Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/1058

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114 STAT. 2080 PUBLIC LAW 106-472—NOV. 9, 2000 "(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance under this section— " (1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; "(2) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2002; "(3) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2003; " (4) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and " (5) $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2005. "(i) ASSESSMENT OF REHABILITATION NEEDS. —The Secretary, in concert with the responsible State agencies, shall conduct an assessment of the rehabilitation needs of covered water resource projects in all States in which such projects are located. " (j) RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTS. — "(1) SECRETARY.— The Secretary shall maintain a data base to track the benefits derived from rehabilitation projects supported under this section and the expenditures made under this section. On the basis of such data and the reports submitted under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress an annual report providing the status of activities conducted under this section. Deadline. "(2) GRANT RECIPIENTS.— Not later than 90 days after the completion of a specific rehabilitation project for which assistance is provided under this section, the local organization that received the assistance shall make a report to the Secretary giving the status of any rehabilitation effort undertaken using financial assistance provided under this section.". SEC. 314. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST AND CONVEYANCE OF MINERAL RIGHTS IN FORMER FEDERAL LAND IN SUMTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress finds the following: (1) The hiking trail known as the Palmetto Trail traverses the Manchester State Forest in Sumter County, South Carolina, which is owned by the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry on behalf of the State of South Carolina. (2) The Commission seeks to widen the Palmetto Trail by acquiring a corridor of land along the northeastern border of the trail from the Anne Marie Carton Boardman Trust in exchange for a tract of former Federal land now owned by the Commission. (3) At the time of the conveyance of the former Federal land to the Commission in 1955, the United States retained a reversionary interest in the land, which now prevents the land exchange from being completed. (b) RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST. — (1) RELEASE REQUIRED.—In the case of the tract of land identified as Tract 3 on the map numbered 161-DI and further described in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall release the reversionary interest of the United States in the land that— (A) requires that the land be used for public purposes; and (B) is contained in the deed conveying the land from the United States to the South Carolina State Commission of Forestry, dated June 28, 1955, and recorded in Deed Drawer No. 6 of the Clerk of Court for Sumter County, South Carolina.