S.Amdt. 2947

SA 2947. Mr. LUJAN (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. REFORESTATION OF LAND DESTROYED BY THE HERMIT'S
PEAK/CALF CANYON FIRE.

Section 104(d)(4) of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire
Assistance Act (division G of Public Law 117-180; 136 Stat.
2172) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(D) Reforestation.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), a
claim that is paid for injury under this Act may include
damages resulting from the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire for
otherwise uncompensated resource losses for costs of
reasonable efforts, as determined by the Administrator,
incurred by the State of New Mexico not later than December
31, 2030, to design, construct, and operate a center for the
purpose of researching, developing, and generating native
seedlings to successfully regenerate forests destroyed by the
Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire with native species.''.
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