Pub. L. 108-108, tit. III, sec. 335

Sec. 335. Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(3) of Public Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–204; 16 U.S.C. 528 note), is amended—(1) in subsection (b)—(A) in the first sentence, by striking “not less than the fair market value” and inserting “fees under subsection (c)”; and(B) by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: “The Secretary shall establish appraisal methods and bidding procedures to determine the fair market value of forest botanical products harvested under the pilot program.”;(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph (1):“(1) Imposition and collection.—Under the pilot program, the Secretary of Agriculture shall charge and collect from a person who harvests forest botanical products on National Forest System lands a fee in an amount established by the Secretary to recover at least a portion of the fair market value of the harvested forest botanical products and a portion of the costs incurred by the Department of Agriculture associated with granting, modifying, or monitoring the authorization for harvest of the forest botanical products, including the costs of any environmental or other analysis.”;(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking “charges and fees under subsections (b) and” and inserting “a fee under subsection”;(4) in subsection (f)—(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “subsections (b) and” and inserting “subsection”;117 STAT. 1313(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “in excess of the amounts collected for forest botanical products during fiscal year 1999”;(C) in paragraph (3), by striking “charges and fees collected at that unit under the pilot program to pay for” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “fees collected at that unit under subsection (c) to pay for the costs of conducting inventories of forest botanical products, determining sustainable levels of harvest, monitoring and assessing the impacts of harvest levels and methods, conducting restoration activities, including any necessary vegetation, and covering costs of the Department of Agriculture described in subsection (c)(1).”; and(D) in paragraph (4), by striking “subsections (b) and” and inserting “subsection”;(5) in subsection (g)—(A) by striking “charges and fees under subsections (b) and” and inserting “fees under subsection”; and(B) by striking “subsections (b) and” the second place it appears and inserting “subsection”; and(6) in subsection (h), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph (1):“(1) Collection of fees.—The Secretary of Agriculture may collect fees under the authority of subsection (c) until September 30, 2009.”.