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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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Con-4

servation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act’’. 5

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SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DE-1

PARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, THE INTE-2

RIOR, HOMELAND SECURITY, LABOR, AND 3

COMMERCE. 4

(a) IN GENERAL.—The following amounts are appro-5

priated, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 6

appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 7

2020, and for other purposes: 8

(1) FOREST SERVICE SUPPLEMENTAL APPRO-9

PRIATIONS.—For additional amounts for the Forest 10

Service— 11

(A) $3,975,000,000 for ‘‘National Forest 12

System’’, to remain available through Sep-13

tember 30, 2023, of which— 14

(i) $3,500,000,000, to remain avail-15

able through September 30, 2023, shall be 16

used for hazardous fuels management ac-17

tivities, subject to the conditions that the 18

Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 19

the Chief of the Forest Service (referred to 20

in this subsection as the ‘‘Secretary’’), 21

shall— 22

(I) prioritize hazardous fuels re-23

duction projects using those amounts 24

for projects— 25


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(aa) for which any applica-1

ble processes under the National 2

Environmental Policy Act of 3

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 4

have been completed or in the 5

process of being completed; 6

(bb) that are noncommer-7

cial; 8

(cc) focus on small diameter 9

trees, thinning, strategic fuel 10

breaks, and fire use to modify 11

fire behavior, as measured by the 12

projected reduction of uncharac-13

teristically severe wildfire effects 14

for the forest type (such as ad-15

verse soil impacts, tree mortality 16

or other impacts); 17

(dd) maximizes the retention 18

of large trees, as appropriate for 19

the forest type, to the extent that 20

the trees promote fire-resilient 21

stands; 22

(ee) does not include the es-23

tablishment of permanent roads; 24

and 25


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(ff) would commit funding 1

to decommission all temporary 2

roads constructed to carry out 3

the project; 4

(II) not harvest vegetation from 5

old growth stands, unless the old 6

growth stand is part of a science- 7

based ecological restoration project 8

authorized by the Secretary that 9

meets applicable protection and old 10

growth enhancement objectives, as de-11

termined by the Secretary; 12

(III) complete and submit to the 13

Committee on Energy and Natural 14

Resources of the Senate and the Com-15

mittee on Natural Resources of the 16

House of Representatives an annual 17

report describing the number of acres 18

of land on which projects carried out 19

using those amounts effectively miti-20

gated wildfire risk; and 21

(IV) not harvest vegetation with-22

in Inventoried Roadless Areas; 23

(ii) $150,000,000, to remain available 24

through September 30, 2023, shall be de-25


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posited in the Collaborative Forest Land-1

scape Restoration Fund for ecological res-2

toration treatments, as authorized by sec-3

tion 4003(f) of the Omnibus Public Land 4

Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 5

7303(f)): Provided, That the Secretary 6

may expend such funds on any proposal 7

that has received or been approved for 8

funding through the Collaborative Forest 9

Landscape Restoration Fund and will be 10

implemented through the collaborative 11

process described in section 4003(b)(2) of 12

that Act (16 U.S.C. 7303(b)(2)); 13

(iii) $300,000,000, to remain available 14

through September 30, 2023, shall be used 15

for vegetation and watershed management, 16

as determined by watershed-scale analyt-17

ical assessments; and 18

(iv) $25,000,000, to remain available 19

through September 30, 2021, for ‘‘Recre-20

ation, Heritage, and Wilderness’’, which 21

shall be used for the Every Kid Outdoors 22

program authorized by section 9001 of the 23

John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Man-24


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agement, and Recreation Act (Public Law 1

116–9); 2

(B) $6,000,000,000 for ‘‘Capital Improve-3

ment and Maintenance’’, to remain available 4

through September 30, 2023, subject to the 5

conditions that— 6

(i) the Secretary shall prioritize the 7

use of those amounts to carry out author-8

ized activities to— 9

(I) provide stewardship for exist-10

ing system roads and trails; 11

(II) improve water quality; 12

(III) improve, maintain, or re-13

store infrastructure for the passage of 14

fish and wildlife; 15

(IV) decommission unneeded 16

roads; 17

(V) improve visitor services; and 18

(VI) improve recreational and 19

educational access, opportunities and 20

other services to underserved commu-21

nities; 22

(ii) $300,000,000 shall be used for 23

the Forest Service Legacy Roads and 24

Trails Remediation Program established by 25


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section 8 of Public Law 88–657 (as added 1

by section 4); 2

(C) $600,000,000 for ‘‘State and Private 3

Forestry’’, of which— 4

(i) $100,000,000, to remain available 5


for competitive grants under the land-7

scape-scale restoration program established 8

under section 13A of the Cooperative For-9

estry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 10

2109a), of which $50,000,000 shall be 11

used to enter into contracts with Indian 12

tribes pursuant to the Indian Self-Deter-13

mination and Education Assistance Act 14

(25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 15

(ii) $100,000,000 shall be used for 16

the Forest Legacy Program, to remain 17

available until expended; 18

(iii) $100,000,000, to remain available 19


for the urban and community forestry pro-21

gram; 22

(iv) $100,000,000, to remain available 23



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for the community forest and open space 1

conservation program; and 2

(v) $200,000,000, to remain available 3


for State fire assistance (National Fire Ca-5

pacity); 6

(D) $30,000,000 for the Water Source 7

Protection Program; and 8

(E) $100,000,000 for the purchase of per-9

sonal protective equipment and other prepared-10

ness and response expenses relating to COVID– 11

19, to remain available through September 30, 12

2023: Provided, That the Administrator of the 13

Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 14

consider allocating personal protective equip-15

ment and appropriate testing for COVID–19 to 16

Federal and cooperating wildland firefighters 17

and law enforcement personnel from Federal 18

land management agencies. 19

(2) NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION 20

SERVICE.—For an additional amount for the Nat-21

ural Resources Conservation Service, 22

$5,500,000,000 for ‘‘Conservation Operations’’, to 23

remain available through September 30, 2023, which 24

shall be used to fund alternative funding arrange-25


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ments under section 1271C(d) of the Food Security 1

Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871c(d)), the eligible part-2

ner (as defined in section 1271A of that Act (16 3

U.S.C. 3871a)) with respect to which demonstrates 4

quantifiable and cost-efficient sediment and nutrient 5

reductions, and near-term job creation, subject to 6

the conditions that— 7

(A) the amounts shall be used— 8

(i) to fund high-impact resiliency 9

projects to restore watersheds, the eligible 10

partner (as so defined) with respect to 11

which demonstrates— 12

(I) quantifiable reductions to 13

nonpoint source pollution; or 14

(II) quantified water savings that 15

functionally benefit native fish and 16

wildlife species; and 17

(ii) to provide $200,000,000 in tech-18

nical assessment funding to eligible part-19

ners (as so defined) to analyze and quan-20

tify the sediment and nutrient benefits in 21

advance of projects carried out using those 22

amounts, on a State-by-State and water-23

shed-by-watershed basis, by December 31, 24

2022; and 25


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(B) with respect to a project funded using 1

amounts made available under this paragraph— 2

(i) the project shall be approved on an 3

expedited basis; 4

(ii) the project shall receive 100 per-5

cent Federal financial assistance, with eli-6

gible partners (as so defined) managing 7

the projects receiving a 20-percent admin-8

istrative rate; and 9

(iii) of the amount provided for the 10

project, not more than 15 percent shall be 11

used by the Secretary to provide technical 12

assistance and measure project results. 13

(3) COMMUNITY WOOD ENERGY AND WOOD IN-14

NOVATION PROGRAM.—$100,000,000 for the Sec-15

retary for competitive grants under the Community 16

Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program estab-17

lished under section 9013 of the Farm Security and 18

Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8113), to 19

remain available through September 30, 2023: Pro-20

vided, That the Secretary may award the grants not-21

withstanding section 9013(g)(2) of the Farm Secu-22

rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 23

8113(g)(2)). 24


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(4) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUPPLE-1

MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For additional 2

amounts— 3

(A) for the Bureau of Land Manage-4

ment— 5

(i) $2,025,000,000 for ‘‘Management 6

of Lands and Resources’’, to remain avail-7

able until September 30, 2023, which shall 8

be used for hazardous fuels management 9

activities, subject to the conditions that the 10

Secretary of the Interior, acting through 11

the Director of the Bureau of Land Man-12

agement, shall— 13

(I) prioritize hazardous fuels re-14

duction projects using those amounts 15

for projects— 16

(aa) for which any applica-17

ble processes under the National 18

Environmental Policy Act of 19

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 20

have been completed or in the 21

process of being completed; 22

(bb) that are noncommer-23

cial; 24


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(cc) focus on small diameter 1

trees, thinning, strategic fuel 2

breaks, and fire use to modify 3

fire behavior, as measured by the 4

projected reduction of uncharac-5

teristically severe wildfire effects 6

for the forest type (such as ad-7

verse soil impacts, tree mortality, 8

or other impacts); 9

(dd) maximizes the retention 10

of large trees, as appropriate for 11

the forest type, to the extent that 12

the trees promote fire-resilient 13

stands; 14

(ee) does not include the es-15

tablishment of permanent roads; 16

and 17

(ff) would commit funding 18

to decommission all temporary 19

roads constructed to carry out 20

the project; 21

(II) not harvest vegetation from 22

old growth stands, unless the old 23

growth stand is part of a science- 24

based ecological restoration project 25


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authorized by the Secretary that 1

meets applicable protection and old 2

growth enhancement objectives, as de-3

termined by the Secretary; and 4

(III) complete and submit to the 5

Committee on Energy and Natural 6

Resources of the Senate and the Com-7

mittee on Natural Resources of the 8

House of Representatives an annual 9

report describing the number of acres 10

of land on which projects carried out 11

using those amounts effectively miti-12

gated wildfire risk; and 13


until September 30, 2021, shall be used 15

for the Every Kid Outdoors program au-16

thorized by section 9001 of the John D. 17

Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, 18

and Recreation Act (Public Law 116–9); 19

(B) for the United States Fish and Wild-20

life Service, to remain available until September 21

30, 2021— 22

(i) $300,000,000 for ‘‘Resource Man-23

agement’’, of which— 24


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(I) $150,000,000 shall be used 1

for the partners for fish and wildlife 2

program; and 3

(II) $150,000,000 shall be used 4

for migratory bird management under 5

the North American waterfowl joint 6

ventures program; and 7

(ii) $15,000,000 for ‘‘National Wild-8

life Refuge System’’, which shall be used 9





(C) for the Bureau of Reclamation, 14

$4,505,000,000 for ‘‘Water and Related Re-15

sources’’, of which— 16

(i) $4,500,000, to remain available 17

through September 30, 2023, which shall 18

be used to carry out the WaterSMART 19

program authorized by subtitle F of title 20

IX of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-21

ment Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10361 et 22

seq.), subject to the conditions that— 23

(I) projects funded using those 24

amounts shall have— 25


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(aa) quantifiable and high- 1

efficiency improvements to re-2

gional drought resiliency; or 3

(bb) quantifiable increases 4

in streamflows that functionally 5

benefit native fish and wildlife 6

species; and 7

(II) the amount of a grant pro-8

vided using those amounts shall be 9

not more than $50,000,000; and 10

(III) $100,000,000 shall be pro-11

vided in technical assessment funding 12

to recipients of amounts under that 13

program to analyze and quantify the 14

sediment and nutrient benefits of 15

projects carried out using those 16

amounts, on a State-by-State basis, 17

by December 31, 2022; and 18








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(D) for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1

$45,000,000 for ‘‘Operation of Indian Pro-2

grams’’, of which— 3

(i) $20,000,000 shall be used for for-4

estry, subject to the condition that such 5

amount shall be divided equally between 6

Tribal priority allocation and forest 7

projects; 8

(ii) $20,000,000 shall be made avail-9

able to Indian Tribes on a competitive 10

basis to build capacity for participation in 11

large landscape-scale forest health treat-12

ments; and 13

(iii) $5,000,000 shall be used for a 14

workforce development initiative to recruit 15

and retain forestry professionals on Indian 16

land; and 17

(E) for the National Park Service— 18

(i) $575,000,000 for ‘‘Operation of 19

the National Park Service’’, to remain 20

available through September 30, 2021, of 21

which— 22

(I) $25,000,000 shall be used for 23

the Every Kid Outdoors program au-24

thorized by section 9001 of the John 25


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D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Manage-1

ment, and Recreation Act (Public 2

Law 116–9); 3

(II) $50,000,000 shall be used to 4

support programming and partner-5

ships with youth-serving organiza-6

tions; and 7

(III) $500,000,000 shall be used 8

for the Emergency Outdoor Recre-9

ation Legacy Partnership Program, 10

subject to the conditions that— 11

(aa) 50 percent of the funds 12

shall be divided equally among 13

each State and Territory; 14

(bb) 50 percent of the funds 15

shall be divided proportionally 16

among the States and Territories 17

based on 2010 urban population; 18

and 19

(cc) the Secretary shall co-20

ordinate with the Executive Offi-21

cers of the States and Territories 22

to distribute 100 percent Federal 23

share grants on an expedited 24

basis to support job creation and 25


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economic revitalization through 1

projects that— 2

(AA) acquire land and 3

water for parks and other 4

outdoor recreation purposes; 5

(BB) develop new or 6

renovate existing outdoor 7

recreation facilities; and 8

(CC) improve delivery 9

of recreation services, in-10

cluding personnel, training, 11

facilities, programming, rec-12

reation equipment and sup-13

plies; and 14

(dd) priority shall be given 15

to those projects that— 16

(AA) create or signifi-17

cantly enhance access to 18

park and recreational oppor-19

tunities in a qualifying 20

urban area that lack parks 21

and outdoor recreation areas 22

within .5 miles or a 10- 23

minute walk; 24


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(BB) improve outdoor 1

recreation opportunities for 2

high-need populations based 3

on income, age, or other 4

measures of vulnerability 5

and need; 6

(CC) provide opportuni-7

ties for employment or job 8

training in site rehabilitation 9

or operations; 10

(DD) engage and em-11

power underserved commu-12

nities and youth; and 13

(EE) take advantage of 14

coordination among various 15

levels of government; and 16

(ii) $6,000,000,000 for ‘‘Construction 17

and Major Maintenance’’, to remain avail-18

able through September 30, 2023, subject 19

to the conditions that the Secretary shall 20

prioritize the use of those amounts to carry 21

out authorized activities to— 22

(I) provide stewardship for exist-23

ing system roads and trails; 24

(II) improve water quality; 25


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(III) improve, maintain, or re-1

store infrastructure for the passage of 2

fish and wildlife; 3

(IV) improve visitor services; and 4

(V) improve recreational and 5

educational access, opportunities, and 6

other services to underserved commu-7

nities. 8

(5) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 9

SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For an addi-10

tional amount for the Department of Homeland Se-11

curity for ‘‘Disaster Relief Fund’’, $100,000,000 for 12

the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Commu-13

nities program under section 203 of the Robert T. 14

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 15

Act (42 U.S.C. 5133), to remain available until Sep-16

tember 30, 2031, for the purposes of increasing 17

wildfire resiliency. 18

(6) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR APPROPRIA-19

TIONS.—$9,000,000,000 for the Department of 20

Labor for the Civilian Conservation Corps program 21

established under subtitle E of title I of the Work-22

force Innovation and Opportunity Act, to remain 23

available through September 30, 2022. 24


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(7) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE SUPPLE-1

MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For an additional 2

amount for the Department of Commerce for ‘‘Oper-3

ations, Research, and Facilities’’, $2,000,000,000 4

for the National Oceans and Coastal Security Fund 5

established under section 904 of the National 6

Oceans and Coastal Security Act (16 U.S.C. 7503) 7

to award grants under section 906 of that Act (16 8

U.S.C. 7505), to remain available until September 9

30, 2031, for the purposes of creating jobs, restoring 10

wetlands, dunes, reefs, marshes, kelp forests, man-11

groves, and other living shorelines to reduce flood 12

risks, create habitat, and restart tourism. 13

(b) LOCAL BENEFIT; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.— 14

To the extent practicable, in using amounts made avail-15

able under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Agriculture, 16

acting through the Chief of the Forest Service— 17

(1) is encouraged to enter into stewardship con-18

tracting projects under section 604 of the Healthy 19

Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591c) 20

in order to maximize the economic benefit for rural 21

communities; and 22

(2) shall carry out projects using those amounts 23

in accordance with section 104 of the Healthy For-24

ests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6514). 25


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(c) PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.—In 1

carrying out projects using amounts made available under 2

paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a), the Secre-3

taries shall— 4

(1) to the maximum extent practicable— 5

(A) use qualified youth or conservation 6

corps (as defined in section 203 of that Act (16 7

U.S.C. 1722)); and 8

(B) use non-profit wilderness and trails 9

stewardship organizations; 10

(2) consult with the Corps Network, the Na-11

tional Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, American 12

Trails, and other public lands stewardship organiza-13

tions for the purpose of identifying appropriate 14

projects, activities, and workforce development out-15

comes; and 16

(3) be authorized to use such amounts as are 17

necessary to provide technical assistance. 18

(d) MATCHING FUNDS WAIVER.—Any otherwise ap-19

plicable matching funds requirements, including under 20

section 212(a)(1) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 21

(16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)), shall be waived for projects car-22

ried out using amounts made available under this section. 23

(e) FEDERAL COORDINATION.—The head of each 24

Federal agency for which amounts are made available 25


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under this section shall monitor and track, through an on-1

line platform that is usable by personnel across Federal 2

agencies, the expenditure of those amounts. 3

(f) PRIORITY.—In using amounts made available 4

under this section, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-5

retary of the Interior, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 6

or the Secretary of Labor, as applicable, shall give priority 7

to funding projects that maximize quantifiable environ-8

mental benefits for the least cost. 9

SEC. 3. OUTFITTERS AND GUIDES RELIEF PROGRAM. 10

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 11

(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-12

ty’’ means a holder of a special use permit that has 13

fewer than 500 full-time equivalent employees. 14

(2) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Out-15

fitters and Guides Relief Fund established by sub-16

section (b). 17

(3) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-18

retary concerned’’ means— 19

(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 20

through the Chief of the Forest Service, in the 21

case of a special use permit issued by the For-22

est Service; 23

(B) the Secretary of the Interior, in the 24

case of a special use permit issued by— 25


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(i) the Department of the Interior; or 1

(ii) a State agency described in para-2

graph (4)(H); and 3

(C) the Secretary of Homeland Security, 4

acting though the Commandant of the U.S. 5

Coast Guard, in the case of a special use permit 6

issued by the Coast Guard; and 7

(D) the Secretary of Defense, in the case 8

of a special use permit issued by the Corps of 9

Engineers. 10

(4) SPECIAL USE PERMIT.—The term ‘‘special 11

use permit’’ means— 12

(A) with respect to the Forest Service, a 13

special use authorization (as defined in section 14

251.51 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations 15

(or successor regulations)), for guiding or out-16

fitting (as those terms are defined in that sec-17

tion (or successor regulations)); 18

(B) with respect to the National Park 19

Service, a commercial use authorization for out-20

fitting and guiding issued under— 21

(i) section 803(h) of the Federal 22

Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 23

U.S.C. 6802(h)); or 24


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(ii) section 101925 of title 54, United 1

States Code; 2

(C) with respect to the National Park 3

Service, a concession contract for outdoor recre-4

ation activities awarded under subchapter II of 5

chapter 1019 of title 54, United States Code 6

(not including a commercial use authorization 7

under section 101925 of that title); 8

(D) with respect to the United States Fish 9

and Wildlife Service, a special use permit for 10

recreational, sport fishing, or hunting outfitting 11

and guiding; 12

(E) with respect to the Bureau of Land 13

Management, a special recreation permit for 14

commercial outfitting and guiding; 15

(F) with respect to the Bureau of Rec-16

lamation, a use authorization for guiding, out-17

fitting, or other recreational services; 18

(G) with respect to the Coast Guard, a li-19

cense provided to operate a vessel issued under 20

section 2101(51)(B) of title 46, United States 21

Code; 22

(H) with respect to the Corps of Engi-23

neers, a contract for recreation services; and 24


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(I) with respect to a State agency that 1

issues recreational special use permits to recre-2

ation service providers, a special use agreement 3

for recreational services. 4

(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab-5

lished in the Treasury of the United States a fund, to be 6

known as the ‘‘Outfitters and Guides Relief Fund’’. 7

(c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary concerned 8

shall use amounts in the Fund to provide payments to eli-9

gible entities in accordance with this section. 10

(d) APPLICATIONS.— 11

(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive a payment under 12

this section, not later than 18 months after the date 13

of enactment of this Act, an eligible entity shall sub-14

mit to the Secretary concerned an application to re-15

ceive a payment. 16

(2) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity may sub-17

mit applications under paragraph (1) not more fre-18

quently than once every 90 days during the 18- 19

month period beginning on the date of enactment of 20

this Act. 21

(e) PAYMENTS.— 22

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 23

and (3), the amount of a payment under this section 24

shall be an amount equal to the difference between, 25


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during the period that the eligible entity was unable 1

to provide recreational services at full capacity under 2

a special use permit due to a State or Federal action 3

resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (re-4

ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘covered pe-5

riod’’)— 6

(A) the sum obtained by adding— 7

(i) the operating and administrative 8

expenses, including payments to inde-9

pendent contractors, of the eligible entity 10

directly relating to recreational services 11

under the special use permit, as calculated 12

based on the average of the 3 previous 13

years; and 14

(ii) the payroll expenses and owner 15

compensation of the eligible entity directly 16

relating to recreational services under the 17

special use permit, as calculated based on 18

the average of the 3 previous years; and 19

(B) the full gross revenue of the eligible 20

entity, during the covered period, directly relat-21

ing to recreational services under the special 22

use permit. 23

(2) CERTAIN ENTITIES.—Subject to paragraph 24

(3), in the case of an eligible entity that has been 25


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a holder of a special use permit for less than 3 1

years, the amount of a payment under this section 2

shall be an amount equal to the lesser of— 3

(A) the operating expenses of the eligible 4

entity, during the covered period, directly relat-5

ing to recreational services under the special 6

use permit during the covered period; and 7

(B) $30,000. 8

(3) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity shall not 9

receive any amount under this section that covers 10

expenses or compensation described in paragraphs 11

(1) and (2) for which assistance has been provided 12

under— 13

(A) section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business 14

Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)); 15

(B) section 7(b)(2) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 16

636(b)(2)); or 17

(C) section 12005 of the CARES Act 18

(Public Law 116–136). 19

(f) DUTIES OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 20

(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall use a 21

payment received under this section to continue 22

business operations of the eligible entity. 23


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(2) CONDITION.—As a condition on the receipt 1

of a payment under this section, an eligible entity 2

shall retain not less than— 3

(A) 70 percent of the full-time equivalent 4

positions of the eligible entity, based on the av-5

erage number of full-time equivalent positions 6

of the eligible entity during the comparable pe-7

riod, as determined by the Secretary concerned, 8

over the 3 previous years; and 9

(B) 60 percent of the contractor positions 10

of the eligible entity, based on the average num-11

ber of contractor positions of the eligible entity 12

during the comparable period, as determined by 13

the Secretary concerned, over the 3 previous 14

years. 15

(g) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated, out of 16

amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 17

$7,000,000,000 to the Fund for the period of fiscal years 18

2020 and 2021, to remain available until expended. 19

SEC. 4. EVERY KID OUTDOORS PROGRAM. 20

Section 9001 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conserva-21

tion, Management, and Recreation Act (Public Law 116– 22

9) is amended— 23

(a) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (5) and 24

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‘‘(5) STUDENT OR STUDENTS.—The term ‘stu-1

dent’ or ‘students’ means any fourth, fifth, or sixth 2

grader or home-schooled learner 10 to 12 years of 3

age residing in the United States, including any ter-4

ritory or possession of the United States.’’; 5

(b) in subsection (b)— 6

(1) by striking subparagraph (C) of paragraph 7

(2) and inserting the following: 8

‘‘(C) PRESENCE OF A STUDENT RE-9

QUIRED.—a pass described in subparagraph (A) 10

shall be effective only if the student to which 11

the pass was issued is present at the point of 12

entry to the applicable Federal land or water.’’; 13

and 14

(2) by striking paragraph (5). 15

SEC. 5. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS RE-16

MEDIATION PROGRAM. 17

Public Law 88–657 (16 U.S.C. 532 et seq.) (com-18

monly known as the ‘‘Forest Roads and Trails Act’’) is 19

amended by adding at the end the following: 20

‘‘SEC. 8. FOREST SERVICE LEGACY ROADS AND TRAILS RE-21

MEDIATION PROGRAM. 22

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the 23

Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Pro-24

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‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Program shall be ad-1

ministered by the Secretary, acting through the Chief of 2

the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the ‘Sec-3

retary’). 4

‘‘(c) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Secretary shall de-5

velop a national strategy to carry out the Program in ac-6

cordance with this section. 7

‘‘(d) ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the Program, the 8

Secretary shall— 9

‘‘(1) carry out critical maintenance and urgent 10

repairs and associated activities on National Forest 11

System roads, trails, and bridges; 12

‘‘(2) restore passages of fish and other aquatic 13

species by removing or replacing unnatural barriers 14

from such passages; and 15

‘‘(3) decommission roads and trails in accord-16

ance with subsection (h). 17

‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In implementing the Program, the 18

Secretary shall give priority to projects that protect or re-19

store— 20

‘‘(1) water quality; 21

‘‘(2) a watershed that supplies a public drinking 22

water system; 23

‘‘(3) the habitat of a threatened, endangered, or 24

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‘‘(4) a watershed for which the Secretary has 1

completed a watershed protection and restoration ac-2

tion plan pursuant to section 304 of the Healthy 3

Forests Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 6543). 4

‘‘(f) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.—Except with re-5

spect to a project carried out on a watershed for which 6

the Secretary has a cooperative agreement under section 7

323 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agen-8

cies Appropriations Act, 1999 (16 U.S.C. 1011a), each 9

project carried out under this section shall be on a Na-10

tional Forest System road or trail. 11

‘‘(g) IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM ROAD SYS-12

TEMS.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 13

of this section, the Secretary shall identify, for each unit 14

of the National Forest System, the minimum road system 15

and unneeded roads in accordance with section 212.5(b) 16

of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 17

the date of enactment of this Act). 18

‘‘(h) UNNEEDED ROADS.—The Secretary shall de-19

commission any roads identified as unneeded under sub-20

section (g) as soon as practicable after making the identi-21

fication under that subsection. 22

‘‘(i) REVIEW; REVISION.—The Secretary shall review, 23

and may revise, an identification made under subsection 24

(g) for a unit of the National Forest System during a revi-25


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sion of the land and resource management plan applicable 1

to that unit. 2

‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 3

is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 4

$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 5

2030.’’. 6

SEC. 6. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. 7

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the Workforce Inno-8

vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) is 9

amended— 10

(1) by redesignating subtitle E (29 U.S.C. 3241 11

et seq.) as subtitle F; and 12

(2) by inserting after subtitle D the following: 13

‘‘Subtitle E—Civilian Conservation 14

Corps 15

‘‘SEC. 176. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM. 16

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 17

‘‘(1) MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS.—The term 18

‘member organizations’ means the boards, entities, 19

and agencies that agree to an agreement described 20

in subsection (d). 21

‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘qualified 22

entity’ means an entity carrying out a program 23

using qualified youth or conservation corps criteria. 24


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‘‘(3) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION 1

CORPS CRITERIA.—The term ‘qualified youth or con-2

servation corps criteria’ means the model and stand-3

ards for a program described in section 203(11) of 4

the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 5

1722(11)). 6

‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-7

lish and carry out a Civilian Conservation Corps program. 8

The program shall be carried out using qualified youth 9

or conservation corps criteria and through Civilian Con-10

servation Corps projects. 11

‘‘(c) GRANTS.—In carrying out the Civilian Conserva-12

tion Corps program, the Secretary shall make grants to 13

eligible State boards and local boards, acting in partner-14

ship with member organizations, to carry out Civilian Con-15

servation Corps projects. 16

‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE BOARDS.—To be eligible to receive a 17

grant under this section, a State board or local board shall 18

have entered into an agreement with one or more qualified 19

entities and, at the option of the board involved, one or 20

more applicable State or local agencies, to carry out a Ci-21

vilian Conservation Corps project. The agreement shall 22

specify the roles of the State board or local board, of each 23

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agency involved, in carrying out the Civilian Conservation 1

Corps project. 2

‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 3

under this section for a Civilian Conservation Corps 4

project, the State board or local board shall submit an 5

application to the Secretary, at such time and in such 6

manner as the Secretary may require, that contains— 7

‘‘(1) a description of the project, including how 8

the projects relates to goals described in subsection 9

(g); 10

‘‘(2) a copy of the agreement described in sub-11

section (d); 12

‘‘(3) the scope of work and budget for the 13

project; 14

‘‘(4) the number of enrollees needed to carry 15

out the project; 16

‘‘(5) a description of the manner in which the 17

member organizations shall recruit, screen, and se-18

lect enrollees; 19

‘‘(6) a description of the manner in which the 20

qualified entities will provide, through the project— 21

‘‘(A) education, work experience, and 22

work-based learning; and 23

‘‘(B) training, such as basic skills training, 24

the development of job-specific occupational 25


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skills, or other training activities, designed to 1

lead to the attainment of an industry-recog-2

nized credential, including a description of the 3

training that leads to the credential; 4

‘‘(7) a description of the stipend, allowance, or 5

other benefits an enrollee in the project will receive; 6

‘‘(8) a description of the supportive services 7

that an enrollee in the project will receive; and 8

‘‘(9) information specifying how the member or-9

ganizations will collect such information on the 10

project and enrollees as the Secretary may require, 11

and submit a report containing that information to 12

the Secretary. 13

‘‘(f) FISCAL AGENT.—The State board or local board 14

shall act as the fiscal agent for the grant and shall dis-15

tribute funds for the Civilian Conservation Corps project 16

to the member organizations involved. 17

‘‘(g) ELIGIBLE USE OF FUNDS.—Qualified entities 18

may use funds distributed for each Civilian Conservation 19

Corps project, with goals relating to conservation, outdoor 20

recreation, or other environmental matters, for— 21

‘‘(1) education, work experience, and workforce 22

investment activities outlined in section 129(c)(2) re-23

lated to conservation, outdoor recreation, and other 24

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‘‘(2) other education and training activities that 1

focus on career development in such industries; 2

‘‘(3) activities leading to development and com-3

pletion of the project; 4

‘‘(4) activities for data collection, management, 5

and reporting; 6

‘‘(5) other activities designed to lead to success-7

ful completion of the project and workforce develop-8

ment outcomes; and 9

‘‘(6) any administrative activities supporting 10

the project. 11

‘‘(h) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION 12

CORPS.—In carrying out projects under this section, the 13

Secretary shall— 14

‘‘(1) consult with the National Association of 15

Service and Conservation Corps— 16

‘‘(A) to establish standards used to iden-17

tify appropriate types of Civilian Conservation 18

Corps projects, and activities to be provided 19

and workforce development outcomes sought, 20

through those projects; and 21

‘‘(B) to establish specific performance ac-22

countability measures for evaluating Civilian 23

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‘‘(2) enter into a contract or cooperative agree-1

ment with the National Association of Service and 2

Conservation Corps to develop recommendations for 3

the standards and measures described in paragraph 4

(1).’’. 5

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 6

(1) ONE-STOP DELIVERY SYSTEMS.—Section 7

121(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II) of the Workforce Innovation and 8

Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II)) is 9

amended by striking ‘‘subtitles C through E’’ and 10

inserting ‘‘subtitles C, D, and F’’. 11

(2) TRANSITION.—Section 503(b) of the Work-12

force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 13

3343(b)) is amended by inserting before the period 14

at the end the following: ‘‘(as in effect on the day 15

before the date of enactment of the Workforce Inno-16

vation and Opportunity Act)’’. 17

(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 18

section 1(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 19

Act is amended— 20

(1) by striking the item relating to the subtitle 21

heading for subtitle E of title I and inserting the fol-22

lowing: 23

‘‘Subtitle F—Administration’’;

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(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-1

tion 172 the following: 2

‘‘Subtitle E—Civilian Conservation Corps

‘‘Sec. 176. Civilian Conservation Corps program.’’.

SEC. 7. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF SKI AREA PERMIT AND 3

RENTAL FEES DURING THE COVID-19 PAN-4

DEMIC. 5

Notwithstanding section 701 of division I of the Om-6

nibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 7

(16 U.S.C. 497c), section 7 of the Act of April 24, 1950 8

(64 Stat. 84, chapter 97; 16 U.S.C. 580d), section 302 9

of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 10

(43 U.S.C. 1732), and section 803(h) of the Federal 11

Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6802(h)), 12

ski area permit and rental fees authorized under those sec-13

tions shall be temporarily waived and not required to be 14

paid to the United States for the period beginning on 15

March 13, 2020, and ending on June 1, 2021, due to the 16

COVID–19 pandemic, provided the following conditions 17

are met: 18

(1) The permit or lease was issued before 19

March 13, 2020. 20

(2) The permit or lease is in effect on the date 21

of enactment of this Act. 22

(3) The permit or lease holder was in good 23

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SEC. 8. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF OUTDOOR RECREATION 1

LAND USE PERMIT FEES. 2

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 3

(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The term ‘‘authoriza-4

tion’’ means an authorization (including a special 5

use permit and a concession contract) for the holder 6

of the authorization to provide recreational services 7

and operations related to the public’s recreation that 8

was executed by the Secretary concerned and the 9

holder of the authorization under a covered law. 10

(2) COVERED AUTHORIZATION.—The term 11

‘‘covered authorization’’ means an authorization— 12

(A) that was awarded or issued by the Sec-13

retary concerned before March 13, 2020; and 14

(B) that is in effect on the date of enact-15

ment of this Act, including an authorization 16

that is expired, but which, as of the date of en-17

actment of this Act, the Secretary concerned is 18

continuing to treat as being in effect; and 19

(C) under which the holder was in good 20

standing as of March 13, 2020. 21

(3) COVERED FEE.—The term ‘‘covered fee’’ 22

means any fee owed under a covered authorization 23

that is accrued or otherwise based on revenues ob-24

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ginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on Decem-1

ber 31, 2021. 2

(4) COVERED LAW.—The term ‘‘covered law’’ 3

means— 4

(A) the last paragraph under the heading 5

‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of March 4, 6

1915 (16 U.S.C. 497); 7

(B) section 7 of the Act of April 24, 1950 8

(64 Stat. 84, chapter 97; 16 U.S.C. 580d); 9

(C) section 803(h) of the Federal Lands 10

Recreation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 11

6802(h)); and 12

(D) subchapter II of chapter 1019 of title 13

54, United States Code. 14

(5) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-15

retary concerned’’ means— 16

(A) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-17

spect to an authorization executed by the Sec-18

retary of the Interior; and 19

(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-20

spect to an authorization executed by the Sec-21

retary of Agriculture. 22

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(1) any covered fees shall be waived and shall 1

not be required to be paid to the Secretary con-2

cerned; and 3

(2) any covered fees that have been paid to the 4

Secretary concerned before the date of enactment of 5

this Act shall, as soon as practicable after the date 6

of enactment of this Act, be reimbursed by the Sec-7

retary concerned to the holder of the covered author-8

ization under which the covered fee was paid. 9

(c) EXTENSION OF TERM OF COVERED AUTHORIZA-10

TIONS.— 11

(1) EXTENSION OF COVERED AUTHORIZA-12

TIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 13

the Secretary concerned shall extend the term of any 14

covered authorization by an additional 2 years. 15

(2) LIMITATION.—Any extension under para-16

graph (1) shall be subject to any authority of the 17

Secretary concerned to revoke an authorization, in-18

cluding for reasons based on the unsatisfactory per-19

formance of the holder of the authorization. 20

SEC. 9. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 21

(a) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided by this Act 22

are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to 23

section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 24

(2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 25


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(b) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate, this 1

Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 2

to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), 3

the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 4

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