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- Require the federal govenment to meJce annual payments ^o 

 local governments in the eunount equal to the real property tax 

 which would have been paid if those lemds were private timber leuids ; 

 set up 2Ln 2u:bitration process to resolve disputes about the tax 

 equivalency amount 



- Require local government to spend at least half of that 

 federal payment on public education 



- Estedslish a "Community Assistance Task Force" to oversee 

 assistemce to local communities, with em emphasis on developing 

 employment opportunities in forest ecosystem restoration, 

 recreation, emd other forms of employment compatible with the 

 purposes of the Preserve. The Task Force will cease to exist five 

 years after esteiblishment of the Preserve. 



- Authorize the Task Force to provide retraining progreuns for 

 displaced workers, technical assistance community loans and 

 gremts, job counseling emd placement services, emd allow for the 

 establishment of local task forces 



- Require the Secreteuries of Agriculture and Interior emd the 

 Administrator of the EPA to make annual recommendations for 

 additional National Forest Preserves. 



(The complete report Is held In the committee files.) 

 (Additional attachments are held in the committee files.) 



