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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. 460l–516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; 
Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 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), 
$2,582,000, 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, $2,103,737,000, 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 
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
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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, $350,285,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, $11,600,000 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.), 
$71,250,000 is for State fire assistance, $9,000,000 is for volunteer 
fire assistance, $20,752,000 is for forest health activities on Federal 
lands and $11,428,000 is for forest health activities on State and 
private lands: Provided further, That no less than $75,000,000 
in prior-year wildfire suppression balances shall be made available 
in addition to amounts provided in this Act for that purpose: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels reduc-
tion, $10,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest 
Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration treatments 
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): 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 restoration: Provided further, That up 
to $15,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading for haz-
ardous fuels treatments may be transferred to and made a part 
of the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account at the sole discretion 
of the Chief 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 up to 
$15,000,000 of the funds provided herein may be used by the 
Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement contracts or 
cooperative agreements, or issue grants, for hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities and for training and monitoring associated with 
such hazardous fuels reduction activities, on Federal land, or on 
adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit resources on 
Federal land: Provided further, That funds made available to imple-
ment the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106– 
393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in 
accordance with authorities made available to the Forest Service 
under the State and Private Forestry Appropriation: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture may authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for 
wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
$50,000,000, 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
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Service under the State and Private Forestry appropriation, for 
the purpose of creating incentives for increased use of biomass 
from national forest lands: 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. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For deposit in the FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund 
created in title V, section 502(b) of this Act, $413,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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 from excess sources 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 replace-
ment 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) pur-
chase, 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 pursu-
ant 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 five days after the Secretary 
notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 
all fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund’’ shall be fully 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. 
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 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and coopera-
tion with United States and international organizations.
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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 107–107 (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 of the managers accompanying this Act. 
Not more than $78,350,000 of funds available to the Forest 
Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture and not more than $19,825,000 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. 
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to 
conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, of which $2,500,000 shall be 
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and $2,500,000 shall 
be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109–154. 
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, $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 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 Federal or 
a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the 
recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided 
further, That authorized investments of Federal funds held by the 
Foundation 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, $3,000,000 
of the funds available to the Forest Service shall 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.