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21 North, Range 14 East, W.M., W1⁄2W1⁄2 of Section 16,
Township 12 North, Range 7 East, Sections 4 and 5,
W.M., Township 13 North, Range 7 East, Sections 32 and
33, W.M., Township 8 North, Range 4 East, Section 17
and the S1⁄2 of 16, W.M., which shall be retained by the
United States’’. The Appraisal shall be adjusted by sub-
tracting the values determined for Township 19 North,
Range 10 East, W.M., Section 4, Township 20 North,
Range 10 East, W.M., Section 32, Township 12 North,
Range 7 East, Sections 4 and 5, W.M., Township 13
North, Range 7 East, Sections 32 and 33, W.M., Town-
ship 8 North, Range 4 East, Section 17 and the S1⁄2 of
Section 16, W.M. during the Appraisal process in the con-
text of the whole estate to be conveyed.
(f ) After adjustment of the Appraisal, the values of
the offered and selected lands, including the offered lands
held in escrow, shall be equalized as follows:
(1) the appraised value of the offered lands, as
such lands and appraised value have been adjusted
hereby, minus the appraised value of the offered
lands to be placed into escrow, shall be compared to
the appraised value of the selected lands, as such
lands and appraised value have been adjusted here-
by, and the Secretary shall equalize such values by
the payment of cash to Plum Creek at the time that
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deeds are exchanged, such cash to come from cur-
rently appropriated funds, or, if necessary, by re-
programming; and
(2) the Secretary shall compensate Plum Creek
for the lands placed into escrow, based upon the val-
ues determined for each such parcel during the Ap-
praisal process in the context of the whole estate to
be conveyed, through the following, including any
combination thereof:
(A) conveyance of any other lands under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary acceptable to
Plum Creek and the Secretary after compliance
with all applicable Federal environmental and
other laws; and
(B) to the extent sufficient acceptable
lands are not available pursuant to paragraph
(A) of this subsection, cash payments as and to
the extent funds become available through ap-
propriations, private sources, or, if necessary,
by reprogramming.
The Secretary shall promptly seek to identify lands accept-
able to equalize values under paragraph (A) of this sub-
section and shall, not later than July 1, 2000, provide a
report to the Congress outlining the results of such efforts.
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(g) 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 lands held in es-
crow 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 following order: Township 21 North, Range 12
East, Section 15, W.M., Township 21 North, Range 12
East, Section 23, W.M., Township 21 North, Range 12
East, Section 25, W.M., Township 19 North, Range 13
East, Section 7, Township 19 North, Range 15 East, Sec-
tion 31, Township 19 North, Range 14 East, Section 25,
Township 22 North, Range 11 East, Section 3, W.M., and
Township 22 North, Range 11 East, Section 19, W.M.
(h) Section 606(d) is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘TIMING.—The Secretary and Plum Creek shall
make the adjustments directed in section 604(a) and (b)
and consummate the land exchange within 30 days of the
enactment of the Interstate 90 Land Exchange Amend-
ment, unless the Secretary and Plum Creek mutually
agree to extend the consummation date.’’.
(i) The deadline for the Report to Congress required
by section 609(c) of the Interstate 90 Land Exchange Act
of 1998 is hereby extended. Such Report is due to the
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Congress 18 months from the date of the enactment of
this Interstate 90 Land Exchange Amendment.
( j) Section 610 of the Interstate 90 Land Exchange
Act of 1998, is hereby amended by striking ‘‘date of enact-
ment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘first date on which deeds
are exchanged to consummate the land exchange’’.
SEC. 347. THE SNOQUALMIE NATIONAL FOREST
BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1999. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—The boundary of the Snoqualmie National Forest
is hereby adjusted as generally depicted on a map entitled
‘‘Snoqualmie National Forest 1999 Boundary Adjust-
ment’’ dated June 30, 1999. Such map, together with a
legal description of all lands included in the boundary ad-
justment, shall be on file and available for public inspec-
tion in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service in
Washington, District of Columbia. Nothing in this sub-
section shall limit the authority of the Secretary of Agri-
culture 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
adjusted by subsection (a), shall be considered to be the
boundary of the Forest as of January 1, 1965.
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SEC. 348. 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. 349. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to implement
or enforce any provision in Presidential Executive Order
No. 13123 regarding the Federal Energy Management
Program which circumvents or contradicts any statutes
relevant to Federal energy use and the measurement
thereof.
SEC. 350. INVESTMENT
OF EXXON VALDEZ OIL
SPILL COURT RECOVERY IN HIGH YIELD INVESTMENTS
AND IN MARINE RESEARCH. (1) Notwithstanding any
other provision of law and subject to the provisions of
paragraphs (5) and (7), upon the joint motion of the
United States and the State of Alaska and the issuance
of an appropriate order by the United States District
Court for the District of Alaska, the joint trust funds, or
any portion thereof, including any interest accrued there-
on, previously received or to be received by the United
States and the State of Alaska pursuant to the Agreement