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by law; and of which $49,445,000 is to be derived from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utiliza-
tion of the National Forest System, $1,514,805,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall include 50 percent of all moneys 
received during prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accord-
ance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided, 
That of the unobligated balances in this account, $5,000,000 are 
rescinded. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $495,393,000, to remain available until expended, 
for construction, capital improvement, maintenance and acquisition 
of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and for construc-
tion, capital improvement, decommissioning, and maintenance of 
forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 
16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That 
$50,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed road decommis-
sioning, road and trail repair and maintenance and associated 
activities, and removal of fish passage barriers, especially in areas 
where Forest Service roads may be contributing to water quality 
problems in streams and water bodies which support threatened, 
endangered or sensitive species or community water sources: Pro-
vided further, That up to $40,000,000 of the funds provided herein 
for road maintenance shall be available for the decommissioning 
of roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the transportation 
system, which are no longer needed: Provided further, That no 
funds shall be expended to decommission any system road until 
notice and an opportunity for public comment has been provided 
on each decommissioning project: Provided further, That the 
decommissioning of unauthorized roads not part of the official 
transportation system shall be expedited in response to threats 
to public safety, water quality, or natural resources: Provided fur-
ther, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2009 under the 
Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the 
General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer 
or obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are appro-
priated. 
LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance 
with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, 
$49,775,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended.
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ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS 
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe 
National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, 
and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, 
$1,050,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES 
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant 
to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 
4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until 
expended. (16 U.S.C. 4601–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; 
Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and 78–310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior 
fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in 
National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 
401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available 
until expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range 
rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND 
RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $50,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund estab-
lished pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 
lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96–487), 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities 
on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression 
on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection 
agreement, hazardous fuels reduction on or adjacent to such lands, 
and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest 
System lands and water, $2,131,630,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances 
under this heading, are available for repayment of advances from 
other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That such funds shall be available to 
reimburse State and other cooperating entities for services provided 
in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the
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extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emer-
gencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency management 
agency: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, $8,000,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation 
shall be used for Fire Science Research in support of the Joint 
Fire Science Program: Provided further, That all authorities for 
the use of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coopera-
tive agreements, available to execute the Forest and Rangeland 
Research appropriation, are also available in the utilization of these 
funds for Fire Science Research: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided shall be available for emergency rehabilitation and restora-
tion, hazardous fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland 
interface, support to Federal emergency response, and wildfire 
suppression activities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided, $328,086,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, $11,500,000 is for rehabilitation and restoration, 
$23,917,000 is for research activities and to make competitive 
research grants pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 
Resources Research Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), 
$55,000,000 is for State fire assistance, $9,000,000 is for volunteer 
fire assistance, $17,252,000 is for forest health activities on Federal 
lands and $9,928,000 is for forest health activities on State and 
private lands: Provided further, That amounts in this paragraph 
may be transferred to the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National 
Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts 
to fund State fire assistance, volunteer fire assistance, forest health 
management, forest and rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science 
Program, vegetation and watershed management, heritage site 
rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and res-
toration: Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this heading for hazardous fuels treatments may 
be transferred to and made a part of the ‘‘National Forest System’’ 
account at the sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service 
30 days after notifying the House and the Senate Committees 
on Appropriations: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and 
any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on 
by the affected parties: Provided further, That in addition to funds 
provided for State Fire Assistance programs, and subject to all 
authorities available to the Forest Service under the State and 
Private Forestry Appropriation, up to $15,000,000 may be used 
on adjacent non-Federal lands for the purpose of protecting commu-
nities when hazard reduction activities are planned on national 
forest lands that have the potential to place such communities 
at risk: Provided further, That funds made available to implement 
the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title 
VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance 
with authorities available to the Forest Service under the State 
and Private Forestry Appropriation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may 
authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000, 
between the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite jointly funded wildland fire management programs and 
projects: Provided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous 
fuels reduction, not to exceed $5,000,000, may be used to make 
grants, using any authorities available to the Forest Service under