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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3692 

To provide for environmental restoration activities and forest management 

activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 6, 2015 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. FARR, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, and 

Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the 

Committees on Agriculture and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a 

period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide for environmental restoration activities and forest 

management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Lake Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Improved administration of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. 

Sec. 5. Authorized programs. 

Sec. 6. Program performance and accountability. 

Sec. 7. Conforming amendments; updates to related laws. 

Sec. 8. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 9. Land transfers to improve management efficiencies of Federal and 

State land. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

2 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

3 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 2 

4 and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

6 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

7 ‘‘(1) Lake Tahoe— 

8 ‘‘(A) is one of the largest, deepest, and 

9 clearest lakes in the world; 

10 ‘‘(B) has a cobalt blue color, a biologically 

11 diverse alpine setting, and remarkable water 

12 clarity; and 

13 ‘‘(C) is recognized nationally and world14 wide as a natural resource of special signifi15 cance; 

16 ‘‘(2) in addition to being a scenic and ecological 

17 treasure, the Lake Tahoe Basin is one of the out18 standing recreational resources of the United States, 

19 which— 


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1 ‘‘(A) offers skiing, water sports, biking, 

2 camping, and hiking to millions of visitors each 

3 year; and 

4 ‘‘(B) contributes significantly to the econo5 mies of California, Nevada, and the United 

6 States; 

7 ‘‘(3) the economy in the Lake Tahoe Basin is 

8 dependent on the conservation and restoration of the 

9 natural beauty and recreation opportunities in the 

10 area; 

11 ‘‘(4) the ecological health of the Lake Tahoe 

12 Basin continues to be challenged by the impacts of 

13 land use and transportation patterns developed in 

14 the last century; 

15 ‘‘(5) the alteration of wetland, wet meadows, 

16 and stream zone habitat have compromised the ca17 pacity of the watershed to filter sediment, nutrients, 

18 and pollutants before reaching Lake Tahoe; 

19 ‘‘(6) forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin suffer 

20 from over a century of fire damage and periodic 

21 drought, which have resulted in— 

22 ‘‘(A) high tree density and mortality; 

23 ‘‘(B) the loss of biological diversity; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) a large quantity of combustible forest 

2 fuels, which significantly increases the threat of 

3 catastrophic fire and insect infestation; 

4 ‘‘(7) the establishment of several aquatic and 

5 terrestrial invasive species (including perennial 

6 pepperweed, milfoil, and Asian clam) threatens the 

7 ecosystem of the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

8 ‘‘(8) there is an ongoing threat to the economy 

9 and ecosystem of the Lake Tahoe Basin of the intro10 duction and establishment of other invasive species 

11 (such as yellow starthistle, New Zealand mud snail, 

12 Zebra mussel, and quagga mussel); 

13 ‘‘(9) 78 percent of the land in the Lake Tahoe 

14 Basin is administered by the Federal Government, 

15 which makes it a Federal responsibility to restore ec16 ological health to the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

17 ‘‘(10) the Federal Government has a long his18 tory of environmental stewardship at Lake Tahoe, 

19 including— 

20 ‘‘(A) congressional consent to the estab21 lishment of the Planning Agency with— 

22 ‘‘(i) the enactment in 1969 of Public 

23 Law 91–148 (83 Stat. 360); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) the enactment in 1980 of Public 

25 Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3233); 


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1 ‘‘(B) the establishment of the Lake Tahoe 

2 Basin Management Unit in 1973; 

3 ‘‘(C) the enactment of Public Law 96–586 

4 (94 Stat. 3381) in 1980 to provide for the ac5 quisition of environmentally sensitive land and 

6 erosion control grants in the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

7 ‘‘(D) the enactment of sections 341 and 

8 342 of the Department of the Interior and Re9 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (Pub10 lic Law 108–108; 117 Stat. 1317), which 

11 amended the Southern Nevada Public Land 

12 Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105– 

13 263; 112 Stat. 2346) to provide payments for 

14 the environmental restoration programs under 

15 this Act; and 

16 ‘‘(E) the enactment of section 382 of the 

17 Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Pub18 lic Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 3045), which 

19 amended the Southern Nevada Public Land 

20 Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105– 

21 263; 112 Stat. 2346) to authorize development 

22 and implementation of a comprehensive 10-year 

23 hazardous fuels and fire prevention plan for the 

24 Lake Tahoe Basin; 


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1 ‘‘(11) the Assistant Secretary was an original 

2 signatory in 1997 to the Agreement of Federal De3 partments on Protection of the Environment and 

4 Economic Health of the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

5 ‘‘(12) the Chief of Engineers, under direction 

6 from the Assistant Secretary, has continued to be a 

7 significant contributor to Lake Tahoe Basin restora8 tion, including— 

9 ‘‘(A) stream and wetland restoration; and 

10 ‘‘(B) programmatic technical assistance; 

11 ‘‘(13) at the Lake Tahoe Presidential Forum in 

12 1997, the President renewed the commitment of the 

13 Federal Government to Lake Tahoe by— 

14 ‘‘(A) committing to increased Federal re15 sources for ecological restoration at Lake 

16 Tahoe; and 

17 ‘‘(B) establishing the Federal Interagency 

18 Partnership and Federal Advisory Committee to 

19 consult on natural resources issues concerning 

20 the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

21 ‘‘(14) at the 2011 and 2012 Lake Tahoe Fo22 rums, Senator Reid, Senator Feinstein, Senator 

23 Heller, Senator Ensign, Governor Gibbons, Governor 

24 Sandoval, and Governor Brown— 


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1 ‘‘(A) renewed their commitment to Lake 

2 Tahoe; and 

3 ‘‘(B) expressed their desire to fund the 

4 Federal and State shares of the Environmental 

5 Improvement Program through 2022; 

6 ‘‘(15) since 1997, the Federal Government, the 

7 States of California and Nevada, units of local gov8 ernment, and the private sector have contributed 

9 more than $1,740,000,000 to the Lake Tahoe 

10 Basin, including— 

11 ‘‘(A) $576,300,000 from the Federal Gov12 ernment; 

13 ‘‘(B) $654,600,000 from the State of Cali14 fornia; 

15 ‘‘(C) $112,500,000 from the State of Ne16 vada; 

17 ‘‘(D) $74,900,000 from units of local gov18 ernment; and 

19 ‘‘(E) $323,700,000 from private interests; 

20 ‘‘(16) significant additional investment from 

21 Federal, State, local, and private sources is nec22 essary— 

23 ‘‘(A) to restore and sustain the ecological 

24 health of the Lake Tahoe Basin; 


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1 ‘‘(B) to adapt to the impacts of fluctuating 

2 water temperature and precipitation; and 

3 ‘‘(C) to prevent the introduction and estab4 lishment of invasive species in the Lake Tahoe 

5 Basin; and 

6 ‘‘(17) the Secretary has indicated that the Lake 

7 Tahoe Basin Management Unit has the capacity for 

8 at least $10,000,000 annually for the Fire Risk Re9 duction and Forest Management Program. 

10 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

11 ‘‘(1) to enable the Chief of the Forest Service, 

12 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

13 Service, and the Administrator, in cooperation with 

14 the Planning Agency and the States of California 

15 and Nevada, to fund, plan, and implement signifi16 cant new environmental restoration activities and 

17 forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe 

18 Basin; 

19 ‘‘(2) to ensure that Federal, State, local, re20 gional, tribal, and private entities continue to work 

21 together to manage land in the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

22 ‘‘(3) to support local governments in efforts re23 lated to environmental restoration, stormwater pollu24 tion control, fire risk reduction, and forest manage25 ment activities; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) to ensure that agency and science commu2 nity representatives in the Lake Tahoe Basin work 

3 together— 

4 ‘‘(A) to develop and implement a plan for 

5 integrated monitoring, assessment, and applied 

6 research to evaluate the effectiveness of the En7 vironmental Improvement Program; and 

8 ‘‘(B) to provide objective information as a 

9 basis for ongoing decisionmaking, with an em10 phasis on decisionmaking relating to resource 

11 management in the Lake Tahoe Basin.’’. 

12 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

13 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

14 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 3 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

17 ‘‘In this Act: 

18 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis19 trator’ means the Administrator of the Environ20 mental Protection Agency. 

21 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘As22 sistant Secretary’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

23 the Army for Civil Works. 

24 ‘‘(3) CHAIR.—The term ‘Chair’ means the 

25 Chair of the Federal Partnership. 


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1 ‘‘(4) COMPACT.—The term ‘Compact’ means 

2 the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact included in 

3 the first section of Public Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 

4 3233). 

5 ‘‘(5) DIRECTORS.—The term ‘Directors’ 

6 means— 

7 ‘‘(A) the Director of the United States 

8 Fish and Wildlife Service; and 

9 ‘‘(B) the Director of the United States Ge10 ological Survey. 

11 ‘‘(6) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PRO12 GRAM.—The term ‘Environmental Improvement Pro13 gram’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) the Environmental Improvement Pro15 gram adopted by the Planning Agency; and 

16 ‘‘(B) any amendments to the Program. 

17 ‘‘(7) ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD CARRYING

18 CAPACITY.—The term ‘environmental threshold car19 rying capacity’ has the meaning given the term in 

20 Article II of the Compact. 

21 ‘‘(8) FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘Fed22 eral Partnership’ means the Lake Tahoe Federal 

23 Interagency Partnership established by Executive 

24 Order 13057 (62 Fed. Reg. 41249) (or a successor 

25 Executive order). 


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1 ‘‘(9) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY.—The 

2 term ‘forest management activity’ includes— 

3 ‘‘(A) prescribed burning for ecosystem 

4 health and hazardous fuels reduction; 

5 ‘‘(B) mechanical and minimum tool treat6 ment; 

7 ‘‘(C) stream environment zone restoration 

8 and other watershed and wildlife habitat en9 hancements; 

10 ‘‘(D) nonnative invasive species manage11 ment; and 

12 ‘‘(E) other activities consistent with Forest 

13 Service practices, as the Secretary determines 

14 to be appropriate. 

15 ‘‘(10) MAPS.—The term ‘Maps’ means the 

16 maps— 

17 ‘‘(A) entitled— 

18 ‘‘(i) ‘LTRA USFS-CA Land Ex19 change/North Shore’; 

20 ‘‘(ii) ‘USFS-CA Land Exchange/West 

21 Shore’; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) ‘USFS-CA Land Exchange/ 

23 South Shore’; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) dated April 12, 2013, and on file and 

2 available for public inspection in the appro3 priate offices of— 

4 ‘‘(i) the Forest Service; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the California Tahoe Conser6 vancy; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) the California Department of 

8 Parks and Recreation. 

9 ‘‘(11) NATIONAL WILDLAND FIRE CODE.—The 

10 term ‘national wildland fire code’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) the most recent publication of the 

12 National Fire Protection Association codes 

13 numbered 1141, 1142, 1143, and 1144; 

14 ‘‘(B) the most recent publication of the 

15 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code of 

16 the International Code Council; or 

17 ‘‘(C) any other code that the Secretary de18 termines provides the same, or better, stand19 ards for protection against wildland fire as a 

20 code described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

21 ‘‘(12) PLANNING AGENCY.—The term ‘Planning 

22 Agency’ means the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 

23 established under Public Law 91–148 (83 Stat. 360) 

24 and Public Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3233). 


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1 ‘‘(13) PRIORITY LIST.—The term ‘Priority List’ 

2 means the environmental restoration priority list de3 veloped under section 5(b). 

4 ‘‘(14) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

5 means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 

6 the Chief of the Forest Service. 

7 ‘‘(15) STREAM ENVIRONMENT ZONE.—The 

8 term ‘Stream Environment Zone’ means an area 

9 that generally owes the biological and physical char10 acteristics of the area to the presence of surface 

11 water or groundwater. 

12 ‘‘(16) TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD.—The 

13 term ‘total maximum daily load’ means the total 

14 maximum daily load allocations adopted under sec15 tion 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

16 Act (33 U.S.C. 1313(d)). 

17 ‘‘(17) WATERCRAFT.—The term ‘watercraft’ 

18 means motorized and non-motorized watercraft, in19 cluding boats, seaplanes, personal watercraft, 

20 kayaks, and canoes.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAKE TAHOE 

22 BASIN MANAGEMENT UNIT. 

23 Section 4 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public 

24 Law 106–506; 114 Stat. 2353) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘basin’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘Basin’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(c) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

5 ‘‘(1) COORDINATION.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In conducting forest 

7 management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin 

8 Management Unit, the Secretary shall, as ap9 propriate, coordinate with the Administrator 

10 and State and local agencies and organizations, 

11 including local fire departments and volunteer 

12 groups. 

13 ‘‘(B) GOALS.—The coordination of activi14 ties under subparagraph (A) should aim to in15 crease efficiencies and maximize the compat16 ibility of management practices across public 

17 property boundaries. 

18 ‘‘(2) MULTIPLE BENEFITS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In conducting forest 

20 management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin 

21 Management Unit, the Secretary shall conduct 

22 the activities in a manner that— 

23 ‘‘(i) except as provided in subpara24 graph (B), attains multiple ecosystem ben25 efits, including— 


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1 ‘‘(I) reducing forest fuels; 

2 ‘‘(II) maintaining biological di3 versity; 

4 ‘‘(III) improving wetland and 

5 water quality, including in Stream 

6 Environment Zones; and 

7 ‘‘(IV) increasing resilience to 

8 changing water temperature and pre9 cipitation; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) helps achieve and maintain the 

11 environmental threshold carrying capacities 

12 established by the Planning Agency. 

13 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub14 paragraph (A)(i), the attainment of multiple 

15 ecosystem benefits shall not be required if the 

16 Secretary determines that management for mul17 tiple ecosystem benefits would excessively in18 crease the cost of a program in relation to the 

19 additional ecosystem benefits gained from the 

20 management activity. 

21 ‘‘(3) GROUND DISTURBANCE.—Consistent with 

22 applicable Federal law and Lake Tahoe Basin Man23 agement Unit land and resource management plan 

24 direction, the Secretary shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) establish post-program ground condi2 tion criteria for ground disturbance caused by 

3 forest management activities; and 

4 ‘‘(B) provide for monitoring to ascertain 

5 the attainment of the post-program conditions. 

6 ‘‘(d) WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to valid existing 

8 rights and paragraph (2), the Federal land located 

9 in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is with10 drawn from— 

11 ‘‘(A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 

12 disposal under the public land laws; 

13 ‘‘(B) location, entry, and patent under the 

14 mining laws; and 

15 ‘‘(C) disposition under all laws relating to 

16 mineral and geothermal leasing. 

17 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—A conveyance of land shall 

18 be exempt from withdrawal under this subsection if 

19 carried out under— 

20 ‘‘(A) this Act; or 

21 ‘‘(B) Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3381) 

22 (commonly known as the ‘Santini-Burton Act’). 

23 ‘‘(e) ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD CARRYING CA24 PACITY.—The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit shall 


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1 support the attainment of the environmental threshold 

2 carrying capacities. 

3 ‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AUTHORITIES.—During the 4 fis4 cal years following the date of enactment of the Lake 

5 Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015, the Secretary, in conjunc6 tion with land adjustment programs, may enter into con7 tracts and cooperative agreements with States, units of 

8 local government, and other public and private entities to 

9 provide for fuel reduction, erosion control, reforestation, 

10 Stream Environment Zone restoration, and similar man11 agement activities on Federal land and non-Federal land 

12 within the programs.’’. 

13 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS. 

14 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

15 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 5 

16 and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Assistant 

19 Secretary, the Directors, and the Administrator, in coordi20 nation with the Planning Agency and the States of Cali21 fornia and Nevada, may carry out or provide financial as22 sistance to any program that— 

23 ‘‘(1) is described in subsection (d); 

24 ‘‘(2) is included in the Priority List under sub25 section (b); and 


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1 ‘‘(3) furthers the purposes of the Environ2 mental Improvement Program if the program has 

3 been subject to environmental review and approval, 

4 respectively, as required under Federal law, Article 

5 VII of the Compact, and State law, as applicable. 

6 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY LIST.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than March 15 of 

8 the year after the date of enactment of the Lake 

9 Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015, the Chair, in con10 sultation with the Secretary, the Administrator, the 

11 Directors, the Planning Agency, the States of Cali12 fornia and Nevada, the Federal Partnership, the 

13 Washoe Tribe, the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory 

14 Committee, and the Tahoe Science Consortium (or a 

15 successor organization) shall submit to Congress a 

16 prioritized Environmental Improvement Program list 

17 for the Lake Tahoe Basin for each program category 

18 described in subsection (d). 

19 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The ranking of the Priority 

20 List shall be based on the best available science and 

21 the following criteria: 

22 ‘‘(A) The 4-year threshold carrying capac23 ity evaluation. 

24 ‘‘(B) The ability to measure progress or 

25 success of the program. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The potential to significantly con2 tribute to the achievement and maintenance of 

3 the environmental threshold carrying capacities 

4 identified in Article II of the Compact. 

5 ‘‘(D) The ability of a program to provide 

6 multiple benefits. 

7 ‘‘(E) The ability of a program to leverage 

8 non-Federal contributions. 

9 ‘‘(F) Stakeholder support for the program. 

10 ‘‘(G) The justification of Federal interest. 

11 ‘‘(H) Agency priority. 

12 ‘‘(I) Agency capacity. 

13 ‘‘(J) Cost-effectiveness. 

14 ‘‘(K) Federal funding history. 

15 ‘‘(3) REVISIONS.—The Priority List submitted 

16 under paragraph (1) shall be revised every 2 years. 

17 ‘‘(4) FUNDING.—Of the amounts made avail18 able under section 10(a), $80,000,000 shall be made 

19 available to the Secretary to carry out projects listed 

20 on the Priority List. 

21 ‘‘(c) RESTRICTION.—The Administrator shall use not 

22 more than 3 percent of the funds provided under sub23 section (a) for administering the programs described in 

24 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d). 

25 ‘‘(d) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) FIRE RISK REDUCTION AND FOREST MAN2 AGEMENT.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 

4 available under section 10(a), $150,000,000 

5 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

6 carry out, including by making grants, the fol7 lowing programs: 

8 ‘‘(i) Programs identified as part of the 

9 Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional 

10 Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention 

11 Strategy 10-Year Plan. 

12 ‘‘(ii) Competitive grants for fuels work 

13 to be awarded by the Secretary to commu14 nities that have adopted national wildland 

15 fire codes to implement the applicable por16 tion of the 10-year plan described in clause 

17 (i). 

18 ‘‘(iii) Biomass programs, including 

19 feasibility assessments. 

20 ‘‘(iv) Angora Fire Restoration under 

21 the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(v) Washoe Tribe programs on tribal 

23 lands within the Lake Tahoe Basin. 

24 ‘‘(vi) Development of an updated 

25 Lake Tahoe Basin multijurisdictional fuel 


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1 reduction and wildfire prevention strategy, 

2 consistent with section 4(c). 

3 ‘‘(vii) Development of updated com4 munity wildfire protection plans by local 

5 fire districts. 

6 ‘‘(viii) Municipal water infrastructure 

7 that significantly improves the firefighting 

8 capability of local government within the 

9 Lake Tahoe Basin. 

10 ‘‘(ix) Stewardship end result con11 tracting projects carried out under section 

12 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration 

13 Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c). 

14 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Of the 

15 amounts made available to the Secretary to 

16 carry out subparagraph (A), at least 

17 $100,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary for 

18 programs under subparagraph (A)(i). 

19 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—Units of local govern20 ment that have dedicated funding for inspec21 tions and enforcement of defensible space regu22 lations shall be given priority for amounts pro23 vided under this paragraph. 

24 ‘‘(D) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on 

2 the receipt of funds, communities or local 

3 fire districts that receive funds under this 

4 paragraph shall provide a 25-percent 

5 match. 

6 ‘‘(ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

7 SHARE.— 

8 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The non9 Federal share required under clause 

10 (i) may be in the form of cash con11 tributions or in-kind contributions, in12 cluding providing labor, equipment, 

13 supplies, space, and other operational 

14 needs. 

15 ‘‘(II) CREDIT FOR CERTAIN

16 DEDICATED FUNDING.—There shall 

17 be credited toward the non-Federal 

18 share required under clause (i) any 

19 dedicated funding of the communities 

20 or local fire districts for a fuels reduc21 tion management program, defensible 

22 space inspections, or dooryard chip23 ping. 


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1 ‘‘(III) DOCUMENTATION.—Com2 munities and local fire districts 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(aa) maintain a record of 

5 in-kind contributions that de6 scribes— 

7 ‘‘(AA) the monetary 

8 value of the in-kind con9 tributions; and 

10 ‘‘(BB) the manner in 

11 which the in-kind contribu12 tions assist in accomplishing 

13 program goals and objec14 tives; and 

15 ‘‘(bb) document in all re16 quests for Federal funding, and 

17 include in the total program 

18 budget, evidence of the commit19 ment to provide the non-Federal 

20 share through in-kind contribu21 tions. 

22 ‘‘(2) INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 

24 available under section 10(a), $45,000,000 shall 

25 be made available to the Director of the United 


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1 States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Aquatic 

2 Invasive Species Program and the watercraft 

3 inspections described in subparagraph (B). 

4 ‘‘(B) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—The 

5 Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

6 Service, in coordination with the Assistant Sec7 retary, the Planning Agency, the California De8 partment of Fish and Wildlife, and the Nevada 

9 Department of Wildlife, shall deploy strategies 

10 consistent with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic 

11 Invasive Species Management Plan to prevent 

12 the introduction or spread of aquatic invasive 

13 species in the Lake Tahoe region. 

14 ‘‘(C) CRITERIA.—The strategies referred 

15 to in subparagraph (B) shall provide that— 

16 ‘‘(i) combined inspection and decon17 tamination stations be established and op18 erated at not less than 2 locations in the 

19 Lake Tahoe region; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) watercraft not be allowed to 

21 launch in waters of the Lake Tahoe region 

22 if the watercraft has not been inspected in 

23 accordance with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic 

24 Invasive Species Management Plan. 


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1 ‘‘(D) CERTIFICATION.—The Planning 

2 Agency may certify State and local agencies to 

3 perform the decontamination activities de4 scribed in subparagraph (C)(i) at locations out5 side the Lake Tahoe Basin if standards at the 

6 sites meet or exceed standards for similar sites 

7 in the Lake Tahoe Basin established under this 

8 paragraph. 

9 ‘‘(E) APPLICABILITY.—The strategies and 

10 criteria developed under this paragraph shall 

11 apply to all watercraft to be launched on water 

12 within the Lake Tahoe region. 

13 ‘‘(F) FEES.—The Director of the United 

14 States Fish and Wildlife Service may collect 

15 and spend fees for decontamination only at a 

16 level sufficient to cover the costs of operation of 

17 inspection and decontamination stations under 

18 this paragraph. 

19 ‘‘(G) CIVIL PENALTIES.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any person that 

21 launches, attempts to launch, or facilitates 

22 launching of watercraft not in compliance 

23 with strategies deployed under this para24 graph shall be liable for a civil penalty in 


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1 an amount not to exceed $1,000 per viola2 tion. 

3 ‘‘(ii) OTHER AUTHORITIES.—Any pen4 alties assessed under this subparagraph 

5 shall be separate from penalties assessed 

6 under any other authority. 

7 ‘‘(H) LIMITATION.—The strategies and 

8 criteria under subparagraphs (B) and (C), re9 spectively, may be modified if the Secretary of 

10 the Interior, in a nondelegable capacity and in 

11 consultation with the Planning Agency and 

12 State governments, issues a determination that 

13 alternative measures will be no less effective at 

14 preventing introduction of aquatic invasive spe15 cies into Lake Tahoe than the strategies and 

16 criteria developed under subparagraphs (B) and 

17 (C), respectively. 

18 ‘‘(I) SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY.—The 

19 authority under this paragraph is supplemental 

20 to all actions taken by non-Federal regulatory 

21 authorities. 

22 ‘‘(J) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this 

23 title restricts, affects, or amends any other law 

24 or the authority of any department, instrumen25 tality, or agency of the United States, or any 


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1 State or political subdivision thereof, respecting 

2 the control of invasive species. 

3 ‘‘(3) STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, EROSION

4 CONTROL, AND TOTAL WATERSHED RESTORATION.— 

5 Of the amounts made available under section 10(a), 

6 $113,000,000 shall be made available— 

7 ‘‘(A) to the Secretary, the Secretary of the 

8 Interior, the Assistant Secretary, or the Admin9 istrator for the Federal share of stormwater 

10 management and related programs consistent 

11 with the adopted Total Maximum Daily Load 

12 and near-shore water quality goals; 

13 ‘‘(B) for grants by the Secretary and the 

14 Administrator to carry out the programs de15 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

16 ‘‘(C) to the Secretary or the Assistant Sec17 retary for the Federal share of the Upper 

18 Truckee River restoration programs and other 

19 watershed restoration programs identified in 

20 the Priority List established under section 5(b); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(D) for grants by the Administrator to 

23 carry out the programs described in subpara24 graph (C). 


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1 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES MANAGE2 MENT.—Of the amounts made available under sec3 tion 10(a), $20,000,000 shall be made available to 

4 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

5 Service for the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Recovery 

6 Program.’’. 

7 SEC. 6. PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

8 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

9 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 6 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 6. PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

12 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNT13 ABILITY.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 

15 available under section 10(a), not less than 

16 $5,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 

17 to carry out this section. 

18 ‘‘(2) PLANNING AGENCY.—Of the amounts de19 scribed in paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent 

20 shall be made available to the Planning Agency to 

21 carry out the program oversight and coordination 

22 activities established under subsection (d). 

23 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this Act, the 

24 Secretary, the Administrator, and the Directors shall, as 

25 appropriate and in a timely manner, consult with the 


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1 heads of the Washoe Tribe, applicable Federal, State, re2 gional, and local governmental agencies, and the Lake 

3 Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee. 

4 ‘‘(c) CORPS OF ENGINEERS; INTERAGENCY AGREE5 MENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary 

7 may enter into interagency agreements with non8 Federal interests in the Lake Tahoe Basin to use 

9 Lake Tahoe Partnership-Miscellaneous General In10 vestigations funds to provide programmatic technical 

11 assistance for the Environmental Improvement Pro12 gram. 

13 ‘‘(2) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Before providing tech15 nical assistance under this section, the Assist16 ant Secretary shall enter into a local coopera17 tion agreement with a non-Federal interest to 

18 provide for the technical assistance. 

19 ‘‘(B) COMPONENTS.—The agreement en20 tered into under subparagraph (A) shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) describe the nature of the tech22 nical assistance; 

23 ‘‘(ii) describe any legal and institu24 tional structures necessary to ensure the 


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1 effective long-term viability of the end 

2 products by the non-Federal interest; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) include cost-sharing provisions 

4 in accordance with subparagraph (C). 

5 ‘‘(C) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share 

7 of program costs under each local coopera8 tion agreement under this paragraph shall 

9 be 65 percent. 

10 ‘‘(ii) FORM.—The Federal share may 

11 be in the form of reimbursements of pro12 gram costs. 

13 ‘‘(iii) CREDIT.—The non-Federal in14 terest may receive credit toward the non15 Federal share for the reasonable costs of 

16 related technical activities completed by 

17 the non-Federal interest before entering 

18 into a local cooperation agreement with the 

19 Assistant Secretary under this paragraph. 

20 ‘‘(d) EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION AND MONI21 TORING.—In carrying out this Act, the Secretary, the Ad22 ministrator, and the Directors, in coordination with the 

23 Planning Agency and the States of California and Nevada, 

24 shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) develop and implement a plan for inte2 grated monitoring, assessment, and applied research 

3 to evaluate the effectiveness of the Environmental 

4 Improvement Program; 

5 ‘‘(2) include funds in each program funded 

6 under this section for monitoring and assessment of 

7 results at the program level; and 

8 ‘‘(3) use the integrated multiagency perform9 ance measures established under this section. 

10 ‘‘(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 

11 March 15 of each year, the Secretary, in cooperation with 

12 the Chair, the Administrator, the Directors, the Planning 

13 Agency, and the States of California and Nevada, con14 sistent with subsection (a), shall submit to Congress a re15 port that describes— 

16 ‘‘(1) the status of all Federal, State, local, and 

17 private programs authorized under this Act, includ18 ing to the maximum extent practicable, for programs 

19 that will receive Federal funds under this Act during 

20 the current or subsequent fiscal year— 

21 ‘‘(A) the program scope; 

22 ‘‘(B) the budget for the program; and 

23 ‘‘(C) the justification for the program, con24 sistent with the criteria established in section 

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1 ‘‘(2) Federal, State, local, and private expendi2 tures in the preceding fiscal year to implement the 

3 Environmental Improvement Program; 

4 ‘‘(3) accomplishments in the preceding fiscal 

5 year in implementing this Act in accordance with the 

6 performance measures and other monitoring and as7 sessment activities; and 

8 ‘‘(4) public education and outreach efforts un9 dertaken to implement programs authorized under 

10 this Act. 

11 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL BUDGET PLAN.—As part of the annual 

12 budget of the President, the President shall submit infor13 mation regarding each Federal agency involved in the En14 vironmental Improvement Program (including the Forest 

15 Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United 

16 States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Geo17 logical Survey, and the Corps of Engineers), including— 

18 ‘‘(1) an interagency crosscut budget that dis19 plays the proposed budget for use by each Federal 

20 agency in carrying out restoration activities relating 

21 to the Environmental Improvement Program for the 

22 following fiscal year; 

23 ‘‘(2) a detailed accounting of all amounts re24 ceived and obligated by Federal agencies to achieve 


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1 the goals of the Environmental Improvement Pro2 gram during the preceding fiscal year; and 

3 ‘‘(3) a description of the Federal role in the 

4 Environmental Improvement Program, including the 

5 specific role of each agency involved in the restora6 tion of the Lake Tahoe Basin.’’. 

7 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; UPDATES TO RE8 LATED LAWS. 

9 (a) LAKE TAHOE RESTORATION ACT.—The Lake 

10 Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106–506; 114 Stat. 

11 2351) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking sections 8 and 9; 

13 (2) by redesignating sections 10, 11, and 12 as 

14 sections 8, 9, and 10, respectively; and 

15 (3) in section 9 (as redesignated by paragraph 

16 (2)) by inserting ‘‘, Director, or Administrator’’ 

17 after ‘‘Secretary’’. 

18 (b) TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING COMPACT.—Sub19 section (c) of Article V of the Tahoe Regional Planning 

20 Compact (Public Law 96–551; 94 Stat. 3240) is amended 

21 in the third sentence by inserting ‘‘and, in so doing, shall 

22 ensure that the regional plan reflects changing economic 

23 conditions and the economic effect of regulation on com24 merce’’ after ‘‘maintain the regional plan’’. 

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1 (1) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION

2 UNDER TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 

3 134 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(r) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.—In 

7 this subsection, the term ‘Lake Tahoe Region’ has 

8 the meaning given the term ‘region’ in subsection (a) 

9 of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning 

10 Compact (Public Law 96–551; 94 Stat. 3234). 

11 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—For the purpose of this 

12 title, the Lake Tahoe Region shall be treated as— 

13 ‘‘(A) a metropolitan planning organization; 

14 ‘‘(B) a transportation management area 

15 under subsection (k); and 

16 ‘‘(C) an urbanized area, which is com17 prised of a population of 145,000 in the State 

18 of California and a population of 65,000 in the 

19 State of Nevada. 

20 ‘‘(3) SUBALLOCATED FUNDING.—In deter21 mining the amount that shall be obligated for a fis22 cal year for each of the States of California and Ne23 vada under section 133(d)(1)(A) and section 

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1 ‘‘(A) calculate the population under each 

2 of clauses (i) through (iii) of section 

3 133(d)(1)(A) and section 213(c)(1)(A); 

4 ‘‘(B) decrease the amount under clause 

5 (iii) of each of section 133(d)(1)(A) and section 

6 213(c)(1)(A) by the population described in 

7 paragraph (2)(C) for the Lake Tahoe Region in 

8 the State; and 

9 ‘‘(C) increase the amount under clause (i) 

10 of each of section 133(d)(1)(A) and section 

11 213(c)(1)(A) by the population described in 

12 paragraph (2)(C) for the Lake Tahoe Region in 

13 the State.’’. 

14 (2) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION

15 UNDER TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 

16 5303 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 

17 adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(r) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.—In 

20 this subsection, the term ‘Lake Tahoe Region’ has 

21 the meaning given the term ‘region’ in subsection (a) 

22 of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning 

23 Compact (Public Law 96–551; 94 Stat. 3234). 

24 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—For the purpose of this 

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1 ‘‘(A) a metropolitan planning organization; 

2 ‘‘(B) a transportation management area 

3 under subsection (k); and 

4 ‘‘(C) an urbanized area, which is com5 prised of a population of 145,000 and 25 

6 square miles of land area in the State of Cali7 fornia and a population of 65,000 and 12 

8 square miles of land area in the State of Ne9 vada.’’. 

10 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

12 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 10 

13 (as redesignated by section 7(a)(2)) and inserting the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

18 $415,000,000 for a period of 10 fiscal years beginning the 

19 first fiscal year after the date of enactment of the Lake 

20 Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015. 

21 ‘‘(b) EFFECT ON OTHER FUNDS.—Amounts author22 ized under this section and any amendments made by this 

23 Act— 

24 ‘‘(1) shall be in addition to any other amounts 

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1 or the Directors for expenditure in the Lake Tahoe 

2 Basin; and 

3 ‘‘(2) shall not reduce allocations for other Re4 gions of the Forest Service, the Environmental Pro5 tection Agency, or the United States Fish and Wild6 life Service. 

7 ‘‘(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—Except as pro8 vided in subsection (d) and section 5(d)(1)(D), funds for 

9 activities carried out under section 5 shall be available for 

10 obligation on a 1-to-1 basis with funding of restoration 

11 activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin by the States of Cali12 fornia and Nevada. 

13 ‘‘(d) RELOCATION COSTS.—Notwithstanding sub14 section (c), the Secretary shall provide to local utility districts 2 15 ⁄3 of the costs of relocating facilities in connection 

16 with— 

17 ‘‘(1) environmental restoration programs under 

18 sections 5 and 6; and 

19 ‘‘(2) erosion control programs under section 2 

20 of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3381). 

21 ‘‘(e) SIGNAGE.—To the maximum extent practicable, 

22 a program provided assistance under this Act shall include 

23 appropriate signage at the program site that— 

24 ‘‘(1) provides information to the public on— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the amount of Federal funds being 

2 provided to the program; and 

3 ‘‘(B) this Act; and 

4 ‘‘(2) displays the visual identity mark of the 

5 Environmental Improvement Program.’’. 

6 SEC. 9. LAND TRANSFERS TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT EF7 FICIENCIES OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAND. 

8 Section 3(b) of Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3384) 

9 (commonly known as the ‘‘Santini-Burton Act’’) is amend10 ed— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) Lands’’ and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION OF ACQUIRED LAND.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Land’’; and 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) CALIFORNIA CONVEYANCES.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the State of Cali18 fornia (acting through the California Tahoe 

19 Conservancy and the California Department of 

20 Parks and Recreation) offers to donate to the 

21 United States acceptable title to the non-Fed22 eral land described in subparagraph (B)(i), the 

23 Secretary— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) not later than 180 days after the 

2 date on which the Secretary receives ac3 ceptable title to the non-Federal land de4 scribed in subparagraph (B)(i), convey to 

5 the State of California, subject to valid ex6 isting rights and for no consideration, all 

7 right, title, and interest of the United 

8 States in and to the Federal land that is 

9 acceptable to the State of California. 

10 ‘‘(B) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.— 

11 ‘‘(i) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The non12 Federal land referred to in subparagraph 

13 (A) includes— 

14 ‘‘(I) the approximately 1,981 

15 acres of land administered by the 

16 California Tahoe Conservancy and 

17 identified on the Maps as ‘Conser18 vancy to the United States Forest 

19 Service’; and 

20 ‘‘(II) the approximately 187 

21 acres of land administered by Cali22 fornia State Parks and identified on 

23 the Maps as ‘State Parks to the U.S. 

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1 ‘‘(ii) FEDERAL LAND.—The Federal 

2 land referred to in subparagraph (A) in3 cludes the approximately 1,995 acres of 

4 Forest Service land identified on the Maps 

5 as ‘U.S. Forest Service to Conservancy 

6 and State Parks’. 

7 ‘‘(C) CONDITIONS.—Any land conveyed 

8 under this paragraph shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) be for the purpose of consoli10 dating Federal and State ownerships and 

11 improving management efficiencies; 

12 ‘‘(ii) not result in any significant 

13 changes in the uses of the land; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) be subject to the condition that 

15 the applicable deed include such terms, re16 strictions, covenants, conditions, and res17 ervations as the Secretary determines nec18 essary— 

19 ‘‘(I) to ensure compliance with 

20 this Act; and 

21 ‘‘(II) to ensure that the transfer 

22 of development rights associated with 

23 the conveyed parcels shall not be rec24 ognized or available for transfer under 

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1 for the Tahoe Regional Planning 

2 Agency. 

3 ‘‘(3) NEVADA CONVEYANCES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with 

5 this section and on request by the Governor of 

6 Nevada, the Secretary may transfer the land or 

7 interests in land described in subparagraph (B) 

8 to the State of Nevada without consideration, 

9 subject to appropriate deed restrictions to pro10 tect the environmental quality and public rec11 reational use of the land transferred. 

12 ‘‘(B) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.—The land 

13 referred to in subparagraph (A) includes— 

14 ‘‘(i) the approximately 38.68 acres of 

15 Forest Service land identified on the map 

16 entitled ‘State of Nevada Conveyances’ as 

17 ‘Van Sickle Unit USFS Inholding’; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the approximately 92.28 acres of 

19 Forest Service land identified on the map 

20 entitled ‘State of Nevada Conveyances’ as 

21 ‘Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park USFS 

22 Inholding’. 

23 ‘‘(C) CONDITIONS.—Any land conveyed 

24 under this paragraph shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) be for the purpose of consoli2 dating Federal and State ownerships and 

3 improving management efficiencies; 

4 ‘‘(ii) not result in any significant 

5 changes in the uses of the land; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) be subject to the condition that 

7 the applicable deed include such terms, re8 strictions, covenants, conditions, and res9 ervations as the Secretary determines nec10 essary— 

11 ‘‘(I) to ensure compliance with 

12 this Act; and 

13 ‘‘(II) to ensure that the develop14 ment rights associated with the con15 veyed parcels shall not be recognized 

16 or available for transfer under section 

17 90.2 of the Code of Ordinances for 

18 the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 

19 ‘‘(4) REVERSION.—If a parcel of land trans20 ferred under paragraph (2) or (3) is used in a man21 ner that is inconsistent with the use described for 

22 the parcel of land in paragraph (2) or (3), respec23 tively, the parcel of land, shall, at the discretion of 

24 the Secretary, revert to the United States. 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 

2 available under section 10(a) of the Lake Tahoe 

3 Restoration Act (Public Law 106–506; 114 

4 Stat. 2351), $2,000,000 shall be made available 

5 to the Secretary to carry out the activities 

6 under paragraphs (2) and (3). 

7 ‘‘(B) OTHER FUNDS.—Of the amounts 

8 available to the Secretary under paragraph (1), 

9 not less than 50 percent shall be provided to 

10 the California Tahoe Conservancy to facilitate 

11 the conveyance of land described in paragraphs 

12 (2) and (3).’’. 

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