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PUBLIC LAW 105-83 —NOV. 14, 1997 111 STAT. 1601 in this Act and proceed to complete the forest plan revision in accordance with current forest planning regulations. SEC. 333. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be expended or obligated to complete and issue the fiveyear program under the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act. SEC. 334. (a) WATERSHED RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT AGREEMENTS. — For fiscal year 1998, appropriations for the Forest Service may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for the purpose of entering into cooperative agreements with willing State and local governments, private and nonprofit entities and landowners for protection, restoration and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat, and other resources on public or private land or both that benefit these resources within the watershed. (b) DIRECT AND INDIRECT WATERSHED AGREEMENTS.— The Secretary of Agriculture may enter into a watershed restoration and enhancement agreement— (1) directly with a willing private landowner; or (2) indirectly through an agreement with a State, local or tribal government or other public entity, educational institution, or private nonprofit organization. (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS. —In order for the Secretary to enter into a watershed restoration and enhancement agreement— (1) the agreement shall— (A) include such terms and conditions mutually agreed to by the Secretary and the landowner; (B) improve the viability of and otherwise benefit the fish, wildlife, and other resources on national forests lands within the watershed; (C) authorize the provision of technical assistance by the Secretary in the planning of management activities that will further the purposes of the agreement; (D) provide for the sharing of costs of implementing the agreement among the Federal Government, the landowners), and other entities, as mutually agreed on by the afiected interests; and (E) ensure that any expenditure by the Secretary pursuant to the agreement is determined by the Secretary to be in the public interest; and (2) the Secretary may require such other terms and conditions as are necessary to protect the public investment on non-Federal lands, provided such terms and conditions are mutually agreed to by the Secretary and other landowners. State and local governments or both. SEC. 335. The joint resolution entitled "Joint Resolution to 16 USC 431 note, establish a commission to formulate plans for a memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt", approved August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), is amended— (1) in the first section by inserting before the last sentence the following: "The Commission shall submit a final report to the President and Congress prior to termination."; (2) by redesignating section 4 as section 5; and (3) by inserting after section 3 the following: " TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION "SEC. 4. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Commission shall terminate on the earlier of—