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 no STAT. 1022 PUBLIC LAW 104-127 —APR. 4, 1996 (B) measures necessary to protect the free exercise of non-Federal water rights requiring easements and permits from the Forest Service; (C) the protection of minimum instream flows for environmental and watershed management purposes on National Forest land through purchases or exchanges from willing sellers in accordance with State law; (D) the effects of any of the recommendations made under this paragraph on existing State laws, regulations, and customs of water usage; and (E) measures that would be useful in avoiding or resolving conflicts between the Forest Service's responsibilities for natural resource and environmental protection, the public interest, and the property rights and interests of water holders with special use permits for water facilities, including the study of the Federal acquisition of water rights, dispute resolution, mitigation, and compensation. (4) FINAL REPORT.—As soon as practicable, but not later than 1 year, after the date of enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall provide the final report of the Task Force to— (A) the Secretary of Agriculture; (B) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (C) the President pro tempore of the Senate; (D) the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; (E) the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; (F) the Chairman of the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives; and (G) the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. (5) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDS. — The Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds made available for salaries and administrative expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out this subsection. Florida. SEC. 390. EVERGLADES ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION. (a) IN GENERAL. —On July 1, 1996, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide $200,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out this section. (b) ENTITLEMENT. — The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the "Secretary")— (1) shall be entitled to receive the funds made available under subsection (a); (2) shall accept the funds; and (3) shall use the funds to— (A) conduct restoration activities in the Everglades ecosystem in South Florida, which shall include the acquisition of real property and interests in real property located within the Everglades ecosystem; and (B) fund resource protection and resource maintenance activities in the Everglades ecosystem. (c) SAVINGS PROVISION. —Nothing in this subsection precludes the Secretary from transferring funds to the Army Corps of Engineers, the State of Florida, or the South Florida Water Management District to carry out subsection (b)(3).

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