[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[S. 2560 Referred in House (RFH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2560


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 29, 1994

Referred jointly to the Committees on Agriculture and Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To allow the collection and payment of funds following the completion 
     of cooperative work involving the protection, management, and 
   improvement of the National Forest System, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COOPERATIVE WORK FOR PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND IMPROVEMENT 
              OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM.

    The penultimate paragraph of the matter under the heading ``FOREST 
SERVICE.'' of the first section of the Act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat. 
430, chapter 131; 16 U.S.C. 498), is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, management,'' after ``the 
        protection'';
            (2) by striking ``national forests,'' and inserting 
        ``National Forest System,'';
            (3) by inserting ``management,'' after ``protection,'' both 
        places it appears; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new sentences: 
        ``Payment for work undertaken pursuant to this paragraph may be 
        made from any appropriation of the Forest Service that is 
        available for similar work if a written agreement so provides 
        and reimbursement will be provided by a cooperator in the same 
        fiscal year as the expenditure by the Forest Service. A 
        reimbursement received from a cooperator that covers the 
        proportionate share of the cooperator of the cost of the work 
        shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation of the 
        Forest Service from which the payment was initially made or, if 
        the appropriation is no longer available, to the credit of an 
        appropriation of the Forest Service that is available for 
        similar work. The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 
        written rules that establish criteria to be used to determine 
        whether the acceptance of contributions of money under this 
        paragraph would adversely affect the ability of an officer or 
        employee of the United States Department of Agriculture to 
        carry out a duty or program of the officer or employee in a 
        fair and objective manner or would compromise, or appear to 
        compromise, the integrity of the program, officer, or employee. 
        The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish written rules that 
        protect the interests of the Forest Service in cooperative work 
        agreements.''.

            Passed the Senate October 8 (legislative day, September 
      12), 1994.

            Attest:

                                                MARTHA S. POPE,

                                                             Secretary.