100 



33 



1 "(i) the term 'Forage Value Index' means the 



2 Forage Value Index (FVI) computed annually by the 



3 Economic Research Service, United States Depart- 



4 ment of Agriculture, and set with the 1996 FVI 



5 equal to 100; and 



6 "(ii) the term 'Appraised Base Value' means 



7 the 1983 Appraisal Value conclusions for mature 



8 cattle and horses (expressed in dollars per head or 



9 per month), as determined in the 1986 report pre- 



10 pared jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the 



11 Secretary of the Interior entitled 'Grazing Fee Re- 



12 view and Evaluation', dated February 1986, on a 



13 westwide basis using the lowest appraised value of 



14 the pricing areas adjusted for advanced payment 



15 and indexed to 1996. 



16 "(3) Executive Order No. 12548, dated Februaiy 14, 



17 1986, shall not apply to gi-azing fees established pursuant 



18 to this Act. 



19 "(d) The grazing advisory boards established pursu- 



20 ant to Secretarial action, notice of which was published 



21 in the Federal Register on May 14, 1986 (51 Fed. Reg. 



22 17874), are hereby abolished, and the advisory functions 



23 exercised by such boards, shall, after the date of enaet- 



24 ment of this sentence, be exercised only by the appropriate 



25 councils established under this section. 



