1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of
2012
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Title I—COUNTY, SCHOOLS, AND REVENUE TRUST FOR
FEDERAL FOREST LAND
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. County, Schools, and Revenue
Trust.
Sec. 103. Opt out option.
Sec. 104. Determination of annual revenue
requirement and minimum sale level.
Sec. 105. County, Schools, and Revenue Trust
Projects.
Sec. 106. Distribution of amounts from trust
projects.
Sec. 107. Payments to beneficiary counties from
County, Schools, and Revenue Trust.
Sec. 108. Initial payments pending
implementation of trust projects.
Title II—PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES
AMENDMENTS
Sec. 201. Extension.
Sec. 202. Inclusion in definition of payment
law.
Sec. 203. Congressional notification and
publication of information.
Title III—FOREST SERVICE RECREATION RESIDENCE
PROGRAM
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Sec. 302. Cabin user fees.
Sec. 303. Cabin transfer fees.
Sec. 304. Right of appeal and judicial
review.
Sec. 305. Effect.
Sec. 306. Regulations.
<enum>I</enum><header>COUNTY, SCHOOLS, AND
REVENUE TRUST FOR FEDERAL FOREST LAND</header>
<section id="HE123A5403BF549D3BFA3CE70564560EC"><enum>101.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HE7D41C945E7F42FC8A5B9F6828FBCB6B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual revenue
requirement</header><text>The term <quote>annual revenue requirement</quote>,
with respect to a unit of the National Forest System, means the amount equal to
60 percent of the average annual gross receipts derived from the unit during
the 20-year period beginning with fiscal year 1980, as determined under section
104.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA0A84D85C0874CB58DF07A7177C0F393"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Beneficiary
county</header>
<subparagraph id="HBF0ABC0893194EDBAC3D696440600CD8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>beneficiary county</quote> means a
political subdivision of a State that, on account of containing National Forest
System land, was eligible to receive payments through the State under title I
of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16
U.S.C. 7111 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DC110095AF040BAA46E1311C77431CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion of certain
counties</header><text>The term does not include a political subdivision of a
State that elects not to participate under section 103. A political subdivision
that opts out of participation may still receive payments as provided in the
sixth paragraph under the heading of <quote>FOREST SERVICE</quote> in the Act
of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500) and section 13 of the Act of
March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H18184B4BAAE841FC88F795E3A000B59B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Catastrophic
event</header><text>The term <quote>catastrophic event</quote> means an event
that the Secretary determines will cause or has caused severe damage to
National Forest System land, including severe fire, insect or disease
infestations, windthrow, or other extreme weather or natural disaster.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8FDE5942FE1C467296D41C092E88D185"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chargeable
volume</header>
<subparagraph id="HE997C02AEC854250905A3694BACB70E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <quote>chargeable volume</quote> means only the
volume of timber and other forest products that is counted toward meeting the
allowable sale quantity of a unit of National Forest System land based on the
regionally applicable utilization and merchantability standards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7CC016621B3435A89656275662FE4C1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The
term does not include post and pole sales and personal use firewood.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA833A56769884B72929DFE1B18D7D131"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Community wildfire
protection plan</header><text>The term <quote>community wildfire protection
plan</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 101 of the Healthy
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE44555BCC8324759ABD18D18C0C8B9A5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>County, schools, and
revenue trust project</header><text>The terms <quote>County, Schools, and
Revenue Trust Project</quote> and <quote>trust project</quote> mean a project
designated by the Secretary as a project to generate amounts to help meet the
annual revenue requirement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8546DB824B8D4956BEB3A0F08700E2D0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Federal
land</header><text>The term <quote>Federal land</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBDE1B51C568F49F5B607D174E35319F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>land within the National
Forest System; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8878E2F2D7A34452B2BB71CB95FF1DA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such portions of the
revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road
grant land as are or may hereafter come under the jurisdiction of the
Department of the Interior, which have heretofore or may hereafter be
classified as timberlands, and power-site land valuable for timber, that shall
be managed, except as provided in section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50
Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181c), for permanent forest production.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFC8F4AD372984E0CB00966F7F6C98E44"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Minimum sale
level</header><text>The term <quote>minimum sale level</quote>, for a unit of
the National Forest System for a fiscal year, means a quantity equal to 50
percent of the average annual chargeable timber volume (as measured in net
sawtimber volume) sold from the unit during the period beginning with fiscal
year 1980 through fiscal year 2000, as determined under section 104.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36258B845DB44DDDB6D1255C1E34E0F5"><enum>(9)</enum><header>National forest
system</header><text>The term <quote>National Forest System</quote> has the
meaning given that term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)), except that the term does
not include the National Grasslands and land utilization projects designated as
National Grasslands administered pursuant to the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C.
1010–1012).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93EB112785FC4451B256F2EB446DBB15"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Agriculture or the
designee of the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H900C70D91C35453990C5A0952AA60E56"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Secretary
concerned</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary concerned</quote>
means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4359663764B4F72B2558778CDEDD3C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of
Agriculture or the designee of the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to
National Forest System land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB33B16484FC40508E9408C5DC5E94A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of the
Interior or the designee of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the
Federal land described in paragraph (7)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H628686421F28485186244F6A1F1F4DB7"><enum>(12)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <quote>State</quote> includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4716C2B0F0C444FCB05E3455DD5B0966"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Trust</header><text>The
terms <quote>County, Schools, and Revenue Trust</quote> and
<quote>Trust</quote> mean the County, Schools, and Revenue Trust established in
the Treasury under section 102.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8900470E8FE4238864BCD7D048041AC"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Trustee</header><text>The
term <quote>Trustee</quote> means the Secretary, acting as the trustee of the
County, Schools, and Revenue Trust.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1CC8AA1FDB944EAFAEF700643F9D8837"><enum>102.</enum><header>County, Schools, and
Revenue Trust</header>
<subsection id="H1672D27AEA624536AA3FC2FAF6A8CD86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
trust</header><text>There is established in the Treasury a fund to be known as
the <quote>County, Schools, and Revenue Trust</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H95A73999B8F944638F158EB6DE2FF326"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Trust
purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Trust is to provide a dependable
source of revenue for each beneficiary county containing National Forest System
land.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA1F522223DCA41608E820E8071D0CF39"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fiduciary
responsibility</header><text>The Trustee has a fiduciary responsibility to
beneficiary counties to use County, Schools, and Revenue Trust Projects to
generate amounts sufficient to satisfy the annual revenue requirement
established for units of the National Forest System.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H29C4B54101664572BE7F1118042C7FB9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Trust assets</header>
<paragraph id="H3E91694F68FB4D96873A87609224842C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial
deposits</header><text>To allow the transition necessary to implement this
title, there is hereby appropriated to the Trust, out of amounts in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount equal to $875,000,000 to provide
payments under section 108 during fiscal years 2012 and 2013.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDA96A4F06EB49EE884A0EE3695E1FA8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Portion of receipts
from trust projects</header><text>There shall be credited to the Trust all
amounts required by section 106(a)(1) to be deposited in the Trust from County,
Schools, and Revenue Trust Projects.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1AAAAF1D507C4C63940535DE7382A191"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The
assets of the Trust shall not—</text>
<paragraph id="H4FE15D31768446B685BE5403EF9702E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be subject to garnishment
by, or otherwise paid to, a creditor of a beneficiary county;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DE625E5F8BA42608D8AAC577CDAC519"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be expended other than
for the purposes authorized in subsections (b) and (c) of section 107;
or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD253166165F4C7289D87A1017F0EAC1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be used in lieu of or to
otherwise offset State funding sources for local schools, facilities, or
educational purposes.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEA5D97798A27445AAB4331D5B9F1DCE3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal
year 2014), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report specifying the
deposits into, and distributions from, the Trust during the preceding fiscal
year.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7C36576DF268480086FFFF5E43AD4780"><enum>103.</enum><header>Opt out
option</header>
<subsection id="H4D08752BD1F74E308661A0E5CB93E67D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Election</header><text>A
political subdivision of a State that otherwise satisfies the definition of
beneficiary county may elect not to participate under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5CB25EA7B0C340D786F4E386B83D2D2B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Time and duration of
election</header><text>An election to opt out under subsection (a) is effective
for a single fiscal year and must be submitted to the Secretary before the
start of that fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA0FC8E4548D94CDEB6CC1B344C99714F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of
election</header>
<paragraph id="H1D800185DE6B49A282BD0B64BDE3DFED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No trust
projects</header><text>No County, Schools, and Revenue Trust Project may be
commenced on National Forest System land located in any political subdivision
that has opted out under subsection (a). Other activities on the National
Forest System land in the political subdivision may be carried out in
accordance with other laws applicable to the National Forest System
land.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA213F7043F3548138E91077668F0F272"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Completion of existing
projects</header><text>Trust projects underway before the effective date of the
opt out may be completed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA558E413C1B74C7FBAF3A277A0D4169E"><enum>104.</enum><header>Determination of
annual revenue requirement and minimum sale level</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall determine for each unit of the
National Forest System—</text>
<paragraph id="H8EB37913A2404ABEA843A28D265FB6C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the annual revenue
requirement for the unit; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3953FCF4B68F42DD95DA53BC9A2E65C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the minimum sale level
for the unit.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H11B6E5427D8845A3A4A94A1E055A82C6"><enum>105.</enum><header>County, Schools, and
Revenue Trust Projects</header>
<subsection id="HA6A3FD3EB68646919B9A4E3B0C983CF9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Need for
projects</header><text>Effective for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year
thereafter, the Secretary shall carry out County, Schools, and Revenue Trust
Projects in units of the National Forest System as necessary to achieve the
annual revenue requirement for the unit. The Secretary is authorized and
encouraged to commence the implementation of trust projects before fiscal year
2014 to begin generating amounts for deposit in the Trust to supplement the
funds made available under section 102(d)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF9C3774015FE4A0888C4B08CECEC13B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Designation of
projects</header>
<paragraph id="H6CF5107745AF49769181E9ED43104CBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the
Secretary may designate any project involving National Forest System land
(other than National Forest System land located in a political subdivision that
opted out under section 103) as a County, Schools, and Revenue Trust
Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H772EEEA52FA0473DBEA88CB98BE24E29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types of
projects</header><text>Trust projects may include a timber sale, issuance of a
grazing permit, issuance of a special use permit involving land use, mineral
development, power generation, or recreational use, and projects implementing a
community wildfire protection plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H168C06534A4E4E22A80DD245CF3B177F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion of certain
land from trust projects</header><text>A trust project shall not be designated
on National Forest System land—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B6AC43CB5134EBD962F6E8D0CDDF624"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is a component of
the National Wilderness Preservation System; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5215531E7DF4CC29CDE13C7E4164260"><enum>(B)</enum><text>on which the removal of
vegetation is specifically prohibited by Federal law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8964CCF03CD649AFA0A7767D656B5A08"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Maximum number of
designated projects</header><text>The maximum number of trust projects
designated by the Secretary for a unit of the National Forest System for a
fiscal year may not exceed the number of projects necessary to meet the annual
revenue requirement for the unit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H235572142A854F34ACCE5329F63F1B9B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Standards for trust
projects</header><text>A County, Schools, and Revenue Trust Project shall be
consistent with standards and guidelines contained in the land and resource
management plan or land use plan for the unit of the National Forest System in
which the project will occur, except that the Secretary may modify such
standards and guidelines for a specific trust project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42A84926692045829D9A951BDABFA223"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special authority To
respond to catastrophic events</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b)(4),
the Secretary may designate any project conducted in response to a catastrophic
event as a County, Schools, and Revenue Trust Project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE8FD8FB728714CAF94CA7D8E89F1FB82"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public review and
required environmental analysis</header>
<paragraph id="H6E0D038E42D04A60B48909A4D3A7293B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public notice and
comment</header>
<subparagraph id="H5B50F98299124F5A968A45ECA69B2893"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Proposed
project</header><text>The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register
notice of a proposed County, Schools, and Revenue Trust Project. The public may
submit to the Secretary specific written comments that relate to the trust
project within 30 days after the date of the publication of the notice.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18B78C836FA64541A9311C90C0BBC6AC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final
decision</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date on which notice
was published under subparagraph (A) with regard to a proposed County, Schools,
and Revenue Trust Project, and after taking into account any comments received
under such subparagraph, the Secretary shall designate the final trust project
and publish in the Federal Register notice of the final designated trust
project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC9A80702B75B4ADBA7E4F31653F42ED7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Objections</header><text>Only
persons who submitted comments regarding a proposed County, Schools, and
Revenue Trust Project under subparagraph (A) may submit to the Secretary
specific written objections that relate to the final designated trust project.
Any objections regarding the final trust project must be submitted within 30
days after the date of the publication of the notice under subparagraph
(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6BCC6353301043099031F976A2B95F72"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental report
requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H0EFFE31F239A4EE98830F208D0973069"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under subparagraph (C), the Secretary
shall prepare an environmental report for each final designated County,
Schools, and Revenues Trust Project within 180 days after the date on which
notice was published under paragraph (1)(A) with regard to the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E8E33B91A0C4437BD057C60D3B80D0D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elements of
report</header><text>The environmental report for a trust project shall include
at a minimum the following:</text>
<clause id="HDAF49E83B20941F081C2F5D517FD90F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>To the extent the
Secretary considers appropriate and feasible, an evaluation of the
environmental impacts of the proposed project, including the effect, if any, on
threatened or endangered species listed under the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).</text>
</clause><clause id="H42D42EEDD0A046FA9B78D5C331E3E7BC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Public comments received
by the Secretary regarding the project under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1),
objections to the project submitted under subparagraph (C) of such paragraph,
and any response to the comments and objections.</text>
</clause><clause id="H4EEA8614F13E417FADE538CB8D61F228"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Any modifications to
the project to ensure that the annual revenue requirement is met.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93A772B1CA474F44A64765CA6B88178C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Special deadlines for
projects in response to catastrophic event</header><text>In the case of a trust
project proposed in response to a catastrophic event, the Secretary shall
complete the environmental report required by this paragraph within 30 days
after the date on which notice was published under paragraph (1)(A) with regard
to the proposed project. The Secretary shall adjust the deadlines for public
comments specified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (1) as necessary
to achieve the expedited reporting requirement imposed by this
subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB92A771A698B4F2C9CC8496BA4DA2AD0"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Cost to prepare
environmental report</header><text>The costs to prepare the environmental
report for a trust project shall not exceed an amount equal to one-third of the
estimated value of the receipts to be generated by the trust project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H87E3538A619442DDA129B619B79E32D6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sole means for
administrative review</header><text>The procedures provided by this subsection
are the sole means by which a person may seek administrative review of a
County, Schools, and Revenue Trust Project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2AC41726F2844557B4E046118633A899"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No judicial
review</header><text>There shall be no judicial review of the environmental
report for a County, Schools, and Revenue Trust Project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H297D0FD823EB4D3186ECB5C1E34DE0DA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>Compliance
with this section shall be deemed to be compliance with the requirements of the
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1601
et seq.), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et
seq.), section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.
472a), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the
Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16 U.S.C. 528 et seq.).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H45D2F6FD38D9447BA6173B5ED2872528"><enum>106.</enum><header>Distribution of
amounts from trust projects</header>
<subsection id="HC577BE665BDC44888A31DEF81C98F371"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Percentage
distribution</header><text>The amounts derived from a County, Schools, and
Revenue Trust Project shall be distributed as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H7073772B2AD14DE9A923F4F15AC5F548"><enum>(1)</enum><text>65 percent shall be
deposited in the County, Schools, and Revenue Trust.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5933B4105624300A97F38E4861896A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>35 percent shall be
deposited in the general fund of the Treasury for use as provided in subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFCE1368D34B4DB99AC32C579561CCC8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of funds for forest
service</header>
<paragraph id="H616EF4F9C4CE450EAB9A4FCBA717AF5C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Amounts deposited under subsection (a)(2) shall be
available, in such amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriation Acts,
for the Forest Service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C52C2801A9A4A00AA03EAFD694DDF71"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funds for performance
based cash awards</header><text>Of the amount made available under paragraph
(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall make available to the responsible
officials for units of the National Forest System up to one percent of the
amount for the purpose of providing performance-based cash awards under section
4505a of title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Forest Service who
assist a unit in exceeding its minimum sale level for the fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDAB75B684FF6477FAAD0351473F14668"><enum>107.</enum><header>Payments to
beneficiary counties from County, Schools, and Revenue Trust</header>
<subsection id="H8407539BFE5D49C1AD302EC011A77E0D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Distribution
method</header><text>As soon as practicable at the end of each fiscal year, the
Secretary shall distribute all amounts that were deposited in the County,
Schools, and Revenue Trust from trust projects for that fiscal year to the
States for distribution to beneficiary counties in the manner provided by
section 102(c)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination
Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(c)(1)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB44F98A66A6B4BD3957961312DA3A88A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>The use of amounts received by a beneficiary county under
this section shall be subject to subsections (c)(2) and (d) of section 102 of
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16
U.S.C. 7112).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H926AEAF885D84C7CB8C2B2849E97B1EC"><enum>108.</enum><header>Initial payments
pending implementation of trust projects</header>
<subsection id="HF5AB459BFCED4245B3E0492A69D4218C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2012</header>
<paragraph id="HF5190C4DACEB4787B730630DF85EA485"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Beneficiary
counties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as
practicable after the end of fiscal year 2012, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall distribute to each beneficiary county a payment equal to the amount
distributed to the beneficiary county for fiscal year 2010 under section
102(c)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of
2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(c)(1)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB4D7A47AEF14C199834AC66CC0A16C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Counties that were
eligible for direct county payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the end of
fiscal year 2012, the Secretary of the Interior shall distribute to each county
that received a payment for fiscal year 2010 under section 102(a)(2) of the
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C.
7112(a)(2)) a payment equal to the amount distributed to the county for fiscal
year 2010 under section 102(c)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112(c)(1)).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2CE20A335476494D8D5CD5A71DF456D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2013</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable
at the end of fiscal year 2013, the Secretary concerned shall distribute to
each beneficiary county that received a payment under subsection (a)(1) and to
each county that received a payment under subsection (a)(2) a payment equal to
75 percent of the amount distributed to the county under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9BA3EC5259EC452EB4D99B72ACB424A9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Source of
funds</header><text>The amounts required to be distributed under this section
shall be derived from funds in the County, Schools, and Revenue Trust.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD102C3EDD3A84912930F6D229E30F8DA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The distribution under
this section of amounts to a beneficiary county shall be subject to subsections
(c)(2) and (d) of section 102 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7112). The distribution under this
section of amounts to a county described in subsection (a)(2) shall be subject
to subsection (d) of such section.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES
AMENDMENTS</header>
<section id="H40E2F542051C401D8D8D4B51036545FF"><enum>201.</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6906 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting
<quote>2017</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H29F2282124B24A8EA01C8B164074A7F1"><enum>202.</enum><header>Inclusion in
definition of payment law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6903(a)(1) of title 31, United
States Code, amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8628425B2C074DDE9BB2D3F27510B91B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (I);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83DBBE2BC422442E8EFEA92172DBAEC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at
the end of subparagraph (J) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H382343D1814440DFB65E3DEA8128ADCA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HII00" id="H4F363ADDA7294391AB74EFED40D832D6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8FDF2E376A6C4BB7B9B0D73B48D1017B"><enum>(K)</enum><text>title I of the Federal
Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act of
2012.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0751A48E173E4CEEB6EE3DF8A236B067"><enum>203.</enum><header>Congressional
notification and publication of information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6903 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HII00" id="H7D82D5A82A5344D1A9C75C25CA0948E8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4548F48C88BB474593451C966245266D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Congressional
notification</header><text>The Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a list of States that have
not submitted to the Secretary the data required to calculate payments under
this chapter by January 15 of each year.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H27A192AE962A43E58A826676404E8C8D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The
Secretary of the Interior shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6BC5DC04BEA94E149193D90EC0E09FD1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publish in the Federal
Register and on the Department of the Interior website a list of States that
have not submitted to the Secretary the data required to calculate payments
under this chapter by February 1 of each year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFA18F0AD2A0740F9A962BA95F3D71F7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>update the list published
on the Department of the Interior website under paragraph (1) to reflect any
changes in the list.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9F2C126CECC0400C9748ED76A9460A76"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Issuance of
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than May 1
of each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue the payments
authorized under this
chapter.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>III</enum><header>FOREST SERVICE
RECREATION RESIDENCE PROGRAM</header>
<section id="H74CE065396FE4F419CB3C9A2CBD1FB28"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H0D6DF389157D40039716931C2D17F1A8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization;
authorize</header><text>The terms <quote>authorization</quote> and
<quote>authorize</quote> mean the issuance of a special use permit for the use
and occupancy of National Forest System land by a cabin owner under the
Recreation Residence Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F36BC2D13D14B1BA1459EE4229FD1E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cabin</header><text>The
term <quote>cabin</quote> means a privately built and owned recreation
residence and related improvements on National Forest System land that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3155147CCEE64952A251C9832618FB98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is authorized for private
use and occupancy; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67BA845D432E4FA1BF838608B2C32263"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be sold or
transferred between private parties.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H22342451D5A341DA815D8F4E06F2F6D0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cabin
owner</header><text>The term <quote>cabin owner</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H409984A4EB15411CAA7B82021BA1DCBB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person authorized by
the Secretary to use and to occupy a cabin; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07241218D87140FCA0CB88C543F63202"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a trust, heir, or assign
of a person described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H26E217DE2E59492DB7D8FE2C2FB91E4F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cabin transfer
fee</header><text>The term <quote>cabin transfer fee</quote> means a fee that
is paid to the United States on the transfer of a cabin between private parties
for money or other consideration that results in the issuance of a new
permit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A85A904B2B34EEDB1F5B952F623D333"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Cabin user
fee</header><text>The term <quote>cabin user fee</quote> means an annual fee
paid to the United States by a cabin owner in accordance with an authorization
for the use and occupancy of a cabin.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD22A094BBA99435E9166271CD63B1A00"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Current appraisal
cycle</header><text>The term <quote>current appraisal cycle</quote> means the
completion of Forest Service review and acceptance of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6561582D9D39475D83B9CD2885B076BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>initial typical lot
appraisals; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC5CDD3871FF4820B01FE29E6B11A333"><enum>(B)</enum><text>second appraisals, if
ordered by cabin owners and approved by the Forest Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H781AD5258F694E03A82AB267CB3D9604"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Current cabin user
fee</header><text>The term <quote>current cabin user fee</quote> means the most
recent cabin user fee, as adjusted under section 302(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5196B5DB8B9D48AD8D46BC39AFEFAF0A"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Lot</header><text>The
term <quote>lot</quote> means a parcel of National Forest System land on which
a person is authorized to build, use, occupy, and maintain a cabin.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6900A68015741E0A368F10F0FFEDE07"><enum>(9)</enum><header>National forest
system</header><text>The term <quote>National Forest System</quote> has the
meaning given that term in section 11 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1305366F935C401B9983497EDF755D6A"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Recreation residence
program</header><text>The term <quote>Recreation Residence Program</quote>
means the Recreation Residence Program established under the last paragraph
under the heading <quote>FOREST SERVICE</quote> in the Act of March 4, 1915 (16
U.S.C. 497).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF8B48CC12F943A0927DECDB2D0CDB67"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The
term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting
through the Chief of the Forest Service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4AC364EB9C33404E9CD3DC41B2796ED4"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Typical
lot</header><text>The term <quote>typical lot</quote> means a cabin lot, or
group of cabin lots, in a tract that is selected for use in an appraisal as
being representative of, and that has similar value characteristics as, other
lots or groups of lots within the tract.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H41962A2A48E04325B663A023B2D71366"><enum>302.</enum><header>Cabin user
fees</header>
<subsection id="HF9458E1823EE4712B1BC4B11810DE161"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment of cabin user
fees</header><text>Cabin owners shall pay an annual cabin user fee established
by the Secretary in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9DFF0FBFBC2F4D2B9C193BAA78C8C7A6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial cabin user
fees</header>
<paragraph id="H40C2B839A8324FAEBAB8D3F2535414E0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Secretary shall establish initial cabin user fees in accordance with this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BA0D4ED484048FC8ED0C14B2334F5B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assignment to value
tiers</header><text>On completion of the current appraisal cycle, as required
by paragraph (4), the Secretary shall assign each permitted lot on National
Forest System land to 1 of 9 tiers based on the following
considerations:</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D18CAFDFDB04E2A831B7F1AB124D1BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Before assigning the lots
to tiers, all appraised lot values shall be adjusted, or normalized, for price
changes occurring after the appraisal, in accordance with the National
Association of Homebuilders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA49C407F401F432F9F883BAE7A47CA8E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Second appraisal values
that meet Forest Service standards for approval shall supersede initial lot
appraisal values for the normalization and ranking process under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A63688DDB264D16A6CBD11B409896D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The tiers shall be
established, on a national basis, according to relative lot value, with lots
having the lowest adjusted appraised value assigned to tier 1 and lots having
the highest adjusted appraised value assigned to tier 9.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H903A40D867C845D5AEA9C3296C179F3E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of lots (by
percentage) assigned to each tier is contained in the table set forth in
paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4B87F738F1E43F9B2ABF85B05CD74F2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Data from incomplete
appraisals may not be used to establish the fee tiers under this
subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6596CC3473064DE68BC44954FF76D8EE"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Until assigned to a tier
under this subsection, the Secretary shall assess (and may adjust annually
subject to clause (ii)) an interim fee for permitted cabin lots (including lots
with incomplete appraisals) in an amount equal to the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="HF7246D1D71FD4075AF13EE2E16BC55EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$4,500; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H5D66FCDC2B2E46FFA6CACF5A735F3E33"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of the
current cabin user fee, as determined under the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of
2000 (16 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), which amount the Secretary may increase annually
by not more than 25 percent, except that the increased fee shall not exceed the
otherwise scheduled fee determined under the Cabin User Fee Fairness Act of
2000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BB881E4AD2B4E03A4A079F3D4A46469"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of initial cabin
user fees</header><text>The initial cabin user fees, based on the assignments
under paragraph (2), are as follows:</text>
<table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="1" rule-weights="4.4.4.4.4.0" table-template-name="Generic: 2 text, even cols" table-type="">
<tgroup cols="3" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec align="left" coldef="fig" colname="column1" colnum="0" colwidth="100pts" min-data-value="18"></colspec><colspec align="left" coldef="fig" colname="column2" colnum="1" colwidth="100pts" min-data-value="18"></colspec><colspec align="left" coldef="fig" colname="column3" colnum="2" colwidth="100pts" min-data-value="18"></colspec>
<thead>
<row><entry align="center" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1">Fee Tier</entry><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Approximate Percent of Permits
Nationally</entry><entry colname="column3" morerows="0" namest="column3">Fee
Amount</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr">Tier 1</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"> 8 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$500</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Tier 2</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">16 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$1,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Tier 3</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"> 20 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$1,500</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Tier 4</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"> 20 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$2,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Tier 5</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">12 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$2,500</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Tier 6</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"> 8 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$3,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Tier 7</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">6 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$3,500</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Tier 8</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"> 6 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$4,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">Tier 9</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr"> 4 percent</entry><entry colname="column3" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$4,500.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFBB464101A14BBF8B88472B292D45D3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deadline for completion
of current appraisal cycle</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete the current appraisal
cycle.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86844AA830634E9BA44DC27D56E679F9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The initial cabin user fees required by this subsection
shall take effect beginning with the first calendar year beginning after the
completion of the current appraisal cycle.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA0AC9165042416B9B9FC2CC3A2E7AB5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual adjustments of
cabin user fee</header><text>Once initial cabin user fees have been assessed,
based on the tier assignments under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall use
changes in the Implicit Price Deflator for the Gross Domestic Product published
by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce, applied on a
5-year rolling average, to assess an annual adjustment to cabin user
fees.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E4E32B955D64537B9080DF431C1BFDC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect of destruction,
substantial damage, or loss of access</header>
<paragraph id="H6B45B0C5DA4045ED9D121438B3EED4BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall reduce the cabin user fee to $100 per
year for a cabin if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB218C0DC49C4786A8E0676FAC778EE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the cabin is destroyed or
suffers substantial damage in an amount that is greater than 50 percent of
replacement cost of the cabin; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D36E6D7A8E24B86ABA4C30AE24A7052"><enum>(B)</enum><text>access to the cabin is
significantly impaired, whether by catastrophic events, natural causes, or
governmental actions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H72F938AEA8224367AAAE03291F0B791D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term of reduced
fee</header><text>The reduced fee under paragraph (1) shall be in effect until
the later of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HECFC7A18670543318E44D1E93467FA36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the last day of the year
in which the destruction or impairment occurs; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE2625300159443CB2C15873F8D2E371"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date on which the
cabin may be lawfully reoccupied and normal access has been restored.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF83B9FFFB5064E3C93D41D2A8494B930"><enum>303.</enum><header>Cabin transfer
fees</header>
<subsection id="H6BD5F01A927F42E6A64578E2E844DECA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Payment of cabin
transfer fees</header><text>In conjunction with the transfer of ownership of
any cabin and the issuance of a new permit, the cabin owner transferring the
cabin shall file with the Secretary a sworn statement declaring the amount of
money or other value received, if any, for the transfer of the cabin.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H07745ABBD4844D04839FC6508F398055"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of the issuance by the
Secretary of a new authorization for the use and occupancy of the cabin, the
cabin owner transferring the cabin shall pay to the Secretary a cabin transfer
fee in an amount determined as follows:</text>
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<tgroup cols="2" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column1" colwidth="163pts" min-data-value="150"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="column2" colwidth="163pts" min-data-value="150"></colspec>
<thead>
<row><entry align="center" colname="column1" morerows="0" namest="column1">Consideration Received by Transfer</entry><entry align="center" colname="column2" morerows="0" namest="column2">Transfer Fee
Amount</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr">$0 to $250,000</entry><entry colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$1,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$250,000.01 to
$500,000.00</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$1,000 plus 5 percent of consideration in excess of
$250,000 up to $500,000</entry>
</row>
<row><entry colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$500,000.01 and
above</entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$1,000 plus 5 percent of consideration in excess of
$250,000 up to $500,000 plus 10 percent of consideration in excess of
$500,000.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subsection><subsection id="H5E5B7261D2664593A6B2B03E709A3B18"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Index</header><text>The
Secretary shall use changes in the Implicit Price Deflator for the Gross
Domestic Product published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department
of Commerce, applied on a 5-year rolling average, to determine and apply an
annual adjustment to the cabin transfer fee threshold amounts set forth in the
table contained in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H64428267A1A94038AB4F74BD54D555DC"><enum>304.</enum><header>Right of appeal and
judicial review</header>
<subsection id="H1395B5B78B0E4855B98BF221D3FE5C32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Right of
appeal</header>
<paragraph id="HD04E8E8EA397493392BDAF834149C20E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any action of a cabin owner to exercise
rights in accordance with section 305, the Secretary shall by regulation grant
to the cabin owner the right to an administrative appeal of the determination
of a new cabin user fee, fee tier, cabin transfer fee, or whether or not to
reduce a cabin user fee under section 302(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9B39363907A4F14BD91CC072A509D94"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable
law</header><text>An appeal under paragraph (1) shall be pursuant to the appeal
process provided under subpart C of part 251 of title 36, Code of Federal
Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H977C187E5F72442991D2298BBA2A6ECE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial
review</header>
<paragraph id="H4FA5E2F199374C339D604EC3267B0043"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A cabin owner that contests a final decision of the
Secretary under this title may bring a civil action in United States district
court.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF652B07D13BE4AC9AA4F7A0947A6C818"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Venue</header><text>The
venue for an action brought before the United States district court under this
subsection shall be in the Federal judicial district in which the cabin is
located or the permit holder resides.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H31EE2F654DC54742BE02C46AB0D9A51E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect on
mediation</header><text>Nothing in this title precludes a person from seeking
mediation for an action under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0428F72825CB40D99DC4E9F4362E2992"><enum>305.</enum><header>Effect</header>
<subsection id="H5DFCA2953DE7460E904A0A62DC72B191"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Nothing in this title limits or restricts any right,
title, or interest of the United States in or to any land or resource.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB4A3733DBB9E4729AC2991DA58DDE74C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rule for
alaska</header><text>In determining a cabin user fee in the State of Alaska,
the Secretary shall not establish or impose a cabin user fee or a condition
affecting a cabin user fee that is inconsistent with 1303(d) of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3193(d)).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC7FEBA5D23134F91BBAE4013109CD0F9"><enum>306.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2013, the
Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out this title.</text>
</section>
December 31, 2012
Reported from the Committee on
Natural
Resources with an amendment
December 31, 2012
The Committee on Agriculture discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be
printed