To amend Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a–7) to provide for equal treatment of the District of Columbia with respect to funds made available under that Act.
This bill would amend the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act to include the District of Columbia in federal forestry funding programs from which it is currently excluded. The McIntire-Stennis Act provides federal grants to states for forestry research and education, but Washington, D.C. is not technically a state and has been left out of these funding opportunities. The legislation would simply add the District of Columbia to the list of eligible recipients, ensuring equal access to these forestry program funds. This change would primarily benefit D.C.'s forestry and natural resource management efforts, as well as any associated research and educational programs in the district. The bill does not specify new funding amounts or timelines, but rather corrects what supporters view as an inequitable exclusion of the nation's capital from an existing federal program.
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