(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
Sec. 4. Authority for agreements. 
Sec. 5. Cost sharing. 
Sec. 6. Funds. 
Sec. 7. Watershed restoration and enhancement agreements. 
Sec. 8. Repeal of superseded authorities. 
Sec. 9. Regulations. 
Sec. 10. Agreements otherwise authorized by law. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Forest Service, managing national for-
ests and grasslands covering 192,000,000 acres, 
plays an integral role in the protection, enhance-
ment, and conservation of the natural resources of 
the United States. 
(2) The Forest Service has a long history of 
successful cooperation with non-Federal entities in 
fulfilling all mission areas and responsibilities of the 
Forest Service. 
(3) By expanding and clarifying Forest Service 
authorities to work with cooperators, the Forest 
Service can improve the ability of the Forest Service 
to administer National Forest System lands by in-
creasing local community involvement in collabo-
rative restoration and building the capacity of rural
public land communities in fulfilling the Forest 
Service’s mission. 
(4) The Forest Service can benefit from maxi-
mizing use of existing authorities and establishing 
new authority to improve local community involve-
ment in, and support of, fulfilling the Forest Serv-
ice’s mission. 
(5) Encouraging conservation education will in-
crease public awareness of Forest Service programs 
and activities, will heighten public understanding of 
the need to sustain natural and cultural resources, 
and will promote public participation in the con-
servation of these resources. 
(6) Encouraging partnerships with public land 
communities will expedite the implementation of pri-
ority restoration projects on National Forest System 
lands. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to encourage agreements between the For-
est Service and cooperators to promote public aware-
ness and participation in the restoration and man-
agement of the resources and programs of the For-
est Service; 
(2) to affirm Congress’ support for agreements 
between the Forest Service and cooperators that fur-
ther the Forest Service’s mission by assisting the 
Forest Service in the administration of all Forest 
Service programs; 
(3) to clarify and create additional authority for 
the Forest Service to work with cooperators; and 
(4) to leverage Forest Service resources with 
the resources of cooperators. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COOPERATOR.—The term ‘‘cooperator’’ 
means any Federal agency, State, local, or Tribal 
government, public or private agency, nonprofit or-
ganization, institution (including educational institu-
tion), small and local business, corporation, or other 
legal entity within the United States, or individual. 
(2) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS.—The 
term ‘‘National Forest System lands’’ means lands 
included in the National Forest System (as defined 
in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Re-
newable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1609(a))). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the Forest Service.
(4) NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means any organization de-
scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 
501(a) of such Code. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY FOR AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding chapter 63 of 
title 31, United States Code (except as provided in sub-
section (c)), the Secretary may enter into— 
(1) agreements with cooperators for the mutual 
benefit of the parties, including cost share agree-
ments for sharing costs of activities or services oth-
erwise authorized by law, including obtaining print-
ing services from cooperators in connection with 
jointly produced publications for which the Secretary 
and the cooperator share the costs of printing, either 
by means of cash or in kind contributions; and 
(2) agreements with cooperators, for the mutual 
benefit of the parties, for— 
(A) developing, producing, publishing, dis-
tributing, or selling education and interpretive 
materials and products; 
(B) developing, conducting, or selling edu-
cational and interpretive programs and services;
(C) constructing, maintaining, or improv-
ing facilities not under the jurisdiction, custody, 
or control of the Administrator of General Serv-
ices on or in the vicinity of National Forest 
System lands for the sale or distribution of edu-
cational and interpretive materials, products, 
programs, and services; 
(D) operating facilities (including pro-
viding the services of Forest Service employees 
to staff facilities) in or on any public or private 
building, facility, or land not under the jurisdic-
tion, custody, or control of the Administrator of 
General Services for the sale or distribution of 
educational materials, products, programs, and 
services, pertaining to National Forest System 
lands, private lands and lands administered by 
other public entities; 
(E) selling health and safety convenience 
products, photography supplies, or other similar 
items (as determined by the Secretary) on or in 
the vicinity of National Forest System lands; 
(F) collecting funds from the sale of mate-
rials, products, programs, and services on be-
half of cooperators; and