PUBLIC LAW 106-329—OCT. 19, 2000 114 STAT. 1297 (8) Tract BLKH-9 "Allen Gulch Properties" (approximately 21 acres); Lot 14 less and except Tract STA #0029, Section 25, and Lot 1, Section 36, TIS, R4E, Black Hills Meridian. (9) Tract BLKH-10 "Custer Ranger District Office" (approximately 0.39 acres); Lots 4 and 9 of Block 125 and the East 15 feet of the vacated north/south alley adjacent to Lot 4, City of Custer, Section 26, T3S, R4E, Black Hills Meridian. (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—The Secretary may make technical corrections to the legal descriptions in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (a). (c) APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES. — Except as otherwise provided in this section, any sale or exchange of land described in subsection (a) shall be subject to laws (including regulations) applicable to the conveyance and acquisition of land for National Forest System purposes. (d) CASH EQUALIZATION. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may accept cash equalization payments in excess of 25 percent of the total value of the land described in subsection (a) from any exchange under subsection (a). (e) SOLICITATIONS OF OFFERS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— In carrying out this section, the Secretary may use solicitations of offers for sale or exchange under this section on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. (2) REJECTION OF OFFERS. —The Secretary may reject any offer under this section if the Secretary determines that the offer is not adequate or not in the public interest. (f) DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. —Any funds received by the Secretary from a sale under this section or as cash equalization pay- ments from an exchange under this section— (1) shall be deposited into the fund established by Public Law 90-171 (commonly known as the "Sisk Act") (16 U.S.C. 484a); and (2) shall be available for expenditure, on appropriation, for— (A) the acquisition from willing sellers of land and interests in land in the State of South Dakota; and (B) the acquisition or construction of administrative improvements in connection with the Black Hills National Forest. (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRLVTIONS.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. SEC. 3. REPLACEMENT LABORATORY, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, (a) IN GENERAL.—T here are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $2,100,000 for a laboratory facility for the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Rapid City, South Dakota, to replace the obsolete laboratory capability at the research station. The replacement facility shall be colocated with at least one of the administrative improvements for the Black Hills National Forest acquired or constructed under the authority of section 2(f)(2)(B).
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