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 114 STAT. 950 PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 or grow the seeds or seedlings and are available without fiscal year limitation. SEC. 143. Public Law 105-83 (111 Stat. 1556) is amended as follows: Under the heading "Operation of Indian Programs" in the Bureau of Indian Affairs strike "non-Federal" in the last proviso and insert in lieu thereof "non-Department of the Interior". SEC. 144. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to subsections (b) and (c), all conveyances to the city of Valley City, a municipal corporation of Barnes County, North Dakota, of lands described in subsection (b), heretofore or hereafter made directly by The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company or its successors, are hereby validated to the extent that the conveyances would be legal and valid if all right, title, and interest of the United States, except minerals, were held by The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company. (b) LANDS DESCRIBED.— The lands referred to in subsection (a) are the land that formed part of the railroad right-of-way granted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, a predecessor to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, by an Act of Congress on July 2, 1864, specifically a 400-foot wide rightof-way, being 200 feet wide on each side of the centerline of the rail track as originally located and constructed between milepost 69.05 and milepost 61.10 within Barnes County, North Dakota, as shown and described on the map entitled "City of Valley City— Railroad Parcels" dated September 1, 2000. Such map shall be placed on file and available for inspection in the offices of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. (c) ACCESS AND MINERAL RIGHTS. — (1) PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS OF ACCESS. —Nothing in this section shall impair any rights of access in favor of the public or any owner of adjacent lands over, under, or across the lands described in section 2. (2) MINERALS. —The United States reserves any federally owned mineral rights in the lands described in subsection (b), except that the United States disclaims any and all right of surface entry to the mineral estate of such lands. First Ladies SEC. 145. (a) SHORT TITLE.— Th is section may be cited as the National Historic "First Ladies National Historic Site Act of 2000". i?TTQr^*Afi?°^f' (b) FIRST LADIES NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. — lb ubc 4bi note. ^^ FINDINGS. — The Congress finds the following: (A) Throughout the history of the United States, First Ladies have had an important impact on our Nation's history. (B) Little attention has been paid to the role of First Ladies and their impact on our Nation's history. (C) Establishment of the First Ladies National Historic Site will provide unique opportunities for education and study into the impact of First Ladies on our history. (2) PURPOSES.— The purposes of this section are the following: (A) To preserve and interpret the role and history of First Ladies for the benefit, inspiration, and education of the people of the United States. (B) To interpret the impact of First Ladies on the history of the United States. (C) To provide to school children and scholars access to information about the contributions of First Ladies

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