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PUBLIC LAW 102-381—OCT. 5, 1992 106 STAT. 1417 SEC. 317. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 1993 and thereafter, appropriations or funds available to the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, may be used to reimburse employees for the cost of State licenses and certification fees pursuant to their employment and that are necessary to comply with Stote or Federal laws, regulations, or requirements. SEC. 318. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pa3n]ient to be made by the United States Government pursuant to the provision of subsection (a) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876) to the Oregon and California land-grant counties in the State of Oregon from fiscal year 1993 receipts derived from the Oregon and California grant lands shall not be less than 85 percent of the average annual payment made to those counties of their share of the Oregon and California land-grant receipts collected during the five-year baseline period of fiscal years 1986 through 1990: Provided, That in no event shall this payment exceed the total amount of receipts collected from the Oregon and California grant lands during fiscal year 1993. SEC. 319. BUY AMERICAN REQUIREMENTS. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—N O funds appropriated or transferred pursuant to this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the assistence the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. lOa-lOc, popularly known as the "Buy American Act"). (b) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD- UCTS. — (1) IN GENERAL. —In the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products. (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.— In providing financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary shall provide to each recipient of the assistence a notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by the Congress. SEC. 320. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY. (a) FINDINGS. —The Senate finds that— (1) the National Commission on Children report stetes that "The news and the entertainment media have tremendous potential to educate children and expose them to other cultures and new ideas'* and recommends "that the recording industry continue and enhance its efforts to avoid the distribution of inappropriate materials to children"; (2) the National Commission on Children report states that "In a free society, there will always be tension between freedom of expression and upholding common social values. Censorship is the antithesis of what we embrace. Forging common values will never depend solely on laws, but also on persuasion and example. Success will require thoughtful action and self-restraint by individuals and major institutions with the ability or potential to influence children's moral development, "niis makes the tesk of parents, public leaders, educators. 16 USC 556g; 43 use 1471e. Oregon. California. Public lands. Children and youth.