Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act
This bill revises the Good Neighbor Authority program to modify the treatment of revenue from timber sale contracts under good neighbor agreements with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior. (The Good Neighbor Authority permits USDA and Interior to enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with states, counties, and Indian tribes to perform forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on federal land managed by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management.)
Specifically, the bill (1) requires Indian tribes and counties to retain revenue generated from timber sales under a good neighbor agreement; and (2) allows states, counties, and Indian tribes to use such revenue for authorized restoration projects on nonfederal lands under a good neighbor agreement. (Under current law, only a state is permitted to retain the revenues, and the revenues must be used for restoration projects on federal land.)
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4705 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4705
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to modify the treatment of
revenue from timber sale contracts and certain payments made by
counties to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior under good neighbor agreements, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 27, 2021
Mr. Fulcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on
Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to modify the treatment of
revenue from timber sale contracts and certain payments made by
counties to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the
Interior under good neighbor agreements, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Treating Tribes and Counties as Good
Neighbors Act''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF THE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN REVENUE AND PAYMENTS
UNDER GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS.
(a) Good Neighbor Authority.--Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act
of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ``or Indian tribe'';
and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``, Indian
tribe,'' after ``Governor'';
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking clause (i) and
inserting the following:
``(i) In general.--Funds received from the
sale of timber by a Governor, an Indian tribe,
or a county under a good neighbor agreement
shall be retained and used by the Governor,
Indian tribe, or county, as applicable--
``(I) to carry out authorized
restoration services under the good
neighbor agreement; and
``(II) if there are funds remaining
after carrying out subclause (I), to
carry out authorized restoration
services under other good neighbor
agreements.'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, Indian
tribe,'' after ``Governor''; and
(D) by striking paragraph (4).
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 8206(a) of the Agricultural Act
of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``, Indian tribe,''
after ``Governor''; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``, Indian tribe,''
after ``Governor''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act apply to any
project initiated pursuant to a good neighbor agreement (as defined in
section 8206(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)))--
(1) before the date of enactment of this Act, if the
project was initiated after the date of enactment of the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334; 132
Stat. 4490); or
(2) on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
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