(3) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO CONFIRM.—If the 
Secretary determines that either or both conditions 
specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 
(1) are not satisfied for confirmation of an Advisory 
Committee, the Secretary shall— 
(A) promptly notify the Governor of the af-
fected State and the Advisory Committee of the 
reasons preventing confirmation; and 
(B) make a new determination under para-
graph (2) within 60 days after receiving a new 
request from the Advisory Committee that ad-
dresses the reasons that previously prevented 
confirmation. 
(b) MANAGEMENT
RESPONSIBILITIES.—Upon as-
sumption of management of a community forest dem-
onstration area, the Advisory Committee for the commu-
nity forest demonstration area shall manage the land and 
resources of the community forest demonstration area and 
the occupancy and use thereof in conformity with this Act, 
and to the extent not in conflict with this Act, the laws 
and regulations applicable to management of State or pri-
vately owned forest lands in the State in which the com-
munity forest demonstration area is located. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL LAWS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The administration and 
management of a community forest demonstration 
area, including implementing actions, shall not be 
considered Federal action and shall be subject to the 
following only to the extent that such laws apply to 
the State or private administration and management 
of forest lands in the State in which the community 
forest demonstration area is located: 
(A) The Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 note). 
(B) The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.). 
(C) The Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
(D) Federal laws and regulations gov-
erning procurement by Federal agencies. 
(E) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
other Federal laws. 
(2) APPLICABILITY
OF
NATIVE
AMERICAN 
GRAVES
PROTECTION
AND
REPATRIATION
ACT.— 
Notwithstanding the assumption by an Advisory 
Committee of management of a community forest 
demonstration area, the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et 
seq.) shall continue to apply to the National Forest 
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System land included in the community forest dem-
onstration area. 
(d) CONSULTATION.— 
(1) WITH INDIAN TRIBES.—The Advisory Com-
mittee for a community forest demonstration area 
shall cooperate and consult with Indian tribes on 
management policies and practices for the commu-
nity forest demonstration area that may affect the 
Indian tribes. The Advisory Committee shall take 
into consideration the use of lands within the com-
munity forest demonstration area for religious and 
cultural uses by Native Americans. 
(2) WITH COLLABORATIVE GROUPS.—The Advi-
sory Committee for a community forest demonstra-
tion area shall consult with any applicable forest col-
laborative group. 
(e) RECREATION.—Nothing in this section shall af-
fect public use and recreation within a community forest 
demonstration area. 
(f) FIRE MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide fire presuppression, suppression, and rehabilitation 
services on and with respect to a community forest dem-
onstration area to the same extent generally authorized 
in other units of the National Forest System. 
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(g) PROHIBITION ON EXPORT.—As a condition on 
the sale of timber or other forest products from a commu-
nity forest demonstration area, unprocessed timber har-
vested from a community forest demonstration area may 
not be exported in accordance with subpart F of part 223 
of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 6. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM COMMUNITY FOR-
EST DEMONSTRATION AREA. 
(a) RETENTION OF FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT.—The 
Advisory Committee appointed for a community forest 
demonstration area may retain such sums as the Advisory 
Committee considers to be necessary from amounts gen-
erated from that community forest demonstration area to 
fund the management, administration, restoration, oper-
ation and maintenance, improvement, repair, and related 
expenses incurred with respect to the community forest 
demonstration area. 
(b) FUNDS TO COUNTIES OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL 
UNITS.—Subject to subsection (a) and section 8, the Advi-
sory Committee for a community forest demonstration 
area in a State shall distribute funds generated from that 
community forest demonstration area to each county or 
local governmental unit in the State in an amount propor-
tional to the funds received by the county or local govern-
mental unit under title I of the Secure Rural Schools and 
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Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 
7111 et seq.). 
SEC. 7. INITIAL FUNDING AUTHORITY. 
(a) FUNDING SOURCE.—Counties may use such sum 
as the counties consider to be necessary from the amounts 
made available to the counties under title I of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) to provide initial funding 
for the management of community forest demonstration 
areas. 
(b) NO RESTRICTION ON USE OF NON-FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—Nothing in this Act restricts the Advisory Com-
mittee of a community forest demonstration area from 
seeking non-Federal loans or other non-Federal funds for 
management of the community forest demonstration area. 
SEC. 8. PAYMENTS TO UNITED STATES TREASURY. 
(a) PAYMENT REQUIREMENT.—As soon as prac-
ticable after the end of the fiscal year in which a commu-
nity forest demonstration area is established and as soon 
as practicable after the end of each subsequent fiscal year, 
the Advisory Committee for a community forest dem-
onstration area shall make a payment to the United States 
Treasury. 
(b) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The payment for a fiscal 
year under subsection (a) with respect to a community for-
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est demonstration area shall be equal to 75 percent of the 
quotient obtained by dividing— 
(1) the number obtained by multiplying the 
number of acres of land in the community forest 
demonstration area by the average annual receipts 
generated over the preceding 10-fiscal year period 
from the unit or units of the National Forest Sys-
tem containing that community forest demonstration 
area; by 
(2) the total acres of National Forest System 
land in that unit or units of the National Forest 
System. 
SEC. 9. TERMINATION OF COMMUNITY FOREST DEM-
ONSTRATION AREA. 
(a) TERMINATION AUTHORITY.—Subject to approval 
by the Governor of the State, the Advisory Committee for 
a community forest demonstration area may terminate the 
community forest demonstration area by a unanimous 
vote. 
(b) EFFECT OF TERMINATION.—Upon termination of 
a community forest demonstration area, the Secretary 
shall immediately resume management of the National 
Forest System land that had been included in the commu-
nity forest demonstration area, and the Advisory Com-
mittee shall be dissolved. 
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(c) TREATMENT OF UNDISTRIBUTED FUNDS.—Any 
revenues from the terminated area that remain undistrib-
uted under section 6 more than 30 days after the date 
of termination shall be deposited in the general fund of 
the Treasury for use by the Forest Service in such 
amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriation 
Acts. 
Æ 
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