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 trees are present on the land; and (B) the potential to restore white oak forests on the land. (2) Use of information In carrying out the assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior may use information from sources other than the Department of the Interior, including the White Oak Initiative and the Forest Service. (3) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of the Interior, a report describing the results of the assessment carried out under this subsection. (b) Pilot projects After the date of submission of the report under subsection (a)(3), the Secretary of the Interior 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 trees. (c) Cooperative agreements The Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out the pilot projects under subsection (b). (d) Sunset The authority under this section terminates on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

(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 trees are present on the land; and (B) the potential to restore white oak forests on the land. (2) Use of information In carrying out the assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Interior may use information from sources other than the Department of the Interior, including the White Oak Initiative and the Forest Service. (3) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the website of the Department of the Interior, a report describing the results of the assessment carried out under this subsection. (b) Pilot projects After the date of submission of the report under subsection (a)(3), the Secretary of the Interior 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 trees. (c) Cooperative agreements The Secretary of the Interior may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out the pilot projects under subsection (b). (d) Sunset The authority under this section terminates on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act.