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to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 
4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended (16 
U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public Law 76–589, 
76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 
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, 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, protec-
tion, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND 
RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund estab-
lished pursuant to the above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 
lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (Public Law 96–487), 
$2,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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 management on or adjacent to such 
lands, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest 
System lands and water, and for State and volunteer fire assistance, 
$2,386,329,000, 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 purposes: 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 reimburse-
ments by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully 
repaid by the responsible emergency management agency: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$6,914,000 of funds appropriated under this appropriation shall 
be available for the Forest Service in support of fire science research 
authorized by the Joint Fire Science Program, including all Forest 
Service authorities for the use of funds, such as contracts, grants, 
research joint venture agreements, and cooperative agreements: 
Provided further, That all authorities for the use of funds, including 
the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements, available 
to execute the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are
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also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science 
Research: Provided further, That funds provided shall be available 
for emergency rehabilitation and restoration, hazardous fuels 
management activities, support to Federal emergency response, and 
wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service: Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds provided, $375,000,000 is for hazardous 
fuels management activities, $19,795,000 is for research activities 
and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the Forest 
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 
et seq.), $78,000,000 is for State fire assistance, and $13,000,000 
is for volunteer fire assistance under section 10 of the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, 
That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to the ‘‘National 
Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’ accounts 
to fund forest and rangeland research, the Joint Fire Science Pro-
gram, vegetation and watershed management, heritage site 
rehabilitation, and wildlife and fish habitat management and res-
toration: Provided further, That the costs of implementing any 
cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any 
non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the 
affected parties: Provided further, That up to $15,000,000 of the 
funds provided herein may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 
to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agreements or 
to issue grants for hazardous fuels management activities and 
for training or monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels 
management activities on Federal land or on non-Federal land 
if the Secretary determines such activities benefit resources on 
Federal land: Provided further, That funds made available to imple-
ment the Community Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106– 
393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in 
accordance with authorities made available to the Forest Service 
under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriation: Provided 
further, That the Secretary 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 
$50,000,000, between the Departments when such transfers would 
facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and 
projects: Provided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous 
fuels management, not to exceed $15,000,000 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 System lands: Provided further, That funds designated for 
wildfire suppression, including funds transferred from the ‘‘FLAME 
Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’, shall be assessed for cost 
pools on the same basis as such assessments are calculated against 
other agency programs: Provided further, That of the funds for 
hazardous fuels management, up to $24,000,000 may be transferred 
to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support the Integrated Resource 
Restoration pilot program.
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FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations 
of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve fund for suppres-
sion and Federal emergency response activities, $823,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts 
are only available for transfer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
account following a declaration by the Secretary in accordance 
with section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and 
hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 
acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in 
Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) 
services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and 
alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 
2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant 
to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers 
in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 
558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 
31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service 
may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation 
for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or 
damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire prepared-
ness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notifica-
tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that 
all fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression 
Reserve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 days: Provided, That 
all funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished 
by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as 
promptly as possible. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for assistance to or through the Agency for International Develop-
ment in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 
information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be avail-
able to support forestry and related natural resource activities 
outside the United States and its territories and possessions, 
including technical assistance, education and training, and coopera-
tion with U.S., private, and international organizations. The Forest 
Service, acting for the International Program, may sign direct 
funding agreements with foreign governments and institutions as 
well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, the Department of State, and the
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Millennium Challenge Corporation), U.S. private sector firms, 
institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance and 
training programs overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adop-
tion 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. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in 
this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall 
be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of 
the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), 
section 442 of Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 
10417(b) of Public Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re-
programming procedures contained in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest 
Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the 
Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds 
available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, com-
monly referred to as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph 
shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested 
by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Depart-
ment of Agriculture’s National Information Technology Center and 
the Department of Agriculture’s International Technology Service. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the 
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, Public Law 103–82, as amended 
by Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, 
Public Law 109–154. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen-
tation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 
593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 
may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation 
to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest 
Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs 
expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of 
the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no more than 
$300,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided 
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period 
of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match on 
at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Fed-
eral funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project 
at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal 
matching funds.