H.R. 7264 (116th Congress) — To make supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020
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H.R. 7264 is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on June 18, 2020 by Mr. Neguse and referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget. Its stated purpose is to make supplemental appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, Homeland Security, Labor, and Commerce for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. Section 2 appropriates amounts out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, beginning with Forest Service supplemental appropriations.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7264
To make supplemental appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture,
the Interior, Homeland Security, Labor, and Commerce for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 18, 2020
Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. HAALAND,
and Mr. KILMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the
Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To make supplemental appropriations for the Departments
of Agriculture, the Interior, Homeland Security, Labor,
and Commerce for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2020, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Con-
5 servation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DE-
2 PARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, THE INTE-
3 RIOR, HOMELAND SECURITY, LABOR, AND
4 COMMERCE.
5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are appro-
6 priated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise
7 appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
8 2020, and for other purposes:
9 (1) FOREST SERVICE SUPPLEMENTAL APPRO-
10 PRIATIONS.—For additional amounts for the Forest
11 Service—
12 (A) $3,975,000,000 for ‘‘National Forest
13 System’’, to remain available through Sep-
14 tember 30, 2023, of which—
15 (i) $3,500,000,000, to remain avail-
16 able through September 30, 2023, shall be
17 used for hazardous fuels management ac-
18 tivities, subject to the conditions that the
19 Secretary of Agriculture, acting through
20 the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to
21 in this subsection as the ‘‘Secretary’’),
22 shall—
23 (I) prioritize hazardous fuels re-
24 duction projects using those amounts
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1 (aa) for which any applica-
2 ble processes under the National
3 Environmental Policy Act of
4 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
5 have been completed or in the
6 process of being completed;
7 (bb) that are noncommer-
8 cial;
9 (cc) focus on small diameter
10 trees, thinning, strategic fuel
11 breaks, and fire use to modify
12 fire behavior, as measured by the
13 projected reduction of uncharac-
14 teristically severe wildfire effects
15 for the forest type (such as ad-
16 verse soil impacts, tree mortality
17 or other impacts);
18 (dd) maximizes the retention
19 of large trees, as appropriate for
20 the forest type, to the extent that
21 the trees promote fire-resilient
22 stands;
23 (ee) does not include the es-
24 tablishment of permanent roads;
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1 (ff) would commit funding
2 to decommission all temporary
3 roads constructed to carry out
4 the project;
5 (II) not harvest vegetation from
6 old growth stands, unless the old
7 growth stand is part of a science-
8 based ecological restoration project
9 authorized by the Secretary that
10 meets applicable protection and old
11 growth enhancement objectives, as de-
12 termined by the Secretary;
13 (III) complete and submit to the
14 Committee on Energy and Natural
15 Resources of the Senate and the Com-
16 mittee on Natural Resources of the
17 House of Representatives an annual
18 report describing the number of acres
19 of land on which projects carried out
20 using those amounts effectively miti-
21 gated wildfire risk; and
22 (IV) not harvest vegetation with-
23 in Inventoried Roadless Areas;
24 (ii) $150,000,000, to remain available
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1 posited in the Collaborative Forest Land-
2 scape Restoration Fund for ecological res-
3 toration treatments, as authorized by sec-
4 tion 4003(f) of the Omnibus Public Land
5 Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C.
6 7303(f)): Provided, That the Secretary
7 may expend such funds on any proposal
8 that has received or been approved for
9 funding through the Collaborative Forest
10 Landscape Restoration Fund and will be
11 implemented through the collaborative
12 process described in section 4003(b)(2) of
13 that Act (16 U.S.C. 7303(b)(2));
14 (iii) $300,000,000, to remain available
15 through September 30, 2023, shall be used
16 for vegetation and watershed management,
17 as determined by watershed-scale analyt-
18 ical assessments; and
19 (iv) $25,000,000, to remain available
20 through September 30, 2021, for ‘‘Recre-
21 ation, Heritage, and Wilderness’’, which
22 shall be used for the Every Kid Outdoors
23 program authorized by section 9001 of the
24 John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Man-
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1 agement, and Recreation Act (Public Law
2 116–9);
3 (B) $6,000,000,000 for ‘‘Capital Improve-
4 ment and Maintenance’’, to remain available
5 through September 30, 2023, subject to the
6 conditions that—
7 (i) the Secretary shall prioritize the
8 use of those amounts to carry out author-
9 ized activities to—
10 (I) provide stewardship for exist-
11 ing system roads and trails;
12 (II) improve water quality;
13 (III) improve, maintain, or re-
14 store infrastructure for the passage of
15 fish and wildlife;
16 (IV) decommission unneeded
17 roads;
18 (V) improve visitor services; and
19 (VI) improve recreational and
20 educational access, opportunities and
21 other services to underserved commu-
22 nities;
23 (ii) $300,000,000 shall be used for
24 the Forest Service Legacy Roads and
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1 section 8 of Public Law 88–657 (as added
2 by section 4);
3 (C) $600,000,000 for ‘‘State and Private
4 Forestry’’, of which—
5 (i) $100,000,000, to remain available
6 through September 30, 2023, shall be used
7 for competitive grants under the land-
8 scape-scale restoration program established
9 under section 13A of the Cooperative For-
10 estry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
11 2109a), of which $50,000,000 shall be
12 used to enter into contracts with Indian
13 tribes pursuant to the Indian Self-Deter-
14 mination and Education Assistance Act
15 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.);
16 (ii) $100,000,000 shall be used for
17 the Forest Legacy Program, to remain
18 available until expended;
19 (iii) $100,000,000, to remain available
20 through September 30, 2023, shall be used
21 for the urban and community forestry pro-
22 gram;
23 (iv) $100,000,000, to remain available
24 through September 30, 2023, shall be used
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1 for the community forest and open space
2 conservation program; and
3 (v) $200,000,000, to remain available
4 through September 30, 2023, shall be used
5 for State fire assistance (National Fire Ca-
6 pacity);
7 (D) $30,000,000 for the Water Source
8 Protection Program; and
9 (E) $100,000,000 for the purchase of per-
10 sonal protective equipment and other prepared-
11 ness and response expenses relating to COVID–
12 19, to remain available through September 30,
13 2023: Provided, That the Administrator of the
14 Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
15 consider allocating personal protective equip-
16 ment and appropriate testing for COVID–19 to
17 Federal and cooperating wildland firefighters
18 and law enforcement personnel from Federal
19 land management agencies.
20 (2) NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION
21 SERVICE.—For an additional amount for the Nat-
22 ural Resources Conservation Service,
23 $5,500,000,000 for ‘‘Conservation Operations’’, to
24 remain available through September 30, 2023, which
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1 ments under section 1271C(d) of the Food Security
2 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871c(d)), the eligible part-
3 ner (as defined in section 1271A of that Act (16
4 U.S.C. 3871a)) with respect to which demonstrates
5 quantifiable and cost-efficient sediment and nutrient
6 reductions, and near-term job creation, subject to
7 the conditions that—
8 (A) the amounts shall be used—
9 (i) to fund high-impact resiliency
10 projects to restore watersheds, the eligible
11 partner (as so defined) with respect to
12 which demonstrates—
13 (I) quantifiable reductions to
14 nonpoint source pollution; or
15 (II) quantified water savings that
16 functionally benefit native fish and
17 wildlife species; and
18 (ii) to provide $200,000,000 in tech-
19 nical assessment funding to eligible part-
20 ners (as so defined) to analyze and quan-
21 tify the sediment and nutrient benefits in
22 advance of projects carried out using those
23 amounts, on a State-by-State and water-
24 shed-by-watershed basis, by December 31,
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1 (B) with respect to a project funded using
2 amounts made available under this paragraph—
3 (i) the project shall be approved on an
4 expedited basis;
5 (ii) the project shall receive 100 per-
6 cent Federal financial assistance, with eli-
7 gible partners (as so defined) managing
8 the projects receiving a 20-percent admin-
9 istrative rate; and
10 (iii) of the amount provided for the
11 project, not more than 15 percent shall be
12 used by the Secretary to provide technical
13 assistance and measure project results.
14 (3) COMMUNITY WOOD ENERGY AND WOOD IN-
15 NOVATION PROGRAM.—$100,000,000 for the Sec-
16 retary for competitive grants under the Community
17 Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program estab-
18 lished under section 9013 of the Farm Security and
19 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8113), to
20 remain available through September 30, 2023: Pro-
21 vided, That the Secretary may award the grants not-
22 withstanding section 9013(g)(2) of the Farm Secu-
23 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
24 8113(g)(2)).
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1 (4) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUPPLE-
2 MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For additional
3 amounts—
4 (A) for the Bureau of Land Manage-
5 ment—
6 (i) $2,025,000,000 for ‘‘Management
7 of Lands and Resources’’, to remain avail-
8 able until September 30, 2023, which shall
9 be used for hazardous fuels management
10 activities, subject to the conditions that the
11 Secretary of the Interior, acting through
12 the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-
13 agement, shall—
14 (I) prioritize hazardous fuels re-
15 duction projects using those amounts
16 for projects—
17 (aa) for which any applica-
18 ble processes under the National
19 Environmental Policy Act of
20 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
21 have been completed or in the
22 process of being completed;
23 (bb) that are noncommer-
24 cial;
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1 (cc) focus on small diameter
2 trees, thinning, strategic fuel
3 breaks, and fire use to modify
4 fire behavior, as measured by the
5 projected reduction of uncharac-
6 teristically severe wildfire effects
7 for the forest type (such as ad-
8 verse soil impacts, tree mortality,
9 or other impacts);
10 (dd) maximizes the retention
11 of large trees, as appropriate for
12 the forest type, to the extent that
13 the trees promote fire-resilient
14 stands;
15 (ee) does not include the es-
16 tablishment of permanent roads;
17 and
18 (ff) would commit funding
19 to decommission all temporary
20 roads constructed to carry out
21 the project;
22 (II) not harvest vegetation from
23 old growth stands, unless the old
24 growth stand is part of a science-
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1 authorized by the Secretary that
2 meets applicable protection and old
3 growth enhancement objectives, as de-
4 termined by the Secretary; and
5 (III) complete and submit to the
6 Committee on Energy and Natural
7 Resources of the Senate and the Com-
8 mittee on Natural Resources of the
9 House of Representatives an annual
10 report describing the number of acres
11 of land on which projects carried out
12 using those amounts effectively miti-
13 gated wildfire risk; and
14 (ii) $25,000,000, to remain available
15 until September 30, 2021, shall be used
16 for the Every Kid Outdoors program au-
17 thorized by section 9001 of the John D.
18 Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management,
19 and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9);
20 (B) for the United States Fish and Wild-
21 life Service, to remain available until September
22 30, 2021—
23 (i) $300,000,000 for ‘‘Resource Man-
24 agement’’, of which—
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1 (I) $150,000,000 shall be used
2 for the partners for fish and wildlife
3 program; and
4 (II) $150,000,000 shall be used
5 for migratory bird management under
6 the North American waterfowl joint
7 ventures program; and
8 (ii) $15,000,000 for ‘‘National Wild-
9 life Refuge System’’, which shall be used
10 for the Every Kid Outdoors program au-
11 thorized by section 9001 of the John D.
12 Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management,
13 and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9);
14 (C) for the Bureau of Reclamation,
15 $4,505,000,000 for ‘‘Water and Related Re-
16 sources’’, of which—
17 (i) $4,500,000, to remain available
18 through September 30, 2023, which shall
19 be used to carry out the WaterSMART
20 program authorized by subtitle F of title
21 IX of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
22 ment Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10361 et
23 seq.), subject to the conditions that—
24 (I) projects funded using those
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1 (aa) quantifiable and high-
2 efficiency improvements to re-
3 gional drought resiliency; or
4 (bb) quantifiable increases
5 in streamflows that functionally
6 benefit native fish and wildlife
7 species; and
8 (II) the amount of a grant pro-
9 vided using those amounts shall be
10 not more than $50,000,000; and
11 (III) $100,000,000 shall be pro-
12 vided in technical assessment funding
13 to recipients of amounts under that
14 program to analyze and quantify the
15 sediment and nutrient benefits of
16 projects carried out using those
17 amounts, on a State-by-State basis,
18 by December 31, 2022; and
19 (ii) $5,000,000, to remain available
20 through September 30, 2021, shall be used
21 for the Every Kid Outdoors program au-
22 thorized by section 9001 of the John D.
23 Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management,
24 and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9);
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1 (D) for the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
2 $45,000,000 for ‘‘Operation of Indian Pro-
3 grams’’, of which—
4 (i) $20,000,000 shall be used for for-
5 estry, subject to the condition that such
6 amount shall be divided equally between
7 Tribal priority allocation and forest
8 projects;
9 (ii) $20,000,000 shall be made avail-
10 able to Indian Tribes on a competitive
11 basis to build capacity for participation in
12 large landscape-scale forest health treat-
13 ments; and
14 (iii) $5,000,000 shall be used for a
15 workforce development initiative to recruit
16 and retain forestry professionals on Indian
17 land; and
18 (E) for the National Park Service—
19 (i) $575,000,000 for ‘‘Operation of
20 the National Park Service’’, to remain
21 available through September 30, 2021, of
22 which—
23 (I) $25,000,000 shall be used for
24 the Every Kid Outdoors program au-
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1 D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Manage-
2 ment, and Recreation Act (Public
3 Law 116–9);
4 (II) $50,000,000 shall be used to
5 support programming and partner-
6 ships with youth-serving organiza-
7 tions; and
8 (III) $500,000,000 shall be used
9 for the Emergency Outdoor Recre-
10 ation Legacy Partnership Program,
11 subject to the conditions that—
12 (aa) 50 percent of the funds
13 shall be divided equally among
14 each State and Territory;
15 (bb) 50 percent of the funds
16 shall be divided proportionally
17 among the States and Territories
18 based on 2010 urban population;
19 and
20 (cc) the Secretary shall co-
21 ordinate with the Executive Offi-
22 cers of the States and Territories
23 to distribute 100 percent Federal
24 share grants on an expedited
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1 economic revitalization through
2 projects that—
3 (AA) acquire land and
4 water for parks and other
5 outdoor recreation purposes;
6 (BB) develop new or
7 renovate existing outdoor
8 recreation facilities; and
9 (CC) improve delivery
10 of recreation services, in-
11 cluding personnel, training,
12 facilities, programming, rec-
13 reation equipment and sup-
14 plies; and
15 (dd) priority shall be given
16 to those projects that—
17 (AA) create or signifi-
18 cantly enhance access to
19 park and recreational oppor-
20 tunities in a qualifying
21 urban area that lack parks
22 and outdoor recreation areas
23 within .5 miles or a 10-
24 minute walk;
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1 (BB) improve outdoor
2 recreation opportunities for
3 high-need populations based
4 on income, age, or other
5 measures of vulnerability
6 and need;
7 (CC) provide opportuni-
8 ties for employment or job
9 training in site rehabilitation
10 or operations;
11 (DD) engage and em-
12 power underserved commu-
13 nities and youth; and
14 (EE) take advantage of
15 coordination among various
16 levels of government; and
17 (ii) $6,000,000,000 for ‘‘Construction
18 and Major Maintenance’’, to remain avail-
19 able through September 30, 2023, subject
20 to the conditions that the Secretary shall
21 prioritize the use of those amounts to carry
22 out authorized activities to—
23 (I) provide stewardship for exist-
24 ing system roads and trails;
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1 (III) improve, maintain, or re-
2 store infrastructure for the passage of
3 fish and wildlife;
4 (IV) improve visitor services; and
5 (V) improve recreational and
6 educational access, opportunities, and
7 other services to underserved commu-
8 nities.
9 (5) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
10 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For an addi-
11 tional amount for the Department of Homeland Se-
12 curity for ‘‘Disaster Relief Fund’’, $100,000,000 for
13 the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Commu-
14 nities program under section 203 of the Robert T.
15 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
16 Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to remain available until Sep-
17 tember 30, 2031, for the purposes of increasing
18 wildfire resiliency.
19 (6) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIA-
20 TIONS.—$9,000,000,000 for the Department of
21 Labor for the Civilian Conservation Corps program
22 established under subtitle E of title I of the Work-
23 force Innovation and Opportunity Act, to remain
24 available through September 30, 2022.
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1 (7) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SUPPLE-
2 MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For an additional
3 amount for the Department of Commerce for ‘‘Oper-
4 ations, Research, and Facilities’’, $2,000,000,000
5 for the National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund
6 established under section 904 of the National
7 Oceans and Coastal Security Act (16 U.S.C. 7503)
8 to award grants under section 906 of that Act (16
9 U.S.C. 7505), to remain available until September
10 30, 2031, for the purposes of creating jobs, restoring
11 wetlands, dunes, reefs, marshes, kelp forests, man-
12 groves, and other living shorelines to reduce flood
13 risks, create habitat, and restart tourism.
14 (b) LOCAL BENEFIT; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.—
15 To the extent practicable, in using amounts made avail-
16 able under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Agriculture,
17 acting through the Chief of the Forest Service—
18 (1) is encouraged to enter into stewardship con-
19 tracting projects under section 604 of the Healthy
20 Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c)
21 in order to maximize the economic benefit for rural
22 communities; and
23 (2) shall carry out projects using those amounts
24 in accordance with section 104 of the Healthy For-
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1 (c) PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.—In
2 carrying out projects using amounts made available under
3 paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a), the Secre-
4 taries shall—
5 (1) to the maximum extent practicable—
6 (A) use qualified youth or conservation
7 corps (as defined in section 203 of that Act (16
8 U.S.C. 1722)); and
9 (B) use non-profit wilderness and trails
10 stewardship organizations;
11 (2) consult with the Corps Network, the Na-
12 tional Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, American
13 Trails, and other public lands stewardship organiza-
14 tions for the purpose of identifying appropriate
15 projects, activities, and workforce development out-
16 comes; and
17 (3) be authorized to use such amounts as are
18 necessary to provide technical assistance.
19 (d) MATCHING FUNDS WAIVER.—Any otherwise ap-
20 plicable matching funds requirements, including under
21 section 212(a)(1) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993
22 (16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)), shall be waived for projects car-
23 ried out using amounts made available under this section.
24 (e) FEDERAL COORDINATION.—The head of each
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1 under this section shall monitor and track, through an on-
2 line platform that is usable by personnel across Federal
3 agencies, the expenditure of those amounts.
4 (f) PRIORITY.—In using amounts made available
5 under this section, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
6 retary of the Interior, the Secretary of Homeland Security,
7 or the Secretary of Labor, as applicable, shall give priority
8 to funding projects that maximize quantifiable environ-
9 mental benefits for the least cost.
10 SEC. 3. OUTFITTERS AND GUIDES RELIEF PROGRAM.
11 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
12 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
13 ty’’ means a holder of a special use permit that has
14 fewer than 500 full-time equivalent employees.
15 (2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Out-
16 fitters and Guides Relief Fund established by sub-
17 section (b).
18 (3) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
19 retary concerned’’ means—
20 (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting
21 through the Chief of the Forest Service, in the
22 case of a special use permit issued by the For-
23 est Service;
24 (B) the Secretary of the Interior, in the
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1 (i) the Department of the Interior; or
2 (ii) a State agency described in para-
3 graph (4)(H); and
4 (C) the Secretary of Homeland Security,
5 acting though the Commandant of the U.S.
6 Coast Guard, in the case of a special use permit
7 issued by the Coast Guard; and
8 (D) the Secretary of Defense, in the case
9 of a special use permit issued by the Corps of
10 Engineers.
11 (4) SPECIAL USE PERMIT.—The term ‘‘special
12 use permit’’ means—
13 (A) with respect to the Forest Service, a
14 special use authorization (as defined in section
15 251.51 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations
16 (or successor regulations)), for guiding or out-
17 fitting (as those terms are defined in that sec-
18 tion (or successor regulations));
19 (B) with respect to the National Park
20 Service, a commercial use authorization for out-
21 fitting and guiding issued under—
22 (i) section 803(h) of the Federal
23 Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16
24 U.S.C. 6802(h)); or
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1 (ii) section 101925 of title 54, United
2 States Code;
3 (C) with respect to the National Park
4 Service, a concession contract for outdoor recre-
5 ation activities awarded under subchapter II of
6 chapter 1019 of title 54, United States Code
7 (not including a commercial use authorization
8 under section 101925 of that title);
9 (D) with respect to the United States Fish
10 and Wildlife Service, a special use permit for
11 recreational, sport fishing, or hunting outfitting
12 and guiding;
13 (E) with respect to the Bureau of Land
14 Management, a special recreation permit for
15 commercial outfitting and guiding;
16 (F) with respect to the Bureau of Rec-
17 lamation, a use authorization for guiding, out-
18 fitting, or other recreational services;
19 (G) with respect to the Coast Guard, a li-
20 cense provided to operate a vessel issued under
21 section 2101(51)(B) of title 46, United States
22 Code;
23 (H) with respect to the Corps of Engi-
24 neers, a contract for recreation services; and
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1 (I) with respect to a State agency that
2 issues recreational special use permits to recre-
3 ation service providers, a special use agreement
4 for recreational services.
5 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab-
6 lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be
7 known as the ‘‘Outfitters and Guides Relief Fund’’.
8 (c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary concerned
9 shall use amounts in the Fund to provide payments to eli-
10 gible entities in accordance with this section.
11 (d) APPLICATIONS.—
12 (1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a payment under
13 this section, not later than 18 months after the date
14 of enactment of this Act, an eligible entity shall sub-
15 mit to the Secretary concerned an application to re-
16 ceive a payment.
17 (2) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity may sub-
18 mit applications under paragraph (1) not more fre-
19 quently than once every 90 days during the 18-
20 month period beginning on the date of enactment of
21 this Act.
22 (e) PAYMENTS.—
23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2)
24 and (3), the amount of a payment under this section
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1 during the period that the eligible entity was unable
2 to provide recreational services at full capacity under
3 a special use permit due to a State or Federal action
4 resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (re-
5 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘covered pe-
6 riod’’)—
7 (A) the sum obtained by adding—
8 (i) the operating and administrative
9 expenses, including payments to inde-
10 pendent contractors, of the eligible entity
11 directly relating to recreational services
12 under the special use permit, as calculated
13 based on the average of the 3 previous
14 years; and
15 (ii) the payroll expenses and owner
16 compensation of the eligible entity directly
17 relating to recreational services under the
18 special use permit, as calculated based on
19 the average of the 3 previous years; and
20 (B) the full gross revenue of the eligible
21 entity, during the covered period, directly relat-
22 ing to recreational services under the special
23 use permit.
24 (2) CERTAIN ENTITIES.—Subject to paragraph
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1 a holder of a special use permit for less than 3
2 years, the amount of a payment under this section
3 shall be an amount equal to the lesser of—
4 (A) the operating expenses of the eligible
5 entity, during the covered period, directly relat-
6 ing to recreational services under the special
7 use permit during the covered period; and
8 (B) $30,000.
9 (3) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity shall not
10 receive any amount under this section that covers
11 expenses or compensation described in paragraphs
12 (1) and (2) for which assistance has been provided
13 under—
14 (A) section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business
15 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36));
16 (B) section 7(b)(2) of that Act (15 U.S.C.
17 636(b)(2)); or
18 (C) section 12005 of the CARES Act
19 (Public Law 116–136).
20 (f) DUTIES OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—
21 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall use a
22 payment received under this section to continue
23 business operations of the eligible entity.
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1 (2) CONDITION.—As a condition on the receipt
2 of a payment under this section, an eligible entity
3 shall retain not less than—
4 (A) 70 percent of the full-time equivalent
5 positions of the eligible entity, based on the av-
6 erage number of full-time equivalent positions
7 of the eligible entity during the comparable pe-
8 riod, as determined by the Secretary concerned,
9 over the 3 previous years; and
10 (B) 60 percent of the contractor positions
11 of the eligible entity, based on the average num-
12 ber of contractor positions of the eligible entity
13 during the comparable period, as determined by
14 the Secretary concerned, over the 3 previous
15 years.
16 (g) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated, out of
17 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
18 $7,000,000,000 to the Fund for the period of fiscal years
19 2020 and 2021, to remain available until expended.
20 SEC. 4. EVERY KID OUTDOORS PROGRAM.
21 Section 9001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conserva-
22 tion, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–
23 9) is amended—
24 (a) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5) and
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1 ‘‘(5) STUDENT OR STUDENTS.—The term ‘stu-
2 dent’ or ‘students’ means any fourth, fifth, or sixth
3 grader or home-schooled learner 10 to 12 years of
4 age residing in the United States, including any ter-
5 ritory or possession of the United States.’’;
6 (b) in subsection (b)—
7 (1) by striking subparagraph (C) of paragraph
8 (2) and inserting the following:
9 ‘‘(C) PRESENCE OF A STUDENT RE-
10 QUIRED.—a pass described in subparagraph (A)
11 shall be effective only if the student to which
12 the pass was issued is present at the point of
13 entry to the applicable Federal land or water.’’;
14 and
15 (2) by striking paragraph (5).
16 SEC. 5. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS RE-
17 MEDIATION PROGRAM.
18 Public Law 88–657 (16 U.S.C. 532 et seq.) (com-
19 monly known as the ‘‘Forest Roads and Trails Act’’) is
20 amended by adding at the end the following:
21 ‘‘SEC. 8. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS RE-
22 MEDIATION PROGRAM.
23 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the
24 Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Pro-
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1 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Program shall be ad-
2 ministered by the Secretary, acting through the Chief of
3 the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the ‘Sec-
4 retary’).
5 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Secretary shall de-
6 velop a national strategy to carry out the Program in ac-
7 cordance with this section.
8 ‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the Program, the
9 Secretary shall—
10 ‘‘(1) carry out critical maintenance and urgent
11 repairs and associated activities on National Forest
12 System roads, trails, and bridges;
13 ‘‘(2) restore passages of fish and other aquatic
14 species by removing or replacing unnatural barriers
15 from such passages; and
16 ‘‘(3) decommission roads and trails in accord-
17 ance with subsection (h).
18 ‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In implementing the Program, the
19 Secretary shall give priority to projects that protect or re-
20 store—
21 ‘‘(1) water quality;
22 ‘‘(2) a watershed that supplies a public drinking
23 water system;
24 ‘‘(3) the habitat of a threatened, endangered, or
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1 ‘‘(4) a watershed for which the Secretary has
2 completed a watershed protection and restoration ac-
3 tion plan pursuant to section 304 of the Healthy
4 Forests Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 6543).
5 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—Except with re-
6 spect to a project carried out on a watershed for which
7 the Secretary has a cooperative agreement under section
8 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agen-
9 cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1011a), each
10 project carried out under this section shall be on a Na-
11 tional Forest System road or trail.
12 ‘‘(g) IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM ROAD SYS-
13 TEMS.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment
14 of this section, the Secretary shall identify, for each unit
15 of the National Forest System, the minimum road system
16 and unneeded roads in accordance with section 212.5(b)
17 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on
18 the date of enactment of this Act).
19 ‘‘(h) UNNEEDED ROADS.—The Secretary shall de-
20 commission any roads identified as unneeded under sub-
21 section (g) as soon as practicable after making the identi-
22 fication under that subsection.
23 ‘‘(i) REVIEW; REVISION.—The Secretary shall review,
24 and may revise, an identification made under subsection
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1 sion of the land and resource management plan applicable
2 to that unit.
3 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
4 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
5 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through
6 2030.’’.
7 SEC. 6. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.
8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Workforce Inno-
9 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) is
10 amended—
11 (1) by redesignating subtitle E (29 U.S.C. 3241
12 et seq.) as subtitle F; and
13 (2) by inserting after subtitle D the following:
14 ‘‘Subtitle E—Civilian Conservation
15 Corps
16 ‘‘SEC. 176. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM.
17 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
18 ‘‘(1) MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS.—The term
19 ‘member organizations’ means the boards, entities,
20 and agencies that agree to an agreement described
21 in subsection (d).
22 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘qualified
23 entity’ means an entity carrying out a program
24 using qualified youth or conservation corps criteria.
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1 ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION
2 CORPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘qualified youth or con-
3 servation corps criteria’ means the model and stand-
4 ards for a program described in section 203(11) of
5 the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C.
6 1722(11)).
7 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
8 lish and carry out a Civilian Conservation Corps program.
9 The program shall be carried out using qualified youth
10 or conservation corps criteria and through Civilian Con-
11 servation Corps projects.
12 ‘‘(c) GRANTS.—In carrying out the Civilian Conserva-
13 tion Corps program, the Secretary shall make grants to
14 eligible State boards and local boards, acting in partner-
15 ship with member organizations, to carry out Civilian Con-
16 servation Corps projects.
17 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE BOARDS.—To be eligible to receive a
18 grant under this section, a State board or local board shall
19 have entered into an agreement with one or more qualified
20 entities and, at the option of the board involved, one or
21 more applicable State or local agencies, to carry out a Ci-
22 vilian Conservation Corps project. The agreement shall
23 specify the roles of the State board or local board, of each
24 qualified entity, and of any other applicable State or local
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1 agency involved, in carrying out the Civilian Conservation
2 Corps project.
3 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
4 under this section for a Civilian Conservation Corps
5 project, the State board or local board shall submit an
6 application to the Secretary, at such time and in such
7 manner as the Secretary may require, that contains—
8 ‘‘(1) a description of the project, including how
9 the projects relates to goals described in subsection
10 (g);
11 ‘‘(2) a copy of the agreement described in sub-
12 section (d);
13 ‘‘(3) the scope of work and budget for the
14 project;
15 ‘‘(4) the number of enrollees needed to carry
16 out the project;
17 ‘‘(5) a description of the manner in which the
18 member organizations shall recruit, screen, and se-
19 lect enrollees;
20 ‘‘(6) a description of the manner in which the
21 qualified entities will provide, through the project—
22 ‘‘(A) education, work experience, and
23 work-based learning; and
24 ‘‘(B) training, such as basic skills training,
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1 skills, or other training activities, designed to
2 lead to the attainment of an industry-recog-
3 nized credential, including a description of the
4 training that leads to the credential;
5 ‘‘(7) a description of the stipend, allowance, or
6 other benefits an enrollee in the project will receive;
7 ‘‘(8) a description of the supportive services
8 that an enrollee in the project will receive; and
9 ‘‘(9) information specifying how the member or-
10 ganizations will collect such information on the
11 project and enrollees as the Secretary may require,
12 and submit a report containing that information to
13 the Secretary.
14 ‘‘(f) FISCAL AGENT.—The State board or local board
15 shall act as the fiscal agent for the grant and shall dis-
16 tribute funds for the Civilian Conservation Corps project
17 to the member organizations involved.
18 ‘‘(g) ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—Qualified entities
19 may use funds distributed for each Civilian Conservation
20 Corps project, with goals relating to conservation, outdoor
21 recreation, or other environmental matters, for—
22 ‘‘(1) education, work experience, and workforce
23 investment activities outlined in section 129(c)(2) re-
24 lated to conservation, outdoor recreation, and other
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1 ‘‘(2) other education and training activities that
2 focus on career development in such industries;
3 ‘‘(3) activities leading to development and com-
4 pletion of the project;
5 ‘‘(4) activities for data collection, management,
6 and reporting;
7 ‘‘(5) other activities designed to lead to success-
8 ful completion of the project and workforce develop-
9 ment outcomes; and
10 ‘‘(6) any administrative activities supporting
11 the project.
12 ‘‘(h) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION
13 CORPS.—In carrying out projects under this section, the
14 Secretary shall—
15 ‘‘(1) consult with the National Association of
16 Service and Conservation Corps—
17 ‘‘(A) to establish standards used to iden-
18 tify appropriate types of Civilian Conservation
19 Corps projects, and activities to be provided
20 and workforce development outcomes sought,
21 through those projects; and
22 ‘‘(B) to establish specific performance ac-
23 countability measures for evaluating Civilian
24 Conservation Corps projects; and
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1 ‘‘(2) enter into a contract or cooperative agree-
2 ment with the National Association of Service and
3 Conservation Corps to develop recommendations for
4 the standards and measures described in paragraph
5 (1).’’.
6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
7 (1) ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYSTEMS.—Section
8 121(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Workforce Innovation and
9 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is
10 amended by striking ‘‘subtitles C through E’’ and
11 inserting ‘‘subtitles C, D, and F’’.
12 (2) TRANSITION.—Section 503(b) of the Work-
13 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C.
14 3343(b)) is amended by inserting before the period
15 at the end the following: ‘‘(as in effect on the day
16 before the date of enactment of the Workforce Inno-
17 vation and Opportunity Act)’’.
18 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in
19 section 1(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
20 Act is amended—
21 (1) by striking the item relating to the subtitle
22 heading for subtitle E of title I and inserting the fol-
23 lowing:
‘‘Subtitle F—Administration’’;
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1 (2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
2 tion 172 the following:
‘‘Subtitle E—Civilian Conservation Corps
‘‘Sec. 176. Civilian Conservation Corps program.’’.
3 SEC. 7. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF SKI AREA PERMIT AND
4 RENTAL FEES DURING THE COVID-19 PAN-
5 DEMIC.
6 Notwithstanding section 701 of division I of the Om-
7 nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996
8 (16 U.S.C. 497c), section 7 of the Act of April 24, 1950
9 (64 Stat. 84, chapter 97; 16 U.S.C. 580d), section 302
10 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
11 (43 U.S.C. 1732), and section 803(h) of the Federal
12 Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(h)),
13 ski area permit and rental fees authorized under those sec-
14 tions shall be temporarily waived and not required to be
15 paid to the United States for the period beginning on
16 March 13, 2020, and ending on June 1, 2021, due to the
17 COVID–19 pandemic, provided the following conditions
18 are met:
19 (1) The permit or lease was issued before
20 March 13, 2020.
21 (2) The permit or lease is in effect on the date
22 of enactment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 8. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF OUTDOOR RECREATION
2 LAND USE PERMIT FEES.
3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
4 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—The term ‘‘authoriza-
5 tion’’ means an authorization (including a special
6 use permit and a concession contract) for the holder
7 of the authorization to provide recreational services
8 and operations related to the public’s recreation that
9 was executed by the Secretary concerned and the
10 holder of the authorization under a covered law.
11 (2) COVERED AUTHORIZATION.—The term
12 ‘‘covered authorization’’ means an authorization—
13 (A) that was awarded or issued by the Sec-
14 retary concerned before March 13, 2020; and
15 (B) that is in effect on the date of enact-
16 ment of this Act, including an authorization
17 that is expired, but which, as of the date of en-
18 actment of this Act, the Secretary concerned is
19 continuing to treat as being in effect; and
20 (C) under which the holder was in good
21 standing as of March 13, 2020.
22 (3) COVERED FEE.—The term ‘‘covered fee’’
23 means any fee owed under a covered authorization
24 that is accrued or otherwise based on revenues ob-
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1 ginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on Decem-
2 ber 31, 2021.
3 (4) COVERED LAW.—The term ‘‘covered law’’
4 means—
5 (A) the last paragraph under the heading
6 ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of March 4,
7 1915 (16 U.S.C. 497);
8 (B) section 7 of the Act of April 24, 1950
9 (64 Stat. 84, chapter 97; 16 U.S.C. 580d);
10 (C) section 803(h) of the Federal Lands
11 Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C.
12 6802(h)); and
13 (D) subchapter II of chapter 1019 of title
14 54, United States Code.
15 (5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
16 retary concerned’’ means—
17 (A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
18 spect to an authorization executed by the Sec-
19 retary of the Interior; and
20 (B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
21 spect to an authorization executed by the Sec-
22 retary of Agriculture.
23 (b) COVERED FEE RELIEF.—Notwithstanding any
24 other provision of law—
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1 (1) any covered fees shall be waived and shall
2 not be required to be paid to the Secretary con-
3 cerned; and
4 (2) any covered fees that have been paid to the
5 Secretary concerned before the date of enactment of
6 this Act shall, as soon as practicable after the date
7 of enactment of this Act, be reimbursed by the Sec-
8 retary concerned to the holder of the covered author-
9 ization under which the covered fee was paid.
10 (c) EXTENSION OF TERM OF COVERED AUTHORIZA-
11 TIONS.—
12 (1) EXTENSION OF COVERED AUTHORIZA-
13 TIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
14 the Secretary concerned shall extend the term of any
15 covered authorization by an additional 2 years.
16 (2) LIMITATION.—Any extension under para-
17 graph (1) shall be subject to any authority of the
18 Secretary concerned to revoke an authorization, in-
19 cluding for reasons based on the unsatisfactory per-
20 formance of the holder of the authorization.
21 SEC. 9. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.
22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided by this Act
23 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
24 section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010
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1 (b) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate, this
2 Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant
3 to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress),
4 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
5 2018.
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