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[CITE: 43USC1748]

 
                         TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
 
             CHAPTER 35--FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
 
                     SUBCHAPTER III--ADMINISTRATION
 
Sec. 1748. Funding requirements


(a) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Act, but no amounts 
shall be appropriated to carry out after October 1, 2002, any program, 
function, or activity of the Bureau under this or any other Act unless 
such sums are specifically authorized to be appropriated as of October 
21, 1976 or are authorized to be appropriated in accordance with the 
provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Procedure applicable for authorization of appropriations

    Consistent with section 1110 of title 31, beginning May 15, 1977, 
and not later than May 15 of each second even numbered year thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President of the Senate a request for the 
authorization of appropriations for all programs, functions, and 
activities of the Bureau to be carried out during the four-fiscal-year 
period beginning on October 1 of the calendar year following the 
calendar year in which such request is submitted. The Secretary shall 
include in his request, in addition to the information contained in his 
budget request and justification statement to the Office of Management 
and Budget, the funding levels which he determines can be efficiently 
and effectively utilized in the execution of his responsibilities for 
each such program, function, or activity, notwithstanding any budget 
guidelines or limitations imposed by any official or agency of the 
executive branch.

(c) Distribution of receipts from Bureau from disposal of lands, etc.

    Nothing in this section shall apply to the distribution of receipts 
of the Bureau from the disposal of lands, natural resources, and 
interests in lands in accordance with applicable law, nor to the use of 
contributed funds, private deposits for public survey work, and townsite 
trusteeships, nor to fund allocations from other Federal agencies, 
reimbursements from both Federal and non-Federal sources, and funds 
expended for emergency firefighting and rehabilitation.

(d) Purchase of certain public lands from Land and Water Conservation 
        Fund

    In exercising the authority to acquire by purchase granted by 
section 1715(a) of this title, the Secretary may use the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund to purchase lands which are necessary for proper 
management of public lands which are primarily of value for outdoor 
recreation purposes.

(Pub. L. 94-579, title III, Sec. 318, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2771; Pub. 
L. 104-333, div. I, title III, Sec. 310, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4139.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 
1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as amended, known as the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Tables.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (b), ``section 1110 of title 31'' substituted for 
``section 607 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [31 U.S.C. 11c]'' 
on authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 
1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-333 substituted ``October 1, 2002'' 
for ``October 1, 1978''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1904 of this title; title 16 
sections 460iii-3, 670o.
