Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 4.djvu/874

 100 STAT. 3341-269

PUBLIC LAW 99-591—OCT. 30, 1986

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 purchaser elect roads, and (2) reducing the direct personnel cost of designing and constructing timber roads to these standards: Provided further. That the Forest Service shall take administrative cost saving actions, including reductions in indirect personnel, overhead charges, and productivity improvements, in fiscal year 1987 in a manner so as to achieve a 5 per centum reduction in the average cost per timber road mile as compared to the adjusted,fiscal year 1985 average cost: Provided further, That such actions shall be taken so as to achieve these 5 per centum reductions in each Forest Service region. Pursuant to section (b)(2), the Act of December 23, 1980, Public Law 96-581 (94 Stat. 3372), not to exceed $300,000 from the sale of 18.13 acres to the Flagstaff Medical Regional Center, Flagstaff, Arizona, are hereby appropriated and made available, until expended, to the Forest Service for the specific purpose of contract administration and overruns resulting from the construction of administrative improvements at the Mt. Elden Work Center, Flagstaff, Arizona: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that outlays associated with such action shall not cause the total outlays during fiscal year 1987 from Forest Service land acquisition and construction activities and construction activities in region 3 (including Arizona and New Mexico) to exceed the total that otherwise would have occurred as a result of enactment of this or previous appropriations Acts. There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account), $9,915,000 to be transferred to the Forest Service for road construction to serve the Mount St, Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington: Provided, That the funds authorized by this section shall be available for obligation in the same manner and to the same extent as if such funds were apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, except the Federal share of the cost of this project shall be 100 per centum, and such funds shall remain available until expended: Provided further. That the foregoing shall not alter the amount of funds or contract authority that would otherwise be available for road construction to serve any State other than the State of Washington. LAND ACQUISITION

For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601-4-11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the Forest Service, $49,236,000, to be derived from the Laind and Water Conservation Fund, and $3,000,000 for acquisition of land and interests therein in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon and Washington, as depicted on a map entitled

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