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 104 STAT. 3550 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 be required to pay, or reimburse, any agency for office, personnel or support services provided by this subsection. (5) EXEMPTIONS. — (A) FACA.—The Commission shall be exempt from sections 7(d), 10(e), 10(f), and 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2,1 et seq.). (B) TITLE 5.—The Commission shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 4301 through 4305 of title 5 of the United States Code. (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND SPENDING AUTHOR- ITY. — (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to implement this section. (2) SPENDING AUTHORITY.— Any spending authority (as defined in section 401 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) provided in this title shall be effective for any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts. (i) TERMINATION. —The Presidential Commission on State and Private Forests shall cease to exist 90 days following the submission of its report to the President. Washington. SEC. 1246. BLUE MOUNTAIN NATURAL RESOURCE INSTITUTE. Or egon. ,s-m rrn ^ /-, , (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) the forests and rangelands in the States of Washington and Oregon east of the Cascade Crest do not jrield their productive capacity of multiple products, services and benefits, yet these forests and rangelands are expected to yield more; (2) these forests are among the most insect infested and disease infected in North America due to previous management practices, including the exclusion of fire and past management treatments, which have allowed these forests to become overstocked or to succeed to pest-susceptible forest types; (3) forage productivity of these forests and rangelands is reduced due to the spread of nonactive grasses, juniper, and noxious weeds; (4) the unprecedented build-up of fuel loads in these forests places them under continual threat of catastrophic fire; (5) losses due to insects, disease, and fire and reduced productivity of these forests and rangelands have far reaching environmental and economic consequences to local communities and a region entirely dependent on land-based resources; and (6) concerns over global climate change, water quality and quantity, eiir quality, fish and wildlife habitat, biodiversity, long-term forest and rangeland health and productivity, welfare of resource-dependent communities and regional economies, catastrophic fire, and scenic quality of Igmdscapes set the dimensions of multifaceted resources issued which are straining the effectiveness of policy makers and land managers. (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. — The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish, plan, and initiate a research, development, and application program for the forests and rangelands of the States of Oregon and Washington located east of the Cascade Crest which shall address research, development, and application needs of the Blue Mountain area in Washington and

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