Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 5.djvu/269

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PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D 114 STAT. 2763A-229 SEC. 119. Within the funds appropriated to the National Park Service under the heading "Operation of the National Park System" in Public Law 106-291, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide a grant of $75,000 to the City of Ocean Beach, New York, for repair of facilities at the Ocean Beach Pavilion at Fire Island National Seashore. SEC. 120. The National Park Service is directed to work with Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., the concessionaire currently providing services at Fort Sumter National Monument in South Carolina, on an amicable solution of the current legal dispute between the two parties. The Director of the Service is directed to extend immediately the current contract through March 15, 2001, to facilitate further negotiations and for 180 days if final settlement of all disputes is agreed to by both parties. SEC. 121. Title VIII—Land Conservation, Preservation, and Infrastructure Improvement of Public Law 106-291 is amended as follows: after the first dollar amount insert: ", to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund". SEC. 122. GAS TO LIQUIDS. Section 301(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486; 42 U.S.C. 13211(2)) is amended by inserting ", including liquid fuels domestically produced from natural gas" after "natural gas". SEC. 124. APPALACHIAN NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL, (a) ACQUISI- TIONS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of the Interior shall— (A) negotiate agreements with landowners setting terms and conditions for the acquisition of parcels of land and interests in land totaling approximately 580 acres at Saddleback Mountain near Rangeley, Maine, for the benefit of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail; (B) complete the pending environmental compliance process for the acquisitions; and (C) acquire the parcels of land and interests in land for consideration in the amount of $4,000,000 plus closing costs customarily paid by the United States. (2) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—The Secretary may accept as donations parcels of land and interests in land at Saddleback Mountain, in addition to those acquired by purchase under paragraph (1), for the benefit of the Appalachian National Scenic TVail. (b) CONVEYANCE TO THE STATE. —The Secretary shall convey to the State of Maine a portion of the land and interests in land acquired under subsection (a) without consideration, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary and the State of Maine agree are necessary to ensure the protection of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. SEC. 125. The provisions of S. 2273, as passed in the United States Senate on October 5, 2000 and engrossed, are hereby enacted into law. SEC. 126. Section 116(a)(1)(A) of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 1467) is amended by striking "$250,000" and inserting "$1,000,000". SEC. 127. The provisions of S. 2885, as passed in the United States Senate on October 5, 2000 and engrossed, are hereby enacted into law. SEC. 128. None of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be used prior to July 31, 2001, to promulgate or enforce