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Ill STAT. 1604 PUBLIC LAW 105-83—NOV. 14, 1997 16 USC 668dd note. 16 USC 497d. to preservation of the overall integrity of the site and conservation of the educational and research potential of the site, including providing for access to and assurance of the continued administration and operation of forestry research on the adjacent Thornton Munger Research Natural Area. (j) The Secretary is further directed to cooperate with Skamania County to address applicable Federal and State environmental laws. (k) Notwithstanding the processes involved with the National Environmental Policy Act and the State Environmental Policy Act, should the Secretary of Agriculture and the Skamania County Board of Commissioners fail to reach an agreement on an equal value exchange defined under the terms of this legislation by September 30, 1999, the Wind River Nursery Site shall remain under Forest Service ownership and be maintained by the Forest Service in a tenantable condition. SEC. 341. The National Wildlife Refuge in Jasper and Marion Counties, Iowa, authorized in Public Law 101-302 shall be referred to in any law, regulation, document or record of the United States in which such project is referred to, as the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. SEC. 342. None of the funds in this or any other Act shall be expended by the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service or any other Federal agency, for the introduction of the grizzly bear population in the Selway-Bitteroot area of Idaho and adjacent Montana, or for consultations under section 7(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act for Federal actions affecting grizzly bear within the Selway-Bitteroot area of Idaho, except that, funds may be used by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, or any other Federal agency for the purposes of receiving public comment on the draft Environmental Impact Statement dated July 1997 and issuing a Record of Decision, and for conducting a habitatbased population viability analysis. SEC. 343. The Secretary of Agriculture shall hereafter phase in, over a 3-year period in equal annual installments, that portion of the fee increase for a recreation residence special use permit holder which is more than 100 percent of the previous year's fee: Provided, That no recreation residence fee may be increased any sooner than one year from the time the permittee has been notified by the Forest Service of the results of an appraisal which has been conducted for the purpose of establishing such fees: Provided further. That no increases in recreation residence fees on the Sawtooth National Forest will be implemented prior to January 1, 1999. SEC. 344. It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) preserving Civil War battlefields should be an integral part of preserving our Nation's history; and (2) Congress should give special priority to the preservation of Civil War battlefields by making funds available for the purchase of threatened and endangered Civil War battlefield sites. SEC. 345. It is the sense of the Senate that, inasmuch as there is disagreement as to what extent, if any. Federal funding for the arts is appropriate, and what modifications to the mechanism for such funding may be necessary; and further, inasmuch as there is a role for the private sector to supplement the Federal, State, and local partnership in support of the arts, hearings should be