‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Of the funds made available 
under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not more than 
5 percent of such amounts may be used by the Sec-
retary for expenses related to administering the pro-
gram under this section.’’. 
SEC. 5. STUDY ON PROTECTION OF FORESTS FROM NON- 
NATIVE PESTS AND PATHOGENS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) many separate Federal agencies have impor-
tant roles to play in addressing non-native plant 
pests and pathogens for stewardship and manage-
ment of American forests; 
(2) because of a lack of national policy non-na-
tive pests of forests have a low priority within all 
Federal agencies; 
(3) efforts to prevent the introduction and 
spread of such pests and pathogens, and especially 
to reduce the resulting damage and restore tree spe-
cies to forests, lack coordination and action. 
(b) STUDY.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall enter 
into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, 
or another nongovernmental entity the Secretary deter-
mines to be most appropriate, under which the National 
Academy of Sciences (or such other entity) will analyze 
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available resources in Federal agencies for research of, 
and solutions to non-native forest pests and pathogens. 
Such study shall make recommendations with respect to— 
(1) establishing a national policy to counter ef-
fectively the threat posed by non-native insects and 
disease pathogens to tree species, including pre-
venting the introduction and spread of such pests, 
minimizing the damage caused by such pests, and 
restoring affected tree species to the forest; 
(2) correcting the lack of mission identification 
and leadership among Federal agencies with respon-
sibility for management and repair of the decimation 
of affected species and associated ecological destruc-
tion; 
(3) addressing the low prioritization by such 
agencies of non-native pests of forests; 
(4) identifying expertise and site and facility re-
sources within such agencies, and improving coordi-
nation among such agencies with respect to manage-
ment of such damage, including coordination with 
academic institutions and other appropriate non- 
profits; and 
(5) the establishment within the Department of 
Agriculture of a center for forest pest control, pre-
vention, and species restoration, including potential 
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organizational structures of such a center, with an 
emphasis on including representation of a wide vari-
ety of appropriate agencies within the center, includ-
ing the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
the Agriculture Research Service, the National Insti-
tute of Food and Agriculture, the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, the Forest Service, and any 
other agency the Secretary determines is appro-
priate. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The agreement referred to in 
subsection (b) shall require the National Academy of 
Sciences (or such other entity), in conducting such study, 
to consult with specialists in entomology, genetics, forest 
pathology, tree breeding, forest and urban ecology, and 
invasive species management. 
(d) USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—The agreement 
referred to in subsection (b) shall require the National 
Academy of Sciences (or such other entity), in making rec-
ommendations pursuant to the study conducted under 
such subsection, to make recommendations that use exist-
ing Federal resources and may be implemented through 
further legislative and administrative action for authoriza-
tion of mission, hiring of leadership, and appropriate fund-
ing. 
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(e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The agreement referred 
to in subsection (b) shall require the National Academy 
of Sciences (or such other entity) to, not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit 
to the Congress a report of the results of the study con-
ducted pursuant to such agreement that contains rec-
ommendations for legislative action. 
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