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 118 STAT. 3079 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United States and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu cation and training, and cooperation with United States and inter national organizations. None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C. 147b. Not less than $20,000,000 of funds under section 8002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is hereby canceled. None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re programming procedures contained in House Report 108–330. Not more than $72,467,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture. Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct a program of not less than $2,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps. Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $2,500 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, $3,300,000 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 administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda tion, $300,000 may be used for Forest Service Centennial activities and, of the total available to the Foundation, no more than $350,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, 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 further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a non Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non Federal matching funds: Pro vided further, That authorized 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, $2,650,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service shall be available for matching funds to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701–3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum to aid conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service mission, without regard to when expenses are incurred, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 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 16 USC 583j–9 note.

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