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 118 STAT. 1209 PUBLIC LAW 108–317—OCT. 5, 2004 Institutes to carry out the duties of the Institutes under section 5; (2) shall encourage Federal agencies to use, on a cooperative basis, information and expertise provided by the Institutes; (3) shall encourage cooperation and coordination between Federal programs relating to— (A) ecological restoration; (B) wildfire risk reduction; and (C) wildfire management technologies; (4) notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, may— (A) enter into contracts, cooperative agreements, and interagency personnel agreements to carry out this Act; and (B) carry out other transactions under this Act; (5) may accept funds from other Federal agencies to supple ment or fully fund grants made, and contracts entered into, by the Secretaries; (6) may support a program of internships for qualified individuals at the undergraduate and graduate levels to carry out the educational and training objectives of this Act; (7) shall encourage professional education and public information activities relating to the purposes of this Act; and (8) may promulgate such regulations as the Secretaries determine are necessary to carry out this Act. SEC. 7. MONITORING AND EVALUATION. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall complete and submit to the Committee on Resources and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and to the Com mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a detailed evaluation of the programs and activities of each Institute— (1) to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the research, communication tools, and information transfer activities of each Institute are sufficient to achieve the purposes of this Act, including— (A) implementing active adaptive ecosystem manage ment practices at the landscape level; (B) reducing unnecessary planning costs; (C) avoiding duplicative and conflicting efforts; (D) increasing public acceptance of active adaptive eco system management practices; and (E) achieving general satisfaction on the part of affected entities; (2) to determine the extent to which each Institute has implemented its duties under section 5(c); and (3) to determine whether continued provision of Federal assistance to each Institute is warranted. (b) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—If, as a result of an evalua tion under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines that an Institute does not qualify for further Federal assistance under this Act, the Institute shall receive no further Federal assistance under this Act until such time as the qualifications of the Institute are reestablished to the satisfaction of the Secretaries. Deadline. 16 USC 6706.

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