Community wildfire defense grant program improvements

Section 40803(f) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 6592(f)) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (1)(B), and inserting the following: (B) to carry out projects including— (i) landscape and hazardous fuels reduction treatments; (ii) the retrofit, modification, or maintenance of a structure to improve resistance to fire; (iii) creating defensible space around structures to improve resistance to fire; (iv) hardening infrastructure, including evacuation routes, to improve resistance to fire; (v) any other project described in a community wildfire protection plan that is not more than 10 years old; and (vi) deployment of wildfire technologies determined to be successful under section 303 of the Fix Our Forests Act.; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (D) located in a fireshed management area (as defined in section 2 of the Fix Our Forests Act).; and (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking continental; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (D) Limitation on administrative expenses Not more than 7 percent of funds obligated under this section may be used for administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of Agriculture or an at-risk community..

Section 40803(f) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 6592(f)) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (1)(B), and inserting the following: (B) to carry out projects including— (i) landscape and hazardous fuels reduction treatments; (ii) the retrofit, modification, or maintenance of a structure to improve resistance to fire; (iii) creating defensible space around structures to improve resistance to fire; (iv) hardening infrastructure, including evacuation routes, to improve resistance to fire; (v) any other project described in a community wildfire protection plan that is not more than 10 years old; and (vi) deployment of wildfire technologies determined to be successful under section 303 of the Fix Our Forests Act.; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking or at the end; (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (D) located in a fireshed management area (as defined in section 2 of the Fix Our Forests Act).; and (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking continental; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (D) Limitation on administrative expenses Not more than 7 percent of funds obligated under this section may be used for administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of Agriculture or an at-risk community..