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from receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Continental 
Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That 
the term ‘‘qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues’’, as defined 
in section 102(9)(A) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, 
division C of Public Law 109–432, shall include only the portion 
of rental revenues that would have been collected at the rental 
rates in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related 
to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Pro-
vided 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 MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts 
owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable 
erroneous payments. 
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, $6,303,000, which shall be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until 
expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 35(b) of the Mineral 
Leasing Act, as amended (30 U.S.C. 191(b)), the Secretary shall 
deduct 2 percent from the amount payable to each State in fiscal 
year 2009 and deposit the amount deducted to miscellaneous 
receipts of the Treasury. 
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, $120,156,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2010: Provided, That, in fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, 
the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may use 
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected 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 appro-
priations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce-
ment 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 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, 
as amended, $52,946,000, to be derived from receipts of the Aban-
doned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until
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expended: Provided, 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 in fiscal year 2009 and hereafter, the State of Mary-
land 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 Act, 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: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances avail-
able under this heading, $8,500,000 are permanently rescinded: 
Provided further, That amounts provided under this heading may 
be used for the travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal 
personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation and Profes-
sional Services program in this Act, the Secretary may transfer 
title for computer hardware, software and other technical equipment 
to State and tribal regulatory and reclamation programs. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 
Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the 
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
as amended, $2,128,630,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010 except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to 
exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representation 
expenses; of which not to exceed $74,915,000 shall be for welfare 
assistance payments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal 
disasters, the Secretary may exceed such cap, from the amounts 
provided herein, to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities 
affected by the disaster; notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination 
Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed $147,294,000 shall be 
available for payments for contract support costs associated with 
ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 
entered into with the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2009, 
as authorized by such Act, except that tribes and tribal organiza-
tions may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet contract 
support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual