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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1450 

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to modify the treatment of revenue 

from timber sale contracts and certain payments made by counties to 

the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior under 

good neighbor agreements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2023 

Mr. FULCHER (for himself, Ms. PEREZ, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Mr. KILMER) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for 

a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to modify the treatment of revenue from timber sale contracts and certain 

payments made by counties to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior under good 

neighbor agreements, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Treating Tribes and 

5 Counties as Good Neighbors Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN 

2 REVENUE AND PAYMENTS UNDER GOOD 

3 NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS. 

4 (a) GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY.—Section 8206 of 

5 the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ‘‘or Indian 

8 tribe’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, 

11 Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; 

12 (B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking clause 

13 (i) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Funds received 

15 from the sale of timber by a Governor, an 

16 Indian tribe, or a county under a good 

17 neighbor agreement shall be retained and 

18 used by the Governor, Indian tribe, or 

19 county, as applicable— 

20 ‘‘(I) to carry out authorized res21 toration services under the good 

22 neighbor agreement; and 

23 ‘‘(II) if there are funds remain24 ing after carrying out subclause (I), 

25 to carry out authorized restoration 


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1 services under other good neighbor 

2 agreements.’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, In4 dian tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 

5 (D) by striking paragraph (4). 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 8206(a) 

7 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, Indian 

10 tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’; and 

11 (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, Indian 

12 tribe,’’ after ‘‘Governor’’. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this Act apply to any project initiated pursuant to a good 

15 neighbor agreement (as defined in section 8206(a) of the 

16 Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)))— 

17 (1) before the date of enactment of this Act, if 

18 the project was initiated after the date of enactment 

19 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public 

20 Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 4490); or 

21 (2) on or after the date of enactment of this 

22 Act. 

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