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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-398—AUG. 24, 1984

98 STAT. 1465

(6) For each fiscal year during the life of the Commission, the Secretary shall detail to the Commission, on a nonreimbursable basis, two employees of the Department of the Interior to enable the Commission to carry out the Commission's duties under section 109. DUTIES OF OTHER FEDERAL ENTITIES

SEC. 113. Any Federal entity conducting or supporting significant activities directly affecting the corridor shall— (1) consult with the Secretary and the Commission with respect to such activities; (2) cooperate with the Secretary and the Commission in carrying out their duties under this Act and, to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate such activities with the carrying out of such duties; and (3) to the maximum extent practicable, conduct or support such activities in a manner which the Commission determines will not have an adverse effect on the resources cited in the National Park Service report.

16 USC 461 note.

CONVEYANCE OF CANAL TITLE BY UNITED STATES SEC. 114. (a) CONVEYANCE TO STATE.—(1) Except as provided in Real property. subsection (b), the United States shall convey to the State by quit- 16 USC 461 note. claim deed any right, title, or interest of the United States to the real property described in the Act entitled "An Act relinquishing to the State of Illinois certain right, title, or interest of the United ..;>ij States of America, and for other purposes", approved July 1, 1947 (61 Stat. 237), comprising approximately two thousand six hundred acres. The instrument of conveyance shall require that, except as provided in paragraph (2) such real property be used and occupied only for highway, park, recreational, or other public purposes, including those provided for under this Act. Such real property may be leased for utility or transmission purposes (or may be transferred or leased for park, recreation, or other public purposes consistent with the plan) if the revenue from any such lease or transfer is used for park and recreational purposes within the corridor. (2) The State, or its successors or assigns, may continue to lease for any purpose any portion of the real property described in subsection (a) which was leased on or before February 9, 1984, so long as the revenue from such lease is used for park or recreational purposes within the corridor. Any private person occupying any portion of the real property described in subsection (a) may continue to occupy such real property with the written permission of the State (or of any successor or assign of the State in the case of any property which has been transferred to a successor or assign). (3) Except as provided in paragraph (2), if any real property conveyed to the State under this section ceases to be used and occupied as provided in paragraph (1), then any right, title, or interest in the real property not so used and occupied shall revert to the United States. The conveyance by the United States under this Claims. subsection shall be subject to the condition that the State of Illinois, its successors, and assigns agree to hold the United States harmless from claims arising from or through the operations of the lands conveyed by the United States due to conditions existing at the time of this conveyance.