Report evaluating implementation

Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report evaluating the implementation of this title, including— (1) a list of conservation finance agreements entered into under this title and the accomplishments under the projects carried out under those agreements; and (2) an evaluation of the pilot authority for conservation finance agreements described in section 103, including whether that authority has— (A) increased the availability of non-Federal funding sources to assist in landscape-scale forest restoration projects; (B) promoted private or other non-Federal investment in— (i) new or existing infrastructure and related equipment that can make use of the byproducts of forest restoration; (ii) the use of prescribed fire at a greater scale; (iii) related economic development and workforce training and development; (iv) land management activities enhancing natural infrastructure with benefits for downstream water users; or (v) mitigating the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; and (C) any barriers limiting the broader use or implementation of the pilot project authority to additional projects, including risks that may discourage further participation and investment by outside parties.

Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report evaluating the implementation of this title, including— (1) a list of conservation finance agreements entered into under this title and the accomplishments under the projects carried out under those agreements; and (2) an evaluation of the pilot authority for conservation finance agreements described in section 103, including whether that authority has— (A) increased the availability of non-Federal funding sources to assist in landscape-scale forest restoration projects; (B) promoted private or other non-Federal investment in— (i) new or existing infrastructure and related equipment that can make use of the byproducts of forest restoration; (ii) the use of prescribed fire at a greater scale; (iii) related economic development and workforce training and development; (iv) land management activities enhancing natural infrastructure with benefits for downstream water users; or (v) mitigating the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire; and (C) any barriers limiting the broader use or implementation of the pilot project authority to additional projects, including risks that may discourage further participation and investment by outside parties.