I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2601 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 20, 2011 Mr. Luján (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To provide permanent authority for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for National Forest System lands and the public lands that meet local and rural community needs.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2011.

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Permanent stewardship end result contracting authority

Section 347(a) of the Department 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), as most recently amended by section 323 of Public Law 108–7 (117 Stat. 275), is amended by striking Until September 30, 2013, the and inserting Hereafter, the.