Legacy Roads and Trails Act
Bill: H.R.2816 | Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim (D-WA)
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Legacy Roads and Trails Act
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program.
Specifically, under the program, the Forest Service, taking into account predicted changes in weather and hydrology related to global climate change, shall
In implementing the program, the Forest Service shall give priority to projects that protect or restore
The Forest Service shall identify the minimum road system needed for each unit of the National Forest System. USDA shall review, and may revise, an identification of the minimum road system in accordance with federal regulations relating to the administration of the forest transportation system.

To provide for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation 
                                Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Legacy Roads and Trails Act''.

SEC. 2. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS REMEDIATION PROGRAM.

    Public Law 88-657 (16 U.S.C. 532 et seq.) (commonly known as the 
``Forest Roads and Trails Act'') is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 8. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS REMEDIATION PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish the Forest 
Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program (referred to in 
this section as `the Program').
    ``(b) Administration.--The Program shall be administered by the 
Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.
    ``(c) Activities.--In carrying out the Program, the Secretary 
shall, taking into account predicted changes in weather and hydrology 
related to global climate change--
            ``(1) carry out storm damage risk reduction, including 
        deferred maintenance, repairs, road and trail relocation, and 
        associated activities on National Forest System roads, National 
        Forest System trails, and tunnels and bridges under the 
        jurisdiction of the Forest Service;
            ``(2) restore waterways and natural migration for fish and 
        other aquatic species by removing, repairing, or replacing 
        culverts or other infrastructure from such waterways; and
            ``(3) decommission National Forest System roads and 
        unauthorized roads and trails under National Forest System 
        jurisdiction in accordance with subsections (f) and (g).
    ``(d) Priority.--In implementing the Program, the Secretary shall 
give priority to projects that protect or restore--
            ``(1) water quality and watershed function;
            ``(2) a watershed that supplies a public drinking water 
        system;
            ``(3) the habitat of a threatened, endangered, or sensitive 
        fish or wildlife species, or species of conservation concern; 
        or
            ``(4) a watershed for which the Secretary has completed a 
        watershed protection and restoration action plan pursuant to 
        section 304 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
        6543).
    ``(e) National Forest System.--Except with respect to a project 
carried out on a watershed for which the Secretary has a cooperative 
agreement under section 323 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1011a), each 
project carried out under this section shall be on a National Forest 
System road, National Forest System trail, or unauthorized roads and 
trails under National Forest System jurisdiction.
    ``(f) Identification of Minimum Road Systems.--Not later than 4 
years after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall identify at the scale of a National Forest System unit or 
greater, the minimum road system and unneeded roads in accordance with 
section 212.5(b) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this section).
    ``(g) Unneeded National Forest System Roads.--As soon as 
practicable after identifying a road as unneeded under subsection (f), 
the Secretary shall--
            ``(1) decommission such road; or
            ``(2) convert such road to a system trail.
    ``(h) Review; Revision.--The Secretary shall review, and may 
revise, an identification made under subsection (f) in accordance with 
part 212, subpart A of title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (as in 
effect on the date of enactment of this section).
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2030.''.
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