543
HR 4278 RDS
third-party contractor to be selected by the Bureau of
Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli-
cation as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land
Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose
and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the
standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.
SEC. 315. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the pur-
poses of acquiring lands in the counties of Gallia, Law-
rence, Monroe, or Washington, Ohio, for the Wayne Na-
tional Forest.
SEC. 316. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts:
(a) The Chairperson shall only award a grant
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship.
(b) The Chairperson shall establish procedures
to ensure that no funding provided through a grant,
except a grant made to a State or local arts agency,
or regional group, may be used to make a grant to
any other organization or individual to conduct ac-
544
HR 4278 RDS
tivity independent of the direct grant recipient.
Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments
made in exchange for goods and services.
(c) No grant shall be used for seasonal support
to a group, unless the application is specific to the
contents of the season, including identified programs
and/or projects.
SEC. 317. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of the Interior or the Department of Agri-
culture by this or any other Act may be used to prepare,
promulgate, implement, or enforce any interim or final
rule or regulation pursuant to Title VIII of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act to assert juris-
diction, management, or control over any waters (other
than non-navigable waters on Federal lands), non-Fed-
eral lands, or lands selected by, but not conveyed to, the
State of Alaska pursuant to the Submerged Lands Act
of 1953 or the Alaska Statehood Act, or an Alaska Na-
tive Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act.
SEC. 318. No funds appropriated under this or any
other Act shall be used to review or modify sourcing areas
previously approved under section 490(c)(3) of the Forest
Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–382) or to enforce or implement Federal
545
HR 4278 RDS
regulations 36 CFR part 223 promulgated on September
8, 1995. The regulations and interim rules in effect prior
to September 8, 1995 (36 CFR 223.48, 36 CFR 223.87,
36 CFR 223 subpart D, 36 CFR 223 subpart F, and 36
CFR 261.6) shall remain in effect. The Secretary of Agri-
culture or the Secretary of the Interior shall not adopt
any policies concerning Public Law 101–382 or existing
regulations that would restrain domestic transportation or
processing of timber from private lands or impose addi-
tional accountability requirements on any timber. The Sec-
retary of Commerce shall extend until September 30,
1997, the order issued under section 491(b)(2)(A) of Pub-
lic Law 101–382 and shall issue an order under section
491(b)(2)(B) of such law that will be effective October 1,
1997.
SEC. 319. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134 is
amended as follows: Under the heading ‘‘Title III—Gen-
eral Provisions’’ amend section 315(b) by striking ‘‘50,
areas,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘100, areas,’’ and
amend section 315(f) by striking ‘‘September 30, 1998’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2001’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘September 30, 2002’’.
SEC. 320. None of the amounts made available by
this Act may be used for design, planning, implementa-
546
HR 4278 RDS
tion, engineering, construction, or any other activity in
connection with a scenic shoreline drive in Pictured Rocks
National Lakeshore.
SEC. 321. LAND TRANSFER, BEND SILVICULTURE
LAB, DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST, OREGON.—
(a) TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY AND ALL
IMPROVEMENTS
LOCATED
THEREON.—Notwith-
standing any other provisions of law, there is hereby
transferred, without consideration and subject to ex-
isting valid rights, all right, title and interest of the
United States in and to approximately 5.73 acres of
land as described by plat dated July 7, 1977, (which
is on file and available for public inspection in the
Office of the Chief, USDA Forest Service, Washing-
ton, D.C.), as well as all improvements, including
the Bend Silviculture Lab located thereon, to the
Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon;
this being a portion of the same tract acquired by
donation from the City of Bend on August 10, 1960,
through a Bargain and Sale deed to the USDA For-
est Service for use as a research lab, and recorded
in volume 125, page 508 of the Deschutes County,
Oregon, Deed Records.
547
HR 4278 RDS
(b) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—The transfer
effected by subsection (a) is made subject to no spe-
cial terms or conditions.
SEC. 322. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act or any other Act shall be expended or obligated
to fund the activities of the Office of Forestry and Eco-
nomic Assistance, or any successor office after December
31, 1996.
SEC. 323. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is author-
ized to accept title to approximately 84 acres of land lo-
cated in Prince Georges County, Maryland, adjacent to
Oxon Cove Park, and bordered generally by the Potomac
River, Interstate 295 and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, or
any interest therein, and in exchange therefor may convey
to the Corrections Corporation of America approximately
50 acres of land located in Oxon Cove Park in the District
of Columbia and bordered generally by Oxon Cove, Inter-
state 295 and the District of Columbia Impound Lot, or
any interest therein.
(b) Before proceeding with an exchange, the Sec-
retary shall determine if the federal property is suitable
for exchange under the criteria normally used by the Na-
tional Park Service. The exchange shall comply with appli-
cable regulations and National Park Service policies for
land exchanges.
548
HR 4278 RDS
(c)(1) The Secretary shall not acquire any lands
under this section if the Secretary determines that the
lands or any portion thereof have become contaminated
with hazardous substances (as defined in the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act (42 U.S.C. 9601)).
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
United States shall have no responsibility or liability with
respect to any hazardous wastes or other substances
placed on any of the lands covered by this section after
their transfer to the ownership of any party, but nothing
in this section shall be construed as either diminishing or
increasing any responsibility or liability of the United
States based on the condition of such lands on the date
of their transfer to the ownership of another party: Pro-
vided, That the Corrections Corporation of America shall
indemnify the United States for liabilities arising under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa-
tion, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601) and the Resource
Conservation Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.).
(d) The properties so exchanged either shall be ap-
proximately equal in fair market value or if they are not
approximately equal, shall be equalized by the payment of
cash to the Corporation or to the Secretary as required
or in the event the value of the Corporation’s lands is