Agency: Department of Agriculture
Description:
Allocates $100 million to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the purpose of restoring native vegetation and mitigating environmental hazards on both federal and non-federal previously mined land, including efforts to establish and implement a national revegetation effort and a collaborative, landscape-scale restoration program to restore water quality or fish passage on federal and Indian land.
Bill Section:
40804(b)(8)(B)
Potential Cost:
$100,000,000
Timeline:
FY22-26
Implementation Status/Rulemaking:
The U.S. Forest Service (FS) plans to allocate $20 million per year from FY22-26. In FY22, 38.4% ($7.686 million) of this was allocated for project-specific program areas and the remaining 61.6% for various costs, including salaries, research and development, and USDA OIG oversight. Of the project-specific program funding, $5.764 million was to mitigate environmental hazards on Federal lands, $1.153 million to restore vegetation on non-Federal lands (via subgrants through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation), and $769,000 to restore vegetation on Federal lands: Source