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GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND
RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $92,000, to
remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund estab-
lished pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year
shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to exceed 110 passenger
motor vehicles of which 15 will be used primarily for law enforce-
ment purposes and of which 109 shall be for replacement; acquisi-
tion of 25 passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire
of such vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed three for replacement only, and acquisition of
sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain the operable
fleet at 213 aircraft for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs
and other Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provi-
sions 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).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall be
obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move or close any
regional office for National Forest System administration of the
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture without the consent of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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 if and only if all previously
appropriated emergency contingent funds under the heading
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have been released by the President
and apportioned.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment and the Foreign Agricultural Service in connection with forest
and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in
foreign countries, and shall be available to support forestry and
related natural resource activities outside the United States and
its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States and inter-
national organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under
this Act 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) or 7 U.S.C. 147b unless the proposed transfer is
approved in advance by the House and Senate Committees on
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Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in House Report No. 105–163.
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 proce-
dures contained in House Report No. 105–163.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be transferred
to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture
without the approval of the Chief of the Forest Service.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to
conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high priority
projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by
the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is available
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses.
To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the
Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of
the funds available in this Act shall be used for preparation of
timber sales using clearcutting or other forms of even-aged manage-
ment in hardwood stands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101–
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $2,250,000
may be advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial assistance
to the National Forest Foundation, without regard to when the
Foundation incurs expenses, for administrative expenses or projects
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made avail-
able to the Foundation, no more than $400,000 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 on at least one-for-one basis funds
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further, That the
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non-Federal recipient
for a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained
the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That hereafter,
the National Forest Foundation may hold Federal funds made avail-
able but not immediately disbursed and may use any interest
or other investment income earned (before, on, or after the date
of the enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to carry out the
purposes of Public Law 101–593: Provided further, That such invest-
ments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the
United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal
and interest by the United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, $2,650,000
of the funds available to the Forest Service shall be available
for matching funds to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701–3709, and may be advanced in
a lump sum as Federal financial assistance, without regard to
when expenses are incurred, for projects on or benefitting National
Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: Pro-
vided, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match on
at least one-for-one basis funds advanced by the Forest Service:
Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds
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to a 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 for sustainable rural development purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of the
funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the ‘‘National Forest
System’’ and ‘‘Reconstruction and Construction’’ accounts and
planned to be allocated to activities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’
program for projects on National Forest land in the State of Wash-
ington may be granted directly to the Washington State Department
of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of planned projects. Twenty
percent of said funds shall be retained by the Forest Service for
planning 
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and
prioritization shall be accomplished by the Forest Service with
such consultation with the State of Washington as the Forest
Service deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National
Scenic Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), and section
16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–663.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements as appropriate with the Pin-
chot Institute for Conservation, as well as with public and other
private agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals, to pro-
vide for the development, administration, maintenance, or restora-
tion of land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey
Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, subject to
such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture may
prescribe, any such public or private agency, organization, institu-
tion, or individual may solicit, accept, and administer private gifts
of money and real or personal property for the benefit of, or in
connection with, the activities and services at the Grey Towers
National Historic Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may
be accepted notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts business
with the Department of Agriculture in any capacity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available,
as determined by the Secretary, for payments to Del Norte County,
California, pursuant to sections 13(e) and 14 of the Smith River
National Recreation Area Act (Public Law 101–612).
For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund
as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134, the direct
grants provided from the Fund shall be considered direct payments
for purposes of all applicable law except that these direct grants
may not be used for lobbying activities: Provided, That a total
of $22,000,000 is hereby appropriated and shall be deposited into
the Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund established pursuant
to Public Law 104–134, as amended, without further appropriation
or fiscal year limitation of which $10,000,000 shall be distributed
in fiscal year 2000, $7,000,000 shall be distributed in fiscal year
2001, and $5,000,000 shall be distributed in fiscal year 2002. The
Secretary of Agriculture shall allocate the funds to local commu-
nities suffering economic hardship because of mill closures and
economic dislocation in the timber industry to employ unemployed
timber workers and for related community redevelopment projects
as follows:
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(1) in fiscal year 2000, $4,000,000 for the Ketchikan Gate-
way Borough, $2,000,000 for the City of Petersburg, $2,000,000
for the City and Borough of Sitka, and $2,000,000 for the
Metlakatla Indian Community;
(2) in fiscal year 2001, $3,000,000 for the Ketchikan Gate-
way Borough, $1,000,000 for the City of Petersburg, $1,500,000
for the City and Borough of Sitka, and $1,500,000 for the
Metlakatla Indian Community; and
(3) in fiscal year 2002, $3,000,000 for the Ketchikan Gate-
way Borough, $500,000 for the City and Borough of Sitka,
and $1,500,000 for the Metlakatla Indian Community.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations
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 non-litigation related mat-
ters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and
the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums
previously transferred and the requested funding transfers.
No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be detailed
or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any
other agency or office of the department for more than 30 days
unless the individual’s employing agency or office is fully
reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and
expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
The Forest Service shall fund overhead, national commitments,
indirect expenses, and any other category for use of funds which
are expended at any units, that are not directly related to the
accomplishment of specific work on-the-ground (referred to as
‘‘indirect expenditures’’), from funds available to the Forest Service,
unless otherwise prohibited by law: Provided, That the Forest
Service shall implement and adhere to the definitions of indirect
expenditures established pursuant to Public Law 105–277 on a
nationwide basis without flexibility for modification by any
organizational level except the Washington Office, and when
changed by the Washington Office, such changes in definition shall
be reported in budget requests submitted by the Forest Service:
Provided further, That the Forest Service shall provide in all future
budget justifications, planned indirect expenditures in accordance
with the definitions, summarized and displayed to the Regional,
Station, Area, and detached unit office level. The justification shall
display the estimated source and amount of indirect expenditures,
by expanded budget line item, of funds in the agency’s annual
budget justification. The display shall include appropriated funds
and the Knutson-Vandenberg, Brush Disposal, Cooperative Work-
Other, and Salvage Sale funds. Changes between estimated and
actual indirect expenditures shall be reported in subsequent budget
justifications: Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000 the
Secretary shall limit total annual indirect obligations from the
Brush Disposal, Cooperative Work-Other, Knutson-Vandenberg,
Reforestation, Salvage Sale, and Roads and Trails funds to 20
percent of the total obligations from each fund.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service
may be used for necessary expenses in the event of law enforcement
emergencies as necessary to protect natural resources and public