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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4035 

To establish and provide for the use of amounts in a Trail Stewardship 

for Economic Recovery Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 23, 2020 

Mr. DAINES (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 

and Forestry 

A BILL 

To establish and provide for the use of amounts in a Trail 

Stewardship for Economic Recovery Fund, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Trail Stewardship for 

5 Economic Recovery Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND USE OF TRAIL STEWARDSHIP 

7 FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY FUND. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

9 Treasury of the United States a fund, to be known as the 


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1 ‘‘Trail Stewardship for Economic Recovery Fund’’ (re2 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

3 (b) DEPOSIT INTO THE FUND.—On the date of en4 actment of this Act, out of amounts in the Treasury not 

5 otherwise obligated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

6 deposit into the Fund $200,000,000, to remain available 

7 until expended and without further appropriation or fiscal 

8 year limitation, to carry out the purposes described in sub9 section (c). 

10 (c) USE OF FUND.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri12 culture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Serv13 ice (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), 

14 shall use amounts in the Fund to enter into coopera15 tive agreements or contracts with an outfitter or 

16 guide to complete, on National Forest System 

17 land— 

18 (A) trail maintenance projects; and 

19 (B) additional invasive plant and noxious 

20 weed prevention and control projects. 

21 (2) PREFERENCE.—In entering into cooperative 

22 agreements or contracts under paragraph (1), the 

23 Secretary shall— 

24 (A) give preference to projects described in 

25 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) 


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1 that can be performed in an area that the Sec2 retary has selected as a priority area under sec3 tion 5 of the National Forest System Trails 

4 Stewardship Act (16 U.S.C. 583k–3); and 

5 (B) expedite projects with the goal of initi6 ating the majority of the projects not later than 

7 120 days after the date of enactment of this 

8 Act. 

9 (3) CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS.—A cooper10 ative agreement or contract that is entered into 

11 under paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) shall not be subject to any requirement 

13 relating to the procurement of matching funds 

14 under any other provision of law; and 

15 (B) may contain such terms and conditions 

16 as the Secretary requires. 

17 (d) SUBMISSION OF LIST OF PROJECTS TO CON18 GRESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact19 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter for each fiscal 

20 year for which amounts made available under subsection 

21 (b) are expended, the Secretary shall submit to the Com22 mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 

23 and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 

24 of Representatives a list of projects described in subpara25 graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(1) that— 


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1 (1) meet the criteria described in this section; 

2 and 

3 (2) have been, or are expected to be, funded 

4 from amounts made available under subsection (b). 

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