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to the State of Wisconsin so that the State may acquire land
or interest in land for the North Country National Scenic Trail:
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading to the
State of Wisconsin are contingent upon matching funds by the
State.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available
for the purchase of not to exceed 384 passenger motor vehicles,
of which 298 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed
312 for police-type use, 12 buses, and 6 ambulances: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service
may be used to process any grant or contract documents which
do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may
be used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been sub-
mitted to the Congress and shall not be implemented prior to
the expiration of 30 calendar days (not including any day in which
either House of Congress is not in session because of adjournment
of more than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President
of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report on the development
of the southern end of Ellis Island, including the facts and cir-
cumstances relied upon in support of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National
Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the United
Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating units
based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs
designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to encour-
age employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits pursuant
to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to return to appropriate
positions for which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water
resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and
other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify
lands as to their mineral and water resources; give engineering
supervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program
(30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data relative to the
foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries into the economic
conditions affecting mining and materials processing industries (30
U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes
as authorized by law and to publish and disseminate data;
$823,833,000, of which $60,856,000 shall be available only for
cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources inves-
tigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain available until
expended for conducting inquiries into the economic conditions
affecting mining and materials processing industries; and of which
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$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ongoing
development of a mineral and geologic data base; and of which
$137,604,000 shall be available until September 30, 2001 for the
biological research activity and the operation of the Cooperative
Research Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided for
the biological research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys
on private property, unless specifically authorized in writing by
the property owner: Provided further, That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic
mapping or water resources data collection and investigations car-
ried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geological
Survey shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 53
passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are for replacement only;
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security
guard services; contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps
and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys
when it is administratively determined that such procedures are
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary
buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging
stations and observation wells; expenses of the United States
National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation
and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed
to represent the United States in the negotiation and administration
of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by appro-
priations herein made may be accomplished through the use of
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C.
6302 et seq.: Provided further, That the United States Geological
Survey may hereafter contract directly with individuals or indirectly
with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41
U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent services of students
or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the
purposes of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code,
relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter
171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but
shall not be considered to be Federal employees for any other
purposes.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental
studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of royalties,
as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations applicable
to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses and oper-
ating contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements;
including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only; $110,682,000, of which $84,569,000
shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount
not to exceed $124,000,000, to be credited to this appropriation
and to remain available until expended, from additions to receipts
resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from
rate increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf adminis-
trative activities performed by the Minerals Management Service
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over and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and
from additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided, That
to the extent $124,000,000 in additions to receipts are not realized
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount needed to
reach $124,000,000 shall be credited to this appropriation from
receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf
leases in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That
$3,000,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain available until
September 30, 2001: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this Act shall be available for the payment of interest in
accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Provided further, That
not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses
related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds of overpay-
ments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the Director
of the Minerals Management Service concurred with the claimed
refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes,
or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided
further, That not to exceed $198,000 shall be available to carry
out the requirements of section 215(b)(2) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1999.
OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016, title
IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201
of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,118,000, which shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law
95–87, as amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 10
passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only; $95,891,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations,
may use directly or through grants to States, moneys collected
in fiscal year 2000 for civil penalties assessed under section 518
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30
U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining
practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That appropriations for the Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the travel
and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored
training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87,
as amended, including the purchase of not more than 10 passenger
motor vehicles for replacement only, $191,208,000, to be derived
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from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to
remain available until expended; of which up to $8,000,000, to
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, shall
be for supplemental grants to States for the reclamation of aban-
doned sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines, and
for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean Streams
Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum program States will
be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That
of the funds herein provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for
the emergency program authorized by section 410 of Public Law
95–87, as amended, of which no more than 25 percent shall be
used for emergency reclamation projects in any one State and
funds for federally administered emergency reclamation projects
under this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further,
That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the emergency
reclamation program shall not be subject to the 25 percent limita-
tion per State and may be used without fiscal year limitation
for emergency projects: Provided further, That pursuant to Public
Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use
up to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed
to the United States Government to pay for contracts to collect
these debts: Provided further, That funds made available under
title IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-
Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Govern-
ment for the purpose of environmental restoration related to treat-
ment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines:
Provided further, That such projects must be consistent with the
purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act: Provided further, That, in addition to the amount granted
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under sections 402(g)(1)
and 402(g)(5) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
(Act), an additional $300,000 will be specifically used for the purpose
of conducting a demonstration project in accordance with section
401(c)(6) of the Act to determine the efficacy of improving water
quality by removing metals from eligible waters polluted by acid
mine drainage: Provided further, That the State of Maryland may
set aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total of
the grants made available to the State under title IV of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30
U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an
acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established
under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount (together
with all interest earned on the amount) is expended by the State
to undertake acid mine drainage abatement and treatment projects,
except that before any amounts greater than 10 percent of its
title IV grants are deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement
and treatment fund, the State of Maryland must first complete
all Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one
projects.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs,
as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2,
1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the