Pub. L. 105-83, tit. III, sec. 319

Sec. 319. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1998 the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior are authorized to limit competition for watershed restoration project contracts as part of the “Jobs in the Woods” component of the President’s Forest Plan for the Pacific Northwest to individuals and entities in historically timber-dependent areas in the States of Washington, 111 STAT. 1596Oregon, and northern California that have been affected by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands.