Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 6.djvu/323

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PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 4145 once per year to discuss management issues within the Special Management Area. The BLM shall not allow any new type of activity in the Special Management Area without first conferring with the Committee in a timely manner. (3) ACCESS. —The Secretary shall allow the following: (A) Private access for any purpose, including economic development, to lands within the boundaries of the Special Management Area which are owned by third parties or are held in trust by the Secretary for third parties pursuant to the Alaska Native Allotment Act (25 U.S.C. 336). Such rights may be subject to restrictions issued by the BLM to protect subsistence uses of the Special Management Area. (B) Existing public access across the Special Management Area. Section 1110(a) of ANILCA shall apply to the Special Management Area. (4) SECRETARIAL ORDER AND MAPS. — The Secretary shall file with the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the Secretarial Order and maps setting forth the boundaries of the Area within 90 days of the completion of the acquisition authorized by this section. Once established, this Order may only be amended or revoked by Act of Congress. (5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRiATiONS.There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. TITLE IV—RIVERS AND TRAILS SEC. 401. RIO PUERCO WATERSHED. (a) MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.— (1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall— (A) in consultation with the Rio Puerco Management Committee established by subsection (b)— (i) establish a clearinghouse for research and information on management within the area identified as the Rio Puerco Drainage Basin, as depicted on the map entitled "the Rio Puerco Watershed" dated June 1994, including— (I) current and historical natural resource conditions; and (II) data concerning the extent and causes of watershed impairment; and ' (ii) establish an inventory of best management Eractices and related monitoring activities that have een or may be implemented within the area identified as the Rio Puerco Watershed Project, as depicted on the map entitled "the Rio Puerco Watershed" dated June 1994; and (B) provide support to the Rio Puerco Management Committee to identify objectives, monitor results of ongoing projects, and develop alternative watershed management