[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3673 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3673

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve and reauthorize the 
 pollinator-friendly practices on roadside highways and rights-of-way 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 15, 2026

Mr. Merkley (for himself and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to improve and reauthorize the 
 pollinator-friendly practices on roadside highways and rights-of-way 
                    program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Roadside Pollinator Program 
Amendments Act''.

SEC. 2. POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY PRACTICES ON ROADSIDES AND HIGHWAY RIGHTS-
              OF-WAY.

    Section 332 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; or'' and 
                inserting ``included on the list published by the 
                Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of the 
                Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 
                U.S.C. 5131);'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) a nonprofit organization that is--
                    ``(A) described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
                Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
                    ``(B) exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of 
                that Code.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(F), by inserting ``after 
                consultation with the Director of the United States 
                Fish and Wildlife Service'' before the period at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``that is a State 
                department of transportation or a Federal land 
                management agency'' and inserting ``described in 
                paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of subsection (b)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
                        (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 
                        indenting appropriately;
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as 
                        so redesignated), by striking ``In developing'' 
                        and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--In developing'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (A) (as so 
                        redesignated)--
                                    (I) in clause (i) (as so 
                                redesignated)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``that is 
                                        a State department of 
                                        transportation or a Federal 
                                        land management agency'' and 
                                        inserting ``described in 
                                        paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of 
                                        subsection (b)''; and
                                            (bb) by striking ``affected 
                                        or interested Indian Tribes'' 
                                        and inserting ``Indian Tribes 
                                        described in subsection (b)(2), 
                                        the Tribal land of which is 
                                        located 50 miles or less from a 
                                        project or practice proposed to 
                                        be included in the plan''; and
                                    (II) in clause (ii) (as so 
                                redesignated), by striking ``any 
                                eligible entity'' and inserting ``an 
                                eligible entity described in paragraph 
                                (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b)''; 
                                and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Clarification.--Nothing in this paragraph 
                requires additional consultation beyond consultation 
                during the development of a plan under paragraph 
                (1).'';
            (3) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by striking ``$150,000'' and 
        inserting ``$500,000''; and
            (4) in subsection (l)(1), by striking ``$2,000,000 for each 
        of fiscal years 2022 through 2026'' and inserting ``$5,000,000 
        for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031''.
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