Department of the Interior white oak review and restoration

(a) Assessment (1) In general The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out an assessment of land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, including fish and wildlife refuges and abandoned mine land, to evaluate— (A) whether white oak is present on such land; and (B) the potential to restore white oak forests on such land. (2) Use of information In carrying out the assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary may use information from sources other than the Department of the Interior, including from the White Oak Initiative and the Forest Service. (3) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of the Interior, a report regarding the results of the assessment carried out under this subsection. (b) Pilot projects After the date on which the report required under subsection (a)(3) is submitted, the Secretary shall establish and carry out 5 pilot projects in different areas of land described in subsection (a)(1) to restore and naturally regenerate white oak. (c) Authority to enter into cooperative agreements The Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out the pilot projects required under subsection (b). (d) Sunset The authority under this section shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.