; and 10
	861	+	(B) create or support jobs, particularly in 11
	862	+	rural areas. 12
	863	+	(d) U
	864	+	SE OFGRANTFUNDS.—Funds from grants 13
	865	+	awarded under this section shall be used to— 14
	866	+	(1) create, expand, or develop markets for haz-15
	867	+	ardous fuels removed under section 6, including 16
	868	+	markets for biomass and biochar; 17
	869	+	(2) facilitate hazardous fuel removal under sec-18
	870	+	tion 6, including by reducing the cost of trans-19
	871	+	porting hazardous fuels removed as part of a Protec-20
	872	+	tion Project; 21
	873	+	(3) expand, enhance, develop, or create perma-22
	874	+	nent or temporary facilities or land that can store or 23
	875	+	process hazardous fuels removed under section 6; 24
	876	+	and 25
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	880	+	(4) establish, develop, expand, enhance, or im-1
	881	+	prove nursery capacity or infrastructure necessary to 2
	882	+	facilitate the Strategy established under section 7. 3
	883	+	SEC. 10. GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY FOR GIANT SE-4
	884	+	QUOIAS. 5
	885	+	Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 6
	886	+	U.S.C. 2113a) is amended— 7
	887	+	(1) in subsection (a)— 8
	888	+	(A) in paragraph (4)(A)— 9
	889	+	(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 10
	890	+	the end; 11
	891	+	(ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 12
	892	+	clause (iv); 13
	893	+	(iii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 14
	894	+	following: 15
	895	+	‘‘(iii) activities conducted under sec-16
	896	+	tion 6 of the Save Our Sequoias Act;’’; 17
	897	+	(iv) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, 18
	898	+	by striking the period at the end and in-19
	899	+	serting ‘‘; or’’; and 20
	900	+	(v) by adding at the end the following: 21
	901	+	‘‘(v) any combination of activities 22
	902	+	specified in clauses (i) through (iv).’’; 23
	903	+	(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or In-24
	904	+	dian tribe’’; and 25
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	908	+	(C) in paragraph (10)(B) by striking 1
	909	+	‘‘land.’’ and inserting ‘‘land, Kings Canyon Na-2
	910	+	tional Park, Sequoia National Park, and Yo-3
	911	+	semite National Park.’’; and 4
	912	+	(2) in subsection (b)— 5
	913	+	(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 6
	914	+	Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; 7
	915	+	(B) by amending paragraph (2)(C) to read 8
	916	+	as follows: 9
	917	+	‘‘(C) T
	918	+	REATMENT OF REVENUE .—Funds 10
	919	+	received from the sale of timber by a Governor, 11
	920	+	an Indian tribe, or a county under a good 12
	921	+	neighbor agreement shall be retained and used 13
	922	+	by the Governor, Indian tribe, or county, as ap-14
	923	+	plicable— 15
	924	+	‘‘(i) to carry out authorized restora-16
	925	+	tion services under such good neighbor 17
	926	+	agreement; and 18
	927	+	‘‘(ii) if there are funds remaining 19
	928	+	after carrying out the services under clause 20
	929	+	(i), to carry out authorized restoration 21
	930	+	services within the State under other good 22
	931	+	neighbor agreements.’’; 23
	932	+	(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, In-24
	933	+	dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 25
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	937	+	(D) by striking paragraph (4). 1
	938	+	(3) C
	939	+	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Section 2
	940	+	8206(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 3
	941	+	2113a(a)) is amended— 4
	942	+	(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 5
	943	+	Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 6
	944	+	(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, In-7
	945	+	dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’. 8
	946	+	SEC. 11. STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING FOR GIANT SE-9
	947	+	QUOIAS. 10
	948	+	(a) N
	949	+	ATIONALPARKSERVICE.—Section 604(a)(2) of 11
	950	+	the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 12
	951	+	6591c(c)) is amended to read— 13
	952	+	‘‘(2) D
	953	+	IRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 14
	954	+	the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 15
	955	+	with respect to Bureau of Land Management lands 16
	956	+	and the Director of the National Park Service with 17
	957	+	respect to lands within Kings Canyon National 18
	958	+	Park, Sequoia National Park, and Yosemite Na-19
	959	+	tional Park.’’. 20
	960	+	(b) G
	961	+	IANTSEQUOIASTEWARDSHIPCONTRACTS.— 21
	962	+	Section 604(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 22
	963	+	2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(c)) is amended by adding at the 23
	964	+	end the following: 24
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	968	+	‘‘(8) Promoting the health and resiliency of 1
	969	+	giant sequoias.’’. 2
	970	+	SEC. 12. GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY PROTECTION PRO-3
	971	+	GRAM AND FUND. 4
	972	+	(a) I
	973	+	NGENERAL.—Chapter 1011 of title 54, United 5
	974	+	States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol-6
	975	+	lowing: 7
	976	+	‘‘§ 101123. Giant sequoia emergency protection pro-8
	977	+	gram and fund 9
	978	+	‘‘(a) G
	979	+	IANTSEQUOIAEMERGENCY PROTECTION 10
522	980		P
523		-	OLICYACT OF1969.—The development and submission of 9
524		-	the Assessment under subsection (a) shall not be subject to 10
525		-	the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 11
526		-	4321 et seq.). 12
527		-	SEC. 6. GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 13
528		-	(a) E
529		-	MERGENCYRESPONSE TOPROTECTGIANTSE-14
530		-	QUOIAS.— 15
531		-	(1) I
532		-	N GENERAL.— 16
533		-	(A) E
534		-	MERGENCY DETERMINATION .—Con-17
535		-	gress determines that— 18
536		-	(i) an emergency exists on covered pub-19
537		-	lic lands and covered National Forest Sys-20
538		-	tem lands that makes it necessary to carry 21
539		-	out Protection Projects that take needed ac-22
540		-	tions to respond to the threat of wildfires, 23
541		-	insects, and drought to giant sequoias; and 24
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545		-	(ii) Protection Projects are necessary to 1
546		-	control the immediate impacts of the emer-2
547		-	gency described in clause (i) and are needed 3
548		-	to mitigate harm to life, property, or im-4
549		-	portant natural or cultural resources on 5
550		-	covered public lands and covered National 6
551		-	Forest System lands. 7
552		-	(B) A
553		-	PPLICATION.—The emergency deter-8
554		-	mination established under subparagraph (A) 9
555		-	shall apply to all covered public lands and cov-10
556		-	ered National Forest System lands. 11
557		-	(C) E
558		-	XPIRATION.—The emergency deter-12
559		-	mination established under subparagraph (A) 13
560		-	shall expire on the date that is 7 years after the 14
561		-	date of the enactment of this Act. 15
562		-	(2) I
563		-	MPLEMENTATION.—While the emergency de-16
564		-	termination established under subsection (a) is in ef-17
565		-	fect, the following shall apply: 18
566		-	(A) The following shall have the force and 19
567		-	effect of law: 20
568		-	(i) Section 220.4(b) of title 36, Code of 21
569		-	Federal Regulations (as in effect July 21, 22
570		-	2022), with respect to covered National For-23
571		-	est System lands. 24
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575		-	(ii) Section 46.150 of title 43, Code of 1
576		-	Federal Regulations (as in effect October 12, 2
577		-	2022), with respect to covered public lands. 3
578		-	(iii) Section 402.05 of title 50, Code of 4
579		-	Federal Regulations (as in effect July 21, 5
580		-	2022), with respect to covered National For-6
581		-	est System lands and covered public lands. 7
582		-	(iv) Section 800.12 of title 36, Code of 8
583		-	Federal Regulations (as in effect July 21, 9
584		-	2022), with respect to covered National For-10
585		-	est System lands and covered public lands. 11
586		-	(B) A responsible official may carry out a 12
587		-	Protection Project described by paragraph (4) be-13
588		-	fore initiating— 14
589		-	(i) an analysis under section 102 of 15
590		-	the National Environmental Policy Act of 16
591		-	1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); 17
592		-	(ii) consultation under section 7 of the 18
593		-	Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 19
594		-	1536); and 20
595		-	(iii) consultation under section 106 of 21
596		-	the National Historic Preservation Act (16 22
597		-	U.S.C. 470(f)). 23
598		-	(C) The rules established under subsections 24
599		-	(d) and (e) section 40807 of the Infrastructure 25
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603		-	Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 6592c(d) 1
604		-	and (e)) shall apply with respect to Protection 2
605		-	Projects by substituting ‘‘Protection Projects’’ for 3
606		-	‘‘authorized emergency action under this section’’ 4
607		-	each place it appears in such subsections. 5
608		-	(D) Protection Projects shall be subject to 6
609		-	the requirements of section 106 of title I of the 7
610		-	Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 8
611		-	U.S.C. 6511 et seq.). 9
612		-	(3) P
613		-	ROTECTION PROJECTS.—The responsible of-10
614		-	ficial shall carry out the following forest management 11
615		-	activities, consistent with applicable grove-specific 12
616		-	hazardous fuels reduction plans or activities rec-13
617		-	ommend by the Assessment under section 5, as Protec-14
618		-	tion Projects under the emergency determination 15
619		-	under this section: 16
620		-	(A) Conducting hazardous fuels manage-17
621		-	ment, including mechanical thinning, mastica-18
622		-	tion, and prescribed burning. 19
623		-	(B) Removing hazard trees, dead trees, 20
624		-	dying trees, or trees at risk of dying, as deter-21
625		-	mined by the responsible official. 22
626		-	(C) Removing trees to address overstocking 23
627		-	or crowding in a forest stand, consistent with the 24
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631		-	appropriate basal area of the forest stand as de-1
632		-	termined by the responsible official. 2
633		-	(D) Activities included in the applicable 3
634		-	grove-specific hazardous fuels reduction plan. 4
635		-	(E) Using chemical treatments to address 5
636		-	insects and disease and control vegetation com-6
637		-	petition. 7
638		-	(F) Any combination of activities described 8
639		-	in this paragraph. 9
640		-	(4) R
641		-	EQUIREMENTS.— 10
	981	+	ROGRAM.—The National Park Foundation, in coordina-11
	982	+	tion with the National Forest Foundation, shall design 12
	983	+	and implement a comprehensive program to assist and 13
	984	+	promote philanthropic programs of support that benefit— 14
	985	+	‘‘(1) primarily, the management and conserva-15
	986	+	tion of giant sequoias on National Park Service and 16
	987	+	covered National Forest System lands to promote re-17
	988	+	siliency to wildfires, insects, and drought; and 18
	989	+	‘‘(2) secondarily, the reforestation of giant se-19
	990	+	quoias on National Park Service and covered Na-20
	991	+	tional Forest System lands impacted by wildfire. 21
	992	+	‘‘(b) G
	993	+	IANTSEQUOIAEMERGENCY PROTECTION 22
	994	+	F
	995	+	UND.—The National Park Foundation, in coordination 23
	996	+	with the National Forest Foundation, shall establish a 24
	997	+	joint special account to be known as the Giant Sequoia 25
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	1001	+	Emergency Protection Fund (referred to as ‘the Fund’ in 1
	1002	+	this section), to be administered in support of the program 2
	1003	+	established under subsection (a). 3
	1004	+	‘‘(1) F
	1005	+	UNDS FOR GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY 4
	1006	+	PROTECTION.—The following shall apply to the 5
	1007	+	Fund: 6
	1008	+	‘‘(A) The Fund shall consist of any gifts, 7
	1009	+	devises, or bequests that are provided to the 8
	1010	+	National Park Foundation or National Forest 9
	1011	+	Foundation for such purpose. 10
	1012	+	‘‘(B) The National Park Foundation and 11
	1013	+	National Forest Foundation shall deposit any 12
	1014	+	funds received for the Fund in a federally in-13
	1015	+	sured interest-bearing account or may invest 14
	1016	+	funds in appropriate security obligations, as 15
	1017	+	mutually agreed upon. 16
	1018	+	‘‘(C) Any accrued interest or dividends 17
	1019	+	earned on funds received for the Fund shall be 18
	1020	+	added to the principal and form a part of the 19
	1021	+	Fund. 20
	1022	+	‘‘(2) U
	1023	+	SE OF FUNDS.—Funds shall be available 21
	1024	+	to the National Park Foundation and National For-22
	1025	+	est Foundation without further appropriation, sub-23
	1026	+	ject to the provisions in paragraph (3), for projects 24
	1027	+	and activities approved by the Chief of the Forest 25
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	1031	+	Service or the Director of the National Park Service 1
	1032	+	as appropriate, or their designees, to— 2
	1033	+	‘‘(A) primarily, support the management 3
	1034	+	and conservation of giant sequoias on National 4
	1035	+	Park Service and covered National Forest Sys-5
	1036	+	tem lands to promote resiliency to wildfires, in-6
	1037	+	sects, and drought; and 7
	1038	+	‘‘(B) secondarily, support the reforestation 8
	1039	+	of giant sequoias on National Park Service and 9
	1040	+	covered National Forest System lands impacted 10
	1041	+	by wildfire. 11
	1042	+	‘‘(3) T
	1043	+	RIBAL SUPPORT.—Of the funds provided 12
	1044	+	to the National Park Foundation and National For-13
	1045	+	est Foundation under paragraph (2), not less than 14
	1046	+	15 percent of such funds shall be used to support 15
	1047	+	tribal management and conservation of giant se-16
	1048	+	quoias. 17
	1049	+	‘‘(c) S
	1050	+	UMMARY.—Beginning 1 year after the date of 18
	1051	+	the enactment of this Act, the National Park Foundation 19
	1052	+	and National Forest Foundation shall include with their 20
	1053	+	annual reports a summary of the status of the program 21
	1054	+	and Fund created under this section that includes— 22
	1055	+	‘‘(1) a statement of the amounts deposited in 23
	1056	+	the Fund during the fiscal year; 24
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	1060	+	‘‘(2) the amount of the balance remaining in 1
	1061	+	the Fund at the end of the fiscal year; and 2
	1062	+	‘‘(3) a description of the program and projects 3
	1063	+	funded during the fiscal year. 4
	1064	+	‘‘(d) C
	1065	+	OVEREDNATIONALFORESTSYSTEMLANDS 5
	1066	+	D
	1067	+	EFINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered National 6
	1068	+	Forest System lands’ has the meaning given such term 7
	1069	+	in section 2 of the Save Our Sequoias Act.’’. 8
	1070	+	(b) C
	1071	+	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—The table of sec-9
	1072	+	tions for chapter of title 54, United States Code, is amend-10
	1073	+	ed by inserting at the end the following: 11
	1074	+	‘‘Sec. 101123. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Program and Fund.’’.
	1075	+	SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
	1076	+	12
642	1077		(a) I
643		-	N GENERAL.—Protection Projects car-11
644		-	ried out under paragraph (3) and reforestation 12
645		-	and rehabilitation activities carried out under 13
646		-	this Act that are described by subparagraph (D) 14
647		-	are a category of actions hereby designated as 15
648		-	being categorically excluded from the prepara-16
649		-	tion of an environmental assessment or an envi-17
650		-	ronmental impact statement under section 102 of 18
651		-	the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 19
652		-	(42 U.S.C. 4332). 20
653		-	(B) A
654		-	VAILABILITY.—The Secretary con-21
655		-	cerned shall use the categorical exclusion estab-22
656		-	lished under subparagraph (A) in accordance 23
657		-	with this section. 24
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661		-	(C) INTERAGENCY COOPERATION .—Congress 1
662		-	finds that Protection Projects carried out under 2
663		-	this section are consistent with improving the 3
664		-	health and resiliency of critical habitat for 4
665		-	threatened and endangered species, including the 5
666		-	Pacific fisher and California spotted owl. 6
667		-	(D) R
668		-	EQUIREMENTS.—A Protection Project 7
669		-	or reforestation or rehabilitation activity is de-8
670		-	scribed by this subparagraph if such Protection 9
671		-	Project or reforestation or rehabilitation activ-10
672		-	ity— 11
673		-	(i) covers an area of no more than— 12
674		-	(I) 2,000 acres within giant se-13
675		-	quoia groves where a grove-specific 14
676		-	hazardous fuels reduction plan has 15
677		-	been developed by the relevant land 16
678		-	management agency or on lands iden-17
679		-	tified under section 5(a)(1)(B); and 18
680		-	(II) 3,000 acres on lands identi-19
681		-	fied under section 5(a)(1)(C); and 20
682		-	(ii) was— 21
683		-	(I) proposed by the Assessment 22
684		-	under section 5(a)(3); 23
685		-	(II) developed through a collabo-24
686		-	rative process; or 25
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690		-	(III) proposed by a resource advi-1
691		-	sory committee (as defined in section 2
692		-	201 of the Secure Rural Schools and 3
693		-	Community Self-Determination Act of 4
694		-	2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121)); and 5
695		-	(iii) occurs on Federal land or non- 6
696		-	Federal land with the consent of the non- 7
697		-	Federal landowner. 8
698		-	(E) U
699		-	SE OF OTHER AUTHORITIES .—To the 9
700		-	maximum extent practicable, the Secretary con-10
701		-	cerned shall use the authorities provided under 11
702		-	this section in combination with other authori-12
703		-	ties to carry out Protection Projects, including— 13
704		-	(i) good neighbor agreements entered 14
705		-	into under section 8206 of the Agricultural 15
706		-	Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a); and 16
707		-	(ii) stewardship contracting projects 17
708		-	entered into under section 604 of the 18
709		-	Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 19
710		-	U.S.C. 6591c). 20
711		-	(F) S
712		-	AVINGS CLAUSE.—With respect to joint 21
713		-	Protection Projects and reforestation and reha-22
714		-	bilitation activities involving the Tribe, nothing 23
715		-	in this section shall be construed to add any ad-24
716		-	ditional regulatory requirements onto the Tribe. 25
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720		-	(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—To the maximum extent prac-1
721		-	ticable, the Secretary concerned shall reduce hazardous fuels 2
722		-	in no fewer than 3 giant sequoia groves each year. 3
723		-	SEC. 7. GIANT SEQUOIA REFORESTATION AND REHABILITA-4
724		-	TION STRATEGY. 5
725		-	(a) R
726		-	EFORESTATION AND REHABILITATIONSTRAT-6
727		-	EGY.— 7
728		-	(1) I
729		-	N GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after 8
730		-	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 9
731		-	in consultation with the Coalition, shall develop and 10
732		-	implement a strategy, to be known as the Giant Se-11
733		-	quoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy, to 12
734		-	enhance the reforestation and rehabilitation of giant 13
735		-	sequoia groves that— 14
736		-	(A) identifies giant sequoia groves in need 15
737		-	of natural or artificial regeneration, giving high-16
738		-	est priority to groves identified under section 17
739		-	5(a)(1)(A)(i); 18
740		-	(B) creates a priority list of reforestation 19
741		-	and rehabilitation activities; 20
742		-	(C) identifies and addresses— 21
743		-	(i) barriers to reforestation or rehabili-22
744		-	tation including— 23
745		-	(I) regulatory and funding bar-24
746		-	riers; 25
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750		-	(II) seedling shortages or related 1
751		-	nursery infrastructure capacity con-2
752		-	straints; 3
753		-	(III) labor and workforce short-4
754		-	ages; 5
755		-	(IV) technology and science gaps; 6
756		-	and 7
757		-	(V) site preparation challenges; 8
758		-	(ii) potential public-private partner-9
759		-	ship opportunities to complete high-priority 10
760		-	reforestation or rehabilitation projects; 11
761		-	(iii) a timeline for addressing the 12
762		-	backlog of reforestation for giant sequoias in 13
763		-	the 10-year period after the agreement is 14
764		-	entered into under section 3; and 15
765		-	(iv) strategies to ensure genetic diver-16
766		-	sity across giant sequoia groves; and 17
767		-	(D) includes program and policy rec-18
768		-	ommendations needed to improve the efficiency 19
769		-	or effectiveness of the Strategy. 20
770		-	(2) A
771		-	SSESSMENT.—The Secretary may incor-21
772		-	porate the Strategy into the Assessment under section 22
773		-	5. 23
774		-	(b) P
775		-	RIORITYREFORESTATIONPROJECTSAMEND-24
776		-	MENT.—Section 3(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I) of the Forest and Range- 25
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780		-	land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1
781		-	1601(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended— 2
782		-	(1) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘and’’; 3
783		-	(2) in item (cc), by striking the period and in-4
784		-	serting ‘‘; and’’; and 5
785		-	(3) by adding at the end the following: 6
786		-	‘‘(dd) shall include reforest-7
787		-	ation and rehabilitation activities 8
788		-	conducted under section 7 of the 9
789		-	Save Our Sequoias Act.’’. 10
790		-	(c) I
791		-	MPLEMENTATION.—Section 4(d)(1) of the Wilder-11
792		-	ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)) is amended by inserting 12
793		-	‘‘Nothing in this Act precludes reforestation (as defined in 13
794		-	section 2 of the Save our Sequoias Act) activities to reestab-14
795		-	lish giant sequoias following a wildfire.’’ after the period 15
796		-	at the end. 16
797		-	SEC. 8. GIANT SEQUOIA STRIKE TEAMS. 17
798		-	(a) G
799		-	IANTSEQUOIASTRIKETEAMS.— 18
800		-	(1) E
801		-	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary concerned 19
802		-	shall each establish a Giant Sequoia Strike Team to 20
803		-	assist the Secretary concerned with the implementa-21
804		-	tion of— 22
805		-	(A) primarily, section 6; and 23
806		-	(B) secondarily, section 7. 24
807		-	(2) D
808		-	UTIES.—Each Strike Team shall— 25
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812		-	(A) assist the Secretary concerned with any 1
813		-	reviews, including analysis under the National 2
814		-	Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 3
815		-	4321 et seq.), consultations under the National 4
816		-	Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 5
817		-	470 et seq.), and consultations under the Endan-6
818		-	gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 7
819		-	seq.); 8
820		-	(B) implement any necessary site prepara-9
821		-	tion work in advance of or as part of a Protec-10
822		-	tion Project or reforestation or rehabilitation ac-11
823		-	tivity; 12
824		-	(C) implement Protection Projects under 13
825		-	section 6; and 14
826		-	(D) implement reforestation or rehabilita-15
827		-	tion activities under section 7. 16
828		-	(3) M
829		-	EMBERS.—The Secretary concerned may 17
830		-	appoint no more than 10 individuals each to serve on 18
831		-	a Strike Team comprised of— 19
832		-	(A) employees of the Department of the In-20
833		-	terior; 21
834		-	(B) employees of the Forest Service; 22
835		-	(C) private contractors from any nonprofit 23
836		-	organization, State government, Tribal Govern-24
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840		-	ment, local government, academic institution, or 1
841		-	private organization; and 2
842		-	(D) volunteers from any nonprofit organi-3
843		-	zation, State government, Tribal Government, 4
844		-	local government, academic institution, or pri-5
845		-	vate organization. 6
846		-	SEC. 9. GIANT SEQUOIA COLLABORATIVE RESTORATION 7
847		-	GRANTS. 8
848		-	(a) I
849		-	NGENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with 9
850		-	the parties to the agreement under section 3, shall establish 10
851		-	a program to award grants to eligible entities to advance, 11
852		-	facilitate, or improve giant sequoia health and resiliency. 12
853		-	(b) E
854		-	LIGIBLEENTITY.—The Secretary may award 13
855		-	grants under this section to any nonprofit organization, 14
856		-	Tribal Government, local government, academic institution, 15
857		-	or private organization to help advance, facilitate, or im-16
858		-	prove giant sequoia health and resiliency. 17
859		-	(c) P
860		-	RIORITY.—In awarding grants under this section, 18
861		-	the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that— 19
862		-	(1) primarily, are likely to have the greatest im-20
863		-	pact on giant sequoia health and resiliency; and 21
864		-	(2) secondarily— 22
865		-	(A) are small businesses or tribal entities, 23
866		-	particularly in rural areas; and 24
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870		-	(B) create or support jobs, particularly in 1
871		-	rural areas. 2
872		-	(d) U
873		-	SE OFGRANTFUNDS.—Funds from grants 3
874		-	awarded under this section shall be used to— 4
875		-	(1) create, expand, or develop markets for haz-5
876		-	ardous fuels removed under section 6, including mar-6
877		-	kets for biomass and biochar; 7
878		-	(2) facilitate hazardous fuel removal under sec-8
879		-	tion 6, including by reducing the cost of transporting 9
880		-	hazardous fuels removed as part of a Protection 10
881		-	Project; 11
882		-	(3) expand, enhance, develop, or create facilities 12
883		-	or land that can store or process hazardous fuels re-13
884		-	moved under section 6; 14
885		-	(4) establish, develop, expand, enhance, or im-15
886		-	prove nursery capacity or infrastructure necessary to 16
887		-	facilitate the Strategy established under section 7; or 17
888		-	(5) support tribal management and conservation 18
889		-	of giant sequoias, including funding for tribal historic 19
890		-	preservation officers. 20
891		-	SEC. 10. GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY FOR GIANT SE-21
892		-	QUOIAS. 22
893		-	Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 23
894		-	U.S.C. 2113a) is amended— 24
895		-	(1) in subsection (a)— 25
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899		-	(A) in paragraph (3)(A)— 1
900		-	(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 2
901		-	the end; 3
902		-	(ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as 4
903		-	clause (iii); 5
904		-	(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 6
905		-	following: 7
906		-	‘‘(ii) Kings Canyon National Park, Se-8
907		-	quoia National Park, and Yosemite Na-9
908		-	tional Park; or’’; 10
909		-	(B) in paragraph (4)(A)— 11
910		-	(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 12
911		-	the end; 13
912		-	(ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 14
913		-	clause (iv); 15
914		-	(iii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 16
915		-	following: 17
916		-	‘‘(iii) activities conducted under sec-18
917		-	tion 6 of the Save Our Sequoias Act;’’; 19
918		-	(iv) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, 20
919		-	by striking the period at the end and insert-21
920		-	ing ‘‘; or’’; and 22
921		-	(v) by adding at the end the following: 23
922		-	‘‘(v) any combination of activities 24
923		-	specified in clauses (i) through (iv).’’. 25
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927		-	(C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or In-1
928		-	dian tribe’’; and 2
929		-	(D) in paragraph (10)(B) by striking 3
930		-	‘‘land.’’ and inserting ‘‘land, Kings Canyon Na-4
931		-	tional Park, Sequoia National Park, and Yosem-5
932		-	ite National Park.’’; and 6
933		-	(2) in subsection (b)— 7
934		-	(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, In-8
935		-	dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; 9
936		-	(B) by amending paragraph (2)(C) to read 10
937		-	as follows: 11
938		-	‘‘(C) T
939		-	REATMENT OF REVENUE .— 12
940		-	‘‘(i) I
941		-	N GENERAL.—Funds received 13
942		-	from the sale of timber by a Governor, an 14
943		-	Indian tribe, or a county under a good 15
944		-	neighbor agreement shall be retained and 16
945		-	used by the Governor, Indian tribe, or coun-17
946		-	ty, as applicable— 18
947		-	‘‘(I) to carry out authorized res-19
948		-	toration services under such good 20
949		-	neighbor agreement; and 21
950		-	‘‘(II) if there are funds remaining 22
951		-	after carrying out the services under 23
952		-	clause (i), to carry out authorized res-24
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956		-	toration services within the State 1
957		-	under other good neighbor agreements. 2
958		-	‘‘(ii) S
959		-	PECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN NA -3
960		-	TIONAL PARKS.—Funds received from the 4
961		-	sale of timber by a Governor, an Indian 5
962		-	tribe, or a county under a good neighbor 6
963		-	agreement carried out within the bound-7
964		-	aries of Kings Canyon National Park, Se-8
965		-	quoia National Park, or Yosemite National 9
966		-	Park shall be retained and used by the Gov-10
967		-	ernor, Indian tribe, or county, as applica-11
968		-	ble— 12
969		-	‘‘(I) to carry out authorized res-13
970		-	toration services under such good 14
971		-	neighbor agreement; 15
972		-	‘‘(II) if there are funds remaining 16
973		-	after carrying out the services under 17
974		-	clause (i), to carry out authorized res-18
975		-	toration services under other good 19
976		-	neighbor agreements within the bound-20
977		-	aries of the park unit in which the ini-21
978		-	tial good neighbor agreement occurred; 22
979		-	and 23
980		-	‘‘(III) if there are no further good 24
981		-	neighbor agreements to carry out under 25
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985		-	clause (ii), to transfer to the park unit 1
986		-	in which the initial good neighbor 2
987		-	agreement occurred to be used for giant 3
988		-	sequoia conservation and management. 4
989		-	‘‘(iii) T
990		-	ERMINATION OF EFFECTIVE -5
991		-	NESS.—The authority provided by this sub-6
992		-	paragraph terminates effective October 1, 7
993		-	2028.’’; 8
994		-	(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, In-9
995		-	dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 10
996		-	(D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 11
997		-	follows: 12
998		-	‘‘(4) A
999		-	UTHORIZED RESTORATION SERVICES IN 13
1000		-	CERTAIN NATIONAL PARKS .—Authorized restoration 14
1001		-	services occurring in Kings Canyon National Park, 15
1002		-	Sequoia National Park, and Yosemite National Park 16
1003		-	shall be carried out in accordance with section 17
1004		-	100753 of title 54, United States Code.’’. 18
1005		-	(3) C
1006		-	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .—Section 19
1007		-	8206(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 20
1008		-	2113a(a)) is amended— 21
1009		-	(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 22
1010		-	Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 23
1011		-	(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, In-24
1012		-	dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’. 25
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1016		-	SEC. 11. STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING FOR GIANT SE-1
1017		-	QUOIAS. 2
1018		-	(a) N
1019		-	ATIONALPARKSERVICE.—Section 604(a)(2) of 3
1020		-	the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 4
1021		-	6591c(c)) is amended to read— 5
1022		-	‘‘(2) D
1023		-	IRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the 6
1024		-	Director of the Bureau of Land Management with re-7
1025		-	spect to Bureau of Land Management lands and the 8
1026		-	Director of the National Park Service with respect to 9
1027		-	lands within Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia 10
1028		-	National Park, and Yosemite National Park.’’. 11
1029		-	(b) G
1030		-	IANTSEQUOIASTEWARDSHIPCONTRACTS.—Sec-12
1031		-	tion 604(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 13
1032		-	(16 U.S.C. 6591c(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 14
1033		-	following: 15
1034		-	‘‘(8) Promoting the health and resiliency of giant 16
1035		-	sequoias.’’. 17
1036		-	SEC. 12. GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY PROTECTION PRO-18
1037		-	GRAM AND FUND. 19
1038		-	(a) I
1039		-	NGENERAL.—Chapter 1011 of title 54, United 20
1040		-	States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol-21
1041		-	lowing: 22
1042		-	‘‘§ 101123. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Pro-23
1043		-	gram and Fund 24
1044		-	‘‘(a) G
1045		-	IANTSEQUOIAEMERGENCYPROTECTIONPRO-25
1046		-	GRAM.—The National Park Foundation, in coordination 26
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1050		-	with the National Forest Foundation, shall design and im-1
1051		-	plement a comprehensive program to assist and promote 2
1052		-	philanthropic programs of support that benefit— 3
1053		-	‘‘(1) primarily, the management and conserva-4
1054		-	tion of giant sequoias on National Park Service and 5
1055		-	covered National Forest System lands to promote re-6
1056		-	siliency to wildfires, insects, and drought; and 7
1057		-	‘‘(2) secondarily, the reforestation of giant se-8
1058		-	quoias on National Park Service and covered Na-9
1059		-	tional Forest System lands impacted by wildfire. 10
1060		-	‘‘(b) G
1061		-	IANTSEQUOIAEMERGENCY PROTECTION 11
1062		-	F
1063		-	UND.—The National Park Foundation, in coordination 12
1064		-	with the National Forest Foundation, shall establish a joint 13
1065		-	special account to be known as the Giant Sequoia Emer-14
1066		-	gency Protection Fund (referred to as ‘the Fund’ in this 15
1067		-	section), to be administered in support of the program es-16
1068		-	tablished under subsection (a). 17
1069		-	‘‘(1) F
1070		-	UNDS FOR GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY 18
1071		-	PROTECTION.—The Fund shall consist of any gifts, 19
1072		-	devises, or bequests that are provided to the National 20
1073		-	Park Foundation or National Forest Foundation for 21
1074		-	such purpose. 22
1075		-	‘‘(2) U
1076		-	SE OF FUNDS.—Funds shall be available 23
1077		-	to the National Park Foundation and National Forest 24
1078		-	Foundation without further appropriation, subject to 25
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1082		-	the provisions in paragraph (3), for projects and ac-1
1083		-	tivities approved by the Chief of the Forest Service or 2
1084		-	the Director of the National Park Service as appro-3
1085		-	priate, or their designees, to— 4
1086		-	‘‘(A) primarily, support the management 5
1087		-	and conservation of giant sequoias on National 6
1088		-	Park Service and covered National Forest Sys-7
1089		-	tem lands to promote resiliency to wildfires, in-8
1090		-	sects, and drought; and 9
1091		-	‘‘(B) secondarily, support the reforestation 10
1092		-	of giant sequoias on National Park Service and 11
1093		-	covered National Forest System lands impacted 12
1094		-	by wildfire. 13
1095		-	‘‘(3) T
1096		-	RIBAL SUPPORT.—Of the funds provided 14
1097		-	to the National Park Foundation and National Forest 15
1098		-	Foundation under paragraph (2), not less than 15 16
1099		-	percent of such funds shall be used to support tribal 17
1100		-	management and conservation of giant sequoias in-18
1101		-	cluding funding for tribal historic preservation offi-19
1102		-	cers. 20
1103		-	‘‘(c) S
1104		-	UMMARY.—Beginning 1 year after the date of 21
1105		-	the enactment of this Act, the National Park Foundation 22
1106		-	and National Forest Foundation shall include with their 23
1107		-	annual reports a summary of the status of the program and 24
1108		-	Fund created under this section that includes— 25
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1112		-	‘‘(1) a statement of the amounts deposited in the 1
1113		-	Fund during the fiscal year; 2
1114		-	‘‘(2) the amount of the balance remaining in the 3
1115		-	Fund at the end of the fiscal year; and 4
1116		-	‘‘(3) a description of the program and projects 5
1117		-	funded during the fiscal year. 6
1118		-	‘‘(d) C
1119		-	OVEREDNATIONALFORESTSYSTEMLANDSDE-7
1120		-	FINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered National Forest 8
1121		-	System lands’ has the meaning given such term in section 9
1122		-	2 of the Save Our Sequoias Act. 10
1123		-	‘‘(e) T
1124		-	ERMINATION OFEFFECTIVENESS.—The author-11
1125		-	ity provided by this section shall terminate 7 years after 12
1126		-	the date of enactment of the Save Our Sequoias Act.’’. 13
1127		-	(b) C
1128		-	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—The table of sections 14
1129		-	for chapter 1011 of title 54, United States Code, is amended 15
1130		-	by inserting at the end the following: 16
1131		-	‘‘101123. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Program and Fund.’’.
1132		-	SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
1133		-	17
1134		-	(a) I
1135		-	NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appro-18
1136		-	priations made in advance for such purposes, the Secretary 19
1137		-	concerned shall allocate up to— 20
1138		-	(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 21
1139		-	(2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 22
1140		-	(3) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 23
1141		-	through 2028; and 24
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1145		-	(4) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2029 1
1146		-	through 2030. 2
	1078	+	NGENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-13
	1079	+	propriations made in advance for such purposes, the Sec-14
	1080	+	retary concerned shall allocate up to— 15
	1081	+	(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 16
	1082	+	(2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 17
	1083	+	(3) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 18
	1084	+	through 2028; and 19
	1085	+	(4) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2029 20
	1086	+	through 2030. 21
1147	1087		(b) L
1148		-	IMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized under 3
1149		-	subsection (a), not less than 90 percent of funds shall be 4
1150		-	used to carry out section 6 and section 9 of this Act. 5
1151		-	(c) S
1152		-	AVINGSCLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act affects— 6
1153		-	(1) the allocation of previously appropriated 7
1154		-	funds from prior fiscal years, consistent with applica-8
1155		-	ble laws and regulations; and 9
1156		-	(2) the prerogative of the Secretary concerned to 10
1157		-	establish Departmental funding priorities, consistent 11
1158		-	with applicable laws and regulations. 12
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1161		-	757
1162		-	118
1163		-	TH
1164		-	CONGRESS
1165		-	2
1166		-	D
1167		-	S
1168		-	ESSION
1169		-
1170		-	H. R. 2989
1171		-	[Report No. 118–927, Part I]
1172		-	A BILL
1173		-	To improve the health and resiliency of giant
1174		-	sequoias, and for other purposes.
1175		-	D
1176		-	ECEMBER
1177		-	18, 2024
1178		-	Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources with
1179		-	an amendment
1180		-	D
1181		-	ECEMBER
1182		-	18, 2024
1183		-	Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the
1184		-	Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
1185		-	Union and ordered to be printed
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	1088	+	IMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized under 22
	1089	+	subsection (a), not less than 90 percent of funds shall be 23
	1090	+	used to carry out section 6 and section 9 of this Act. 24
	1091	+	Æ
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	1093	+	pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB