Pub. L. 111-118, div. B, sec. 1007

Sec. 1007. (a) Payment.—The Secretary of the Interior may make a payment to Swain County, North Carolina, in an amount of $12,800,000, in connection with the non-construction of the North Shore Road: Provided, That $4,000,000 shall be available for obligation upon enactment of this Act: Provided further, That remaining amounts shall not be available for obligation until 120 days following signature of an agreement between the Secretary of the Interior, Swain County, the State of North Carolina, and the Tennessee Valley Authority that supersedes the agreement of July 30, 1943, related to the construction of North Shore Road between the Secretary, the County, the State, and the Authority. For this payment, there is hereby appropriated $6,800,000, to remain available until expended, and an amount of $6,000,000 from unobligated balances available to the Department of the Interior from prior appropriations to the “Construction” account for the National Park Service.(b) Rescission.—Of the funds appropriated in the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–346), in section 378 for construction of, and improvements to, North Shore Road in Swain County, North Carolina, $6,800,000 is hereby permanently rescinded.123 STAT. 3471