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 97 STAT. 904 PUBLIC LAW 98-140—OCT. 31, 1983 Land usc authorizations. this subsection, shall be treated as if they were the boundaries of those forests on January 1, 1965; (4) nothing in this Act shall affect valid existing rights or interests in existing land usc authorizations, except that any such right or authorization shall hereafter be administered by the agency having jurisdiction of the land after the enactment of this Act, in accordance with this Act and applicable law. Reissuance of any such authorization shall be in accordance with applicable law and the regulations of the agency having jurisdiction. LAND ACQUISITION AND EXCHANGE SEC. 4. (a) The Congress finds that the wilderness area within the Gallatin and Beaverhead National Forests in Montana established by this Act contains significant amounts of intermingled lands owned by Burlington Northern Railroad Company and that in order to manage the wilderness in an efficient and effective manner these lands should be owned by the Federal Government. Notwithstand- ing any other provision of law, this section hereby authorizes and directs the exchange of lands and interests in lands between Bur- lington Northern Railroad Company and the United States through the Secretary and the revocation of existing withdrawals on the Federal lands. Accordingly, the Congress directs the Secretary to accept from Burlington Northern Railroad Company the following described lands and interests therein, consisting of twenty-four thousand and seven and twenty-three one-hundredths acres of land, more or less, subject to valid existing rights of record acceptable to the Secretary. Township 6 South, Range 1 East, Montana Principal Meridian Section 13: All, Township 6 South, Range 2 East Section 1: Lots 13,14, North half, West half southeast quarter. Section 19: All fractional, Section 27: All, Section 29: All, Section 31: All fractional. Section 33: All, Township 7 South, Range 1 East Section 1: All fractional. Section 3: Lots 1 and 2, South half northeast quarter. Section 11: North half northeast quarter. Township 7 South, Range 2 East Section 5: All fractional, Section 15: All,

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