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 PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003

117 STAT. 279

(1) by amending section 256(h) (42 U.S.C. 6276) to read as follows: ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to implement this part, to remain available until expended.’’; and (2) in section 281 (42 U.S.C. 6285), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2003’’ each time it appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2008’’. SEC. 340. No funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration purposes. SEC. 341. DESIGNATION OF PANTHERTOWN VALLEY TRACT OF NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST, JACKSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, IN HONOR OF JAMES AND ELSPETH MCCLURE CLARKE. The portion of the Nantahala National Forest in Jackson County, North Carolina, known as the Panthertown Valley tract and consisting of approximately 6,294 acres is hereby designated as the ‘‘James and Elspeth McClure Clarke Forest’’ in honor of James and Elspeth McClure Clarke.

TITLE IV—T’UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act’’. SEC. 402. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— (1) in 1748, the Pueblo of Sandia received a grant from a representative of the King of Spain, which grant was recognized and confirmed by Congress in 1858 (11 Stat. 374); and (2) in 1994, the Pueblo filed a civil action against the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Civil No. 1:94CV02624), asserting that Federal surveys of the grant boundaries erroneously excluded certain land within the Cibola National Forest, including a portion of the Sandia Mountain Wilderness. (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— (1) to establish the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area in the Cibola National Forest; (2) to confirm the status of national forest land and wilderness land in the Area while resolving issues associated with the civil action referred to in subsection (a)(2) and the opinions of the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior dated December 9, 1988 (M–36963; 96 I.D. 331) and January 19, 2001 (M–37002); and (3) to provide the Pueblo, the parties to the civil action, and the public with a fair and just settlement of the Pueblo’s claim.

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T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act. Native Americans. New Mexico. National Forest System. National Wilderness Preservation System. 16 USC 539m note. 16 USC 539.

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