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 interests 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 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, $682,892,000, of which $4,275,000 for fighting and preventing forest fires and for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction and $2,025,000 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 reforestation and stand improvement, $92,900,000, the cooperative law enforcement program, $4,500,000, and insect and disease control, $23,800,000, shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1980. Forest research: For forest research at forest and range experiment stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, as authorized by law, $108,166,000. 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, including related research at the Pinchot Institute, as authorized by law, $54,460,000. 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, $35,845,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than $3,500,000 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). 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, $60,000,000: Provided, That $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior and $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture. 92 STAT. 1293 forest roads For the construction of roads by timber purchasers pursuant to clause (2) of section 4 of the Act of October 13, 1964 (78 Stat. 1089), $243,466,000. forest roads and trails For expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of 16 U.S.C. 528–538 and 551, relating to the construction and maintenance of forest development roads and trails, $224,275,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds available under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be merged with and made a part of this appropriation. timber salvage sales For design, engineering, and supervision of construction of roads for salvage timber sales and for sale preparation and supervision of harvesting of such timber, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the appropriation shall be merged with and made a part of the designated fund authorized by section 14(h) of Public Law 94–588, October 22, 1976. acquisition of lands for national forests special acts For acquisition of land to facilitate the control of soil erosion and flood damage originating within the exterior boundaries of the following national forests, in accordance with the provisions of the following Acts, authorizing annual appropriations of forest receipts for such purposes, and in not to exceed the following amounts from such receipts. Cache National Forest, Utah, Act of May 11, 1938 (52 Stat. 347), as amended, $20,000; Uinta and Wasatch National Forests, Utah, Act of August 26, 1935 (49 Stat. 866), as amended, $30,000; Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada, Act of June 25, 1938 (52 Stat. 1205), as amended, $10,000; San Bernardino and Cleveland National Forests, California, Act of June 15, 1938 (52 Stat. 699), as amended, $325,000; in all, $385,000. acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges For acquisition of lands in accordance with the Act of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended, $239,000, to be derived from deposits by public school authorities under said Act. rangeland improvements For range revegetation, rehabilitation, construction, maintenance, protection of improvements, control of rodents, and eradication of poisonous and noxious plants on national forest lands in accordance with section 12 of the Act of April 24, 1950 (16 U.S.C. 580h), $700,000, and in accordance with section 401(b) (1) of the Act of October 21, 1976, Public Law 94–579, $4,700,000, to be derived from grazing fees as authorized by said sections, to remain available until expended. assistance to states for tree improvement For expenses necessary to carry out section 401 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, approved May 28, 1956 (16 U.S.C. 568e), $1,508,000, to remain available until expended. 92 STAT. 1294 construction 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, $3,459,000, to be derived from the special receipt accounts established by section 4(f) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(f)), as amended. rights-of-way For administrative and other costs incurred in processing application documents for rights-of-way and in inspection and monitoring of construction, operation, and termination of the facility pursuant to such rights-of-way, such amounts as may be collected under section 504(g) of the Act approved October 21, 1976, Public Law 94–579, to remain available until expended. administrative provisions, forest service Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 241 passenger motor vehicles of which 7 will be used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which 215 shall be for replacement only, acquisition of 60 passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to exceed 4 for replacement only, and acquisition of 53 aircraft from excess sources; (b) employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); (d) purchase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (e) acquisition of land and interests therein for sites for administrative purposes and not to exceed $75,000 for research purposes, pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); (f) expenses incident to acquisition by donation or exchange of land, waters, or interests in land or waters, pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a): Provided, That such appropriation shall not be available for expenses incident to donations and exchanges which can be made pursuant to authorities other than the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); and (g) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a note). Funds appropriated under this title shall not be used for acquisition of forest lands under the provisions of the Act approved March 1, 1911, as amended (16 U.S.C. 513–519, 521), where such land is not within the boundaries of an established national forest or purchase unit. None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional office for research. State and private forestry, and National Forest System administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, without the consent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Agriculture in the U.S. House of Representatives.