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1 cial review, except as provided in sections 10 and 11 of 



2 title 9 of the United States Code. 



3 (f) Costs of Arbitration. — The costs of arbitra- 



4 tion shall be paid by the Secretary, but if the tax-equiva- 



5 lency amount determined by an arbitration panel estab- 



6 hshed under subsection (d) is closer to the amount speci- 



7 fied by the Secretary than to the amount estimated by 



8 the local government, the costs of arbitration shall be de- 



9 ducted from the tax equivalency amount paid by the Sec- 



10 retary to the local government under this section. 



11 (g) Community Assistance Task Force. — (1) The 



12 Secretary shall establish a community assistance task 



13 force (hereinafter referred to as the "task force") to over- 



14 see assistance to local communities in those counties that 



15 include lands within the Preserve or contain facilities that 



16 mill timber therefrom at the time of enactment of this Act. 



17 Any local community in the region that is impacted by 



18 loss of Federal timber sales proven to result from imple- 



19 mentation of this Act may request assistance from the 



20 task force. The task force shall verify the stated need for 



21 the claim and, if verified, provide the following types of 



22 assistance — 



23 (A) establishment of local community task 



24 forces, retraining programs for workers, technical 



25 assistance, loans and grants to help communities di- 



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