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123STA T .746PUBLIC LA W 111 –8—M A R .11 , 2 0 0 927 7 ,106– 11 3 , 106–2 9 1, 107–63, 10 8 –7, 108–108, 108– 4 47, 109– 5 4, 109–289, div i s i onBa nd C on t in u in gAp p r opriations Re so l ution, 2007 ( division B o fP u b li cL a w 109–289, as a m ended b y Public Laws 110–5 and 110–28 ) , and Public Law 110–161 for payments for contract support costs associated wit h self - determination or self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the Bureau of I ndian Affairs or the Indian H ealth S ervice as funded by such Acts, are the total amounts available for fiscal years 1994 through 2008 for such purposes, e x cept that for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organi z ations may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance compacts, or annual funding agreements . S EC . 410. Prior to O ctober 1, 2009, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) of the F orest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U .S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the plan for a unit of the N ational Forest System. Nothing in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re q uirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any other law

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d ,T hat if the Secretary is not acting expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper j urisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis. SEC. 411. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the M ineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monument established pursuant to the Act of J une 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation establishing such monument. SEC. 412. In entering into agreements with foreign countries pursuant to the W ildfire Suppression Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 1856m) the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished under said agreements to provide wildfire services are considered, for purposes of tort liability, employees of the country receiving said services when the individuals are engaged in fire suppression: Provided, That the Secretary of Agri- culture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any agreement under this provision unless the foreign country (either directly or through its fire organization) agrees to assume any and all liability for the acts or omissions of American firefighters engaged in firefighting in a foreign country: Provided fu r th er, That when an agreement is reached for furnishing fire fighting services, the only remedies for acts or omissions committed while fighting fires shall be those provided under the laws of the host country, and those remedies shall be the exclusive remedies for any claim arising out of fighting fires in a foreign country: Provided further, That neither the sending country nor any legal organization associ- ated with the firefighter shall be subject to any legal action whatso- ever pertaining to or arising out of the firefighter ’ s role in fire suppression. Contrac t s.F or eig nre l ations. W il df ires. P lan. 16US C16 04 note.