States Code (commonly known as the Anti-Defi-
ciency Act), the Secretary may— 
‘‘(i) seek a supplemental appropria-
tion; or 
‘‘(ii) request funds from the perma-
nent judgment appropriation established 
pursuant to section 1304 of such title.’’. 
(d) PAYMENTS
TO COUNTIES.—Subsection (d) of 
such section is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) PAYMENTS TO COUNTIES.—25 percent of 
timber sale receipts from a contract or agreement 
entered into under the authority of this section and 
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph 
shall be paid to the county within whose boundaries 
the receipts are derived. Payments to a county made 
under this paragraph shall be in addition to the 
amounts received under chapter 69 of title 31, 
United States Code (Payment in Lieu of Taxes; 31 
U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 3. FOREST SERVICE AND BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-
MENT GOOD-NEIGHBOR COOPERATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) ELIGIBLE
STATE.—The term ‘‘eligible 
State’’ means a State that contains National Forest 
System land or Bureau of Land Management land. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means— 
(A) land of the National Forest System (as 
defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act 
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a))); or 
(B) public lands (as defined in section 103 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)). 
(3) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, in the 
case of National Forest System land; and 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, in the 
case of public lands administered by the Sec-
retary of the Interior through the Bureau of 
Land Management. 
(4) STATE FORESTER.—The term ‘‘State For-
ester’’ means the head of a State agency with juris-
diction over State forestry programs in an eligible 
State. 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 
may enter into a cooperative agreement or contract 
(including a sole source contract) with a State For-
ester to authorize the State Forester to provide the 
forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, man-
agement, and protection services described in para-
graph (2) on Federal lands administered by the Sec-
retary concerned in the eligible State. 
(2) 
AUTHORIZED
SERVICES.—The 
forest, 
rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, 
and protection services referred to in paragraph (1) 
include the conduct of— 
(A) activities to treat insect infected for-
ests; 
(B) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; 
(C) activities involving commercial har-
vesting or other mechanical vegetative treat-
ments; or 
(D) any other activities determined by the 
Secretary concerned to be appropriate to re-
store or improve forest, rangeland, and water-
shed health, including fish and wildlife habitat. 
(3) STATE AS AGENT.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (6), a cooperative agreement or contract 
entered into under paragraph (1) may authorize the 
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State Forester to serve as the agent for the Sec-
retary concerned in providing the restoration, man-
agement, and protection services authorized under 
that paragraph. Even though the State Forester 
serves as the agent for the Secretary concerned, the 
employment laws otherwise applicable to the State, 
rather than the employment laws applicable to the 
Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management, 
shall control with regard to the cooperative agree-
ment or contract and any subcontract. 
(4) SUBCONTRACTS.—In accordance with appli-
cable contract procedures for the eligible State, a 
State Forester may enter into subcontracts to pro-
vide the restoration, management, and protection 
services authorized under a cooperative agreement or 
contract entered into under paragraph (1). 
(5) TIMBER SALES.—Subsections (d) and (g) of 
section 14 of the National Forest Management Act 
of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) shall not apply to services 
performed under a cooperative agreement or con-
tract entered into under paragraph (1). 
(6) RETENTION OF NEPA RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
Any decision required to be made under the Na-
tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) with respect to any restoration, man-
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agement, and protection services to be provided 
under this section by a State Forester on Federal 
land, shall not be delegated to a State Forester or 
any other officer or employee of the eligible State. 
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—The restoration, manage-
ment, and protection services to be provided under this 
section shall be carried out on a project-to-project basis 
under existing applicable authorities of the Forest Service 
and the Bureau of Land Management. 
(d) TERMINATION
OF EFFECTIVENESS.—The au-
thority of the Secretary concerned to enter into coopera-
tive agreements and contracts under this Act terminates 
on September 30, 2023. 
(e) DURATION OF CONTRACTS.—A cooperative agree-
ment or contract entered into under this Act shall not ex-
tend beyond 20 years. 
Æ 
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