Money not spent within 180 days must be returned
What the document says“If the funds provided under paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the owner of nonindustrial private forest land receives those funds, the funds shall be returned within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the Secretary.”
Paragraph (2) of the new subsection (e), headed Return of Funds. Where money paid in advance under paragraph (1) has not been spent by the end of the 180-day period that starts on the day the owner received it, the money is to be returned. The paragraph sets no fixed deadline for the return, only a reasonable timeframe, and leaves what is reasonable to the Secretary.
What the document actually says“If the funds provided under paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the owner of nonindustrial private forest land receives those funds, the funds shall be returned within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the Secretary.”
The clock starts the day the owner gets the money. It runs for 180 days. Money left over then has to go back. It must go back in a fair amount of time.
The law does not give an exact due date for that. The Secretary decides what is fair.
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