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 PUBLIC LAW 94-588—OCT. 22, 1976 and Rangeland amended, and to Any such action approved by the

90 STAT. 29e»l

Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as reflect such revisions in the contract price of timber. 16 USC 1601 shall not be inconsistent with valid contract rights note. final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR SCHOOLS AND ROADS

SEC. 16. The sixth paragraph under the heading " FOR E S T SERVICE " in the Act of May 23, 1908, as amended, and section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended (35 Stat. 260, 36 Stat. 963, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 500), are each amended by adding at the end thereof, respectively, the following new sentence: "Beginning October 1, 1976, the term 'moneys received' shall include all collections under the Act of June 9, 1930, and all amounts earned or allowed any purchaser of national forest timber and other forest products within such State as purchaser credits, for the construction of roads on the National Forest Transportation System within such national forests or part s thereof in connection with any Forest Service timber sales contract. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, from time to time as he goes through his process of developing the budget revenue estimates, make available to the States his current projections of revenues and payments estimated to be made under the Act of May 23, 1908, as amended, or any other special Acts making payments in lieu of taxes, for their use for local budget planning purposes.".

"Moneys received."

Projections, availability to States.

ACQUISITION OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS

SEC. 17. (a) The Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), as amended (16 U.S.C. 480, 500, 513-517, 517a, 518, 519, 521, 552, 563), is amended as follows: (1) Section 4, as amended, is repealed, and all functions of the National Forest Reservation Commission are transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture. (2) Section 5 is repealed. (3) Section 6 is amended to read as follows: " The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to examine, locate, and purchase such forested, cut-over, or denuded lands within the watersheds of navigable streams as in his judgment may be necessary to the regulation of the flow of navigable streams or for the production of timber. No deed or other instrument of conveyance of lands referred to herein shall be accepted or approved by the Secretary of Agriculture under this Act until the legislature of the State in which the land lies shall have consented to the acquisition of such land by the United States for the purpose of preserving the navigability of navigable streams.". (4) Section 7, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " W h e n the public interests will be benefited thereby, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to accept on behalf of the United States title to any lands within the exterior boundaries of national forests which, in his opinion, are chiefly valuable for the purposes of this Act, and in exchange therefor to convey by deed not to exceed an equal value of such national forest land in the same State, or he may authorize the g r a n to r to cut and remove an equal value of timber within such national forests in the same State, the values in each case to be determined by h i m: Provided, That before any such exchange is effected notice of the contemplated exchange reciting the lands involved shall be published once each week for four successive

Repeal. Transfer of functions. 16 USC 513. Repeal. 16 USC 513. 16 USC 515.

16 USC 516. Land exchange.

Notice, publication in newspapers.

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