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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, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, 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), $45,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2022, to be derived from 
the fund established 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 (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), 
$2,500,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities 
on National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire 
suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under 
fire protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of 
burned-over 
National 
Forest 
System 
lands 
and 
water, 
$3,004,986,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022: 
Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances under 
this heading, are available for repayment of advances from other 
appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated in a 
previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: 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 reimburse-
ments by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully 
repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: Provided 
further, That funds provided shall be available for support to Fed-
eral emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of imple-
menting any cooperative agreement between the Federal Govern-
ment and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually 
agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, That funds 
designated for wildfire suppression, shall be assessed for cost pools 
on the same basis as such assessments are calculated against 
other agency programs.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and 
hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 
acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in 
Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) 
services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and 
alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 
2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant 
to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers 
in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 
558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 
31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation 
for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or 
damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire prepared-
ness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notifica-
tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 
all fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, That 
all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest 
Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for wildland fire management, hazardous fuels 
management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would 
facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and 
projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest 
Service may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds 
appropriated to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the 
National Forest System Account, or reprogram funds to be used 
for the purposes of hazardous fuels management and urgent 
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and 
water, such transferred funds shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That none of the funds transferred 
pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation without 
written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 
That this section does not apply to funds derived from the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be avail-
able to support forestry and related natural resource activities
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outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and coopera-
tion with U.S., private, and international organizations. The Forest 
Service, acting for the International Program, may sign direct 
funding agreements with foreign governments and institutions as 
well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, the Department of State, and the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector firms, 
institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance and 
training programs overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adop-
tion of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System 
lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate 
the boundaries of such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 
this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall 
be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of 
the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 
section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 
10417(b) of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the joint explanatory state-
ment accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest 
Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds 
available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, com-
monly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph 
shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center and 
the Department of Agriculture’s International Technology Service. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the 
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 
may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation 
to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 
Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 
expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of 
the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 
$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match funds 
made available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one
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basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal 
funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at 
the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal 
matching funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up to 
$3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump 
sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when 
expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such 
funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 
rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) 
of Public Law 99–663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used 
to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of 
performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance 
and decommissioning. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropria-
tions or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 
may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), 
Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred 
as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, 
land purchase negotiations and similar matters unrelated to civil 
litigation. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service 
and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the sums requested for transfer. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 
under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 
et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered 
to be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, through the 
Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the Forest Service shall 
report no later than 30 business days following the close of each 
fiscal quarter all current and prior year unobligated balances, by 
fiscal year, budget line item and account, to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.