Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 3.djvu/738

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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

94 STAT. 3382 Revenues.

Report to congressional committees.

Payments to localities.

Water pollution control and land management.

PUBLIC LAW 96-586—DEC. 23, 1980

(d)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the revenues from the sale of public lands under this subsection within Clark County, Nevada, shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be deposited annually, in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That from these revenues, an amount equal to that actually appropriated from the Land and Water Conservation Fund pursuant to section 3 of this Act, shall be deposited in the Fund prior to fiscal year 1995. (2) Five per centum of the annual revenues referred to in paragraph (1) shall be returned to the State of Nevada annually for use in the general education program of the State. (3) Ten per centum of the net annual revenues referred to in paragraph (1) shall be returned annually directly to the county or municipality within the boundaries of which such land sale occurred to be used for the purpose of acquisition and development of recreational lands and facilities. The total annual revenue returned under this paragraph to each such county or municipality shall be an amount proportional to the amount of revenues generated under this section from sales under this section of Federal land located within each such county or municipality. (e) The revenues deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States under subsection (d) are deemed to be in the nature of repayment for those authorizations set forth in section 3 of this Act. The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit an accounting report biannually of income and expenditure provided for by this Act to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives. (f) The Secretary shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (c), make the first land sale offering of Clark County, Nevada, land no later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act. (g)(1) The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to make annual payments to the governing bodies of each of the political subdivisions any portion of which is located in the area depicted on the final map filed pursuant to section 3(a). Such payments may be used only for water pollution control, soil erosion mitigation, or acquisition by local government authorities of lands and interests in lands within the Lake Tahoe Basin, or for any combination of the foregoing purposes. (2) The total amounts appropriated for payments pursuant to this subsection shall be allocated proportionately among such political subdivisions in any fiscal year on the basis of the relative amounts of acreage acquired under this Act in each such political subdivision. (3) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of section 3 of this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated for making payments under this subsection a sum equal to 15 per centum of the amount appropriated under such section 3. (h) In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of section 3 of this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated a sum equal to 5 per centum of the amount appropriated under such section 3 to be used by the Secretary of Agriculture only for purposes of preventing, controlling, or mitigating water pollution associated with National Forest System lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin and for managing acquired lands within the Lake Tahoe Basin. Such sum shall be in addition to any other amounts available