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COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section 
8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 
115–334), shall be deposited in the special account established 
by section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be available to cover the 
costs described in subsection (c)(3) of such section of such Act, 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ 
account. 
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). 
Funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act may 
be transferred between accounts affected by the Forest Service 
budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division D of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–
94): Provided, That any transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph 
shall not increase or decrease the funds appropriated to any account 
in this fiscal year by more than ten percent: Provided further, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law. 
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 of Agri-
culture’s notification of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations 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
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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: Provided, That such transferred funds shall remain available 
through September 30, 2029: Provided further, That none of the 
funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall be available 
for obligation without written notification to and the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the U.S. Department of State and 
other Federal agencies 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, education and 
training, and cooperation with United States government, private 
sector, and international organizations: Provided, That amounts 
made available for International Programs and Trade may utilize 
all authorities related to forestry, research, and cooperative assist-
ance regardless of program designations. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
to enter into a cooperative agreement with the section 509(a)(3) 
Supporting Organization, ‘‘Forest Service International Foundation’’ 
to assist the Foundation in meeting administrative, project, and 
other expenses, and may provide the Foundation’s use of Forest 
Service personnel and facilities. 
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)). 
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: Provided, That nothing 
in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable 
agreements requested by the Forest Service in order to obtain 
information technology services, including telecommunications and 
system modifications or enhancements, from the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the
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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 
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. 
Any amounts made available to the Forest Service in this 
fiscal year, including available collections, may be used by the 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 
Service, to enter into Federal financial assistance grants and 
cooperative agreements to support forest or grassland collaboratives 
in the accomplishment of activities benefitting both the public and 
the National Forest System, Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal 
lands. Eligible activities are those that will improve or enhance 
Federal investments, resources, or lands, including for collaborative 
and collaboration-based activities, including but not limited to facili-
tation, planning, and implementing projects, technical assistance, 
administrative functions, operational support, participant costs, and 
other capacity support needs, as identified by the Forest Service. 
Eligible recipients are Indian tribal entities (defined at 25 U.S.C. 
5304(e)), state government, local governments, private and nonprofit 
entities, for-profit organizations, and educational institutions. The 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest 
Service, may enter into such cooperative agreements notwith-
standing chapter 63 of title 31 when the Secretary determines 
that the public interest will be benefited and that there exists 
a mutual interest other than monetary considerations. Transactions 
subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations shall be 
publicly advertised and require competition when required by such 
Title 2. For those transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code
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of Federal Regulations, the agency may require public advertising 
and competition when deemed appropriate. The term ‘‘forest and 
grassland collaboratives’’ means groups of individuals or entities 
with diverse interests participating in a cooperative process to 
share knowledge, ideas, and resources about the protection, restora-
tion, or enhancement of natural and other resources on Federal 
and adjacent non-Federal lands, the improvement or maintenance 
of public access to Federal lands, or the reduction of risk to such 
lands caused by natural disasters. 
The 19th unnumbered paragraph under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
trative Provisions, Forest Service’’ in title III of Public Law 109–
54 is amended in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘and future Acts’’ 
after ‘‘funds available to the Forest Service in this Act’’ and by 
striking ‘‘prior to the date of enactment of this Act’’. 
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: Provided, That 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. 
The Forest Service may employ or contract with an individual 
who is enrolled in a training program at a longstanding Civilian 
Conservation Center (as defined in section 147(d) of the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular 
rates of pay for necessary hours of work on National Forest System 
lands. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
to pay, from a single account, the base salary and expenses of 
employees who carry out functions funded by other accounts for 
Enterprise Program, Geospatial Technology and Applications 
Center, National Applications Liaison Office, Job Corps, and 
National Technology and Development Program.