Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program

In this section: The term “Chiefs” means the Chief of the Forest Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The term “eligible activity” means an activity— The term “Program” means the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program established under subsection (b)(1). The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture. The term “wildland-urban interface” has the meaning given the term in section 6511 of this title. The Secretary shall establish a Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program to improve the health and resilience of forest landscapes across National Forest System land and State, Tribal, and private land. The Secretary shall administer the Program by coordinating eligible activities conducted on National Forest System land and State, Tribal, or private land across a forest landscape to improve the health and resilience of the forest landscape by— The appropriate Regional Forester and State Conservationist shall jointly submit to the Chiefs on an annual basis proposals for eligible activities under the Program. In evaluating and selecting proposals submitted under subsection (c), the Chiefs shall consider— criteria including whether the proposal— The Secretary shall provide— public notice on the websites of the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service describing— An eligible activity may not be carried out under the Program— Not later than 1 year after November 15, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report providing recommendations to Congress relating to the Program, including a review of— For each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the Chiefs shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report describing projects for which funding is provided under the Program, including the status and outcomes of those projects. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the Program $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023. In addition to the funds described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may obligate available funds from accounts used to carry out the existing Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership prior to November 15, 2021, to carry out the Program. Funds made available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended. Of the funds made available under paragraph (1)— the remaining funds shall be allocated by the Chiefs to the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the Forest Service—