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 110 STAT. 4228 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 Oregon. 16 USC 482b note. (8) All funding recommendations developed by the Working Group shall be based on a consensus of the Working Group members. (c) PUBLIC NOTICE AND PARTiciPATiON.The Working Group shall conduct aW meetings subject to applicable open meeting and public participation laws. The activities of the Working Group and the Federal agencies pursuant to the provisions of this title are exempt from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, Appendix 2, sections 1-15. (d) PRIORITIES. —The Working Group shall give priority to voluntary market-based economic incentives for ecosystem restoration including, but not limited to, water leases and purchases; land leases and purchases; tradable discharge permits; and acquisition of timber, grazing, and land development rights to implement plans, programs, measures, and projects. (e) TERMS AND VACANCIES. — Members of the Working Group representing governmental agencies or entities shall be named by the represented government. Members of the Working Group representing private interests shall be named in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Working Group. Representatives from Federal agencies will serve for terms of 3 years. Vacancies which occur for any reason after the date of enactment of this title shall be filled in accordance with this title. (f) ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.— Where existing authority and appropriations permit, Federal agencies may contribute to the implementation of projects recommended by the Working Group and approved by the Secretary. (g) RIGHTS, DUTIES AND AUTHORITIES UNAFFECTED. —The Working Group will supplement, rather than replace, existing efforts to manage the natural resources of the Deschutes Basin. Nothing in this title affects any legal right, duty or authority of any person or agency, including any member of the Working Group. (h) AUTHORIZATION OF AppROPRiATiONS.There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2001. SEC. 1026. BULL RUN PROTECTION. — (a) AMENDMENTS TO PUBLIC LAW 95-200.— (1) The first sentence of section 2(a) of the Public Law 95-200 is amended by striking "2(b)" and inserting in lieu thereof "2(c)". (2) The first sentence of section 2(b) of Public Law 95- 200 is amended after "the policy set forth in subsection (a)" by inserting "and (b)". (3) Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of section 2 of Public Law 95-200 are redesignated as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively. (4) Section 2 of Public Law 95-200 is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) TIMBER CUTTING. — "(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall prohibit the cutting of trees in that part of the unit consisting of the hydrographic boundary of the Bull Run River Drainage, including certain lands within the unit and located below the headworks of the city of Portland, Oregon's water storage and delivery project, and as depicted

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