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 91 STAT. 210

PUBLIC LAW 95-42—JUNE 10, 1977

Public Law 95-42 95th Congress An Act June 10, 1977 [H.R. 5306]

To amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Land and Water United States of America in Congress assembled., That the L and and Conservation W a t e r Conservation F u n d Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 987), as amended Fund Act of (16 U.S.C. 4601-4 et seq.), is further amended as follows: 1965, (1) Section 2(c)(1) is amended by deleting "$600,000,000 for fiscal amendments. 16 USC 460/-4 year 1978, $750,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, and $900,000,000 for fiscal year 1980" and inserting in lieu thereof "and $900,000,000 for fiscal note. 16 USC 460/-5. year 1978". Appropriation (2) Section 5 is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: authorization. "Those appropriations from the fund u p to and including $600,000,000 16 USC 460/-7. in fiscal year 1978 and u p to and including $750,000,000 in fiscal j^ear 1979 shall continue to be allocated in accordance with this section. There shall be credited to a special account within the fund $300,000,000 in fiscal year 1978 and $150,000,000 in fiscal year 1979 from the amounts authorized by section 2 of this Act. Amounts credited to this account shall remain in the account until appropriated. Appropriations from the special account shall be available only with respect to areas existing and authorizations enacted prior to the convening of the Ninety-fifth Congress, for acquisition of lands, waters, or interests in lands or waters within the exterior boundaries, as aforesaid, of— " (1) the national p a r k system; " (2) national scenic t r a i l s; " (3) the national wilderness preservation system; " (4) federally administered components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; and " (5) national recreation areas administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.". 16 USC 460 1-9. (3) Section 7(a) is amended by adding the following new paragraph: " (3) Appropriations allotted for the acquisition of land, waters, or interests in land or waters as set forth under the headings 'NATIONAL P A R K S Y S T E M; RECREATION AREAS' and

Notice to congressional committees.

'NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM'

in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be available therefor notwithstanding any statutory ceiling on such appropriations contained in any other provision of law enacted prior to the convening of the Ninety-fifth Congress; except that for any such area expenditures may not exceed a statutory ceiling during any one fiscal year by 10 per centum of such ceiling or $1,000,000, whichever is greater. The Secretary of the Interior shall, prior to the expenditure of funds which would cause a statutory ceiling to be exceeded by $1,000,000 or more, and with respect to each expenditure of $1,000,000 or more in excess of such a ceiling, provide written notice of such proposed expenditure not less than thirty calendar days in advance to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and N a t u r a l Resources of the Senate.".

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