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16 USC 1246. Condemnation proceedings.

16 USC 1249. 16 USC 460/-4 note.

Land acquisition program, completion time. Information to congressional committees.

PUBLIC LAW 95-248—MAR. 21, 1978 plan for the management, acquisition, development, and use of the Appalachian Trail, including but not limited to, the following items: " (1) specific objectives and practices to be observed in the management of the Trail, including the identification of all significant natural, historical, and cultural resources to be preserved; details of anticipated cooperative agreements to be consummated with other entities; and identification of carrying capacity and use . patterns of the Trail; I "(2) an acquisition or protection plan, by fiscal year, for all lands to be acquired by fee title or lesser interest, along with detailed explanation of anticipated necessary cooperative agreements for any lands not to be acquired; and "(3) general and site-specific development plans, including anticipated costs.". (3) Amend section 7(d) by changing the colon to a period and by deleting the proviso. (4) Amend section 7(g) by deleting the first proviso and inserting in lieu thereof '''"Provided, That condemnation proceedings may not be utilized to acquire fee title or lesser interests to more than an average of one hundred and twenty-five acres per mile:". (5) Amend section 10, by adding at the end thereof the following: "From the appropriations authorized for fiscal year 1979 and succeeding fiscal years pursuant to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (78 Stat. 897), as amended, not more than the following amounts may be expended for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands authorized to be acquired pursuant to the provisions of this Act: "(a)(1) The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, not to exceed $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, except that the difference between the foregoing amounts and the actual appropriations in any one fiscal year shall be available for appropriation in the subsequent fiscal year. It is the express intent of the Congress that the Secretary should substantially complete the land acquisition program necessary to insure the protection of the Trail within three complete fiscal years following the date of enactment of this sentence. Until the entire acquisition program is completed, he shall transmit in writing at the close of each fiscal year the following information to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives: " (A) the amount of land acquired during the fiscal year and the amount expended therefor; "(B) the estimated amount of land remaining to be acquired; and " (C) the amount of land planned for acquisition in the ensuing fiscal year and the estimated cost thereof.

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