112 STAT. 2681-331 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (D) Township 21 North, Range 14 East, Sections 28, 22, 36, 26 and 16; (E) Township 18 North, Range 15 East, Sections 13, 12 and 2; (F) Township 18 North, Range 15 East, Section 1; and (G) Township 18 North, Range 15 East, Section 17, Willamette Meridian. (e) Once the values of the offered and selected lands are equalized to the maximum extent practicable under subsections (c) or (d), any cash eaualization balance due the Secretary or Plum Creek shall be made through cash equalization pa3nnents under subsection 206(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716(b)). (f) USE OF PROCEEDS BY THE SECRETARY.—The amount of any cash equalization payment received by the Secretary under this section shall be retained by the Secretary and shall be used by the Secretary until fully expended to purchase land from willing sellers in the State of Washington for addition to the National Forest System. SEC. 606. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. (a) STATUS OF LANDS AFTER EXCHANGE.— (1) LAND ACQUIRED BY THE SECRETARY.— (A) IN GENERAL.— Land acquired by the Secretary under this Act shall become part of the Mt. Baker- Snoqualmie, Gifford Pinchot or Wenatchee National Forests, as appropriate. (B) MODIFICATION OF BOUNDARIES. — (1) If any land acquired by the Secretary lies outside the exterior boundaries of the national forests identified in subparagraph (A), the boundaries of the appropriate national forest are hereby modified to include such land. (2) Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the Secretary to adjust the boundaries of such National Forests pursuant to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (commonly known as the "Weeks Act"). (3) For purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601- 9) the boundaries of Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, Wenatchee and GifiFord Pinchot as modified by this Act shall be considered to be the boundaries of such forests as of January 1, 1965. (C) MANAGEMENT. —Land acquired by the Secretary under this Act shall have the status of lands acquired under the Act of March 1, 1911 and shall be managed in accordance with the laws, rules, regulations and guidelines applicable to the National Forest System. (2) LAND ACQUIRED BY PLUM CREEK. —Land acquired by Plum Creek under this Act shall become private land for all " purposes of law, unless the deed by which conveyance is made to Plum Creek contains a specific reservation. (b) POST-EXCHANGE ACCESS TO LAND.— (1) FINDING. —Congress finds that Plum Creek and the Secretary should have adequate and timely post-exchange
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