PRINTER'S NO. 1904
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1494
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RAPP, CAUSER, OBERLANDER, GABLER AND PASHINSKI,
JUNE 5, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS,
JUNE 5, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89, No.18), entitled "An
act creating the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources consisting of certain functions of the Department
of Environmental Resources and the Department of Community
Affairs; renaming the Department of Environmental Resources
as the Department of Environmental Protection; defining the
role of the Environmental Quality Board in the Department of
Environmental Protection; making changes to responsibilities
of the State Conservation Commission and the Department of
Agriculture; transferring certain powers and duties to the
Department of Health; and repealing inconsistent acts," in
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, further
providing for contracts and agreements.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 318 of the act of June 28, 1995 (P.L.89,
No.18), known as the Conservation and Natural Resources Act, is
amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 318. Contracts and agreements.
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(a.1) Federal cooperative agreements.--The following apply:
(1) As authorized under section 8206 of the Agricultural
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79, 128 Stat. 921), the
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Commonwealth may enter into Federal cooperative agreements
between the Governor or the Governor's designee and
participating Federal agencies for the purposes of harvesting
and selling timber, engaging in activities which promote
artificial and natural forest regeneration and other
activities to restore or improve the health of forests and
watersheds and forested habitats upon Federal land within
this Commonwealth.
(2) All money received from the sale of timber on
Federal land under a Federal cooperative agreement shall be
used to administer, implement and pay all costs associated
with the Federal cooperative agreement.
(3) As authorized by Federal law and the Governor,
employees of the department may conduct the activities
specified under paragraph (1) on Federal land under the terms
of a Federal cooperative agreement.
(4) As authorized by Federal law, the Governor or the
Governor's designee may contract with private contractors for
the purposes of conducting activities specified under
paragraph (1) on Federal land under the terms of a Federal
cooperative agreement.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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