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( 2 ) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f); and ( 3 ) by inserting after subsection (d) t h efo l lo w ing new sub - section
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‘(e) METHODS O FENR O L L M ENT .— ‘‘(1) AU THOR IZ ED METHODS.— L and m ay be enrolled in the healthy forests reser v e p rogram in accordance with— ‘‘(A) a 1 0 -year cost-share agreement; ‘‘( B ) a 30-year easement; or ‘‘( C )(i) a permanent easement; or ‘‘(ii) in a S tate that imposes a ma x imum duration for easements , an easement for the maximum duration allowed under State law. ‘‘(2) LIMIT A TION ON USE OF C OST-SHARE A G REEMENTS AND EASEMENTS.— ‘‘(A) I N GENERAL.— O f the total amount of funds expended under the program for a fiscal year to ac q uire easements and enter into cost-share agreements described in paragraph (1)— ‘‘(i) not more than 4 0 percent shall be used for cost-share agreements described in paragraph (1)(A); and ‘‘(ii) not more than 6 0 percent shall be used for easements described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (1). ‘‘(B) R E P OOLING.— T he Secretary may use any funds allocated under clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A) that are not obligated by April 1 of the fiscal year for which the funds are made available to carry out a different method of enrollment during that fiscal year. ‘‘(3) ACREAGE O W NED BY INDIAN TRIBES.—In the case of acreage owned by an Indian tribe, the Secretary may enroll acreage into the healthy forests reserve program through the use of— ‘‘(A) a 30-year contract (the value of which shall be equivalent to the value of a 30-year easement); ‘‘(B) a 10-year cost-share agreement; or ‘‘(C) any combination of the options described in sub- paragraphs (A) and (B). ’ ’. (b) F INANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 5 04(a) of the H ealthy For- ests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U .S.C. 65 7 4(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘(a) EASEMENTS OF N OT MORE THAN 9 9 Y EARS’’ and all that follows through ‘‘502(f)(1)(C)’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) P ERMANENT EASEMENTS.—In the case of land enrolled in the healthy forests reserve program using a permanent easement (or an easement described in section 502(f)(1)(C)(ii))’’. (c) FUNDING.—Section 50 8 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6578) is amended to read as follows: ‘ ‘ SEC.508 . FUNDI N G . ‘‘(a) IN G ENERAL.—Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor- poration, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available $ 9,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012 to carry out this title. ‘‘(b) D URATION OF A V AILABILITY.—The funds made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.’’.
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