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(2) by striking the period at the end of the fourth sentence and inserting in lieu thereof ", who shall provide an opportunity for interested members

of the public to suggest persons for appointment.”.

(c) ACEC REGULATIONS.-Section 310 of the Act

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"(b) By regulation, the Secretary shall provide an op10 portunity for members of the public to propose specific 11 areas for consideration for designation as areas of critical 12 environmental concern pursuant to section 201 of this 13 Act.".

14 SEC. 9. FUTURE REAUTHORIZATIONS.

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Section 318(b) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1748(b)) is 16 amended by striking "May 15, 1977, and not later than 17 May 15 of each second even numbered year thereafter" 18 and inserting in lieu thereof "January 1, 1993, and Janu19 ary 1 of each second odd-numbered year thereafter".

20 SEC. 10. EXEMPTION FROM STRICT LIABILITY.

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Section 504(h) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 1764(h)) is 22 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

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1 under this Act to a nonprofit entity or an entity qualified 2 for financing under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 3 as amended, if such entity uses such right-of-way for the 4 delivery of electricity to parties having an equity interest 5 in such entity. However, the Secretary may condition the 6 grant, issuance, or renewal of a right-of-way to such entity 7 for such purpose on the provision by such entity of a bond 8 or other appropriate security, pursuant to subsection (i) 9 of this section.".

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(a) SALES.-Section 203(c) of the Act (43 U.S.C. 12 1713(c)) is amended by striking "and then only if the 13 Congress has not adopted a concurrent resolution stating 14 that such House does not approve of such designation", 15 and by inserting in lieu thereof "unless there is enacted 16 a joint resolution disapproving such designation".

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(1) By striking from subsection (c) the words "if the Congress has adopted a concurrent resolution stating that such House does not approve the withdrawal" and by inserting in lieu thereof "if prior to

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and by inserting in lieu thereof "there has been enacted a joint resolution".

5 SEC. 12. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

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(a) REPEAL.-Section 215 of the Act is hereby 7 repealed.

8 (b) GRAZING STUDY.-Section 401 of the Act (43 9 U.S.C. 1751) is amended by repealing subsection (a) and 10 paragraph (b)(1), by redesignating paragraph (b)(2) as 11 paragraph (a)(1), and by redesignating paragraph (b)(3) 12 as paragraph (a)(2).

13 SEC. 13. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

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(a) Title VII of the Act is amended by adding at the

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"SEC. 708. Any agency action or failure to act to im18 plement this Act, including the whole or part of any agen19 cy rule, order, license, sanction, relief, or the equivalent 20 or denial thereof, shall be subject to judicial review in ac21 cordance with and to the extent provided by the Adminis22 trative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551-559 and 701 et seq.). 23 For the purposes of this section, the term 'rule' has the 24 same meaning as such term has in the Administrative Pro25 cedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551(4)).”.

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1 (b) The table of contents of the Act is amended by

2 inserting after the item relating to section 707 the follow3 ing new item:

"Sec. 708. Judicial review.".

4 SEC. 14. CLAIMED RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

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The Act is hereby amended by adding at the end of

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7 “SEC. 319. RECORDATION OF CLAIMED RIGHTS-OF-WAY. “(a) FILING REQUIREMENTS.—(1) Any party claim

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7 (1) shall also simultaneously file a copy thereof in the ap8 propriate office of any other agency responsible for man9 agement of any Federal lands traversed by the claimed 10 right-of-way, and shall give public notice of the party's in11 tention to hold and maintain or to abandon the claimed 12 right-of-way by publication of information concerning such 13 intention in one or more newspapers of general circulation 14 in the areas where the affected lands are located.

15 “(b) EFFECT.—(1) The failure of any party subject 16 to the requirements of subsection (a) to file the notices 17 or to publish the information required to be filed and pub18 lished by such subsection within the time specified by such 19 subsection shall be conclusively deemed to constitute an 20 abandonment and relinquishment of a right-of-way with 21 respect to which such filing and publication is required 22 by such subsection.

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