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 110 STAT. 4232 PUBLIC LAW 104-333 —NOV. 12, 1996 in existing law or policy applicable to such lands after consummation of an exchange would be advisable or necessary to achieve such goals; (3) identifying issues and studying options and alternatives, including possible changes in existing law or policy, to ensure that combined post-exchange revenues to units of local government from State and local property, severance and other taxes or levies and shared Federal land receipts will approximate pre-exchange revenues; (4) identifying issues and studying whether possible changes in law, special appraisal instruction, or changes in certain Federal appraisal procedures might be advisable or necessary to facilitate the appraisal of potential exchange lands which may have special characteristics or restrictions aifecting land values; (5) identifying issues and studying options and alternatives, including changes in existing laws or policy, for achieving land exchanges without reducing the net supply of timber available to small businesses; (6) identifying, mapping, and recommending potential changes in land use plans, land classifications, or other actions which might be advisable or necessary to expedite, facilitate or consummate land exchanges in certain areas; (7) analyzing potential sources for new or enhanced Federal, State, or other funding to promote improved resource protection, species recovery, and management in the basin; and (8) identifying and analyzing whether increased efficiency and better land and resource management could occur through either consolidation of Federal forest management under one agency or exchsinge of lands between the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— No later than February 1, 1998, ULEP and the Secretaries shall submit a joint report to the Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives and to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate concerning their studies, findings, recommendations, mapping and other activities conducted pursueuit to this section. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In furtherance of the purposes of this section, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $2,000,000, to remain available until expended. Massachusetts. SEC. 1029. BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS RECREATION AREA. (a) PURPOSES. —The purposes of this section are— (1) to preserve for public use and enjoyment the lands and waters that comprise the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area; (2) to manage the recreation area in partnership with the private sector, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, municipalities surrounding Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays, the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center, and Trustees of Reservations, and with historical, business, cultural, civic, recreational and tourism organizations; (3) to improve access to the Boston Harbor Islands through the use of public water transportation; and

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