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108 STAT. 4168 PUBLIC LAW 103-399—OCT. 22, 1994 25 USC 3907. SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION. —There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act. (b) COORDINATION.—The activities required to be performed by the Director under this Act shall be coordinated with activities related to solid waste and sanitation facilities funded pursuant to other authorizations. 25 USC 3908. SEC. 9. DISCLAIMERS. (a) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter, diminish, repeal, or supersede any authority conferred on the Director pursuant to section 302 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1632), and section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a). (b) EXEMPTED LANDS AND FACILITIES. —T h is Act shall not apply to open dump sites on Indian lands or Alaska Native lands— (1) that comprise an area of one-half acre or less and that are used by individual families on lands to which they hold legal or beneficial title; (2) of any size that have been or are being operated for a profit; or (3) where solid waste from an industrial process is being or has been routinely disposed of at a privately owned facility in compliance with applicable Federal laws. (c) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. —(1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to amend or modify the authority or responsibility of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). (2) Nothing in this Act is intended to amend, repeal, or supersede any provision of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). Approved October 22, 1994. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 720: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 103-783 (Comm. on Natural Resources). SENATE REPORTS: No. 103-253 (Comm. on Indian Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 140 (1994): May 12, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 4, 5, considered and passed House, amended. Oct. 8, Senate concurred in House amendment.