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priations, in writing, of specific contractual and grant de-
tails including the non-Federal cost share. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 
$1,445,659,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), 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 accordance with section 4 of the Act 
(16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated bal-
ances under this heading available at the start of fiscal 
year 2007 shall be displayed by budget line item in the 
fiscal year 2008 budget justification. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 re-
duction on or adjacent to such lands, and for emergency 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System 
lands and water, $1,810,566,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such funds including unobli-
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gated balances under this heading, are available for repay-
ment of advances from other appropriations accounts pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: 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 extent 
such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire 
emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency 
management agency: Provided further, That not less than 
50 percent of any unobligated balances remaining (exclu-
sive of amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at the end 
of fiscal years 2006 and 2007 shall be transferred to the 
fund established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71– 
319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.) if necessary to reimburse the 
fund for unpaid past advances: 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 cooperative agreements, available to execute the For-
est and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also avail-
able in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Re-
search: Provided further, That funds provided shall be 
available for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, 
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hazardous fuels reduction activities in the urban-wildland 
interface, support to Federal emergency response, and 
wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $296,792,000 
is for hazardous fuels reduction activities, $5,000,000 is 
for rehabilitation and restoration, $22,800,000 is for re-
search activities and to make competitive research grants 
pursuant to the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Research Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1641 et 
seq.), 
$43,000,000 
is 
for 
State 
fire 
assistance, 
$12,810,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, $14,800,000 
is for forest health activities on Federal lands and 
$10,000,000 is for forest health activities on State and 
private lands: Provided further, That amounts in this para-
graph may be transferred to the ‘‘State and Private For-
estry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and 
Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund State fire assist-
ance, volunteer fire assistance, forest health management, 
forest and rangeland research, vegetation and watershed 
management, heritage site rehabilitation, and wildlife and 
fish habitat management and restoration: Provided fur-
ther, That transfers of any amounts in excess of those au-
thorized in this paragraph, shall require approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in com-
pliance with reprogramming procedures contained in the 
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report accompanying this Act: 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 au-
thorities 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 pur-
pose of protecting communities when hazard reduction ac-
tivities are planned on national forest lands that have the 
potential to place such communities at risk: Provided fur-
ther, That included in funding for hazardous fuel reduc-
tion is $5,000,000 for implementing the Community For-
est Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, and 
any portion of such funds 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 man-
agement, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$9,000,000, between the Departments when such trans-
fers would facilitate and expedite jointly funded wildland 
fire management programs and projects: Provided further, 
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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 
the State and Private Forestry appropriation, for the pur-
pose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 
from national forest lands: Provided further, That funds 
designated for wildfire suppression shall be assessed for 
indirect costs on the same basis as such assessments are 
calculated against other agency programs. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $411,025,000, to remain available 
until expended for construction, reconstruction, mainte-
nance, and acquisition of, buildings and other facilities, 
and for construction, reconstruction, repair, decommis-
sioning, 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 up to $15,000,000 
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 
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