PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 4133 (1) IN GENERAL. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the "Secretary") shall— (A) acquire by exchange certain land and interests in land owned by R-Y Timber, Inc., and its affiliates, successors, and assigns (referred to in this section as the "Corporation"), located in the Lost Creek and Twin Lakes areas of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana; and (B)(i) convey certain land and interests in land owned by the United States and located in the Beaverhead- Deerlodge National Forest and the Gallatin National Forest, Montana, to the Corporation; and (ii) grant the right to harvest timber on land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and the Gallatin National Forest as specified in the document under paragraph (4). (2) OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE OF LAND. — (A) NON-FEDERAL LAND. —If the Corporation offers to convey to the United States fee title that is acceptable to the Secretary to approximately 17,567 acres of land owned by the Corporation and available for exchange, as depicted on the map entitled "R-Y/Forest Service Land Exchange Proposal", dated June 1996, and described in the document under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall accept a warranty deed to the land. (B) FEDERAL LAND. — (i) CONVEYANCE.—On acceptance of title to the Corporation's land under subparagraph (A) and on the effective date of the document under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall— (I) convey to the Corporation, subject to vsQid existing rights, by exchsmge deed, fee title to approximately 7,185 acres in the Beaverhead- Deerlodge National Forest; and (II) grant to the Corporation the right to harvest approximately 6,200,000 board feet of timber on certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and approximately 4,000,000 board feet of timber on certain land in the Gallatin National Forest, collectively referred to as the harvest volume, as depicted on the map described in subparagraph (A) and subject to the terms and conditions stated in the document under paragraph (4). (3) TIMBER HARVESTING. — (A) IN GENERAL.— The timber harvest volume described in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II) is in addition to, and is not intended as an offset against, the present or future planned timber sale program for the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest or the Gallatin National Forest, so long as the allowable sale quantity for each national forest, respectively, is not exceeded for the planning period. (B) SBA SHARE.—The Forest Service shall not reduce its Small Business Administration share of timber sale set-aside offerings in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National
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