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[CITE: 42USC8855]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
              CHAPTER 96--BIOMASS ENERGY AND ALCOHOL FUELS
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--RURAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND FORESTRY BIOMASS ENERGY
 
Sec. 8855. Forest Service leases and permits

    It is the intent of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall process applications for leases of National Forest System lands 
and for permits to explore, drill, and develop resources on land leased 
from the Forest Service, notwithstanding the current status of any plan 
being prepared under section 1604 of title 16.

(Pub. L. 96-294, title II, Sec. 262, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 710.)
