Department of Agriculture

Department of Agriculture Forest Service forest protection and utilization For expenses necessary for forest protection and utilization, as follows: Forest land management: For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, including the administration, improvement, development, and management of lands, waters, or 89 STAT. 991interests therein, under Forest Service administration, fighting and preventing forest fires on or threatening such lands and emergency rehabilitation and for liquidation of obligations incurred in the preceding fiscal year for such purposes, control of white pine blister rust and other forest diseases and insects on Federal and non-Federal lands, implementation of forest advanced logging and conservation systems including necessary research and development related thereto, $365,821,000 of which $4,275,000 for fighting and preventing forest fires and for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction and $10,000,000 for insect and disease control shall be apportioned for use, pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to the extent necessary under the then existing conditions: Provided, That funds appropriated for “Cooperative range improvements”, pursuant to section 12 of the Act of April 24, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 580h), may be advanced to this appropriation: Provided further, That funds appropriated for the cooperative law enforcement program and insect and disease control shall remain available until expended. Forest research: For forest research at forest and range experiment stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, as authorized by law, $80,355,000. State and private forestry cooperation: For cooperation with States in forest-fire prevention and suppression, in forest tree planting on non-Federal public and private lands, and in forest management and processing, and for advising timberland owners, associations, wood-using industries, and others in the application of forest management principles and processing of forest products, as authorized by law, $32,994,000. For “Forest protection and utilization” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, as follows: “Forest land management”, $117,000,000, of which $1,060,000 for cooperative law enforcement shall remain available until expended; “Forest research”, $21,737,000; and “State and private forestry cooperation”, $9,802,000. construction and land acquisition For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection and utilization of national forest resources, point discharge monitoring and evaluation, and non-point discharge surveillance monitoring and evaluation, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein necessary to these objectives. $18,134,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than $1,525,000 of this appropriation may be used for acquisition of land under the Act of March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U.S.C. 513–519). For “Construction and land acquisition” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $11,074,000, to remain available until expended. youth conservation corps For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408, $25,000,000, to remain available until the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which appropriated: Provided, That $12,500,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior and $12,500,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture. 89 STAT. 992 forest roads and trails (liquidation of contract authority) For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, sections 203 and 205, relating to the construction and maintenance of forest development roads and trails, $112,857,000, to remain available until expended, for liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority contained in title 23, United States Code, section 203: Provided, That funds available under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall lie merged with and made a part of this appropriation. Funds available under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) during the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, shall be merged with and made a part of this appropriation and shall be used for expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code, sections 203 and 205, relating to the construction and maintenance of forest development roads and trails, to remain available until expended.