PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 97 STAT. 953 qualified to engage in such activities whenever he has determined that such contracts would decrease Federal expenditures and would produce comparable or superior results: Provided further, That in carrying out any such inventory or surveys, where National Forest System lands are involved, the Secretary of the Interior shall con- sult with the Secretary of Agriculture concerning any activities affecting surface resources: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to issue oil and gas leases for the subsurface of national forest or public land wilderness areas, or any lands designated by Congress as wilderness study areas, that are immediately adjacent to producing oil and gas fields or areas that are prospectively valuable. Such leases shall allow no surface occupancy and may be entered only by directional drilling from outside the wilderness or other nonsurface disturbing methods. SEC. 309. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used to evaluate, consider, process or award oil, gas or geothermal leases on Federal lands in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, State of Washington, within the hydrographic boundaries of the Cedar River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 21.6, the Green River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 61.0, the North Fork of the Tolt River proposed municipal watershed upstream of river mile 11.7 and the South Fork Tolt River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 8.4. SEC. 310. No assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the Com- mittees on Appropriations and are approved by such committees. SEC. 311. Employment funded by this Act shall not be subject to any personnel ceiling or other personnel restriction for permanent or other than permanent employment except as provided by law. SEC. 312. Funds provided for land acquisition in this Act may not be used to acquire lands for more than the approved appraised value (as addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91-646) except for condemnations and declarations of taking, without the written approval of the Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secre- tary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to enter into contracts with State and local governmental entities, including local fire districts, for procurement of services in the presuppression, detec- tion, and suppression of fires on any units within their jurisdiction. In addition, any contracts or agreements with the jurisdiction for fire management services listed above which are previously executed shall remain valid. SEC. 314. Except as expressly provided for by law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be obligated to dispose, except by exchange, of any Federal land tract until such time as the agency responsible for administering the disposal of the tract has specifi- cally identified the tract as no longer being needed by the Federal Government; inventoried the tract as to its public benefit values; provided opportunity for public review and discussion of the tract proposed for disposal; and provided 30 days advance notice of the tract proposed for disposal and of the plans for carrying out such disposal to the congressional delegation of the State or States in which the tract proposed for sale is located and to the appropriate congressional committees for immediate printing in the Congres- Oil and gas leases. Mount Baker- Snoqualmie National Forest, Wash., oil, gas, or geothermal leases. Assessments, presentation to congressional committees. Employment. Land acquisition, congressional approval. 42 USC 4651. Contracts with State and local governme nts. Publication in Congressional Record.
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