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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4625 (Introduced in Senate) — To direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribe... · Sec. 201

Sec. 201. Cooperative agreements and contracts

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In this section, the term eligible entity means a State, an Indian Tribe, a county or municipal government, a fire district, a nongovernmental organization, including the Nature Conservancy, or a private entity. The Secretaries may enter into a cooperative agreement or contract with an eligible entity to authorize the eligible entity to coordinate, plan, or conduct a prescribed fire on Federal land. A State, Indian Tribe, or county that enters into a cooperative agreement or contract under subsection
(b)may enter into a subcontract, in accordance with applicable contracting procedures of the State, Indian Tribe, or county, to conduct a prescribed fire on Federal land pursuant to that cooperative agreement or contract. A cooperative agreement or contract entered into under subsection
(b)may authorize the eligible entity to serve as the agent for the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture in coordinating, planning, or conducting a prescribed fire— on Federal land; or across an area that— includes adjacent landowners; and includes Federal land. Each eligible entity contracted for implementing a prescribed fire shall procure and maintain sufficient indemnity insurance during the entire period of performance under the cooperative agreement or contract entered into under this section. A prescribed fire conducted under this section shall be carried out on a project-to-project basis under existing authorities of the applicable agency responsible for the management of the Federal land. No project authorized under this section may be undertaken without the prior written approval of the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture. A cooperative agreement or contract with an eligible entity under subsection
(b)may authorize the eligible entity to conduct a series of prescribed fires on Federal land for a period of not longer than 10 years.
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