II
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4828
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 4 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000
Received
AN ACT
To designate the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area and the
Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protec-
tion Area in Harney County, Oregon, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSES; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protec-
tion Act of 2000’’.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are the fol-
lowing:
(1) To maintain the cultural, economic, ecologi-
cal, and social health of the Steens Mountain area
in Harney County, Oregon.
(2) To designate the Steens Mountain Wilder-
ness Area.
(3) To designate the Steens Mountain Coopera-
tive Management and Protection Area.
(4) To provide for the acquisition of private
lands through exchange for inclusion in the Wilder-
ness Area and the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area.
(5) To provide for and expand cooperative man-
agement activities between public and private land-
owners in the vicinity of the Wilderness Area and
surrounding lands.
(6) To authorize the purchase of land and de-
velopment and nondevelopment rights.
(7) To designate additional components of the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
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(8) To establish a reserve for redband trout and
a wildlands juniper management area.
(9) To establish a citizens’ management advi-
sory council for the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area.
(10) To maintain and enhance cooperative and
innovative management practices between the public
and private land managers in the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area.
(11) To promote viable and sustainable grazing
and recreation operations on private and public
lands.
(12) To conserve, protect, and manage for
healthy watersheds and the long-term ecological in-
tegrity of Steens Mountain.
(13) To authorize only such uses on Federal
lands in the Cooperative Management and Protec-
tion Area that are consistent with the purposes of
this Act.
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; purposes; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Maps and legal descriptions.
Sec. 4. Valid existing rights.
Sec. 5. Protection of tribal rights.
TITLE I—STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION AREA
Subtitle A—Designation and Purposes
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Sec. 101. Designation of Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area.
Sec. 102. Purpose and objectives of Cooperative Management and protection
Area.
Subtitle B—Management of Federal Lands
Sec. 111. Management authorities and purposes.
Sec. 112. Roads and travel access.
Sec. 113. Land use authorities.
Sec. 114. Land acquisition authority.
Sec. 115. Special use permits.
Subtitle C—Cooperative Management
Sec. 121. Cooperative management agreements.
Sec. 122. Cooperative efforts to control development and encourage conserva-
tion.
Subtitle D—Advisory Council
Sec. 131. Establishment of advisory council.
Sec. 132. Advisory role in management activities.
Sec. 133. Science committee.
TITLE II—STEENS MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AREA
Sec. 201. Designation of Steens Mountain Wilderness Area.
Sec. 202. Administration of Wilderness Area.
Sec. 203. Water rights.
Sec. 204. Treatment of wilderness study areas.
TITLE III—WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS AND TROUT RESERVE
Sec. 301. Designation of streams for wild and scenic river status in Steens
Mountain area.
Sec. 302. Donner und Blitzen River redband trout reserve.
TITLE IV—MINERAL WITHDRAWAL AREA
Sec. 401. Designation of mineral withdrawal area.
Sec. 402. Treatment of State lands and mineral interests.
TITLE V—ESTABLISHMENT OF WILDLANDS JUNIPER
MANAGEMENT AREA
Sec. 501. Wildlands juniper management area.
Sec. 502. Release from wilderness study area status.
TITLE VI—LAND EXCHANGES
Sec. 601. Land exchange, Roaring Springs Ranch.
Sec. 602. Land exchanges, C.M. Otley and Otley Brothers.
Sec. 603. Land exchange, Tom J. Davis Livestock, Incorporated.
Sec. 604. Land exchange, Lowther (Clemens) Ranch.
Sec. 605. General provisions applicable to land exchanges.
TITLE VII—FUNDING AUTHORITIES
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Sec. 701. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 702. Use of land and water conservation fund.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘advisory
council’’ means the Steens Mountain Advisory Coun-
cil established by title IV.
(2) 
COOPERATIVE
MANAGEMENT
AGREE-
MENT.—An agreement to plan or implement (or
both) cooperative recreation, ecological, grazing,
fishery, vegetation, prescribed fire, cultural site pro-
tection, wildfire or other measures to beneficially
meet public use needs and the public land and pri-
vate land objectives of this Act.
(3) COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTEC-
TION AREA.—The term ‘‘Cooperative Management
and Protection Area’’ means the Steens Mountain
Cooperative Management and Protection Area des-
ignated by title I.
(4) EASEMENTS.—
(A) 
CONSERVATION
EASEMENT.—The
term ‘‘conservation easement’’ means a binding
contractual agreement between the Secretary
and a landowner in the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area under which the
landowner, permanently or during a time period
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specified in the agreement, agrees to conserve
or restore habitat, open space, scenic, or other
ecological resource values on the land covered
by the easement.
(B) NONDEVELOPMENT EASEMENT.—The
term ‘‘nondevelopment easement’’ means a
binding contractual agreement between the Sec-
retary and a landowner in the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area that will, perma-
nently or during a time period specified in the
agreement—
(i) prevent or restrict development on
the land covered by the easement; or
(ii) protect open space or viewshed.
(5) ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY.—The term ‘‘eco-
logical integrity’’ means a landscape where ecological
processes are functioning to maintain the structure,
composition, activity, and resilience of the landscape
over time, including—
(A) a complex of plant communities, habi-
tats and conditions representative of variable
and sustainable successional conditions; and
(B) the maintenance of biological diversity,
soil fertility, and genetic interchange.
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(6) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The term ‘‘manage-
ment plan’’ means the management plan for the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area and the
Wilderness Area required to be prepared by section
111(b).
(7) REDBAND
TROUT
RESERVE.—The term
‘‘Redband Trout Reserve’’ means the Donner und
Blitzen Redband Trout Reserve designated by sec-
tion 302.
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bu-
reau of Land Management.
(9) SCIENCE COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘science
committee’’ means the committee of independent sci-
entists appointed under section 133.
(10) WILDERNESS AREA.—The term ‘‘Wilder-
ness Area’’ means the Steens Mountain Wilderness
Area designated by title II.
SEC. 3. MAPS AND LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.
(a) PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION.—As soon as
practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress maps
and legal descriptions of the following:
(1) The Cooperative Management and Protec-
tion Area.
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(2) The Wilderness Area.
(3) The wild and scenic river segments and
redband trout reserve designated by title III.
(4) The mineral withdrawal area designated by
title IV.
(5) The wildlands juniper management area es-
tablished by title V.
(6) The land exchanges required by title VI.
(b) LEGAL EFFECT AND CORRECTION.—The maps
and legal descriptions referred to in subsection (a) shall
have the same force and effect as if included in this Act,
except the Secretary may correct clerical and typo-
graphical errors in such maps and legal descriptions.
(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Copies of the maps and
legal descriptions referred to in subsection (a) shall be on
file and available for public inspection in the Office of the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management and in the
appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management in
the State of Oregon.
SEC. 4. VALID EXISTING RIGHTS.
Nothing in this Act shall effect any valid existing
right.
SEC. 5. PROTECTION OF TRIBAL RIGHTS.
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to diminish
the rights of any Indian tribe. Nothing in this Act shall
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be construed to diminish tribal rights, including those of
the Burns Paiute Tribe, regarding access to Federal lands
for tribal activities, including spiritual, cultural, and tradi-
tional food gathering activities.
TITLE I—STEENS MOUNTAIN CO-
OPERATIVE 
MANAGEMENT
AND PROTECTION AREA
Subtitle A—Designation and
Purposes
SEC. 101. DESIGNATION OF STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERA-
TIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall designate
the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area consisting of approximately 425,550 acres of
Federal land located in Harney County, Oregon, in the
vicinity of Steens Mountain, as generally depicted on the
map entitled ‘‘Steens Mountain Boundary Map’’ and
dated September 18, 2000.
(b) CONTENTS OF MAP.—In addition to the general
boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Protec-
tion Area, the map referred to in subsection (a) also de-
picts the general boundaries of the following:
(1) The no livestock grazing area described in
section 113(e).
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(2) The mineral withdrawal area designated by
title IV.
(3) The wildlands juniper management area es-
tablished by title V.
SEC. 102. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF COOPERATIVE
MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION AREA.
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area is to conserve, protect, and
manage the long-term ecological integrity of Steens Moun-
tain for future and present generations.
(b) OBJECTIVES.—To further the purpose specified
in subsection (a), and consistent with such purpose, the
Secretary shall manage the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area for the benefit of present and future
generations—
(1) to maintain and enhance cooperative and in-
novative management projects, programs and agree-
ments between tribal, public, and private interests in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area;
(2) to promote grazing, recreation, historic, and
other uses that are sustainable;
(3) to conserve, protect and to ensure tradi-
tional access to cultural, gathering, religious, and ar-
chaeological sites by the Burns Paiute Tribe on Fed-
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eral lands and to promote cooperation with private
landowners;
(4) to ensure the conservation, protection, and
improved management of the ecological, social, and
economic environment of the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area, including geological, bio-
logical, wildlife, riparian, and scenic resources; and
(5) to promote and foster cooperation, commu-
nication, and understanding and to reduce conflict
between Steens Mountain users and interests.
Subtitle B—Management of Federal
Lands
SEC. 111. MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES AND PURPOSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall manage all
Federal lands included in the Cooperative Management
and Protection Area pursuant to the Federal Land Policy
and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)
and other applicable provisions of law, including this Act,
in a manner that—
(1) ensures the conservation, protection, and
improved management of the ecological, social and
economic environment of the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area, including geological, bio-
logical, wildlife, riparian, and scenic resources,
North American Indian tribal and cultural and ar-
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chaeological resource sites, and additional cultural
and historic sites; and
(2) recognizes and allows current and historic
recreational use.
(b) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—Within four years after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
develop a comprehensive plan for the long-range protection
and management of the Federal lands included in the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area, including the
Wilderness Area. The plan shall—
(1) describe the appropriate uses and manage-
ment of the Cooperative Management and Protection
Area consistent with this Act;
(2) incorporate, as appropriate, decisions con-
tained in any current or future management or ac-
tivity plan for the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area and use information developed in
previous studies of the lands within or adjacent to
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area;
(3) provide for coordination with State, county,
and private local landowners and the Burns Paiute
Tribe; and
(4) determine measurable and achievable man-
agement objectives, consistent with the management
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ment and Protection Area if the Secretary deter-
mines that such use—
(A) is needed for administrative purposes
or to respond to an emergency; or
(B) is appropriate for the construction or
maintenance of agricultural facilities, fish and
wildlife management, or ecological restoration
projects, except in areas designated as wilder-
ness or managed under the provisions of section
603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782).
(c) ROAD CLOSURES.—Any determination to perma-
nently close an existing road in the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area or to restrict the access of mo-
torized or mechanized vehicles on certain roads shall be
made in consultation with the advisory council and the
public.
(d) PROHIBITION ON NEW CONSTRUCTION.—
(1) PROHIBITION, EXCEPTION.—No new road
or trail for motorized or mechanized vehicles may be
constructed on Federal lands in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area unless the Sec-
retary determines that the road or trail is necessary
for public safety or protection of the environment.
Any determination under this subsection shall be
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made in consultation with the advisory council and
the public.
(2) TRAILS.—Nothing in this subsection is in-
tended to limit the authority of the Secretary to con-
struct or maintain trails for nonmotorized or non-
mechanized use.
(e) ACCESS TO NONFEDERALLY OWNED LANDS.—
(1) REASONABLE ACCESS.—The Secretary shall
provide reasonable access to nonfederally owned
lands or interests in land within the boundaries of
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area
and the Wilderness Area to provide the owner of the
land or interest the reasonable use thereof.
(2) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—
Nothing in this Act shall have the effect of termi-
nating any valid existing right-of-way on Federal
lands included in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area.
SEC. 113. LAND USE AUTHORITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall allow only
such uses of the Federal lands included in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area as the Secretary finds
will further the purposes for which the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area is established.
(b) COMMERCIAL TIMBER.—
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(1) PROHIBITION.—The Federal lands included
in the Cooperative Management and Protection Area
shall not be made available for commercial timber
harvest.
(2) LIMITED EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may
authorize the removal of trees from Federal lands in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area
only if the Secretary determines that the removal is
clearly needed for purposes of ecological restoration
and maintenance or for public safety. Except in the
Wilderness Area and the wilderness study areas re-
ferred to in section 204(a), the Secretary may au-
thorize the sale of products resulting from the au-
thorized removal of trees under this paragraph.
(c) JUNIPER MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary shall
emphasize the restoration of the historic fire regime in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area and the re-
sulting native vegetation communities through active man-
agement of Western Juniper on a landscape level. Man-
agement measures shall include the use of natural and
prescribed burning.
(d) HUNTING, FISHING, AND TRAPPING.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall per-
mit hunting, fishing, and trapping on Federal lands
included in the Cooperative Management and Pro-
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tection Area in accordance with applicable laws and
regulations of the United States and the State of
Oregon.
(2) AREA AND TIME LIMITATIONS.—After con-
sultation with the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, the Secretary may designate zones where,
and establish periods when, hunting, trapping or
fishing is prohibited on Federal lands included in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area for
reasons of public safety, administration, or public
use and enjoyment.
(e) GRAZING.—
(1) CONTINUATION OF EXISTING LAW.—Except
as otherwise provided in this section and title VI,
the laws, regulations, and executive orders otherwise
applicable to the Bureau of Land Management in
issuing and administering grazing leases and per-
mits on lands under its jurisdiction shall apply in re-
gard to the Federal lands included in the Coopera-
tive Management and Protection Area.
(2) CANCELLATION
OF
CERTAIN
PERMITS.—
The Secretary shall cancel that portion of the per-
mitted grazing on Federal lands in the Fish Creek/
Big Indian, East Ridge, and South Steens allot-
ments located within the area designated as the ‘‘no
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livestock grazing area’’ on the map referred to in
section 101(a). Upon cancellation, future grazing
use in that designated area is prohibited. The Sec-
retary shall be responsible for installing and main-
taining any fencing required for resource protection
within the designated no livestock grazing area.
(3) FORAGE
REPLACEMENT.—Reallocation of
available forage shall be made as follows:
(A) O’Keefe pasture within the Miners
Field allotment to Stafford Ranches.
(B) Fields Seeding and Bone Creek Pas-
ture east of the county road within the Miners
Field allotment to Amy Ready.
(C) Miners Field Pasture, Schouver Seed-
ing and Bone Creek Pasture west of the county
road within the Miners Field allotment to Roar-
ing Springs Ranch.
(D) 800 animal unit months within the
Crows Nest allotment to Lowther (Clemens)
Ranch.
(4) FENCING AND WATER SYSTEMS.—The Sec-
retary shall also construct fencing and develop water
systems as necessary to allow reasonable and effi-
cient livestock use of the forage resources referred to
in paragraph (3).
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(f) PROHIBITION
ON CONSTRUCTION
OF FACILI-
TIES.—No new facilities may be constructed on Federal
lands included in the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area unless the Secretary determines that the
structure—
(1) will be minimal in nature;
(2) is consistent with the purposes of this Act;
and
(3) is necessary—
(A) for enhancing botanical, fish, wildlife,
or watershed conditions;
(B) for public information, health, or safe-
ty;
(C) for the management of livestock; or
(D) for the management of recreation, but
not for the promotion of recreation.
(g) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the Federal lands and interests in lands included in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Areas are hereby
withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or dis-
posal under the public land laws, except in the case of
land exchanges if the Secretary determines that the ex-
change furthers the purpose and objectives specified in
section 102 and so certifies to Congress.
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SEC. 114. LAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.
(a) ACQUISITION.—
(1) ACQUISITION AUTHORIZED.—In addition to
the land acquisitions authorized by title VI, the Sec-
retary may acquire other non-Federal lands and in-
terests in lands located within the boundaries of the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area or the
Wilderness Area.
(2) ACQUISITION METHODS.—Lands may be ac-
quired under this subsection only by voluntary ex-
change, donation, or purchase from willing sellers.
(b) TREATMENT OF ACQUIRED LANDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2)
and (3), lands or interests in lands acquired under
subsection (a) or title VI that are located within the
boundaries of the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area shall—
(A) become part of the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area; and
(B) be managed pursuant to the laws ap-
plicable to the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area.
(2) LANDS
WITHIN
WILDERNESS
AREA.—If
lands or interests in lands acquired under subsection
(a) or title VI are within the boundaries of the Wil-
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derness Area, the acquired lands or interests in
lands shall—
(1) become part of the Wilderness Area; and
(2) be managed pursuant to title II and the
other laws applicable to the Wilderness Area.
(3) 
LANDS
WITHIN
WILDERNESS
STUDY
AREA.—If the lands or interests in lands acquired
under subsection (a) or title VI are within the
boundaries of a wilderness study area, the acquired
lands or interests in lands shall—
(1) become part of that wilderness study area;
and
(2) be managed pursuant to the laws applicable
to that wilderness study area.
(c) APPRAISAL.—In appraising non-Federal land, de-
velopment rights, or conservation easements for possible
acquisition under this section or section 122, the Secretary
shall disregard any adverse impacts on values resulting
from the designation of the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area or the Wilderness Area.
SEC. 115. SPECIAL USE PERMITS.
The Secretary may renew a special recreational use
permit applicable to lands included in the Wilderness Area
to the extent that the Secretary determines that the per-
mit is consistent with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131
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et seq.). If renewal is not consistent with the Wilderness
Act, the Secretary shall seek other opportunities for the
permit holder through modification of the permit to realize
historic permit use to the extent that the use is consistent
with the Wilderness Act and this Act, as determined by
the Secretary.
Subtitle C—Cooperative
Management
SEC. 121. COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS.
(a) COOPERATIVE EFFORTS.—To further the pur-
poses and objectives for which the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area is designated, the Secretary
may work with non-Federal landowners and other parties
who voluntarily agree to participate in the cooperative
management of Federal and non-Federal lands in the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area.
(b) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary may
enter into a cooperative management agreement with any
party to provide for the cooperative conservation and man-
agement of the Federal and non-Federal lands subject to
the agreement.
(c) OTHER PARTICIPANTS.—With the consent of the
landowners involved, the Secretary may permit permittees,
special-use permit holders, other Federal and State agen-
cies, and interested members of the public to participate
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in a cooperative management agreement as appropriate to
achieve the resource or land use management objectives
of the agreement.
(d) TRIBAL CULTURAL SITE PROTECTION.—The
Secretary may enter into agreements with the Burns Pai-
ute Tribe to protect cultural sites in the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area of importance to the tribe.
SEC. 122. COOPERATIVE EFFORTS TO CONTROL DEVELOP-
MENT AND ENCOURAGE CONSERVATION.
(a) POLICY.—Development on public and private
lands within the boundaries of the Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area which is different from the cur-
rent character and uses of the lands is inconsistent with
the purposes of this Act.
(b) USE OF NONDEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION
EASEMENTS.—The Secretary may enter into a non-
development easement or conservation easement with will-
ing landowners to further the purposes of this Act.
(c) CONSERVATION
INCENTIVE
PAYMENTS.—The
Secretary may provide technical assistance, cost-share
payments, incentive payments, and education to a private
landowner in the Cooperative Management and Protection
Area who enters into a contract with the Secretary to pro-
tect or enhance ecological resources on the private land
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covered by the contract if those protections or enhance-
ments benefit public lands.
(d) RELATION TO PROPERTY RIGHTS AND STATE
AND LOCAL LAW.—Nothing in this Act is intended to af-
fect rights or interests in real property or supersede State
law.
Subtitle D—Advisory Council
SEC. 131. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COUNCIL.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish
the Steens Mountain Advisory Council to advise the Sec-
retary in managing the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area and in promoting the cooperative manage-
ment under subtitle C.
(b) MEMBERS.—The advisory council shall consist of
12 voting members, to be appointed by the Secretary, as
follows:
(1) A private landowner in the Cooperative
Management and Protection Area, appointed from
nominees submitted by the county court for Harney
County, Oregon.
(2) Two persons who are grazing permittees on
Federal lands in the Cooperative Management and
Protection Area, appointed from nominees submitted
by the county court for Harney County, Oregon.
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(3) A person interested in fish and recreational
fishing in the Cooperative Management and Protec-
tion Area, appointed from nominees submitted by
the Governor of Oregon.
(4) A member of the Burns Paiute Tribe, ap-
pointed from nominees submitted by the Burns Pai-
ute Tribe.
(5) Two persons who are recognized environ-
mental representatives, one of whom shall represent
the State as a whole, and one of whom is from the
local area, appointed from nominees submitted by
the Governor of Oregon.
(6) A person who participates in what is com-
monly called dispersed recreation, such as hiking,
camping, nature viewing, nature photography, bird
watching, horse back riding, or trail walking, ap-
pointed from nominees submitted by the Oregon
State Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
(7) A person who is a recreational permit hold-
er or is a representative of a commercial recreation
operation in the Cooperative Management and Pro-
tection Area, appointed from nominees submitted
jointly by the Oregon State Director of the Bureau
of Land Management and the county court for Har-
ney County, Oregon.
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(8) A person who participates in what is com-
monly called mechanized or consumptive recreation,
such as hunting, fishing, off-road driving, hang glid-
ing, or parasailing, appointed from nominees sub-
mitted by the Oregon State Director of the Bureau
of Land Management.
(9) A person with expertise and interest in wild
horse management on Steens Mountain, appointed
from nominees submitted by the Oregon State Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management.
(10) A person who has no financial interest in
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area to
represent statewide interests, appointed from nomi-
nees submitted by the Governor of Oregon.
(c) CONSULTATION.—In reviewing nominees sub-
mitted under subsection (b) for possible appointment to
the advisory council, the Secretary shall consult with the
respective community of interest that the nominees are to
represent to ensure that the nominees have the support
of their community of interest.
(d) TERMS.—
(1) STAGGERED TERMS.—Members of the advi-
sory council shall be appointed for terms of three
years, except that, of the members first appointed,
four members shall be appointed for a term of one
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year and four members shall be appointed for a term
of 2 years.
(2) REAPPOINTMENT.—A member may be re-
appointed to serve on the advisory council.
(3) VACANCY.—A vacancy on the advisory
council shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment.
(d) CHAIRPERSON AND PROCEDURES.—The advisory
council shall elect a chairperson and establish such rules
and procedures as it deems necessary or desirable.
(e) SERVICE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.—Members
of the advisory council shall serve without pay, but the
Secretary shall reimburse members for reasonable ex-
penses incurred in carrying out official duties as a member
of the council.
(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall
provide the advisory council with necessary administrative
support and shall designate an appropriate officer of the
Bureau of Land Management to serve as the Secretary’s
liaison to the council.
(g) STATE LIAISON.—The Secretary shall appoint
one person, nominated by the Governor of Oregon, to serve
as the State government liaison to the advisory council.
(h) APPLICABLE
LAW.—The advisory committee
shall be subject to the Federal Land Policy and Manage-
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ment Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
SEC. 132. ADVISORY ROLE IN MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES.
(a) MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS.—The advi-
sory committee shall utilize sound science, existing plans
for the management of Federal lands included in the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area, and other
tools to formulate recommendations for the Secretary
regarding—
(1) new and unique approaches to the manage-
ment of lands within the boundaries of the Coopera-
tive Management and Protection Area; and
(2) cooperative programs and incentives for
seamless landscape management that meets human
needs and maintains and improves the ecological and
economic integrity of the Cooperative Management
and Protection Area.
(b) PREPARATION
OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The
Secretary shall consult with the advisory committee as
part of the preparation and implementation of the man-
agement plan.
(c) SUBMISSION OF RECOMMENDATIONS.—No rec-
ommendations may be presented to the Secretary by the
advisory council without the agreement of at least nine
members of the advisory council.
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SEC. 133. SCIENCE COMMITTEE.
The Secretary shall appoint, as needed or at the re-
quest of the advisory council, a team of respected, knowl-
edgeable, and diverse scientists to provide advice on ques-
tions relating to the management of the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area to the Secretary and the ad-
visory council. The Secretary shall seek the advice of the
advisory council in making these appointments.
TITLE II—STEENS MOUNTAIN
WILDERNESS AREA
SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF STEENS MOUNTAIN WILDER-
NESS AREA.
The Federal lands in the Cooperative Management
and Protection Area depicted as wilderness on the map
entitled ‘‘Steens Mountain Wilderness Area’’ and dated
September 18, 2000, are hereby designated as wilderness
and therefore as a component of the National Wilderness
Preservation System. The wilderness area shall be known
as the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area.
SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION OF WILDERNESS AREA.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary shall administer
the Wilderness Area in accordance with this title and the
Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). Any reference
in the Wilderness Act to the effective date of that Act (or
any similar reference) shall be deemed to be a reference
to the date of the enactment of this Act.
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(b) WILDERNESS BOUNDARIES ALONG ROADS.—
Where a wilderness boundary exists along a road, the wil-
derness boundary shall be set back from the centerline of
the road, consistent with the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment’s guidelines as established in its Wilderness Manage-
ment Policy.
(c) ACCESS TO NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—The Sec-
retary shall provide reasonable access to private lands
within the boundaries of the Wilderness Area, as provided
in section 112(d).
(d) GRAZING.—
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—Except as provided in
section 113(e)(2), grazing of livestock shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the provision of sec-
tion 4(d)(4) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C.
1133(d)(4)), in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, and in accordance with the guidelines set
forth in Appendices A and B of House Report 101–
405 of the 101st Congress.
(2) RETIREMENT OF CERTAIN PERMITS.—The
Secretary shall permanently retire all grazing per-
mits applicable to certain lands in the Wilderness
Area, as depicted on the map referred to in section
101(a), and livestock shall be excluded from these
lands.
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SEC. 203. WATER RIGHTS.
Nothing in this Act shall constitute an express or im-
plied claim or denial on the part of the Federal Govern-
ment as to exemption from State water laws.
SEC. 204. TREATMENT OF WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS.
(a) STATUS UNAFFECTED.—Except as provided in
section 502, any wilderness study area, or portion of a
wilderness study area, within the boundaries of the Coop-
erative Management and Protection Area, but not in-
cluded in the Wilderness Area, shall remain a wilderness
study area notwithstanding the enactment of this Act.
(b) MANAGEMENT.—The wilderness study areas re-
ferred to in subsection (a) shall continue to be managed
under section 603(c) of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782(c)) in a manner
so as not to impair the suitability of the areas for preser-
vation as wilderness.
(c) EXPANSION
OF BASQUE HILLS WILDERNESS
STUDY AREA.—The boundaries of the Basque Hills Wil-
derness Study Area are hereby expanded to include the
Federal lands within sections 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, and 27
of township 36 south, range 31 east, Willamette Meridian.
These lands shall be managed under section 603(c) of the
Federal Lands Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1782(c)) to protect and enhance the wilderness val-
ues of these lands.
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TITLE III—WILD AND SCENIC
RIVERS AND TROUT RESERVE
SEC. 301. DESIGNATION OF STREAMS FOR WILD AND SCE-
NIC RIVER STATUS IN STEENS MOUNTAIN
AREA.
(a) EXPANSION OF DONNER UND BLITZEN WILD
RIVER.—Section 3(a)(74) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)(74)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the’’ at the beginning of each
subparagraph and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of sub-
paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) and inserting a
period;
(3) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E) and inserting a period; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs:
‘‘(G) The 5.1 mile segment of Mud Creek from
its confluence with an unnamed spring in the
SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of section 32, township 33 south, range
33 east, to its confluence with the Donner und
Blitzen River.
‘‘(H) The 8.1 mile segment of Ankle Creek
from its headwaters to its confluence with the
Donner und Blitzen River.
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‘‘(I) The 1.6 mile segment of the South Fork
of Ankle Creek from its confluence with an unnamed
tributary in the SE1⁄4SE1⁄4 of section 17, township
34 south, range 33 east, to its confluence with Ankle
Creek.’’.
(b) DESIGNATION
OF
WILDHORSE
AND
KIGER
CREEKS, OREGON.—Section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1274(a)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘( ) WILDHORSE AND KIGER CREEKS, OREGON.—
The following segments in the Steens Mountain Coopera-
tive Management and Protection Area in the State of Or-
egon, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior
as wild rivers:
‘‘(A) The 2.6-mile segment of Little Wildhorse
Creek from its headwaters to its confluence with
Wildhorse Creek.
‘‘(B) The 7.0-mile segment of Wildhorse Creek
from its headwaters, and including .36 stream miles
into section 34, township 34 south, range 33 east.
‘‘(C) The approximately 4.25-mile segment of
Kiger Creek from its headwaters to the point at
which it leaves the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area
within the Steens Mountain Cooperative Manage-
ment and Protection Area.’’.
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(c) MANAGEMENT.—Where management require-
ments for a stream segment described in the amendments
made by this section differ between the Wild and Scenic
Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.) and the Wilderness
Area, the more restrictive requirements shall apply.
SEC. 302. DONNER UND BlITZEN RIVER REDBAND TROUT
RESERVE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) Those portions of the Donner und Blitzen
River in the Wilderness Area are an exceptional en-
vironmental resource that provides habitat for
unique populations of native fish, migratory water-
fowl, and other wildlife resources, including a unique
population of redband trout.
(2) Redband trout represent a unique natural
history reflecting the Pleistocene connection between
the lake basins of eastern Oregon and the Snake
and Columbia Rivers.
(b) DESIGNATION OF RESERVE.—The Secretary shall
designate the Donner und Blitzen Redband Trout Reserve
consisting of the Donner und Blitzen River in the Wilder-
ness Area above its confluence with Fish Creek and the
Federal riparian lands immediately adjacent to the river.
(c) RESERVE
PURPOSES.—The purposes of the
Redband Trout Reserve are—
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(1) to conserve, protect, and enhance the
Donner und Blitzen River population of redband
trout and the unique ecosystem of plants, fish, and
wildlife of a river system; and
(2) to provide opportunities for scientific re-
search, environmental education, and fish and wild-
life oriented recreation and access to the extent com-
patible with paragraph (1).
(d) EXCLUSION OF PRIVATE LANDS.—The Redband
Trout Reserve does not include any private lands adjacent
to the Donner und Blitzen River or its tributaries.
(e) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall admin-
ister all lands, waters, and interests therein in the
Redband Trout Reserve consistent with the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and the Wild and
Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.).
(2) 
CONSULTATION.—In 
administering 
the
Redband Trout Reserve, the Secretary shall consult
with the advisory council and cooperate with the Or-
egon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(3) RELATION TO RECREATION.—To the extent
consistent with applicable law, the Secretary shall
manage recreational activities in the Redband Trout
Reserve in a manner that conserves the unique pop-
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ulation of redband trout native to the Donner und
Blitzen River.
(4) REMOVAL OF DAM.—The Secretary shall re-
move the dam located below the mouth of Fish
Creek and above Page Springs if removal of the dam
is scientifically justified and funds are available for
such purpose.
(f) OUTREACH
AND EDUCATION.—The Secretary
may work with, provide technical assistance to, provide
community outreach and education programs for or with,
or enter into cooperative agreements with private land-
owners, State and local governments or agencies, and con-
servation organizations to further the purposes of the
Redband Trout Reserve.
TITLE IV—MINERAL
WITHDRAWAL AREA
SEC. 401. DESIGNATION OF MINERAL WITHDRAWAL AREA.
(a) DESIGNATION.—Subject to valid existing rights,
the Federal lands and interests in lands included within
the withdrawal boundary as depicted on the map referred
to in section 101(a) are hereby withdrawn from—
(1) location, entry and patent under the mining
laws; and
(2) operation of the mineral leasing and geo-
thermal leasing laws and from the minerals mate-
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rials laws and all amendments thereto except as
specified in subsection (b).
(b) ROAD MAINTENANCE.—If consistent with the
purposes of this Act and the management plan for the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area, the Secretary
may permit the development of saleable mineral resources,
for road maintenance use only, in those locations identified
on the map referred to in section 101(a) as an existing
‘‘gravel pit’’ within the mineral withdrawal boundaries (ex-
cluding the Wilderness Area, wilderness study areas, and
designated segments of the National Wild and Scenic Riv-
ers System) where such development was authorized be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 402. TREATMENT OF STATE LANDS AND MINERAL IN-
TERESTS.
(a) ACQUISITION REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall
acquire, for approximately equal value and as agreed to
by the Secretary and the State of Oregon, lands and inter-
ests in lands owned by the State within the boundaries
of the mineral withdrawal area designated pursuant to
section 401.
(b) ACQUISITION METHODS.—The Secretary shall ac-
quire such State lands and interests in lands in exchange
for—
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(1) Federal lands or Federal mineral interests
that are outside the boundaries of the mineral with-
drawal area;
(2) a monetary payment to the State; or
(3) a combination of a conveyance under para-
graph (1) and a monetary payment under paragraph
(2).
TITLE 
V—ESTABLISHMENT 
OF
WILDLANDS 
JUNIPER 
MAN-
AGEMENT AREA
SEC. 501. WILDLANDS JUNIPER MANAGEMENT AREA.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To further the purposes of
section 113(c), the Secretary shall establish a special man-
agement area consisting of certain Federal lands in the
Cooperative Management and Protection Area, as depicted
on the map referred to in section 101(a), which shall be
known as the Wildlands Juniper Management Area.
(b) MANAGEMENT.—Special management practices
shall be adopted for the Wildlands Juniper Management
Area for the purposes of experimentation, education, inter-
pretation, and demonstration of active and passive man-
agement intended to restore the historic fire regime and
native vegetation communities on Steens Mountain.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to the authorization of appropriations in section 701,
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there is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry
out this title and section 113(c) regarding juniper man-
agement in the Cooperative Management and Protection
Area.
SEC. 502. RELEASE FROM WILDERNESS STUDY AREA STA-
TUS.
The Federal lands included in the Wildlands Juniper
Management Area established under section 501 are no
longer subject to the requirement of section 603(c) of the
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43
U.S.C. 1782(c)) pertaining to managing the lands so as
not to impair the suitability of the lands for preservation
as wilderness.
TITLE VI—LAND EXCHANGES
SEC. 601. LAND EXCHANGE, ROARING SPRINGS RANCH.
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—For the purpose of
protecting and consolidating Federal lands within the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area, the Secretary
may carry out a land exchange with Roaring Springs
Ranch, Incorporated, to convey all right, title, and interest
of the United States in and to certain parcels of land
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management
in the vicinity of Steens Mountain, Oregon, as depicted
on the map referred to in section 605(a), consisting of a
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total of approximately 76,374 acres in exchange for the
private lands described in subsection (b).
(b) RECEIPT OF NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—As consid-
eration for the conveyance of the Federal lands referred
to in subsection (a) and the disbursement referred to in
subsection (d), Roaring Springs Ranch, Incorporated,
shall convey to the Secretary parcels of land consisting of
approximately 10,909 acres, as depicted on the map re-
ferred to in section 605(a), for inclusion in the Wilderness
Area, a wilderness study area, and the no livestock grazing
area as appropriate.
(c) TREATMENT OF GRAZING.—Paragraphs (2) and
(3) of section 113(e), relating to the effect of the cancella-
tion in part of grazing permits for the South Steens allot-
ment in the Wilderness Area and reassignment of use
areas as described in paragraph (3)(C) of such section,
shall apply to the land exchange authorized by this section.
(d) DISBURSEMENT.—Upon completion of the land
exchange authorized by this section, the Secretary is au-
thorized to make a disbursement to Roaring Springs
Ranch, Incorporated, in the amount of $2,889,000.
(e) COMPLETION OF CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary
shall complete the conveyance of the Federal lands under
subsection (a) within 70 days after the Secretary accepts
the lands described in subsection (b).
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SEC. 602. LAND EXCHANGES, C.M. OTLEY AND OTLEY
BROTHERS.
(a) C. M. OTLEY EXCHANGE.—
(1) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—For the purpose
of protecting and consolidating Federal lands within
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area,
the Secretary may carry out a land exchange with
C. M. Otley to convey all right, title, and interest of
the United States in and to certain parcels of land
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in the vicinity of Steens Mountain, Oregon,
as depicted on the map referred to in section 605(a),
consisting of a total of approximately 3,845 acres in
exchange for the private lands described in para-
graph (2).
(2) RECEIPT
OF
NON-FEDERAL
LANDS.—As
consideration for the conveyance of the Federal
lands referred to in paragraph (1) and the disburse-
ment referred to in paragraph (3), C. M. Otley shall
convey to the Secretary a parcel of land in the head-
waters of Kiger gorge consisting of approximately
851 acres, as depicted on the map referred to in sec-
tion 605(a), for inclusion in the Wilderness Area
and the no livestock grazing area as appropriate.
(3) DISBURSEMENT.—Upon completion of the
land exchange authorized by this subsection, the
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Secretary is authorized to make a disbursement to
C.M. Otley, in the amount of $920,000.
(b) OTLEY BROTHERS EXCHANGE.—
(1) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—For the purpose
of protecting and consolidating Federal lands within
the Cooperative Management and Protection Area,
the Secretary may carry out a land exchange with
the Otley Brother’s, Inc., to convey all right, title,
and interest of the United States in and to certain
parcels of land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau
of Land Management in the vicinity of Steens
Mountain, Oregon, as depicted on the map referred
to in section 605(a), consisting of a total of approxi-
mately 6,881 acres in exchange for the private lands
described in paragraph (2).
(2) RECEIPT
OF
NON-FEDERAL
LANDS.—As
consideration for the conveyance of the Federal
lands referred to in paragraph (1) and the disburse-
ment referred to in subsection (3), the Otley Broth-
er’s, Inc., shall convey to the Secretary a parcel of
land in the headwaters of Kiger gorge consisting of
approximately 505 acres, as depicted on the map re-
ferred to in section 605(a), for inclusion in the Wil-
derness Area and the no livestock grazing area as
appropriate.
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(3) DISBURSEMENT.—Upon completion of the
land exchange authorized by this subsection, the
Secretary is authorized to make a disbursement to
Otley Brother’s, Inc., in the amount of $400,000.
(c) COMPLETION OF CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary
shall complete the conveyances of the Federal lands under
subsections (a) and (b) within 70 days after the Secretary
accepts the lands described in such subsections.
SEC. 603. LAND EXCHANGE, TOM J. DAVIS LIVESTOCK, IN-
CORPORATED.
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—For the purpose of
protecting and consolidating Federal lands within the Wil-
derness Area, the Secretary may carry out a land ex-
change with Tom J. Davis Livestock, Incorporated, to con-
vey all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to certain parcels of land under the jurisdiction of
the Bureau of Land Management in the vicinity of Steens
Mountain, Oregon, as depicted on the map referred to in
section 605(a), consisting of a total of approximately
5,340 acres in exchange for the private lands described
in subsection (b).
(b) RECEIPT OF NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—As consid-
eration for the conveyance of the Federal lands referred
to in subsection (a) and the disbursement referred to in
subsection (c), Tom J. Davis Livestock, Incorporated,
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shall convey to the Secretary a parcel of land consisting
of approximately 5,103 acres, as depicted on the map re-
ferred to in section 605(a), for inclusion in the Wilderness
Area.
(c) DISBURSEMENT.—Upon completion of the land
exchange authorized by this section, the Secretary is au-
thorized to make a disbursement to Tom J. Davis Live-
stock, Incorporated, in the amount of $800,000.
(d) COMPLETION OF CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary
shall complete the conveyance of the Federal lands under
subsection (a) within 70 days after the Secretary accepts
the lands described in subsection (b).
SEC. 604. LAND EXCHANGE, LOWTHER (CLEMENS) RANCH.
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—For the purpose of
protecting and consolidating Federal lands within the Co-
operative Management and Protection Area, the Secretary
may carry out a land exchange with the Lowther
(Clemens) Ranch to convey all right, title, and interest of
the United States in and to certain parcels of land under
the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the
vicinity of Steens Mountain, Oregon, as depicted on the
map referred to in section 605(a), consisting of a total
of approximately 11,796 acres in exchange for the private
lands described in subsection (b).
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(b) RECEIPT OF NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—As consid-
eration for the conveyance of the Federal lands referred
to in subsection (a) and the disbursement referred to in
subsection (d), the Lowther (Clemens) Ranch shall convey
to the Secretary a parcel of land consisting of approxi-
mately 1,078 acres, as depicted on the map referred to
in section 605(a), for inclusion in the Cooperative Man-
agement and Protection Area.
(c) TREATMENT OF GRAZING.—Paragraphs (2) and
(3) of section 113(e), relating to the effect of the cancella-
tion in whole of the grazing permit for the Fish Creek/
Big Indian allotment in the Wilderness Area and reassign-
ment of use areas as described in paragraph (3)(D) of
such section, shall apply to the land exchange authorized
by this section.
(d) DISBURSEMENT.—Upon completion of the land
exchange authorized by this section, the Secretary is au-
thorized to make a disbursement to Lowther (Clemens)
Ranch, in the amount of $148,000.
(e) COMPLETION OF CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary
shall complete the conveyance of the Federal lands under
subsection (a) within 70 days after the Secretary accepts
the lands described in subsection (b).
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SEC. 605. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LAND EX-
CHANGES.
(a) MAP.—The land conveyances described in this
title are generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Steens
Mountain Land Exchanges’’ and dated September 18,
2000.
(b) APPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section, the exchange of Federal land under this
title is subject to the existing laws and regulations applica-
ble to the conveyance and acquisition of land under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. It is an-
ticipated that the Secretary will be able to carry out such
land exchanges without the promulgation of additional
regulations and without regard to the notice and comment
provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code.
(c) CONDITIONS ON ACCEPTANCE.—Title to the non-
Federal lands to be conveyed under this title must be ac-
ceptable to the Secretary, and the conveyances shall be
subject to valid existing rights of record. The non-Federal
lands shall conform with the title approval standards ap-
plicable to Federal land acquisitions.
(d) LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS.—The exact acreage and
legal description of all lands to be exchanged under this
title shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to the Sec-
retary. The costs of any such survey, as well as other ad-
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ministrative costs incurred to execute a land exchange
under this title, shall be borne by the Secretary.
TITLE VII—FUNDING
AUTHORITIES
SEC. 701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Except as provided in sections 501(c) and 702, there
is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may
be necessary to carry out this Act.
SEC. 702. USE OF LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUND.—There are authorized
to be appropriated $25,000,000 from the land and water
conservation fund established under section 2 of the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C.
460l–5) to provide funds for the acquisition of land and
interests in land under section 114 and to enter into non-
development easements and conservation easements under
subsections (b) and (c) of section 122.
(b) TERM OF USE.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a)
shall remain available until expended.
Passed the House of Representatives October 4,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.