Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 6.djvu/42

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104 STAT. 4432 PUBLIC LAW 101-626—NOV. 28, 1990 with such assessment, the Secretary shall also provide such recommendations as the Secretary deems appropriate regarding reductions in the volume of timber required by the modified contracts, and (2) an anal3rsis of the potential impacts of eliminating the two contract areas provided for in the modified contracts, including, but not limited to, an assessment of the following factors: (A) the effect on supply and demand, and price of timber within Southeast Alaska; (B) effects on the availability of timber to purchasers of independent timber sales; (C) effects on the availability of timber to be owners of the modified contracts; and (D) effects on fish and wildlife and other non-commodity resources within the Tongass National Forest. (f) The Secretary shall take such other actions in management of the Tongass National Forest as may be necessary to meet the provisions of subsection (c). (g) GAO AUDIT. —The Comptroller General of the United States shall, on a continuing basis, audit the actions taken by the Secretary to revise the text of the contracts pursuant to the modifications Reports. made pursuant to subsection (c). Within thirty days after the Secretary s transmittal of the contracts and certification to the Energy and Natural Resources in the Senate and to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs in the House of Representatives, and in no event later than one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to such Committees describing the revisions made by the Secretary to the contracts and stating whether, in the opinion of the Comptroller General, the revised contracts are in compliance with the requirements of this section. TITLE IV—HAIDA LAND SELECTIONS SEC. 401. HAIDA LAND EXCHANGE ACT AMENDMENT. 100 Stat. 4303. The Haida Land Exchange Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-664) is hereby amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "SEC. 12. SULZER PORTAGE LANDS SELECTION. "(a) WITHDRAWAL.—The following lands are withdrawn, subject to valid existing rights, from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws, and from selection under the Alaska Statehood Act (Public Law 85-508) as amended: " COPPER RIVER MERIDIAN "Township 76 South, Range 85 East "Section 16: South half south half, northwest quarter southwest quarter. "Section 17: West half, southeast quarter, south half northeast quarter. "Section 18: Fractional. "Section 19: North half northeast quarter, southeast quarter northeast quarter, northeast quarter northwest quarter.