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and Consent Decree issued in United States v. Exxon Cor-
poration, et al. (No. A91–082 CIV) and State of Alaska
v. Exxon Corporation, et al. (No. A91–083 CIV) (here-
after referred to as the ‘‘Consent Decree’’), may be depos-
ited in—
(A) the Natural Resource Damage Assessment
and Restoration Fund (hereafter referred to as the
‘‘Fund’’) established in title I of the Department of
the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–154; 43 U.S.C. 1474b);
(B) accounts outside the United States Treas-
ury (hereafter referred to as ‘‘outside accounts’’); or
(C) both.
Any funds deposited in an outside account may be invested
only in income-producing obligations and other instru-
ments or securities that have been determined unani-
mously by the Federal and State natural resource trustees
for the Exxon Valdez oil spill (‘‘trustees’’) to have a high
degree of reliability and security.
(2) Joint trust funds deposited in the Fund or an
outside account that have been approved unanimously by
the Trustees for expenditure by or through a State or Fed-
eral agency shall be transferred promptly from the Fund
or the outside account to the State of Alaska or United
States upon the joint request of the governments.
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(3) The transfer of joint trust funds outside the
Court Registry shall not affect the supervisory jurisdiction
of the district court under the Consent Decree or the
Memorandum of Agreement and Consent Decree in
United States v. State of Alaska (No. A91–081–CIV) over
all expenditures of the joint trust funds.
(4) Nothing herein shall affect the requirement of
section 207 of the dire emergency supplemental appropria-
tions and transfers for relief from the effects of natural
disasters, for other urgent needs, and for the incremental
cost of ‘‘Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm’’ Act of
1992 (Public Law 102–229; 42 U.S.C. 1474b note) that
amounts received by the United States and designated by
the trustees for the expenditure by or through a Federal
agency must be deposited into the Fund.
(5) All remaining settlement funds are eligible for the
investment authority granted under this section so long
as they are managed and allocated consistent with the
Resolution of the Trustees adopted March 1, 1999, con-
cerning the Restoration Reserve, as follows:
(A) $55 million of the funds remaining on Oc-
tober 1, 2002, and the associated earnings there-
after shall be managed and allocated for habitat pro-
tection programs including small parcel habitat ac-
quisitions. Such sums shall be reduced by—
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(i) the amount of any payments made after
the date of enactment of this Act from the
Joint Trust Funds pursuant to an agreement
between the Trustee Council and Koniag, Inc.,
which includes those lands which are presently
subject to the Koniag Non-Development Ease-
ment, including, but not limited to, the continu-
ation or modification of such Easement; and
(ii) payments in excess of $6.32 million for
any habitat acquisition or protection from the
joint trust funds after the date of enactment of
this Act and prior to October 1, 2002, other
than payments for which the Council is cur-
rently obligated through purchase agreements
with the Kodiak Island Borough, Afognak Joint
Venture and the Eyak Corporation.
(B) All other funds remaining on October 1,
2002, and the associated earnings shall be used to
fund a program, consisting of—
(i) marine research, including applied fish-
eries research;
(ii) monitoring; and
(iii) restoration, other than habitat acquisi-
tion, which may include community and eco-
nomic restoration projects and facilities (includ-
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ing projects proposed by the communities of the
EVOS Region or the fishing industry), con-
sistent with the Consent Decree.
(6) The Federal trustees and the State trustees, to
the extent authorized by State law, are authorized to issue
grants as needed to implement this program.
(7) The authority provided in this section shall expire
on September 30, 2002, unless by September 30, 2001,
the Trustees have submitted to the Congress a report rec-
ommending a structure the Trustees believe would be most
effective and appropriate for the administration and ex-
penditure of remaining funds and interest received. Upon
the expiration of the authorities granted in this section
all monies in the Fund or outside accounts shall be re-
turned to the Court Registry or other account permitted
by law.
SEC. 351. YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS AND RE-
LATED PARTNERSHIPS. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act, there shall be available for high pri-
ority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Con-
servation Corps as authorized by Public Law 91–378, or
related partnerships with non-Federal youth conservation
corps or entities such as the Student Conservation Asso-
ciation, up to $1,000,000 of the funds available to the Bu-
reau of Land Management under this Act, in order to in-
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crease the number of summer jobs available for youths,
ages 15 through 22, on Federal lands.
(b) Within 6 months after the date of the 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 Com-
mittee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate
and the Committee on Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives that includes the following—
(1) the number of youths, ages 15 through 22,
employed during the summer of 1999, and the num-
ber 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 As-
sociation;
(2) a description of the different types of work
accomplished by youths during the summer of 1999;
(3) identification of any problems that prevent
or limit the use of the Youth Conservation Corps,
the Public Land Corps, or related partnerships to
accomplish projects described in subsection (a);
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(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. 352. (a) NORTH PACIFIC RESEARCH BOARD.—
Section 401 of Public Law 105–83 is amended as follows:
(1) In subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘available for appropria-
tion, to the extent provided in the subsequent
appropriations Acts,’’ and inserting ‘‘made
available’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘To the extent provided in
the subsequent appropriations Acts,’’ at the be-
ginning of paragraph (1);
(C) by inserting ‘‘without further appro-
priation’’ after ‘‘20 percent of such amounts
shall be made available’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (f ).
SEC. 353. None of the funds in this Act may be used
by the Secretary of the Interior to issue a prospecting per-
mit for hardrock mineral exploration on Mark Twain Na-
tional Forest land in the Current River/Jack’s Fork
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River—Eleven Point Watershed (not including Mark
Twain National Forest land in Townships 31N and 32N,
Range 2 and Range 3 West, on which mining activities
are taking place as of the date of the enactment of this
Act): Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may
be used by the Secretary of the Interior to segregate or
withdraw land in the Mark Twain National Forest, Mis-
souri under section 204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714).
SEC. 354. Public Law 105–83, the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of No-
vember 17, 1997, title III, section 331 is hereby amended
by adding before the period: ‘‘: Provided further, That to
carryout the provisions of this section, the Bureau of Land
Management and the Forest Service may establish Trans-
fer Appropriation Accounts (also known as allocation ac-
counts) as needed’’.
SEC. 355. WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST.—The
Forest Service shall extend the public comment period on
the White River National Forest plan revision for 90 days
beyond February 9, 2000.
SEC. 356. The first section of Public Law 99–215
(99 Stat. 1724), as amended by section 597 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–
53), is further amended—
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(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsections:
‘‘(c) The National Capital Planning Commission shall
vacate and terminate an Easement and Declaration of
Covenants, dated February 2, 1989, conveyed by the
owner of the adjacent real property pursuant to subsection
(b)(1)(D) in exchange for, and not later than 30 days
after, the vacation and termination of the Deed of Ease-
ment, dated January 4, 1989, conveyed by the Maryland
National Capital Park and Planning Commission pursu-
ant to subsection (b)(1).
‘‘(d) Effective on the date of the enactment of this
subsection, the memorandum of May 7, 1985, and any
amendments thereto, shall terminate.’’.
SEC. 357. None of the funds in this Act or any other
Act shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior to pro-
mulgate final rules to revise 43 CFR subpart 3809, except
that the Secretary, following the public comment period
required by section 3002 of Public Law 106–31, may issue
final rules to amend 43 C.F.R. Subpart 3809 which are
not inconsistent with the recommendations contained in
the National Research Council report entitled ‘‘Hardrock
Mining on Federal Lands’’ so long as these regulations
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are also not inconsistent with existing statutory authori-
ties. Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand
the existing statutory authority of the Secretary.
TITLE IV—MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL FOREST
IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1999
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Mississippi National
Forest Improvement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’
means the Agreement described in section 405(a).
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Agriculture.
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State
of Mississippi.
(4) 
UNIVERSITY.—The 
term 
‘‘University’’
means the University of Mississippi.
(5) UNIVERSITY LAND.—The term ‘‘University
land’’ means land described in section 404(a).
SEC. 403. CONVEYANCE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SITES AND
SMALL PARCELS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may, under such
terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, sell
or exchange any or all right, title, and interest of the
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United States in and to the following tracts of land in
the State:
(1) Gulfport Laboratory Site, consisting of ap-
proximately 10 acres, as depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Gulfport Laboratory Site, May 21, 1998’’.
(2) Raleigh Dwelling Site No. 1, consisting of
approximately 0.44 acre, as depicted on the map en-
titled ‘‘Raleigh Dwelling Site No. 1, May 21, 1998’’.
(3) Raleigh Dwelling Site No. 2, consisting of
approximately 0.47 acre, as depicted on the map en-
titled ‘‘Raleigh Dwelling Site No. 2, May 21, 1998’’.
(4) Rolling Fork Dwelling Site, consisting of
approximately 0.303 acre, as depicted on the map
entitled ‘‘Rolling Fork Dwelling Site, May 21,
1998’’.
(5) Gloster Dwelling Site, consisting of approxi-
mately 0.55 acre, as depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Gloster Dwelling Site, May 21, 1998’’.
(6) Gloster Office Site, consisting of approxi-
mately 1.00 acre, as depicted on the map entitled
‘‘Gloster Office Site, May 21, 1998’’.
(7) Gloster Work Center Site, consisting of ap-
proximately 2.00 acres, as depicted on the map enti-
tled ‘‘Gloster Work Center Site, May 21, 1998’’.
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(8) Holly Springs Dwelling Site, consisting of
approximately 0.31 acre, as depicted on the map en-
titled ‘‘Holly Springs Dwelling Site, May 21, 1998’’.
(9) Isolated parcels of National Forest land lo-
cated in Township 5 South, Ranges 12 and 13 West,
and in Township 3 North, Range 12 West, sections
23, 33, and 34, St. Stephens Meridian.
(10) Isolated parcels of National Forest land
acquired after the date of the enactment of this Act
from the University of Mississippi located in George
and Jackson Counties.
(11) Approximately 20 acres of National Forest
land and structures located in Township 6 North,
Range 3 East, Section 30, Washington Meridian.
(b) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration for a sale or ex-
change of land under subsection (a) may include the ac-
quisition of land, existing improvements, or improvements
constructed to the specifications of the Secretary.
(c) APPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise provided
in this section, any sale or exchange of land under sub-
section (a) shall be subject to the laws (including regula-
tions) applicable to the conveyance and acquisition of land
for the National Forest System.
(d) CASH
EQUALIZATION.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary may accept a cash