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‘‘(C) For a multiyear project, the estimated 
cost of the project for each of the fiscal years in 
which it will be carried out. 
‘‘(D) The remedies for failure of the Sec-
retary concerned to comply with the terms of the 
agreement consistent with current Federal law. 
‘‘(2) LIMITED
USE
OF
FEDERAL
FUNDS.—The 
Secretary concerned may decide, at the sole discretion 
of the Secretary concerned, to cover the costs of a por-
tion of an approved project using Federal funds ap-
propriated 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 sub-
section (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 Secretary con-
cerned shall transfer to the applicable unit of Na-
tional Forest System land or Bureau of Land Man-
agement 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 
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in the agreement 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 sub-
sequent 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 Bu-
reau of Land Management District concerned 
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). 
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‘‘(B) SUSPENSION
OF
WORK.—The Sec-
retary concerned shall suspend work on the 
project if the project funds required by the agree-
ment in the second and subsequent fiscal years 
are not available. 
‘‘SEC. 207. AVAILABILITY OF PROJECT FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED PROJECTS TO OBLI-
GATE FUNDS.—By September 30 of each 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 unobligated shall be available for 
use as part of the project submissions in the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF REJECTION OF PROJECTS.—Subject 
to section 208, any project funds reserved by a partici-
pating county in the preceding fiscal year that are unobli-
gated at the end of a fiscal year because the Secretary con-
cerned has rejected one or more proposed projects shall be 
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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 partici-
pating 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 
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102(d) to reserve for expenditure in accordance with 
this title. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATING
COUNTY.—The term ‘par-
ticipating county’ means an eligible county that elects 
under section 102(d) to expend a portion of the Fed-
eral 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, in-
cluding firefighting, that are— 
‘‘(A) performed on Federal land after the 
date on which the use was approved under sub-
section (b); 
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‘‘(B) paid for by the participating county; 
and 
‘‘(3) to develop community wildfire protection 
plans in coordination with the appropriate Secretary 
concerned. 
‘‘(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 coun-
ty funds; and 
‘‘(2) submit the proposal to any resource advi-
sory 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 ex-
pended by a participating 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. 
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‘‘(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary concerned shall review 
the certifications submitted under subsection (a) as the Sec-
retary 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 September 30, 2012, shall be deposited in the Treasury 
of the United States. 
‘‘TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
‘‘SEC. 401. REGULATIONS. 
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
Interior shall jointly issue regulations to carry out the pur-
poses of this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as are necessary to carry out this Act 
for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
‘‘(b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—Of the amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal 
year 2007, $425,000,000 is designated as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 
(109th Congress). 
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‘‘SEC. 403. TREATMENT OF FUNDS AND REVENUES. 
‘‘(a) RELATION TO OTHER APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
made available under section 402 and funds made available 
to a Secretary concerned under section 206 shall be in addi-
tion 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 COUNTIES.— 
(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 be paid’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘an amount equal to the annual average of 
25 percent of all amounts received for the applicable 
fiscal year and each of the preceding 6 fiscal years 
from each national forest shall be paid’’. 
(2) WEEKS
LAW.—Section 13 of the Act of 
March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the ‘‘Weeks 
Law’’) (16 U.S.C. 500) is amended in the first sen-
tence by striking ‘‘twenty-five percentum’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘shall be paid’’ and inserting the 
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following: ‘‘an amount equal to the annual average of 
25 percent of all amounts received for the applicable 
fiscal year and each of the preceding 6 fiscal years 
from each national forest shall be paid’’. 
(c) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 6906 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 6906. Funding 
‘‘For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012, such sums 
as are authorized under this chapter shall be made available 
to the Secretary of the Interior, out of any amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for obligation or ex-
penditure in accordance with this chapter.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 
6906 and inserting the following: 
‘‘6906. Funding.’’. 
(d) INCREASE
IN
INFORMATION
RETURN
PEN-
ALTIES.— 
(1) FAILURE
TO
FILE
CORRECT
INFORMATION 
RETURNS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 6721(a)(1) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$50’’ and inserting 
‘‘$250’’, and 
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