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PUBLIC LAW 93-404-AUG. 31, 1974

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initiate design of an M H D engineering test facility, and there shall be undertaken immediately the design and planning of such engineering test facility, to be located in Montana, large enough so as to provide a legitimate engineering basis which when achieved will enable the immediate construction of a commercial scale M H D plant (500 MWe or above) for possible operations in the mid-1980's. TITLE

II—RELATED

AGENCIES

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE FOREST PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION

For expenses necessary for forest protection and utilization, as follows: Forest land management: For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, including the administration, improvement, development, and management of lands, waters, or interests therein, under Forest Service administration, fighting and preventing forest fires on or threatening such lands and emergency rehabilitation and for liquidation of obligations incurred in the preceding fiscal year for such purposes, control of white pine blister rust and other forest diseases and insects on Federal and non-Federal lands, implementation of forest advanced logging and conservation systems including necessary research and development related thereto, $806,119,000, of which $4,275,000 for fighting and preventing forest fires and for the emergency I'ehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction and $1,910,000 for insect and disease control shall be apportioned for use, pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to the extent necessary under the then existing conditions: Provided, That funds appropriated for "Cooperative range improvements", pursuant to section 12 of the Act of April 24, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 580h), may be advanced to this appropriation: Provided further, That funds appropriated for the cooperative law enforcement program shall remain available until expended. Forest research: For forest research at forest and range experiment stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, as authorized by law, $75,402,000. State and private forestry cooperation: For cooperation with States in forest-fire prevention and suppression, in forest tree planting on non-Federal public and private lands, and in forest management and processing, and for advising timberland owners, associations, woodusing industries, and others in the application for forest management principles and processing of forest products, as authorized by law, $34,638,000. C O N S T R U C T I O N AND LAND ACQUISITION

For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection and utilization of national forest resources, point discharge monitoring and evaluation, and non-point discharge surveillance monitoring and evaluation, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein necessary to these objectives, $30,908,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than $1,576,000 of this appropriation may be used for acquisition of land under the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U.S.C. 513-519).

31 USC 665.

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