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or facilities in a satisfactory condition commensurate with 4 the particular use requirements and the use made by each, 5 the extent of such maintenance to be shared by the users in 6 proportion to such use or, if such maintenance cannot be so 7 provided, to deposit sufficient money to enable the Secretary 8 to provide such maintenance. Such deposits shall be credited 9 to a separate account in the Treasury and are hereby appro10 priated and made available until expended, as the Secretary may direct, to cover the cost to the United States of the main12 tenance of any road, trail, lands, or facility under the juris13 diction of the Bureau of Land Management: Provided, That 14 nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the user or users to provide maintenance or deposits to repair 16 any damages attributable to general public use rather than 17 the specific use or uses of such user or users.

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(c) Any moneys collected under this Act in connection 19 with lands administered under the Act of August 28, 1937

20 (50 Stat. 874), as amended, shall be expended for the 21 benefit of such land only.

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2 ATIONS AND RESOURCE PROTECTION. (a) The Secretary 3 is authorized to enter into contracts for the use of aircraft,

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17 SEC. 306. UNAUTHORIZED USE.-The use, occupancy, 18 or development of any portion of the national resource lands 19 contrary to any regulation of the Secretary or other respon20 sible authority, or contrary to any order issued pursuant to 21 any such regulation, is unlawful and prohibited.

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SEC. 307. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.— (a) Any vio

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more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve 4 months, or both. Any person charged with a violation of 5 such regulation may be tried and sentenced by any United 6 States magistrate designated for that purpose by the court 7 by which he was appointed, in the same manner and sub8 ject to the same conditions and limitations as provided for in section 3401 of title 18 of the United States Code.

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as provided by law; and (v) seize without warrant or process

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SEC. 308. COOPERATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL

5 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.-In connection with ad6 ministration and regulation of the use and occupancy of the 7 national resource lands, the Secretary is authorized to co8 operate with the regulatory and law enforcement officials of 9 any State or political subdivision thereof. Such cooperation 10 may include reimbursement to a State or its subdivision for 11 expenditures incurred by it in connection with activities. 12 which assist in the administration and regulation of use and 13 occupancy of national resource lands.

SEC. 309. CALIFORNIA DESERT AREA.-(a) The Congress finds that

(1) the California desert contains historical, scenic, archeological, environmental, biological, cultural, scientific, and educational resources that are unique and irreplaceable;

(2) the desert environment is a total ecosystem that is extremely fragile, easily scarred, and slowly healed;

(3) the desert environment and its resources, including certain rare and endangered species of wildlife, plants, and fishes, and numerous archeological and his

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of increased use, particularly recreational use;

(4) because of the proximity of the California desert to the rapidly growing population centers of southern California, these threats are certain to intensify;

(5) the Secretary has initiated a comprehensive planning process and established an interim management program for the California desert; and

(6) to insure further study of the relationship of man and the desert environment and preserve the unique

and irreplaceable resources of the California desert, the public must be provided more opportunity to participate

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