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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1820
5	5	To address the public safety issues and environmental destruction currently
6	6	impacting Federal lands along the southern border, enhance border secu-
7	7	rity through the construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along
8	8	the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border Protection access
9	9	to Federal lands to improve the safety and effectiveness of enforcement
10	10	activities, allow States to place temporary barriers on Federal land to
11	11	secure the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumulations and
12	12	environmental degradation along the southern border, reduce the cultiva-
13	13	tion of illegal cannabis on Federal lands, mitigate wildland fires caused
14	14	by illegal immigration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands.
15	15	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
16	16	MARCH4, 2025
17	17	Mr. C
18	18	ISCOMANI(for himself, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. FULCHER,
19	19	Mr. R
20	20	OUZER, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr. CRENSHAW, Ms. TENNEY, and
21	21	Ms. M
22	22	ALLIOTAKIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
23	23	the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees
24	24	on Agriculture, the Budget, and Homeland Security, for a period to be
25	25	subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
26	26	of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con-
27	27	cerned
28	28	A BILL
29	29	To address the public safety issues and environmental de-
30	30	struction currently impacting Federal lands along the
31	31	southern border, enhance border security through the
32	32	construction of navigable roads on Federal lands along
33	33	the southern border, provide U.S. Customs and Border
34	34	Protection access to Federal lands to improve the safety
35	35	and effectiveness of enforcement activities, allow States
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39	39	to place temporary barriers on Federal land to secure
40	40	the southern border, reduce the massive trash accumula-
41	41	tions and environmental degradation along the southern
42	42	border, reduce the cultivation of illegal cannabis on Fed-
43	43	eral lands, mitigate wildland fires caused by illegal immi-
44	44	gration, and prohibit migrant housing on Federal lands.
45	45	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
46	46	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
47	47	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
48	48	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Lands Ampli-4
49	49	fied Security for the Homeland Act’’ or the ‘‘FLASH 5
50	50	Act’’. 6
51	51	SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 7
52	52	The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 8
53	53	Sec. 1. Short title.
54	54	Sec. 2. Table of contents.
55	55	Sec. 3. Definitions.
56	56	Sec. 4. Savings clause.
57	57	TITLE I—SECURING FEDERAL BORDER LANDS
58	58	Sec. 101. Enhancing border security through the construction of navigable
59	59	roads along Federal border lands.
60	60	Sec. 102. U.S. Customs and Border Protection access to wilderness areas.
61	61	Sec. 103. Placement of movable, temporary structures on certain Federal land
62	62	to secure the southern border of the United States.
63	63	Sec. 104. Prohibition on Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture.
64	64	Sec. 105. Interagency cooperative agreement.
65	65	TITLE II—ENDING ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION ON PUBLIC
66	66	LANDS
67	67	Subtitle A—Trash Reduction and Suppressing Harm From Environmental
68	68	Degradation at the Border
69	69	Sec. 201. Definitions.
70	70	Sec. 202. Policies and procedures to reduce trash along the southern border.
71	71	Sec. 203. Transparency and accountability in trash accumulation on the south-
72	72	ern border.
73	73	Sec. 204. Penalties and fines.
74	74	Subtitle B—Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants
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78	78	Sec. 211. Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Response Initiatives.
79	79	Sec. 212. Criminal penalties for illegal pesticide application.
80	80	Sec. 213. Protection of national forests; Rules and regulations.
81	81	Sec. 214. Protection of Federal land; Rules and regulations.
82	82	Subtitle C—Ending Major Border Land Environmental Ruin From Wildfires
83	83	Sec. 221. Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative.
84	84	Sec. 222. Mitigating environmental degradation and wildland fires caused by il-
85	85	legal immigration.
86	86	TITLE III—PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITIES FROM FAILURE TO
87	87	SECURE THE BORDER
88	88	Sec. 301. Definitions.
89	89	Sec. 302. Prohibition on providing housing to specified aliens.
90	90	Sec. 303. Report.
91	91	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
92	92	1
93	93	In this Act: 2
94	94	(1) A
95	95	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -3
96	96	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-4
97	97	mittees’’ means— 5
98	98	(A) the Committees on Natural Resources, 6
99	99	Agriculture, Homeland Security, and the Judi-7
100	100	ciary of the House of Representatives; and 8
101	101	(B) the Committees on Energy and Nat-9
102	102	ural Resources, Agriculture, Nutrition, and 10
103	103	Forestry, Homeland Security and Governmental 11
104	104	Affairs, and the Judiciary of the Senate. 12
105	105	(2) B
106	106	ORDER STATE.—The term ‘‘Border State’’ 13
107	107	means a State that abuts the southern border. 14
108	108	(3) C
109	109	OVERED FEDERAL LANDS .— 15
110	110	(A) I
111	111	N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 16
112	112	Federal lands’’ means land— 17
113	113	(i) owned by the United States; 18
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117	117	(ii) located in a unit that shares an 1
118	118	exterior boundary with the southern bor-2
119	119	der; and 3
120	120	(iii) administered by— 4
121	121	(I) the National Park Service; 5
122	122	(II) the Bureau of Land Manage-6
123	123	ment; 7
124	124	(III) the United States Fish and 8
125	125	Wildlife Service; 9
126	126	(IV) the Bureau of Reclamation; 10
127	127	or 11
128	128	(V) the Forest Service. 12
129	129	(B) E
130	130	XCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered Fed-13
131	131	eral lands’’ does not include Federal lands held 14
132	132	in trust for Indian Tribes. 15
133	133	(4) O
134	134	PERATIONAL CONTROL .—The term ‘‘oper-16
135	135	ational control’’ has the meaning given such term in 17
136	136	section 2(b) of the Secure Fence Act of 2006 (8 18
137	137	U.S.C. 1701 note; Public Law 109–367). 19
138	138	(5) S
139	139	ECRETARY CONCERNED .—The term ‘‘Sec-20
140	140	retary concerned’’ means— 21
141	141	(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-22
142	142	spect to lands under the jurisdiction of the Sec-23
143	143	retary of the Interior; and 24
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147	147	(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 1
148	148	through the Chief of the Forest Service, with 2
149	149	respect to National Forest System lands. 3
150	150	(6) S
151	151	OUTHERN BORDER .—The term ‘‘southern 4
152	152	border’’ means the international border between the 5
153	153	United States and Mexico. 6
154	154	SEC. 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 7
155	155	(a) P
156	156	ROTECTION OFLEGALUSES.—Nothing in this 8
157	157	Act shall be construed to provide— 9
158	158	(1) authority to restrict legal uses, such as 10
159	159	grazing, timber harvesting, hunting, oil and gas de-11
160	160	velopment, mining, or recreation on land under the 12
161	161	jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the 13
162	162	Secretary of Agriculture; or 14
163	163	(2) any additional authority to restrict legal ac-15
164	164	cess to such land. 16
165	165	(b) E
166	166	FFECT ONSTATE ANDPRIVATELAND.—This 17
167	167	Act has no force or effect on State or private lands, and 18
168	168	nothing in this Act shall be construed as providing author-19
169	169	ity on, or access to, State or private lands. 20
170	170	(c) T
171	171	RIBALSOVEREIGNTY.—Nothing in this Act su-21
172	172	persedes, replaces, negates, or diminishes treaties or other 22
173	173	agreements between the United States and Indian Tribes. 23
174	174	(d) E
175	175	FFECT ONENFORCEMENT-RELATEDDETEN-24
176	176	TIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed as block-25
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180	180	ing, impeding, or deterring the ability of the Department 1
181	181	of Homeland Security or the Department of Defense to 2
182	182	temporarily detain specified aliens (as such term is defined 3
183	183	in section 301) in furtherance of border security oper-4
184	184	ations. 5
185	185	TITLE I—SECURING FEDERAL 6
186	186	BORDER LANDS 7
187	187	SEC. 101. ENHANCING BORDER SECURITY THROUGH THE 8
188	188	CONSTRUCTION OF NAVIGABLE ROADS 9
189	189	ALONG FEDERAL BORDER LANDS. 10
190	190	(a) D
191	191	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
192	192	(1) N
193	193	AVIGABLE ROAD.—The term ‘‘navigable 12
194	194	road’’ means a continuous path— 13
195	195	(A) able to accommodate at least a stand-14
196	196	ard vehicle; 15
197	197	(B) of a width, length, and clearance 16
198	198	height determined by the Secretary concerned, 17
199	199	in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 18
200	200	Security; and 19
201	201	(C) constructed of surface material deter-20
202	202	mined to be appropriate by the Secretary con-21
203	203	cerned, in consultation with the Secretary of 22
204	204	Homeland Security. 23
205	205	(2) S
206	206	ECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY .— 24
207	207	The term ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’ means 25
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211	211	the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 1
212	212	with the Chief Patrol Agent of each U.S. Border Pa-2
213	213	trol sector containing covered Federal lands. 3
214	214	(b) I
215	215	NGENERAL.—The Secretary concerned, in con-4
216	216	sultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall 5
217	217	take such actions as may be necessary to inventory exist-6
218	218	ing roads and install navigable roads on covered Federal 7
219	219	lands to— 8
220	220	(1) deter illegal crossings in areas of high ille-9
221	221	gal entry into the United States; 10
222	222	(2) gain operational control of the southern bor-11
223	223	der; and 12
224	224	(3) increase U.S. Customs and Border Protec-13
225	225	tion access to covered Federal lands. 14
226	226	(c) R
227	227	OADREQUIREMENTS.—The navigable roads in-15
228	228	stalled or inventoried under subsection (b) shall be, to the 16
229	229	extent practicable— 17
230	230	(1) at least 584 miles total in length along the 18
231	231	portions of the southern border that abut covered 19
232	232	Federal lands; 20
233	233	(2) positioned to optimize U.S. Customs and 21
234	234	Border Protection access to, and enforcement capa-22
235	235	bilities along, the southern border; 23
236	236	(3) not more than 10 miles from the southern 24
237	237	border; and 25
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241	241	(4) completed not less than 5 years after the 1
242	242	date of the enactment of this Act. 2
243	243	(d) R
244	244	OADACCESS ANDMAINTENANCE.—In admin-3
245	245	istering the navigable roads installed under this section, 4
246	246	the Secretary concerned shall— 5
247	247	(1) allow access to— 6
248	248	(A) Department of Defense and U.S. Cus-7
249	249	toms and Border Protection personnel carrying 8
250	250	out official duties; 9
251	251	(B) local law enforcement officials carrying 10
252	252	out official duties; 11
253	253	(C) emergency response personnel carrying 12
254	254	out official duties; 13
255	255	(D) any other personnel the Secretary con-14
256	256	cerned deems necessary to carry out the pur-15
257	257	poses of the navigable roads described in sub-16
258	258	section (b); and 17
259	259	(E) approved or authorized uses of navi-18
260	260	gable roads along the southern border; and 19
261	261	(2) maintain the navigable roads as necessary 20
262	262	for vehicular travel. 21
263	263	(e) S
264	264	ECURITYFENCING ANDTECHNOLOGY.— 22
265	265	(1) I
266	266	N GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 23
267	267	shall enter into cooperative agreements with the Sec-24
268	268	retary of Homeland Security for the deployment of 25
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272	272	the most practical and effective fencing, surveillance, 1
273	273	and related technology along the navigable roads 2
274	274	being installed under this section to— 3
275	275	(A) deter illegal crossings in areas of high 4
276	276	illegal entry into the United States; and 5
277	277	(B) gain operational control of the south-6
278	278	ern border by increasing U.S. Customs and 7
279	279	Border Protection access to covered Federal 8
280	280	lands. 9
281	281	(2) T
282	282	IMELINE.—The Secretary concerned shall 10
283	283	ensure security measures implemented pursuant to 11
284	284	this subsection are in effect in accordance with the 12
285	285	timeline established under subsection (c)(4). 13
286	286	(f) NEPA C
287	287	OMPLIANCE.—The Secretary concerned 14
288	288	shall ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regu-15
289	289	lations, including the National Environmental Policy Act 16
290	290	(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and the amendments made to 17
291	291	such statute by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 18
292	292	(Public Law 118–5). 19
293	293	SEC. 102. U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION ACCESS 20
294	294	TO WILDERNESS AREAS. 21
295	295	Section 4(d) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133) 22
296	296	is amended by adding at the end the following: 23
297	297	‘‘(8) U.S. C
298	298	USTOMS ANDBORDERPROTECTIONAC-24
299	299	CESS.— 25
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303	303	‘‘(A) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES .—Notwith-1
304	304	standing any other provision of this Act, the Com-2
305	305	missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 3
306	306	may conduct the following activities within a wilder-4
307	307	ness area for the purpose of securing the inter-5
308	308	national land borders of the United States: 6
309	309	‘‘(i) Access structures, installations, and 7
310	310	roads. 8
311	311	‘‘(ii) Execute search and rescue operations. 9
312	312	‘‘(iii) Use motor vehicles, motorboats, and 10
313	313	motorized equipment. 11
314	314	‘‘(iv) Conduct patrols on foot and on 12
315	315	horseback. 13
316	316	‘‘(v) Notwithstanding any other law or reg-14
317	317	ulation relating specifically to use of aircraft in 15
318	318	a wilderness area or in the airspace above a wil-16
319	319	derness area, use aircraft, including approach, 17
320	320	landing, and takeoff. 18
321	321	‘‘(vi) Deploy tactical infrastructure and 19
322	322	technology. 20
323	323	‘‘(vii) Construct and maintain roads and 21
324	324	physical barriers. 22
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328	328	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection under 25
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332	332	subparagraph (A) shall be carried out in a manner 1
333	333	that, to the extent possible, protects the wilderness 2
334	334	character of the area.’’. 3
335	335	SEC. 103. PLACEMENT OF MOVABLE, TEMPORARY STRUC-4
336	336	TURES ON CERTAIN FEDERAL LAND TO SE-5
337	337	CURE THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE 6
338	338	UNITED STATES. 7
339	339	(a) S
340	340	PECIALUSEAUTHORIZATION.—Subject to sub-8
341	341	section (b), the Secretary concerned shall not require a 9
342	342	Border State to obtain a special use authorization for the 10
343	343	temporary placement on covered Federal lands within the 11
344	344	Border State of a movable, temporary structure for the 12
345	345	purpose of securing the southern border, if the Border 13
346	346	State submits to the Secretary concerned notice of the 14
347	347	proposed placement not later than 45 days before the date 15
348	348	of the proposed placement. 16
349	349	(b) T
350	350	EMPORARYPLACEMENT.— 17
351	351	(1) I
352	352	N GENERAL.—A movable, temporary struc-18
353	353	ture described in subsection (a) may be placed by a 19
354	354	Border State on covered Federal lands in accordance 20
355	355	with that subsection for a period of not more than 21
356	356	1 year, subject to paragraph (2). 22
357	357	(2) E
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362	362	(A) IN GENERAL.—The period described in 1
363	363	paragraph (1) may be extended in 90-day incre-2
364	364	ments, on approval by the Secretary concerned. 3
365	365	(B) C
366	366	ONSULTATION REQUIRED .—The Sec-4
367	367	retary concerned shall consult with the Commis-5
368	368	sioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 6
369	369	for purposes of determining whether to approve 7
370	370	an extension under subparagraph (A). 8
371	371	(C) A
372	372	PPROVAL.—The Secretary concerned 9
373	373	shall approve a request for an extension under 10
374	374	this paragraph if the Commissioner of U.S. 11
375	375	Customs and Border Protection determines that 12
376	376	operational control has not been achieved as of 13
377	377	the date of the consultation required under sub-14
378	378	paragraph (B). 15
379	379	SEC. 104. PROHIBITION ON SECRETARIES OF THE INTE-16
380	380	RIOR AND AGRICULTURE. 17
381	381	The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Ag-18
382	382	riculture may not impede, prohibit, or restrict activities 19
383	383	of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on covered Fed-20
384	384	eral lands located within 100 miles of the southern border, 21
385	385	to execute search and rescue operations and to prevent 22
386	386	all unlawful entries into the United States, including en-23
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391	391	terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband through the 1
392	392	southern border. 2
393	393	SEC. 105. INTERAGENCY COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. 3
394	394	The Secretary concerned shall enter into a coopera-4
395	395	tive agreement with the Secretary of Homeland Security 5
396	396	to fulfill the commitments in the ‘‘Memorandum of Under-6
397	397	standing Among U.S. Department of Homeland Security 7
398	398	and U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Depart-8
399	399	ment of Agriculture Regarding Cooperative National Se-9
400	400	curity and Counterterrorism Efforts on Federal Lands 10
401	401	along the United States’ Borders’’, signed March 2006, 11
402	402	or any succeeding memorandum of understanding. 12
403	403	TITLE II—ENDING ENVIRON-13
404	404	MENTAL DESTRUCTION ON 14
405	405	PUBLIC LANDS 15
406	406	Subtitle A—Trash Reduction and 16
407	407	Suppressing Harm From Envi-17
408	408	ronmental Degradation at the 18
409	409	Border 19
410	410	SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 20
411	411	In this subtitle: 21
412	412	(1) A
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414	414	LATIONS.—The term ‘‘applicable fire and sanitation 23
415	415	regulations’’ means the following provisions of the 24
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419	419	Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date 1
420	420	of the enactment of this Act: 2
421	421	(A) With respect to lands under the juris-3
422	422	diction of the Secretary of the Interior— 4
423	423	(i) sections 2.13 and 2.14 of title 36; 5
424	424	(ii) sections 423.29, 423.31, 423.34, 6
425	425	8365.1–1, 8365.1–7, 8365.2–1, 8365.2–3, 7
426	426	9212.1, and 9212.2 of title 43; and 8
427	427	(iii) sections 26.34, 27.94, and 27.95 9
428	428	of title 50. 10
429	429	(B) With respect to National Forest Sys-11
430	430	tem lands, sections 261.5 and 261.11 of title 12
431	431	36. 13
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433	433	ASTE.—The term ‘‘waste’’ means any 14
434	434	refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash, debris, or litter left 15
435	435	or created by humans and disposed of— 16
436	436	(A) without authorization from the Federal 17
437	437	agency administering the area where the waste 18
438	438	is found; or 19
439	439	(B) outside of a waste collection receptacle. 20
440	440	SEC. 202. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO REDUCE TRASH 21
441	441	ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. 22
442	442	(a) I
443	443	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 23
444	444	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned, 24
445	445	in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 25
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449	449	shall establish and implement policies and protocols to 1
450	450	prevent and mitigate environmental degradation caused by 2
451	451	aliens without lawful immigration status— 3
452	452	(1) crossing the southern border on covered 4
453	453	Federal lands; or 5
454	454	(2) being housed, or otherwise illegally en-6
455	455	croaching or camping, on National Forest System 7
456	456	lands or lands under the jurisdiction of the Sec-8
457	457	retary of the Interior. 9
458	458	(b) P
459	459	ROTOCOLS.—In developing the policies and pro-10
460	460	tocols under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall 11
461	461	consider policies and seek to implement best practices with 12
462	462	respect to— 13
463	463	(1) reducing trash accumulation, particularly in 14
464	464	ecologically sensitive areas— 15
465	465	(A) on covered Federal lands; or 16
466	466	(B) where aliens without lawful immigra-17
467	467	tion status are being housed, or are otherwise 18
468	468	illegally encroaching or camping, on National 19
469	469	Forest System lands or lands under the juris-20
470	470	diction of the Secretary of the Interior; 21
471	471	(2) addressing the destruction of sensitive nat-22
472	472	ural and archaeological resources; and 23
473	473	(3) addressing the destruction of wildlife habi-24
474	474	tat. 25
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478	478	SEC. 203. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN TRASH 1
479	479	ACCUMULATION ON THE SOUTHERN BOR-2
480	480	DER. 3
481	481	(a) I
482	482	NGENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 4
483	483	date of the enactment of this Act, and for each fiscal year 5
484	484	thereafter, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the ap-6
485	485	propriate congressional committees a report on the 7
486	486	amount of waste collected in the following areas: 8
487	487	(1) Covered Federal lands. 9
488	488	(2) Sites on National Forest System lands or 10
489	489	lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 11
490	490	Interior— 12
491	491	(A) on which aliens without lawful immi-13
492	492	gration status are being housed, or are other-14
493	493	wise illegally encroaching or camping; or 15
494	494	(B) used for the illegal cultivation of nar-16
495	495	cotics, including the cultivation of cannabis, by 17
496	496	aliens without lawful immigration status. 18
497	497	(b) C
498	498	ONTENTS OFREPORT.—Each report submitted 19
499	499	under subsection (a) shall include the following with re-20
500	500	spect to areas covered by the report: 21
501	501	(1) The total amount of waste collected (in 22
502	502	pounds) by employees and contractors of Federal 23
503	503	agencies and the cost of collecting such waste, in-24
504	504	cluding a breakdown by agency, region, or other unit 25
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508	508	the Secretary concerned determines appropriate in 1
509	509	illustrating the distribution of waste. 2
510	510	(2) Suggestions on how to reduce environmental 3
511	511	degradation caused by waste. 4
512	512	(3) Data provided by Federal, State, and local 5
513	513	agencies, nonprofit and volunteer organizations, and 6
514	514	individuals with respect to— 7
515	515	(A) the amount of waste collected; and 8
516	516	(B) the number of waste collection events. 9
517	517	(4) The total number of acres of wildlife habitat 10
518	518	impacted by waste. 11
519	519	(5) The discovery of any unauthorized trails or 12
520	520	roads. 13
521	521	(6) The number of wildfires started as a result 14
522	522	of unauthorized human activity, including fires 15
523	523	started by aliens without lawful immigration status. 16
524	524	(7) Any other information the Secretary con-17
525	525	cerned determines appropriate to demonstrate the 18
526	526	amount of waste found or collected. 19
527	527	(c) C
528	528	OLLECTIONDATA.— 20
529	529	(1) I
530	530	N GENERAL.—In developing the reports re-21
531	531	quired under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned 22
532	532	shall— 23
533	533	(A) collaborate in information gathering 24
534	534	with State, local, nonprofit, and volunteer orga-25
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538	538	nizations and individuals assisting in waste col-1
539	539	lection efforts; and 2
540	540	(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 3
541	541	verify the information provided by such organi-4
542	542	zations and individuals. 5
543	543	(2) P
544	544	ROTECTION OF DATA.—The Secretary con-6
545	545	cerned shall take precautions to ensure the privacy 7
546	546	of organizations and individuals submitting data for 8
547	547	the purposes of this section and prevent the disclo-9
548	548	sure of personal identifiable information to the pub-10
549	549	lic. 11
550	550	(d) D
551	551	ATES FORSUBMISSION.—Except for the first 12
552	552	report submitted in accordance with subsection (a), the 13
553	553	Secretary concerned shall submit to the appropriate con-14
554	554	gressional committees each fiscal year a report not later 15
555	555	than 90 days after the last day of the fiscal year covered 16
556	556	by the report. 17
557	557	SEC. 204. PENALTIES AND FINES. 18
558	558	(a) I
559	559	NGENERAL.—An alien without lawful immigra-19
560	560	tion status who, while on covered Federal land, carries out 20
561	561	an activity prohibited under applicable fire and sanitation 21
562	562	regulations shall be subject to criminal penalties and fines 22
563	563	authorized under such regulations. 23
564	564	(b) I
565	565	NCREASEDPENALTIES ANDFINES.—Not later 24
566	566	than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 25
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570	570	the Secretary concerned shall promulgate rules and regu-1
571	571	lations ensuring that the penalties and fines for carrying 2
572	572	out, on covered Federal lands, the prohibited activities re-3
573	573	ferred to in subsection (a) are escalated, such that the 4
574	574	lower of the following increases occurs: 5
575	575	(1) The maximum term of imprisonment and 6
576	576	fines are doubled. 7
577	577	(2) The maximum term of imprisonment and 8
578	578	fines are raised to the greatest extent possible, such 9
579	579	that— 10
580	580	(A) the maximum term of imprisonment 11
581	581	does not exceed 1 year; and 12
582	582	(B) the fine does not exceed $250,000. 13
583	583	(c) E
584	584	NFORCEMENT.—The Secretary concerned shall 14
585	585	enforce existing regulations regarding criminal penalties 15
586	586	and fines authorized under such regulations, specifically 16
587	587	regarding applicable fire and sanitation regulations on 17
588	588	covered Federal land. 18
589	589	(d) R
590	590	EPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 19
591	591	of the enactment of this Act, and for each fiscal year 20
592	592	thereafter, the Secretary concerned shall submit to the ap-21
593	593	propriate congressional committees a report detailing the 22
594	594	total amount collected in fines under subsection (a). 23
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598	598	Subtitle B—Targeting and Offset-1
599	599	ting Existing Illegal Contami-2
600	600	nants 3
601	601	SEC. 211. TRESPASS CANNABIS CULTIVATION SITE RE-4
602	602	SPONSE INITIATIVES. 5
603	603	(a) D
604	604	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
605	605	(1) C
606	606	OVERED RESPONSE ACTION .—The term 7
607	607	‘‘covered response action’’ means any activity to re-8
608	608	move or remediate a release or threat of release to 9
609	609	the environment, resulting from the cultivation of 10
610	610	cannabis by a trespasser, of hazardous substances, 11
611	611	pollutants, contaminants, improper pesticides, or 12
612	612	refuse, including detection, identification, assess-13
613	613	ment, monitoring, and cleanup activities. 14
614	614	(2) I
615	615	MPROPER PESTICIDE .—The term ‘‘im-15
616	616	proper pesticide’’ means a pesticide that is— 16
617	617	(A) at the time of application, cancelled by 17
618	618	the Environmental Protection Agency under the 18
619	619	Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 19
620	620	Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.); 20
621	621	(B) improperly applied; or 21
622	622	(C) intentionally misused. 22
623	623	(3) I
624	624	MPROPERLY APPLY .—The term ‘‘improp-23
625	625	erly apply’’ means to use any registered pesticide in 24
626	626	a manner— 25
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630	630	(A) inconsistent with its labeling (as that 1
631	631	term is defined in section 2 of the Federal In-2
632	632	secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 3
633	633	U.S.C. 136)); or 4
634	634	(B) that poses a risk to environmental or 5
635	635	human health. 6
636	636	(4) I
637	637	NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 7
638	638	has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 8
639	639	section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental 9
640	640	Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 10
641	641	(42 U.S.C. 9601). 11
642	642	(5) I
643	643	NTENTIONALLY MISUSED .—The term ‘‘in-12
644	644	tentionally misused’’ means, with respect to a pes-13
645	645	ticide, the storage or application of a pesticide on a 14
646	646	cultivation site on Federal land which poses an indi-15
647	647	rect or direct risk to wildlife, fish, or pollinators. 16
648	648	(6) N
649	649	ONPROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZA -17
650	650	TION.—The term ‘‘nonprofit conservation organiza-18
651	651	tion’’ means an organization— 19
652	652	(A) that is described in section 501(c)(3) 20
653	653	of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-21
654	654	empt from taxation under section 501(a) of 22
655	655	such Code; and 23
656	656	(B) the primary purpose of which is con-24
657	657	servation of natural resources. 25
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661	661	(7) OWNER OF ADJACENT PROPERTY .—The 1
662	662	term ‘‘owner of adjacent property’’ means the owner 2
663	663	of property that is adjacent to land— 3
664	664	(A) that is under the jurisdiction of a Sec-4
665	665	retary concerned; and 5
666	666	(B) on which a covered response action is 6
667	667	carried out under this section. 7
668	668	(8) T
669	669	RESPASS CANNABIS CULTIVATION SITE RE -8
670	670	SPONSE INITIATIVE; INITIATIVE.—The terms ‘‘Tres-9
671	671	pass Cannabis Cultivation Site Response Initiative’’ 10
672	672	and ‘‘initiative’’ mean an initiative carried out under 11
673	673	subsection (b). 12
674	674	(b) T
675	675	RESPASSCANNABISCULTIVATIONSITERE-13
676	676	SPONSEINITIATIVES.— 14
677	677	(1) I
678	678	N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 15
679	679	and the Secretary of the Interior shall each carry 16
680	680	out an initiative of environmental response to con-17
681	681	tamination resulting from the cultivation of cannabis 18
682	682	by trespassers on land under the jurisdiction of the 19
683	683	applicable Secretary, each of which shall be known 20
684	684	as a Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Response 21
685	685	Initiative. 22
686	686	(2) A
687	687	DMINISTRATIVE OFFICE WITHIN THE DE -23
688	688	PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DEPART -24
689	689	MENT OF THE INTERIOR .—The Secretary of Agri-25
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693	693	culture and the Secretary of the Interior shall iden-1
694	694	tify a branch within the Forest Service and the De-2
695	695	partment of the Interior, respectively, which shall 3
696	696	have the experience, expertise, and responsibility for 4
697	697	carrying out the applicable initiative successfully. 5
698	698	(c) I
699	699	NITIATIVEGOALS.—The goals of each initiative 6
700	700	shall include the detection, identification, assessment, in-7
701	701	vestigation, monitoring, and development of solutions to, 8
702	702	and response to, contamination resulting from the cultiva-9
703	703	tion of cannabis by trespassers on land under the jurisdic-10
704	704	tion of the Secretary concerned. 11
705	705	(d) R
706	706	ESPONSIBILITY FOR COVEREDRESPONSEAC-12
707	707	TIONS.— 13
708	708	(1) B
709	709	ASIC RESPONSIBILITY.—Except with re-14
710	710	spect to a covered response action that is required 15
711	711	to be taken by a potentially responsible party pursu-16
712	712	ant to an agreement under section 122 of the Com-17
713	713	prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 18
714	714	and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9622), the 19
715	715	Secretary concerned shall carry out all necessary 20
716	716	covered response actions on land under the jurisdic-21
717	717	tion of the Secretary concerned. 22
718	718	(2) S
719	719	TATE FEES AND CHARGES .—Fees and 23
720	720	charges imposed by a State on the disposal of haz-24
721	721	ardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, im-25
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725	725	proper pesticides, or refuse resulting from the cul-1
726	726	tivation of cannabis shall apply to covered response 2
727	727	actions carried out under this section. 3
728	728	(e) S
729	729	ERVICES OFOTHERENTITIES.— 4
730	730	(1) I
731	731	N GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 5
732	732	may enter into agreements on a reimbursable or 6
733	733	other basis with any other Federal agency, any State 7
734	734	or local government agency, any Indian Tribe, any 8
735	735	owner of adjacent property, or any nonprofit con-9
736	736	servation organization to obtain the services of the 10
737	737	agency, Indian Tribe, owner, or organization to as-11
738	738	sist the Secretary concerned in carrying out the ap-12
739	739	plicable initiative, including carrying out covered re-13
740	740	sponse actions under this section. 14
741	741	(2) D
742	742	ATA AND SAFETY .—Agreements under 15
743	743	paragraph (1) may require approval and adherence 16
744	744	to safety, data collection, monitoring, assessment, 17
745	745	and reporting parameters set forth by the Secretary 18
746	746	concerned. 19
747	747	(3) C
748	748	ROSS-FISCAL YEAR AGREEMENTS .—An 20
749	749	agreement under paragraph (1) may be for a period 21
750	750	that begins in one fiscal year and ends in another 22
751	751	fiscal year so long as the period of the agreement 23
752	752	does not exceed three fiscal years. 24
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756	756	(4) LIMITATION ON REIMBURSABLE AGREE -1
757	757	MENTS.—An agreement under paragraph (1) may 2
758	758	not— 3
759	759	(A) provide for reimbursement for regu-4
760	760	latory enforcement activities; or 5
761	761	(B) with respect to a site— 6
762	762	(i) change the cleanup standards se-7
763	763	lected for the site pursuant to law; or 8
764	764	(ii) establish a cleanup level incon-9
765	765	sistent with the future intended land use 10
766	766	as determined by the Secretary concerned. 11
767	767	(5) S
768	768	URETY.— 12
769	769	(A) S
770	770	URETY-CONTRACTOR RELATION -13
771	771	SHIP.—Any surety which provides a bid, per-14
772	772	formance, or payment bond in connection with 15
773	773	any direct Federal procurement for a contract 16
774	774	under this section to carry out a covered re-17
775	775	sponse action and begins activities to meet its 18
776	776	obligations under such bond, shall, in connec-19
777	777	tion with such activities or obligations, be enti-20
778	778	tled to any indemnification and the same stand-21
779	779	ard of liability to which its principal was enti-22
780	780	tled under the contract or under any applicable 23
781	781	law or regulation. 24
782	782	(B) S
783	783	URETY BONDS.— 25
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787	787	(i) APPLICABILITY OF SECTIONS 3131 1
788	788	AND 3133 OF TITLE 40.—If under sections 2
789	789	3131 and 3133 of title 40, United States 3
790	790	Code, surety bonds are required for any di-4
791	791	rect Federal procurement of any contract 5
792	792	under this section to carry out a covered 6
793	793	response action and are not waived pursu-7
794	794	ant to section 3134 of title 40, the surety 8
795	795	bonds shall be issued in accordance with 9
796	796	such sections 3131 and 3133. 10
797	797	(ii) L
798	798	IMITATION OF ACCRUAL OF 11
799	799	RIGHTS OF ACTION UNDER BONDS .—If, 12
800	800	under applicable Federal law, surety bonds 13
801	801	are required for any direct Federal pro-14
802	802	curement of any contract under this sec-15
803	803	tion to carry out a covered response action, 16
804	804	no right of action shall accrue on the per-17
805	805	formance bond issued on such contract to 18
806	806	or for the use of any person other than an 19
807	807	obligee named in the bond. 20
808	808	(iii) L
809	809	IABILITY OF SURETIES UNDER 21
810	810	BONDS.—If, under applicable Federal law, 22
811	811	surety bonds are required for any direct 23
812	812	Federal procurement of any contract under 24
813	813	this section to carry out a covered response 25
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817	817	action, unless otherwise provided for by the 1
818	818	Secretary concerned in the bond, in the 2
819	819	event of a default, the surety’s liability on 3
820	820	a performance bond shall be only for the 4
821	821	cost of completion of the contract work in 5
822	822	accordance with the plans and specifica-6
823	823	tions of the contract less the balance of 7
824	824	funds remaining to be paid under the con-8
825	825	tract, up to the penal sum of the bond. 9
826	826	The surety shall in no event be liable on 10
827	827	bonds to indemnify or compensate the obli-11
828	828	gee for loss or liability arising from per-12
829	829	sonal injury or property damage whether 13
830	830	or not caused by a breach of the bonded 14
831	831	contract. 15
832	832	(iv) N
833	833	ONPREEMPTION.—Nothing in 16
834	834	this paragraph shall be construed as— 17
835	835	(I) preempting, limiting, super-18
836	836	seding, affecting, applying to, or 19
837	837	modifying any State laws, regulations, 20
838	838	requirements, rules, practices, or pro-21
839	839	cedures; or 22
840	840	(II) affecting, applying to, modi-23
841	841	fying, limiting, superseding, or pre-24
842	842	empting any rights, authorities, liabil-25
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846	846	ities, demands, actions, causes of ac-1
847	847	tion, losses, judgments, claims, stat-2
848	848	utes of limitation, or obligations under 3
849	849	Federal or State law, which do not 4
850	850	arise on or under the bond. 5
851	851	(C) A
852	852	PPLICABILITY.— 6
853	853	(i) B
854	854	ONDS EXECUTED BEFORE DE -7
855	855	CEMBER 5, 1991.—Subparagraphs (A) and 8
856	856	(B) shall not apply to bonds executed be-9
857	857	fore December 5, 1991. 10
858	858	(ii) O
859	859	THER BONDS.—Subparagraphs 11
860	860	(A) and (B) shall not apply to bonds re-12
861	861	quired with respect to response action con-13
862	862	tracts under section 119 of the Com-14
863	863	prehensive Environmental Response, Com-15
864	864	pensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 16
865	865	U.S.C. 9619). 17
866	866	(f) E
867	867	STABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS.— 18
868	868	(1) T
869	869	RESPASS CANNABIS CULTIVATION SITE RE -19
870	870	SPONSE ACCOUNT, AGRICULTURE.— 20
871	871	(A) E
872	872	STABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-21
873	873	tablished in the Treasury of the United States 22
874	874	an account to be known as the ‘‘Trespass Can-23
875	875	nabis Cultivation Site Response Account, Agri-24
876	876	culture’’ which shall consist of, with respect to 25
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880	880	land under the jurisdiction of the Forest Serv-1
881	881	ice— 2
882	882	(i) amounts appropriated in advance 3
883	883	with respect to such land under subsection 4
884	884	(i); 5
885	885	(ii) amounts recovered from a tres-6
886	886	passer for the costs of covered response ac-7
887	887	tions on such land related to the cultiva-8
888	888	tion of cannabis on such land by the tres-9
889	889	passer; and 10
890	890	(iii) any other amounts recovered 11
891	891	from a contractor, insurer, surety, or other 12
892	892	person to reimburse the Department of 13
893	893	Agriculture for the costs of covered re-14
894	894	sponse actions on such land related to the 15
895	895	cultivation of cannabis on such land by a 16
896	896	trespasser. 17
897	897	(B) O
898	898	BLIGATION OF AUTHORIZED 18
899	899	AMOUNTS.—Funds authorized for deposit in an 19
900	900	account under subparagraph (A)— 20
901	901	(i) may be obligated or expended from 21
902	902	the account only to carry out the applica-22
903	903	ble initiative, including to carry out cov-23
904	904	ered response actions; and 24
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908	908	(ii) shall remain available until ex-1
909	909	pended. 2
910	910	(C) P
911	911	AYMENTS OF FINES AND PEN -3
912	912	ALTIES.—None of the funds appropriated to the 4
913	913	Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Response 5
914	914	Account, Agriculture may be used for the pay-6
915	915	ment of a fine or penalty (including any supple-7
916	916	mental environmental project carried out as 8
917	917	part of such penalty) imposed against the De-9
918	918	partment of Agriculture unless the act or omis-10
919	919	sion for which the fine or penalty is imposed 11
920	920	arises out of an activity funded by the Trespass 12
921	921	Cannabis Cultivation Site Response Account, 13
922	922	Agriculture and the payment of the fine or pen-14
923	923	alty has been specifically authorized by law. 15
924	924	(2) T
925	925	RESPASS CANNABIS CULTIVATION SITE RE -16
926	926	SPONSE ACCOUNT, INTERIOR.— 17
927	927	(A) E
928	928	STABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-18
929	929	tablished in the Treasury of the United States 19
930	930	an account to be known as the ‘‘Trespass Can-20
931	931	nabis Cultivation Site Response Account, Inte-21
932	932	rior’’ which shall consist of, with respect to land 22
933	933	under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 23
934	934	Interior— 24
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938	938	(i) amounts appropriated in advance 1
939	939	with respect to such land under subsection 2
940	940	(i); 3
941	941	(ii) amounts recovered from a tres-4
942	942	passer for the costs of covered response ac-5
943	943	tions on such land related to the cultiva-6
944	944	tion of cannabis on such land by the tres-7
945	945	passer; and 8
946	946	(iii) any other amounts recovered 9
947	947	from a contractor, insurer, surety, or other 10
948	948	person to reimburse the Department of the 11
949	949	Interior for the costs of covered response 12
950	950	actions on such land related to the cultiva-13
951	951	tion of cannabis on such land by a tres-14
952	952	passer. 15
953	953	(B) O
954	954	BLIGATION OF AUTHORIZED 16
955	955	AMOUNTS.—Funds authorized for deposit in an 17
956	956	account under subparagraph (A)— 18
957	957	(i) may be obligated or expended from 19
958	958	the account only to carry out the applica-20
959	959	ble initiative, including to carry out cov-21
960	960	ered response actions; and 22
961	961	(ii) shall remain available until ex-23
962	962	pended. 24
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966	966	(C) PAYMENTS OF FINES AND PEN -1
967	967	ALTIES.—None of the funds appropriated to the 2
968	968	Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Response 3
969	969	Account, Interior may be used for the payment 4
970	970	of a fine or penalty (including any supplemental 5
971	971	environmental project carried out as part of 6
972	972	such penalty) imposed against the Department 7
973	973	of the Interior unless the act or omission for 8
974	974	which the fine or penalty is imposed arises out 9
975	975	of an activity funded by the Trespass Cannabis 10
976	976	Cultivation Site Response Account, Interior and 11
977	977	the payment of the fine or penalty has been 12
978	978	specifically authorized by law. 13
979	979	(g) B
980	980	UDGETREPORTS.—In proposing the budget for 14
981	981	any fiscal year pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United 15
982	982	States Code, the President shall set forth separately the 16
983	983	amounts requested for each initiative. 17
984	984	(h) R
985	985	ELATIONSHIP TO CERCLA.—Nothing in this 18
986	986	section affects— 19
987	987	(1) the application of the Comprehensive Envi-20
988	988	ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 21
989	989	Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) to any activity 22
990	990	that is a covered response action; or 23
991	991	(2) any obligation or responsibility of any per-24
992	992	son or entity under such Act. 25
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996	996	(i) AUTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 1
997	997	out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 2
998	998	$16,037,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2032. 3
999	999	SEC. 212. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL PESTICIDE 4
1000	1000	APPLICATION. 5
1001	1001	Section 14(b)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fun-6
1002	1002	gicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136l(b)(2)) is 7
1003	1003	amended to read as follows: 8
1004	1004	‘‘(2) P
1005	1005	RIVATE APPLICATOR.— 9
1006	1006	‘‘(A) I
1007	1007	N GENERAL.—Any private applicator 10
1008	1008	or other person not included in paragraph (1) 11
1009	1009	who knowingly violates any provision of this Act 12
1010	1010	shall be fined not more than $1,000, or impris-13
1011	1011	oned for not more than 30 days, or both. 14
1012	1012	‘‘(B) D
1013	1013	URING THE COMMISSION OF A FED -15
1014	1014	ERAL OFFENSE .—Any private applicator or 16
1015	1015	other person not included in paragraph (1) who 17
1016	1016	knowingly violates any provision of this Act 18
1017	1017	during the commission of a Federal offense 19
1018	1018	under section 1361 of title 18, United States 20
1019	1019	Code, shall, in addition to the punishment pro-21
1020	1020	vided under such section, be imprisoned for not 22
1021	1021	more than 10 years.’’. 23
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1025	1025	SEC. 213. PROTECTION OF NATIONAL FORESTS; RULES AND 1
1026	1026	REGULATIONS. 2
1027	1027	The Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 551; 30 Stat. 3
1028	1028	35), is amended by inserting ‘‘Any violation of the provi-4
1029	1029	sions of this section, the sections referenced in the pre-5
1030	1030	ceding sentence, or such rules and regulations, which in-6
1031	1031	volves the illegal cultivation of cannabis on public lands 7
1032	1032	using pesticides which are not in compliance with the Fed-8
1033	1033	eral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 9
1034	1034	136 et seq.) shall be punished by a fine of not more than 10
1035	1035	$250,000 or imprisonment for not more than 20 years, 11
1036	1036	or both.’’ before ‘‘Any person charged’’. 12
1037	1037	SEC. 214. PROTECTION OF FEDERAL LAND; RULES AND 13
1038	1038	REGULATIONS. 14
1039	1039	(a) I
1040	1040	NGENERAL.—Any person who violates the Fed-15
1041	1041	eral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 16
1042	1042	136, et seq.) in connection with the illegal cultivation of 17
1043	1043	cannabis on Federal land shall be subject to a fine of not 18
1044	1044	more than $250,000 or imprisonment for not more than 19
1045	1045	20 years, or both. 20
1046	1046	(b) C
1047	1047	LARIFICATION.—Penalties under subsection (a) 21
1048	1048	shall be in addition to applicable penalties under any other 22
1049	1049	Federal or State law. 23
1050	1050	(c) F
1051	1051	EDERALLANDDEFINED.—In this section, the 24
1052	1052	term ‘‘Federal land’’ means any Federal land or an inter-25
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1056	1056	est in land administered by the Secretary of the Interior 1
1057	1057	acting through— 2
1058	1058	(1) the Bureau of Indian Affairs (except land 3
1059	1059	held in trust by the Secretary for the benefit of an 4
1060	1060	Indian Tribe); 5
1061	1061	(2) the Bureau of Land Management; 6
1062	1062	(3) the National Park Service; or 7
1063	1063	(4) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 8
1064	1064	Subtitle C—Ending Major Border 9
1065	1065	Land Environmental Ruin From 10
1066	1066	Wildfires 11
1067	1067	SEC. 221. SOUTHERN BORDER FUELS MANAGEMENT INITIA-12
1068	1068	TIVE. 13
1069	1069	(a) E
1070	1070	STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 14
1071	1071	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 15
1072	1072	the Interior shall establish a program to be known as the 16
1073	1073	‘‘Southern Border Fuels Management Initiative’’ (in this 17
1074	1074	section referred to as the ‘‘Initiative’’). 18
1075	1075	(b) P
1076	1076	URPOSE.— The purpose of the Initiative is to 19
1077	1077	carry out vegetation management activities along the 20
1078	1078	southern border in order to— 21
1079	1079	(1) reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire 22
1080	1080	along the southern border and improve landscape re-23
1081	1081	silience; 24
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1085	1085	(2) improve operational control of the southern 1
1086	1086	border; and 2
1087	1087	(3) improve visibility and sight lines along the 3
1088	1088	southern border to increase safety for law enforce-4
1089	1089	ment. 5
1090	1090	(c) A
1091	1091	CTIVITIES.—In carrying out the Initiative, the 6
1092	1092	Secretary shall— 7
1093	1093	(1) reduce hazardous fuels along the southern 8
1094	1094	border; 9
1095	1095	(2) address invasive or non-native species along 10
1096	1096	the southern border that contribute to wildfire risk 11
1097	1097	or decrease operation efficiency of border patrol op-12
1098	1098	erations; 13
1099	1099	(3) install fuel breaks along the southern bor-14
1100	1100	der; 15
1101	1101	(4) set targets for acres to treat under the pro-16
1102	1102	gram for each fiscal year; and 17
1103	1103	(5) prioritize fuels management on covered 18
1104	1104	Federal lands on which navigable roads are con-19
1105	1105	structed under section 101. 20
1106	1106	(d) C
1107	1107	OORDINATION.—In carrying out the Initiative, 21
1108	1108	the Secretary shall coordinate and may enter into memo-22
1109	1109	randums of understanding with the Forest Service, U.S. 23
1110	1110	Border Patrol, and State, local, or Tribal law enforcement 24
1111	1111	agencies. 25
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1115	1115	(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1
1116	1116	authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Inte-2
1117	1117	rior to carry out this section $3,660,000 for each of fiscal 3
1118	1118	years 2026 through 2032. 4
1119	1119	(f) T
1120	1120	ERMINATION.—The Initiative shall terminate 7 5
1121	1121	years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 6
1122	1122	SEC. 222. MITIGATING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 7
1123	1123	AND WILDLAND FIRES CAUSED BY ILLEGAL 8
1124	1124	IMMIGRATION. 9
1125	1125	(a) I
1126	1126	NGENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 10
1127	1127	date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned, 11
1128	1128	in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 12
1129	1129	shall establish and implement policies and protocols to 13
1130	1130	mitigate, avoid, or prevent— 14
1131	1131	(1) wildland fires ignited by aliens without law-15
1132	1132	ful immigration status; and 16
1133	1133	(2) environmental degradation on covered Fed-17
1134	1134	eral lands caused by aliens without lawful immigra-18
1135	1135	tion status crossing the southern border. 19
1136	1136	(b) P
1137	1137	ROTOCOLS.—In developing the protocols under 20
1138	1138	subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall consider poli-21
1139	1139	cies to— 22
1140	1140	(1) reduce trash accumulation along the south-23
1141	1141	ern border, particularly in ecologically sensitive 24
1142	1142	areas; 25
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1146	1146	(2) prevent the ignition of wildland fires by 1
1147	1147	aliens without lawful immigration status, particu-2
1148	1148	larly in where there is a risk of— 3
1149	1149	(A) loss of life or property; 4
1150	1150	(B) damage to critical wildlife habitat; 5
1151	1151	(C) damage to public infrastructure; and 6
1152	1152	(D) degradation of watersheds or public 7
1153	1153	water sources; 8
1154	1154	(3) address the destruction of sensitive natural 9
1155	1155	and archeological resources; and 10
1156	1156	(4) address the destruction of wildlife habitat. 11
1157	1157	(c) R
1158	1158	EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 12
1159	1159	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 13
1160	1160	concerned shall submit to the appropriate congressional 14
1161	1161	committees a report that includes— 15
1162	1162	(1) a description of the policies and protocols 16
1163	1163	established under subsection (a); 17
1164	1164	(2) a catalog of all reported incidents of envi-18
1165	1165	ronmental degradation and wildland fires ignited by 19
1166	1166	aliens without lawful immigration status, includ-20
1167	1167	ing— 21
1168	1168	(A) the number of acres burned and total 22
1169	1169	number of fires ignited; 23
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1173	1173	(B) a description of each incident of envi-1
1174	1174	ronmental degradation and the total number of 2
1175	1175	such incidents; 3
1176	1176	(C) the estimated cost of cleaning up or re-4
1177	1177	mediating such environmental degradation; 5
1178	1178	(D) the number of such aliens connected to 6
1179	1179	each fire and whether or not they were appre-7
1180	1180	hended; and 8
1181	1181	(E) the area in which incidents of environ-9
1182	1182	mental degradation occurred, including areas 10
1183	1183	congressionally designated for the protection of 11
1184	1184	natural resources; and 12
1185	1185	(3) additional resources or authorities necessary 13
1186	1186	to mitigate, avoid, or prevent wildland fires and en-14
1187	1187	vironmental degradation caused by aliens without 15
1188	1188	lawful immigration status crossing the southern bor-16
1189	1189	der. 17
1190	1190	(d) U
1191	1191	PDATEDREPORT.— 18
1192	1192	(1) I
1193	1193	N GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 19
1194	1194	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-20
1195	1195	troller General of the United States shall update its 21
1196	1196	November 2011 report entitled ‘‘Federal Agencies 22
1197	1197	Could Better Utilize Law Enforcement Resources in 23
1198	1198	Support of Wildland Fire Management Activities’’. 24
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1202	1202	(2) ADDITIONAL STATES CONSIDERED .—In up-1
1203	1203	dating the report under paragraph (1), the Comp-2
1204	1204	troller General shall include information on each 3
1205	1205	Border State. 4
1206	1206	TITLE III—PROTECTING OUR 5
1207	1207	COMMUNITIES FROM FAIL-6
1208	1208	URE TO SECURE THE BORDER 7
1209	1209	SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 8
1210	1210	In this title: 9
1211	1211	(1) F
1212	1212	EDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES .— 10
1213	1213	The term ‘‘Federal land management agencies’’ 11
1214	1214	means— 12
1215	1215	(A) the National Park Service; 13
1216	1216	(B) the Bureau of Land Management; 14
1217	1217	(C) the United States Fish and Wildlife 15
1218	1218	Service; and 16
1219	1219	(D) the Forest Service. 17
1220	1220	(2) H
1221	1221	OUSING.—The term ‘‘housing’’ means a 18
1222	1222	temporary or permanent encampment used for the 19
1223	1223	primary purpose of sheltering specified aliens. 20
1224	1224	(3) S
1225	1225	PECIFIED ALIEN.—The term ‘‘specified 21
1226	1226	alien’’ means an alien who has not been admitted, 22
1227	1227	as such terms are defined in section 101(a) of the 23
1228	1228	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 24
1229	1229	1101(a)). 25
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1233	1233	SEC. 302. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING HOUSING TO SPECI-1
1234	1234	FIED ALIENS. 2
1235	1235	(a) I
1236	1236	NGENERAL.—No Federal funds may be used 3
1237	1237	to provide housing to specified aliens on any land under 4
1238	1238	the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land man-5
1239	1239	agement agencies, including through leases, contracts, or 6
1240	1240	agreements. 7
1241	1241	(b) R
1242	1242	EVOCATION OFLEASE.—The lease between the 8
1243	1243	United States of America—United States Department of 9
1244	1244	the Interior—National Park Service and the City of New 10
1245	1245	York for the Premises known as Portions of Floyd Ben-11
1246	1246	nett Field, in the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National 12
1247	1247	Recreation Area (NPS Lease #L–GATE912–2023, Com-13
1248	1248	mencement Date—September 15, 2023) and the amend-14
1249	1249	ment to the lease dated September 13, 2024, are hereby 15
1250	1250	revoked, and a renewal or extension of the lease or a sub-16
1251	1251	sequent lease that is substantially similar and affects any 17
1252	1252	portion or portions of Floyd Bennett Field is— 18
1253	1253	(1) revoked if entered into before the date of 19
1254	1254	the enactment of this Act; and 20
1255	1255	(2) prohibited after the date of the enactment 21
1256	1256	of this Act. 22
1257	1257	SEC. 303. REPORT. 23
1258	1258	The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 24
1259	1259	Agriculture shall jointly submit to the appropriate con-25
1260	1260	gressional committees an annual report that includes— 26
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1264	1264	(1) the number of specified aliens that have 1
1265	1265	been provided housing on any land under the admin-2
1266	1266	istrative jurisdiction of the Federal land manage-3
1267	1267	ment agencies; and 4
1268	1268	(2) information regarding the countries of ori-5
1269	1269	gin of such specified aliens. 6
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