Restoration Fund Advisory Council

(a) Establishment There is established a Restoration Fund Advisory Council to provide recommendations to the Secretary with respect to— (1) the disbursement of amounts from the Fund for the grant program; (2) priority-setting for landscapes; and (3) evaluation and monitoring for restoration and resilience project success. (b) Membership The Council shall be composed of— (1) the Secretary; (2) 12 members, to be appointed by the Secretary, of whom— (A) 3 shall be representatives from resource-dependent industries, including the agriculture, oil and gas, outdoor recreation, or forest products industries; (B) 3 shall be national experts from each of the fields of natural resource restoration, economic development, and community and climate resilience; (C) 3 shall be representatives of conservation, wildlife, or watershed organizations; (D) 1 shall be a representative of State government; (E) 1 shall be a representative of a unit of local government; and (F) 1 shall be a representative of a Tribal government; and (3) as determined to be necessary by the Secretary, not more than 3 representatives from other Federal agencies. (c) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Council, shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report describing— (1) the status of any restoration and resilience projects that received amounts from the Fund, including— (A) environmental and climate benefits; (B) restoration achievements; (C) attainment of restoration and habitat improvement objectives; (D) jobs created and retained; (E) the growth in outdoor industries that provide capacity to carry out restoration and resilience projects; and (F) progress towards State-, Tribal-, and community-level resilience goals; and (2) recommendations to improve coordination, align Federal, State, or Tribal resources or existing authorities, and expand workforce capacity in outdoor industries that provide capacity to carry out restoration and resilience projects through legislative and administrative changes.