# § 2109a. State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program
**(a)** **Purpose** The purpose of this section is to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes.
**(b)** **Definitions** In this section:
**(1)** **Indian tribe** section 5304 of title 25
The term “Indian tribe” has the meaning given the term in .
**(2)** **Nonindustrial private forest land** The term “nonindustrial private forest land” means land that—
**(A)** is rural, as determined by the Secretary;
**(B)** has existing tree cover or is suitable for growing trees; and
**(C)** is owned by any private individual, group, association, corporation, Indian tribe, or other private legal entity.
**(3)** **State forest land** The term “State forest land” means land that—
**(A)** is rural, as determined by the Secretary; and
**(B)** is under State or local governmental ownership and considered to be non-Federal forest land.
**(c)** **Establishment** The Secretary, in consultation with State foresters or appropriate State agencies, shall establish a competitive grant program to provide financial and technical assistance to encourage collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes.
**(d)** **Eligibility** To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an applicant shall submit to the Secretary, through the State forester or appropriate State agency, a State and private forest landscape-scale restoration proposal based on a restoration strategy that—
**(1)** is complete or substantially complete;
**(2)** is for a multiyear period;
**(3)** covers nonindustrial private forest land or State forest land;
**(4)** is accessible by wood-processing infrastructure; and
**(5)** is based on the best available science.
**(e)** **Plan criteria** A State and private forest landscape-scale restoration proposal submitted under this section shall include plans—
**(1)** to reduce the risk of uncharacteristic wildfires;
**(2)** to improve fish and wildlife habitats, including the habitats of threatened and endangered species;
**(3)** to maintain or improve water quality and watershed function;
**(4)** to mitigate invasive species, insect infestation, and disease;
**(5)** to improve important forest ecosystems;
**(6)** to measure ecological and economic benefits, including air quality and soil quality and productivity; and
**(7)** to take other relevant actions, as determined by the Secretary.
**(f)** **Priorities** In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to plans that—
**(1)** further a statewide forest assessment and resource strategy;
**(2)** promote cross boundary landscape collaboration; and
**(3)** leverage public and private resources.
**(g)** **Collaboration and consultation** The Chief of the Forest Service, the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and relevant stakeholders shall collaborate and consult on an ongoing basis regarding—
**(1)** administration of the program established under this section; and
**(2)** identification of other applicable resources for landscape-scale restoration.
**(h)** **Matching funds required** As a condition of receiving a grant under this section, the Secretary shall require the recipient of the grant to provide funds or in-kind support from non-Federal sources in an amount that is at least equal to the amount of Federal funds.
**(i)** **Coordination and proximity encouraged** In making grants under this section, the Secretary may consider coordination with and proximity to other landscape-scale projects on other land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, or a Governor of a State, including under—
**(1)** the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program established under section 7303 of this title;
**(2)** landscape areas designated for insect and disease treatments under section 6591a of this title;
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**(4)** stewardship end result contracting projects authorized under section 6591c of this title;
**(5)** appropriate State-level programs; and
**(6)** other relevant programs, as determined by the Secretary.
**(j)** **Regulations** The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section.
**(k)** **Report** Not later than 3 years after December 20, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on—
**(1)** the status of development, execution, and administration of selected projects;
**(2)** the accounting of program funding expenditures; and
**(3)** specific accomplishments that have resulted from landscape-scale projects.
**(l)** **Fund**
**(1)** **In general** There is established in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the “State and Private Forest Landscape-Scale Restoration Fund” (referred to in this subsection as the “Fund”), to be used by the Secretary to make grants under this section.
**(2)** **Contents** The Fund shall consist of such amounts as are appropriated to the Fund under paragraph (3).
**(3)** **Authorization of appropriations** December 20, 2018
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Fund $20,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning with the first full fiscal year after , through fiscal year 2023, to remain available until expended.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–313, § 13A, as added Pub. L. 110–234, title VIII, § 8007, May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1285, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title VIII, § 8007, June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2047; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8102(a), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4837.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
and enacted identical sections. was repealed by .
### Amendments
2018— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to competitive allocation of funds to State foresters or equivalent State officials.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date
Enactment of this section and repeal of by effective , the date of enactment of , see , set out as a note under , Agriculture.