SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) COVERED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘covered law enforcement agency’’ 
means— 
(A) the Forest Service Law Enforcement 
and Investigations unit; and 
(B) the Bureau of Land Management Of-
fice of Law Enforcement. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means— 
(A) any land and interest in land owned by 
the United States within a State and included 
within the National Forest System, including 
the National Grasslands; and 
(B) the public lands (as defined in section 
103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702(e)). 
(3) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to Federal land described in subpara-
graph (A) of paragraph (2); and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to Federal land described in subpara-
graph (B) of paragraph (2). 
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(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico. 
(5) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 
‘‘unit of local government’’ means— 
(A) any city, county, township, town, bor-
ough, parish, village, or other general purpose 
political subdivision of a State; or 
(B) an Indian tribe which performs law en-
forcement or emergency response functions as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF FOREST SERVICE AND BUREAU 
OF LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCY LAW EN-
FORCEMENT AGENCIES AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT FUNCTIONS. 
(a) FOREST SERVICE.—Not later than September 30, 
2017, the Secretary of Agriculture shall terminate the 
Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations unit 
and cease using employees of the Forest Service to per-
form law enforcement functions on Federal land. 
(b) DEPARTMENT
OF
THE INTERIOR.—Not later 
than September 30, 2017, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall terminate the Bureau of Land Management Office 
of Law Enforcement and cease using employees of the De-
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partment of the Interior to perform law enforcement func-
tions on Federal land. 
(c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—Beginning with fiscal year 2018 and each 
fiscal year thereafter, no amounts are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary concerned for a covered law 
enforcement agency or for Federal law enforcement func-
tions on Federal land. 
(d) NO EFFECT ON AUTHORITY TO CARRY FIRE-
ARMS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the 
authority of the Secretary concerned to authorize an em-
ployee of the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Man-
agement to carry a firearm for protection while in the 
field. 
SEC. 4. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF 
FEDERAL LAW ON FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) GRANTS REQUIRED; PURPOSE.—For fiscal year 
2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall make a grant to each State for the purpose 
of permitting the State, directly or through subgrants with 
units of local government in that State, to maintain law 
and order on Federal land, protect individuals and prop-
erty on Federal land, and enforce Federal law. Grant 
funds shall be used only to carry out law enforcement 
functions on Federal land. 
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(b) DETERMINATION OF GRANT AMOUNT.— 
(1) GRANT FORMULA.—A State shall receive a 
grant under subsection (a) for a fiscal year in an 
amount equal to the product of— 
(A) the percentage determined under para-
graph (2) for that State; and 
(B) the total amount appropriated to the 
Secretary of the Interior for that fiscal year 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
in subsection (d). 
(2) STATE PERCENTAGE.—The percentage for a 
State for purposes of paragraph (1) for a fiscal year 
shall be equal to the sum of the following: 
(A) Thirty percent of the percentage deter-
mined by comparing the total acreage of Fed-
eral land in that State at the end of the pre-
ceding fiscal year and the total acreage of Fed-
eral land in all States at the end of the pre-
ceding fiscal year. 
(B) Seventy percent of the percentage de-
termined by comparing the total number of em-
ployees of the covered law enforcement agencies 
assigned to that State as of September 30, 
2016, and the total number of all employees of 
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the covered law enforcement agencies as of that 
date. 
(c) REPORT ON EXPENDITURES.—A State or unit of 
local government receiving a grant or subgrant under this 
section shall submit to the Secretary of the Interior an 
annual report— 
(1) certifying that the grant funds were used 
only for the Federal land law enforcement functions 
specified in subsection (a); 
(2) accounting for all expenditures incurred by 
the State or unit of local government in connection 
with performing such law enforcement functions on 
Federal land; and 
(3) indicating whether grant funds were suffi-
cient or insufficient to cover such expenditures. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—On ac-
count of the reduced costs to be incurred by the Secretary 
concerned as a result of the termination of the covered 
law enforcement agencies, for fiscal year 2018 and each 
fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary of the Interior to make grants 
under this section— 
(1) an amount equal to seven percent of the 
Forest Service budget for fiscal year 2016; 
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(2) an amount equal to five percent of the Bu-
reau of Land Management budget for fiscal year 
2016; and 
(3) such additional amounts as the Secretary 
concerned considers to be necessary for law enforce-
ment functions on Federal land for a fiscal year, to 
be included in the materials submitted to Congress 
by the Secretary concerned in support of the budget 
of the President for that fiscal year under section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. STATE AND LOCAL AGREEMENTS FOR LAW EN-
FORCEMENT FUNCTIONS ON FEDERAL LAND. 
(a) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—As a condition of a 
grant or subgrant under section 4, the State or unit of 
local government receiving the grant or subgrant and the 
Secretary concerned shall enter into an agreement, con-
sistent with this section, to address the maintenance of 
law and order and the protection of individuals and prop-
erty on Federal land. 
(b) POWERS AND DUTIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 
PERSONNEL.—The agreement under subsection (a) be-
tween a State or unit of local government receiving a grant 
or subgrant and the Secretary concerned shall authorize 
designated law enforcement officers of the State or unit 
of local government— 
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jurisdiction over the offense committed or with the 
concurrence of the other agency. 
(c) INDEMNIFY AND SAVE HARMLESS.—The Sec-
retary concerned shall waive, in any agreement under sub-
section (a) with a State or unit of local government, all 
civil claims against the State or unit of local government 
and, subject to available appropriations, indemnify and 
save harmless the State or unit of local government from 
all claims by third parties for property damage or personal 
injury, that may arise out of law enforcement functions 
performed under the agreement. 
(d) LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL NOT DEEMED 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, a law enforcement officer of 
a State or unit of local government performing law 
enforcement functions pursuant to an agreement 
under subsection (a) shall not be deemed a Federal 
employee and shall not be subject to the provisions 
of law relating to Federal employment, including 
those relating to hours of work, rates of compensa-
tion, leave, unemployment compensation, and Fed-
eral benefits. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—A law enforcement officer of 
a State or unit of local government performing law 
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enforcement functions pursuant to an agreement 
under subsection (a) is deemed to be— 
(A) a Federal employee for purposes of 
sections 1346(b) and 2401(b) and chapter 171 
of title 28, United States Code; and 
(B) a civil service employee of the United 
States within the meaning of the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’ as defined in section 8101 of title 5, 
United States Code, for purposes of subchapter 
I of chapter 81 of such title, relating to com-
pensation to Federal employees for work inju-
ries, and the provisions of subchapter I of chap-
ter 81 of such title shall apply. 
(e) FEDERAL INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION
AND 
STATE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JURISDICTION NOT PRE-
EMPTED.—This section shall not be construed or ap-
plied— 
(1) to limit or restrict the investigative jurisdic-
tion of any Federal law enforcement agency other 
than a covered law enforcement agency; and 
(2) to affect any right of a State or unit of local 
government to exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction 
on Federal land. 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) FOREST SERVICE.—Section 15003 of the 
National Forest System Drug Control Act of 1986 
(16 U.S.C. 559c) is repealed. 
(2) BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.—Section 
303(c)(2) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(c)(2)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘may authorize Federal personnel or’’ 
and inserting ‘‘shall authorize’’. 
Æ 
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