‘‘(A) provide risk management benefits as-
sociated with drought, wildfire, post-wildfire 
conditions, extreme weather, or flooding, includ-
ing minimizing risks to watershed health, water 
supply and quality, and water-related infra-
structure, including municipal and agricultural 
water supply systems; 
‘‘(B) be designed to support aquatic res-
toration and conservation efforts that com-
plement existing or planned forest restoration 
or wildfire risk reduction efforts; 
‘‘(C) include— 
‘‘(i) partners with demonstrated ca-
pacity and success in designing and imple-
menting ecological restoration projects, 
wildfire risk reduction efforts, or post-wild-
fire restoration projects; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of disadvantaged 
communities that have historically lacked 
access to adequate resources, partners with 
a strong likelihood of success in designing 
and implementing a watershed protection 
and restoration project; and 
‘‘(D)(i) include a contribution of funds or 
in-kind support from non-Federal partners in 
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an amount greater than the amount required 
under subsection (g)(2); 
‘‘(ii) provide quantifiable benefits to water 
supply or quality and include the use of nature- 
based solutions, such as restoring wetland and 
riparian ecosystems; 
‘‘(iii) be designed to improve— 
‘‘(I) resilience to climate change; or 
‘‘(II) watershed and fire resilience; or 
‘‘(iv) include such other characteristics as 
the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(4) CONDITIONS FOR PROJECTS ON ADJACENT 
LAND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No project or activity 
may be carried out under this section on adja-
cent land unless the owner of the adjacent land 
provides express support for, and is a willing 
and engaged partner in, carrying out that 
project or activity. 
‘‘(B) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section 
authorizes any change in— 
‘‘(i) the ownership of adjacent land on 
which a project or activity is carried out 
under this section; or 
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‘‘(ii) the management of adjacent land 
on which a project or activity is carried out 
under this section, except during the car-
rying out of that project or activity.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and adjacent land’’ 
after ‘‘watersheds’’; 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘with end water 
users’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘with— 
‘‘(A) end water users’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) end waters users to protect and re-
store the condition of National Forest water-
sheds and adjacent land that provide water for 
the benefit of another end water user.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(D) as subparagraph (E); and 
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(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
‘‘(D) a good neighbor agreement entered 
into under section 8206 of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a); or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LEADERSHIP
BY
NON-FEDERAL
PART-
NERS.—The Secretary shall facilitate a leadership 
role for non-Federal partners in carrying out assess-
ments, planning, project design, and project imple-
mentation under this section.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘shall be 
conducted’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘shall 
be— 
‘‘(A) designed to protect and restore eco-
logical integrity (as defined in section 219.19 of 
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this subpara-
graph)); 
‘‘(B) based on the best available scientific 
information; and 
‘‘(C) conducted’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) REDUCING
REDUNDANCY.—An existing 
watershed plan, such as a watershed protection and 
restoration action plan developed under section 
304(a)(3), or other applicable watershed planning 
documents may be used as the basis for a water 
source management plan under this subsection.’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘purpose 
of—’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and 
all that follows through the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘purpose of advancing 
any of the purposes described in subsection (b)(2).’’; 
and 
(6) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘at least equal to’’ and 
inserting ‘‘not less than 20 percent of’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 
the requirement under subparagraph (A) in the 
discretion of the Secretary.’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2024 through 
2033’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) SET-ASIDE FOR PARTNER PARTICIPA-
TION
IN
PLANNING
AND
CAPACITY.—Of the 
amounts made available under subparagraph 
(B) to carry out this section for each fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall use not less than 10 
percent for non-Federal partner technical as-
sistance participation and capacity-building ef-
forts in developing or implementing a water 
source management plan under subsection 
(d).’’. 
SEC. 3. WATERSHED CONDITION FRAMEWORK IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
Section 304 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6543) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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