S.Amdt. 3411

SA 3411. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title IV of division A, add the following:

use of locally adapted native plant materials in land management
activities on federal land

Sec. 43__. To complement the implementation by the Bureau
of Land Management of a National Seed Strategy to improve
seed supplies for restoring healthy and productive native
plant communities, the Secretary of the Interior shall give
preference, to the maximum extent practicable, to the use of
locally adapted native plant materials in carrying out a land
management activity on Federal land, including maintenance
and restoration activities carried out in response to
degradation caused by human activity or natural events, such
as fire, flood, or infestation.
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