Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/1494

 90 STAT. 2962

16 USC 518. Repeal.

16 USC 514. Forest land acquisitions, report to congressional committees.

16 USC 521b.

PUBLIC LAW 94-588—OCT. 22, 1976 weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the county or counties in which may be situated the lands to be accepted, and in some like newspaper published in any county in which may be situated any lands or timber to be given in such exchange. Timber given in such exchanges shall be cut and removed under the laws and regulations relating to such national forests, and under the direction and supervision and in accordance with the requirements of the Secretary of Agriculture. Lands so accepted by the Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon acceptance, become pails of the national forests within whose exterior boundaries they are located, and be subjected to all provisions of this Act.". (5) Section 9, as amended, is amended by striking out the following language in the first sentence: "the National Forest Reservation Commission and". (6) Section 14, as amended, is repealed. (b) For purposes of providing information that will aid the Congress in its oversight responsibilities and improve the accountability of expenditures for the acquisition of forest land, the Secretary of Agriculture may not hereafter enter into any land purchase or exchange relating to the National Forest System of $25,000 or more for the types of lands which have been heretofore approved by the National Forest Reservation Commission until after 30 days from the date upon which a detailed report of the facts concerning such proposed purchase or transfer is submitted to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the Senate or such earlier time as may be approved by both such committees. Such report shall contain at least the following: (1) guidelines utilized by the Secretary in determining that the land should be acquired; (2) the location and size of the land; (3) the purchase price of the land and the criteria used by the Secretary in determining such price; and (4) the person from whom the land is being acquired. AMENDMENT TO THE KNUTSON-VANDENBERG ACT

SEC. 18. Section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (46 Stat. 527; 16 U.S.C. 576b), is amended— (a) by striking out the word "or" immediately before " (3) " in the first sentence thereof; and (b) by striking out in the first sentence thereof the colon preceding the proviso and all that follows down through "three years" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", or (4) protecting and improving the future productivity of the renewable resources of the forest land on such sale area, including sale area improvement operations, maintenance and construction, reforestation and wildlife habitat management". AMENDMENT TO THE ACT O F JUNE 12, 1960

Short title. 16 USC 528 note.

SEC. 19. The Act of June 12, 1960 (74 Stat. 215; 16 U.S.C. 528-531), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 5. This Act may be cited as the 'Multiple-LTse Sustained-Yield Act of 1960'.".

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