Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Land Management management of lands and resources For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, and performance of other functions, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, $189,582,000. For “Management of lands and resources” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $58, 192,000. construction and maintenance For acquisition, construction and maintenance of buildings, appurtenant facilities, and other improvements, and maintenance of access roads, $8,911,000, to remain available until expended. For “Construction and maintenance” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, to remain available until expended, $2,238,000. public lands development roads and trails (liquidation of contract authority) For liquidation of obligations incurred pursuant to authority contained in title 23, United States Code, section 203, $3,183,000, to remain available until expended. For “Public lands development roads and trails (liquidation of contract authority)” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, to remain available until expended, $1,121,000. oregon and california grant lands For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands 89 STAT. 978in the Oregon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of rights-of-way and of existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such lands; an amount equivalent to 25 per centum of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount appropriated herein for the purposes of this appropriation on lands administered by the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture: Provided further, That the amount appropriated herein for road construction on lands other than those administered by the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the amount appropriated herein is hereby made a reimbursable charge against the Oregon and California land grant fund and shall be reimbursed to the general fund in the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876). For “Oregon and California grant lands”, an amount equivalent to 25 per centum of the aggregate of all receipts during the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, to remain available until expended. range improvements For construction, purchase, and maintenance of range improvements pursuant to the provisions of sections 3 and 10 of the Act of June 28, 1934, as amended (43 U.S.C. 315), sums equal to the aggregate of all moneys received, during the current fiscal year, as range improvements fees under section 3 of said Act, 25 per centum of all moneys received, during the current fiscal year, under section 15 of said Act, and the amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the Interior pursuant to law, to remain available until expended. For “Range improvements” sums equal to the aggregate of all moneys received during the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, to remain available until expended. recreation development and operation of recreation facilities For construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities, including collection of special recreation use fees, to remain available until expended, $300,000, to be derived from the special receipt accounts established by section 1(b) of the Act of July 15, 1968 (82 Stat. 354), and section 4(e) of the Act of July 11, 1972 (86 Stat. 461): Provided, That not more than 40 per centum of the amount credited pursuant to section 4(e) of the Act of July 11, 1972, shall be available for the enhancement of the fee collection system established by section 4 of such Act, including the promotion and enforcement thereof. For “Recreation development and operation of recreation facilities” for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $100,000, to remain available until expended. administrative provisions Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures; and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title: Provided, 89 STAT. 979That of appropriations herein made for the Bureau of Land Management expenditures in connection with the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands (other than expenditures made under the appropriation “Oregon and California grant lands”) shall be reimbursed to the general fund of the Treasury from the 25 per centum referred to in subsection (c), title II, of the Act approved August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876), of the special fund designated the “Oregon and California land grant fund” and section 4 of the Act approved May 24, 1939 (53 Stat. 754), of the special fund designated the “Coos Bay Wagon Road grant fund”: Provided further, That appropriations herein made may be expended on a reimbursable basis for (1) surveys of lands other than those under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and (2) protection of lands for the State of Alaska: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, payments to States made in the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, under the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 191, 30 U.S.C. 285), will be based on receipts collected during the period January 1, 1976, through June 30, 1976: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provisions of law, Bureau of Land Management payments to States and counties made in the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, under statutes other than the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, will be based on receipts collected during the period July 1, 1975, through June 30, 1976.