I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2588 
To reauthorize and expand authorities used by the Forest Service and the 
Bureau of Land Management for hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, 
forest restoration, and watershed restoration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 28, 2013 
Mr. DUFFY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize and expand authorities used by the Forest 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management for haz-
ardous fuels reduction, forest health, forest restoration, 
and watershed restoration, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fulfilling Our Respon-
sibility for Efficient and Sustainable Timber Supply Act 
of 2013’’ or the ‘‘FORESTS Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. STEWARDSHIP END RESULT CONTRACTING AU-
THORITY. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of 
section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in sec-
tion 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 
U.S.C. 2104 note), as most recently amended by section 
323 of Public Law 108–7 (117 Stat. 275), is amended 
by striking ‘‘Until September 30, 2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘Until September 30, 2023’’. 
(b) CONTRACT DURATION AND TERMS.—Subsection 
(c) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘10 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘20 years’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘However, when the timber 
sale component of a Forest Service agreement or 
contracts under subsection (a) exceeds the resource 
component of agreement or contract, the timber sale 
contract authority applies to the timber sale.’’. 
(c) CANCELLATION OR TERMINATION COSTS.—Sub-
section (c) of such section is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) 
CANCELLATION
OR
TERMINATION 
COSTS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 3903 of title 41, United States Code, the 
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of 
the Interior are not required to obligate funds 
to cover the cost of cancelling or terminating a 
multiyear stewardship contract or agreement 
until such contract or agreement is cancelled or 
terminated. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING
SOURCES.—The costs of 
cancelling or terminating of a multiyear stew-
ardship contract or agreement may be paid 
from— 
‘‘(i) appropriations originally made 
available for the performance of the con-
tract or agreement; 
‘‘(ii) appropriations currently available 
for procurement of the type of service con-
cerned, and not otherwise obligated; or 
‘‘(iii) funds appropriated for payments 
for that performance or procurement. 
‘‘(C) ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT VIOLATIONS.— 
In a case in which payment or obligation of 
funds under this paragraph would constitute a 
violation of section 1341 of title 31, United 
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