PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK COMMISSION.

SEC. 1011. PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK COMMISSION. (a) Funding.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to provide funding to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to be used for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands within the area generally depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map, Sterling Forest Reserve”, numbered SFR-60,001 and dated July 1, 1994. There are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of this section not more than $17,500,000. No funds made available under this section may be used for the acquisition of any lands or interests in lands without the consent of the owner thereof. (b) Land Exchange.—The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to exchange unreserved unappropriated Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for the lands comprising approximately 2,220 acres depicted on the map entitled “Sterling Forest, Proposed Sale of Sterling Forest Lands” and dated 110 STAT. 4210July 25, 1996. The Secretary shall consult with the Governor of any State in which such unreserved unappropriated lands are located prior to carrying out such exchange. The lands acquired by the Secretary under this section shall be transferred to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to be included within the Sterling Forest Reserve. The lands exchanged under this section shall be of equal value, as determined by the Secretary utilizing nationally recognized appraisal standards. The authority to exchange lands under this section shall expire on the date 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.