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‘‘(D) The remedies for failure of the Secretary concerned 
to comply with the terms of the agreement consistent with 
current Federal law. 
‘‘(2) LIMITED USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—The Secretary con-
cerned may decide, at the sole discretion of the Secretary con-
cerned, to cover the costs of a portion of an approved project 
using Federal funds appropriated or otherwise available to 
the Secretary for the same purposes as the project. 
‘‘(b) TRANSFER OF PROJECT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL TRANSFER REQUIRED.—As soon as practicable 
after the agreement is reached under subsection (a) with regard 
to a project to be funded in whole or in part using project 
funds, or other funds described in section 203(a)(2), the Sec-
retary concerned shall transfer to the applicable unit of 
National Forest System land or Bureau of Land Management 
District an amount of project funds equal to— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a project to be completed in a 
single fiscal year, the total amount specified in the agree-
ment to be paid using project funds, or other funds 
described in section 203(a)(2); or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a multiyear project, the amount 
specified in the agreement to be paid using project funds, 
or other funds described in section 203(a)(2) for the first 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) CONDITION ON PROJECT COMMENCEMENT.—The unit of 
National Forest System land or Bureau of Land Management 
District concerned, shall not commence a project until the 
project funds, or other funds described in section 203(a)(2) 
required to be transferred under paragraph (1) for the project, 
have been made available by the Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(3) SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS FOR MULTIYEAR PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For the second and subsequent fiscal 
years of a multiyear project to be funded in whole or 
in part using project funds, the unit of National Forest 
System land or Bureau of Land Management District con-
cerned shall use the amount of project funds required to 
continue the project in that fiscal year according to the 
agreement entered into under subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) SUSPENSION OF WORK.—The Secretary concerned 
shall suspend work on the project if the project funds 
required by the agreement in the second and subsequent 
fiscal years are not available. 
‘‘SEC. 207. AVAILABILITY OF PROJECT FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED PROJECTS TO OBLIGATE FUNDS.— 
By September 30, 2008 (or as soon thereafter as the Secretary 
concerned determines is practicable), and each September 30 there-
after for each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2011, a 
resource advisory committee shall submit to the Secretary concerned 
pursuant to section 203(a)(1) a sufficient number of project proposals 
that, if approved, would result in the obligation of at least the 
full amount of the project funds reserved by the participating county 
in the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) USE OR TRANSFER OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—Subject to 
section 208, if a resource advisory committee fails to comply with 
subsection (a) for a fiscal year, any project funds reserved by the 
participating county in the preceding fiscal year and remaining
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unobligated shall be available for use as part of the project submis-
sions in the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF REJECTION OF PROJECTS.—Subject to section 
208, any project funds reserved by a participating county in the 
preceding fiscal year that are unobligated at the end of a fiscal 
year because the Secretary concerned has rejected one or more 
proposed projects shall be available for use as part of the project 
submissions in the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT OF COURT ORDERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an approved project under this Act 
is enjoined or prohibited by a Federal court, the Secretary 
concerned shall return the unobligated project funds related 
to the project to the participating county or counties that 
reserved the funds. 
‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—The returned funds shall 
be available for the county to expend in the same manner 
as the funds reserved by the county under subparagraph (B) 
or (C)(i) of section 102(d)(1). 
‘‘SEC. 208. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority to initiate projects under this 
title shall terminate on September 30, 2011. 
‘‘(b) DEPOSITS IN TREASURY.—Any project funds not obligated 
by September 30, 2012, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States. 
‘‘TITLE III—COUNTY FUNDS 
‘‘SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) COUNTY FUNDS.—The term ‘county funds’ means all 
funds an eligible county elects under section 102(d) to reserve 
for expenditure in accordance with this title. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATING
COUNTY.—The term ‘participating 
county’ means an eligible county that elects under section 
102(d) to expend a portion of the Federal funds received under 
section 102 in accordance with this title. 
‘‘SEC. 302. USE. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZED USES.—A participating county, including any 
applicable agencies of the participating county, shall use county 
funds, in accordance with this title, only— 
‘‘(1) to carry out activities under the Firewise Communities 
program to provide to homeowners in fire-sensitive ecosystems 
education on, and assistance with implementing, techniques 
in home siting, home construction, and home landscaping that 
can increase the protection of people and property from 
wildfires; 
‘‘(2) to reimburse the participating county for search and 
rescue and other emergency services, including firefighting, 
that are— 
‘‘(A) performed on Federal land after the date on which 
the use was approved under subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) paid for by the participating county; and 
‘‘(3) to develop community wildfire protection plans in 
coordination with the appropriate Secretary concerned.
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‘‘(b) PROPOSALS.—A participating county shall use county funds 
for a use described in subsection (a) only after a 45-day public 
comment period, at the beginning of which the participating county 
shall— 
‘‘(1) publish in any publications of local record a proposal 
that describes the proposed use of the county funds; and 
‘‘(2) submit the proposal to any resource advisory committee 
established under section 205 for the participating county. 
‘‘SEC. 303. CERTIFICATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 of the year after 
the year in which any county funds were expended by a partici-
pating county, the appropriate official of the participating county 
shall submit to the Secretary concerned a certification that the 
county funds expended in the applicable year have been used for 
the uses authorized under section 302(a), including a description 
of the amounts expended and the uses for which the amounts 
were expended. 
‘‘(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary concerned shall review the certifi-
cations submitted under subsection (a) as the Secretary concerned 
determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 304. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The authority to initiate projects under this 
title terminates on September 30, 2011. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY.—Any county funds not obligated by Sep-
tember 30, 2012, shall be returned to the Treasury of the United 
States. 
‘‘TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
‘‘SEC. 401. REGULATIONS. 
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are 
necessary to carry out this Act for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2011. 
‘‘SEC. 403. TREATMENT OF FUNDS AND REVENUES. 
‘‘(a) RELATION TO OTHER APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds made avail-
able under section 402 and funds made available to a Secretary 
concerned under section 206 shall be in addition to any other 
annual appropriations for the Forest Service and the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
‘‘(b) DEPOSIT OF REVENUES AND OTHER FUNDS.—All revenues 
generated from projects pursuant to title II, including any interest 
accrued from the revenues, shall be deposited in the Treasury 
of the United States.’’. 
(b) FOREST RECEIPT PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE STATES AND COUN-
TIES.— 
(1) ACT OF MAY 23, 1908.—The sixth paragraph under the 
heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 
U.S.C. 500) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘twenty-five percentum’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall