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tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Pro-
vided further, That, in determining whether all wildfire 
suppression operations funds appropriated under the 
heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ in this and prior 
appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agri-
culture or the Department of the Interior will be obligated 
within 30 days pursuant to the preceding proviso, any 
funds transferred or permitted to be transferred pursuant 
to any other transfer authority provided by law shall be 
excluded. 
COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec-
tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–334), shall be deposited in the spe-
cial account established by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, 
shall be available to cover the costs described in subsection 
(c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall 
be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account. 
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 
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from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
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 
replacement 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) purchase, erection, and alteration of 
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); 
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant 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 col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Funds made available to the Forest Service in this 
Act may be transferred between accounts affected by the 
Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 
of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided, That any 
transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not in-
crease or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 
in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided fur-
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ther, That such transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided by law. 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s no-
tification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations that all fire suppression funds appropriated 
under the heading ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be 
obligated within 30 days: Provided, That all funds used 
pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a sup-
plemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 
the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 
transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 
fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 
fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-
cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 
this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 
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or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-
ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water: Pro-
vided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2029: Provided further, That none 
of the funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be available for obligation without written notification to 
and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the U.S. Department 
of State and other Federal agencies in connection with for-
est and rangeland research, technical information, and as-
sistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to sup-
port forestry and related natural resource activities out-
side the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and 
cooperation with the United States government, private 
sector, and international organizations: Provided, That the 
International Programs and Trade may utilize all authori-
ties related to forestry, research, and cooperative assist-
ance regardless of program designations. 
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, 
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preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice 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 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
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 Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges: Provided, That nothing in this 
paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 
agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to 
obtain information technology services, including tele-
communications and system modifications or enhance-
ments, from the Working Capital Fund of the Department 
of Agriculture. 
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