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other security by a resource developer or pur- 

 chaser or permittee who does not fulfill the re- 

 quirements of his contract or permit or does not 

 comply with the regulations of the Secretary: or 

 as a result of a compromise or settlement of any 

 claim whether sounding in tort or in contract in- 

 volving present or potential damage to the public 

 lands shall be credited to a separate accoimt in the 

 Treasury and are hereby authorized to be appro- 

 priated and made available, until expended as the 

 Secretary may direct, to cover the cost to the 

 United States of any improvement, protection, or 

 rehabilitation work on those public lands which 

 has been rendered necessary by the action which 

 has led to the forfeiture, compromise, or settle- 

 ment. 



(b) Any moneys collected under this Act in con- 

 nection with lands administered under the Act 

 of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 874; 43 U.S.C. 1181a- 

 1181J), shall be expended for the benefit of such 

 land only. 



(c) If any portion of a deposit or amount for- 

 feited under this Act is found by the Secretary 

 to be in excess of the cost of doing the work au- 

 thorized under this Act, the Secretary, upon ap- 

 plication or otherwise, may cause a refund of the 

 amount in excess to be made from applicable funds. 



WORKING CAPITAL FUND 



Sec. 306. (a) There is hereby established a work- 

 ing capital fund for the management of the public 

 lands. This fund shall be available without fiscal 

 year limitation for expenses necessary for furnish- 

 ing, in accordance with the Federal Property and 

 Administrative Services Act of 1949 (63 Stat. 377, 

 as amended), and regulations promulgated there- 

 under, supplies and equipment services in support 

 of Bureau programs, including but not limited to, 

 the purchase or construction of storage facilities, 

 equipment yards, and related improvements and 

 the purchase, lease, or rent of motor vehicles, air- 

 craft, heavy equipment, and fire control and other 

 resource management equipment within the limita- 

 tions set forth in appropriations made to the Sec- 

 retary for the Bureau. 



(b) The initial capital of the fund shall consist 

 of appropriations made for that purpose together 

 with the fair and reasonable value at the fund's 

 inception of the inventories, equipment, receivables, 

 and other assets, less the liabilities, transferred to 

 the fund. The Secretary is authorized to make such 

 subsequent transfers to the fund as he deems ap- 

 propriate in connection with the functions to be 

 carried on through the fund. 



(c) The fund shall be credited with payments 

 from appropriations, and funds of the Bureau, oth- 

 er agencies of the Department of the Interior, other 

 Federal agencies, and other sources, as authorized 

 by law, at rates approximately equal to the cost of 

 furnishing the facilities, supplies, equipment, and 

 services (including depreciation and accrued an- 

 nual leave) . Such payments may be made in ad- 

 vance in connection with firm orders, or by way of 

 reimbursement. 



(d) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 a sum not to exceed $3,000,000 as initial capital of 

 the working capital fund. 



STUDIES, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS, AND 

 CONTRIBUTIONS 



Sec 307. (a> The Secretary may conduct investi- 

 gations, studies, and experiments, on his own initia- 

 tive or in cooperation with others, involving the 

 management, protection, development, acquisition, 

 and conveying of the public lands. 



(b) Subject to the provisions of applicable law, 

 the Secretary may enter into contracts and co- 

 operative agreements involving the management, 

 protection, development, and sale of public lands. 



(c) The Secretaiy may accept contributions or 

 donations of money, services, and property, real, 

 personal, or mixed, for the management, protec- 

 tion, development, acquisition, and conveying of 

 the public lands, including the acquisition of rights- 

 of-way for such purposes. He may accept contribu- 

 tions for cadastral surveying performed on fed- 

 erally controlled or intermingled lands. Moneys re- 

 ceived hereunder shall be credited to a separate 

 account in the Treasury and are hereby author- 

 ized to be appropriated and made available until 

 expended, as the Secretary may direct, for payment 

 of expenses incident to the function toward the 

 administration of which the contributions were 

 made and for refunds to depositors of amounts con- 

 tributed by them in specific instances where con- 

 tributions are in excess of their share of the cost. 



CONTRACTS FOR SURVEYS AND RESOURCE PROTECTION 



Sec 308. (a) The Secretary is authorized to enter 

 into contracts for the use of aircraft, and for sup- 

 plies and services, prior to the passage of an appro- 

 priation therefor, for airborne cadastral survey and 

 resource protection operations of the Bureau. He 

 may renew such contracts annually, not more than 

 twice, without additional competition. Such con- 

 tracts shall obligate funds for the fiscal years in 

 which the costs are incurred. 



(bi Each such contract shall provide that the 

 obligation of the United States for the ensuing 

 fiscal years is contingent upon the passage of an 

 applicable appropriation, and that no payment 

 shall be made under the contract for the ensuing 

 fiscal years until such appropriation becomes avail- 

 able for expenditure. 



ADVISORY COUNCILS AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 



Sec 309. (a) The Secretary is authorized to es- 

 tablish advisory councils of not less than ten and 

 not more than fifteen members appointed by him 

 from among persons who are representative of the 

 various major citizens' interests concerning the 

 problems relating to land use planning or the man- 

 agement of the public lands located within the 

 area for which an advisory council is established. 

 At least one member of each council shall be an 

 elected official of general purpose government serv- 

 ing the people of such area. To the extent prac- 

 ticable there shall be no overlap or duplication of 



