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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 530
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-179
NATIVE PLANT SPECIES PILOT PROGRAM
OCTOBER 18, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate of October 14, 2022
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 557]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 557), to establish a pilot program for native
plant species, and for other purposes, having considered the same,
reports favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.
AMENDMENT
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Native Plant Species Pilot Program Act of 2022.
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR NATIVE PLANT SPECIES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.-Not later than 180 days after the date on which funds are
made available to carry out this Act, the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in
this section as the Secretary) shall, in accordance with any existing laws and man-
agement policies, carry out a pilot program to prioritize the use of native plant spe-
cies within geographically diverse units of the National Park System and public
land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.-In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall, to the extent practicable-
(1) give preference to the use of locally adapted native plant materials where
appropriate;
(2) incorporate efforts to prevent, control, or eradicate the spread of invasive
species;
(3) incorporate efforts to use native plants in areas that have experienced a
recent wildfire event; and
(4) identify situations in which the use of non-native plants may be war-
ranted.
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