(A) high-severity wildfires; 
(B) insects, including beetle kill; and 
(C) drought; and 
(5) includes program and policy recommenda-
tions that address— 
(A) Federal and State policies that impede 
activities to improve the health and resiliency of 
giant sequoias and proposed policy changes to 
address such impediments; 
(B) new Federal and State policies nec-
essary to increase the pace and scale of treat-
ments that improve the health and resiliency of 
giant sequoias; 
(C) options to enhance communication, co-
ordination, and collaboration, particularly for 
cross-boundary projects, to improve the health 
and resiliency of giant sequoias; and 
(D) research gaps that should be ad-
dressed to improve the best available science on 
the giant sequoias. 
(b) ANNUAL UPDATES.—Not later than 1 year after 
the submission of the Assessment under subsection (a), 
and annually thereafter, the Coalition shall submit an up-
dated Assessment to the relevant Congressional Commit-
tees that— 
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(1) includes any new data, information, or best 
available science that has changed or become avail-
able since the previous Assessment was submitted; 
(2) with respect to Protection Projects— 
(A) includes information on the number of 
Protection Projects initiated the previous year 
and the estimated timeline for completing those 
projects; 
(B) includes information on the number of 
Protection Projects planned in the upcoming 
year and the estimated timeline for completing 
those projects; 
(C) provides status updates and long-term 
monitoring reports on giant sequoia groves 
after the completion of Protection Projects; and 
(D) if the Secretary concerned failed to re-
duce hazardous fuels in at least 3 giant sequoia 
groves in the previous year, a written expla-
nation that includes— 
(i) a detailed explanation of what im-
pediments resulted in failing to reduce haz-
ardous fuels in at least 3 giant sequoia 
groves; 
(ii) a detailed explanation of what ac-
tions the Secretary concerned is taking to 
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ensure that hazardous fuels are reduced in 
at least 3 giant sequoia groves the fol-
lowing year; and 
(iii) recommendations to Congress on 
any policies that need to be changed to as-
sist the Secretary concerned in reducing 
hazardous fuels in giant sequoia groves; 
and 
(3) with respect to reforestation and rehabilita-
tion of giant sequoias— 
(A) contains updates on the implementa-
tion of the Strategy under section 7, including 
grove-level data on reforestation and rehabilita-
tion activities; and 
(B) provides status updates and moni-
toring reports on giant sequoia groves that have 
experienced natural or artificial regeneration as 
part of the Strategy under section 7. 
(c) DASHBOARD.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN.—The Coali-
tion shall create and maintain a website that— 
(A) publishes the Assessment, annual up-
dates to the Assessment, and other educational 
materials developed by the Coalition; 
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(B) contains searchable information about 
individual giant sequoia groves, including the— 
(i) resiliency of such groves to threats 
described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
subsection (a); 
(ii) Protection Projects that have been 
proposed, initiated, or completed in such 
groves; and 
(iii) reforestation and rehabilitation 
activities that have been proposed, initi-
ated, or completed in such groves; and 
(C) maintains a searchable database to 
track— 
(i) the status of Federal environ-
mental reviews and authorizations for spe-
cific Protection Projects and reforestation 
and rehabilitation activities; and 
(ii) the projected cost of Protection 
Projects and reforestation and rehabilita-
tion activities. 
(2) SEARCHABLE
DATABASE.—The Coalition 
shall include information on the status of Protection 
Projects in the searchable database created under 
paragraph (1)(C), including— 
(A) a comprehensive permitting timetable; 
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(B) the status of the compliance of each 
lead agency, cooperating agency, and partici-
pating agency with the permitting timetable; 
(C) any modifications of the permitting 
timetable required under subparagraph (A), in-
cluding an explanation as to why the permitting 
timetable was modified; and 
(D) information about project-related pub-
lic meetings, public hearings, and public com-
ment periods, which shall be presented in 
English and the predominant language of the 
community or communities most affected by the 
project, as that information becomes available. 
(d) BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE.—In utilizing the best 
available science for the Assessment, the Coalition shall 
include— 
(1) data and peer-reviewed research from aca-
demic institutions with a demonstrated history of 
studying giant sequoias and with experience ana-
lyzing distinct management strategies to improve 
giant sequoia resiliency; 
(2) traditional ecological knowledge from the 
Tribe related to improving the health and resiliency 
of giant sequoia groves; and 
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(3) data from Federal, State, Tribal, and local 
governments or agencies. 
(e) TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary may enter into memorandums 
of understanding or agreements with other Federal agen-
cies or departments, State or local governments, Tribal 
governments, private entities, or academic institutions to 
improve, with respect to the Assessment, the use and inte-
gration of— 
(1) advanced remote sensing and geospatial 
technologies; 
(2) statistical modeling and analysis; or 
(3) any other technology the Secretary deter-
mines will benefit the quality of information used in 
the Assessment. 
(f) PLANNING.—The Coalition shall make informa-
tion from this Assessment available to the Secretary con-
cerned and State of California to integrate into the— 
(1) State of California’s Wildfire and Forest 
Resilience Action Plan; 
(2) Forest Service’s 10-year Wildfire Crisis 
Strategy (or successor plan); and 
(3) Department of the Interior’s Wildfire Risk 
Five-Year Monitoring, Maintenance, and Treatment 
Plan (or successor plan). 
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(g) RELATION TO THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
POLICY ACT OF 1969.—The development and submission 
of the Assessment under subsection (a) shall not be sub-
ject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
SEC. 6. GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 
(a) EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO PROTECT GIANT SE-
QUOIAS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) EMERGENCY
DETERMINATION.—Con-
gress determines that— 
(i) an emergency exists on covered 
public lands and covered National Forest 
System lands that makes it necessary to 
carry out Protection Projects that take 
needed actions to respond to the threat of 
wildfires, insects, and drought to giant se-
quoias; and 
(ii) Protection Projects are necessary 
to control the immediate impacts of the 
emergency described in clause (i) and are 
needed to mitigate harm to life, property, 
or important natural or cultural resources 
on covered public lands and covered Na-
tional Forest System lands. 
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(B) APPLICATION.—The emergency deter-
mination established under subparagraph (A) 
shall apply to all covered public lands and cov-
ered National Forest System lands. 
(C) EXPIRATION.—The emergency deter-
mination established under subparagraph (A) 
shall expire on the date that is 7 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—While the emergency 
determination established under subsection (a) is in 
effect, the following shall apply: 
(A) The following shall have the force and 
effect of law: 
(i) Section 220.4(b) of title 36, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect July 
21, 2022), with respect to covered Na-
tional Forest System lands. 
(ii) Section 46.150 of title 43, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect October 
12, 2022), with respect to covered public 
lands. 
(iii) Section 402.05 of title 50, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect July 
21, 2022), with respect to covered Na-
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tional Forest System lands and covered 
public lands. 
(iv) Section 800.12 of title 36, Code 
of Federal Regulations (as in effect July 
21, 2022), with respect to covered Na-
tional Forest System lands and covered 
public lands. 
(B) A responsible official may carry out a 
Protection Project described by paragraph (4) 
before initiating— 
(i) an analysis under section 102 of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); 
(ii) consultation under section 7 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1536); and 
(iii) consultation under section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act (16 
U.S.C. 470(f)). 
(C) The rules established under sub-
sections (d) and (e), section 40807 of the Infra-
structure Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 
6592c(d) and (e)) shall apply with respect to 
Protection Projects by substituting ‘‘Protection 
Projects’’ for ‘‘authorized emergency action 
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under this section’’ each place it appears in 
such subsections. 
(D) Protection Projects shall be subject to 
the requirements of section 106 of title I of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 
U.S.C. 6511 et seq.). 
(3) PROTECTION
PROJECTS.—The responsible 
official shall carry out the following forest manage-
ment activities, consistent with applicable grove-spe-
cific hazardous fuels reduction plans or activities 
recommend by the Assessment under section 5, as 
Protection Projects under the emergency determina-
tion under this section: 
(A) Conducting hazardous fuels manage-
ment, including mechanical thinning, mastica-
tion, and prescribed burning. 
(B) Removing hazard trees, dead trees, 
dying trees, or trees at risk of dying, as deter-
mined by the responsible official. 
(C) Removing trees to address over-
stocking or crowding in a forest stand, con-
sistent with the appropriate basal area of the 
forest stand as determined by the responsible 
official. 
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(D) Activities included in the applicable 
grove-specific hazardous fuels reduction plan. 
(E) Using chemical treatments to address 
insects and disease and control vegetation com-
petition. 
(F) Any combination of activities described 
in this paragraph. 
(4) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Protection Projects 
carried out under paragraph (3) and reforest-
ation and rehabilitation activities carried out 
under this Act that are described by subpara-
graph (D) are a category of actions hereby des-
ignated as being categorically excluded from the 
preparation of an environmental assessment or 
an environmental impact statement under sec-
tion 102 of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). 
(B) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary con-
cerned shall use the categorical exclusion estab-
lished under subparagraph (A) in accordance 
with this section. 
(C) INTERAGENCY
COOPERATION.—Con-
gress finds that Protection Projects carried out 
under this section are consistent with improving 
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the health and resiliency of critical habitat for 
threatened and endangered species, including 
the Pacific fisher and California spotted owl. 
(D) 
REQUIREMENTS.—A 
Protection 
Project or reforestation or rehabilitation activity 
is described by this subparagraph if such Pro-
tection Project or reforestation or rehabilitation 
activity— 
(i) covers an area of no more than— 
(I) 2,000 acres within giant se-
quoia groves where a grove-specific 
hazardous fuels reduction plan has 
been developed by the relevant land 
management agency or on lands iden-
tified under section 5(a)(1)(B); and 
(II) 3,000 acres on lands identi-
fied under section 5(a)(1)(C); 
(ii) was— 
(I) proposed by the Assessment 
under section 5(a)(3); 
(II) developed through a collabo-
rative process; or 
(III) proposed by a resource advi-
sory committee (as defined in section 
201 of the Secure Rural Schools and 
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Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7121)); and 
(iii) occurs on Federal land or non- 
Federal land with the consent of the non- 
Federal landowner. 
(E) USE OF OTHER AUTHORITIES.—To the 
maximum extent practicable, the Secretary con-
cerned shall use the authorities provided under 
this section in combination with other authori-
ties to carry out Protection Projects, includ-
ing— 
(i) good neighbor agreements entered 
into under section 8206 of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a); and 
(ii) stewardship contracting projects 
entered into under section 604 of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 
(16 U.S.C. 6591c). 
(F) SAVINGS
CLAUSE.—With respect to 
joint Protection Projects and reforestation and 
rehabilitation activities involving the Tribe, 
nothing in this section shall be construed to add 
any additional regulatory requirements onto the 
Tribe. 
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary concerned shall reduce haz-
ardous fuels in no fewer than 3 giant sequoia groves each 
year. 
SEC. 7. GIANT SEQUOIA REFORESTATION AND REHABILITA-
TION STRATEGY. 
(a) REFORESTATION AND REHABILITATION STRAT-
EGY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the Coalition, shall de-
velop and implement a strategy, to be known as the 
Giant Sequoia Reforestation and Rehabilitation 
Strategy, to enhance the reforestation and rehabili-
tation of giant sequoia groves that— 
(A) identifies giant sequoia groves in need 
of natural or artificial regeneration, giving 
highest priority to groves identified under sec-
tion 5(a)(1)(A)(i); 
(B) creates a priority list of reforestation 
and rehabilitation activities; 
(C) identifies and addresses— 
(i) barriers to reforestation or reha-
bilitation including— 
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(I) regulatory and funding bar-
riers; 
(II) seedling shortages or related 
nursery infrastructure capacity con-
straints; 
(III) labor and workforce short-
ages; 
(IV) technology and science gaps; 
and 
(V) site preparation challenges; 
(ii) potential public-private partner-
ship opportunities to complete high-priority 
reforestation or rehabilitation projects; 
(iii) a timeline for addressing the 
backlog of reforestation for giant sequoias 
in the 10-year period after the agreement 
is entered into under section 3; and 
(iv) strategies to ensure genetic diver-
sity across giant sequoia groves; and 
(D) includes program and policy rec-
ommendations needed to improve the efficiency 
or effectiveness of the Strategy. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary may incor-
porate the Strategy into the Assessment under sec-
tion 5. 
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(b) PRIORITY REFORESTATION PROJECTS AMEND-
MENT.—Section 3(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 
(16 U.S.C. 1601(e)(4)(C)(ii)(I)) is amended— 
(1) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in item (cc), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(dd) shall include reforest-
ation and rehabilitation activities 
conducted under section 7 of the 
Save Our Sequoias Act.’’. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 4(d)(1) of the Wil-
derness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘Nothing in this Act precludes reforestation (as defined 
in section 2 of the Save our Sequoias Act) activities to 
reestablish giant sequoias following a wildfire.’’ after the 
period at the end. 
SEC. 8. GIANT SEQUOIA STRIKE TEAMS. 
(a) GIANT SEQUOIA STRIKE TEAMS.— 
(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
con-
cerned shall each establish a Giant Sequoia Strike 
Team to assist the Secretary concerned with the im-
plementation of— 
(A) primarily, section 6; and 
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(B) secondarily, section 7. 
(2) DUTIES.—Each Strike Team shall— 
(A) assist the Secretary concerned with 
any reviews, including analysis under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), consultations under the 
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 
U.S.C. 470 et seq.), and consultations under 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.); 
(B) implement any necessary site prepara-
tion work in advance of or as part of a Protec-
tion Project or reforestation or rehabilitation 
activity; 
(C) implement Protection Projects under 
section 6; and 
(D) implement reforestation or rehabilita-
tion activities under section 7. 
(3) MEMBERS.—The Secretary concerned may 
appoint no more than 10 individuals each to serve 
on a Strike Team comprised of— 
(A) employees of the Department of the 
Interior; 
(B) employees of the Forest Service; 
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(C) private contractors from any nonprofit 
organization, State government, Tribal Govern-
ment, local government, academic institution, or 
private organization; and 
(D) volunteers from any nonprofit organi-
zation, State government, Tribal Government, 
local government, academic institution, or pri-
vate organization. 
SEC. 9. GIANT SEQUOIA COLLABORATIVE RESTORATION 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the parties to the agreement under section 3, shall 
establish a program to award grants to eligible entities 
to advance, facilitate, or improve giant sequoia health and 
resiliency. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The Secretary may award 
grants under this section to any nonprofit organization, 
Tribal Government, local government, academic institu-
tion, or private organization to help advance, facilitate, or 
improve giant sequoia health and resiliency. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities 
that— 
(1) primarily, are likely to have the greatest im-
pact on giant sequoia health and resiliency; and 
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(2) secondarily— 
(A) are small businesses or tribal entities, 
particularly in rural areas; and 
(B) create or support jobs, particularly in 
rural areas. 
(d) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—Funds from grants 
awarded under this section shall be used to— 
(1) create, expand, or develop markets for haz-
ardous fuels removed under section 6, including 
markets for biomass and biochar; 
(2) facilitate hazardous fuel removal under sec-
tion 6, including by reducing the cost of trans-
porting hazardous fuels removed as part of a Protec-
tion Project; 
(3) expand, enhance, develop, or create facilities 
or land that can store or process hazardous fuels re-
moved under section 6; 
(4) establish, develop, expand, enhance, or im-
prove nursery capacity or infrastructure necessary to 
facilitate the Strategy established under section 7; or 
(5) support tribal management and conserva-
tion of giant sequoias, including funding for tribal 
historic preservation officers. 
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SEC. 10. GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY FOR GIANT SE-
QUOIAS. 
Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 
U.S.C. 2113a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as 
clause (iii); and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 
following: 
‘‘(ii) Kings Canyon National Park, 
Sequoia National Park, and Yosemite Na-
tional Park; or’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4)(A)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
clause (iv); 
(iii) by inserting after clause (ii) the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) activities conducted under sec-
tion 6 of the Save Our Sequoias Act;’’; 
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(iv) in clause (iv), as so redesignated, 
by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(v) any combination of activities 
specified in clauses (i) through (iv).’’. 
(C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘or In-
dian tribe’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (10)(B) by striking 
‘‘land.’’ and inserting ‘‘land, Kings Canyon Na-
tional Park, Sequoia National Park, and Yo-
semite National Park.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 
Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2)(C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF REVENUE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Funds received 
from the sale of timber by a Governor, an 
Indian tribe, or a county under a good 
neighbor agreement shall be retained and 
used by the Governor, Indian tribe, or 
county, as applicable— 
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‘‘(I) to carry out authorized res-
toration services under such good 
neighbor agreement; and 
‘‘(II) if there are funds remain-
ing after carrying out the services 
under clause (i), to carry out author-
ized restoration services within the 
State under other good neighbor 
agreements. 
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN NA-
TIONAL PARKS.—Funds received from the 
sale of timber by a Governor, an Indian 
tribe, or a county under a good neighbor 
agreement carried out within the bound-
aries of Kings Canyon National Park, Se-
quoia National Park, or Yosemite National 
Park shall be retained and used by the 
Governor, Indian tribe, or county, as appli-
cable— 
‘‘(I) to carry out authorized res-
toration services under such good 
neighbor agreement; 
‘‘(II) if there are funds remain-
ing after carrying out the services 
under clause (i), to carry out author-
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ized restoration services under other 
good neighbor agreements within the 
boundaries of the park unit in which 
the initial good neighbor agreement 
occurred; and 
‘‘(III) if there are no further 
good neighbor agreements to carry 
out under clause (ii), to transfer to 
the park unit in which the initial good 
neighbor agreement occurred to be 
used for giant sequoia conservation 
and management. 
‘‘(iii) TERMINATION
OF
EFFECTIVE-
NESS.—The authority provided by this 
subparagraph terminates effective October 
1, 2030.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, In-
dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 
(D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZED RESTORATION SERVICES IN 
CERTAIN NATIONAL PARKS.—Authorized restoration 
services occurring in Kings Canyon National Park, 
Sequoia National Park, and Yosemite National Park 
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shall be carried out in accordance with section 
100753 of title 54, United States Code.’’. 
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
8206(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 
2113a(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 
Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, In-
dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’. 
SEC. 11. STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING FOR GIANT SE-
QUOIAS. 
(a) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.—Section 604(a)(2) of 
the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6591c(c)) is amended to read— 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
with respect to Bureau of Land Management lands 
and the Director of the National Park Service with 
respect to lands within Kings Canyon National 
Park, Sequoia National Park, and Yosemite Na-
tional Park.’’. 
(b) GIANT SEQUOIA STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS.— 
Section 604(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c(c)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
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‘‘(8) Promoting the health and resiliency of 
giant sequoias.’’. 
SEC. 12. GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY PROTECTION PRO-
GRAM AND FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1011 of title 54, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 101123. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Pro-
gram and Fund 
‘‘(a) GIANT
SEQUOIA
EMERGENCY
PROTECTION 
PROGRAM.—The National Park Foundation, in coordina-
tion with the National Forest Foundation, shall design 
and implement a comprehensive program to assist and 
promote philanthropic programs of support that benefit— 
‘‘(1) primarily, the management and conserva-
tion of giant sequoias on National Park Service and 
covered National Forest System lands to promote re-
siliency to wildfires, insects, and drought; and 
‘‘(2) secondarily, the reforestation of giant se-
quoias on National Park Service and covered Na-
tional Forest System lands impacted by wildfire. 
‘‘(b) GIANT
SEQUOIA
EMERGENCY
PROTECTION 
FUND.—The National Park Foundation, in coordination 
with the National Forest Foundation, shall establish a 
joint special account to be known as the Giant Sequoia 
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Emergency Protection Fund (referred to as ‘the Fund’ in 
this section), to be administered in support of the program 
established under subsection (a). 
‘‘(1) FUNDS FOR GIANT SEQUOIA EMERGENCY 
PROTECTION.—The Fund shall consist of any gifts, 
devises, or bequests that are provided to the Na-
tional Park Foundation or National Forest Founda-
tion for such purpose. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds shall be available 
to the National Park Foundation and National For-
est Foundation without further appropriation, sub-
ject to the provisions in paragraph (3), for projects 
and activities approved by the Chief of the Forest 
Service or the Director of the National Park Service 
as appropriate, or their designees, to— 
‘‘(A) primarily, support the management 
and conservation of giant sequoias on National 
Park Service and covered National Forest Sys-
tem lands to promote resiliency to wildfires, in-
sects, and drought; and 
‘‘(B) secondarily, support the reforestation 
of giant sequoias on National Park Service and 
covered National Forest System lands impacted 
by wildfire. 
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‘‘(3) TRIBAL SUPPORT.—Of the funds provided 
to the National Park Foundation and National For-
est Foundation under paragraph (2), not less than 
15 percent of such funds shall be used to support 
tribal management and conservation of giant se-
quoias including funding for tribal historic preserva-
tion officers. 
‘‘(c) SUMMARY.—Beginning 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the National Park Foundation 
and National Forest Foundation shall include with their 
annual reports a summary of the status of the program 
and Fund created under this section that includes— 
‘‘(1) a statement of the amounts deposited in 
the Fund during the fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) the amount of the balance remaining in 
the Fund at the end of the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(3) a description of the program and projects 
funded during the fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) COVERED NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered National 
Forest System lands’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 2 of the Save Our Sequoias Act. 
‘‘(e) TERMINATION OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The au-
thority provided by this section shall terminate 7 years 
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after the date of enactment of the Save Our Sequoias 
Act.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 1011 of title 54, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘101123. Giant Sequoia Emergency Protection Program and Fund.’’. 
SEC. 13. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap-
propriations made in advance for such purposes, the Sec-
retary concerned shall allocate up to— 
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
(2) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 
(3) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2028 
through 2030; and 
(4) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2031 
through 2032. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized under 
subsection (a), not less than 90 percent of funds shall be 
used to carry out section 6 and section 9 of this Act. 
(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this Act affects— 
(1) the allocation of previously appropriated 
funds from prior fiscal years, consistent with appli-
cable laws and regulations; and 
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(2) the prerogative of the Secretary concerned 
to establish Departmental funding priorities, con-
sistent with applicable laws and regulations. 
Æ 
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