Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 2.djvu/858

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114 STAT. 1549A-44 PUBLIC LAW 106-387 —APPENDIX SEC. 759. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sea Island Health Clinic located on Johns Island, South Carolina, shall remain eligible for assistance and funding from the Rural Development community facilities programs administered by the Department of Agriculture until such time new population data is available from the 2000 Census. SEC. 760. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the area bounded by West 197th Avenue, North S.W. 232nd Street, East U.S. Highway 1 and S.W. 360th Street in Dade County, Florida, shall continue to be eligible to receive business and industry guaranteed loans under section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) until such time that population data is available from the 2000 decennial Census. SEC. 761. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of Kewanee and the City of Jacksonville, Illinois, as meeting the requirements of a rural area contained in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490). SEC. 762. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide funds, within discretionary amounts available, to pay the balance of the amount due pursuant to the settlement of claims associated with the Chuquatonchee Watershed Project in Mississippi to close out this project. SEC. 763. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Konocti Water District, California, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by the Rural Utilities Service. SEC. 764. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Jefferson County, Kentucky, shall be considered to be a rural area for the purposes of the business and industry direct and guaranteed loan program authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.). SEC. 765. The Secretary of Agriculture may convey, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property consisting of approximately 1 acre located within the Sunnyside Subdivision in Prince George's County, Maryland, for the purpose of resolving land title claims and encroachments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and for promoting public access on Sunnyside Avenue. Any funds received by the Secretary as a result of the conveyance shall be credited to and merged with the appropriations available to operate the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and shall be available, without further appropriation, for the same purposes and for the same time period as such appropriations. SEC. 766. Of the funds provided to carry out section 211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 2820 note; Public Law 106-224), up to $500,000 shall be used solely for the State of California. SEC. 767. The first section of the Act of March 2, 1931 (7 U.S.C. 426) is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. PREDATORY AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS. "The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a program of wildlife services with respect to injurious animal species and take any action the Secretary considers necessary in conducting the program. The Secretary shall administer the program in a manner consistent with all of the wildlife services authorities in effect on the day