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 96 STAT. 1998

Assessments.

Employment.

42 USC 4651.

Contracts with State and local governments.

94 Stat. 2406.

16 USC 3101 note, 43 USC 1601 note.

42 USC 8322.

PUBLIC LAW 97-394—DEC. 30, 1982

watershed upstream of river mile 11.7 and the South Fork Tolt River municipal watershed upstream of river mile 8.4. SEC. 310. No assessments may be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropriations and are approved by such committees. SEC. 311. Employment funded by this Act shall not be subject to any personnel ceiling or other personnel restriction for permanent or other than permanent employment except as provided by law. SEC. 312. Funds provided for land acquisition in this Act may not be used to acquire lands for more than the approved appraised value (as addressed in section 301(3) of Public Law 91-646) except for condemnations and declarations of taking, without the written approval of the Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to enter into contracts with State and local governmental entities, including local fire districts, for procurement of services in the presuppression, detection, and suppression of fires on any units within their jurisdiction. In addition, any contracts or agreements with the jurisdictions for fire management services listed above which are previously executed shall remain valid. SEC. 314. Any interest earned by a political subdivision of a State on sums paid to such political subdivision by such State between October 1, 1979 and September 30, 1982, from amounts paid to such State under the provisions of the last paragraph under the head "FOREST SERVICE." of the Act of May 23, 1908 (16 U.S.C. 500), and of section 13 of the Act of March 1. 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), may be expended for any public purpose as such political subdivision prescribes. SEC. 315. The titles conveyed by and the easements and restrictions heretofore reserved and imposed by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to section 506(c) of Public Law 96-487 are hereby confirmed in all respects: Provided, That nothing herein shall be deemed to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. SEC. 316. Except as expressly provided for by law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be obligated to dispose, except by exchange, of any Federal land tract until such time as the agency responsible for administering the disposal of the tract has specifically identified the tract as no longer being needed by the Federal Government; inventoried the tract as to its public benefit values; provided opportunity for public review and discussion of the tract proposed for disposal; and provided 30 days advance notice of the tract proposed for disposal and of the plans for carrying out such disposal to the congressional delegation of the State or States in which the tract proposed for sale is located and to the appropriate congressional committees for immediate printing in the (Congressional Record: Provided, That neither the Act of July 31, 1958, as amended (72 Stat. 438, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 1012a; 16 U.S.C. 478a) nor the Act of June 14, 1926, as amended (49 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) shall be subject to the provisions of this section. SEC. 317. In the case of any new electric power plant located in Alaska for which a petition is accepted after the date of enactment of this Act, but before December 31, 1985, pursuant to section 212(f) of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, to use natural gas (as that term is defined in such Act), as a primary

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