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PUBLIC LAW 99-500—OCT. 18, 1986

100 STAT. 1783-268

pended for competitive research grants, as authorized by section 5 of Public Law 95-307. STATE A N D PRIVATE FORESTRY

For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and providing technical and financial assistance to States, Territories, possessions, and others; and for forest pest management activities, $58,946,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out activities authorized in Public Law 95-313: Provided, That a grant of $2,800,000 shall be made to the State of Minnesota for the purposes authorized by section 6 of Public Law 95-495. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

For necessary, expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest System, and for repayment of advances made in the preceding fiscal year pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 556d for forest fire protection and emergency rehabilitation of National Forest System lands, and including administrative expenses associated with the management of funds provided under the heads "Forest Research", "State and Private Forestry", "National Forest System", "Construction", and "Land Acquisition", $1,158,294,000, of which $263,323,000 for reforestation and timber stand improvement, cooperative law enforcement, firefighting, and maintenance of forest development roads and trails shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1988. The Forest Service is to continue to complete as expeditiously as possible development of land and resource management plans to meet the requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (NFMA). Notwithstanding the date in section 6(c) of the NFMA (16 U.S.C. 1600), the Forest Service may continue the management of units of the National Forest System under existing land and resource management plans pending the completion of plans developed in accordance with the Act. Nothing shall limit judicial review of particular activities on management units of the National Forest System: Provided, however. That there shall be no challenges to any existing plan on the sole basis that the plan in its entirety is outdated: Provided further, That any and all particular activities to be carried out under existing plans may nevertheless be challenged. CONSTRUCTION

For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for construction, $261,436,000, to remain available until expended, of which $25,632,000 is for construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities; and $236,104,000 is for construction of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 1987 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501), shall be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury of the United States: Provided further, That the Forest Service shall achieve a 5 per centum reduction in the average cost per timber road mile as compared to the adjusted fiscal year 1985 average cost by a combination of the following two actions: (1) the application of road construction standards used to construct or reconstruct Forest Service timber roads, purchaser credit roads, or

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