Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 115 Part 1.djvu/762

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115 STAT. 740 PUBLIC LAW 107-76 —NOV. 28, 2001 percent payment", and "safety net payments" have the meanings given such terms in section 3 of such Act, and the term "such Act" means the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note). SEC. 752. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND. Section 501(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471) is amended in paragraph (5)— (1) by striking "(5)" and inserting "(5)(A)"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(B) For purposes of this title, for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, the term 'income' does not include dividends received from the Alaska Permanent Fund by a person who was under the age of 18 years when that person qualified for the dividend.". 7 USC 321 note. SEC. 753. Hereafter, any provision of any Act of Congress relating to colleges and universities eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee University, shall apply to West Virginia State College at Institute, West Virginia: Provided, That the Secretary may waive the matching funds' requirement under section 1449 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222d) for fiscal year 2002 for West Virginia State College if the Secretary determines the State of West Virginia will be unlikely to satisfy the matching requirement. SEC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, shall provide financial and technical assistance relating to the Tanana River bordering the Big Delta State Historical Park. SEC. 755. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to allow admission of fish or fish products labeled wholly or in part as "catfish" unless the products are taxonomically from the family Ictaluridae. SEC. 756. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to accept any unused funds transferred to the Alaska Railroad Corporation for avalanche control and retransfer up to $499,000 of such funds as a direct lump sum payment to the City of Valdez to construct an avalanche control wall to protect a public school. SEC. 757. The Secretary of Agriculture may use not more than $5,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay claims of crop damage, upon consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, that resulted from the Bureau of Land Management's use of herbicides during the 2001 calendar year in the State of Idaho: Provided, That if the amount provided in this section is not sufficient to pay all approved claims the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce all approved claims on a pro rata basis related to the degree of loss in production: Provided further. That nothing in this section shall be construed to constitute an admission of liability by the United States arising from the use by the Bureau of Land Management of the herbicide Oust: Provided further, That the issuance of regulations promulgated pursuant to this section shall be made without regard to: (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and (3) chapter 35 of title