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 PUBLIC LAW 108–148—DEC. 3, 2003

117 STAT. 1909

(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘applied silvicultural assessment’’ means any vegetative or other treatment carried out for information gathering and research purposes. (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘applied silvicultural assessment’’ includes timber harvesting, thinning, prescribed burning, pruning, and any combination of those activities. (2) 1890 INSTITUTION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘1890 Institution’’ means a college or university that is eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.). (B) INCLUSION.—The term ‘‘1890 Institution’’ includes Tuskegee University. (3) FOREST-DAMAGING INSECT.—The term ‘‘forest-damaging insect’’ means— (A) a Southern pine beetle; (B) a mountain pine beetle; (C) a spruce bark beetle; (D) a gypsy moth; (E) a hemlock woolly adelgid; (F) an emerald ash borer; (G) a red oak borer; (H) a white oak borer; and (I) such other insects as may be identified by the Secretary. (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means— (A) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Forest Service, with respect to National Forest System land; and (B) the Secretary of the Interior, acting through appropriate offices of the United States Geological Survey, with respect to federally owned land administered by the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 403. ACCELERATED INFORMATION GATHERING REGARDING FOREST-DAMAGING INSECTS.

16 USC 6553.

(a) INFORMATION GATHERING.—The Secretary, acting through the Forest Service and United States Geological Survey, as appropriate, shall establish an accelerated program— (1) to plan, conduct, and promote comprehensive and systematic information gathering on forest-damaging insects and associated diseases, including an evaluation of— (A) infestation prevention and suppression methods; (B) effects of infestations and associated disease interactions on forest ecosystems; (C) restoration of forest ecosystem efforts; (D) utilization options regarding infested trees; and (E) models to predict the occurrence, distribution, and impact of outbreaks of forest-damaging insects and associated diseases; (2) to assist land managers in the development of treatments and strategies to improve forest health and reduce the susceptibility of forest ecosystems to severe infestations of forest-damaging insects and associated diseases on Federal land and State and private land; and (3) to disseminate the results of the information gathering, treatments, and strategies.

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