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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat 
Conservation and Restoration Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered vegetation management activity.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``covered vegetation 
                management activity'' means any activity described in 
                subparagraph (B) that--
                            (i) is carried out on public land 
                        administered by the Bureau of Land Management;
                            (ii) meets the objectives of the order of 
                        the Secretary numbered 3336 and dated January 
                        5, 2015;
                            (iii) conforms to an applicable land use 
                        plan;
                            (iv) protects, restores, or improves 
                        greater sage-grouse or mule deer habitat in a 
                        sagebrush steppe ecosystem as described in--
                                    (I) Circular 1416 of the United 
                                States Geological Survey entitled 
                                ``Restoration Handbook for Sagebrush 
                                Steppe Ecosystems with Emphasis on 
                                Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat--Part 1. 
                                Concepts for Understanding and Applying 
                                Restoration'' (2015); or
                                    (II) the habitat guidelines for 
                                mule deer published by the Mule Deer 
                                Working Group of the Western 
                                Association of Fish and Wildlife 
                                Agencies;
                            (v) will not permanently impair--
                                    (I) the natural state of the 
                                treated area;
                                    (II) outstanding opportunities for 
                                solitude;
                                    (III) outstanding opportunities for 
                                primitive, unconfined recreation;
                                    (IV) economic opportunities 
                                consistent with multiple-use 
                                management; or
                                    (V) the identified values of a unit 
                                of the National Landscape Conservation 
                                System; and
                            (vi)(I) restores native vegetation 
                        following a natural disturbance;
                            (II) prevents the expansion into greater 
                        sage-grouse or mule deer habitat of--
                                    (aa) juniper, pinyon pine, or other 
                                associated conifers; or
                                    (bb) nonnative or invasive 
                                vegetation;
                            (III) reduces the risk of loss of greater 
                        sage-grouse or mule deer habitat from wildfire 
                        or any other natural disturbance; or
                            (IV) provides emergency stabilization of 
                        soil resources after a natural disturbance.
                    (B) Description of activities.--An activity 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) is--
                            (i) manual cutting and removal of juniper 
                        trees, pinyon pine trees, other associated 
                        conifers, or other nonnative or invasive 
                        vegetation;
                            (ii) mechanical mastication, cutting, or 
                        mowing, mechanical piling and burning, 
                        chaining, broadcast burning, or yarding;
                            (iii) removal of cheat grass, medusa head 
                        rye, or other nonnative, invasive vegetation;
                            (iv) collection and seeding or planting of 
                        native vegetation using a manual, mechanical, 
                        or aerial method;
                            (v) seeding of nonnative, noninvasive, 
                        ruderal vegetation only for the purpose of 
                        emergency stabilization;
                            (vi) targeted use of an herbicide, subject 
                        to the condition that the use shall be in 
                        accordance with applicable legal requirements, 
                        Federal agency procedures, and land use plans;
                            (vii) targeted livestock grazing to 
                        mitigate hazardous fuels and control noxious 
                        and invasive weeds;
                            (viii) temporary removal of wild horses or 
                        burros in the area in which the activity is 
                        being carried out to ensure treatment 
                        objectives are met;
                            (ix) in coordination with the affected 
                        permit holder, modification or adjustment of 
                        permissible usage under an annual plan of use 
                        of a grazing permit issued by the Secretary to 
                        achieve restoration treatment objectives;
                            (x) installation of new, or modification of 
                        existing, fencing or water sources intended to 
                        control use or improve wildlife habitat; or
                            (xi) necessary maintenance of, repairs to, 
                        rehabilitation of, or reconstruction of an 
                        existing permanent road or construction of 
                        temporary roads to accomplish the activities 
                        described in this subparagraph.
                    (C) Exclusions.--The term ``covered vegetation 
                management activity'' does not include--
                            (i) any activity conducted in a wilderness 
                        area or wilderness study area; or
                            (ii) any activity for the construction of a 
                        permanent road or permanent trail.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (3) Temporary road.--The term ``temporary road'' means a 
        road that is--
                    (A) authorized--
                            (i) by a contract, permit, lease, other 
                        written authorization; or
                            (ii) pursuant to an emergency operation;
                    (B) not intended to be part of the permanent 
                transportation system of a Federal department or 
                agency;
                    (C) not necessary for long-term resource 
                management;
                    (D) designed in accordance with standards 
                appropriate for the intended use of the road, taking 
                into consideration--
                            (i) safety;
                            (ii) the cost of transportation; and
                            (iii) impacts to land and resources; and
                    (E) managed to minimize--
                            (i) erosion; and
                            (ii) the introduction or spread of invasive 
                        species.

SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF HABITAT FOR GREATER SAGE-GROUSE AND MULE DEER.

    (a) Categorical Exclusion.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop 1 or 
        more categorical exclusions (as defined in section 1508.4 of 
        title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 
        regulation)) for covered vegetation management activities 
        carried out to protect, restore, or improve habitat for greater 
        sage-grouse or mule deer.
            (2) Administration.--In developing and administering a 
        categorical exclusion under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
        shall--
                    (A) comply with the National Environmental Policy 
                Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);
                    (B) apply the extraordinary circumstances 
                procedures under section 220.6 of title 36, Code of 
                Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), in 
                determining whether to use the categorical exclusion; 
                and
                    (C) consider--
                            (i) the relative efficacy of landscape-
                        scale habitat projects;
                            (ii) the likelihood of continued declines 
                        in the populations of greater sage-grouse and 
                        mule deer in the absence of landscape-scale 
                        vegetation management; and
                            (iii) the need for habitat restoration 
                        activities after wildfire or other natural 
                        disturbances.
    (b) Implementation of Covered Vegetative Management Activities 
Within the Range of Greater Sage-grouse and Mule Deer.--If a 
categorical exclusion developed under subsection (a) is used to 
implement a covered vegetative management activity in an area within 
the range of both greater sage-grouse and mule deer, the covered 
vegetative management activity shall protect, restore, or improve 
habitat concurrently for both greater sage-grouse and mule deer.
    (c) Long-term Monitoring and Maintenance.--Before commencing any 
covered vegetation management activity that is covered by a categorical 
exclusion under subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop a long-term 
monitoring and maintenance plan, covering at least the 20 year-period 
beginning on the date of commencement, to ensure that management of the 
treated area does not degrade the habitat gains secured by the covered 
vegetation management activity.
    (d) Disposal of Vegetative Material.--Subject to applicable local 
restrictions, any vegetative material resulting from a covered 
vegetation management activity that is covered by a categorical 
exclusion under subsection (a) may be--
            (1) used for--
                    (A) fuel wood; or
                    (B) other products; or
            (2) piled or burned, or both.
    (e) Treatment for Temporary Roads.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 2(1)(B)(xi), any 
        temporary road constructed in carrying out a covered vegetation 
        management activity that is covered by a categorical exclusion 
        under subsection (a)--
                    (A) shall be used by the Secretary for the covered 
                vegetation management activity for not more than 2 
                years; and
                    (B) shall be decommissioned by the Secretary not 
                later than 3 years after the earlier of the date on 
                which--
                            (i) the temporary road is no longer needed; 
                        and
                            (ii) the project is completed.
            (2) Requirement.--A treatment under paragraph (1) shall 
        include reestablishing native vegetative cover--
                    (A) as soon as practicable; but
                    (B) not later than 10 years after the date of 
                completion of the applicable covered vegetation 
                management activity.

            Passed the Senate September 6, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                JULIE E. ADAMS,

                                                             Secretary.

Output: Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Interior to categorically exclude vegetative management activities that establish or improve habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule deer from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Examples of vegetative management activities include restoring native vegetation following a natural disturbance or preventing the expansion of nonnative or invasive vegetation into such habitat.  A categorical exclusion under NEPA is a category of actions which do not have a significant effect on the human environment and for which neither an Environmental Assessment nor an Environmental Impact Statement is required. The bill prohibits the categorical exclusion from including: (1) activity conducted in a wilderness area or wilderness study area, or (2) activity for the construction of a permanent road or trail. Before commencing a vegetative management activity that is covered by a categorical exclusion, Interior must develop a long-term monitoring and maintenance plan, covering at least 20 years, to ensure that management of the treated area does not degrade the habitat gains secured by the vegetative management activity. Vegetative material resulting from vegetative management activity may be: (1) used for fuel wood or other products; or (2) piled or burned, or both.  Native vegetative cover must be reestablished on a temporary road constructed in connection with a categorically excluded vegetative management activity in order to minimize soil erosion from areas disturbed by the temporary road.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Lead in Drinking Water 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING LEAD IN DRINKING WATER.

    (a) Definition of Lead Service Line.--Section 1401 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(17) Lead service line.--The term `lead service line' 
        means a service line that is not lead free (within the meaning 
        of section 1417).''.
    (b) Replacing Lead Service Lines.--Section 1417 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g-6) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(f) Replacing Lead Service Lines.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' 
                means--
                            ``(i) an owner or operator of a public 
                        water system;
                            ``(ii) a qualified nonprofit organization, 
                        as determined by the Administrator; or
                            ``(iii) a municipality or a State, 
                        interstate, or intermunicipal agency.
                    ``(B) Lead pipe replacement program.--The term 
                `lead pipe replacement program' means a project or 
                activity the primary purpose of which is to eliminate 
                lead in water for human consumption by--
                            ``(i) replacing lead service lines;
                            ``(ii) testing, planning, or carrying out 
                        other relevant activities, as determined by the 
                        Administrator, to identify the location and 
                        condition of lead service lines; or
                            ``(iii) providing assistance to low-income 
                        homeowners to replace privately owned lead 
                        service lines.
                    ``(C) Low-income homeowner.--The term `low-income 
                homeowner' has such meaning as may be given the term by 
                the Governor of the applicable State.
            ``(2) Grant program.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after 
                the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
                Administrator shall establish a grant program to 
                provide assistance to eligible entities for lead pipe 
                replacement programs.
                    ``(B) Evaluation.--In determining whether to 
                provide assistance to an eligible entity under this 
                subsection, the Administrator shall evaluate whether 
                the eligible entity has--
                            ``(i) a current inventory of lead service 
                        lines in the applicable public water system;
                            ``(ii) a plan to notify customers of such 
                        public water system of the replacement of any 
                        publicly owned portion of a lead service line;
                            ``(iii) a plan to replace the privately 
                        owned portion of a lead service line at the 
                        cost of replacement;
                            ``(iv) a plan for a program of assistance 
                        to low-income homeowners to replace the 
                        privately owned portion of lead service lines; 
                        or
                            ``(v) a plan of recommended measures to 
                        avoid exposure of the public to short-term 
                        increases in lead levels following a lead 
                        service line replacement.
                    ``(C) Priority application.--In providing 
                assistance under this subsection, the Administrator 
                shall give priority to an eligible entity that--
                            ``(i) will carry out a lead pipe 
                        replacement program at a public water system 
                        that has exceeded the lead action level 
                        established by the Administrator at any time 
                        during the 3-year period preceding the date of 
                        submission of the application of the eligible 
                        entity;
                            ``(ii) will address lead levels in water 
                        for human consumption at a school, daycare, or 
                        other facility that primarily serves children 
                        or subpopulations at greater risk as identified 
                        under section 1458(a);
                            ``(iii) will include in the lead pipe 
                        replacement program a program to provide 
                        assistance to low-income homeowners; or
                            ``(iv) addresses such priority criteria as 
                        the Administrator may establish, consistent 
                        with the goal of reducing lead in water for 
                        human consumption.
                    ``(D) Cost sharing.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), 
                        the non-Federal share of the total cost of a 
                        program funded by a grant provided under this 
                        subsection shall be not less than 20 percent.
                            ``(ii) Waiver.--The Administrator may 
                        reduce or eliminate the non-Federal share 
                        required under clause (i) for reasons of 
                        affordability, as the Administrator determines 
                        to be appropriate.
                    ``(E) Low-income homeowner assistance.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), 
                        an eligible entity may use a grant provided 
                        under this subsection to provide assistance to 
                        low-income homeowners to replace privately 
                        owned lead service lines.
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--The amount of 
                        assistance provided to an individual low-income 
                        homeowner under this subparagraph shall not 
                        exceed $10,000.
            ``(3) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall, in 
        cooperation with States and qualified nonprofit organizations, 
        develop guidance for owners and operators of public water 
        systems to assist such owners and operators in the preparation 
        of an inventory of lead service lines in their public water 
        system.
            ``(4) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
        $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.''.

Output: Reducing Lead in Drinking Water Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to remove lead service lines from public water systems. Grant recipients may use grant funds to assist low-income homeowners with replacing privately owned lead service lines.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) customary international law and the United Nations 
        Convention on the Law of the Sea guarantee the right of 
        passage, including innocent passage, to vessels through the 
        waters commonly referred to as the ``Inside Passage'' off the 
        Pacific Coast of Canada;
            (2) Canada has recently announced that it will require all 
        commercial fishing vessels of the United States to pay 1,500 
        Canadian dollars to obtain a ``license which authorizes 
        transit'' through the Inside Passage off the Pacific Coast of 
        Canada;
            (3) this action is inconsistent with international law, 
        including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 
        and in particular Article 26 of that Convention, which 
        specifically prohibits such fees, and threatens the safety of 
        United States commercial fishermen who may seek to avoid the 
        fee by traveling in less protected waters;
            (4) the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 provides for the 
        reimbursement of vessel owners who are forced to pay a license 
        fee to secure the release of a vessel which has been seized, 
        but does not permit reimbursement of a fee paid by the owner in 
        advance in order to prevent a seizure;
            (5) Canada has announced that the license fee may only be 
        paid in two ports on the Pacific Coast of Canada, and must be 
        paid in person or in advance by mail;
            (6) significant expense and delay would be incurred by a 
        commercial fishing vessel of the United States that had to 
        travel from the point of seizure back to one of those ports in 
        order to pay the license fee required by Canada, and the costs 
        of that travel and delay cannot be reimbursed under the 
        Fishermen's Protective Act as presently enacted;
            (7) the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 should be 
        amended to permit vessel owners to be reimbursed for fees 
        required by a foreign government to be paid in advance in order 
        to navigate in the waters of that foreign country, provided the 
        United States considers that fee to be inconsistent with 
        international law;
            (8) the Secretary of State should seek to recover from 
        Canada any amounts paid by the United States to reimburse 
        vessel owners who paid the transit license fee;
            (9) the United States should review its current policy with 
        respect to anchorage by commercial fishing vessels of Canada in 
        waters of the United States off Alaska, including waters in and 
        near the Dixon Entrance, and should accord such vessels the 
        same treatment that commercial fishing vessels of the United 
        States are accorded for anchorage in the waters of Canada off 
        British Columbia;
            (10) the President should ensure that, consistent with 
        international law, the United States Coast Guard has available 
        adequate resources in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska to 
        provide for the safety of United States citizens, the 
        enforcement of United States law, and to protect the rights of 
        the United States and keep the peace among vessels operating in 
        disputed waters;
            (11) the President should continue to review all agreements 
        between the United States and Canada to identify other actions 
        that may be taken to convince Canada that continuation of the 
        transit license fee would be against Canada's long-term 
        interests, and should immediately implement any actions which 
        the President deems appropriate until Canada rescinds the fee;
            (12) the President should immediately convey to Canada in 
        the strongest terms that the United States will not now, nor at 
        any time in the future, tolerate any action by Canada which 
        would impede or otherwise restrict the right of passage of 
        vessels of the United States vessels in a manner inconsistent 
        with international law; and
            (13) the United States should redouble its efforts to seek 
        expeditious agreement with Canada on appropriate fishery 
        conservation and management measures that can be implemented 
        through the Pacific Salmon Treaty to address issues of mutual 
        concern.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FISHERMEN'S PROTECTIVE ACT.

    The Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (P.L. 90-482), as amended, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``Sec. 11. (a) In any case on or after June 15, 1994, in which a 
vessel of the United States exercising its right of passage is charged 
a fee by the government of a foreign country to engage in transit 
passage between points in the United States (including a point in the 
exclusive economic zone or in an area over which jurisdiction is in 
dispute), and such fee is regarded by the United States as being 
inconsistent with international law, the Secretary of State shall 
reimburse the vessel owner for the amount of any such fee paid under 
protest.
    ``(b) In seeking such reimbursement, the vessel owner shall 
provide, together with such other information as the Secretary of State 
may require--
            ``(1) a copy of the receipt for payment;
            ``(2) an affidavit attesting that the owner or the owner's 
        agent paid the fee under protest; and
            ``(3) a copy of the vessel's certificate of documentation.
    ``(c) Requests for reimbursement shall be made to the Secretary of 
State within 120 days of the date of payment of the fee, or within 90 
days of the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later.
    ``(d) Such funds as may be necessary to meet the requirements of 
this section may be made available from the unobligated balances of 
previously appropriated funds remaining in the Fishermen's Guaranty 
Fund established under section 7 and the Fishermen's Protective Fund 
established under section 9. To the extent that requests for 
reimbursement under this section exceed such funds, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be needed for 
reimbursements authorized under subsection (a).
    ``(e) The Secretary of State shall take such action as the 
Secretary deems appropriate to make and collect claims against the 
foreign country imposing such fee for any amounts reimbursed under this 
section.
    ``(f) For purposes of this section, the term `owner' includes any 
charterer of a vessel of the United States.
    ``(g) The provisions of this section shall remain in effect until 
October 1, 1995.''.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Section 7(c) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 
U.S.C. 1977(c)) is amended by striking ``The amount fixed by the 
Secretary shall be predicated upon at least 33\1/3\ per centum of the 
contribution by the Government.''.
    (b) Section 7(e) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 
U.S.C. 1977(e)) is amended by striking ``October 1, 1993'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``October 1, 2000''.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

    (a) Section 15(a) of Public Law 103-238 is amended by striking 
``April 1, 1994,'' and inserting ``May 1, 1994.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective on and 
after April 30, 1994.

            Passed the Senate July 1 (legislative day, June 7), 1994.

            Attest:






                                                             Secretary.


Output: Amends the Fisherman's Protective Act of 1967 to direct the Secretary of State, until a specified date, to reimburse vessel owners for fees paid to a foreign government to engage in transit passage between points in the United States if such a fee is regarded by the United States as being inconsistent with international law.  Authorizes use of unobligated balances of the Fishermen's Guaranty Fund and the Fishermen's Protective Fund and, if those are insufficient, authorizes appropriations. 
Repeals the statutory formula used to fix the related fees collected by the Secretary of State. 
Extends the Act's effective date from October 1, 1993, to October 1, 2000.