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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 4127 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4127
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 1, 2020
Mr. Risch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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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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