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(7) Availability of and access to non-Federal re-
sources to improve information analysis and infor-
mation management. 
(8) Collaborate with the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, and United States Geological 
Survey to integrate remote sensing, spatial analysis 
techniques, and other new technologies in the forest 
inventory and analysis program. 
(9) Understand and report on changes in land 
cover and use. 
(10) Expand existing programs to promote sus-
tainable forest stewardship through increased under-
standing, in partnership with other Federal agencies, 
of the over 10 million family forest owners, their de-
mographics, and the barriers to forest stewardship. 
(11) Implement procedures to improve the sta-
tistical precision of estimates at the sub-State level. 
(c) SUBMISSION OF REVISED STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit the revised stra-
tegic plan to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry of the Senate. 
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SEC. 8303. REIMBURSEMENT OF FIRE FUNDS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF STATE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means— 
(1) a State; and 
(2) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—If a State seeks reimbursement 
for amounts expended for resources and services provided 
to another State for the management and suppression of 
a wildfire, the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to sub-
sections (c) and (d)— 
(1) may accept the reimbursement amounts 
from the other State; and 
(2) shall pay those amounts to the State seek-
ing reimbursement. 
(c) MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.—As a condi-
tion of seeking and providing reimbursement under sub-
section (b), the State seeking reimbursement and the 
State providing reimbursement must each have a mutual 
assistance agreement with the Forest Service or another 
Federal agency for providing and receiving wildfire man-
agement and suppression resources and services. 
(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture may prescribe the terms and conditions deter-
mined to be necessary to carry out subsection (b). 
(e) EFFECT ON PRIOR REIMBURSEMENTS.—Any ac-
ceptance of funds or reimbursements made by the Sec-
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retary of Agriculture before the date of enactment of this 
Act that otherwise would have been authorized under this 
section shall be considered to have been made in accord-
ance with this section. 
TITLE IX—ENERGY 
SEC. 9001. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 
(12) and (13) and (14) as paragraphs (10) through 
(13) and (15) and (16) respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) FOREST
PRODUCT.—The term ‘forest 
product’ means a product made from materials de-
rived from the practice of forestry or the manage-
ment of growing timber, including— 
‘‘(A) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, lum-
ber, and wood products; and 
‘‘(B) any recycled products derived from 
forest materials.’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1)) the following: 
‘‘(14) RENEWABLE CHEMICAL.—The term ‘re-
newable chemical’ means a monomer, polymer, plas-
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