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136 STAT. 2026 PUBLIC LAW 117–169—AUG. 16, 2022 (5) $100,000,000 to provide grants under the wood innova- tion grant program under section 8643 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 7655d), including for the construction of new facilities that advance the purposes of the program and for the hauling of material removed to reduce hazardous fuels to locations where that material can be utilized, subject to the conditions that— (A) the amount of such a grant shall be not more than $5,000,000; and (B) notwithstanding subsection (d) of that section, a recipient of such a grant shall provide funds equal to not less than 50 percent of the amount received under the grant, to be derived from non-Federal sources. (b) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—Any partnership agree- ments, including cooperative agreements and mutual interest agree- ments, using funds made available under this section shall be subject to a non-Federal cost-share requirement of not less than 20 percent of the project cost, which may be waived at the discretion of the Secretary. (c) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to authorize funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for activi- ties under this section if such funds are not expressly authorized or currently expended for such purposes. SEC. 23003. STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY CONSERVATION PRO- GRAMS. (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) $700,000,000 to provide competitive grants to States through the Forest Legacy Program established under section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103c) for projects for the acquisition of land and interests in land; and (2) $1,500,000,000 to provide multiyear, programmatic, competitive grants to a State agency, a local governmental entity, an agency or governmental entity of the District of Columbia, an agency or governmental entity of an insular area (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)), an Indian Tribe, or a nonprofit organization through the Urban and Community Forestry Assistance program estab- lished under section 9(c) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2105(c)) for tree planting and related activities. (b) WAIVER.—Any non-Federal cost-share requirement other- wise applicable to projects carried out under this section may be waived at the discretion of the Secretary. SEC. 23004. LIMITATION. The funds made available under this subtitle are subject to the condition that the Secretary shall not— (1) enter into any agreement— (A) that is for a term extending beyond September 30, 2031; or (B) under which any payment could be outlaid or funds disbursed after September 30, 2031; or Time periods. Waiver. Contracts. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:35 Oct 25, 2022 Jkt 029139 PO 00169 Frm 00210 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 E:\PUBLAW\PUBL169.117 PUBL169 jmbennett on LAP3P8D0R2PROD with Publaw