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 118 STAT. 3098 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such monument. SEC. 322. EXTENSION OF FOREST SERVICE CONVEYANCES PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 329 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (16 U.S.C. 580d note; Public Law 107–63) is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘40’’; (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘8’’ and inserting ‘‘13’’; and (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting ‘‘2008’’. SEC. 323. Section 3(c) of the Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study Act (Public Law 106–516; 114 Stat. 2405) is amended by striking ‘‘section 8 of section 8’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8.’’. SEC. 324. In entering into agreements with foreign countries pursuant to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished under said agreements to provide wildfire services are considered, for purposes of tort liability, employees of the country receiving said services when the individuals are engaged in fire suppression: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri culture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any agreement under this provision unless the foreign country (either directly or through its fire organization) agrees to assume any and all liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters engaged in firefighting in a foreign country: Provided further, That when an agreement is reached for furnishing fire fighting services, the only remedies for acts or omissions committed while fighting fires shall be those provided under the laws of the host country, and those remedies shall be the exclusive remedies for any claim arising out of fighting fires in a foreign country: Provided further, That neither the sending country nor any legal organization associ ated with the firefighter shall be subject to any legal action whatso ever pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter’s role in fire suppression. SEC. 325. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regula tion, to promote the more efficient use of the health care funding allocation for fiscal year 2005, the Eagle Butte Service Unit of the Indian Health Service, at the request of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, may pay base salary rates to health professionals up to the highest grade and step available to a physician, phar macist, or other health professional and may pay a recruitment or retention bonus of up to 25 percent above the base pay rate. SEC. 326. None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro priations Act. SEC. 327. None of the funds in this Act may be used to prepare or issue a permit or lease for oil or gas drilling in the Finger Lakes National Forest, New York, during fiscal year 2005. SEC. 328. In awarding a Federal contract with funds made available by this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior (the ‘‘Secretaries’’) may, in evaluating bids and proposals, give consideration to local contractors who are from,

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