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16 USC § 6573 - Restoration plans 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s6573"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 6573 - Restoration plans"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "6573"
section_name: "Restoration plans"
chapter_number: 84
chapter_name: "HEALTHY FOREST RESTORATION"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 108–148, title V, § 503, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1912; Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8407(a)(7), (9), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4846.)"
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# § 6573. Restoration plans

**(a)** **In general** Land enrolled in the healthy forests reserve program shall be subject to a restoration plan, to be developed jointly by the landowner and the Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Secretary of the Interior.

**(b)** **Practices** The restoration plan shall require such restoration practices and measures as are necessary to restore and enhance habitat for species described in section 6572(b) of this title, including the following:

**(1)** Land management practices.

**(2)** Vegetative treatments.

**(3)** Structural practices and measures.

**(4)** Practices to increase carbon sequestration.

**(5)** Practices to improve biological diversity.

**(6)** Other practices and measures.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 108–148, title V, § 503, Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1912; Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8407(a)(7), (9), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4846.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (a). , substituted “Secretary of the Interior” for “Secretary of Interior”.

Subsec. (b). , amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The restoration plan shall require such restoration practices as are necessary to restore and enhance habitat for—

“(1) species listed as endangered or threatened under ; and

“(2) animal or plant species before the species reach threatened or endangered status, such as candidate, State-listed species, and special concern species.”