PUBLIC LAW 97-100—DEC. 23, 1981
95 STAT. 1393
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, insurance on official motor vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by the Bureau of Land Management in Canada; and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; $10,000 for payment, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the United States Bureau of Land Management; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Land Management expenditures in connection with the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (other than expenditures made under the appropriation "Oregon and California grant lands") shall be reimbursed to the General Fund of the Treasury from the 25 per centum referred to in subsection (c), title II, of the Act approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876), of the special fund designated the "Oregon and California land grant fund" and section 4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 754), of the special fund designated the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant ^3 USC ii8if-4. fund": Provided further, That appropriations herein made may be expended on a reimbursable basis for (1) surveys of lands other than those under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and (2) protection of lands for the State of Alaska: Provided further, That 43 USC 1752 the Secretary of the Interior shall develop criteria for extending, on a "°^case-by-case basis, the period allowed for phased livestock reductions on public rangelands administered through the Bureau of Land Management up to five years. Such criteria shall take into account available agricultural assistance programs, the magnitude of projected livestock reductions, alternative pasturage available, and ability of such public rangelands to sustain such phasing in of livestock reductions without damage to rangeland productivity: Provided further, That an appeal of any reductions in grazing allotments on public rangelands must be taken within 30 days after receipt of a final grazing allotment decision or 90 days after the effective date of this Act in the case of reductions ordered during 1979, whichever occurs later. Reductions of up to 10 per centum in grazing allotments shall become effective when so designated by the Secretary of the Interior. Upon appeal any proposed reduction in excess of 10 per centum shall be suspended pending final action on the appeal, which shall be completed within 2 years after the appeal isfiled:Provided further, That, none of the funds provided in this Act to the Bureau of Land Management may be expended to determine suitability or nonsuitability for wilderness or for any wilderness study area designation as directed in 43 U.S.C. 1782 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of the lands withdrawn by the Executive Order numbered 3767 of December 19, 1922, to be used by the United States Department of Agriculture for a sheep experiment station. OFFICE OF WATER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Water Research and Development Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-467) and 42 USC 780i note.
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