PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3557 (o) PROHIBITION ON COMMERCIAL HARVEST.— Trees planted pursuant to a program receiving funds under this section may not be commercially harvested and sold for Christmas trees. (p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to be granted by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Foundation. All funds appropriated under this section may remain available until expended. SEC. 1265. RURAL TREE PLANTING AND FOREST MANAGEMENT PRO- GRAM. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish a rural tree planting and forest management program as a special component of the forest stewardship program and the stewardship incentive program established under sections 5 and 6 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2102) (as amended by subtitle A). Such program shall terminate on December 31, 2001. SEC. 1266. COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to establish a community tree planting and improvement program as a special component of the urban and community forestry assistance program established under section 9 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2105) (as amended by section 1219). Such program shall terminate on December 31, 2001. Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions SEC. 1271. EMERGENCY REFORESTATION ASSISTANCE. 16 USC 2106a. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide assistance under this section to eligible landowners who suffer destruction of 35 percent or more of a commercial tree stand due to damaging weather, related condition, or wildfire. OJ) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—The assistance, if any, provided by the Secretary under this section shall consist of either— (1) reimbursement of up to 65 percent of the cost of reestablishing such tree stand damaged by the damaging weather, related condition, or wildfire in excess of 35 percent mortality; or (2) at the discretion of the Secretary, provision of sufficient tree seedlings to reestablish such tree stand. (c) CONDITIONS. — (1) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE. —No person may receive an amount in excess of $25,000 in any fiscal year, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings, under this section. (2) INELIGIBIIJTY.—A person who has qualifying gross revenues in excess of $2,000,000 annually, as determined by the Secretary, shall not be eligible to receive any disaster payment or other benefits under this section. (3) IMPLEMENTATION. — In implementing this section, the Sec- Regulations, retary shall issue regulations— (A) defining the term "person" for the purposes of this section that shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the regulations defining the term "person" issued under section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308);
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