Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/988

 93 STAT. 956

PUBLIC LAW 96-126—NOV. 27, 1979 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Review, transmittal of results to congressional committees.

43 USC 1752 note.

Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, insurance on official motor vehicles, aircraft, and boats operated by the Bureau of Land Management in Canada; and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; $10,000 for payment, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the United States Bureau of Land Management; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Land Management expenditures in connection with the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (other than expenditures made under the appropriation "Oregon and California grant lands") shall be reimbursed to the general fund of the Treasury from the 25 per centum referred to in subsection (c), title II, of the Act approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876), of the special fund designated the "Oregon and California land grant fund" and section 4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 754), of the special fund designated the "Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund": Provided further. That appropriations herein made may be expended on a reimbursable basis for (1) surveys of lands other than those under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and (2) protection of lands for the State of Alaska: Provided further. That the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture shall (a) review Federal agricultural financial assistance programs to determine to what extent such programs provide opportunities to assist livestock operators adversely affected by reductions in grazing allotments on public rangelands, as defined in the section 3 of the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1902); and (b) submit the results of this review to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within ninety days of the effective date of this Act, together with details on available programs, opportunities for more effective use of such programs, additional budget requirements needed to augment such programs, and any legislation needed to improve opportunities for assistance: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall develop criteria for extending, on a case-by-case basis, the period allowed for phased livestock reductions on public rangelands administered through the Bureau of Land Management up to five years. Such criteria shall take into account available agricultural assistance programs, the magnitude of projected livestock reductions, alternative pasturage available and ability of such public rangelands to sustain such phasing in of livestock reductions without damage to rangeland productivity: Provided further. That an appeal of any reductions in grazing allotments on public rangelands must be taken within 30 days after receipt of a final grazing allotment decision or 90 days after the effective date of this Act in the case of reductions ordered during 1979, whichever occurs later. Reductions of up to 10 per centum in grazing allotments shall become effective when so designated by the Secretary of the Interior. Upon appeal any proposed reduction in excess of 10 per centum shall be suspended pending final action on the appeal, which shall be completed within 2 years after the appeal is filed.

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