PUBLIC LAW 106-506—NOV. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 2357 project that is part of the environmental improvement program adopted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in February 1998 and amendments to the program. "(D) FEDERAL OBLIGATION. —All projects funded under this subsection shall be part of Federal obligation under the environmental improvement program. "(4) DIVISION OF FUNDS.— "(A) IN GENERAL. — The total amounts appropriated for pa3anents under this subsection shall be allocated by the Secretary of Agriculture based on the relative need for and merits of projects proposed for payment under this section. "(B) MINIMUM.— To the maximum extent practicable, for each fiscal year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that each political subdivision in the Lake Tahoe basin receives amounts appropriated for payments under this subsection. "(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 6 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, there is authorized to be appropriated for making payments under this subsection $10,000,000 for the first fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this paragraph and for each of the 9 fiscal years thereafter.". SEC. 8. FIRE RISK REDUCTION ACTIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL. —In conducting fire risk reduction activities in the Lake Tahoe basin, the Secretary shall, as appropriate, coordinate with State and local agencies and organizations, including local fire departments and volunteer groups. (b) GROUND DISTURBANCE. —The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, minimize any ground disturbances caused by fire risk reduction activities. SEC. 9. AVAILABILITY AND SOURCE OF FUNDS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds authorized under this Act and the amendment made by this Act— (1) shall be in addition to any other amounts available to the Secretary for expenditure in the Lake Tahoe basin; and (2) shall not reduce allocations for other Regions of the Forest Service. (b) MATCHING REQUIREMENT. —Except as provided in subsection (c), funds for activities under section 6 and section 7 of this Act shall be available for obligation on a 1-to-l basis with funding of restoration activities in the Lake Tahoe basin by the States of California and Nevada. (c) RELOCATION COSTS. —The Secretary shall provide two-thirds of necessary funding to local utility districts for the costs of relocating facilities in connection with environmental restoration projects under section 6 and erosion control projects under section 2 of Public Law 96-586. SEC. 10. AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC LAW 96-586. Section 3(a) of Public Law 96-586 (94 Stat. 3383) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(5) WILLING SELLERS. —Land within the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit subject to acquisition under this section
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