12 2 STA T . 2 045PUBLIC LA W 110 – 24 6—J U NE 1 8, 2008 intrus t by t heU nite dS t a tes ( in cl udin gI ndian reser v ati o ns and allot m ent land ).‘ ‘( B ) ACQUIREDLAN D. —N o land ac q uired using a grant p rovided under the P rogram shall be converted to land held in trust by the United States on behal f of any Indian tribe. ‘‘( 7 )A P PLICA T I O N S TO SECRETAR Y .— T he State forester or equivalent official (or in the case of an Indian tribe , an equiva - lent official of the Indian tribe) shall submit to the Secretary a list that includes a description of each pro j ect submitted by an eligible entity at such times and in such form as the Secretary shall prescribe. ‘‘(d) D UTIES O FE LI G I B LE ENTITY.—An eligible entity shall pro- vide public access to, and manage, forest land acquired w ith a grant under this section in a manner that is consistent with the purposes for which the land was acquired under the Program. ‘‘(e) PRO H IBITED USES.— ‘‘( 1 ) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs ( 2 )and( 3 ), an eligible entity that acquires a parcel under the Program shall not sell the parcel or convert the parcel to nonforest use. ‘‘(2) R EI M BURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that sells or converts to nonforest use a parcel acquired under the Program shall pay to the F ederal G overnment an amount equal to the greater of the current sale price, or current appraised value, of the parcel. ‘‘(3) L OSS OF ELIGIBILITY.—An eligible entity that sells or converts a parcel acquired under the Program shall not be eligible for additional grants under the Program. ‘‘(f) STATE ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may allocate not more than 1 0 percent of all funds made available to carry out the Program for each fiscal year to State foresters or equivalent officials (including equivalent officials of Indian tribes) for Program administration and technical assistance. ‘‘(g) AUTHORI Z ATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authori z ed to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. ’ ’. SEC.80 0 4 . A SS I S T A N CET O T H E F E D E R ATED STATES OF M ICRONESIA , THE RE PUBL IC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, AND THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU. Section 13(d)(1) of the C ooperative Forestry Act of 1 9 7 8 (1 6 U.S.C. 2109(d)(1)) is amended by stri k ing ‘‘the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federated States of M icro- nesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau,’’. SEC. 800 5 . CHAN G ES TO FOREST RESOURCE COORDINATING COM - MITTEE. Section 19 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2113) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection
‘‘(a) FOREST RESOURCE COORDINATING COMMITTEE.— ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a com- mittee, to be known as the ‘Forest Resource Coordinating Com- mittee’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Coordinating Com- mittee’), to coordinate nonindustrial private forestry activities within the Department of Agriculture and with the private sector.
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