A bill to authorize appropriations for activities and programs carried out by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management.
PL 95-352 (H.R.10787), enacted 08/20/1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-352—AUG. 20, 1978 
92 STAT. 515 
Public Law 95-352 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize appropriations for activities and programs carried out by the 
Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management. 
Be it enacted hy the Seriate arid House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That pursuant to 
section 318(b) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (31 U.S.C. 1301 note), there are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated the following sums for activities and programs administered 
through the Bureau of Land Management: 
(a) for management of lands and resources, excluding emer-
gency firefighting and rehabilitation: $312,100,000 for fiscal year 
1979, $329,300,000 for fiscal year 1980, $361,300,000 for fiscal year 
1981, and $393,300,000 forfiscal year 1982; 
(b) for land acquisition, construction, and maintenance: 
$22,600,000 for fiscal year 1979, $22,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, 
$25,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, and $27,000,000 for fiscal year 
1982; 
(c) for implementation of the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 
U.S.C. 1601) : $105,000,000 and such additional sums as are nec-
essary for payments for fiscal year 1979, $108,000,000 and such 
additional sums as are necessary for payments for fiscal year 
1980, $111,000,000 and such additional sums as are necessary for 
payments for fiscal year 1981, and $114,000,000 and such addi-
tional sums as are necessary for payments for fiscal year 1982; 
(d) for implementation of section 317(c) of the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1747) : $40,000,000 
for loans for fiscal year 1979, $50,000,000 for loans for fiscal year 
1980, $57,000,000 for loans for fiscal year 1981, and $65,000,000 
for loans for fiscal year 1982; and 
(e) such additional or supplemental amounts as may be nec-
essary for increases in salary, pay, retirements and other employee 
benefits authorized by law, and for other nondiscretionary costs. 
(f) Paragraph (c) of section 317 of the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 2771; 43 U.S.C. 
1701,1747) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) (1) The Secretary is authorized to make loans to States and 
their political subdivisions in order to relieve social or economic 
impacts occasioned by the development of minerals leased in such 
States pursuant to the Act of February 25, 1920, as amended. Such 
loans shall be confined to the uses specified for the 50 per centum of 
mineral leasing revenues to be received by such States and subdivisions 
pursuant to section 35 of such Act. 
"(2) The total amount of loans outstandina: pursuant to this sub-
section for any State and political subdivisions thereof in any year 
shall be not more than the anticipated mineral leasing revenues to 
be received by that State pursuant to section 35 of the Act of Feb-
ruary 25, 1920, as amended, for the ten years following. 
"(3) The Secretary, after consultation with the Governors of the 
affected States, shall allocate such loans among the States and their 
political subdivisions in a fair and equitable manner, giving priority 
to those States and subdivisions suffering the most severe impacts. 
Aug. 20, 1978 
[H.R. 10787] 
Bureau of Land 
Management. 
Appropriation 
authorizations. 
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30 use 181. 
30 use 191. 
92 STAT. 516 
PUBLIC LAW 95-352—AUG. 20, 1978 
"(4) Loans made pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to 
Regulations. 
assure the achievement of the purpose of this subsection. The Secre-
tary shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this subsection no later than three months after 
the enactment of this paragraph. 
"(5) Loans made pursuant to this subsection shall bear interest 
equivalent to the lowest interest rate paid on an issue of at least 
$1,000,000 of tax exempt bonds of such State or any agency thereof 
within the preceding calendar year. 
"(6) Any loan made pursuant to this subsection shall be secured 
only by a pledge of the revenues received by the State or the political 
subdivision thereof pursuant to section 35 of the Act of February 25, 
30 use 191. 
1920, as amended, and shall not constitute an obligation upon the 
general property or taxing authority of such unit of government. 
"(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, loans made pur-
suant to this subsection may be used for the non-Federal share of the 
aggregate cost of any project or program otherwise funded by the 
Federal Government which requires a non-Federal share for such 
project or program and which provides planning or public facilities 
otherwise eligible for assistance under this subsection. 
"(8) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude any 
forebearance for the benefit of the borrower including loan restructur-
ing, which may be determined by the Secretary as justified by the 
failure of anticipated mineral development or related revenues to 
materialize as expected when the loan was made pursuant to this 
subsection. 
"(9) Recipients of loans made pursuant to this subsection shall 
keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation, 
including records which fully disclose the disposition of the proceeds 
of such assistance and such other records as the Secretary may require 
to facilitate an effective audit. The Secretary and the Comptroller 
General of the United States or their duly authorized representatives 
shall have access, for the purpose of audit, to such records. 
"(10) No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of race, 
color, religion, national origin, or sex be excluded from participation 
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, 
any program or activity funded in whole or part with funds made 
available under this subsection. 
"(11) All amounts collected in connection with loans made pursu-
ant to this subsection, including interest payments or repayments of 
principal on loans, fees, and other monevs, derived in connection with 
this subsection, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts.". 
SKC. 2. The Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment 
of t]io King Ran^e National Conservation Area in the State of Cali-
fornia", approved October 21.1970 (Public Law 91-476), is amended— 
16 use 460y-4. 
(1) by adding at the end of subparagraph (B) of section 5(3) 
the following sentence: "Anv such payment made to the Secretary 
shall be deposited in the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt."; 
16USC460y-9. 
(2) by inserting "(a)" in section 10 after "SEC. 10.": and 
(3) by adding at the end of section 10 the following new 
subsection: 
PUBLIC LAW 95-352—AUG. 20, 1978 
92 STAT. 517 
"(b) In addition to any amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated for 
, 
fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1979, for the acquisition 
of lands and interests in lands under this Act— 
"(1) from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (estab-
lished under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965) 16 USC 460/-4 
not to exceed $5,000,000, and 
"ote. 
" (2) from any other sources an amount not to exceed the sum 
of (A) $5,000,000, and (B) an amount equal to the amount 
deposited in the Treasury under section 5(3) (B) of this Act 16 USC 460/-7. 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
such sums to remain available until expended.". 
Approved August 20, 1978. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-1121 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-789 accompanying S. 2234 (Comm. on Energy and Natural 
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 124 (1978): 
July 11, considered and passed House. 
July 27, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2234. 
Aug. 2, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment. 
Aug. 8, Senate concurred in House amendment.