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PUBLIC LAW 98-146—NOV. 4, 1983 97 STAT. 955 Fair market value. acres, more or less, more particularly described as the west half southwest quarter northwest quarter section 17, township 23 north, range 55 west, sixth principal meridian. Conveyance of such right, title, and interest shall be upon the condition that the Mitchell School District shall simultaneously convey without cost, an ease- ment right on certain of the above-described lands to the Pathfinder Irrigation District for the purpose of operating and maintaining irrigation canals, laterals, or drains-related storage works of the North Platte project, a Federal reclamation project. The Mitchell School District shall pay the fair market value of the lands as of the date of the conveyance, including administrative costs, as deter- mined by the Secretary. In determining the fair market value of the Easement right. lands, the Secretary shall recognize the existence of the easement right to be granted to the Pathfinder Irrigation District and shall not include the value of any improvements made on or to the lands by the Mitchell School District or its predecessors. Withdrawals from the public domain as they pertain only to the lands described in this paragraph under Secretarial Orders of February 11, 1903, and July 24, 1917, for purposes of the North Platte project, are revoked by conveyance of the rights, title, and interests as set forth in this paragraph. SEC. 319. Section 3 of Public Law 96-315 is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection: "(f) Up to 15 additional permits shall be granted to those persons meeting any one of the following conditions: (1) A resident as of July 1, 1982, who held a valid Fish and Wildlife Service access permit for improved property owners at any time during the period from July 29, 1976, through Decem- ber 31, 1979. (2) Anyone in continuous residency since 1976 residing in the area bounded on the north by the refuge boundary and on the south by a straight line passing through a point on the east-west prolongation of the centerline of Albacore Street, Whaleshead Club Subdivision, Currituck County, North Carolina. (3) Any permanent full-time resident as of April 1, 1983, not otherwise eligible who can substantiate to the Secretary of the Interior that access is essential to their maintaining a livelihood.". Approved November 4, 1983. Land withdrawals, revocation. Permits. 94 Stat. 958. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3363: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-253 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 98 -399 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 98-184 (Comm. on Appropriations). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): June 28, considered and passed House. Aug. 1-3, Sept. 13, 19-21, considered and passed Senate, amended. Oct. 5, House agreed to conference report; concurred in certain Senate amend- ments in others with amendments, and disagreed to another. Oct. 19, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in certain House amendments, in others with amendments, and disagreed to an amendment. Oct. 20, Senate receded from an amendment and concurred in a House amendment with an amendment. House receded from its amendment in disagreement and concurred in Senate amendments.