Title: Forestry Renewal Act
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
Forestry Renewal Act
This bill makes permanent the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council. The council shall meet at least twice a year.
The bill removes the ceiling on the amount that may by transferred by the Department of Agriculture to the Reforestation Trust Fund.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5311 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5311

 To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to renew the 
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council and to amend the 
 Act of October 14, 1980, to remove the limitation on the transfer of 
  amounts available under the reforestation trust fund, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2019

 Mr. Huffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to renew the 
National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council and to amend the 
 Act of October 14, 1980, to remove the limitation on the transfer of 
  amounts available under the reforestation trust fund, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Forestry Renewal Act''.

SEC. 2. RENEWAL OF NATIONAL URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY ADVISORY 
              COUNCIL.

    Section 9(g) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2105(g)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Meetings.--The Council established under this 
                subsection shall meet not less than twice annually.''; 
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Renewal of council.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 
                shall renew the Council established under this 
                subsection.
                    ``(B) Termination.--The Council established under 
                this subsection shall not terminate except as provided 
                by an Act of Congress.''.

SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS UNDER REFORESTATION TRUST FUND.

    Section 303(b) of the Act of October 14, 1980 (16 U.S.C. 1606a(b)), 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Subject to the 
        limitation in paragraph (2), the'' and inserting ``The'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
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