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PUBLIC LAW 98-175—NOV. 29, 1983 97 STAT. 1123 Public Law 98-175 98th Congress An Act To make certain land owned by the United States in the State of New York part of Nov. 29, 1983 the Green Mountain National Forest. [H.R. 24] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all land Green owned by the United States within the Hector Land Utilization ^ationalForest project, an administrative unit of the Forest Service located in Seneca and Schuyler Counties in the State of New York, or here- after acquired by the United States for national forest purposes for inclusion therein, shall be deemed to be part of the Green Mountain National Forest and the national forest system and subject to the Weeks Act of March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 480, et seq.), and to all laws, 16 USC 517 rules, and regulations applicable to national forest lands acquired thereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of the Acts of May 23, 1908, and March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), the amount that is paid to the State of New York as its share of moneys received from such forest shall be based on the receipts from the lands in such forest that are within the State of New York. Approved November 29, 1983. note. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 24: HOUSE REPORT No. 98-293 (Comm. on Agriculture). SENATE REPORT No. 98 -288 (Comm. on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): July 18, considered and passed House. Nov. 17, considered and passed Senate.