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and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accord-
ance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided,
That unobligated balances under this heading available at the
start of fiscal year 2005 shall be displayed by budget line item
in the fiscal year 2006 budget justification: Provided further, That,
through fiscal year 2009, the Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of such sums as necessary to the Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, prepara-
tion, and adoption 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: Provided further, That
of the funds provided under this heading for Forest Products,
$5,000,000 shall be allocated to the Alaska Region, in addition
to its normal allocation for the purposes of preparing additional
timber for sale, to establish a 3-year timber supply and such funds
may be transferred to other appropriations accounts as necessary
to maximize accomplishment: Provided further, That within funds
available for the purpose of implementing the Valles Caldera
Preservation Act, notwithstanding the limitations of section
107(e)(2) of the Valles Caldera Preservation Act (Public Law 106–
248), for fiscal year 2005, the Chair of the Board of Trustees
of the Valles Caldera Trust may receive, upon request, compensation
for each day (including travel time) that the Chair is engaged
in the performance of the functions of the Board, except that com-
pensation shall not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate
in effect for members of the Senior Executive Service at the ES–
1 level, and shall be in addition to any reimbursement for travel,
subsistence and other necessary expenses incurred by the Chair
in the performance of the Chair’s duties.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities
on National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression
on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection
agreement, hazardous fuels reduction on or adjacent to such lands,
and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest
System lands and water, $1,727,008,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such funds including unobligated balances
under this heading, are available for repayment of advances from
other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That such funds shall be available to
reimburse State and other cooperating entities for services provided
in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the
extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emer-
gencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency management
agency: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of any
unobligated balances remaining (exclusive of amounts for hazardous
fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal year 2004 shall be transferred,
as repayment for past advances that have not been repaid, to
the fund established pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71–
319 (16 U.S.C. 576 et seq.): Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, $8,000,000 of funds appropriated under
this appropriation shall be used for Fire Science Research in support
of the Joint Fire Science Program: Provided further, That all
authorities for the use of funds, including the use of contracts,
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest
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and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the
utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research: Provided fur-
ther, That funds provided shall be available for emergency
rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous fuels reduction activities
in the urban-wildland interface, support to Federal emergency
response, and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service:
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $266,238,000 is for
hazardous fuels reduction activities, $13,000,000 is for rehabilita-
tion and restoration, $22,025,000 is for research activities and to
make competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $40,745,000 is for State fire assistance,
$8,000,000 is for volunteer fire assistance, $15,000,000 is for forest
health activities on Federal lands and $10,000,000 is for forest
health activities on State and private lands: Provided further, That
amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the ‘‘State and
Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and
Rangeland Research’’ accounts to fund State fire assistance, volun-
teer fire assistance, forest health management, forest and rangeland
research, vegetation and watershed management, heritage site
rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and res-
toration: Provided further, That transfers of any amounts in excess
of those authorized in this paragraph, shall require approval of
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance
with reprogramming procedures contained in House Report 108–
330: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any coopera-
tive agreement between the Federal Government and any non-
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected
parties: Provided further, That in addition to funds provided for
State Fire Assistance programs, and subject to all authorities avail-
able to the Forest Service under the State and Private Forestry
Appropriations, up to $15,000,000 may be used on adjacent non-
Federal lands for the purpose of protecting communities when
hazard reduction activities are planned on national forest lands
that have the potential to place such communities at risk: Provided
further, That included in funding for hazardous fuel reduction is
$5,000,000 for implementing the Community Forest Restoration
Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, and any portion of such funds
shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with
authorities available to the Forest Service under the State and
Private Forestry Appropriation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize
the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire management,
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000, between the
Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite
jointly funded wildland fire management programs and projects:
Provided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous fuels
reduction, not to exceed $5,000,000, may be used to make grants,
using any authorities available to the Forest Service under the
State and Private Forestry appropriation, for the purpose of creating
incentives for increased use of biomass from national forest lands.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise
provided for, $521,952,000, to remain available until expended for
construction, reconstruction, maintenance and acquisition of
buildings and other facilities, and for construction, reconstruction,
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repair, decommissioning, and maintenance of forest roads and trails
by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and
23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That up to $15,000,000 of the
funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be available for
the decommissioning of roads, including unauthorized roads not
part of the transportation system, which are no longer needed:
Provided further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission
any system road until notice and an opportunity for public comment
has been provided on each decommissioning project: Provided fur-
ther, That subject to all the authorities available to the Forest
Service under the State and Private Forestry appropriation, up
to $1,000,000 may be used on non-Federal lands adjacent to the
Chugach National Forest for the purpose of expanding recreational
opportunities.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C.
460l–4 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for
acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance
with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service,
$61,866,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund and to remain available until expended.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe
National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia,
and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law,
$1,069,000, to be derived from forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant
to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December
4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until
expended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior
fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in
National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section
401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available
until expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range
rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.