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<br />c::> <br />c::> <br /> <br />c.... <br />-' <br /> <br />G <br />-I <br /> <br />Domestic livestock Grazing <br /> <br />money collected will be used for range <br />improvement programs. One-half of <br />this money must be spent in the <br />district or region where it is collected. <br />The rest of the 50 percent may be <br />spent in other areas at the discretion <br />of the Secretary of the Interior. It also <br />exempts the annual distribution and <br />use of range improvement funds <br />from provisions of the National <br />Environment.1ll'olicy Act. (401) <br />It provides for the appointment of <br />grazing advisory boards to advise the <br />Secretary of the Interior on allot- <br />ment plans and on the distribution of <br />range improvement funds. (403) <br />It authorizes the use of helicopters <br />in the administration of the Wild <br />Horses and Burros Act. (404) <br /> <br />Minerals and Energy <br /> <br />It authorizes the Secretary to <br />conduct a study to determine the <br />value of domestic livestock grazing on <br />the public lands so that he may estab- <br />lish an equitable fee. Crazing fees <br />may not be raised until a report due <br />within one year is submitted to <br />Congress. It prohibits any raise in the <br />grazing fee for the year 1977. (401) <br />It provides for ten-year grazing <br />permits and for two years' notice <br />before any permit is canceled in order <br />to use the land for another poblic <br />purpose unless there is an emergency <br />situation. (402) <br />It provides a formula for the dis- <br />tribu tion of funds collected from <br />grazing Fl>e~ent of all <br />~ . <br /> <br />It provides a formula for the distri- <br />bution of funds collected under the <br />Minerdl Leasing Act of 1920 dnd <br />under the Geothermal Steam Act of <br />1970. (317) <br />It authorizes loans to States and <br />local governments to relieve social <br />and economic impacts caused by <br />mineral development. (317) <br />It requires persons now holding <br />mining claims under the General <br />Mining Law of 1872 to record those <br />claims with the Bureau of land Man- <br />agement. Failure to record claims will <br />be considered evidence of <br />abandonment. (314) <br /> <br />:-i; /lf~~ <br />r!J.LJ\1i J <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~-- <br /> <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />- - <br /> <br />-------- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />...;' <br /> <br />. <br />