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CRGNSA of this determination within 45 days of re-
ceipt of the advisory decision.
(j) ADMISSABILITY.—Neither the fact that arbi-
tration pursuant to this act has occurred nor the rec-
ommendation of the arbitration panel shall be admis-
sible in any court or administrative proceeding.
(k) EXPIRATION DATE.—This act shall expire on
October 1, 2002.
SEC. 338. A project undertaken by the Forest Service
under the Recreation Fee Demonstration Program as au-
thorized by Section 315 of the Department of the Interior
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year
1996, as amended, shall not result in—
(1) displacement of the holder of an authoriza-
tion to provide commercial recreation services on Fed-
eral lands. Prior to initiating any project, the Sec-
retary shall consult with potentially affected holders
to determine what impacts the project may have on
the holders. Any modifications to the authorization
shall be made within the terms and conditions of the
authorization and authorities of the impacted agency.
(2) the return of a commercial recreation service
to the Secretary for operation when such services have
been provided in the past by a private sector pro-
vider, except when—
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(A) the private sector provider fails to bid
on such opportunities,
(B) the private sector provider terminates
its relationship with the agency, or,
(C) the agency revokes the permit for non-
compliance with the terms and conditions of the
authorization.
In such cases, the agency may use the Recreation Fee Dem-
onstration Program to provide for operations until a subse-
quent operator can be found through the offering of a new
prospectus.
SEC. 339. NATIONAL FOREST-DEPENDENT RURAL
COMMUNITIES ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION. (a) FINDINGS
AND PURPOSES.—Section 2373 of the National Forest-De-
pendent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6611) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘national
forests’’ and inserting ‘‘National Forest System
land’’;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the na-
tional forests’’ and inserting ‘‘National Forest
System land’’;
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘forest re-
sources’’ and inserting ‘‘natural resources’’; and
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(D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘national
forest resources’’ and inserting ‘‘National Forest
System land resources’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘national forests’’ and in-
serting ‘‘National Forest System land’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘forest resources’’ and in-
serting ‘‘natural resources’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2374(1) of the National
Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diver-
sification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6612(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘forestry’’ and inserting ‘‘natural resources’’.
(c) RURAL FORESTRY AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICA-
TION ACTION TEAMS.—Section 2375(b) of the National For-
est-Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversifica-
tion Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6613(b)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘forestry’’
and inserting ‘‘natural resources’’; and
(2) in the second and third sentences, by striking
‘‘national forest resources’’ and inserting ‘‘National
Forest System land resources’’.
(d) ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 2376(a)
of the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Eco-
nomic Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6614(a)) is
amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘forest resources’’ and inserting
‘‘natural resources’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘national forest resources’’ and
inserting ‘‘National Forest System land resources’’.
(e) TRAINING AND EDUCATION.—Paragraphs (3) and
(4) of section 2377(a) of the National Forest-Dependent
Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 6615(a)) are amended by striking ‘‘national forest
resources’’ and inserting ‘‘National Forest System land re-
sources’’.
(f) LOANS TO ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED RURAL
COMMUNITIES.—Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 2378(a)
of the National Forest-Dependent Rural Communities Eco-
nomic Diversification Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6616(a)) are
amended by striking ‘‘national forest resources’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘National Forest System land resources’’.
SEC. 340. INTERSTATE 90 LAND EXCHANGE. (a) Sec-
tion 604(a) of the Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act of 1998
(105 Pub. L. 277; 12 Stat. 2681–326 (1998)) is hereby
amended by adding at the end of the first sentence: ‘‘except
title to offered lands and interests in lands described in sec-
tion 605(c)(2) (Q), (R), (S), and (T) must be placed in es-
crow by Plum Creek, according to terms and conditions ac-
ceptable to the Secretary and Plum Creek, for a three-year
period beginning on the later of the date of enactment of
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this Act or consummation of the exchange. During the pe-
riod the lands are held in escrow, Plum Creek shall not un-
dertake any activities on these lands, except for fire suppres-
sion and road maintenance, without the approval of the
Secretary, which shall not be unreasonably withheld’’.
(b) Section 604(b) of the Interstate 90 Land Exchange
Act of 1998 (105 Pub. L. 277; 12 Stat. 2681–326 (1998))
is hereby amended by inserting after the words ‘‘offered
land’’ the following: ‘‘as provided in section 604(a), and
placement in escrow of acceptable title to the offered lands
described in section 605(c)(2) (Q), (R), (S), and (T)’’.
(c) Section 604(b) is further amended by adding the
following at the end of the first sentence: ‘‘except Township
19 North, Range 10 East, W.M., Section 4, Township 20
North, Range 10 East, W.M., Section 32, and Township 21
North, Range 14 East, W.M., W1⁄2W1⁄2 of Section 16, which
shall be retained by the United States’’. The appraisal ap-
proved by the Secretary of Agriculture on July 14, 1999
(the ‘‘Appraisal’’) shall be adjusted by subtracting the val-
ues determined for Township 19 North, Range 10 East,
W.M., Section 4 and Township 20 North, Range 10 East,
W.M., Section 32 during the Appraisal process in the con-
text of the whole estate to be conveyed.
(d) After adjustment of the Appraisal, the values of
the offered and selected lands, including the offered lands
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held in escrow, shall be equalized as provided in section
605(c) except that the Secretary also may equalize values
through the following, including any combination thereof—
(1) conveyance of any other lands under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary acceptable to Plum Creek
and the Secretary after compliance with all applica-
ble Federal environmental and other laws; and
(2) to the extent sufficient acceptable lands are
not available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, cash payments as and to the extent funds be-
come 
available 
through 
appropriations, 
private
sources, or, if necessary, by reprogramming.
(e) The Secretary shall promptly seek to identify lands
acceptable for conveyance to equalize values under para-
graph (1) of subsection (d) and shall, not later than May
1, 2000, provide a report to Congress outlining the results
of such efforts.
(f) As funds or lands are provided to Plum Creek by
the Secretary, Plum Creek shall release to the United States
deeds for lands and interests in land held in escrow based
on the values determined during the Appraisal process in
the context of the whole estate to be conveyed. Deeds shall
be released for lands and interests in lands in the exact
reverse order listed in section 605(c)(2).
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(g) Section 606(d) is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘the Secretary and Plum Creek shall make the adjust-
ments directed in section 604(b) and consummate the land
exchange within 30 days of enactment of the Interstate 90
Land Exchange Amendment, unless the Secretary and
Plum Creek mutually agree to extend the consummation
date’’.
SEC. 341. THE
SNOQUALMIE
NATIONAL
FOREST
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1999. (a) IN GENERAL.—
The boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest is hereby
adjusted as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Snoqualmie National Forest 1999 Boundary Adjustment’’
dated June 30, 1999. Such map, together with a legal de-
scription of all lands included in the boundary adjustment,
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the
office of the Chief of the Forest Service in Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia. Nothing in this subsection shall limit the
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to adjust the
boundary pursuant to section 11 of the Weeks Law of March
1, 1911.
(b) RULE
FOR LAND
AND WATER CONSERVATION
FUND.—For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–9),
the boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest, as ad-
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justed by subsection (a), shall be considered to be the bound-
ary of the Forest as of January 1, 1965.
SEC. 342. Section 1770(d) of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 2276(d)) is amended by redesignating
paragraph (10) as paragraph (11) and by inserting after
paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
‘‘(10) section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland
Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
1642(e));’’.
SEC. 343. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to implement or
enforce any provision in Presidential Executive Order
13123 regarding the Federal Energy Management Program
which circumvents or contradicts any statutes relevant to
Federal energy use and the measurement thereof, including,
but not limited to, the existing statutory mandate that life-
cycle cost effective measures be undertaken at Federal facili-
ties to save energy and reduce the operational expenditures
of the Government.
SEC. 344. The Forest Service shall use appropriations
or other funds available to the Service to—
(1) improve the control or eradication of the pine
beetles in the Rocky Mountain region of the United
States; and
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(2)(A) conduct a study of the causes and effects
of, and solutions for, the infestation of pine beetles in
the Rocky Mountain region of the United States; and
(B) submit to Congress a report on the results of
the study, within 6 months of the date of enactment
of this provision.
SEC. 345. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used for the physical relocation of grizzly bears
into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness of Idaho and Mon-
tana.
SEC. 346. SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST, ILLINOIS.
None of the funds made available under this Act may be
used to—
(1) develop a resource management plan for the
Shawnee National Forest, Illinois; or
(2) make a sale of timber for commodity pur-
poses produced on land in the Shawnee National For-
est from which the expected cost of making the timber
available for sale is greater than the expected revenue
to the United States from the sale.
SEC. 347. YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS AND RE-
LATED PARTNERSHIPS. (a) Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this Act, there shall be available for high priority
projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps as authorized by Public Law 91–378, or related
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partnerships with non-Federal youth conservation corps or
entities such as the Student Conservation Association,
$1,000,000 of the funds available to the Bureau of Land
Management under this Act, in order to increase the num-
ber of summer jobs available for youth, ages 15 through 22,
on Federal lands.
(b) Within six months after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
the Interior shall jointly submit a report to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives
that includes the following—
(1) the number of youth, ages 15 through 22, em-
ployed during the summer of 1999, and the number
estimated to be employed during the summer of 2000,
through the Youth Conservation Corps, the Public
Land Corps, or a related partnership with a State,
local or nonprofit youth conservation corps or other
entities such as the Student Conservation Association;
(2) a description of the different types of work
accomplished by youth during the summer of 1999;
(3) identification of any problems that prevent
or limit the use of the Youth Conservation Corps, the
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Public Land Corps, or related partnerships to accom-
plish projects described in subsection (a);
(4) recommendations to improve the use and ef-
fectiveness of partnerships described in subsection (a);
and
(5) an analysis of the maintenance backlog that
identifies the types of projects that the Youth Con-
servation Corps, the Public Land Corps, or related
partnerships are qualified to complete.
SEC. 348. Each amount of budget authority for the fis-
cal year ending September 30, 2000, provided in this Act
for payments not required by law, is hereby reduced by 0.34
percent: Provided, That such reductions shall be applied
ratably to each account, program, activity, and project pro-
vided for in this Act.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the Inte-
rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 15 (legis-
lative day, July 14), 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate September 23 (legislative day,
September 22), 1999
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.