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[CITE: 16USC577h]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 577h. Authorization of appropriations; limitation on amount 
        for purchase of additional lands, water or interests therein; 
        availability of other funds; annual report to Congress
        

(a) Appropriations authorized; purposes

    There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as are 
necessary to implement sections 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this 
title: Provided, That the total appropriations under the authority of 
said sections shall not exceed $9,000,000 for the purchase and 
condemnation of lands, water, or interests therein, and that funds made 
available through the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act (78 Stat. 897), as amended [16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.], may also be 
used for such acquisitions: Provided further, That such appropriations 
may be used for the payment of court judgments in condemnation actions 
brought under authority of sections 577c, 577d, and 577e to 577h of this 
title without regard to the date such actions were initially instituted.

(b) Reports on acquisitions

    Not later than March 1 of each year 1977 through 1980, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall submit to the Congress a report concerning the 
acquisition of lands or interests in lands under sections 577c, 577d, 
and 577e to 577h of this title. The final report of the Secretary shall 
specify whether additional authorizations or appropriations are 
necessary to carry out the purposes of said sections.

(June 22, 1948, ch. 593, Sec. 6, 62 Stat. 570; June 22, 1956, ch. 425, 
Sec. 3, 70 Stat. 328; Pub. L. 87-351, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 772; Pub. 
L. 94-384, Aug. 13, 1976, 90 Stat. 1123.)

                       References in Text

    The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, referred to in 
subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 88-578, Sept. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 897, as amended, 
which is classified generally to part B (Sec. 460l-4 et seq.) of 
subchapter LXIX of chapter 1 of this title. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 
460l-4 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1976--Pub. L. 94-384 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), 
substituted ``implement'' for ``carry out the provisions of'', 
``$9,000,000'' for ``$4,500,000'', and ``lands, water, or interests 
therein'' for ``land'', struck out ``however'' after ``Provided'', 
inserted provision relating to the availability of funds under the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act and provision relating to the 
availability of appropriations for payment of court judgements in 
condemnation actions regardless of the date of institution of such 
action, and added subsec. (b).
    1961--Pub. L. 87-351 increased appropriation for purchase and 
condemnation of land from $2,500,000 to $4,500,000.
    1956--Act June 22, 1956, increased appropriation for purchase and 
condemnation of land from $500,000 to $2,500,000.


                     Availability of Appropriations

    Pub. L. 87-351 provided in part that: ``Funds appropriated to carry 
out the purposes of the Act [sections 577c, 577d and 577e to 577h of 
this title] shall remain available until expended.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 577d-1, 1133 of this title.
