Pub. L. 108-447, div. E, tit. III, sec. 318

Sec. 318. Section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), is amended—(1) by striking “The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his” and inserting “(a) The Secretary of Agriculture may, when in his or her”;“(b) Amounts deposited under subsection (a)”;(2) by striking “may direct:” and all that follows through “That the Secretary of Agriculture” and inserting “may direct. The Secretary of Agriculture”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(c) Any portion of the balance at the end of a fiscal year in the special fund established pursuant to this section that the Secretary of Agriculture determines to be in excess of the cost of doing work described in subsection (a) (as well as any portion 118 STAT. 3097 of the balance in the special fund that the Secretary determined, before October 1, 2004, to be excess of the cost of doing work described in subsection (a), but which has not been transferred by that date) shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, National Forest Fund, as a National Forest receipt, but only if the Secretary also determines that—“(1) the excess amounts will not be needed for emergency wildfire suppression during the fiscal year in which the transfer would be made; and“(2) the amount to be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, National Forest Fund, exceeds the outstanding balance of unreimbursed funds transferred from the special fund in prior fiscal years for wildfire suppression.”.