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 PUBLIC LAW 98-11 —MAR. 28, 1983 97 STAT. 47 acquired lands or interests therein at not less than fair market value to the highest bidder, and (ii) provisions for allowing the last owners of record a right to purchase said acquired lands or interests therein upon pa3ntnent or agreement to pay an amount equal to the highest bid price. For lands designated for exchange or disposal, the appropriate Secretary may convey these lands with any reservations or covenants deemed desirable to further the purposes of this Act. The proceeds from any disposal shall be credited to the appropri- ation bearing the costs of land acquisition for the affected trail.". (f) Section 7(g) of the National Trails System Act is amended in 16 USC 1246. the last sentence by striking out "No" and inserting in lieu thereof "Except for designated protected components of the trail, no". (g) Section 7(h) of the National Trails System Act is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(h)"; (2) in the second sentence, by striking out "a national scenic or national historic trail" and inserting in lieu thereof "such a trail"; (3) by inserting after the second sentence the following: "Such agreements may include provisions for limited financial assist- ance to encourage participation in the acquisition, protection, operation, development, or maintenance of such trails, provi- sions providing volunteer in the park or volunteer in the forest status (in accordance with the Volunteers in the Parks Act of 1969 and the Volunteers in the Forests Act of 1972) to individ- 16 USC I8g note, uals, private organizations, or landowners participating in such ^^^^ ^°^- activities, or provisions of both types. The appropriate Secretary shall also initiate consultations with affected States and their political subdivisions to encourage— "(A) the development and implementation by such enti- ties of appropriate measures to protect private landowners from trespass resulting from trail use and from unreason- able personal liability and property damage caused by trail use, and "(B) the development and implementation by such enti- ties of provisions for land practices, compatible with the purposes of this Act, for property within or adjacent to trail rights-of-way. After consulting with States and their political subdivisions under the preceding sentence, the Secretary may provide assistance to such entities under appropriate cooperative agreements in the manner provided by this subsection.; and (4) by striking out "Whenever the" in the last sentence of such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(2) Whenever the". (h) Section 7(i) of the National Trails System Act is amended by 16 USC 1246. adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The Secre- tary responsible for the administration of any segment of any component of the National Trails System (as determined in a manner consistent with subsection (a)(1) of this section) may also utilize authorities related to units of the national park system or the national forest system, as the case may be, in carrying out his administrative responsibilities for such component.". (i) Section 7 of the National Trails System Act is amended by inserting after subsection (i) the following: "(j) Potential trail uses allowed on designated components of the Trail, uses. national trails system may include, but are not limited to, the following: bicycling, cross-country skiing, day hiking, equestrian

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