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may consider the enhancement of local and small business
employment opportunities for rural communities, and that
in entering into procurement contracts under this section
on a best value basis, the Secretary may take into account
the ability of an entity to enhance local and small business
employment opportunities in rural communities, and that
the Secretary may award procurement contracts, grants,
or cooperative agreements under this section to entities
that include local non-profit entities, Youth Conservation
Corps or related partnerships with State, local or non-
profit youth groups, or small or disadvantaged businesses:
Provided further, That in addition to funds provided for
State Fire Assistance programs, and subject to all au-
thorities available to the Forest Service under the State
and Private Forestry Appropriations, up to $15,000,000
may be used on adjacent non-Federal lands for the pur-
pose of protecting communities when hazard reduction ac-
tivities are planned on national forest lands that have the
potential to place such communities at risk: Provided fur-
ther, That included in funding for hazardous fuel reduc-
tion is $5,000,000 for implementing the Community For-
est Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, and
any portion of such funds shall be available for use on
non-Federal lands in accordance with authorities available
to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry
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Appropriation: Provided further, That in expending the
funds provided with respect to this Act for hazardous fuels
reduction, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture may conduct fuel reduction treatments on
Federal lands using all contracting and hiring authorities
available to the Secretaries applicable to hazardous fuel
reduction activities under the wildland fire management
accounts: Provided further, That notwithstanding Federal
Government procurement and contracting laws, the Secre-
taries may conduct fuel reduction treatments, rehabilita-
tion and restoration, and other activities authorized under
this heading on and adjacent to Federal lands using
grants and cooperative agreements: Provided further, That
notwithstanding Federal Government procurement and
contracting laws, in order to provide employment and
training opportunities to people in rural communities, the
Secretaries may award contracts, including contracts for
monitoring activities, to local private, nonprofit, or cooper-
ative entities; Youth Conservation Corps crews or related
partnerships, with State, local and non-profit youth
groups; small or micro-businesses; or other entities that
will hire or train a significant percentage of local people
to complete such contracts: Provided further, That the au-
thorities described above relating to contracts, grants, and
cooperative agreements are available until all funds pro-
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vided in this title for hazardous fuels reduction activities
in the urban wildland interface are obligated: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer or
reimburse funds, not to exceed $7,000,000, to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the
Interior, or the National Marine Fisheries Service of the
Department of Commerce, for the costs of carrying out
their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference
as required by section 7 of such Act in connection with
wildland fire management activities in fiscal years 2002
and 2003: Provided further, That the amount of the trans-
fer of reimbursement shall be as mutually agreed by the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior
or Secretary of Commerce, as applicable, or their des-
ignees. The amount shall in no case exceed the actual costs
of consultation and conferencing in connection with
wildland fire management activities affecting National
Forest System lands.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’ for fiscal year 2002 in addition to the amounts
made available by Public Law 107–63, $500,000,000, to
remain available until December 31, 2002, for the cost
of fire suppression activities carried out by the Forest
Service and other Federal agencies related to the 2002
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fire season, including reimbursement of funds borrowed
from other Department of Agriculture programs to fight
such fires: Provided, That the entire amount shall be avail-
able only to the extent an official budget request, that in-
cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $572,731,000, to remain available
until expended for construction, reconstruction, mainte-
nance, and acquisition of buildings and other facilities,
and for construction, reconstruction, repair, and mainte-
nance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and
205, of which, $64,866,000 is for conservation activities
defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
for the purposes of such Act: Provided further, That up
to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for road
maintenance shall be available for the decommissioning of
roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the trans-
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portation system, which are no longer needed: Provided
further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission
any system road until notice and an opportunity for public
comment has been provided on each decommissioning
project.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $146,336,000, to
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended, and to be for the con-
servation activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, as amended, for the purposes of such Act.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to
be derived from forest receipts.
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ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until ex-
pended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public
Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR
SUBSISTENCE USES
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title
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VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation
Act (Public Law 96–487), $5,542,000, to remain available
until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to
exceed 113 passenger motor vehicles, of which 10 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
113 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed seven for replacement only, and acquisi-
tion of sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain
the operable fleet at 195 aircraft for use in Forest Service
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs;
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250);
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as
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authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe
burning conditions if and only if all previously appro-
priated emergency contingent funds under the heading
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have been released by the
President and apportioned and all funds under the head-
ing ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ are obligated.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States
and international organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
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culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report No. 105–163.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the procedures contained in House Report
No. 105–163.
No funds available to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture that exceed the total amount trans-
ferred during fiscal year 2000 for such purposes without
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps, defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, for the purposes of such Act.
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Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $2,500
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service,
up to $2,500,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance to the National Forest Founda-
tion, without regard to when the Foundation incurs ex-
penses, for administrative expenses or projects on or bene-
fitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds
made available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of
the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds: Provided further, That authorized investments of
Federal funds held by the Foundation may be made only
in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in
obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest
by the United States.
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Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244,
$2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service
shall be available for matching funds to the National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
3701–3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance, without regard to when expenses
are incurred, for projects on or benefitting National For-
est System lands or related to Forest Service programs:
Provided, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end
of the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds ad-
vanced by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient
has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
the ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Capital Improvement
and Maintenance’’ accounts and planned to be allocated
to activities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for
projects on National Forest land in the State of Wash-
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ington may be granted directly to the Washington State
Department of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of
planned projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall be
retained by the Forest Service for planning and admin-
istering projects. Project selection and prioritization shall
be accomplished by the Forest Service with such consulta-
tion with the State of Washington as the Forest Service
deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for payments to counties within the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–
663.
For fiscal years 2003 through 2007, the Secretary
of Agriculture is authorized to enter into grants, con-
tracts, and cooperative agreements as appropriate with the
Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as well as with public
and other private agencies, organizations, institutions, and
individuals, to provide for the development, administra-
tion, maintenance, or restoration of land, facilities, or For-
est Service programs, at the Grey Towers National His-
toric Landmark: Provided, That, subject to such terms
and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may pre-
scribe, any such public or private agency, organization, in-
stitution, or individual may solicit, accept, and administer