3.0.0 2676 2023-01-13T04:48:35Z 2023-01-13T04:48:35Z Senate S S 2006-04-27 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-04-27T22:52:08Z Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2005 109 3818 HR 2005-12-06 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-325, Part I. Related bill CRS 2006-04-27 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2006-04-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3716) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2006-04-27 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Arts, Culture, Religion Biological diversity Collection of accounts Commerce Concessions Disasters Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Emergency Management Environmental Protection Equipment and supplies Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fishes Government Operations and Politics Government publications Government publicity Government trust funds Habitat conservation Indian lands Intergovernmental fiscal relations Minorities National forests Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Photography Public-private partnerships Restoration ecology Social Welfare Tourism Volunteer workers Water Resources Development Watersheds Wildlife conservation Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2006-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-06-15T21:04:05Z Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture, in connection with the administration of Forest Service activities on and near National Forest System (NFS) lands, to enter into agreements with cooperators for the mutual benefit of parties to the agreement for specified activities, including for: (1) developing, conducting, producing, or selling education and interpretive materials, products, programs, and services; (2) constructing, maintaining, and operating facilities; (3) selling health and safety convenience products and photography supplies; (4) collecting funds from the sale of materials, products, programs, and services; (5) activities to restore and maintain ecological integrity and biodiversity of NFS lands; (6) watershed restoration and enhancement activities on NFS lands, or on other lands that benefit resources on NFS land within the same watershed for protecting, restoring, and enhancing resources or reducing risk from natural disaster where public safety is threatened; and (7) such other cooperative activities as the Secretary considers to be appropriate.

Amends the National Forest Foundation Act to: (1) double the number of members who shall serve on the Board of Directors of the National Forest Foundation; (2) extend to October 1, 2006, the provision of matching funds for administrative and project expenses incurred by the Foundation; and (3) extend for the five-year period beginning on October 1, 2006, the authorization of appropriations for the Foundation to match private contributions made to it.

]]> Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2006 Display Title Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into partnership agreements with entities and local communities to encourage greater cooperation in the administration of Forest Service activities on the near National Forest System land, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2676is/xml/BILLS-109s2676is.xml 2006-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.