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Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2013

H.R. 727 · 113th Congress · Feb 14, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

To extend Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management stewardship end result contracting authority, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Forest Stewardship and Fire Fuels Reductions Act of 2013”.

Sec. 2 Stewardship end result contracting authority

(a)
Extension of authority— Subsection (a) of section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note), as most recently amended by section 323 of Public Law 108–7 (117 Stat. 275), is amended by striking “Until September 30, 2013” and inserting “Until September 30, 2023”.
(b)
Specified land management goal of projects— Subsection (b) of such section is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and
(2)
by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:

“(6) restoration work, fire fuels reduction, and clearing overgrowth on snowpack watersheds;”