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 12 2 STA T . 2 057PUBLIC LA W 110 – 2 46—J U NE 1 8, 2008 arenot o blig ate d b yAp ril 1 o f t h efi sc al year for w hich the f u nds are m ade a v ailable to carry out a different method of enrollment during that fiscal year .‘ ‘ (3) A CREAG E OWN E DBYI NDIAN T RIBE S . —I n the case of acreage owned by an Indian tribe , the S ecretary may enroll acreage into the healthy forests reserve program through the use of— ‘‘(A) a 3 0- year contract (the value of which shall be e q uivalent to the value of a 30-year easement) ‘‘( B ) a 10-year cost-share agreement; or ‘‘( C ) any combination of the options described in sub- paragraphs (A) and (B). ’ ’. (b) F INANCIA L ASSISTANCE.—Section 5 0 4 (a) of the H ealthy For- ests R estoration Act of 2 003 (1 6U .S.C. 65 7 4(a)) is amended by stri k ing ‘‘(a) E ASE M ENTS O FN OT M ORE TH AN 9 9 Y EARS’’ and all that follows through ‘‘502(f)(1)(C)’’ and inserting the following

‘‘(a) P ERMANENT EASEMENTS.—In the case of land enrolled in the healthy forests reserve program using a permanent easement (or an easement described in section 502(f)(1)(C)(ii))’’. (c) F U NDING.—Section 50 8 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6578) is amended to read as follows: ‘ ‘ SEC.508 . FUNDI N G . ‘‘(a) IN G ENERAL.— O f the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor- poration, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make available $ 9,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012 to carry out this title. ‘‘(b) D URATION OF A V AILABILITY.—The funds made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until e x pended.’’. Subti t leD—Bo u ndaryA d j u s t m ents and L and C on v eyan c e P rovisions SEC. 8 3 0 1 .G R EEN MO UN TA IN NATIONA L FOREST B OUNDAR Y AD J UST - MENT. (a) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of the Green Mountain National Forest is modified to include the 13 designated expansion units as generally depicted on the forest maps entitled ‘‘Green Mountain Expansion Area Map I’’ and ‘‘Green Mountain Expansion Area Map II’’ and dated February 20, 2002 (copies of which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service, W ashington, District of Columbia), and more particularly described according to the site specific maps and legal descriptions on file in the office of the Forest Supervisor, Green Mountain National Forest. (b) MANAGEMENT.—Federally owned land delineated on the maps acquired for National Forest purposes shall continue to be managed in accordance with the laws (including regulations) applicable to the National Forest System. (c) L AND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.—For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460 l – 9), the boundaries of the Green Mountain National Forest, as ad j usted by this section, shall be considered to be the boundaries of the national forest as of J anuary 1, 1965.

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