121 STAT. 2120
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PUBLIC LAW 110–161—DEC. 26, 2007
and the Department shall not impose its trust management infrastructure upon or alter the existing trust resource management systems of the above referenced tribes having a self-governance compact and operating in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Program set forth in 25 U.S.C. 458aa–458hh: Provided, That the California Trust Reform Consortium and any other participating tribe agree to carry out their responsibilities under the same written and implemented fiduciary standards as those being carried by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That they demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that they have the capability to do so: Provided further, That the Department shall provide funds to the tribes in an amount equal to that required by 25 U.S.C. 458cc(g)(3), including funds specifically or functionally related to the provision of trust services to the tribes or their members. SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, concession contracts or other agreements for the use of such facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine reasonable. SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., nonrenewable grazing permits authorized in the Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of Land Management since March 1, 1997 shall be renewed. The Animal Unit Months, authorized in any nonrenewable grazing permit from March 1, 1997 to present shall continue in effect under the renewed permit. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to extend the renewed permit beyond the standard 1-year term. The period of this provision will be until all of the grazing permits in the Jarbidge Field Office are renewed after the completion of the Record of Decision for the Jarbidge Resource Management Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement. SEC. 117. OIL AND GAS LEASING INTERNET PILOT PROGRAM. Notwithstanding section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C 226(b)(1)(A)), the Secretary of the Interior shall establish an oil and gas leasing Internet pilot program, under which the Secretary may conduct lease sales through methods other than oral bidding. To carry out the pilot program, the Secretary of the Interior may use not more than $250,000 of funds in the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund described in section 35(c)(2)(B) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 191(c)(2)(B)). SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is directed to sell property within the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge and the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge to the Washington State Department of Transportation. SEC. 119. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of the Interior may be used, in relation to any proposal to store water for the purpose of export, for approval
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