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136 STAT. 2025 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 (4) RESTORATION.—The term ‘‘restoration’’ has the meaning given the term in section 219.19 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act). (5) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT.—The term ‘‘vegeta- tion management project’’ means an activity carried out on National Forest System land to enhance the ecological integrity and achieve the restoration of a forest ecosystem through the removal of vegetation, the use of prescribed fire, the restoration of aquatic habitat, or the decommissioning of an unauthorized, temporary, or system road. (6) WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE.—The term ‘‘wildland- urban interface’’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). SEC. 23002. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR NON-FEDERAL FOREST LAND- OWNERS. (a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise avail- able, there are appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain available until September 30, 2031— (1) $150,000,000 for the competitive grant program under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) for providing through that program a cost share to carry out climate mitigation or forest resilience prac- tices in the case of underserved forest landowners, subject to the condition that subsection (h) of that section shall not apply; (2) $150,000,000 for the competitive grant program under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) for providing through that program grants to support the participation of underserved forest landowners in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience, subject to the condition that subsection (h) of that section shall not apply; (3) $100,000,000 for the competitive grant program under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) for providing through that program grants to support the participation of forest landowners who own less than 2,500 acres of forest land in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience, subject to the condi- tion that subsection (h) of that section shall not apply; (4) $50,000,000 for the competitive grant program under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) to provide grants to states and other eligible entities to provide payments to owners of private forest land for implementation of forestry practices on private forest land, that are determined by the Secretary, based on the best avail- able science, to provide measurable increases in carbon seques- tration and storage beyond customary practices on comparable land, subject to the conditions that— (A) those payments shall not preclude landowners from participation in other public and private sector financial incentive programs; and (B) subsection (h) of that section shall not apply; and VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00209 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw