Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 2.djvu/948

 100 STAT. 1783-267

PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986

Fund conversion criteria regarding equal fair market value and reasonably equivalent use and location are met. SEC. 121. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be expended by the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate final regulations concerning paleontological research on Federal lands until the Secretary has received the National Academy of Sciences' report concerning the permitting and post-permitting regulations concerning paleontological research and until the Secretary has, within 30 days, submitted a report to the appropriate committees of the Congress comparing the National Academy of Sciences' report with the proposed regulations of the Department of the Interior. SEC. 122. Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act of August 9, 1955, as amended (25 U.S.C. 415(b)) is further amended— (1) by striking "or" immediately before "(2)"; and (2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: ", or (3) if the term does not exceed seventy-five years (including options to renew), and the lease is executed under tribal regulations approved by the Secretary SEC. 123. Section 515(b)(10)(B)(ii) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after "qualified registered engineer" the following: "or a qualified registered professional land surveyor in any State which authorizes land surveyors to prepare and certify such maps or plans". SEC. 124. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for the implementation, by the Secretary of the Interior or the Attorney General or any other officer acting on behalf of the United States, of the "Agreement to Settle Pending Litigation Between the United States and the Owners of Certain Oil Shale Mining Claims in Colorado", dated August 4, 1986, or for the patenting of any other oil shale placer claims located prior to passage of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act, for a period of 180 days from the date of enactment of this provision, in order to provide a period for Congressional review of this agreement: Provided, That the provisions of this section affecting the aforesaid settlement agreement shall be effective only if the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado approve a stay in the cases affected by such settlement agreement for 180 days and the parties to such agreement agree to continue to be bound by such agreement for the 180-day period: Provided further. That the Attorney General of the United States and the Secretary of the Interior are directed to immediately and in good faith seek concurrence of all parties to the agreement to continue such agreement for 180 days and to request such courts to issue stays for such period. TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES

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FOREST SERVICE FOREST R E S E A R C H

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For necessary expenses of forest research as authorized by law, $128,882,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available until ex-

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