SENTINEL LANDSCAPES PARTNERSHIP.

SEC. 317. [10 U.S.C. 2684a note] SENTINEL LANDSCAPES PARTNERSHIP. (a) Establishment.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior, may establish and carry out a program to preserve and restore sentinel landscapes. The program shall be known as the “Sentinel Landscapes Partnership”. (b) Designation of Sentinel Landscapes.—The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of the Interior, may, as the Secretaries determine appropriate, collectively designate one or more sentinel landscapes. (c) Coordination of Activities.—The Secretaries may coordinate actions between their departments and with other agencies and private organizations to more efficiently work together for the mutual benefit of conservation, resilience, working lands, and national defense, and to encourage private landowners to engage in voluntary land management, resilience, and conservation activities that contribute to the sustainment of military installations, ranges, and airspace. (d) Priority Consideration.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior may give to any eligible landowner or agricultural producer within a designated sentinel landscape priority consideration for participation in any easement, grant, or assistance programs administered by that Secretary’s department. Participation by an eligible landowner or agricultural producer in any such program pursuant to this section shall be voluntary. (e) Participation by Other Agencies.—Other Federal agencies with programs addressing conservation or resilience may, and are encouraged to— (1) participate in the activities of the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership; and (2) become full partners in the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership. (f) Definitions.—In this section: (1) Military installation.—The term “military installation” has the same meaning as provided in section 670(1) of title 16, United States Code. (2) State-owned national guard installation.—The term “State-owned National Guard installation” has the same meaning as provided in section 670(3) of title 16, United States Code. (3) Sentinel landscape.—The term “sentinel landscape” means a landscape-scale area encompassing— (A) one or more military installations or state-owned National Guard installations and associated airspace; and (B) the working or natural lands that serve to protect and support the rural economy, the natural environment, outdoor recreation, and the national defense test and training missions of the military- or State-owned National Guard installation or installations. (4) Resilience.—The term “resilience” means the capability to avoid, prepare for, minimize the effect of, adapt to, and recover from extreme weather events, flooding, wildfire, or other anticipated or unanticipated changes in environmental conditions. (f) Conforming Amendment.—Section 312(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 729; 10 U.S.C. 2684a note) is repealed.