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 PUBLIC LAW 104-127 —APR. 4, 1996 110 STAT. 1015 Subtitle G—Forestry SEC. 371. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY. Section 2405 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6704) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002 such sums as are necessar}^ to carry out this section.". SEC. 372. COOPERATIVE WORK FOR PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND IMPROVEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM. The penultimate paragraph of the matter under the heading "FOREST SERVICE." of the first section of the Act of June 30, 1914 (38 Stat. 430, chapter 131; 16 U.S.C. 498), is amended— (1) by inserting ", management," after "the protection"; (2) by striking "national forests," and inserting "National Forest System,"; (3) by inserting "management," after "protection," both places it appears; and (4) by adding at the end the following: "Payment for work undertaken pursuant to this paragraph may be made from any appropriation of the Forest Service that is available for similar work if a written agreement so provides and reimbursement will be provided by a cooperator in the same fiscal year as the expenditure by the Forest Service. A reimbursement received from a cooperator that covers the proportionate share of the cooperator of the cost of the work shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation of the Forest Service from which the payment was initially made or, if the appropriation is no longer available, to the credit of an appropriation of the Forest Service that is available for similar work. The Sec- Rules. retary of Agriculture shall establish written rules that establish criteria to be used to determine whether the acceptance of contributions of money under this paragraph would adversely affect the ability of an officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out a duty or program of the officer or employee in a fair and objective manner or would compromise, or appear to compromise, the integrity of the program, officer, or employee. The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish Rules. written rules that protect the interests of the Forest Service in cooperative work agreements.". SEC. 373. FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM. Section 4 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103) is amended— (1) in subsection (j), by striking "annually" and inserting "for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002"; and (2) by striking subsection (k). SEC. 374. OPTIONAL STATE GRANTS FOR FOREST LEGACY PROGRAM. Section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103c) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (1) as subsection (m); and (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following: "(1) OPTIONAL STATE GRANTS.—

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