Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/3075

 120 STAT. 3044

PUBLIC LAW 109–432—DEC. 20, 2006

SEC. 372. DEFINITIONS.

In this subtitle: (1) INITIATIVE.—The term ‘‘Initiative’’ means the Great Basin Restoration Initiative. (2) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Project’’ means the Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration Project authorized under section 373(a). (3) SECRETARIES.—The term ‘‘Secretaries’’ means the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior. (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Nevada. SEC. 373. RESTORATION PROJECT.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with all applicable Federal laws, the Secretaries shall carry out the Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration Project to— (1) implement the Initiative; and (2) restore native rangelands and native woodland (including riparian and aspen communities) in White Pine and Lincoln Counties in the State. (b) GRANTS; COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—In carrying out the Project— (1) the Secretaries may make grants to the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition, the Great Basin Institute, and other entities for the study and restoration of rangeland and other land in the Great Basin— (A) to assist in— (i) reducing hazardous fuels; and (ii) restoring native rangeland and woodland; and (B) for other related purposes; and (2) notwithstanding sections 6301 through 6308, of title 31, United States Code, the Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the Chief of the Forest Service may enter into an agreement with the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition, the Great Basin Institute, and other entities to provide for the conduct of scientific analyses, hazardous fuels and mechanical treatments, and related work. (c) RESEARCH FACILITY.—The Secretaries may conduct a feasibility study on the potential establishment of an interagency science center, including a research facility and experimental rangeland in the eastern portion of the State. (d) FUNDING.—Section 4(e)(3)(A) of the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–263; 112 Stat. 2346; 116 Stat. 2007; 118 Stat. 2414) is amended— (1) by redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix); and (2) by inserting after clause (vii) the following: ‘‘(viii) to carry out the Eastern Nevada Landscape Restoration Project in White Pine County, Nevada and Lincoln County, Nevada; and’’.

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