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S 612 — Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act

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Plain-language change summary

The amendment revised the timing clause related to the enactment of a subsection, changing it from a fixed period "following the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016" to a flexible period "beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the date described in section 10(a)." This change allows for a different timeframe that may better align with the specific provisions outlined in section 10(a), potentially affecting how long certain actions or measures can be taken under the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act.

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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S.
[118th Congress Public Law 94] [From the U.S.
Government Publishing Office] [S.
Government Publishing Office] [[Page 138 STAT.
612 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No.
1566]] Public Law 118-94 118th Congress An Act To reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes.
596 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
<<NOTE:
612 [Report No.
Oct.
118-702, Part I] _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2024 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned September 23, 2024 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources September 23, 2024 The Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Agriculture discharged;
1, 2024 - [S.
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes.
612]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1.
Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act.>> SECTION 1.
Union Calendar No.
Approved October 1, 2024.
596 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S.
612 [Report No.
612:
118-702, Part I] _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSE REPORTS:
_______________________________________________________________________ September 23, 2024 Reported from the Committee on Natural Resources September 23, 2024 The Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Agriculture discharged;
No.
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
118-702, Pt.
1 (Comm.
on Natural Resources).
SENATE REPORTS:
No.
118-55 (Comm.
on Energy and Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol.
170 (2024):
July 10, considered and passed Senate.
Sept.
24, considered and passed House.
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What Congress says this changes

S. Rept. 118-55

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changes in existing law made by 
the bill S. 612, as ordered reported, are shown as follows 
(existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman):

 Public Law 106-506

AN ACT To promote environmental restoration around the Lake Tahoe basin

 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 ``Lake Tahoe Restoration 
Act''.

 * * * * * * *

SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN MANGAEMENT UNIT.

 (a) In General.--The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit shall 
be administered by the Secretary in accordance with this Act 
and the laws applicable to the National Forest System.
 (b) Relationship to Other Authority.--
 (1) Private or non federal land.--Nothing in this Act 
 grants regulatory authority to the Secretary over 
 private or other non-Federal land.
 (2) Planning agency.--Nothing in this Act affects or 
 increases the authority of the Planning Agency.
 (3) Acquisition under other law.--Nothing in this Act 
 affects the authority of the Secretary to acquire land 
 from willing sellers in the Lake Tahoe Basin under any 
 other law.
 (c) Forest Management Activities.--
 (1) Coordination.--
 (A) In general.--In conducting forest 
 management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin 
 Management Unit, the Secretary shall, as 
 appropriate, coordinate with the Administrator 
 and State and local agencies and organizations, 
 including local fire departments and volunteer 
 groups.
 (B) Goals.--The coordination of activities 
 under subparagraph (A) should aim to increase 
 efficiencies and maximize the compatibility of 
 management practices across public property 
 boundaries.
 (2) Multiple benefits.--
 (A) In general.--In conducting forest 
 management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin 
 Management Unit, the Secretary shall conduct 
 the activities in a manner that--
 (i) except as provided in 
 subparagraph (B), attains multiple 
 ecosystem benefits, including--
 (I) reducing forest fuels;
 (II) maintaining biological 
 diversity;
 (III) improving wetland and 
 water quality, including in 
 Stream Environment Zones; and
 (IV) increasing resilience to 
 changing water temperature and 
 precipitation; and
 (ii) helps achieve and maintain the 
 environmental threshold carrying 
 capacities established by the Planning 
 Agency.
 (B) Exception. Notwithstanding subparagraph 
 (A)(i), the attainment of multiple ecosystem 
 benefits shall not be required if the Secretary 
 determines that management for multiple 
 ecosystem benefits would excessively increase 
 the cost of a program in relation to the 
 additional ecosystem benefits gained from the 
 management activity.
 (3) Ground disturbance. Consistent with applicable 
 Federal law and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit land 
 and resource management plan direction, the Secretary 
 shall--
 (A) establish post-program ground condition 
 criteria for ground disturbance caused by 
 forest management activities; and
 (B) provide for monitoring to ascertain the 
 attainment of the post-program conditions.
 (4) Availability of categorical exclusion for certain 
 forest management projects.--A forest management 
 activity conducted in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management 
 Unit for the purpose of reducing forest fuels is 
 categorically excluded from the requirements of the 
 National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
 4321 et seq.) if the forest management activity--
 (A) notwithstanding section 423 of the 
 Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 
 (division E of Public Law 111-8; 123 Stat. 
 748), does not exceed 10,000 acres, including 
 not more than 3,000 acres of mechanical 
 thinning;
 (B) is developed--
 (i) in coordination with impacted 
 parties, specifically including 
 representatives of local governments, 
 such as county supervisors or county 
 commissioners; and in consultation with 
 other interested parties; and
 (ii) is consistent with the Lake 
 Tahoe Basin Management Unit land and 
 resource management plan.
 (d) Withdrawal of Federal Land.--
 (1) In general.--Subject to valid existing rights and 
 paragraph (2), the Federal land located in the Lake 
 Tahoe Basin Management Unit is withdrawn from--
 (A) all forms of entry, appropriation, or 
 disposal under the public land laws;
 (B) location, entry, and patent under the 
 mining laws; and
 (C) disposition under all laws relating to 
 mineral and geothermal leasing.
 (2) Exceptions.--A conveyance of land shall be exempt 
 from withdrawal under this subsection if carried out 
 under--
 (A) this Act; or
 (B) Public Law 96-586 (94 Stat. 3381) 
 (commonly known as the ``Santini Burton Act'').
 (e) Environmental Threshold Carrying Capacity.--The Lake 
Tahoe Basin Management Unit shall support the attainment of the 
environmental threshold carrying capacities.
 (f) Cooperative Authorities.--During the [4 fiscal years 
following the date of enactment of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2016] period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this subsection and ending on the date described 
in section 10(a), the Secretary, in conjunction with land 
adjustment programs, may enter into contracts and cooperative 
agreements with States, units of local government, and other 
public and private entities to provide for fuel reduction, 
erosion control, reforestation, Stream Environment Zone 
restoration, and similar management activities on Federal land 
and non-Federal land within the programs.

 * * * * * * *

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

 (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this Act $ 415,000,000 [for a 
period of 7 fiscal years beginning the first fiscal year after 
the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2016.] to remain available until September 30, 2034.

 * * * * * * *

Source: S. Rept. 118-55 · govinfo

Action History

  1. Signed by President.

  2. Signed by President.

  3. Became Public Law No: 118-94.

  4. Became Public Law No: 118-94.

  5. Presented to President.

  6. Presented to President.

  7. Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  8. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5734-5736)

  9. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 612.

  10. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5734)

  11. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5734)

  12. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  13. Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-702, Part I.

  14. Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-702, Part I.

  15. Committee on Transportation discharged.

  16. Committee on Transportation discharged.

  17. Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  18. Committee on Agriculture discharged.

  19. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 596.

  20. Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged

  21. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  22. Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  23. Subcommittee Hearings Held

  24. Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.

  25. Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

  26. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  27. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  28. Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  29. Received in the House.

  30. Held at the desk.

  31. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  32. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4337; text: CR S4337)

  33. Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S4337; text: CR S4337)

  34. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-55.

  35. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-55.

  36. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 127.

  37. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

  38. Introduced in Senate

  39. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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