TCS Databases

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Agency: Department of the Interior

  • Climate Change Technical Assistance for Territories

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To provide technical assistance for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. Bill Section: 50241 New or Existing: New Potential Cost:      $15,000,000 Timeline:      FY22-26…

  • Kapapahuliau Climate Resilience Program

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: Funding, in the form of direct expenditure, grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, and technical assistance for climate resilience and adaptation activities that serve the Native Hawaiian Community. Activities include climate change communication, education, and research; environmental hazard analysis; natural and cultural resource management and protection; socio cultural communication,…

  • Fuels Management

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: The fuels program supports strategic vegetation management to restore and maintain ecosystems and limit the negative impacts of wildfires. Activities include, but are not limited to, prescribed burns, mechanical and checmical thinning, and grazing. Bill Section: Division J New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $178,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26…

  • Burned Area Rehabilitation

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: Funding for the DOI’s burned area rehabilitation program. Funding which will be used to strengthen and rehabilitate areas of federal land after wildfire events. Bill Section: Division J New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $225,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer Look at…

  • Mineral Security Projects: National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To develop and maintain a national catalogue of archived geological, geophysical, and engineering data and provide financial assistance to State for studies and technical assistance related to archived materials. Bill Section: 41003(a) New or Existing: Existing Potential Cost:      $23,668,000 Timeline: FY22-25  

  • Ecosystem Restoration: Revegetation and Hazard Mitigation on Mined Lands for DOI

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: Allocates $100 million to the Forest Service (FS) to restore native vegetation and mitigate environmental hazards on both federal and non-federal previously mined land, with the goal of restoring ecological health on no fewer than 10,000 acres of federal land, including Indian forest or rangeland. IIJA spending in…

  • Ecosystem Restoration: National Revegetation Effort including National Seed Strategy for DOI

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To establish and implement a national revegetation effort on Federal and nonfederal land, including to implement the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration. Bill Section: 40804(b)(9)(A) Potential Cost:      $70,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26  

  • Ecosystem Restoration: Site Restoration And Improvements for DOI

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To restore, prepare, or adapt recreation sites on Federal land, including Indian forest land or rangeland, that have experienced or may likely experience visitation and use beyond the carrying capacity of the sites. Bill Section: 40804(e)(1) Potential Cost:      $45,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26  

  • Ecosystem Restoration: Grants to States and Tribes for Voluntary Restoration

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: To provide grants to States, territories, and Indian Tribes for implementing voluntary ecosystem restoration projects on private or public land that prioritizes funding cross-boundary projects and requires matching funding. Bill Section: 40804(b)(4) Potential Cost:      $400,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26  

  • Wildfire Risk Reduction: Federal Wildland Firefighter Salaries And Expenses at DOI

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    Agency: Department of the Interior   Description: For the salaries and expenses of Federal wildland firefighters. Bill Section: 40803(c)(2)(A) Potential Cost:      $120,000,000 Timeline: FY22-26 Implementation Status/Rulemaking:    On June 21, 2022 USDA, DOI, and OPM released information on supplemental pay increases for wildland fire fighters. Source Other TCS Resources: Clearing the Smoke: A Closer…