I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8366 
To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
to enter into an agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Founda-
tion to establish the Community Resilience and Restoration Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2022 
Mr. NEGUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service to enter into an agreement with the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish the Commu-
nity Resilience and Restoration Fund. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Land Restoration and 
Resiliency Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND 
RESTORATION FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the Foundation 
to establish the Community Resilience and Restoration 
Fund at the Foundation to— 
(1) improve community safety in the face of cli-
mactic extremes through conservation and protection 
of restoration and resilience lands; 
(2) to protect, conserve, and restore restoration 
and resilience lands in order to help communities re-
spond and adapt to natural threats, including wild-
fire, drought, extreme heat, and other threats posed 
or exacerbated by the impacts of global climate; 
(3) to build the resilience of restoration and re-
silience lands to adapt to, recover from, and with-
stand natural threats, including wildfire, drought, 
extreme heat, and other threats posed or exacer-
bated by the impacts of global climate change; 
(4) to protect and enhance the biodiversity of 
wildlife populations across restoration and resilience 
lands; 
(5) to support the health of restoration and re-
silience lands for the benefit of present and future 
generations; 
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(6) to foster innovative, nature-based solutions 
that help meet the goals of this section; and 
(7) to enhance the Nation’s natural carbon se-
questration 
capabilities 
and 
help 
communities 
strengthen natural carbon sequestration capacity 
where applicable. 
(b) MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND.—The Foundation 
shall manage the Fund— 
(1) pursuant to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3701 et 
seq.); and 
(2) in such a manner that, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable and consistent with the purposes for 
which the Fund is established— 
(A) ensures that amounts made available 
through the Fund are accessible to historically 
underserved communities, including Tribal com-
munities, communities of color, and rural com-
munities; and 
(B) avoids project selection and funding 
overlap with those projects and activities that 
could otherwise receive funding under— 
(i) the National Oceans and Coastal 
Security Fund, established under the Na-
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