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99 An official website of the United States government Here's how you know USDA Forest Service U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Home Working with Us Secure Rural Schools Program Title III FAQs Title III FAQs Allowable uses -frequently asked questions When must funds be obligated? The Authority to initiate Title III projects for counties is September 30, 2025, and to obligate Title III funds by September 30, 2026. Any county funds not obligated by Sept. 30, 2026, must be returned to the U.S. Treasury. Returning Title III Funds to U.S. Treasury -Instructions What search and rescue and other emergency services, including firefighting and law enforcement, may be reimbursed using Title III funds? Under P.L.115-141, section 302(a)(2) provides that Title III funds may be used to reimburse counties for search and rescue and other emergency response activities, including firefighting and law enforcement patrols, performed on national forests and the specified BLM lands in western Oregon and paid for by the county. Specifically, the following expenses paid for by the county may be reimbursed in proportion to the amount attributable to these emergency response services performed on a national forest or the specified BLM lands: • Salary or wages of emergency response personnel deployed during an emergency response. • Replacement of equipment, material and supplies expended, damaged or destroyed during an emergency response. • Repair of equipment damaged during an emergency response. • Maintenance of vehicles, equipment, and facilities during an emergency response. • Purchase of capital equipment such as the purchase of a fire engine, a search -and -rescue snowmobile, or other emergency response equipment. • Expenses of training personnel to respond to emergencies on national forests. • Expenses of equipment and supplies to be kept on hand for response to emergencies on national forests.