United States HR 3562: Forest Service Flexible Housing Partnerships Act of 2023

Bill Text

I
118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3562
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize Forest
Service flexible partnerships.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 2023
Mr. NEGUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to
reauthorize Forest Service flexible partnerships.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Forest Service Flexible 4
Housing Partnerships Act of 2023’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds that— 7
(1) housing is a challenge nationwide, especially 8
in areas within or adjacent to forests; and 9
VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 May 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3562.IH H3562kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

2
•HR 3562 IH
(2) the Forest Service is a critical partner in 1
addressing housing needs for— 2
(A) individuals in areas described in para-3
graph (1); and 4
(B) Forest Service employees. 5
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR LEASE OF FOREST SERVICE 6
SITES. 7
Section 8623 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 8
2018 (16 U.S.C. 580d note; Public Law 115–334) is 9
amended— 10
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘dwell-11
ing;’’ and inserting ‘‘dwelling or multiunit dwell-12
ing;’’; 13
(2) in subsection (e)— 14
(A) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii)— 15
(i) in subclause (I), by inserting ‘‘such 16
as housing,’’ after ‘‘improvements,’’; 17
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking 18
‘‘and’’ at the end; 19
(iii) in subclause (III), by striking 20
‘‘or’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘and’’; and 21
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-22
lowing: 23
‘‘(IV) services occurring off of 24
the administrative site— 25
VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 May 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3562.IH H3562kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

3
•HR 3562 IH
‘‘(aa) that— 1
‘‘(AA) occur on the unit 2
of the National Forest Sys-3
tem in which the administra-4
tive site is located; or 5
‘‘(BB) benefit the Na-6
tional Forest System; and 7
‘‘(bb) that support activities 8
occurring within the unit of the 9
National Forest System in which 10
the administrative site is located; 11
or’’; and 12
(B) by adding at the end the following: 13
‘‘(6) LEASE TERM.— 14
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term of a lease of 15
an administrative site under this section shall 16
be up to 100 years. 17
‘‘(B) RENEWAL.—A lease of an adminis-18
trative site under this section shall include a 19
provision for renewal of the lease if the use of 20
the administrative site, at the time of renewal, 21
is in accordance with this section.’’; and 22
(3) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘2023’’ each 23
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2028’’. 24
Æ
VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 May 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3562.IH H3562kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS