To authorize former Federal employees who receive voluntary separation incentive payments under the Department of Agriculture program to accept subsequent employment with the Federal Government, without loss of their payments, when such employment is directly related to fighting forest fires.

Amends the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 to authorize former Federal employees who receive Department of Agriculture voluntary separation incentive payments to accept subsequent Federal employment without loss of their payments when such employment is directly related to fighting forest fires.