Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/972

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97 STAT. 940 PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS, SPECIAL ACTS For acquisition of land within the exterior boundaries of the Cache National Forest, Utah; Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; Angeles National Forest, California; and San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, California, as authorized by law, $780,000, to be derived from forest receipts. ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES For acquisition of lands in accordance with the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), all funds deposited by public school authorities pursuant to that Act, to remain available until expended. RANGE BETTERMENT FUND For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement in accordance with section 401(b)(1), of the Act of 43 USC 1751. October 21, 1976, Public Law 94-579, as amended, 50 per centum of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the sixteen Western States, to remain available until expended. MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $90,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived from the fund established pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1643(b). ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 201 passenger motor vehicles of which 3 will be used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 189 shall be for replacement only, acquisition of 217 passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to exceed 4 for replacement only, and acquisition of 49 aircraft from excess sources; (b) services pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) uniform allowances for each uniformed employee of the United States Forest Service, not in excess of $400 annually; (d) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (e) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); and (f) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a note). None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obli- gated or expended to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional office for research, State and private forestry, and National Forest System administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, without the consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the United States Senate and the Committee on Agriculture in the United States House of Representatives.