DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service forest and rangeland research For an additional amount for “Forest and Rangeland Research”, $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, for the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to carry out activities of the Joint Fire Science Program, as authorized in section 40803 of division D of this Act: Provided, That $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be made available for fiscal year 2022, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be made available for fiscal year 2023, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 135 STAT. 1407 30, 2027, shall be made available for fiscal year 2024, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, shall be made available for fiscal year 2025, and $2,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, shall be made available for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. state and private forestry (including transfers of funds) For an additional amount for “State and Private Forestry”, $1,526,800,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, That $305,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be made available for fiscal year 2022, $305,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be made available for fiscal year 2023, $305,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be made available for fiscal year 2024, $305,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, shall be made available for fiscal year 2025, and $305,360,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, shall be made available for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading in this Act, the following amounts shall be for the following purposes in equal amounts for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026—(1) $718,000,000 for the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to carry out activities for the Department of Agriculture, as authorized in sections 40803 and 40804 of division D of this Act; (2) In addition to amounts made available in paragraph (1) for grants to at-risk communities for wildfire mitigation activities, not less than $500,000,000 for such purposes; (3) Not less than $88,000,000 for State Fire Assistance; and (4) Not less than $20,000,000 for Volunteer Fire Assistance: Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 may be transferred between accounts affected by the Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) to carry out the activities in support of this heading: Provided further, That up to 3 percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be for salaries, expenses, and administration: Provided further, That one-half of one percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture for oversight of funding provided to the Forest Service in this title in this Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.135 STAT. 1408 national forest system (including transfers of funds) For an additional amount for “National Forest System”, $2,854,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $734,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2022, $529,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2023, $529,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2024, $529,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2025, and $529,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading in this Act, the following amounts shall be for the following purposes—(1) $2,115,000,000 for the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to carry out activities for the Department of Agriculture as authorized in sections 40803 and 40804 of division D of this Act, of which $587,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2022 and $382,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026; (2) In addition to amounts made available in paragraph (1) for hazardous fuels management activities, $102,800,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for such purposes; and (3) In addition to amounts made available in paragraph (1) for burned area recovery, $45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for such purposes: Provided further, That up to $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 from funds made available in paragraph (2) of the preceding proviso may be used to make grants, using any authorities available for the Forest Service under the “State and Private Forestry” appropriation for the purposes of creating incentives for increased use of biomass from National Forest System lands, including the Community Wood Energy Program and the Wood Innovation Grants Program: Provided further, That up to $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 from funds made available in paragraph (2) of the preceding proviso shall be for implementation of the Tribal Forestry Protection Act, as amended (Public Law 108–278): Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act may be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may authorize the transfer of funds provided under this heading in this Act between the Departments for the purpose of carrying out activities as authorized in section 40804(b)(1) of division D of this Act: Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 may be transferred between accounts affected by the Forest 135 STAT. 1409 Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) to carry out the activities in support of this heading: Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be available for salaries and expenses: Provided further, That one-half of one percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture for oversight of funding provided to the Forest Service in this title in this Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. capital improvement and maintenance (including transfers of funds) For an additional amount for “Capital Improvement and Maintenance”, $360,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, That $72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be made available for fiscal year 2022, $72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be made available for fiscal year 2023, $72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2027, shall be made available for fiscal year 2024, $72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, shall be made available for fiscal year 2025, and $72,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2029, shall be made available for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading in this Act, the following amounts shall be for the following purposes in equal amounts for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026—(1) $250,000,000 to carry out activities of the Legacy Road and Trail Remediation Program, as authorized in Public Law 88–657 (16 U.S.C. 532 et seq.) (commonly known as the “Forest Roads and Trails Act”), as amended by section 40801 of division D of this Act; (2) $100,000,000 for construction of temporary roads or reconstruction and maintenance of roads to facilitate forest restoration and management projects that reduce wildfire risk; and (3) $10,000,000 for the removal of non-hydropower Federal dams and for providing dam removal technical assistance: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act may be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 may be transferred between accounts affected by the Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 135 STAT. 1410 (Public Law 116–94) to carry out the activities in support of this heading: Provided further, That one-half of one percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture for oversight of funding provided to the Forest Service in this title in this Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. wildland fire management (including transfers of funds) For an additional amount for “Wildland Fire Management”, $696,200,000 to remain available until expended, for the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to carry out activities for the Department of Agriculture as authorized in section 40803 of division D of this Act: Provided, That $552,200,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2022, $36,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2023, $36,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2024, $36,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2025, and $36,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be made available for fiscal year 2026: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act may be transferred to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire management activities: Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 may be transferred between accounts affected by the Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 94) to carry out the activities in support of this heading: Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026, shall be available for salaries and expenses to carry out such purposes: Provided further, That one-half of one percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act in each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture for oversight of funding provided to the Forest Service in this title in this Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.135 STAT. 1411 administrative provision—forest service Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a detailed spend plan for the funds provided to the Forest Service in this title in this Act for fiscal year 2022, and for each fiscal year through 2026, as part of the annual budget submission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary shall submit a detailed spend plan for the funds provided to the Forest Service in this title in this Act for that fiscal year.