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‘‘(v) the restoration, maintenance, and improve-
ment of wildlife and fish habitat; 
‘‘(vi) the control of noxious and exotic weeds; and 
‘‘(vii) the reestablishment of native species; and 
‘‘(3) to improve cooperative relationships among— 
‘‘(A) the people that use and care for Federal land; 
and 
‘‘(B) the agencies that manage the Federal land. 
‘‘SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this Act: 
‘‘(1) ADJUSTED SHARE.—The term ‘adjusted share’ means 
the number equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(A) the number equal to the quotient obtained by 
dividing— 
‘‘(i) the base share for the eligible county; by 
‘‘(ii) the income adjustment for the eligible county; 
by 
‘‘(B) the number equal to the sum of the quotients 
obtained under subparagraph (A) and paragraph (8)(A) for 
all eligible counties. 
‘‘(2) BASE SHARE.—The term ‘base share’ means the number 
equal to the average of— 
‘‘(A) the quotient obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(i) the number of acres of Federal land described 
in paragraph (7)(A) in each eligible county; by 
‘‘(ii) the total number acres of Federal land in 
all eligible counties in all eligible States; and 
‘‘(B) the quotient obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(i) the amount equal to the average of the 3 
highest 25-percent payments and safety net payments 
made to each eligible State for each eligible county 
during the eligibility period; by 
‘‘(ii) the amount equal to the sum of the amounts 
calculated under clause (i) and paragraph (9)(B)(i) for 
all eligible counties in all eligible States during the 
eligibility period. 
‘‘(3) COUNTY PAYMENT.—The term ‘county payment’ means 
the payment for an eligible county calculated under section 
101(b). 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE COUNTY.—The term ‘eligible county’ means 
any county that— 
‘‘(A) contains Federal land (as defined in paragraph 
(7)); and 
‘‘(B) elects to receive a share of the State payment 
or the county payment under section 102(b). 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBILITY
PERIOD.—The term ‘eligibility period’ 
means fiscal year 1986 through fiscal year 1999. 
‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE STATE.—The term ‘eligible State’ means a 
State or territory of the United States that received a 25- 
percent payment for 1 or more fiscal years of the eligibility 
period. 
‘‘(7) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘Federal land’ means— 
‘‘(A) land within the National Forest System, as defined 
in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)) exclu-
sive of the National Grasslands and land utilization
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projects designated as National Grasslands administered 
pursuant to the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1010– 
1012); and 
‘‘(B) such portions of the revested Oregon and Cali-
fornia Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road 
grant land as are or may hereafter come under the jurisdic-
tion of the Department of the Interior, which have here-
tofore or may hereafter be classified as timberlands, and 
power-site land valuable for timber, that shall be managed, 
except as provided in the former section 3 of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181c), for perma-
nent forest production. 
‘‘(8) 50-PERCENT ADJUSTED SHARE.—The term ‘50-percent 
adjusted share’ means the number equal to the quotient 
obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(A) the number equal to the quotient obtained by 
dividing— 
‘‘(i) the 50-percent base share for the eligible 
county; by 
‘‘(ii) the income adjustment for the eligible county; 
by 
‘‘(B) the number equal to the sum of the quotients 
obtained under subparagraph (A) and paragraph (1)(A) for 
all eligible counties. 
‘‘(9) 50-PERCENT BASE SHARE.—The term ‘50-percent base 
share’ means the number equal to the average of— 
‘‘(A) the quotient obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(i) the number of acres of Federal land described 
in paragraph (7)(B) in each eligible county; by 
‘‘(ii) the total number acres of Federal land in 
all eligible counties in all eligible States; and 
‘‘(B) the quotient obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(i) the amount equal to the average of the 3 
highest 50-percent payments made to each eligible 
county during the eligibility period; by 
‘‘(ii) the amount equal to the sum of the amounts 
calculated under clause (i) and paragraph (2)(B)(i) for 
all eligible counties in all eligible States during the 
eligibility period. 
‘‘(10) 50-PERCENT
PAYMENT.—The term ‘50-percent pay-
ment’ means the payment that is the sum of the 50-percent 
share otherwise paid to a county pursuant to title II of the 
Act of August 28, 1937 (chapter 876; 50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 
1181f), and the payment made to a county pursuant to the 
Act of May 24, 1939 (chapter 144; 53 Stat. 753; 43 U.S.C. 
1181f–1 et seq.). 
‘‘(11) FULL
FUNDING
AMOUNT.—The term ‘full funding 
amount’ means— 
‘‘(A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the amount that is equal to 90 percent of the full funding 
amount for the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(12) INCOME ADJUSTMENT.—The term ‘income adjustment’ 
means the square of the quotient obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(A) the per capita personal income for each eligible 
county; by
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‘‘(B) the median per capita personal income of all 
eligible counties. 
‘‘(13) PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME.—The term ‘per capita 
personal income’ means the most recent per capita personal 
income data, as determined by the Bureau of Economic Anal-
ysis. 
‘‘(14) SAFETY NET PAYMENTS.—The term ‘safety net pay-
ments’ means the special payment amounts paid to States 
and counties required by section 13982 or 13983 of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–66; 16 
U.S.C. 500 note; 43 U.S.C. 1181f note). 
‘‘(15) SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—The term ‘Secretary con-
cerned’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary of Agriculture or the designee of 
the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to the Federal 
land described in paragraph (7)(A); and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of the Interior or the designee of 
the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Federal 
land described in paragraph (7)(B). 
‘‘(16) STATE PAYMENT.—The term ‘State payment’ means 
the payment for an eligible State calculated under section 
101(a). 
‘‘(17) 25-PERCENT
PAYMENT.—The term ‘25-percent pay-
ment’ means the payment to States required by the sixth para-
graph under the heading of ‘FOREST SERVICE’ in the Act 
of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), and section 
13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500). 
‘‘TITLE 
I—SECURE 
PAYMENTS 
FOR 
STATES AND COUNTIES CONTAINING 
FEDERAL LAND 
‘‘SEC. 101. SECURE PAYMENTS FOR STATES CONTAINING FEDERAL 
LAND. 
‘‘(a) STATE PAYMENT.—For each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2011, the Secretary of Agriculture shall calculate for each eligible 
State an amount equal to the sum of the products obtained by 
multiplying— 
‘‘(1) the adjusted share for each eligible county within the 
eligible State; by 
‘‘(2) the full funding amount for the fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) COUNTY PAYMENT.—For each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2011, the Secretary of the Interior shall calculate for each eligible 
county that received a 50-percent payment during the eligibility 
period an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying— 
‘‘(1) the 50-percent adjusted share for the eligible county; 
by 
‘‘(2) the full funding amount for the fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 102. PAYMENTS TO STATES AND COUNTIES. 
‘‘(a) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—Except as provided in section 103, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to— 
‘‘(1) a State or territory of the United States an amount 
equal to the sum of the amounts elected under subsection 
(b) by each county within the State or territory for—
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‘‘(A) if the county is eligible for the 25-percent payment, 
the share of the 25-percent payment; or 
‘‘(B) the share of the State payment of the eligible 
county; and 
‘‘(2) a county an amount equal to the amount elected under 
subsection (b) by each county for— 
‘‘(A) if the county is eligible for the 50-percent payment, 
the 50-percent payment; or 
‘‘(B) the county payment for the eligible county. 
‘‘(b) ELECTION TO RECEIVE PAYMENT AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) ELECTION; SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The election to receive a share of 
the State payment, the county payment, a share of the 
State payment and the county payment, a share of the 
25-percent payment, the 50-percent payment, or a share 
of the 25-percent payment and the 50-percent payment, 
as applicable, shall be made at the discretion of each 
affected county by August 1, 2008 (or as soon thereafter 
as the Secretary concerned determines is practicable), and 
August 1 of each second fiscal year thereafter, in accordance 
with paragraph (2), and transmitted to the Secretary con-
cerned by the Governor of each eligible State. 
‘‘(B) FAILURE
TO
TRANSMIT.—If an election for an 
affected county is not transmitted to the Secretary con-
cerned by the date specified under subparagraph (A), the 
affected county shall be considered to have elected to 
receive a share of the State payment, the county payment, 
or a share of the State payment and the county payment, 
as applicable. 
‘‘(2) DURATION OF ELECTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A county election to receive a share 
of the 25-percent payment or 50-percent payment, as 
applicable, shall be effective for 2 fiscal years. 
‘‘(B) FULL
FUNDING
AMOUNT.—If a county elects to 
receive a share of the State payment or the county pay-
ment, the election shall be effective for all subsequent 
fiscal years through fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(3) SOURCE OF PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—The payment to an 
eligible State or eligible county under this section for a fiscal 
year shall be derived from— 
‘‘(A) any amounts that are appropriated to carry out 
this Act; 
‘‘(B) any revenues, fees, penalties, or miscellaneous 
receipts, exclusive of deposits to any relevant trust fund, 
special account, or permanent operating funds, received 
by the Federal Government from activities by the Bureau 
of Land Management or the Forest Service on the 
applicable Federal land; and 
‘‘(C) to the extent of any shortfall, out of any amounts 
in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated. 
‘‘(c) DISTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE OF PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DISTRIBUTION METHOD.—A State that receives a pay-
ment under subsection (a) for Federal land described in section 
3(7)(A) shall distribute the appropriate payment amount among 
the appropriate counties in the State in accordance with— 
‘‘(A) the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500); and
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‘‘(B) section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 
963; 16 U.S.C. 500). 
‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE
PURPOSES.—Subject to subsection (d), 
payments received by a State under subsection (a) and distrib-
uted to counties in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be 
expended as required by the laws referred to in paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(d) EXPENDITURE RULES FOR ELIGIBLE COUNTIES.— 
‘‘(1) ALLOCATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) USE OF PORTION IN SAME MANNER AS 25-PERCENT 
PAYMENT OR 50-PERCENT PAYMENT, AS APPLICABLE.—Except 
as provided in paragraph (3)(B), if an eligible county elects 
to receive its share of the State payment or the county 
payment, not less than 80 percent, but not more than 
85 percent, of the funds shall be expended in the same 
manner in which the 25-percent payments or 50-percent 
payment, as applicable, are required to be expended. 
‘‘(B) ELECTION AS TO USE OF BALANCE.—Except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (C), an eligible county shall elect 
to do 1 or more of the following with the balance of any 
funds not expended pursuant to subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(i) Reserve any portion of the balance for projects 
in accordance with title II. 
‘‘(ii) Reserve not more than 7 percent of the total 
share for the eligible county of the State payment 
or the county payment for projects in accordance with 
title III. 
‘‘(iii) Return the portion of the balance not reserved 
under clauses (i) and (ii) to the Treasury of the United 
States. 
‘‘(C) COUNTIES WITH MODEST DISTRIBUTIONS.—In the 
case of each eligible county to which more than $100,000, 
but less than $350,000, is distributed for any fiscal year 
pursuant to either or both of paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) 
of subsection (a), the eligible county, with respect to the 
balance of any funds not expended pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) for that fiscal year, shall— 
‘‘(i) reserve any portion of the balance for— 
‘‘(I) carrying out projects under title II; 
‘‘(II) carrying out projects under title III; or 
‘‘(III) a combination of the purposes described 
in subclauses (I) and (II); or 
‘‘(ii) return the portion of the balance not reserved 
under clause (i) to the Treasury of the United States. 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds reserved by an eligible county 
under subparagraph (B)(i) or (C)(i) of paragraph (1) for 
carrying out projects under title II shall be deposited in 
a special account in the Treasury of the United States. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited under subpara-
graph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) be available for expenditure by the Secretary 
concerned, without further appropriation; and 
‘‘(ii) remain available until expended in accordance 
with title II. 
‘‘(3) ELECTION.— 
‘‘(A) NOTIFICATION.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible county shall notify 
the Secretary concerned of an election by the eligible 
county under this subsection not later than September 
30, 2008 (or as soon thereafter as the Secretary con-
cerned determines is practicable), and each September 
30 thereafter for each succeeding fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) FAILURE
TO
ELECT.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), if the eligible county fails to make 
an election by the date specified in clause (i), the 
eligible county shall— 
‘‘(I) be considered to have elected to expend 
85 percent of the funds in accordance with para-
graph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(II) return the balance to the Treasury of 
the United States. 
‘‘(B) COUNTIES WITH MINOR DISTRIBUTIONS.—In the case 
of each eligible county to which less than $100,000 is 
distributed for any fiscal year pursuant to either or both 
of paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of subsection (a), the eligible 
county may elect to expend all the funds in the same 
manner in which the 25-percent payments or 50-percent 
payments, as applicable, are required to be expended. 
‘‘(e) TIME FOR PAYMENT.—The payments required under this 
section for a fiscal year shall be made as soon as practicable 
after the end of that fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 103. TRANSITION PAYMENTS TO STATES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADJUSTED
AMOUNT.—The term ‘adjusted amount’ 
means, with respect to a covered State— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 2008, 90 percent of— 
‘‘(i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 
2006 under section 102(a)(2) (as in effect on September 
29, 2006) for the eligible counties in the covered State 
that have elected under section 102(b) to receive a 
share of the State payment for fiscal year 2008; and 
‘‘(ii) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 
2006 under section 103(a)(2) (as in effect on September 
29, 2006) for the eligible counties in the State of Oregon 
that have elected under section 102(b) to receive the 
county payment for fiscal year 2008; 
‘‘(B) for fiscal year 2009, 81 percent of— 
‘‘(i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 
2006 under section 102(a)(2) (as in effect on September 
29, 2006) for the eligible counties in the covered State 
that have elected under section 102(b) to receive a 
share of the State payment for fiscal year 2009; and 
‘‘(ii) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 
2006 under section 103(a)(2) (as in effect on September 
29, 2006) for the eligible counties in the State of Oregon 
that have elected under section 102(b) to receive the 
county payment for fiscal year 2009; and 
‘‘(C) for fiscal year 2010, 73 percent of— 
‘‘(i) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 
2006 under section 102(a)(2) (as in effect on September 
29, 2006) for the eligible counties in the covered State
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that have elected under section 102(b) to receive a 
share of the State payment for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(ii) the sum of the amounts paid for fiscal year 
2006 under section 103(a)(2) (as in effect on September 
29, 2006) for the eligible counties in the State of Oregon 
that have elected under section 102(b) to receive the 
county payment for fiscal year 2010. 
‘‘(2) COVERED STATE.—The term ‘covered State’ means each 
of the States of California, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 
South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington. 
‘‘(b) TRANSITION PAYMENTS.—For each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2010, in lieu of the payment amounts that otherwise would 
have been made under paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of section 
102(a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the adjusted amount 
to each covered State and the eligible counties within the covered 
State, as applicable. 
‘‘(c) DISTRIBUTION OF ADJUSTED AMOUNT.—Except as provided 
in subsection (d), it is the intent of Congress that the method 
of distributing the payments under subsection (b) among the coun-
ties in the covered States for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2010 be in the same proportion that the payments were distributed 
to the eligible counties in fiscal year 2006. 
‘‘(d) DISTRIBUTION OF PAYMENTS IN CALIFORNIA.—The following 
payments shall be distributed among the eligible counties in the 
State of California in the same proportion that payments under 
section 102(a)(2) (as in effect on September 29, 2006) were distrib-
uted to the eligible counties for fiscal year 2006: 
‘‘(1) Payments to the State of California under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(2) The shares of the eligible counties of the State payment 
for California under section 102 for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—For purposes of this Act, any 
payment made under subsection (b) shall be considered to be a 
payment made under section 102(a). 
‘‘TITLE II—SPECIAL PROJECTS ON 
FEDERAL LAND 
‘‘SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) 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. 
‘‘(2) PROJECT FUNDS.—The term ‘project funds’ means all 
funds an eligible county elects under section 102(d) to reserve 
for expenditure in accordance with this title. 
‘‘(3) RESOURCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘resource 
advisory committee’ means— 
‘‘(A) an advisory committee established by the Sec-
retary concerned under section 205; or 
‘‘(B) an advisory committee determined by the Sec-
retary concerned to meet the requirements of section 205. 
‘‘(4) RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The term ‘resource 
management plan’ means—
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‘‘(A) a land use plan prepared by the Bureau of Land 
Management for units of the Federal land described in 
section 3(7)(B) pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712); or 
‘‘(B) a land and resource management plan prepared 
by the Forest Service for units of the National Forest 
System pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 
1604). 
‘‘SEC. 202. GENERAL LIMITATION ON USE OF PROJECT FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Project funds shall be expended solely on 
projects that meet the requirements of this title. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED USES.—Project funds may be used by the 
Secretary concerned for the purpose of entering into and imple-
menting cooperative agreements with willing Federal agencies, 
State and local governments, private and nonprofit entities, and 
landowners for protection, restoration, and enhancement of fish 
and wildlife habitat, and other resource objectives consistent with 
the purposes of this Act on Federal land and on non-Federal land 
where projects would benefit the resources on Federal land. 
‘‘SEC. 203. SUBMISSION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS. 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF PROJECT PROPOSALS TO SECRETARY CON-
CERNED.— 
‘‘(1) PROJECTS FUNDED USING PROJECT FUNDS.—Not later 
than September 30 for fiscal year 2008 (or as soon thereafter 
as the Secretary concerned determines is practicable), and each 
September 30 thereafter for each succeeding fiscal year through 
fiscal year 2011, each resource advisory committee shall submit 
to the Secretary concerned a description of any projects that 
the resource advisory committee proposes the Secretary under-
take using any project funds reserved by eligible counties in 
the area in which the resource advisory committee has 
geographic jurisdiction. 
‘‘(2) PROJECTS FUNDED USING OTHER FUNDS.—A resource 
advisory committee may submit to the Secretary concerned 
a description of any projects that the committee proposes the 
Secretary undertake using funds from State or local govern-
ments, or from the private sector, other than project funds 
and funds appropriated and otherwise available to do similar 
work. 
‘‘(3) JOINT PROJECTS.—Participating counties or other per-
sons may propose to pool project funds or other funds, described 
in paragraph (2), and jointly propose a project or group of 
projects to a resource advisory committee established under 
section 205. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS.—In submitting pro-
posed projects to the Secretary concerned under subsection (a), 
a resource advisory committee shall include in the description of 
each proposed project the following information: 
‘‘(1) The purpose of the project and a description of how 
the project will meet the purposes of this title. 
‘‘(2) The anticipated duration of the project. 
‘‘(3) The anticipated cost of the project. 
‘‘(4) The proposed source of funding for the project, whether 
project funds or other funds.