Bill > HR9184

This bill codifies the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects. The key provisions include: 1) Defining terms like "collaborative process", "Federal land", and "Secretary concerned"; 2) Requiring the Secretary concerned to maintain a list of non-Federal, third-party contractors that can be hired to conduct analysis for proposed projects; 3) Allowing the Secretary concerned to enter into agreements with persons who submit proposals for projects on Federal land that were developed through a collaborative process, where the person initially provides funding for the necessary analysis, and the Secretary then uses that funding to pay a contractor to conduct the analysis, and later repays the person using any receipts generated by the project; 4) Providing additional authorities, such as allowing the use of project receipts and non-competitive hiring of contractors; and 5) Establishing various savings clauses and requirements, such as the Secretary concerned retaining responsibility for authorizing decisions and verifying no conflicts of interest.