Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/953

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PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 97 STAT. 921 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to $10,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for informa- tion 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 expendi- tures 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 fund": Provided fur- ther, That appropriations herein made may be expended on a reim- bursable basis for surveys of Federal lands of the United States and for protection of lands for the State of Alaska: Provided further, That an appeal of any reductions in grazing allotments on public rangelands must be taken within thirty days after receipt of a final grazing allotment decision or ninety 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 allot- ments 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 two years after the appeal is filed: Provided further, That appropriations herein made shall be avail- able for paying costs incidental to the utilization of services contributed by individuals who serve without compensation as vol- unteers in aid of work of the Bureau to protect, improve, develop, or manage the public lands; and that within appropriations herein provided, Bureau officials may authorize either direct procurement of or reimbursement for expenses incidental to the effective use of volunteers such as, but not limited to, training, transportation, lodging, subsistence, equipment, and supplies: Provided further. That provision for such expenses or services is in accord with volunteer or cooperative agreements made with such individuals, private organizations, educational institutions, or State or local governments: Provided further. That subject to valid existing rights, no appropriation herein made shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior for the processing or issuance of prospecting permits in certain lands in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, which comprise approximately 17,562 acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "Irish Wilderness—Proposed", dated December 1981. 43 USC 1181f-4. 43 USC 1752 note. Effective date.