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(f) TIMBER SALES.—Subsections (d) and (g) of sec-
tion 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 contract entered into 
under subsection (b). 
(g) RETENTION OF NEPA RESPONSIBILITIES.—Any 
decision required to be made under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with 
respect to any restoration, management, or protection 
services to be provided under this section by a State for-
ester on National Forest System land or Bureau of Land 
Management land, as applicable, shall not be delegated to 
a State forester or any other officer or employee of the 
eligible State. 
(h) 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 authorities of the Forest Service or Bureau 
of Land Management, as applicable. 
SEC. 
504. 
STEWARDSHIP 
END 
RESULT 
CONTRACTING 
PROJECT AUTHORITY. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Effective October 
1, 2014, section 347(a) of the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as con-
tained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–
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277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2013’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(b) DURATION OF CONTRACTS.—Section 347(c)(2) of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of 
division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 
years’’. 
(c) CANCELLATION CEILING.—Section 347(c) of the 
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of divi-
sion A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) CANCELLATION CEILING.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Chief of the For-
est Service and the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management may obligate funds to cover 
any potential cancellation or termination costs 
for an agreement or contract under subsection 
(a) in stages that are economically or program-
matically viable.
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‘‘(B) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 30 days before entering into a multiyear 
agreement or contract under subsection (a) that 
includes a cancellation ceiling in excess of 
$25,000,000, but does not include proposed 
funding for the costs of cancelling the agree-
ment or contract up to the cancellation ceiling 
established in the agreement or contract, the 
Chief or the Director, as the case may be, shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives a written notice that includes— 
‘‘(i) the cancellation ceiling amounts 
proposed for each program year in the 
agreement or contract and the reasons for 
such cancellation ceiling amounts; 
‘‘(ii) the extent to which the costs of 
contract cancellation are not included in 
the budget for the agreement or contract; 
and 
‘‘(iii) an assessment of the financial 
risk of not including budgeting for the 
costs of agreement or contract cancellation.
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‘‘(C) NOTICE TO OMB.—At least 14 days 
before the date on which the Chief or Director 
enters into an agreement or contract under sub-
section (a), the Chief or Director shall transmit 
to the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget a copy of any written notice sub-
mitted under subparagraph (B) with regard to 
such agreement or contract.’’. 
(d) FIRE LIABILITY.—Section 347(c) of the Depart-
ment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of division A 
of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph (4), as added by subsection 
(c) of this section, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) FIRE
LIABILITY
PROVISIONS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, the Chief of the Forest Service and the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall 
issue, for use in all contracts and agreements under 
subsection (a), fire liability provisions that are in 
substantially the same form as the fire liability pro-
visions contained in— 
‘‘(A) integrated resource timber contracts, 
as described in the Forest Service contract 
numbered 2400–13, part H, section H.4; and
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‘‘(B) timber sale contracts conducted pur-
suant to section 14 of the National Forest 
Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a).’’. 
SEC. 505. CLARIFICATION OF NATIONAL FOREST MANAGE-
MENT ACT OF 1976 AUTHORITY. 
Section 14(g) of the National Forest Management 
Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(g)) is amended by striking 
‘‘Designation, marking when necessary,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Designation, including marking when necessary, or des-
ignation by description or by prescription,’’. 
SEC. 506. TREATMENT AS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING. 
None of the funds made available to a beneficiary 
county (as defined in section 102(2)) or other political 
subdivision of a State under this Act shall be used in lieu 
of or to otherwise offset State funding sources for local 
schools, facilities, or educational purposes. 
SEC. 507. EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN FOREST PROJECTS AND 
ACTIVITIES FROM APPEALS REFORM ACT 
AND OTHER REVIEW. 
Section 322 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 
102–381; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note) and section 428 of Divi-
sion E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 
(Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 1046; 16 U.S.C. 6515 
note) shall not apply to any project or activity imple-