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1 (2) The Secretary is authorized to accept from the 



2 State of CaHfomia funds to cover the cost of acquiring 



3 lands within the Headwaters Forest, and notwithstanding 



4 any other provision of law, the Secretary may retain and 



5 expend such funds for purposes of such acquisition. Such 



6 funds shall be available for such purposes without further 



7 appropriation and without fiscal year limitation. 



8 (c) Land Acquisition Plan. — The Secretary shall 



9 develop and implement, within 6 months after the enact- 



10 ment of this Act, a land acquisition plan which contains 



1 1 specific provisions addressing how and when lands will be 



12 acquired under subsection (b). The plan shall give priority 



13 first to the acquisition of lands within the boundaries of 



14 the Headwaters Forest Wilderness identified on the map 



15 referred to in section 3(a). The Secretary shall submit cop- 



16 ies of such plan to the Committee on Natural Resources, 



17 the Committee on Agriculture, and the Committee on Ap- 



18 propriations of the United States House of Representa- 



19 tives and to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the 



20 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and 



21 the Committee on Appropriations of the United States 



22 Senate. 



23 (d) Authorization of Appropriations. — There 



24 are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as 



25 may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. 



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