A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2811
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-05-09
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund through FY2029. The fund is used for providing payments for up to 50% of the costs of carrying out and monitoring ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on National Forest System lands under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2811 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 9, 2018 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Crapo , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Risch , Mr. Udall , and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.

1. Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (a) Reauthorization Section 4003(f)(6) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 16 U.S.C. 7303(f)(6) ) is amended by striking $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2019 and inserting $80,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2029 . (b) Reporting requirements Section 4003(h) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 16 U.S.C. 7303(h) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (6) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. .