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for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire 
suppression activities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided, $306,500,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, $19,795,000 is for research activities and to make 
competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Research Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), 
$78,000,000 is for State fire assistance, and $13,025,000 is for 
volunteer fire assistance under section 10 of the Cooperative For-
estry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, 
That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the ‘‘National 
Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts 
to fund forest and rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science Pro-
gram, vegetation and watershed management, heritage site 
rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and res-
toration: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any 
cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any 
non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the 
affected parties: Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of the 
funds provided herein may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 
to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agreements or 
to issue grants for hazardous fuels reduction and for training or 
monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction activities 
on Federal land or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines 
such activities implement a community wildfire protection plan 
(or equivalent) and benefit resources on Federal land: Provided 
further, That funds made available to implement the Community 
Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be 
available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with authori-
ties made available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and 
Private Forestry’’ appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 
the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management, 
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the 
Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
wildland fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by the Forest 
Service for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 
et seq. may be credited to this appropriation, and are available 
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided for hazardous fuels reduction, not to exceed $10,000,000 
may be used to make grants, using any authorities available to 
the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropria-
tion, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use of 
biomass from National Forest System lands: Provided further, That 
funds designated for wildfire suppression, including funds trans-
ferred from the ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’, shall 
be assessed for cost pools on the same basis as such assessments 
are calculated against other agency programs: Provided further, 
That of the funds for hazardous fuels reduction, up to $24,000,000 
may be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support 
the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program.
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FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations 
of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve fund for suppres-
sion and Federal emergency response activities, $315,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts 
are only available for transfer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
account following a declaration by the Secretary in accordance 
with section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and 
hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 
acquisition of aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable 
fleet 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 replace-
ment 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) pur-
chase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public 
improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and 
interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursu-
ant 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 authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection 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 Management appropriation 
for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or 
damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire prepared-
ness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notifica-
tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 
all fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, That 
all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be avail-
able to support forestry and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and coopera-
tion with U.S., private, and international organizations. The Forest 
Service, acting for the International Program, may sign direct 
funding agreements with foreign governments and institutions as 
well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, the Department of State, and the
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Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector firms, 
institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance and 
training programs overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adop-
tion of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System 
lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate 
the boundaries of such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 
this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall 
be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of 
the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 
section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 
10417(b) of Public Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
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 accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the joint explanatory state-
ment of the managers accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest 
Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds 
available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, com-
monly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph 
shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center. 
Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the Forest Service portion 
of implementation costs to be paid to the Department of Agriculture 
for the Financial Management Modernization Initiative. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the 
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, Public Law 103–82, as amended 
by Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, 
Public Law 109–154. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 
may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation 
to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 
Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 
expenses, for projects on or benefitting 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 contributions to match on 
at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Fed-
eral funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project 
at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal
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matching funds: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2014 and 
thereafter, the National Forest Foundation may hold Federal funds 
made available but not immediately disbursed and may use any 
interest or other investment income earned (before, on, or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to carry 
out the purposes of Public Law 101–593: Provided further, That 
such investments 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. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up to 
$3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump 
sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when 
expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such 
funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or 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 assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 
rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) 
of Public Law 99–663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used 
to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing fire, 
administrative and other facilities maintenance and decommis-
sioning. Such assessments shall occur using a square foot rate 
charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess programs 
for payment of rent, utilities, and other support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations 
or funds available to the Forest Service not to exceed $500,000 
may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), 
Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred 
as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, 
land purchase negotiations and similar nonlitigation-related mat-
ters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and 
the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the requested funding transfers. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 
under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 
et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered 
to be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
The 19th unnumbered paragraph under heading ‘‘Administra-
tive Provisions, Forest Service’’ in title III of the Department of 
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–54) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019’’.