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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4833 

To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. PADILLA) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To improve the health and resiliency of giant sequoias, 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 ‘‘Save Our Sequoias Act’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Shared stewardship agreement for giant sequoias. 

Sec. 4. Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition. 

Sec. 5. Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency Assessment. 

Sec. 6. Giant sequoia emergency response. 

Sec. 7. Fuels reduction in vulnerable habitat. 


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Sec. 8. Projects in insect- or disease-affected treatment areas. 

Sec. 9. Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation Strategy. 

Sec. 10. Giant Sequoia Strike Teams. 

Sec. 11. Giant sequoia collaborative restoration grants. 

Sec. 12. Good neighbor authority for giant sequoias. 

Sec. 13. Stewardship contracting for giant sequoias. 

Sec. 14. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Program and Fund. 

Sec. 15. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘Assessment’’ 

4 means the Giant Sequoia Health and Resiliency As5 sessment required by section 5. 

6 (2) COALITION.—The term ‘‘Coalition’’ means 

7 the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition established under 

8 section 4. 

9 (3) COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.—The term ‘‘col10 laborative process’’ means a process relating to the 

11 management of covered National Forest System 

12 lands or covered public lands by which a project or 

13 forest management activity is developed and imple14 mented by the Secretary concerned through collabo15 ration with multiple interested persons representing 

16 diverse interests. 

17 (4) COVERED NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

18 LANDS.—The term ‘‘covered National Forest System 

19 lands’’ means the proclaimed National Forest Sys20 tem lands reserved or withdrawn from the public do21 main of the United States covering the Sequoia NaVerDate Sep 11 2014 21:54 Sep 14, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4833.IS S4833

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1 tional Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monu2 ment, Sierra National Forest, and Tahoe National 

3 Forest. 

4 (5) COVERED PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘‘cov5 ered public lands’’ means— 

6 (A) the Case Mountain Extensive Recre7 ation Management Area in California managed 

8 by the Bureau of Land Management; and 

9 (B) Kings Canyon National Park, Sequoia 

10 National Park, and Yosemite National Park in 

11 California managed by the National Park Serv12 ice. 

13 (6) GIANT SEQUOIA.—The term ‘‘giant se14 quoia’’ means a tree of the species Sequoiadendron 

15 giganteum. 

16 (7) GROVE-SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS FUELS RE17 DUCTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘grove-specific haz18 ardous fuels reduction plan’’ means a plan developed 

19 by the applicable land management agency prior to 

20 conducting an analysis under the National Environ21 mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 

22 to address hazardous fuels in 1 or more giant se23 quoia groves. 

24 (8) PROTECTION PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Protec25 tion Project’’ means a project to carry out forest 


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1 management activities that are intended to benefit 

2 giant sequoias, including— 

3 (A) activities recommended by the Assess4 ment; 

5 (B) conducting hazardous fuels manage6 ment, including mechanical thinning, mastica7 tion, and prescribed burning; 

8 (C) removing hazard trees, as determined 

9 by the responsible official; 

10 (D) removing trees to address overstocking 

11 or crowding in a forest stand, consistent with 

12 the appropriate basal area of the forest stand 

13 as determined by the responsible official; 

14 (E) activities included in the applicable 

15 grove-specific hazardous fuels reduction plan; 

16 (F) using treatments to address insects 

17 and disease and control competing vegetation; 

18 and 

19 (G) any combination of activities described 

20 in subparagraphs (A) through (F). 

21 (9) REFORESTATION.—The term ‘‘reforest22 ation’’ means the act of renewing tree cover, taking 

23 into consideration species composition and resilience, 

24 by establishing young trees through— 

25 (A) natural regeneration; 


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1 (B) natural regeneration with— 

2 (i) site preparation; 

3 (ii) vegetation competition control; or 

4 (iii) both; or 

5 (C) planting or direct seeding. 

6 (10) REHABILITATION.—The term ‘‘rehabilita7 tion’’ means any action taken during the 5-year pe8 riod beginning on the date on which a wildland fire 

9 is contained to repair or improve fire-impacted lands 

10 which are unlikely to recover to management-ap11 proved conditions. 

12 (11) RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit14 tees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural 

16 Resources, the Committee on Agriculture, Nu17 trition, and Forestry, and the Committee on 

18 Appropriations of the Senate; and 

19 (B) the Committee on Natural Resources, 

20 the Committee on Agriculture, and the Com21 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives. 

23 (12) RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL.—The term ‘‘re24 sponsible official’’ means an employee of the Depart25 ment of the Interior or the Forest Service who has 


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1 the authority to make and implement a decision on 

2 a proposed action. 

3 (13) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

4 means the Secretary of the Interior. 

5 (14) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term 

6 ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 

7 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re8 spect to covered National Forest System lands, 

9 or their designee; and 

10 (B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re11 spect to covered public lands, or their designee. 

12 (15) STRATEGY.—The term ‘‘Strategy’’ means 

13 the Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation 

14 Strategy established under section 9. 

15 (16) STRIKE TEAM.—The term ‘‘Strike Team’’ 

16 means a Giant Sequoia Strike Team established 

17 under section 10. 

18 (17) TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Tribe’’ means— 

19 (A) the Tule River Indian Tribe; and 

20 (B) any other Tribal government the juris21 dictional boundaries of which encompass at 

22 least 1 giant sequoia grove. 

23 (18) TULE RIVER INDIAN TRIBE.—The term 

24 ‘‘Tule River Indian Tribe’’ means the Tule River In25 dian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California. 


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1 SEC. 3. SHARED STEWARDSHIP AGREEMENT FOR GIANT SE2 QUOIAS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after re4 ceiving a request from the Governor of the State of Cali5 fornia or a Tribe, the Secretary shall enter into an agree6 ment with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Governor 

7 or Tribe, as applicable, that submitted the request, to 

8 jointly carry out the following: 

9 (1) Not later than 30 days after entering into 

10 the agreement, establish the Giant Sequoia Lands 

11 Coalition or certify an existing group meeting the re12 quirements of section 4(b) as the Giant Sequoia 

13 Lands Coalition. 

14 (2) Not later than 120 days after the Giant Se15 quoia Lands Coalition submits the Assessment under 

16 section 5, conduct Protection Projects under section 

17 6. 

18 (3) Not later than 120 days after entering into 

19 the agreement, begin developing and implementing 

20 reforestation and rehabilitation of giant sequoias, 

21 with priority given to actions described in the Strat22 egy. 

23 (b) NO REQUEST SUBMITTED.—If the Secretary has 

24 not received a request from the Governor of the State of 

25 California or a Tribe under subsection (a) before the date 

26 that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 


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1 the Secretary shall enter into the agreement under sub2 section (a) and jointly implement such agreement with the 

3 Secretary of Agriculture. 

4 (c) FUTURE PARTICIPATION.—If the Secretary re5 ceives a request from the Governor of the State of Cali6 fornia or a Tribe any time after entering into the agree7 ment under subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary shall ac8 cept the Governor or Tribe, as applicable, that submitted 

9 the request as a party to such agreement. 

10 SEC. 4. GIANT SEQUOIA LANDS COALITION. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the 

13 timeline and agreement established in section 

14 3(a)(1), the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri15 culture, in consultation with the other parties to 

16 such agreement, shall jointly establish, and appoint 

17 members to, the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition. 

18 (2) EXISTING COALITION.—A previously estab19 lished group that meets the membership require20 ments under subsection (b) may be designated by 

21 the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture as 

22 the Coalition under paragraph (1) if the parties to 

23 the agreement established under section 3 approve 

24 such designation. 

25 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 


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1 (1) MEMBERS.—The Secretary and the Sec2 retary of Agriculture shall jointly appoint to the Co3 alition 1 member from each of— 

4 (A) the National Park Service, rep5 resenting Sequoia and Kings Canyon National 

6 Parks; 

7 (B) the National Park Service, rep8 resenting Yosemite National Park; 

9 (C) the Forest Service, representing Se10 quoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia Na11 tional Monument; 

12 (D) the Forest Service, representing Sierra 

13 National Forest; 

14 (E) the Forest Service, representing Tahoe 

15 National Forest; 

16 (F) the Bureau of Land Management, rep17 resenting Case Mountain Extensive Recreation 

18 Management Area; 

19 (G) the Tule River Indian Tribe, rep20 resenting the Black Mountain Grove; 

21 (H) the State of California, representing 

22 Calaveras Big Trees State Park; 

23 (I) the State of California, representing 

24 Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest; 


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1 (J) an academic institution with dem2 onstrated experience managing and owning a 

3 giant sequoia grove, representing Whitaker’s 

4 Research Forest; and 

5 (K) the County of Tulare, California, rep6 resenting Balch Park. 

7 (2) AFFILIATE PARTNERS.—The Coalition may 

8 designate organizations or agencies with dem9 onstrated experience and knowledge on giant sequoia 

10 management and resiliency as affiliate partners of 

11 the Coalition to enhance the work of the Coalition 

12 under subsection (c). 

13 (3) LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION.— 

14 Upon the written request of a local government in 

15 California whose jurisdictional boundaries encompass 

16 at least 1 giant sequoia grove, or the governing body 

17 of a Tribe other than the Tule River Indian Tribe, 

18 the Secretary shall appoint 1 member from such 

19 government or governing body to serve as a member 

20 of the Coalition, subject to the same requirements 

21 outlined in this section. 

22 (4) TERM.— 

23 (A) LENGTH.—The term of an appoint24 ment as a member of the Coalition shall be 5 

25 years. 


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1 (B) LIMIT.—Members of the Coalition may 

2 serve no more than 2 terms. 

3 (5) VACANCY.—The Secretary and the Sec4 retary of Agriculture shall jointly appoint a new 

5 member to fill a vacancy on the Coalition not later 

6 than 6 months after the date on which such vacancy 

7 occurs. 

8 (6) DECISIONS.—Decisions of the Coalition 

shall be made by majority vote, a quorum of 1 9 ⁄2 the 

10 total members of the Coalition being present. 

11 (7) MEETINGS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

13 after all members of the Coalition are appointed 

14 under subsection (a), the Coalition shall hold its 

15 first meeting. 

16 (B) REGULAR MEETINGS.—The Coalition 

17 shall meet not less than twice per year. 

18 (8) PRIORITY.—The Secretary concerned shall 

19 appoint members under paragraph (1) who have a 

20 demonstrated experience and knowledge on man21 aging giant sequoia groves. 

22 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the Coalition are to— 

23 (1) prepare the Assessment under section 5; 


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1 (2) observe implementation, and provide policy 

2 recommendations to the Secretary concerned, with 

3 respect to— 

4 (A) Protection Projects carried out under 

5 section 6; and 

6 (B) the Strategy established under section 

7 9; 

8 (3) facilitate collaboration and coordination on 

9 Protection Projects, particularly projects that cross 

10 jurisdictional boundaries; 

11 (4) facilitate information sharing, including best 

12 available science as described in section 5(d) and 

13 mapping resources; and 

14 (5) support the development and dissemination 

15 of educational materials and programs that inform 

16 the public about the threats to the health and resil17 iency of giant sequoia groves and actions being 

18 taken to reduce the risk to such groves from high19 severity wildfire, insects, and drought. 

20 (d) PAY AND EXPENSES.— 

21 (1) COMPENSATION.— 

22 (A) FEDERAL EMPLOYEE MEMBERS.—All 

23 members of the Coalition who are officers or 

24 employees of the United States shall serve with25 out compensation in addition to that received 


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1 for their services as officers or employees of the 

2 United States. 

3 (B) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEE MEM4 BERS.—All members of the Coalition not de5 scribed in subparagraph (A) shall serve without 

6 compensation. 

7 (2) REIMBURSEMENT.—A member of the Coali8 tion may be reimbursed for travel and lodging ex9 penses incurred while attending a meeting of the Co10 alition or any other meeting of members approved 

11 for reimbursement by the Coalition in the same 

12 amounts and under the same conditions as Federal 

13 employees under section 5703 of title 5, United 

14 States Code. 

15 (3) EXPENSES.—The Secretary concerned may 

16 pay the expenses of the Coalition that such Sec17 retary concerned determines to be reasonable and 

18 appropriate. 

19 (4) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, TECHNICAL

20 SERVICES, AND STAFF SUPPORT.—The Secretary 

21 concerned shall make personnel of the Department 

22 of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture, as 

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1 port that such Secretary concerned determines nec2 essary to carry out this section. 

3 (e) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Advisory Com5 mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Coali6 tion, except that the Coalition shall terminate on the 

7 date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of 

8 this Act. 

9 (2) RENEWAL.—Prior to the termination of the 

10 Coalition under paragraph (1), the Coalition may be 

11 renewed in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) 

12 of section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

13 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

14 SEC. 5. GIANT SEQUOIA HEALTH AND RESILIENCY ASSESS15 MENT. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 first meeting of the Coalition, the Coalition shall submit 

18 to the relevant congressional committees a Giant Sequoia 

19 Health and Resiliency Assessment that, based on the best 

20 available science— 

21 (1) identifies— 

22 (A) each giant sequoia grove that has ex23 perienced a— 

24 (i) stand-replacing disturbance; or 


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1 (ii) disturbance but continues to have 

2 living giant sequoias within the grove, in3 cluding identifying the tree mortality and 

4 regeneration of giant sequoias within such 

5 grove; 

6 (B) each giant sequoia grove that is at 

7 high risk of experiencing a stand-replacing dis8 turbance; 

9 (C) lands located within 1 mile of giant se10 quoia groves that are at risk of experiencing 

11 high-severity wildfires that could adversely im12 pact such giant sequoia groves; and 

13 (D) each giant sequoia grove that has ex14 perienced a disturbance and is unlikely to natu15 rally regenerate and is in need of reforestation; 

16 (2) analyzes the resiliency of each giant sequoia 

17 grove to threats, such as— 

18 (A) high-severity wildfire; 

19 (B) insects, including beetle kill; and 

20 (C) drought; 

21 (3) with respect to Protection Projects, pro22 poses a list of highest priority Protection Projects, 

23 giving priority to projects located on lands identified 

24 under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1); 


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1 (4) examines how historical, Tribal, and current 

2 approaches to wildland fire suppression and forest 

3 management activities across various jurisdictions 

4 have impacted the health and resiliency of giant se5 quoia groves with respect to— 

6 (A) high-severity wildfires; 

7 (B) insects, including beetle kill; and 

8 (C) drought; and 

9 (5) includes program and policy recommenda10 tions that address— 

11 (A) Federal and State policies that impede 

12 activities to improve the health and resiliency of 

13 giant sequoias and proposed policy changes to 

14 address such impediments; 

15 (B) new Federal and State policies nec16 essary to increase the pace and scale of treat17 ments that improve the health and resiliency of 

18 giant sequoias; 

19 (C) options to enhance communication, co20 ordination, and collaboration, particularly for 

21 cross-boundary projects, to improve the health 

22 and resiliency of giant sequoias; 

23 (D) research gaps that should be ad24 dressed to improve the best available science on 

25 the giant sequoias; and 


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1 (E) options and best practices for con2 ducting Protection Projects without causing the 

3 incidental taking of threatened or endangered 

4 species. 

5 (b) ANNUAL UPDATES.—Not later than 1 year after 

6 the submission of the Assessment under subsection (a), 

7 and annually thereafter, the Coalition shall submit an up8 dated Assessment to the relevant congressional commit9 tees that— 

10 (1) includes any new data, information, or best 

11 available science that has changed or become avail12 able since the previous Assessment was submitted; 

13 (2) with respect to Protection Projects— 

14 (A) includes information on the number of 

15 Protection Projects initiated the previous year 

16 and the estimated timeline for completing those 

17 projects; 

18 (B) includes information on the number of 

19 Protection Projects planned in the upcoming 

20 year and the estimated timeline for completing 

21 those projects; 

22 (C) provides status updates and long-term 

23 monitoring reports on giant sequoia groves 

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1 cluding comparing the efficacy of those Protec2 tion Projects; 

3 (D) if either Secretary concerned failed to 

4 initiate at least 1 Protection Project in the pre5 vious year, a written explanation that in6 cludes— 

7 (i) a detailed explanation of what im8 pediments resulted in failing to initiate at 

9 least 1 Protection Project; 

10 (ii) a detailed explanation of what ac11 tions the Secretary concerned is taking to 

12 ensure that at least 1 Protection Project is 

13 initiated the following year; and 

14 (iii) recommendations to Congress on 

15 any policies that need to be changed to as16 sist the Secretary concerned in initiating 

17 Protection Projects; and 

18 (3) with respect to reforestation and rehabilita19 tion of giant sequoias— 

20 (A) contains updates on the implementa21 tion of the Strategy under section 9, including 

22 grove-level data on reforestation and rehabilita23 tion activities; and 

24 (B) provides status updates and moni25 toring reports on giant sequoia groves that have 


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1 experienced natural or artificial regeneration as 

2 part of the Strategy under section 9. 

3 (c) DASHBOARD.— 

4 (1) REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN.—The Coali5 tion shall create and maintain a website that— 

6 (A) publishes the Assessment, annual up7 dates to the Assessment, and other educational 

8 materials developed by the Coalition; 

9 (B) contains searchable information about 

10 individual giant sequoia groves, including the— 

11 (i) resiliency of such groves to threats 

12 described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

13 subsection (a); 

14 (ii) Protection Projects that have been 

15 proposed, initiated, or completed in such 

16 groves; and 

17 (iii) reforestation and rehabilitation 

18 activities that have been proposed, initi19 ated, or completed in such groves; and 

20 (C) maintains a searchable database to 

21 track— 

22 (i) the status of Federal environ23 mental reviews and authorizations for spe24 cific Protection Projects and reforestation 

25 and rehabilitation activities; and 


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1 (ii) the projected cost of Protection 

2 Projects and reforestation and rehabilita3 tion activities. 

4 (2) SEARCHABLE DATABASE.—The Coalition 

5 shall include information on the status of Protection 

6 Projects in the searchable database created under 

7 paragraph (1)(C), including— 

8 (A) a comprehensive permitting timetable; 

9 (B) the status of the compliance of each 

10 lead agency, cooperating agency, and partici11 pating agency with the permitting timetable; 

12 (C) any modifications of the permitting 

13 timetable required under subparagraph (A), in14 cluding an explanation as to why the permitting 

15 timetable was modified; and 

16 (D) information about project-related pub17 lic meetings, public hearings, and public com18 ment periods, which shall be presented in 

19 English and the predominant language of the 

20 community or communities most affected by the 

21 project, as that information becomes available. 

22 (d) BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE.—In utilizing the best 

23 available science for the Assessment, the Coalition shall 

24 include— 


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1 (1) data and peer-reviewed research from aca2 demic institutions with a demonstrated history of 

3 studying giant sequoias and with experience ana4 lyzing distinct management strategies to improve 

5 giant sequoia resiliency; 

6 (2) traditional ecological knowledge from each 

7 Tribe related to improving the health and resiliency 

8 of giant sequoia groves; and 

9 (3) data from Federal, State, and Tribal gov10 ernments or agencies. 

11 (e) TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS.—In carrying out 

12 this section, the Secretary concerned may enter into mem13 orandums of understanding or agreements with other Fed14 eral agencies or departments, State or local governments, 

15 Tribal governments, private entities, or academic institu16 tions to improve, with respect to the Assessment, the use 

17 and integration of— 

18 (1) advanced remote sensing and geospatial 

19 technologies; 

20 (2) statistical modeling and analysis; or 

21 (3) any other technology the Secretary con22 cerned determines will benefit the quality of infor23 mation used in the Assessment. 


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1 (f) PLANNING.—The Coalition shall make informa2 tion from this Assessment available to the Secretary con3 cerned and the State of California to integrate into— 

4 (1) the State of California’s Wildfire and For5 est Resilience Action Plan; and 

6 (2) the Forest Service’s 10-year Wildfire Crisis 

7 Strategy (or successor plan). 

8 SEC. 6. GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

10 (1) EMERGENCY DETERMINATION.—Congress 

11 determines that— 

12 (A) an emergency exists on covered public 

13 lands and covered National Forest System 

14 lands that makes it necessary to carry out Pro15 tection Projects that take needed actions to re16 spond to the threat of wildfires, insects, and 

17 drought to giant sequoias; and 

18 (B) Protection Projects are necessary to 

19 control the immediate impacts of the emergency 

20 described in subparagraph (A) and to mitigate 

21 harm to life, property, or important natural or 

22 cultural resources on covered public lands and 

23 covered National Forest System lands. 

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1 to all covered public lands and covered National For2 est System lands. 

3 (3) EFFECT.—The emergency determination es4 tablished under paragraph (1)(A) shall go into effect 

5 on the date the Coalition submits the Assessment. 

6 (4) EXPIRATION.—The emergency determina7 tion established under paragraph (1)(A) shall expire 

8 on the earlier of— 

9 (A) the date that is 10 years after the ef10 fective date of that emergency determination; 

11 and 

12 (B) the date on which the Secretary and 

13 the Secretary of Agriculture jointly— 

14 (i) determine that such an emergency 

15 no longer exists; 

16 (ii) certify that at least 90 percent of 

17 giant sequoia groves are not under the 

18 threat of stand-replacing wildfire; and 

19 (iii) submit the determination and cer20 tification described in clauses (i) and (ii), 

21 respectively, to the relevant congressional 

22 committees. 

23 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—While the emergency deter24 mination established under subsection (a) is in effect— 


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1 (1) a responsible official may carry out a Pro2 tection Project described in subsection (c) in accord3 ance with— 

4 (A) section 220.4(b) of title 36, Code of 

5 Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); 

6 (B) section 800.12 of title 36, Code of 

7 Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); 

8 (C) section 1506.12 of title 40, Code of 

9 Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); 

10 and 

11 (D) section 46.150 of title 43, Code of 

12 Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); 

13 and 

14 (2) the informal consultation requirements 

15 under sections 402.05 of title 50 and 800.12 of title 

16 36, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regu17 lations), shall apply to Protection Projects. 

18 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—A Protection Project referred 

19 to in subsection (b)(1) is a Protection Project or reforest20 ation or rehabilitation activity that— 

21 (1) covers an area of not more than— 

22 (A) 2,000 acres within giant sequoia 

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1 evant land management agency or on lands 

2 identified under section 5(a)(1)(B); and 

3 (B) 3,000 acres on lands identified under 

4 section 5(a)(1)(C); 

5 (2) was— 

6 (A) proposed by the Assessment under sec7 tion 5(a)(3); 

8 (B) developed through a collaborative proc9 ess; or 

10 (C) proposed by a resource advisory com11 mittee (as defined in section 201 of the Secure 

12 Rural Schools and Community Self-Determina13 tion Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121)); 

14 (3) as practicable, incorporates prescribed fire 

15 as a component of the grove-specific hazardous fuels 

16 reduction plan; and 

17 (4) occurs on Federal land or non-Federal land 

18 with the consent of the non-Federal landowner. 

19 (d) USE OF OTHER AUTHORITIES.—To the max20 imum extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall use 

21 the authorities provided under this section in combination 

22 with other authorities to carry out Protection Projects, in23 cluding— 


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1 (1) good neighbor agreements entered into 

2 under section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 

3 (16 U.S.C. 2113a); and 

4 (2) stewardship contracting projects entered 

5 into under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Res6 toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c). 

7 (e) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—With respect to joint Protec8 tion Projects and reforestation and rehabilitation activities 

9 involving a Tribe, nothing in this section shall be con10 strued to add any additional regulatory requirements onto 

11 the Tribe. 

12 SEC. 7. FUELS REDUCTION IN VULNERABLE HABITAT. 

13 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that— 

15 (1) fire regimes in giant sequoia groves are 

16 dominated by fire regime I and fire regime III (as 

17 defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Res18 toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511)); 

19 (2) fire regime IV (as defined in that section) 

20 occurs incidentally within or adjacent to giant se21 quoia groves; and 

22 (3) to ensure that the restoration of giant se23 quoia groves meets forest health and wildfire resil24 iency goals, ecological restoration of ecosystem types 


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1 that are fire regime IV (as so defined) should be 

2 considered for Protection Projects. 

3 (b) DEFINITION OF FIRE REGIME IV.—Section 101 

4 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 

5 U.S.C. 6511) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (11) through 

7 (16) as paragraphs (12) through (17), respectively; 

8 and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(11) FIRE REGIME IV.—The term ‘fire regime 

12 IV’ means an area in which historically there are 

13 stand replacement severity fires with a frequency of 

14 more than 35 and less than 200 years.’’. 

15 (c) RESTORATION IN FIRE REGIME IV.— 

16 (1) AUTHORIZED HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION

17 PROJECTS.—Section 102(a)(3) of the Healthy For18 ests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6512(a)(3)) 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘or fire regime III’’ and in20 serting ‘‘fire regime III, or fire regime IV’’. 

21 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—Section 603(c) 

22 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 

23 U.S.C. 6591b(c)) is amended by striking paragraph 

24 (2) and inserting the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A project under this 

2 section shall be located in an area that is— 

3 ‘‘(i) in the wildland-urban interface; 

4 or 

5 ‘‘(ii)(I) outside the wildland-urban 

6 interface; 

7 ‘‘(II) in condition class 2 or condition 

8 class 3; and 

9 ‘‘(III) in fire regime I, fire regime II, 

10 fire regime III, or fire regime IV (subject 

11 to the condition that not more than 30 

12 percent of the area may be in fire regime 

13 IV). 

14 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 

15 the terms ‘condition class 2’, ‘condition class 3’, 

16 ‘fire regime I’, ‘fire regime II’, ‘fire regime III’, 

17 ‘fire regime IV’, and ‘wildland-urban interface’ 

18 have the meanings given those terms in section 

19 101.’’. 

20 (3) WILDFIRE RESILIENCE PROJECTS.—Section 

21 605(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 

22 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591d(c)) is amended by striking 

23 paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A project under this 

2 section shall be— 

3 ‘‘(i) prioritized within the wildland4 urban interface; 

5 ‘‘(ii) if located outside the wildland6 urban interface, located in an area— 

7 ‘‘(I) in condition class 2 or condi8 tion class 3; 

9 ‘‘(II) in fire regime I, fire regime 

10 II, fire regime III, or fire regime IV 

11 (subject to the condition that not 

12 more than 30 percent of the area may 

13 be in fire regime IV); and 

14 ‘‘(III) that contains a very high 

15 wildfire hazard potential; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) limited to areas designated 

17 under section 602(b) as of the date of en18 actment of this Act. 

19 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph, 

20 the terms ‘condition class 2’, ‘condition class 3’, 

21 ‘fire regime I’, ‘fire regime II’, ‘fire regime III’, 

22 ‘fire regime IV’, and ‘wildland-urban interface’ 

23 have the meanings given those terms in section 

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1 (4) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUEL BREAKS IN FOR2 ESTS AND OTHER WILDLAND VEGETATION.—Section 

3 40806(d) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

4 Act (16 U.S.C. 6592b(d)) is amended— 

5 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

6 (i) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

7 inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(ii) if located outside the wildland9 urban interface or a public drinking water 

10 source area, an area— 

11 ‘‘(I) in condition class 2 or condi12 tion class 3; 

13 ‘‘(II) in fire regime I, fire regime 

14 II, fire regime III, or fire regime IV 

15 (subject to the condition that not 

16 more than 30 percent of the area may 

17 be in fire regime IV); and 

18 ‘‘(III) that contains a very high 

19 wildfire hazard potential; or’’; and 

20 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

21 (A) and (C) as clauses (i) and (iii), respec22 tively, and indenting appropriately; 

23 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

24 through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 

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1 (C) by striking ‘‘Treatments’’ in the mat2 ter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so des3 ignated) and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Treatments’’; and 

5 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

7 terms ‘condition class 2’, ‘condition class 3’, ‘fire re8 gime I’, ‘fire regime II’, ‘fire regime III’, ‘fire re9 gime IV’, and ‘wildland-urban interface’ have the 

10 meanings given those terms in section 101 of the 

11 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 

12 6511).’’. 

13 SEC. 8. PROJECTS IN INSECT- OR DISEASE-AFFECTED 

14 TREATMENT AREAS. 

15 (a) DESIGNATION OF TREATMENT AREAS.—Section 

16 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 

17 U.S.C. 6591a) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

20 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 

21 and indenting appropriately; 

22 (B) by striking the subsection designation 

23 and heading and all that follows through ‘‘In 

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1 subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated) and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 603: 

4 ‘‘(1) DECLINING FOREST HEALTH.—The term’’; 

5 and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘Sec8 retary concerned’ means— 

9 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re10 spect to land of the National Forest System de11 scribed in section 3(1)(A); and 

12 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re13 spect to covered public lands (as defined in sec14 tion 2 of the Save Our Sequoias Act).’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘of Ag17 riculture’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘con19 cerned’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘of Agri21 culture or the Secretary of the Interior’’ after ‘‘Sec22 retary’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (d)— 

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1 retary may carry out priority projects on Fed2 eral land’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary concerned 

3 may carry out priority projects on land de4 scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sub5 section (a)(2)’’; 

6 (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

7 paragraph (5); 

8 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(4) REFERENCES.—For purposes of this sub11 section, any reference contained in section 101(2), 

12 subsection (b), (c), or (d) of section 102, or section 

13 104, 105, or 106 to ‘Federal land’ shall be consid14 ered to be a reference to land described in subpara15 graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(2).’’; and 

16 (D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 

17 by inserting ‘‘concerned’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ 

18 each place it appears; and 

19 (5) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘concerned’’ 

20 after ‘‘Secretary’’. 

21 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.—Section 603 of the 

22 Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 

23 6591b) is amended— 

24 (1) by inserting ‘‘concerned’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ 

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1 (2) in subsection (d)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Federal 

3 land’’ and inserting ‘‘land described in subpara4 graph (A) or (B) of section 602(a)(2)’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or land 

6 use plan’’ before the period at the end; 

7 (3) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘, or the land 

8 use plan established under section 202 of the Fed9 eral Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

10 U.S.C. 1712) for the unit of public lands,’’ after 

11 ‘‘National Forest System’’; and 

12 (4) in subsection (g)(2)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

16 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(F) the Committee on Energy and Nat19 ural Resources of the Senate.’’. 

20 SEC. 9. GIANT SEQUOIA REFORESTATION AND REHABILITA21 TION STRATEGY. 

22 (a) REFORESTATION AND REHABILITATION STRAT23 EGY.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the 

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1 3(a)(3), the Secretary and the Secretary of Agri2 culture, in consultation with the other parties to 

3 such agreement, shall jointly develop and implement 

4 a strategy, to be known as the ‘‘Giant Sequoia Re5 forestation and Rehabilitation Strategy’’, to enhance 

6 the reforestation and rehabilitation of giant sequoia 

7 groves that— 

8 (A) identifies giant sequoia groves in need 

9 of natural or artificial regeneration, giving 

10 highest priority to groves identified under sec11 tion 5(a)(1)(A)(i); 

12 (B) creates a priority list of reforestation 

13 and rehabilitation activities; 

14 (C) identifies and addresses— 

15 (i) barriers to reforestation or reha16 bilitation including— 

17 (I) regulatory barriers; 

18 (II) seedling shortages or related 

19 nursery infrastructure capacity con20 straints; 

21 (III) labor and workforce short22 ages; 

23 (IV) technology and science gaps; 

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1 (ii) potential public-private partner2 ship opportunities to complete high-priority 

3 reforestation or rehabilitation projects; 

4 (iii) a timeline for addressing the 

5 backlog of reforestation for giant sequoias 

6 in the 10-year period after the agreement 

7 is entered into under section 3; and 

8 (iv) strategies to ensure genetic diver9 sity across giant sequoia groves; and 

10 (D) includes program and policy rec11 ommendations needed to improve the efficiency 

12 or effectiveness of the Strategy. 

13 (2) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary may incor14 porate the Strategy into the Assessment under sec15 tion 5. 

16 (b) PRIORITY REFORESTATION PROJECTS AMEND17 MENT.—Section 3(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I) of the Forest and 

18 Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 

19 (16 U.S.C. 1601(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended— 

20 (1) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

21 (2) in item (cc), by striking the period and in22 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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1 conducted under section 9 of the 

2 Save Our Sequoias Act.’’. 

3 SEC. 10. GIANT SEQUOIA STRIKE TEAMS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Each Secretary concerned 

5 shall establish a Giant Sequoia Strike Team to assist the 

6 Secretary concerned with the implementation of— 

7 (1) primarily, section 6; and 

8 (2) secondarily, section 9. 

9 (b) DUTIES.—Each Strike Team shall— 

10 (1) assist the Secretary concerned with any re11 views, including analysis under the National Envi12 ronmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

13 seq.), consultations under division A of subtitle III 

14 of title 54, United States Code, and consultations 

15 under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 

17 (2) implement any necessary site preparation 

18 work in advance of or as part of a Protection 

19 Project or reforestation or rehabilitation activity; 

20 (3) implement Protection Projects under section 

21 6; and 

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1 (c) MEMBERS.—The Secretary concerned may ap2 point not more than 10 individuals each to serve on a 

3 Strike Team comprised of— 

4 (1) employees of the Department of the Inte5 rior; 

6 (2) employees of the Forest Service; 

7 (3) private contractors from any nonprofit orga8 nization, State government, Tribal government, local 

9 government, academic institution, or private organi10 zation; and 

11 (4) volunteers from any nonprofit organization, 

12 State government, Tribal government, local govern13 ment, academic institution, or private organization. 

14 SEC. 11. GIANT SEQUOIA COLLABORATIVE RESTORATION 

15 GRANTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

17 with the other parties to the agreement under section 3, 

18 shall establish a program to award grants to eligible enti19 ties to advance, facilitate, or improve giant sequoia health 

20 and resiliency. 

21 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The Secretary may award 

22 grants under this section to any nonprofit organization, 

23 Tribal government, local government, academic institu24 tion, or private organization to help advance, facilitate, or 

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1 (c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec2 tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 

3 that— 

4 (1) primarily, are likely to have the greatest im5 pact on giant sequoia health and resiliency; and 

6 (2) secondarily— 

7 (A) are small businesses or Tribal entities, 

8 particularly in rural areas; and 

9 (B) create or support jobs, particularly in 

10 rural areas. 

11 (d) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Funds from grants 

12 awarded under this section shall be used to— 

13 (1) create, expand, or develop markets for haz14 ardous fuels removed under section 6; 

15 (2) facilitate hazardous fuel removal under sec16 tion 6, including by reducing the cost of trans17 porting hazardous fuels removed as part of a Protec18 tion Project; 

19 (3) expand, enhance, develop, or create perma20 nent or temporary facilities or land that can store or 

21 process hazardous fuels removed under section 6; 

22 and 

23 (4) establish, develop, expand, enhance, or im24 prove nursery capacity or infrastructure necessary to 

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1 SEC. 12. GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY FOR GIANT SE2 QUOIAS. 

3 Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 

4 U.S.C. 2113a) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (4)(A)— 

7 (i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 

10 clause (iv); 

11 (iii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(iii) activities conducted under sec14 tion 6 of the Save Our Sequoias Act;’’; 

15 (iv) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, 

16 by striking the period at the end and in17 serting ‘‘; or’’; and 

18 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(v) any combination of activities 

20 specified in clauses (i) through (iv).’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (10)(B) by striking 

22 ‘‘land.’’ and inserting ‘‘land, Kings Canyon Na23 tional Park, Sequoia National Park, and Yo24 semite National Park.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF REVENUE.—Funds 

2 received from the sale of timber by a Governor 

3 or county under a good neighbor agreement 

4 shall be retained and used by the Governor or 

5 county— 

6 ‘‘(i) to carry out authorized restora7 tion services under such good neighbor 

8 agreement; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) if there are funds remaining 

10 after carrying out the services under clause 

11 (i), to carry out authorized restoration 

12 services under other good neighbor agree13 ments.’’. 

14 SEC. 13. STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING FOR GIANT SE15 QUOIAS. 

16 (a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—Section 604(a) of 

17 the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 

18 6591c(a)) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

22 the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 

23 with respect to Bureau of Land Management land 

24 and the Director of the National Park Service with 

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1 Sequoia National Park, and Yosemite National 

2 Park.’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘public lands’ 

5 means— 

6 ‘‘(A) Bureau of Land Management land; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) land within Kings Canyon National 

9 Park, Sequoia National Park, and Yosemite 

10 National Park.’’. 

11 (b) GIANT SEQUOIA STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS.— 

12 Section 604(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 

13 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(c)) is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following: 

15 ‘‘(8) Promoting the health and resiliency of 

16 giant sequoias.’’. 

17 SEC. 14. GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY PROTECTION PRO18 GRAM AND FUND. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 1011 of 

20 title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following: 

22 ‘‘§ 101123. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Pro23 gram and Fund 

24 ‘‘(a) GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY PROTECTION

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1 tion with the National Forest Foundation, shall design 

2 and implement a comprehensive program to assist and 

3 promote philanthropic programs of support that benefit— 

4 ‘‘(1) primarily, the management and conserva5 tion of giant sequoias on Service land and covered 

6 National Forest System lands to promote resiliency 

7 to wildfires, insects, and drought; and 

8 ‘‘(2) secondarily, the reforestation of giant se9 quoias on Service land and covered National Forest 

10 System lands impacted by wildfire. 

11 ‘‘(b) GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY PROTECTION

12 FUND.—The National Park Foundation, in coordination 

13 with the National Forest Foundation, shall establish a 

14 joint special account, to be known as the ‘Giant Sequoia 

15 Emergency Protection Fund’ (referred to as ‘the Fund’ 

16 in this section), to be administered in support of the pro17 gram established under subsection (a). 

18 ‘‘(c) FUNDS FOR GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY PRO19 TECTION.—The following shall apply to the Fund: 

20 ‘‘(1) The Fund shall consist of any gifts, de21 vises, or bequests that are provided to the National 

22 Park Foundation or National Forest Foundation for 

23 such purpose. 

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1 ceived for the Fund in a federally insured interest2 bearing account or may invest funds in appropriate 

3 security obligations, as mutually agreed upon. 

4 ‘‘(3) Any accrued interest or dividends earned 

5 on funds received for the Fund shall be added to the 

6 principal and form a part of the Fund. 

7 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds shall be available to 

8 the National Park Foundation and National Forest Foun9 dation without further appropriation for projects and ac10 tivities approved by the Chief of the Forest Service or the 

11 Director, as appropriate, or their designees, to— 

12 ‘‘(1) primarily, support the management and 

13 conservation of giant sequoias on Service land and 

14 covered National Forest System lands to promote re15 siliency to wildfires, insects, and drought; and 

16 ‘‘(2) secondarily, support the reforestation of 

17 giant sequoias on Service land and covered National 

18 Forest System lands impacted by wildfire. 

19 ‘‘(e) SUMMARY.—Beginning 1 year after the date of 

20 enactment of this section, the National Park Foundation 

21 and National Forest Foundation shall include with their 

22 annual reports a summary of the status of the program 

23 and Fund created under this section that includes— 

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1 ‘‘(2) the amount of the balance remaining in 

2 the Fund at the end of the fiscal year; and 

3 ‘‘(3) a description of the program and projects 

4 funded during the fiscal year. 

5 ‘‘(f) COVERED NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS

6 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered National 

7 Forest System lands’ has the meaning given such term 

8 in section 2 of the Save our Sequoias Act.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec10 tions for subchapter II of chapter 1011 of title 54, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

‘‘101123. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Program and Fund.’’. 

13 SEC. 15. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro15 priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 

16 by this Act— 

17 (1) for fiscal year 2024, $10,000,000; 

18 (2) for fiscal year 2025, $25,000,000; 

19 (3) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028, 

20 $30,000,000; and 

21 (4) for each of fiscal years 2029 through 2033, 

22 $40,000,000. 

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1 used to carry out sections 6 and 9 and the amendments 

2 made by those sections. 

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