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 PUBLIC LAW 98-473—OCT. 12, 1984

98 STAT. 1875

employee to such an event and the return of such employee from such event to his or her official-duty station". SEC. 323. It is the sense of the Congress that the Continental Scientific Drilling Program is an important national scientific endeavor, benefiting the commerce of the Nation, which should be vigorously pursued by Government and the private sector. The Continental Scientific Drilling Program is an important national scientific endeavor that is vital to the understanding of the geologic evolution of the Earth and the economic value of its resources; the most effective and efficient means of realizing the fullest potential in the Continental Scientific Drilling Program is through a cooperative effort by the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the United States Geological Survey; many important commercial and scientific advances may result from the Continental Scientific Drilling Program; and many foreign nations are engaged in a comparable deep drilling program, and cooperation and coordination would be beneficial to United States efforts. It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Continental Scientific Drilling Program is an important national scientific endeavor by the United States which should be enthusiastically implemented through a joint cooperative effort among the United States Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and the United States Geological Survey; (2) the private sector should be encouraged to support the Continental Scientific Drilling Program and the participating agencies should solicit appropriate private sector participation in such program; and (3) the United States Government should cooperate to the extent practicable with the international community in developing this important scientific and technical activity. SEC. 324. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution or any other law, section 401(c)(1) of Public Law 95-87 is amended by striking the word "and" after the words "in situ;" and adding the following after the word "subsidence;": "and establishment of self-sustaining, individual State administered programs to insure private property against damages caused by land subsidence resulting from underground coal mining in those States which have reclamation plans approved in accordance with section 503 of this Act: Provided, That funds used for this purpose shall not exceed $3,000,000 of the funds made available to any State under section 402(g)(2) of this Act;". SEC. 325. None of the funds provided for in this joint resolution or hereafter provided shall be used to lease the mineral interest of the United States with respect to a tract of land in Payne County, Oklahoma, totalling nine hundred sixty acres located on the Indian Base Meridian; township 19 north; range 1 east, section 22 west half; section 26 northwest quarter; section 27 north half, southeast quarter; unless such lease prohibits the surface occupancy of the land for development of those interests. SEC. 326. The land acquisition and relocation authorized for Centralia, Pennsylvania, under chapter IV of Public Law 98-181 shall not require any matching share of funding from the State of Pennsylvania under Section 407(e) of the "Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977". SEC. 327. Each amount of budget authority provided in this Act, for payments not required by law, is hereby reduced by 2 per

Science and technology.

30 USC 1231.

30 USC 1253. 30 USC 1232. Payne eounty, Okla. Mines and mining.

Centralia, Pa. 97 Stat. 1207. 30 USC 1237.

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