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106 STAT. 1402 PUBLIC LAW 102-381—OCT. 5, 1992 House of Congress is not in session because of acyoumment of more than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt of the required studies by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate. None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act shall be expended for the purpose of administering a special use authorization permitting land use and occupancy and surface disturbing activities for any project to be constructed on Rock Creek, Madfera County, California, until a study has been completed and submitted to the Congress by the Forest Service in consultation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the California State Water Resources Control Board, the California Department of Fish and Game and other interested public parties regarding the project's potential cumulative impacts on the environment, together with a finding that there will be no substantial adverse impact on the environment. Findings from the study must be presented at no less than three public meetings. Any money collected from the States for fire suppression assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest System lands shall be used to reimburse the applicable appropriation and shall remain available until expended as the Secretary may direct in conducting activities authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101-2110. 1606, and 2111. Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the regular workweek. To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of the funds available in this Act shall be used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or other forms of even aged management in hardwood stands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois. Notwithstanding section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a), the Secretary of Agriculture may negotiate sales of Pacific yew at not less than appraised value, to parties manufacturing taxol in the United States in accordance with the requirements of section 505 of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355) for use in humans. Moneys received from the sale of Pacific yew are hereby appropriated and made available until expended by the Forest Service to fund the costs associated with the harvest of Pacific yew. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest Service shall esteblish an office in Ohio for the purpose of representing and administering the Wayne National Forest on a forest-wide basis. The Forest Service may offer for sale salvageable timber in Region 5 and Region 6 in fiscal year 1993: Provided, That for forests known to contain the Northern spotted owl, such salvage sales may be offered as long as the offering of such sale will not render the area unsuitable as habitat for the Northern spotted owl: Provided further, That timber salvage activity in spotted owl