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Union Calendar No. 146 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4489 
[Report No. 117–204] 
To amend the Act of June 20, 1958, to require that certain amounts collected 
by the United States with respect to lands under the administration 
of the Forest Service be invested into interest bearing obligations, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2021 
Ms. SCHRIER (for herself, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. NEGUSE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ag-
riculture 
DECEMBER 7, 2021 
Additional sponsor: Mr. COSTA 
DECEMBER 7, 2021 
Reported from the Committee on Agriculture; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Act of June 20, 1958, to require that certain 
amounts collected by the United States with respect to 
lands under the administration of the Forest Service 
be invested into interest bearing obligations, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Forest Res-
toration and Remediation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INVESTMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS INTO INTEREST 
BEARING OBLIGATIONS. 
Section 7 of the Act of June 20, 1958 (16 U.S.C. 
579c), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of any improvement, protec-
tion, or rehabilitation’’ and inserting ‘‘of any assess-
ment, improvement, protection, restoration, or reha-
bilitation’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Provided, That’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting: 
‘‘Provided, That any monies covered into the Treas-
ury under this section, including all monies that 
were previously collected by the United States in a 
forfeiture, judgment, compromise, or settlement, 
shall be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in 
interest bearing obligations of the United States to 
the extent the amounts are not, in the judgment of 
the Secretary of the Treasury, required to meet cur-
rent withdrawals: Provided further, That any interest 
earned on the amounts, including any interest 
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earned by investment, is hereby appropriated and 
made available until expended to cover the costs to 
the United States specified in this section: Provided 
further, That, for fiscal year 2021 and thereafter, 
the Secretary shall include in the budget materials 
submitted to Congress in support of the President’s 
annual budget request (submitted to Congress pur-
suant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code) for each fiscal year the proposed use of such 
amounts with respect to the Forest Service: Provided 
further, That any portion of the monies received or 
earned under this section in excess of the amount 
expended in performing the work necessitated by the 
action which led to their receipt may be used to 
cover the other work specified in this section.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 146 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4489 
[Report No. 117–204] 
A BILL 
To amend the Act of June 20, 1958, to require 
that certain amounts collected by the United 
States with respect to lands under the adminis-
tration of the Forest Service be invested into in-
terest bearing obligations, and for other pur-
poses. 
DECEMBER 7, 2021 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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