Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/973

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PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 97 STAT. 941 None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obli- gated or expended to adjust annual recreational residence fees to an amount greater than that annual fee in effect at the time of the next to last fee adjustment, plus 50 per centum. In those cases where the currently applicable annual recreational residence fee exceeds that adjusted amount, the Forest Service shall credit to the permittee that excess amount, times the number of years that that fee has been in effect, to offset future fees owed to the Forest Service. Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced to the National Forest System appropriation for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction. Appropriations and funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to comply with the requirements of section 313(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1323(a)). The appropriation structure for the Forest Service may not be altered without advance approval of the House and Senate Commit- tees on Appropriations. Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for assistance to or through the Agency for International Development and the Office of International Cooperation and Development in connection with forest and rangeland research and technical infor- mation and assistance in foreign countries. Funds previously appropriated for timber salvage sales may be recovered from receipts deposited for usc by the applicable national forest and credited to the Forest Service Permanent Appropriations to be expended for timber salvage sales from any national forest. Provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) shall apply to appropriations available to the Forest Service only to the extent that the proposed transfer is approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appro- priations in compliance with the reprograming procedures con- tained in House Report 97-942. No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of the Forest Service. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION The Secretary of Energy shall, utilizing the funds remaining for project feasibility development studies appropriated under this head in Public Law 96-126 (93 Stat. 970 (1979)), usc up to $200,000 to 42 USC 5915 conduct a feasibility study of an alternative fuels wood pellet gasi- ^°^^- fier facility located near Sandpoint, Idaho: Provided, That the Secre- tary of Energy shall, utilizing $33,027.79 of the funds remaining for Project Development Feasibility Studies appropriated under this head in Public Law 96-126 (93 Stat. 970 (1979)), reimburse consult- ants who provided services reviewing grant applications to the Office of Alcohol Fuels within the Department of Energy in 1980. FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and development activities, under the authority of the Department of