II 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1724 

To provide for environmental restoration activities and forest management 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 9, 2015 

Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. REID, Mrs. BOXER, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To provide for environmental restoration activities and forest 

management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lake Tahoe Restora5 tion Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

7 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

8 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 2 

9 and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

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

3 ‘‘(1) Lake Tahoe— 

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

5 clearest lakes in the world; 

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

7 diverse alpine setting, and remarkable water 

8 clarity; and 

9 ‘‘(C) is recognized nationally and world10 wide as a natural resource of special signifi11 cance; 

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

13 treasure, the Lake Tahoe Basin is one of the out14 standing recreational resources of the United States, 

15 which— 

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

17 camping, and hiking to millions of visitors each 

18 year; and 

19 ‘‘(B) contributes significantly to the econo20 mies of California, Nevada, and the United 

21 States; 

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

23 dependent on the conservation and restoration of the 

24 natural beauty and recreation opportunities in the 

25 area; 


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

2 Basin continues to be challenged by the impacts of 

3 land use and transportation patterns developed in 

4 the last century; 

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

6 and stream zone habitat have compromised the ca7 pacity of the watershed to filter sediment, nutrients, 

8 and pollutants before reaching Lake Tahoe; 

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

10 from over a century of fire damage and periodic 

11 drought, which have resulted in— 

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

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

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

15 fuels, which significantly increases the threat of 

16 catastrophic fire and insect infestation; 

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

18 terrestrial invasive species (including perennial 

19 pepperweed, milfoil, and Asian clam) threatens the 

20 ecosystem of the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

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

22 and ecosystem of the Lake Tahoe Basin of the intro23 duction and establishment of other invasive species 

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

25 Zebra mussel, and quagga mussel); 


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1 ‘‘(9) 78 percent of the land in the Lake Tahoe 

2 Basin is administered by the Federal Government, 

3 which makes it a Federal responsibility to restore ec4 ological health to the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

5 ‘‘(10) the Federal Government has a long his6 tory of environmental stewardship at Lake Tahoe, 

7 including— 

8 ‘‘(A) congressional consent to the estab9 lishment of the Planning Agency with— 

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

11 Law 91–148 (83 Stat. 360); and 

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

13 Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3233); 

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

15 Basin Management Unit in 1973; 

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

17 (94 Stat. 3381) in 1980 to provide for the ac18 quisition of environmentally sensitive land and 

19 erosion control grants in the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

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

21 342 of the Department of the Interior and Re22 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (Pub23 lic Law 108–108; 117 Stat. 1317), which 

24 amended the Southern Nevada Public Land 

25 Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105– 


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1 263; 112 Stat. 2346) to provide payments for 

2 the environmental restoration programs under 

3 this Act; and 

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

5 Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (Pub6 lic Law 109–432; 120 Stat. 3045), which 

7 amended the Southern Nevada Public Land 

8 Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105– 

9 263; 112 Stat. 2346) to authorize development 

10 and implementation of a comprehensive 10-year 

11 hazardous fuels and fire prevention plan for the 

12 Lake Tahoe Basin; 

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

14 signatory in 1997 to the Agreement of Federal De15 partments on Protection of the Environment and 

16 Economic Health of the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

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

18 from the Assistant Secretary, has continued to be a 

19 significant contributor to Lake Tahoe Basin restora20 tion, including— 

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

22 ‘‘(B) programmatic technical assistance; 

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

24 1997, the President renewed the commitment of the 

25 Federal Government to Lake Tahoe by— 


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1 ‘‘(A) committing to increased Federal re2 sources for ecological restoration at Lake 

3 Tahoe; and 

4 ‘‘(B) establishing the Federal Interagency 

5 Partnership and Federal Advisory Committee to 

6 consult on natural resources issues concerning 

7 the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

8 ‘‘(14) at the 2011 and 2012 Lake Tahoe Fo9 rums, Senator Reid, Senator Feinstein, Senator 

10 Heller, Senator Ensign, Governor Gibbons, Governor 

11 Sandoval, and Governor Brown— 

12 ‘‘(A) renewed their commitment to Lake 

13 Tahoe; and 

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

15 Federal and State shares of the Environmental 

16 Improvement Program through 2022; 

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

18 States of California and Nevada, units of local gov19 ernment, and the private sector have contributed 

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

21 Basin, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) $576,300,000 from the Federal Gov23 ernment; 

24 ‘‘(B) $654,600,000 from the State of Cali25 fornia; 


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1 ‘‘(C) $112,500,000 from the State of Ne2 vada; 

3 ‘‘(D) $74,900,000 from units of local gov4 ernment; and 

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

6 ‘‘(16) significant additional investment from 

7 Federal, State, local, and private sources is nec8 essary— 

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

10 health of the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

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

12 water temperature and precipitation; and 

13 ‘‘(C) to prevent the introduction and estab14 lishment of invasive species in the Lake Tahoe 

15 Basin; and 

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

17 Tahoe Basin Management Unit has the capacity for 

18 at least $10,000,000 annually for the Fire Risk Re19 duction and Forest Management Program. 

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

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

22 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

23 Service, and the Administrator, in cooperation with 

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1 cant new environmental restoration activities and 

2 forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe 

3 Basin; 

4 ‘‘(2) to ensure that Federal, State, local, re5 gional, tribal, and private entities continue to work 

6 together to manage land in the Lake Tahoe Basin; 

7 ‘‘(3) to support local governments in efforts re8 lated to environmental restoration, stormwater pollu9 tion control, fire risk reduction, and forest manage10 ment activities; and 

11 ‘‘(4) to ensure that agency and science commu12 nity representatives in the Lake Tahoe Basin work 

13 together— 

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

15 integrated monitoring, assessment, and applied 

16 research to evaluate the effectiveness of the En17 vironmental Improvement Program; and 

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

19 basis for ongoing decisionmaking, with an em20 phasis on decisionmaking relating to resource 

21 management in the Lake Tahoe Basin.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

24 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 3 

25 and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 ‘‘In this Act: 

3 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis4 trator’ means the Administrator of the Environ5 mental Protection Agency. 

6 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘As7 sistant Secretary’ means the Assistant Secretary of 

8 the Army for Civil Works. 

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

10 Chair of the Federal Partnership. 

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

12 the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact included in 

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

14 3233). 

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

16 means— 

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

18 Fish and Wildlife Service; and 

19 ‘‘(B) the Director of the United States Ge20 ological Survey. 

21 ‘‘(6) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT PRO22 GRAM.—The term ‘Environmental Improvement Pro23 gram’ means— 

24 ‘‘(A) the Environmental Improvement Pro25 gram adopted by the Planning Agency; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(7) ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD CARRYING

2 CAPACITY.—The term ‘environmental threshold car3 rying capacity’ has the meaning given the term in 

4 Article II of the Compact. 

5 ‘‘(8) FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘Fed6 eral Partnership’ means the Lake Tahoe Federal 

7 Interagency Partnership established by Executive 

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

9 Executive order). 

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

11 term ‘forest management activity’ includes— 

12 ‘‘(A) prescribed burning for ecosystem 

13 health and hazardous fuels reduction; 

14 ‘‘(B) mechanical and minimum tool treat15 ment; 

16 ‘‘(C) stream environment zone restoration 

17 and other watershed and wildlife habitat en18 hancements; 

19 ‘‘(D) nonnative invasive species manage20 ment; and 

21 ‘‘(E) other activities consistent with Forest 

22 Service practices, as the Secretary determines 

23 to be appropriate. 

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

25 maps— 


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1 ‘‘(A) entitled— 

2 ‘‘(i) ‘LTRA USFS-CA Land Ex3 change/North Shore’; 

4 ‘‘(ii) ‘USFS-CA Land Exchange/West 

5 Shore’; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) ‘USFS-CA Land Exchange/ 

7 South Shore’; and 

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

9 available for public inspection in the appro10 priate offices of— 

11 ‘‘(i) the Forest Service; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the California Tahoe Conser13 vancy; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) the California Department of 

15 Parks and Recreation. 

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

17 term ‘national wildland fire code’ means— 

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

19 National Fire Protection Association codes 

20 numbered 1141, 1142, 1143, and 1144; 

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

22 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code of 

23 the International Code Council; or 

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1 ards for protection against wildland fire as a 

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

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

4 Agency’ means the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency 

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

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

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

8 means the environmental restoration priority list de9 veloped under section 5(b). 

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

11 means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 

12 the Chief of the Forest Service. 

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

14 term ‘Stream Environment Zone’ means an area 

15 that generally owes the biological and physical char16 acteristics of the area to the presence of surface 

17 water or groundwater. 

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

19 term ‘total maximum daily load’ means the total 

20 maximum daily load allocations adopted under sec21 tion 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

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

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

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1 cluding boats, seaplanes, personal watercraft, 

2 kayaks, and canoes.’’. 

3 SEC. 4. IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAKE TAHOE 

4 BASIN MANAGEMENT UNIT. 

5 Section 4 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public 

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

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

8 and inserting ‘‘Basin’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(c) FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) COORDINATION.— 

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

13 management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin 

14 Management Unit, the Secretary shall, as ap15 propriate, coordinate with the Administrator 

16 and State and local agencies and organizations, 

17 including local fire departments and volunteer 

18 groups. 

19 ‘‘(B) GOALS.—The coordination of activi20 ties under subparagraph (A) should aim to in21 crease efficiencies and maximize the compat22 ibility of management practices across public 

23 property boundaries. 

24 ‘‘(2) MULTIPLE BENEFITS.— 


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

2 management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin 

3 Management Unit, the Secretary shall conduct 

4 the activities in a manner that— 

5 ‘‘(i) except as provided in subpara6 graph (B), attains multiple ecosystem ben7 efits, including— 

8 ‘‘(I) reducing forest fuels; 

9 ‘‘(II) maintaining biological di10 versity; 

11 ‘‘(III) improving wetland and 

12 water quality, including in Stream 

13 Environment Zones; and 

14 ‘‘(IV) increasing resilience to 

15 changing water temperature and pre16 cipitation; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) helps achieve and maintain the 

18 environmental threshold carrying capacities 

19 established by the Planning Agency. 

20 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding sub21 paragraph (A)(i), the attainment of multiple 

22 ecosystem benefits shall not be required if the 

23 Secretary determines that management for mul24 tiple ecosystem benefits would excessively in25 crease the cost of a program in relation to the 


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1 additional ecosystem benefits gained from the 

2 management activity. 

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

4 applicable Federal law and Lake Tahoe Basin Man5 agement Unit land and resource management plan 

6 direction, the Secretary shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) establish post-program ground condi8 tion criteria for ground disturbance caused by 

9 forest management activities; and 

10 ‘‘(B) provide for monitoring to ascertain 

11 the attainment of the post-program conditions. 

12 ‘‘(d) WITHDRAWAL OF FEDERAL LAND.— 

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

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

15 in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is with16 drawn from— 

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

18 disposal under the public land laws; 

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

20 mining laws; and 

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

22 mineral and geothermal leasing. 

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

24 be exempt from withdrawal under this subsection if 

25 carried out under— 


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1 ‘‘(A) this Act; or 

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

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

4 ‘‘(e) ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD CARRYING CA5 PACITY.—The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit shall 

6 support the attainment of the environmental threshold 

7 carrying capacities. 

8 ‘‘(f) COOPERATIVE AUTHORITIES.—During the 4 fis9 cal years following the date of enactment of the Lake 

10 Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015, the Secretary, in conjunc11 tion with land adjustment programs, may enter into con12 tracts and cooperative agreements with States, units of 

13 local government, and other public and private entities to 

14 provide for fuel reduction, erosion control, reforestation, 

15 Stream Environment Zone restoration, and similar man16 agement activities on Federal land and non-Federal land 

17 within the programs.’’. 

18 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS. 

19 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

20 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 5 

21 and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 5. AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS. 

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

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1 fornia and Nevada, may carry out or provide financial as2 sistance to any program that— 

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

4 ‘‘(2) is included in the Priority List under sub5 section (b); and 

6 ‘‘(3) furthers the purposes of the Environ7 mental Improvement Program if the program has 

8 been subject to environmental review and approval, 

9 respectively, as required under Federal law, Article 

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

11 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY LIST.— 

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

13 the year after the date of enactment of the Lake 

14 Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015, the Chair, in con15 sultation with the Secretary, the Administrator, the 

16 Directors, the Planning Agency, the States of Cali17 fornia and Nevada, the Federal Partnership, the 

18 Washoe Tribe, the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory 

19 Committee, and the Tahoe Science Consortium (or a 

20 successor organization) shall submit to Congress a 

21 prioritized Environmental Improvement Program list 

22 for the Lake Tahoe Basin for each program category 

23 described in subsection (d). 


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

2 List shall be based on the best available science and 

3 the following criteria: 

4 ‘‘(A) The 4-year threshold carrying capac5 ity evaluation. 

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

7 success of the program. 

8 ‘‘(C) The potential to significantly con9 tribute to the achievement and maintenance of 

10 the environmental threshold carrying capacities 

11 identified in Article II of the Compact. 

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

13 multiple benefits. 

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

15 non-Federal contributions. 

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

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

18 ‘‘(H) Agency priority. 

19 ‘‘(I) Agency capacity. 

20 ‘‘(J) Cost-effectiveness. 

21 ‘‘(K) Federal funding history. 

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

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

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1 available to the Secretary to carry out projects listed 

2 on the Priority List. 

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

4 more than 3 percent of the funds provided under sub5 section (a) for administering the programs described in 

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

7 ‘‘(d) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.— 

8 ‘‘(1) FIRE RISK REDUCTION AND FOREST MAN9 AGEMENT.— 

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

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

12 shall be made available to the Secretary to 

13 carry out, including by making grants, the fol14 lowing programs: 

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

16 Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional 

17 Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention 

18 Strategy 10-Year Plan. 

19 ‘‘(ii) Competitive grants for fuels work 

20 to be awarded by the Secretary to commu21 nities that have adopted national wildland 

22 fire codes to implement the applicable por23 tion of the 10-year plan described in clause 

24 (i). 


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1 ‘‘(iii) Biomass programs, including 

2 feasibility assessments. 

3 ‘‘(iv) Angora Fire Restoration under 

4 the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 

5 ‘‘(v) Washoe Tribe programs on tribal 

6 lands within the Lake Tahoe Basin. 

7 ‘‘(vi) Development of an updated 

8 Lake Tahoe Basin multijurisdictional fuel 

9 reduction and wildfire prevention strategy, 

10 consistent with section 4(c). 

11 ‘‘(vii) Development of updated com12 munity wildfire protection plans by local 

13 fire districts. 

14 ‘‘(viii) Municipal water infrastructure 

15 that significantly improves the firefighting 

16 capability of local government within the 

17 Lake Tahoe Basin. 

18 ‘‘(ix) Stewardship end result con19 tracting projects carried out under section 

20 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration 

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

22 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Of the 

23 amounts made available to the Secretary to 

24 carry out subparagraph (A), at least 


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1 $100,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary for 

2 programs under subparagraph (A)(i). 

3 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—Units of local govern4 ment that have dedicated funding for inspec5 tions and enforcement of defensible space regu6 lations shall be given priority for amounts pro7 vided under this paragraph. 

8 ‘‘(D) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

10 the receipt of funds, communities or local 

11 fire districts that receive funds under this 

12 paragraph shall provide a 25-percent 

13 match. 

14 ‘‘(ii) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL

15 SHARE.— 

16 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The non17 Federal share required under clause 

18 (i) may be in the form of cash con19 tributions or in-kind contributions, in20 cluding providing labor, equipment, 

21 supplies, space, and other operational 

22 needs. 

23 ‘‘(II) CREDIT FOR CERTAIN

24 DEDICATED FUNDING.—There shall 

25 be credited toward the non-Federal 


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1 share required under clause (i) any 

2 dedicated funding of the communities 

3 or local fire districts for a fuels reduc4 tion management program, defensible 

5 space inspections, or dooryard chip6 ping. 

7 ‘‘(III) DOCUMENTATION.—Com8 munities and local fire districts 

9 shall— 

10 ‘‘(aa) maintain a record of 

11 in-kind contributions that de12 scribes— 

13 ‘‘(AA) the monetary 

14 value of the in-kind con15 tributions; and 

16 ‘‘(BB) the manner in 

17 which the in-kind contribu18 tions assist in accomplishing 

19 program goals and objec20 tives; and 

21 ‘‘(bb) document in all re22 quests for Federal funding, and 

23 include in the total program 

24 budget, evidence of the commit25 ment to provide the non-Federal 


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1 share through in-kind contribu2 tions. 

3 ‘‘(2) INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT.— 

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

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

6 be made available to the Director of the United 

7 States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Aquatic 

8 Invasive Species Program and the watercraft 

9 inspections described in subparagraph (B). 

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

11 Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

12 Service, in coordination with the Assistant Sec13 retary, the Planning Agency, the California De14 partment of Fish and Wildlife, and the Nevada 

15 Department of Wildlife, shall deploy strategies 

16 consistent with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic 

17 Invasive Species Management Plan to prevent 

18 the introduction or spread of aquatic invasive 

19 species in the Lake Tahoe region. 

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

21 to in subparagraph (B) shall provide that— 

22 ‘‘(i) combined inspection and decon23 tamination stations be established and op24 erated at not less than 2 locations in the 

25 Lake Tahoe region; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) watercraft not be allowed to 

2 launch in waters of the Lake Tahoe region 

3 if the watercraft has not been inspected in 

4 accordance with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic 

5 Invasive Species Management Plan. 

6 ‘‘(D) CERTIFICATION.—The Planning 

7 Agency may certify State and local agencies to 

8 perform the decontamination activities de9 scribed in subparagraph (C)(i) at locations out10 side the Lake Tahoe Basin if standards at the 

11 sites meet or exceed standards for similar sites 

12 in the Lake Tahoe Basin established under this 

13 paragraph. 

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

15 criteria developed under this paragraph shall 

16 apply to all watercraft to be launched on water 

17 within the Lake Tahoe region. 

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

19 States Fish and Wildlife Service may collect 

20 and spend fees for decontamination only at a 

21 level sufficient to cover the costs of operation of 

22 inspection and decontamination stations under 

23 this paragraph. 

24 ‘‘(G) CIVIL PENALTIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any person that 

2 launches, attempts to launch, or facilitates 

3 launching of watercraft not in compliance 

4 with strategies deployed under this para5 graph shall be liable for a civil penalty in 

6 an amount not to exceed $1,000 per viola7 tion. 

8 ‘‘(ii) OTHER AUTHORITIES.—Any pen9 alties assessed under this subparagraph 

10 shall be separate from penalties assessed 

11 under any other authority. 

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

13 criteria under subparagraphs (B) and (C), re14 spectively, may be modified if the Secretary of 

15 the Interior, in a nondelegable capacity and in 

16 consultation with the Planning Agency and 

17 State governments, issues a determination that 

18 alternative measures will be no less effective at 

19 preventing introduction of aquatic invasive spe20 cies into Lake Tahoe than the strategies and 

21 criteria developed under subparagraphs (B) and 

22 (C), respectively. 

23 ‘‘(I) SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY.—The 

24 authority under this paragraph is supplemental 


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1 to all actions taken by non-Federal regulatory 

2 authorities. 

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

4 title restricts, affects, or amends any other law 

5 or the authority of any department, instrumen6 tality, or agency of the United States, or any 

7 State or political subdivision thereof, respecting 

8 the control of invasive species. 

9 ‘‘(3) STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, EROSION

10 CONTROL, AND TOTAL WATERSHED RESTORATION.— 

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

12 $113,000,000 shall be made available— 

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

14 Interior, the Assistant Secretary, or the Admin15 istrator for the Federal share of stormwater 

16 management and related programs consistent 

17 with the adopted Total Maximum Daily Load 

18 and near-shore water quality goals; 

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

20 Administrator to carry out the programs de21 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

22 ‘‘(C) to the Secretary or the Assistant Sec23 retary for the Federal share of the Upper 

24 Truckee River restoration programs and other 

25 watershed restoration programs identified in 


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

2 and 

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

4 carry out the programs described in subpara5 graph (C). 

6 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES MANAGE7 MENT.—Of the amounts made available under sec8 tion 10(a), $20,000,000 shall be made available to 

9 the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 

10 Service for the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Recovery 

11 Program.’’. 

12 SEC. 6. PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

13 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

14 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 6 

15 and inserting the following: 

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

17 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNT18 ABILITY.— 

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

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

21 $5,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 

22 to carry out this section. 

23 ‘‘(2) PLANNING AGENCY.—Of the amounts de24 scribed in paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent 

25 shall be made available to the Planning Agency to 


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1 carry out the program oversight and coordination 

2 activities established under subsection (d). 

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

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

5 appropriate and in a timely manner, consult with the 

6 heads of the Washoe Tribe, applicable Federal, State, re7 gional, and local governmental agencies, and the Lake 

8 Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee. 

9 ‘‘(c) CORPS OF ENGINEERS; INTERAGENCY AGREE10 MENTS.— 

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

12 may enter into interagency agreements with non13 Federal interests in the Lake Tahoe Basin to use 

14 Lake Tahoe Partnership-Miscellaneous General In15 vestigations funds to provide programmatic technical 

16 assistance for the Environmental Improvement Pro17 gram. 

18 ‘‘(2) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Before providing tech20 nical assistance under this section, the Assist21 ant Secretary shall enter into a local coopera22 tion agreement with a non-Federal interest to 

23 provide for the technical assistance. 

24 ‘‘(B) COMPONENTS.—The agreement en25 tered into under subparagraph (A) shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) describe the nature of the tech2 nical assistance; 

3 ‘‘(ii) describe any legal and institu4 tional structures necessary to ensure the 

5 effective long-term viability of the end 

6 products by the non-Federal interest; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) include cost-sharing provisions 

8 in accordance with subparagraph (C). 

9 ‘‘(C) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

11 of program costs under each local coopera12 tion agreement under this paragraph shall 

13 be 65 percent. 

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

15 be in the form of reimbursements of pro16 gram costs. 

17 ‘‘(iii) CREDIT.—The non-Federal in18 terest may receive credit toward the non19 Federal share for the reasonable costs of 

20 related technical activities completed by 

21 the non-Federal interest before entering 

22 into a local cooperation agreement with the 

23 Assistant Secretary under this paragraph. 

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1 ministrator, and the Directors, in coordination with the 

2 Planning Agency and the States of California and Nevada, 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) develop and implement a plan for inte5 grated monitoring, assessment, and applied research 

6 to evaluate the effectiveness of the Environmental 

7 Improvement Program; 

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

9 under this section for monitoring and assessment of 

10 results at the program level; and 

11 ‘‘(3) use the integrated multiagency perform12 ance measures established under this section. 

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

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

15 the Chair, the Administrator, the Directors, the Planning 

16 Agency, and the States of California and Nevada, con17 sistent with subsection (a), shall submit to Congress a re18 port that describes— 

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

20 private programs authorized under this Act, includ21 ing to the maximum extent practicable, for programs 

22 that will receive Federal funds under this Act during 

23 the current or subsequent fiscal year— 

24 ‘‘(A) the program scope; 

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1 ‘‘(C) the justification for the program, con2 sistent with the criteria established in section 

3 5(b)(2); 

4 ‘‘(2) Federal, State, local, and private expendi5 tures in the preceding fiscal year to implement the 

6 Environmental Improvement Program; 

7 ‘‘(3) accomplishments in the preceding fiscal 

8 year in implementing this Act in accordance with the 

9 performance measures and other monitoring and as10 sessment activities; and 

11 ‘‘(4) public education and outreach efforts un12 dertaken to implement programs authorized under 

13 this Act. 

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

15 budget of the President, the President shall submit infor16 mation regarding each Federal agency involved in the En17 vironmental Improvement Program (including the Forest 

18 Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United 

19 States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Geo20 logical Survey, and the Corps of Engineers), including— 

21 ‘‘(1) an interagency crosscut budget that dis22 plays the proposed budget for use by each Federal 

23 agency in carrying out restoration activities relating 

24 to the Environmental Improvement Program for the 

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1 ‘‘(2) a detailed accounting of all amounts re2 ceived and obligated by Federal agencies to achieve 

3 the goals of the Environmental Improvement Pro4 gram during the preceding fiscal year; and 

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

6 Environmental Improvement Program, including the 

7 specific role of each agency involved in the restora8 tion of the Lake Tahoe Basin.’’. 

9 SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; UPDATES TO RE10 LATED LAWS. 

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

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

13 2351) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking sections 8 and 9; 

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

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

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

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

19 after ‘‘Secretary’’. 

20 (b) TAHOE REGIONAL PLANNING COMPACT.—Sub21 section (c) of Article V of the Tahoe Regional Planning 

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

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

24 ensure that the regional plan reflects changing economic 


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1 conditions and the economic effect of regulation on com2 merce’’ after ‘‘maintain the regional plan’’. 

3 (c) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION.— 

4 (1) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION

5 UNDER TITLE 23, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 

6 134 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following: 

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

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

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

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

12 of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning 

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

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

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

16 ‘‘(A) a metropolitan planning organization; 

17 ‘‘(B) a transportation management area 

18 under subsection (k); and 

19 ‘‘(C) an urbanized area, which is com20 prised of a population of 145,000 in the State 

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

22 State of Nevada. 

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1 vada under section 133(d)(1)(A) and section 

2 213(c)(1)(A), the Secretary shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) calculate the population under each 

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

5 133(d)(1)(A) and section 213(c)(1)(A); 

6 ‘‘(B) decrease the amount under clause 

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

8 213(c)(1)(A) by the population described in 

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

10 the State; and 

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

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

13 213(c)(1)(A) by the population described in 

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

15 the State.’’. 

16 (2) TREATMENT OF LAKE TAHOE REGION

17 UNDER TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 

18 5303 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by 

19 adding at the end the following: 

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

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

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

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

24 of Article II of the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning 

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

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

3 ‘‘(A) a metropolitan planning organization; 

4 ‘‘(B) a transportation management area 

5 under subsection (k); and 

6 ‘‘(C) an urbanized area, which is com7 prised of a population of 145,000 and 25 

8 square miles of land area in the State of Cali9 fornia and a population of 65,000 and 12 

10 square miles of land area in the State of Ne11 vada.’’. 

12 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106– 

14 506; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 10 

15 (as redesignated by section 7(a)(2)) and inserting the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

19 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

20 $415,000,000 for a period of 10 fiscal years beginning the 

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

22 Tahoe Restoration Act of 2015. 

23 ‘‘(b) EFFECT ON OTHER FUNDS.—Amounts author24 ized under this section and any amendments made by this 

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

2 made available to the Secretary, the Administrator, 

3 or the Directors for expenditure in the Lake Tahoe 

4 Basin; and 

5 ‘‘(2) shall not reduce allocations for other Re6 gions of the Forest Service, the Environmental Pro7 tection Agency, or the United States Fish and Wild8 life Service. 

9 ‘‘(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—Except as pro10 vided in subsection (d) and section 5(d)(1)(D), funds for 

11 activities carried out under section 5 shall be available for 

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

13 activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin by the States of Cali14 fornia and Nevada. 

15 ‘‘(d) RELOCATION COSTS.—Notwithstanding sub16 section (c), the Secretary shall provide to local utility districts 2 17 ⁄3 of the costs of relocating facilities in connection 

18 with— 

19 ‘‘(1) environmental restoration programs under 

20 sections 5 and 6; and 

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

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

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

24 a program provided assistance under this Act shall include 

25 appropriate signage at the program site that— 


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

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

3 provided to the program; and 

4 ‘‘(B) this Act; and 

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

6 Environmental Improvement Program.’’. 

7 SEC. 9. LAND TRANSFERS TO IMPROVE MANAGEMENT EF8 FICIENCIES OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAND. 

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

10 (commonly known as the ‘‘Santini-Burton Act’’) is amend11 ed— 

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

13 following: 

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

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Land’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(2) CALIFORNIA CONVEYANCES.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the State of Cali19 fornia (acting through the California Tahoe 

20 Conservancy and the California Department of 

21 Parks and Recreation) offers to donate to the 

22 United States acceptable title to the non-Fed23 eral land described in subparagraph (B)(i), the 

24 Secretary— 

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

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

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

7 right, title, and interest of the United 

8 States in and to the Federal land that is 

9 acceptable to the State of California. 

10 ‘‘(B) DESCRIPTION OF LAND.— 

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

13 (A) includes— 

14 ‘‘(I) the approximately 1,981 

15 acres of land administered by the 

16 California Tahoe Conservancy and 

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

19 Service’; and 

20 ‘‘(II) the approximately 187 

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

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

24 Forest Service’. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) FEDERAL LAND.—The Federal 

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

4 Forest Service land identified on the Maps 

5 as ‘U.S. Forest Service to Conservancy 

6 and State Parks’. 

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

8 under this paragraph shall— 

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

11 improving management efficiencies; 

12 ‘‘(ii) not result in any significant 

13 changes in the uses of the land; and 

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

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

19 ‘‘(I) to ensure compliance with 

20 this Act; and 

21 ‘‘(II) to ensure that the transfer 

22 of development rights associated with 

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

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1 for the Tahoe Regional Planning 

2 Agency. 

3 ‘‘(3) NEVADA CONVEYANCES.— 

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

5 this section and on request by the Governor of 

6 Nevada, the Secretary may transfer the land or 

7 interests in land described in subparagraph (B) 

8 to the State of Nevada without consideration, 

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

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

13 referred to in subparagraph (A) includes— 

14 ‘‘(i) the approximately 38.68 acres of 

15 Forest Service land identified on the map 

16 entitled ‘State of Nevada Conveyances’ as 

17 ‘Van Sickle Unit USFS Inholding’; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the approximately 92.28 acres of 

19 Forest Service land identified on the map 

20 entitled ‘State of Nevada Conveyances’ as 

21 ‘Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park USFS 

22 Inholding’. 

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

24 under this paragraph shall— 


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

3 improving management efficiencies; 

4 ‘‘(ii) not result in any significant 

5 changes in the uses of the land; and 

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

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

11 ‘‘(I) to ensure compliance with 

12 this Act; and 

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

16 or available for transfer under section 

17 90.2 of the Code of Ordinances for 

18 the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. 

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

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

24 the Secretary, revert to the United States. 

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

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

3 Restoration Act (Public Law 106–506; 114 

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

5 to the Secretary to carry out the activities 

6 under paragraphs (2) and (3). 

7 ‘‘(B) OTHER FUNDS.—Of the amounts 

8 available to the Secretary under paragraph (1), 

9 not less than 50 percent shall be provided to 

10 the California Tahoe Conservancy to facilitate 

11 the conveyance of land described in paragraphs 

12 (2) and (3).’’. 

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