SEC. 6. WHITE OAK REGENERATION AND UPLAND OAK 
HABITAT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall establish a non-regulatory program to be 
known as the ‘‘White Oak and Upland Oak Habitat Re-
generation Program’’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Program’’). 
(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out the Program, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(1) draw upon the best available science and 
management plans for species of white oak to iden-
tify, prioritize, and implement restoration and con-
servation activities that will improve the growth of 
white oak within the United States; 
(2) collaborate and coordinate with the White 
Oak Restoration Initiative Coalition to prioritize 
white oak restoration initiatives; 
(3) adopt a white oak restoration strategy 
that— 
(A) supports the implementation of a 
shared set of science-based restoration and con-
servation activities developed in accordance with 
paragraph (1); 
(B) targets cost effective projects with 
measurable results; and 
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(C) maximizes restoration outcomes with 
no net gain of Federal full-time equivalent em-
ployees; and 
(4) establish the voluntary grant and technical 
assistance programs in accordance with subsection 
(e). 
(c) COORDINATION.—In establishing the Program, 
the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice, shall consult with— 
(1) the heads of Federal agencies, including— 
(A) the Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service; and 
(B) the Chief of the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service; and 
(2) the Governor of each State in which res-
toration efforts will be carried out pursuant to the 
Program. 
(d) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Program in-
clude— 
(1) coordinating restoration and conservation 
activities among Federal, State, local, and Tribal en-
tities and conservation partners to address white oak 
restoration priorities; 
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(2) improving and regenerating white oak and 
upland oak forests and the wildlife habitat such for-
ests provide; 
(3) carrying out coordinated restoration and 
conservation activities that lead to the increased 
growth of species of white oak in native white oak 
regions on Federal, State, Tribal, and private land; 
(4) facilitating strategic planning to maximize 
the resilience of white oak systems and habitats 
under changing climate conditions; 
(5) engaging the public through outreach, edu-
cation, and citizen involvement to increase capacity 
and support for coordinated restoration and con-
servation activities for species of white oak; and 
(6) increasing scientific capacity to support the 
planning, monitoring, and research activities nec-
essary to carry out such coordinated restoration and 
conservation activities. 
(e) GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent that funds are 
available to carry out this section, the Secretary 
shall establish a voluntary grant and technical as-
sistance program (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘grant program’’) to achieve the purposes of the 
Program described in subsection (d). 
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(2) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation (in this 
subsection referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’) to 
manage and administer the grant program. 
(B) FUNDING.—Subject to the availability 
of appropriations made in advance for such 
purpose, after the Secretary enters into a coop-
erative agreement with the Foundation under 
subparagraph (A), the Foundation shall for 
each fiscal year, receive amounts to carry out 
this subsection in an advance payment of the 
entire amount on October 1, or as soon as prac-
ticable thereafter, of that fiscal year. 
(3) APPLICATION
OF
NATIONAL
FISH
AND 
WILDLIFE
FOUNDATION
ESTABLISHMENT
ACT.— 
Amounts received by the Foundation to carry out 
the grant program shall be subject to the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act (16 
U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), excluding section 10(a) of that 
Act (16 U.S.C. 3709(a)). 
(f) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 
terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 7. TREE NURSERY SHORTAGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, 
shall— 
(1) develop and implement a national strategy 
to increase the capacity of Federal, State, Tribal, 
and private tree nurseries to address the nationwide 
shortage of tree seedlings; and 
(2) coordinate such strategy with— 
(A) the national reforestation strategy of 
the Forest Service; and 
(B) each regional implementation plan for 
National Forests. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) be based on the best available science and 
data; and 
(2) identify and address— 
(A) regional seedling shortages of bareroot 
and container tree seedlings; 
(B) regional reforestation opportunities 
and the seedling supply necessary to fulfill such 
opportunities; 
(C) opportunities to enhance seedling di-
versity and close gaps in seed inventories; and 
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