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16 U.S.C. § 580d — Use of Forest Service structures or improvements and land by public and private agencies, etc.; terms
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The Secretary of Agriculture, under such regulations as he may prescribe and at rates and for periods not exceeding thirty years as determined by him, is authorized to permit the use by public and private agencies, corporations, firms, associations, or individuals, of structures or improvements under the administrative control of the Forest Service and land used in connection therewith: Provided, That as all or a part of the consideration for permits issued under this section, the Secretary may require the permittees at their expense to renovate, recondition, improve, and maintain the structures and land to a satisfactory standard.
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The Secretary of Agriculture, under such regulations as he may prescribe and at rates and for periods not exceeding thirty years as determined by him, is authorized to permit the use by public and private agencies, corporations, firms, associations, or individuals, of structures or improvements under the administrative control of the Forest Service and land used in connection therewith: Provided, That as all or a part of the consideration for permits issued under this section, the Secretary may require the permittees at their expense to renovate, recondition, improve, and maintain the structures and land to a satisfactory standard.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Community wood energy system**
(A) *In general* — The term “community wood energy system” means an energy system that—
(i) produces thermal energy or combined thermal energy and electricity where thermal is the primary energy output;
(ii) services public facilities owned or operated by State or local governments (including schools, town halls, libraries, and other public buildings) or private or nonprofit facilities (including commercial and business facilities, such as hospitals, office buildings, apartment buildings, and manufacturing and industrial buildings); and
(iii) uses woody biomass, including residuals—
(I) that have not been adulterated with glue or other chemical treatments from wood processing facilities, as the primary fuel; and
(II) for which the use of that biomass for energy production does not cause conversion of forests to nonforest use.
(B) *Inclusions* — The term “community wood energy system” includes single-facility central heating, district heating systems serving multiple buildings, combined heat and electric systems where thermal energy is the primary energy output, and other related biomass energy systems.
(2) **Innovative wood product facility** — The term “innovative wood product facility” means a manufacturing or processing plant or mill that produces—
(A) building components or systems that use large panelized wood construction, including mass timber;
(B) wood products derived from nanotechnology or other new technology processes, as determined by the Secretary; or
(C) other innovative wood products that use low-value, low-quality wood, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Mass timber** — The term “mass timber” includes—
(A) cross-laminated timber
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**(a) Authorization and limitations on authority of Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture** A tract of public land or interests therein may be disposed of by exchange by the Secretary under this Act and a tract of land or interests therein within the National Forest System may be disposed of by exchange by the Secretary of Agriculture under applicable law where the Secretary concerned determines that the public interest will be well served by making that exchange: Provided, That when considering public interest the Secretary concerned shall give full consideration to better Federal land management and the needs of State and local people, including needs for lands for the economy, community expansion, recreation areas, food, fiber, minerals, and fish and wildlife and the Secretary concerned finds that the values and the objectives which Federal lands or interests to be conveyed may serve if retained in Federal ownership are not more than the values of the non-Federal lands or interests and the public objectives they could serve if acquired.
**(b) Implementation requirements; cash equalization waiver** In exercising the exchange authority granted by subsection (a) or by [section 1715(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1715/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary concerned may accept title to any non-Federal land or interests therein in exchange for such land, or interests therein which he finds proper for transfer out of Federal ownership and which are located in the same State as the non-Federal land or interest to be acquired. For the purposes of this subsection, unsurveyed school sections which, upon survey by the Secretary, would become State lands, shall be considered as “non-Federal lands”.
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Whenever an exchange of land is proposed by a State, county, or municipal government or public school district or other public school authority under sections 485 and 486 of this title or other authority under which the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to exchange national forest lands or other lands administered by the Forest Service, if the State, county, or municipal government or public school authority proposing the exchange has insufficient land to offer, the exchange may be completed upon deposit with the Secretary of Agriculture of a portion or all of the value of the selected land. Any amount so deposited shall be covered into a special fund in the Treasury which when appropriated shall be available until expended by the Secretary of Agriculture for the acquisition of lands in the same State as the selected lands and which are determined by him to be suitable for the same purposes as the selected lands. Lands so acquired shall have the same status and shall be subject to the same laws, regulations, and rules as the selected lands.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 114–94, div. D, title XLI, § 41013, Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1761, provided that this subchapter shall terminate 7 years after Dec. 4, 2015.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Hazard tree** — The term “hazard tree” means any tree or part thereof (whether located inside or outside a right-of-way) that has been designated, prior to tree failure, by a certified or licensed arborist or forester under the supervision of the Secretary concerned or the owner or operator of a transmission or distribution facility to be—
(A) dead, likely to die within the routine vegetation management cycle, or likely to fail within the routine vegetation management cycle; and
(B) if the tree or part of the tree failed, likely to—
(i) cause substantial damage or disruption to a transmission or distribution facility; or
(ii) come within 10 feet of an electric power line.
(2) **Owner; operator** — The terms “owner” and “operator” include contractors or other agents engaged by the owner or operator of an electric transmission or distribution facility.
(3) **Plan** — The term “plan” means a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan that—
(A) is prepared by the owner or operator of 1 or more electric transmission or distribution facilities to cover 1 or more electric transmission and distribution rights-of-way; and
(B) provides for the long-term, cost-effective, efficient, and timely management of facilities and vegetation within the width of the right-of-way and abutting Federal land, including hazard trees, to enhance electric reliability, promote public safety, and avoid fire hazards.
(4) **Secretary concerned** — The term “Secretary concerned” means—
(A) the Secretary, with respect to public lands; and
(B) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System land.
**(b) Guidance**
(1) **In general** — To enhance the reliability of the electr
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Chief** — The term “Chief” means the Chief of the Forest Service.
(2) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
**(b) Projects** The Chief and the Director, via agreement or contract as appropriate, may enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and the public lands that meet local and rural community needs.
**(c) Land management goals** The land management goals of a project under subsection (b) may include any of the following:
(1) Road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or maintain water quality.
(2) Soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or other resource values.
(3) Setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife habitat.
(4) Removing vegetation or other activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or achieve other land management objectives.
(5) Watershed restoration and maintenance.
(6) Restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish.
(7) Control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing native plant species.
**(d) Agreements or contracts**
(1) **Procurement procedure** — A source for performance of an agreement or contract under subsection (b) shall be selected on a best-value basis, including consideration of source under other public and private agreements or contracts.
(2) **Contract for sale of property** — A contract entered into under this section may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be considered a contract for the sale of property under such terms as the Secretary may pres
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As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “Federal agency” means any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch of the Government, any wholly owned Government corporation, the Architect of the Capitol, the Federal Reserve banks and branches thereof, and any person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under Federal law.
(2) The term “State” means any of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any political subdivision thereof.
(3) The term “State agency” means any department, agency, or instrumentality of a State or of a political subdivision of a State, any department, agency, or instrumentality of 2 or more States or of 2 or more political subdivisions of a State or States, and any person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under State law.
(4) The term “Federal financial assistance” means a grant, loan, or contribution provided by the United States, except any Federal guarantee or insurance, any interest reduction payment to an individual in connection with the purchase and occupancy of a residence by that individual, and any annual payment or capital loan to the District of Columbia.
(5) The term “person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or association.
(6)
(A) The term “displaced person” means, except as provided in subparagraph (B)—
(i) any person who moves from real property, or moves his personal property from real property—
(I) as a direct result of a written notice of intent to acquire or the acquisition of such real property in whole or in part for a program or project undertaken by a Federal agency or with
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall establish a forestry and forestry products research and extension initiative to develop and disseminate science-based tools that address the needs of the forestry sector and their respective regions, forest and timberland owners and managers, and forestry products engineering, manufacturing, and related interests.
**(b) Activities** The initiative described in subsection (a) shall include the following activities:
(1) Research conducted for purposes of—
(A) wood quality improvement with respect to lumber strength and grade yield;
(B) the development of novel engineered lumber products and renewable energy from wood; and
(C) enhancing the longevity, sustainability, and profitability of timberland through sound management and utilization.
(2) Demonstration activities and technology transfer to demonstrate the beneficial characteristics of wood as a green building material, including investments in life cycle assessment for wood products.
(3) Projects designed to improve—
(A) forestry products, lumber, and evaluation standards and valuation techniques;
(B) lumber quality and value-based, on-forest management techniques; and
(C) forestry products conversion and manufacturing efficiency, productivity, and profitability over the long term (including forestry product marketing).
**(c) Grants**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall make competitive grants to carry out the activities described in subsection (b).
(2) **Priorities** — In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall give higher priority to activities that are carried out by entities that—
(A) are multistate, multiinstitutional, or multidisciplinary;
(B) have explicit mechanisms to communicate results to producers, forestry industry
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**(a) Land use fee**
(1) **Percentage of land value** — The Secretary shall charge an annual land use fee for each organizational camp for its occupancy and use of National Forest System lands equal to 5 percent of the product of the following:
(A) The total number of acres of National Forest System lands authorized for the organizational camp.
(B) The estimated per-acre market value of land and buildings in the county where the camp is located, as reported in the most recent Census of Agriculture conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
(2) **Annual adjustment** — The land use fee determined under paragraph (1) for an organizational camp shall be adjusted annually by the annual compounded rate of change between the two most recent Censuses of Agriculture.
(3) **Reduction in fees**
(A) *Type of participants* — The Secretary shall reduce the land use fee determined under paragraph (1) proportionate to the number of individuals with a disability and children at risk who annually attend the organizational camp.
(B) *Type of programs* — After making the reduction required by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reduce the remaining land use fee amount by up to 60 percent, proportionate to the number of persons who annually attend the organizational camp who participate in youth programs through organized and supervised social, citizenship, character-building, or faith-based activities oriented to outdoor-recreation experiences.
(C) *Relation to minimum fee* — The reductions made under this paragraph may not reduce the land use fee for an organizational camp below the minimum land use fee required to be charged under paragraph (4).
(D) *Special considerations* — For purposes of determining the amount of the land use fee reduction requi
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**(a) Deposit and availability** Unless subject to [section 580d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section580d&num=0&edition=prelim), use fees collected by the Secretary under this chapter shall be deposited in a special account in the Treasury and shall remain available to the Secretary for expenditure, without further appropriation until expended, for the purposes described in subsection (c).
**(b) Transfer** Upon request of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary from the special account such amounts as the Secretary may request. The Secretary shall accept and use such amounts in accordance with subsection (c).
**(c) Use** Use fees deposited pursuant to subsection (a) and transferred to the Secretary under subsection (b) shall be expended for monitoring of Forest Service special use authorizations, administration of the Forest Service’s special program, interpretive programs, environmental analysis, environmental restoration, and similar purposes.
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