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‘‘(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). 
‘‘(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.
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‘‘SEC. 207. AVAILABILITY OF PROJECT FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED PROJECTS TO OBLI-
GATE FUNDS.—By September 30, 2008 (or as soon there-
after as the Secretary concerned determines is practicable), 
and each September 30 thereafter for each succeeding fiscal 
year through fiscal year 2011, a resource advisory com-
mittee 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 partici-
pating 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 
available for use as part of the project submissions in the 
next fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) EFFECT OF COURT ORDERS.—
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‘‘(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 
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
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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); 
‘‘(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 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. 
‘‘(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary concerned shall review 
the certifications submitted under subsection (a) as the Sec-
retary concerned determines to be appropriate.