II 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4434 

To carry out a Civilian Conservation Corps program, provide supplemental 

appropriations for certain conservation activities, to provide for increased 

reforestation across the United States, to provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 4, 2020 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which 

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

and Forestry 

A BILL 

To carry out a Civilian Conservation Corps program, provide 

supplemental appropriations for certain conservation activities, to provide for increased reforestation across the 

United States, to provide incentives for agricultural producers to carry out climate stewardship practices, 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 ‘‘21st Century Civilian 

5 Conservation Corps Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Workforce Inno3 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subtitle E (29 U.S.C. 3241 

6 et seq.) as subtitle F; and 

7 (2) by inserting after subtitle D the following: 

8 ‘‘Subtitle E—Civilian Conservation 

9 Corps 

10 ‘‘SEC. 176. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM. 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 ‘‘(1) MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS.—The term 

13 ‘member organizations’ means the boards, entities, 

14 and agencies that agree to an agreement described 

15 in subsection (d). 

16 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘qualified 

17 entity’ means an entity carrying out a program 

18 using qualified youth or conservation corps criteria. 

19 ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION

20 CORPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘qualified youth or con21 servation corps criteria’ means the model and stand22 ards for a program described in section 203(11) of 

23 the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 

24 1722(11)). 

25 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab26 lish and carry out a Civilian Conservation Corps program. 


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1 The program shall be carried out using qualified youth 

2 or conservation corps criteria and through Civilian Con3 servation Corps projects. 

4 ‘‘(c) GRANTS.—In carrying out the Civilian Conserva5 tion Corps program, the Secretary shall make grants to 

6 eligible State boards and local boards, acting in partner7 ship with member organizations, to carry out Civilian Con8 servation Corps projects. 

9 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE BOARDS.—To be eligible to receive a 

10 grant under this section, a State board or local board shall 

11 have entered into an agreement with 1 or more qualified 

12 entities and, at the option of the board involved, 1 or more 

13 applicable State or local agencies, to carry out a Civilian 

14 Conservation Corps project. The agreement shall specify 

15 the roles of the State board or local board, of each quali16 fied entity, and of any other applicable State or local agen17 cy involved, in carrying out the Civilian Conservation 

18 Corps project. 

19 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

20 under this section for a Civilian Conservation Corps 

21 project, the State board or local board shall submit an 

22 application to the Secretary, at such time and in such 

23 manner as the Secretary may require, that contains— 


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1 ‘‘(1) a description of the project, including how 

2 the projects relates to goals described in subsection 

3 (h); 

4 ‘‘(2) a copy of the agreement described in sub5 section (d); 

6 ‘‘(3) the scope of work and budget for the 

7 project; 

8 ‘‘(4) the number of enrollees needed to carry 

9 out the project; 

10 ‘‘(5) a description of the manner in which the 

11 member organizations shall recruit, screen, and se12 lect enrollees; 

13 ‘‘(6) a description of the manner in which the 

14 qualified entities will provide, through the project— 

15 ‘‘(A) education, work experience, and 

16 work-based learning; and 

17 ‘‘(B) training, such as basic skills training, 

18 the development of job-specific occupational 

19 skills, or other training activities, designed to 

20 lead to the attainment of an industry-recog21 nized credential, including a description of the 

22 training that leads to the credential; 

23 ‘‘(7) a description of the stipend, allowance, or 

24 other benefits an enrollee in the project will receive; 


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1 ‘‘(8) a description of the supportive services 

2 that an enrollee in the project will receive; and 

3 ‘‘(9) information specifying how the member or4 ganizations will collect such information on the 

5 project and enrollees as the Secretary may require, 

6 and submit a report containing that information to 

7 the Secretary. 

8 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.— 

9 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

10 ‘‘(A) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The 

11 term ‘disadvantaged community’ means a com12 munity (including a city, town, county, or rea13 sonably isolated and divisible segment of a larg14 er municipality) with an annual median house15 hold income that is less than 100 percent of the 

16 statewide annual median household income for 

17 the State in which the community is located, 

18 according to the most recent decennial census. 

19 ‘‘(B) HIGH-POVERTY COMMUNITY.—The 

20 term ‘high-poverty community’ means any cen21 sus block group in an urban area in which not 

22 less than 30 percent of the population lives 

23 below the poverty line (as defined in section 

24 673 of the Community Services Block Grant 

25 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902)). 


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1 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—In making grants under this 

2 section, the Secretary of Labor shall give priority to 

3 funding projects that— 

4 ‘‘(A) maximize quantifiable environmental 

5 benefits for the least cost; and 

6 ‘‘(B) are carried out in high-poverty com7 munities or disadvantaged communities. 

8 ‘‘(g) FISCAL AGENT.—The State board or local board 

9 shall act as the fiscal agent for the grant and shall dis10 tribute funds for the Civilian Conservation Corps project 

11 to the member organizations involved. 

12 ‘‘(h) ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—Qualified entities 

13 may use funds distributed for each Civilian Conservation 

14 Corps project, with goals relating to conservation, outdoor 

15 recreation, or other environmental matters, for— 

16 ‘‘(1) education, work experience, and workforce 

17 investment activities outlined in section 129(c)(2) re18 lated to conservation, outdoor recreation, and other 

19 environmental industries; 

20 ‘‘(2) other education and training activities that 

21 focus on career development in such industries; 

22 ‘‘(3) activities leading to development and com23 pletion of the project; 

24 ‘‘(4) activities for data collection, management, 

25 and reporting; 


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1 ‘‘(5) other activities designed to lead to success2 ful completion of the project and workforce develop3 ment outcomes; and 

4 ‘‘(6) any administrative activities supporting 

5 the project. 

6 ‘‘(i) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION CORPS.— 

7 In carrying out projects under this section, the Secretary 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) consult with the National Association of 

10 Service and Conservation Corps— 

11 ‘‘(A) to establish standards used to iden12 tify appropriate types of Civilian Conservation 

13 Corps projects, and activities to be provided 

14 and workforce development outcomes sought, 

15 through those projects; and 

16 ‘‘(B) to establish specific performance ac17 countability measures for evaluating Civilian 

18 Conservation Corps projects; and 

19 ‘‘(2) enter into a contract or cooperative agree20 ment with the National Association of Service and 

21 Conservation Corps to develop recommendations for 

22 the standards and measures described in paragraph 

23 (1). 

24 ‘‘(j) FEDERAL COORDINATION.—The Secretary of 

25 Labor shall monitor and track, through an online platform 


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1 that is usable by personnel across Federal agencies, the 

2 expenditure of the amounts made available to carry out 

3 this section.’’. 

4 (b) FUNDING.—The following amounts are appro5 priated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 

6 appropriated, to the Secretary of Labor for the Civilian 

7 Conservation Corps program established under subtitle E 

8 of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

9 Act, $9,000,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 

10 30, 2020, to remain available through September 30, 

11 2022. 

12 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

13 (1) ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYSTEMS.—Section 

14 121(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Workforce Innovation and 

15 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘subtitles C through E’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘subtitles C, D, and F’’. 

18 (2) TRANSITION.—Section 503(b) of the Work19 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3343(b)) is amended by inserting before the period 

21 at the end the following: ‘‘(as in effect on the day 

22 before the date of enactment of the Workforce Inno23 vation and Opportunity Act)’’. 


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1 (d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

2 section 1(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

3 Act is amended— 

4 (1) by striking the item relating to the subtitle 

5 heading for subtitle E of title I and inserting the fol6 lowing: 

‘‘Subtitle F—Administration’’; 

7 and 

8 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec9 tion 172 the following: 

‘‘Subtitle E—Civilian Conservation Corps 

‘‘Sec. 176. Civilian Conservation Corps program.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FOR11 EST SERVICE AND THE BUREAU OF LAND 

12 MANAGEMENT. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are appro14 priated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 

15 appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

16 2020, and for other purposes: 

17 (1) FOREST SERVICE SUPPLEMENTAL APPRO18 PRIATIONS.—For an additional amount for the For19 est Service, $3,500,000,000 for ‘‘National Forest 

20 System’’, to remain available through September 30, 

21 2023, which shall be used for hazardous fuels man22 agement activities, subject to the conditions de23 scribed in subsection (b). 


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1 (2) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT SUPPLE2 MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For an additional 

3 amount for the Bureau of Land Management, 

4 $2,000,000,000 for ‘‘Management of Lands and Re5 sources’’, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2021, which shall be used for hazardous fuels man7 agement activities, subject to the conditions de8 scribed in subsection (b). 

9 (b) CONDITIONS.—In using amounts made available 

10 under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the Sec11 retary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the For12 est Service, or the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

13 through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 

14 respectively (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary 

15 concerned’’)— 

16 (1) shall prioritize hazardous fuels reduction 

17 projects using those amounts for projects— 

18 (A) for which any applicable processes 

19 under the National Environmental Policy Act of 

20 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) have been com21 pleted or are in the process of being completed; 

22 (B) that are noncommercial; 

23 (C) that focus on small diameter trees, 

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1 jected reduction of uncharacteristically severe 

2 wildfire effects for the forest type (such as ad3 verse soil impacts, tree mortality, or other im4 pacts); 

5 (D) that maximize the retention of large 

6 trees, as appropriate for the forest type, to the 

7 extent that the trees promote fire-resilient 

8 stands; 

9 (E) that do not include the establishment 

10 of permanent roads; 

11 (F) that include a commitment of funding 

12 to decommission all temporary roads con13 structed to carry out the project; 

14 (G) that are located in fire regime I, fire 

15 regime II, or fire regime III (as those terms are 

16 defined in section 101 of the Healthy Forests 

17 Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511)); 

18 and 

19 (H) that are located in forests that exhibit 

20 the greatest vulnerability to mortality and cata21 strophic wildfire; and 

22 (2) shall not harvest vegetation using mechan23 ical treatment— 

24 (A) from old growth stands, unless the old 

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1 cal restoration project authorized by the Sec2 retary concerned that meets applicable protec3 tion and old growth enhancement objectives, as 

4 determined by the Secretary concerned; 

5 (B) within an inventoried roadless area; 

6 (C) within a component of the National 

7 Wilderness Preservation System; 

8 (D) within a wilderness study area in 

9 which restoration would impair the suitability of 

10 the area to be designated as a component of the 

11 National Wilderness Preservation System, as 

12 determined by the Secretary concerned; or 

13 (E) within a research natural area, as des14 ignated by the Forest Service. 

15 (c) REPORTS.—The Secretary concerned shall com16 plete and submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

17 Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural 

18 Resources of the House of Representatives an annual re19 port describing the number of acres of land on which 

20 projects carried out using amounts made available under 

21 paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, of subsection (a) effec22 tively mitigated wildfire risk. 

23 SEC. 4. REFORESTATION. 

24 (a) REFORESTATION TRUST FUND.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of Public Law 

2 96–451 (16 U.S.C. 1606a) is amended— 

3 (A) in subsection (b)— 

4 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

5 ‘‘Subject to’’ and all that follows through 

6 ‘‘the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec7 retary’’; 

8 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 

9 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

10 paragraph (2); 

11 (B) in subsection (d)— 

12 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

13 (1)— 

14 (I) by striking the subsection 

15 designation and all that follows 

16 through ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert17 ing the following: 

18 ‘‘(d) REFORESTATION BY SECRETARY OF AGRI19 CULTURE.—The Secretary’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘for’’; 

21 (ii) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘for’’ before ‘‘re23 forestation’’; and 

24 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 


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1 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

2 paragraph (4); 

3 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (1) 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(2) to the Chief of the Forest Service to refor6 est National Forest System land determined to be in 

7 need of active reforestation based on field surveys 

8 assessing regeneration potential, in accordance with 

9 subsection (f), by planting— 

10 ‘‘(A) to the maximum extent practicable, 

11 75,000,000 trees in each of calendar years 

12 2021 and 2022; 

13 ‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 

14 100,000,000 trees in each of calendar years 

15 2023 and 2024; 

16 ‘‘(C) to the maximum extent practicable, 

17 150,000,000 trees in each of calendar years 

18 2025 and 2026; and 

19 ‘‘(D) to the maximum extent practicable, 

20 200,000,000 trees in calendar year 2027 and 

21 each calendar year thereafter; 

22 ‘‘(3) to carry out the Reforest America Grant 

23 Program established under section 6 of the Coopera24 tive Forestry Assistance Act of 1978; and’’; and 


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1 (v) in paragraph (4) (as so redesig2 nated), by inserting ‘‘for’’ before ‘‘prop3 erly’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘(e) REFORESTATION BY SECRETARY OF THE INTE6 RIOR.—The Secretary of the Interior shall obligate such 

7 sums from the Trust Fund as are necessary to reforest, 

8 in accordance with subsection (f)— 

9 ‘‘(1) by planting on land determined to be in 

10 need of active reforestation based on field surveys 

11 assessing regeneration potential and managed by the 

12 Bureau of Land Management— 

13 ‘‘(A) to the maximum extent practicable, 

14 25,000,000 trees in each of calendar years 

15 2021 and 2022; 

16 ‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 

17 50,000,000 trees in each of calendar years 

18 2023 and 2024; 

19 ‘‘(C) to the maximum extent practicable, 

20 75,000,000 trees in each of calendar years 

21 2025 and 2026; and 

22 ‘‘(D) to the maximum extent practicable, 

23 100,000,000 trees in calendar year 2027 and 

24 each calendar year thereafter; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) by planting on land that is in need of ac2 tive reforestation and is managed by the Bureau of 

3 Indian Affairs— 

4 ‘‘(A) to the maximum extent practicable, 

5 12,500,000 trees in each of calendar years 

6 2021 and 2022; 

7 ‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 

8 25,000,000 trees in each of calendar years 

9 2023 and 2024; 

10 ‘‘(C) to the maximum extent practicable, 

11 37,500,000 trees in each of calendar years 

12 2025 and 2026; and 

13 ‘‘(D) to the maximum extent practicable, 

14 50,000,000 trees in calendar year 2027 and 

15 each calendar year thereafter. 

16 ‘‘(f) REFORESTATION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF CONNECTIVITY.—In this 

18 subsection, the term ‘connectivity’ means the degree 

19 to which the landscape facilitates native species 

20 movement. 

21 ‘‘(2) REFORESTATION.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Reforestation under 

23 subsections (d)(2) and (e) shall consist of eco24 logically based site preparation, tree planting, 


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1 and subsequent management using practices 

2 that— 

3 ‘‘(i) are informed by climate change 

4 science and the importance of spatial pat5 tern; 

6 ‘‘(ii) enhance forest health, resilience, 

7 and biodiversity; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) reduce vulnerability to future 

9 forest mortality and catastrophic wildfire. 

10 ‘‘(B) POST-WILDFIRE REFORESTATION.— 

11 In the case of reforestation under subsections 

12 (d)(2) and (e), sums available in the Trust 

13 Fund shall not be used for post-wildfire salvage 

14 logging. 

15 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In carrying out reforestation 

16 under subsections (d)(2) and (e), the Chief of the 

17 Forest Service and the Secretary of the Interior, as 

18 applicable, shall give priority to planting— 

19 ‘‘(A) on land that was subject to a mor20 tality event caused by a high intensity wildfire, 

21 pest infestation, invasive species, or drought or 

22 other extreme weather; 

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1 ‘‘(C) on land on which the planting pro2 vides increased habitat connectivity for wildlife; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(D) that will provide the largest potential 

5 long-term increase in carbon sequestration. 

6 ‘‘(g) MANDATORY FUNDING.—To carry out para7 graphs (2) and (3) of subsection (d) and subsection (e), 

8 the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the gen9 eral fund of the Treasury into the Trust Fund 

10 $3,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year 

11 thereafter, to remain available until expended.’’. 

12 (2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec14 retary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Inte15 rior shall issue regulations necessary to carry out 

16 the amendments made by this section. 

17 (b) REFOREST AMERICA GRANT PROGRAM.—The Co18 operative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 is amended by 

19 inserting after section 5 (16 U.S.C. 2103a) the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 6. REFOREST AMERICA GRANT PROGRAM. 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY OF COLOR.—The term ‘com23 munity of color’ means, in a State, a census block 

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1 American, Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Latino, 

2 other non-White race, or linguistically isolated is— 

3 ‘‘(A) not less than 50 percent; or 

4 ‘‘(B) is significantly higher than the State 

5 average. 

6 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE COST.—The term ‘eligible cost’ 

7 means, with respect to a project of an eligible entity 

8 under the Program— 

9 ‘‘(A) the cost of implementing a reforest10 ation project, including by— 

11 ‘‘(i) planning and designing the refor12 estation activity, including considering rel13 evant science; 

14 ‘‘(ii) establishing tree nurseries; 

15 ‘‘(iii) purchasing trees; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) ecologically based site prepara17 tion, including the labor and cost associ18 ated with the use of machinery; 

19 ‘‘(B) the cost of maintaining and moni20 toring planted trees for a period of up to 3 

21 years to ensure successful establishment of the 

22 trees; 

23 ‘‘(C) with respect to reforestation in an 

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1 opy cover of not more than 20 percent, not 

2 more than 50 percent of the cost of the mainte3 nance of any nearby tree canopy; and 

4 ‘‘(D) any other relevant cost, as deter5 mined by the Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en7 tity’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) a State agency; 

9 ‘‘(B) a local governmental entity; 

10 ‘‘(C) an Indian Tribe; and 

11 ‘‘(D) a nonprofit organization. 

12 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE LAND.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

14 land’ means— 

15 ‘‘(i) land owned in fee simple by an el16 igible entity— 

17 ‘‘(I)(aa) for which, at the time of 

18 application to the Program under sub19 section (c), the forest stocking level of 

20 the land is less than 25 percent of re21 gional norms for forest properties 

22 with comparable tree species and soil 

23 characteristics; and 

24 ‘‘(bb) that is in need of active re25 forestation due to events such as— 


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1 ‘‘(AA) high intensity wild2 fire; 

3 ‘‘(BB) pest infestation; 

4 ‘‘(CC) invasive species; and 

5 ‘‘(DD) drought and other 

6 extreme weather; or 

7 ‘‘(II) that was formerly forest 

8 land and has been abandoned or in9 completely reclaimed from mining, 

10 commercial development, clearing for 

11 agriculture, or other nonforest use; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(ii) with respect to reforestation in 

14 an urban area under subsection (e), land 

15 in that urban area that is owned in fee 

16 simple by an eligible entity. 

17 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘eligible land’ 

18 does not include land on which the eligible enti19 ty conducted a timber harvest— 

20 ‘‘(i) not later than 5 years before the 

21 date on which the eligible entity submits 

22 an application under subsection (c); and 

23 ‘‘(ii) that resulted in a forest stocking 

24 level described in subparagraph 

25 (A)(i)(I)(aa). 


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1 ‘‘(5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 

2 has the meaning given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in sec3 tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu4 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

5 ‘‘(6) LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY.—The 

6 term ‘local governmental entity’ means any munic7 ipal government or county government with jurisdic8 tion over local land use decisions. 

9 ‘‘(7) LOW INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘low 

10 income community’ means any census block group in 

11 an urban area in which not less than 30 percent of 

12 the population lives below the poverty line (as de13 fined in section 673 of the Community Services 

14 Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902)). 

15 ‘‘(8) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

16 ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization 

17 that— 

18 ‘‘(A) is described in section 170(h)(3) of 

19 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and 

20 ‘‘(B) operates in accordance with 1 or 

21 more of the purposes described in section 

22 170(h)(4)(A) of that Code. 

23 ‘‘(9) PROGRAM.—The term ‘Program’ means 

24 the Reforest America Grant Program established 

25 under subsection (b)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ 

2 means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 

3 the Chief of the Forest Service. 

4 ‘‘(11) URBAN AREA.—The term ‘urban area’ 

5 means an area identified by the Bureau of the Cen6 sus as an ‘urban area’ in the most recent census. 

7 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab9 lish a program, to be known as the ‘Reforest Amer10 ica Grant Program’, under which the Secretary shall 

11 award grants to eligible entities to conduct projects 

12 to reforest eligible land in accordance with this sec13 tion. 

14 ‘‘(2) REFORESTATION.—In carrying out the 

15 Program, the Secretary shall, to the maximum ex16 tent practicable, award sufficient grants each year to 

17 plant— 

18 ‘‘(A) 50,000,000 trees in each of calendar 

19 years 2021 and 2022; 

20 ‘‘(B) 100,000,000 trees in each of calendar 

21 years 2023 and 2024; 

22 ‘‘(C) 150,000,000 trees in each of calendar 

23 years 2025 and 2026; and 

24 ‘‘(D) 250,000,000 trees in calendar year 

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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 

3 seeks to receive a grant under the Program shall 

4 submit an application at such time, in such form, 

5 and containing such information as the Secretary 

6 may require, including the information described in 

7 paragraph (2), to— 

8 ‘‘(A) the State forester or equivalent offi9 cial of the State in which the eligible entity is 

10 located; or 

11 ‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity that 

12 is an Indian Tribe, an official of the governing 

13 body of the Indian Tribe. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 

15 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

16 ‘‘(A) the reason that the forest stocking 

17 level of the land is less than 25 percent of re18 gional norms for forest properties with com19 parable tree species and soil characteristics, if 

20 applicable; 

21 ‘‘(B) the natural, economic, and environ22 mental benefits of returning the eligible land to 

23 forested condition; 

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1 planted forests, using processes determined by 

2 the Secretary; 

3 ‘‘(D) a reforestation plan that includes— 

4 ‘‘(i) a list of expected eligible costs; 

5 ‘‘(ii) a description of the site prepara6 tion and the tree species to be planted; 

7 ‘‘(iii) a description of the manner in 

8 which the design of the project is informed 

9 by climate change science and will enhance 

10 forest health, resilience, and biodiversity; 

11 ‘‘(iv) an explanation of the manner in 

12 which the land will be maintained for 36 

13 months after planting to ensure successful 

14 establishment; and 

15 ‘‘(v) an explanation of the manner in 

16 which the land will be managed later than 

17 36 months after planting, including wheth18 er that management shall include a timber 

19 harvest; 

20 ‘‘(E) in the case of an application for an 

21 urban reforestation project under subsection 

22 (e)— 

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1 parities in local environmental quality, 

2 such as lower tree canopy cover; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) a description of the anticipated 

4 community and stakeholder engagement in 

5 the project; and 

6 ‘‘(F) any other relevant information re7 quired by the Secretary. 

8 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS TO SECRETARY.—Each offi9 cial that receives an application under paragraph (1) 

10 shall submit the application to the Secretary with a 

11 description of the application and any other relevant 

12 information that the Secretary may require. 

13 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF CONNECTIVITY.—In this 

15 subsection, the term ‘connectivity’ means the degree 

16 to which the landscape facilitates native species 

17 movement. 

18 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under the 

19 Program, the Secretary shall give priority— 

20 ‘‘(A) to projects that provide the largest 

21 potential increase in carbon sequestration per 

22 dollar; 

23 ‘‘(B) to projects that provide increased 

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1 ‘‘(C) to projects under which an eligible 

2 entity will enter into a contract or cooperative 

3 agreement with 1 or more qualified youth or 

4 conservation corps (as the term is defined in 

5 section 203 of Public Law 91–378 (commonly 

6 known as the ‘Youth Conservation Corps Act of 

7 1970’) (16 U.S.C. 1722)); and 

8 ‘‘(D) in the case of urban reforestation 

9 projects under subsection (e), to projects that— 

10 ‘‘(i) are located in a community of 

11 color or a low-income community; 

12 ‘‘(ii) are located in a neighborhood 

13 with poor local environmental quality, in14 cluding lower tree canopy cover and higher 

15 maximum daytime summer temperatures; 

16 ‘‘(iii) are located in a neighborhood 

17 with high amounts of senior citizens or 

18 children; 

19 ‘‘(iv) are located immediately adjacent 

20 to large numbers of residents; 

21 ‘‘(v) will collaboratively engage neigh22 bors and community members that will be 

23 closely affected by the tree planting in as 

24 many aspects of project development and 

25 implementation as possible; and 


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1 ‘‘(vi) will employ a substantial per2 centage of the workforce locally, with a 

3 focus on engaging unemployed and under4 employed persons in communities of color 

5 and low-income communities. 

6 ‘‘(e) URBAN REFORESTATION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the Pro8 gram, the Secretary shall award sufficient grants 

9 each year to projects carried out in urban areas to 

10 plant, to the maximum extent practicable— 

11 ‘‘(A) 5,000,000 trees in each of calendar 

12 years 2021 through 2023; 

13 ‘‘(B) 10,000,000 trees in each of calendar 

14 years 2024 through 2027; and 

15 ‘‘(C) 15,000,000 trees in calendar year 

16 2028 and each calendar year thereafter. 

17 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Secretary shall 

18 award a grant to an eligible entity under the Pro19 gram to conduct a reforestation project in an urban 

20 area in an amount equal to not more than 90 per21 cent of the cost of reforesting the eligible land, as 

22 determined by the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(3) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—As a condi24 tion of receiving a grant described in paragraph (2), 

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1 in-kind contributions from non-Federal sources, 

2 matching funds in an amount equal to not less than 

3 10 percent of the cost of reforesting the eligible 

4 land, as determined by the Secretary. 

5 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITED CONVERSION TO NONFOREST

6 USE.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 

8 and (3), an eligible entity that receives a grant 

9 under the Program shall not sell or convert land 

10 that was reforested under the Program to nonforest 

11 use. 

12 ‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—An eligible 

13 entity that receives a grant under this Program and 

14 sells or converts land that was reforested under the 

15 Program to nonforest use shall pay to the Federal 

16 Government an amount equal to the greater of— 

17 ‘‘(A) the amount of the grant; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the current appraised value of timber 

19 stocks on that land. 

20 ‘‘(3) LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY.—An eligible entity 

21 that receives a grant under this Program and sells 

22 or converts land that was reforested under the Pro23 gram to nonforest use shall not be eligible for addi24 tional grants under the Program. 

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1 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—Unless otherwise pro2 vided under this section, the Secretary shall award 

3 a grant to an eligible entity under the Program in 

4 an amount equal to not more than 75 percent of the 

5 cost of reforesting the eligible land, as determined by 

6 the Secretary. 

7 ‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Unless other8 wise provided under this section, as a condition of 

9 receiving a grant under the Program, an eligible en10 tity shall provide, in cash or through in-kind con11 tributions from non-Federal sources, matching funds 

12 in an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of 

13 the cost of reforesting the eligible land, as deter14 mined by the Secretary. 

15 ‘‘(h) PLANTING SURVIVAL.—An eligible entity that 

16 receives a grant under the Program shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) not later than 36 months after planting 

18 has been completed using the grant funds, submit to 

19 the responsible State or Tribal official, as applicable, 

20 a monitoring report that describes project implemen21 tation, including the survival rate of all plantings 

22 made under the grant; and 

23 ‘‘(2) if the survival rate reported in the moni24 toring report under paragraph (1) is, after 36 

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1 rate for the geographic area in which the planting 

2 is located, as determined by a State forester or 

3 equivalent State or Tribal official, as applicable, re4 plant tree seedlings in a quantity equivalent to half 

5 of the original planting, using comparable means to 

6 the original planting. 

7 ‘‘(i) PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT.—Any con8 tractor or subcontractor entering into a service contract 

9 in connection with a project under the Program shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) be treated as a Federal contractor or sub11 contractor for purposes of chapter 67 of title 41, 

12 United States Code (commonly known as the 

13 ‘McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act of 1965’); 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(2) pay each class of employee employed by 

16 the contractor or subcontractor wages and fringe 

17 benefits at rates in accordance with prevailing rates 

18 for the class in the locality, or, where a collective19 bargaining agreement covers the employee, in ac20 cordance with the rates provided for in the agree21 ment, including prospective wage increases provided 

22 for in the agreement. 

23 ‘‘(j) REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually submit 

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1 amount of carbon sequestered by replanted forests during 

2 the year covered by the report. 

3 ‘‘(k) FUNDING.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Refor5 estation Trust Fund established under section 303 

6 of Public Law 96–451 (16 U.S.C. 1606a), the Sec7 retary shall use such sums as are necessary to carry 

8 out the Program. 

9 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND TECHNICAL

10 ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds used under paragraph 

11 (1), the Secretary shall allocate not more than 10 

12 percent for each fiscal year to State foresters or 

13 equivalent officials, including equivalent officials of 

14 Indian Tribes, for administrative costs and technical 

15 assistance under the Program.’’. 

16 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 The following amounts are appropriated, out of any 

18 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 

19 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other 

20 purposes: 

21 (1) STATE FIRE ASSISTANCE.—For an addi22 tional amount for the Forest Service, $100,000,000 

23 for ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, to remain avail24 able through September 30, 2023, which shall be 


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1 used for State fire assistance (National Fire Capac2 ity). 

3 (2) COLLABORATIVE FOREST LANDSCAPE RES4 TORATION FUND.—For an additional amount for the 

5 Forest Service, $150,000,000 for ‘‘National Forest 

6 System’’, to remain available through September 30, 

7 2023, which shall be deposited in the Collaborative 

8 Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological 

9 restoration treatments, as authorized by section 

10 4003(f) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 

11 Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(f)). 

12 (3) NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION

13 SERVICE.—For an additional amount for the Nat14 ural Resources Conservation Service, 

15 $5,500,000,000 for ‘‘Conservation Operations’’, to 

16 remain available through September 30, 2023, which 

17 shall be used to fund alternative funding arrange18 ments under section 1271C(d) of the Food Security 

19 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871c(d)), the eligible part20 ner (as defined in section 1271A of that Act (16 

21 U.S.C. 3871a)) with respect to which demonstrates 

22 quantifiable and cost-efficient sediment and nutrient 

23 reductions, and near-term job creation, subject to 

24 the conditions that— 

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1 (i) to fund high-impact resiliency 

2 projects to restore watersheds, the eligible 

3 partner (as so defined) with respect to 

4 which demonstrates— 

5 (I) quantifiable reductions to 

6 nonpoint source pollution; or 

7 (II) quantified water savings that 

8 functionally benefit native fish and 

9 wildlife species; and 

10 (ii) to provide $200,000,000 in tech11 nical assessment funding to eligible part12 ners (as so defined) to analyze and quan13 tify the sediment and nutrient benefits in 

14 advance of projects carried out using those 

15 amounts, on a State-by-State and water16 shed-by-watershed basis, by December 31, 

17 2022; and 

18 (B) with respect to a project funded using 

19 amounts made available under this paragraph— 

20 (i) the project shall be approved on an 

21 expedited basis; 

22 (ii) the project shall receive 100 per23 cent Federal financial assistance, with eli24 gible partners (as so defined) managing 


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1 the projects receiving a 20 percent admin2 istrative rate; and 

3 (iii) of the amount provided for the 

4 project, not more than 15 percent shall be 

5 used by the Secretary of Agriculture to 

6 provide technical assistance and measure 

7 project results. 

8 (4) BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.—For an addi9 tional amount for the Bureau of Reclamation, 

10 $4,500,000,000 for ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’, 

11 to remain available through September 30, 2023, 

12 which shall be used to carry out the WaterSMART 

13 program authorized by subtitle F of title IX of the 

14 Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 

15 U.S.C. 10361 et seq.)— 

16 (A) subject to the conditions that— 

17 (i) projects funded using those 

18 amounts shall have— 

19 (I) quantifiable and high-effi20 ciency improvements to regional 

21 drought resiliency; or 

22 (II) quantifiable increases in 

23 streamflows that functionally benefit 

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1 (ii) the amount of a grant provided 

2 using those amounts shall be not more 

3 than $50,000,000; and 

4 (B) of which $100,000,000 shall be pro5 vided in technical assessment funding to recipi6 ents of amounts under that program to analyze 

7 and quantify the sediment and nutrient benefits 

8 of projects carried out using those amounts, on 

9 a State-by-State basis, by December 31, 2022. 

10 (5) UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERV11 ICE.—For an additional amount for the United 

12 States Fish and Wildlife Service, $300,000,000 for 

13 ‘‘Resource Management’’, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2021, of which— 

15 (A) $150,000,000 shall be used for the 

16 partners for fish and wildlife program; and 

17 (B) $150,000,000 shall be used for migra18 tory bird management under the North Amer19 ican waterfowl joint ventures program. 

20 (6) BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS.—For an ad21 ditional amount for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

22 $45,000,000 for ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’, of 

23 which— 

24 (A) $20,000,000 shall be used for forestry, 

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1 be divided equally between Tribal priority allo2 cation and forest projects; 

3 (B) $20,000,000 shall be made available to 

4 Indian Tribes on a competitive basis to build 

5 capacity for participation in large landscape6 scale forest health treatments; and 

7 (C) $5,000,000 shall be used for a work8 force development initiative to recruit and re9 tain forestry professionals on Indian land. 

10 (7) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

11 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For an addi12 tional amount for the Department of Homeland Se13 curity for ‘‘Disaster Relief Fund’’, $100,000,000 for 

14 the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Commu15 nities program under section 203 of the Robert T. 

16 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

17 Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2031, for the purposes of increasing 

19 wildfire resiliency. 

20 (8) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SUPPLE21 MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For an additional 

22 amount for the Department of Commerce for ‘‘Oper23 ations, Research, and Facilities’’, $2,000,000,000 

24 for the National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund 

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1 Oceans and Coastal Security Act (16 U.S.C. 7503) 

2 to award grants under section 906 of that Act (16 

3 U.S.C. 7505), to remain available until September 

4 30, 2031, for the purposes of creating jobs, restoring 

5 wetlands, dunes, reefs, marshes, kelp forests, 

6 mangroves, and other living shorelines to reduce 

7 flood risks, create habitat, and restart tourism. 

8 SEC. 6. CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 

9 (a) SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS FOR CLIMATE STEW10 ARDSHIP PRACTICES.—Section 1240L(d) of the Food Se11 curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(d)) is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘RO14 TATIONS AND ADVANCED GRAZING MANAGEMENT’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘ROTATIONS, ADVANCED GRAZING

16 MANAGEMENT, AND CLIMATE STEWARDSHIP PRAC17 TICES’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

19 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

20 and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respec21 tively; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) CLIMATE STEWARDSHIP PRACTICE.— 

2 The term ‘climate stewardship practice’ means 

3 any of the following practices: 

4 ‘‘(i) Alley cropping. 

5 ‘‘(ii) Biochar incorporation. 

6 ‘‘(iii) Conservation cover. 

7 ‘‘(iv) Conservation crop rotation. 

8 ‘‘(v) Contour buffer strips. 

9 ‘‘(vi) Contour farming. 

10 ‘‘(vii) Cover crops. 

11 ‘‘(viii) Critical area planting. 

12 ‘‘(ix) Cross wind trap strips. 

13 ‘‘(x) Field borders. 

14 ‘‘(xi) Filter strips. 

15 ‘‘(xii) Forage and biomass planting, 

16 including the use of native prairie seed 

17 mixtures. 

18 ‘‘(xiii) Forest stand improvements. 

19 ‘‘(xiv) Grassed waterways. 

20 ‘‘(xv) Hedgerow planting. 

21 ‘‘(xvi) Herbaceous wind barriers. 

22 ‘‘(xvii) Multistory cropping. 

23 ‘‘(xviii) Nutrient management, includ24 ing nitrogen stewardship activities. 

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1 ‘‘(xx) Range planting. 

2 ‘‘(xxi) Residue and tillage manage3 ment with no till. 

4 ‘‘(xxii) Residue and tillage manage5 ment with reduced till. 

6 ‘‘(xxiii) Riparian forest buffers. 

7 ‘‘(xxiv) Riparian herbaceous buffers. 

8 ‘‘(xxv) Silvopasture establishment. 

9 ‘‘(xxvi) Stripcropping. 

10 ‘‘(xxvii) Tree and shrub establish11 ment, including planting for a high rate of 

12 carbon sequestration. 

13 ‘‘(xxviii) Upland wildlife habitat. 

14 ‘‘(xxix) Vegetative barriers. 

15 ‘‘(xxx) Wetland restoration. 

16 ‘‘(xxxi) Windbreak renovation. 

17 ‘‘(xxxii) Windbreaks and shelterbelts. 

18 ‘‘(xxxiii) Woody residue treatment. 

19 ‘‘(xxxiv) Any other vegetative or man20 agement conservation activity that signifi21 cantly— 

22 ‘‘(I) reduces greenhouse gas 

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1 ‘‘(III) enhances resilience to in2 creased weather volatility.’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

5 at the end; 

6 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

7 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(C) conservation activities relating to cli10 mate stewardship practices.’’; and 

11 (4) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘rotations or 

12 advanced grazing management’’ and inserting ‘‘rota13 tions, advanced grazing management, or conserva14 tion activities relating to climate stewardship prac15 tices’’. 

16 (b) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—Section 1240L(f) of 

17 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(f)) 

18 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘the period of fiscal years 2019 through 

20 2023, the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2028, or 

21 the period of fiscal years 2029 through 2033’’. 

22 (c) FUNDING.—Section 1241 of the Food Security 

23 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended— 

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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (3)(B)— 

4 (i) in clause (ii), by striking 

5 ‘‘$725,000,000’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘$1,725,000,000’’; 

7 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking 

8 ‘‘$750,000,000’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘$2,750,000,000’’; 

10 (iii) in clause (iv)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘$800,000,000’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘$3,800,000,000’’; and 

13 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (iv) in clause (v)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000,000’’; and 

17 (II) by striking the period at the 

18 end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

20 ‘‘(vi) $6,000,000,000 for fiscal year 

21 2024; and 

22 ‘‘(vii) $7,000,000,000 for each of fis23 cal years 2025 through 2030.’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 

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

2 ‘‘(k) FUNDING FOR CLIMATE STEWARDSHIP PRAC3 TICES.—Of the funds made available under subsection 

4 (a)(3)(B), the Secretary shall set aside the following 

5 amounts to be used exclusively to enroll in the conserva6 tion stewardship program contracts comprised predomi7 nantly of conservation activities relating to climate stew8 ardship practices (as defined in section 1240L(d)(1)) or 

9 bundles of practices comprised predominantly of conserva10 tion activities relating to climate stewardship practices (as 

11 so defined): 

12 ‘‘(1) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

13 ‘‘(2) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 

14 ‘‘(3) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 

15 ‘‘(4) $4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 

16 ‘‘(5) $5,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

17 2024 through 2030.’’. 

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