Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 113 Part 2.djvu/728

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113 STAT. 1501A-210 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX C the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service may establish Transfer Appropriation Accounts (also known as allocation accounts) as needed". SEC. 355. WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST. — The Forest Service shall extend the public comment period on the White River National Forest plan revision for 90 days beyond February 9, 2000. SEC. 356. The first section of Public Law 99-215 (99 Stat. 1724), as amended by section 597 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-53), is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections: "(c) The National Capital Planning Commission shall vacate and terminate an Easement and Declaration of Covenants, dated February 2, 1989, conveyed by the owner of the adjacent real property pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(D) in exchange for, and not later than 30 days after, the vacation and termination of the Deed of Easement, dated January 4, 1989, conveyed by the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission pursuant to subsection (b)(1). "(d) Effective on the date of the enactment of this subsection, the memorandum of May 7, 1985, and any amendments thereto, shall terminate.". SEC. 357. None of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate final rules to revise 43 CFR subpart 3809, except that the Secretary, following the public comment period required by section 3002 of Public Law 106-31, may issue final rules to amend 43 C.F.R. Subpart 3809 which are not inconsistent with the recommendations contained in the National Research Council report entitled "Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands" so long as these regulations are also not inconsistent with existing statutory authorities. Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand the existing statutory authority of the Secretary. TITLE IV—MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL FOREST IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE, This title may be cited as the "Mississippi National Forest Improvement Act of 1999". SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. In this title: (1) AGREEMENT. — The term "Agreement" means the Agreement described in section 405(a). (2) SECRETARY. — The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture. (3) STATE.— The term "State" means the State of Mississippi. (4) UNIVERSITY. — The term "University" means the University of Mississippi. (5) UNIVERSITY LAND.— The term "University land" means land described in section 404(a).