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TITLE 
V—REAUTHORIZATION 
AND AMENDMENT OF EXIST-
ING 
AUTHORITIES 
AND 
OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS AND 
COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION ACT OF 
2000 PENDING FULL OPERATION OF FOREST 
RESERVE REVENUE AREAS. 
(a) BENEFICIARY COUNTIES.—During the month of 
February 2015, the Secretary of Agriculture shall dis-
tribute to each beneficiary county (as defined in section 
102(2)) a payment equal to the amount distributed to the 
beneficiary county for fiscal year 2010 under section 
102(c)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(c)(1)). 
(b) COUNTIES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT 
COUNTY PAYMENTS.— 
(1) TOTAL
AMOUNT
AVAILABLE
FOR
PAY-
MENTS.—During the month of February 2015, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall distribute to all coun-
ties that received a payment for fiscal year 2010 
under subsection (a)(2) of section 102 of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) payments in a total 
amount equal to the difference between—
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(A) the total amount distributed to all 
such counties for fiscal year 2010 under sub-
section (c)(1) of such section; and 
(B) $27,000,000. 
(2) COUNTY SHARE.—From the total amount 
determined under paragraph (1), each county de-
scribed in such paragraph shall receive, during the 
month of February 2015, an amount that bears the 
same proportion to the total amount made available 
under such paragraph as that county’s payment for 
fiscal year 2010 under subsection (c)(1) of section 
102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112) 
bears to the total amount distributed to all such 
counties for fiscal year 2010 under such subsection. 
(c) EFFECT ON 25-PERCENT AND 50-PERCENT PAY-
MENTS.—A county that receives a payment made under 
subsection (a) or (b) may not receive a 25-percent pay-
ment or 50-percent payment (as those terms are defined 
in section 3 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7102)) for fis-
cal year 2015.
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SEC. 502. RESTORING ORIGINAL CALCULATION METHOD 
FOR 25-PERCENT PAYMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT OF ACT OF MAY 23, 1908.—The 
sixth paragraph under the heading ‘‘FOREST SERV-
ICE’’ in the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500) is 
amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the annual average of 25 per-
cent of all amounts received for the applicable fiscal 
year and each of the preceding 6 fiscal years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘25 percent of all amounts received for the 
applicable fiscal year’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘said reserve’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘the national forest’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘forest reserve’’ both places it 
appears and inserting ‘‘national forest’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO WEEKS LAW.— 
Section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known 
as the Weeks Law; 16 U.S.C. 500) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ‘‘the annual average of 25 percent 
of all amounts received for the applicable fiscal year and 
each of the preceding 6 fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘25 
percent of all amounts received for the applicable fiscal 
year’’.
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SEC. 503. FOREST SERVICE AND BUREAU OF LAND MAN-
AGEMENT GOOD-NEIGHBOR COOPERATION 
WITH STATES TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISKS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
STATE.—The term ‘‘eligible 
State’’ means a State that contains National Forest 
System land or land under the jurisdiction of the 
Bureau of Land Management. 
(2) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
(A) the Secretary of Agriculture, with re-
spect to National Forest System land; or 
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with re-
spect to land under the jurisdiction of the Bu-
reau of Land Management. 
(3) 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 
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may enter into a coopera-
tive agreement or contract (including a sole source con-
tract) with a State forester to authorize the State forester 
to provide the forest, rangeland, and watershed restora-
tion, management, and protection services described in 
subsection (c) on National Forest System land or land
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under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, as applicable, in the eligible State. 
(c) AUTHORIZED SERVICES.—The forest, rangeland, 
and watershed restoration, management, and protection 
services referred to in subsection (b) include the conduct 
of— 
(1) activities to treat insect infected forests; 
(2) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; 
(3) activities involving commercial harvesting or 
other mechanical vegetative treatments; or 
(4) any other activities to restore or improve 
forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including 
fish and wildlife habitat. 
(d) STATE AS AGENT.—Except as provided in sub-
section (g), a cooperative agreement or contract entered 
into under subsection (b) may authorize the State forester 
to serve as the agent for the Secretary in providing the 
restoration, management, and protection services author-
ized under subsection (b). 
(e) SUBCONTRACTS.—In accordance with applicable 
contract procedures for the eligible State, a State forester 
may enter into subcontracts to provide the restoration, 
management, and protection services authorized under a 
cooperative agreement or contract entered into under sub-
section (b).