Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 123.djvu/2964

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123STA T . 2 94 4 PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 8 —O CT. 3 0, 2009 None o fth ef u n dsma dea v a il a b le to the F o r est S ervi c ein this A ctoran y other Act w ith res p ect to any fiscal year shall be sub j ect to transfer under the provisions of section 702( b ) of the D epartment of A g riculture O rganic Act of 194 4(7 U. S. C .22 5 7) , section 442 of P ublic L aw 10 6– 224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 83 16(b)). None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the H ouse and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re - programming procedures contained in the joint e x planatory state- ment of the managers accompanying this Act. Not more than $ 78,350,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the W or k ing Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than $19,825,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Depart- ment of Agriculture for Department R eimbursable Programs, com- monly referred to as G reenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re q uested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services from the Depart- ment of Agriculture ’ s National I nformation T echnology Center. Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct a program of up to $5,000,000 for priority projects within the scope of the approved budget, of which $2,500,000 shall be carried out by the Y outh Conservation Corps and $2,500,000 shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public Law 109–154. Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and represen- tation expenses. Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101– 593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs

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d, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, private contributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest Service: Provided fu r th er, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds: Provided further, That authori z ed investments of Federal funds held by the Foundation may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Founda- tion may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds. Deadlin e .16USC5 56i.