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 119 STAT. 2890

PUBLIC LAW 109–154—DEC. 30, 2005

Public Law 109–154 109th Congress An Act Dec. 30, 2005 [S. 1238] Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005. 16 USC 1701 note.

To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to provide for the conduct of projects that protect forests, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005’’. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC LANDS CORPS ACT OF 1993.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 203 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11) as paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (13), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: ‘‘(8) PRIORITY PROJECT.—The term ‘priority project’ means an appropriate conservation project conducted on eligible service lands to further 1 or more of the purposes of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.), as follows: ‘‘(A) To reduce wildfire risk to a community, municipal water supply, or other at-risk Federal land. ‘‘(B) To protect a watershed or address a threat to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire. ‘‘(C) To address the impact of insect or disease infestations or other damaging agents on forest and rangeland health. ‘‘(D) To protect, restore, or enhance forest ecosystem components to— ‘‘(i) promote the recovery of threatened or endangered species; ‘‘(ii) improve biological diversity; or ‘‘(iii) enhance productivity and carbon sequestration.’’; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following: ‘‘(12) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means— ‘‘(A) with respect to National Forest System land, the Secretary of Agriculture; and ‘‘(B) with respect to Indian lands, Hawaiian home lands, or land administered by the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior.’’.

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