Funding for hazardous fuels reduction projects on certain Federal land

(a) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency head The term agency head means— (A) the Director of the National Park Service; (B) the Chief of the Forest Service; (C) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management; (D) the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and (E) the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. (2) At-risk community; fire regime I; fire regime II; fire regime III The terms at-risk community, fire regime I, fire regime II, and fire regime III have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). (3) Covered land The term covered land means Federal land under the jurisdiction of the applicable agency head. (4) Hazardous fuels reduction project The term hazardous fuels reduction project means the removal or modification of flammable vegetation or woody debris through prescribed fire, thinning, brush removal, mastication, pruning, slash treatment, or a combination of those methods, on the condition that the method is ecologically appropriate, cost-effective, and selected on a site-specific basis. (b) Hazardous fuels reduction projects (1) In general The agency heads shall carry out hazardous fuels reduction projects on covered land. (2) Project priorities In carrying out paragraph (1), the agency heads shall prioritize hazardous fuels reduction projects that are— (A) conducted in areas that— (i) are within or adjacent to— (I) at-risk communities; or (II) high-value watersheds; (ii) have very high wildfire hazard potential; or (iii) are in fire regime I, fire regime II, or fire regime III; or (B) designed to integrate and simultaneously advance 2 or more of the goals established in the report of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior entitled The National Strategy: the Final Phase of the Development of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy and dated April 2014 and the update entitled National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy Addendum Update and dated January 2023— (i) to create fire-adapted communities; (ii) to restore and maintain resilient landscapes; and (iii) to achieve safe, effective fire response. (c) Funding (1) In general On the first October 1 following the date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the agency heads, in accordance with an allocation formula established by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the agency heads, $30,000,000,000, to remain available until expended. (2) Receipt and acceptance The agency heads shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this section the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without further appropriation. (3) Administrative and planning costs Not more than 10 percent of funding made available under paragraph (1) may be used for administrative and planning costs.