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1 est Service), and facilities construction costs of the 



2 Federal Government directly or indirectly related to 



3 the timber harvest program conducted on National 



4 Forest System lands. 



5 "(c) Method of Allocating Costs. — The Sec- 



6 retary shall allocate the costs referred to in subsection 



7 (b)(2) to each unit of the National Forest System, and 



8 each proposed timber sale in such unit, on the basis of 



9 harvest volume. 



10 "(d) Transitional Requirements. — To ensure the 



1 1 elimination of all below-cost timber sales by the date speci- 



12 fied in subsection (a), the Secretary shall progressively re- 



13 duce the number and size of below-cost timber sales on 



14 National Forest System lands as follows: 



15 "(1) In fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, the 



16 quantity of timber sold in below-cost timber sales on 



17 National Forest System lands shall not exceed 75 



18 percent of the quantity of timber sold in such sales 



19 in the preceding fiscal year. 



20 "(2) In fiscal year 1999, the quantity of timber 



21 sold in below-cost timber sales on National Forest 



22 System lands shall not exceed 65 percent of the 



23 quantity of timber sold in such sales in fiscal year 



24 1998. 



