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 104 STAT. 1960 PUBLIC LAW 101-512—NOV. 5, 1990 Oregon. California. Wildlife. Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1990. 20 USC 951 note. the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior or the Indian Health Service in the Department of Health and Human Services while carrying out any such contract or agreement and its employees are deemed employees of the Bureau or Service while acting within the scope of their employment in carrying out the contract or agreement: Provided, That after September 30, 1990, any civil action or proceeding involving such claims brought hereafter against any tribe, tribal organization, Indian contractor or tribal employee covered by this provision shall be deemed to be an action against the United States and will be defended by the Attorney General and be afforded the full protection and coverage of the Federal Tort Claims Act: Provided further. That beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and thereafter, the appropriate Secretary shall request through annual appropriations funds sufficient to reimburse the Treasury for any claims paid in the prior fiscal year pursuant to the foregoing provisions: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall in any way affect the provisions of section 102(d) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, as amended (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.). SEC. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pay- ment to be made by the United States Government pursuant to the provision of subsection (a) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876) to the Oregon and California land-grant counties in the State of Oregon from fiscal year 1991 receipts derived from the Oregon and California grant lands shall not be less than 90 per centum of the average annual payment made to those counties of their share of the Oregon and California land-grant receipts collected during the three-year baseline period of fiscal years 1988 through 1990: Provided, That in no event shall this payment exceed the total amount of receipts collected from the Oregon and California grant lands during fiscal year 1991. SEC. 316. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments to States pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 500 for National Forests affected by decisions relating to the Northern Spotted Owl from fiscal year 1991 receipts shall not be less than 90 per centum of the average annual pa5anents to States, based on receipts collected on those National Forests during the three-year baseline period of fiscal years 1988 through 1990: Provided, That in no event shall these payments exceed the total amount of receipts collected from the affected National Forests during fiscal year 1991. SEC. 317. (a) The sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated under this Act for the Forest Service to prepare the Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed Early Winters Alpine Sports Site in the Methow Valley, Washington State. This sum may be used by the Forest Service to employ additional employees or consultants in the preparation of the SEIS. SEC. 318. SHORT TITLE. This section may be cited as the "Arts, Humanities, and Museums Amendments of 1990".

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