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ties referred to in subsection (c)(1) in the same pro-
portions in which amounts are authorized by that
subsection for grants to those entities.
‘‘(b) SOLID WASTE ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability
of appropriations, the Secretary shall provide assist-
ance to the State of Alaska for designing, locating,
constructing, redeveloping, permitting, or certifying
solid waste management facilities on the Pribilof Is-
lands to be operated under permits issued to the
City of St. George and the City of St. Paul, Alaska,
by the State of Alaska under section 46.03.100 of
the Alaska Statutes.
‘‘(2) TRANSFER.—The Secretary shall transfer
any appropriations received under paragraph (1) to
the State of Alaska for the benefit of rural and Na-
tive villages in Alaska for obligation under section
303 of Public Law 104–182, except that subsection
(b) of that section shall not apply to those funds.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fis-
cal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005—
‘‘(1) for assistance under subsection (a) a total
not to exceed—
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‘‘(A) $9,000,000, for grants to the City of
St. Paul;
‘‘(B) $6,300,000, for grants to the
Tanadgusix Corporation;
‘‘(C) $1,500,000, for grants to the St.
Paul Tribal Council;
‘‘(D) $6,000,000, for grants to the City of
St. George;
‘‘(E) $4,200,000, for grants to the St.
George Tanaq Corporation; and
‘‘(F) $1,000,000, for grants to the St.
George Tribal Council; and
‘‘(2) for assistance under subsection (b), such
sums as may be necessary.
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR LOB-
BYING ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds authorized by this
section may be available for any activity a purpose of
which is to influence legislation pending before the Con-
gress, except that this subsection shall not prevent officers
or employees of the United States or of its departments,
agencies, or commissions from communicating to Members
of Congress, through proper channels, requests for legisla-
tion or appropriations that they consider it necessary for
the efficient conduct of public business.
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‘‘(e) IMMUNITY
FROM
LIABILITY.—Neither the
United States nor any of its agencies, officers, or employ-
ees shall have any liability under this Act or any other
law associated with or resulting from the designing, locat-
ing, contracting for, redeveloping, permitting, certifying,
operating, or maintaining any solid waste management fa-
cility on the Pribilof Islands as a consequence of having
provided assistance to the State of Alaska under sub-
section (b).
‘‘(f) REPORT
ON
EXPENDITURES.—Each entity
which receives assistance authorized under subsection (c)
shall submit an audited statement listing the expenditure
of that assistance to the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Resources of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Appropriations and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate, on the last day of fiscal years 2002, 2004, and
2006.
‘‘(g) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.—Amounts authorized
under subsection (c) are intended by Congress to be pro-
vided in addition to the base funding appropriated to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in fis-
cal year 2000.
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SEC. 4. DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.
Section 205 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
1165) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(c) Not later than 3 months after the date of the
enactment of the Pribilof Islands Transition Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Resources of the House of Representatives a re-
port that includes—
‘‘(1) a description of all property specified in
the document referred to in subsection (a) that has
been conveyed under that subsection;
‘‘(2) a description of all Federal property speci-
fied in the document referred to in subsection (a)
that is going to be conveyed under that subsection;
and
‘‘(3) an identification of all Federal property on
the Pribilof Islands that will be retained by the Fed-
eral Government to meet its responsibilities under
this Act, the Convention, and any other applicable
law.’’; and
(2) by striking subsection (g).
SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) FUTURE OBLIGATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce
shall not be considered to have any obligation to pro-
mote or otherwise provide for the development of
any form of an economy not dependent on sealing on
the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, including any obligation
under section 206 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 1166) or section 3(c)(1)(A) of Public Law
104–91 (16 U.S.C. 1165 note).
(2) SAVINGS.—This subsection shall not affect
any cause of action under section 206 of the Fur
Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1166) or section
3(c)(1)(A) of Public Law 104–91 (16 U.S.C. 1165
note)—
(A) that arose before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and
(B) for which a judicial action is filed be-
fore the expiration of the 5-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
Act shall be construed to imply that—
(A) any obligation to promote or otherwise
provide for the development in the Pribilof Is-
lands of any form of an economy not dependent
on sealing was or was not established by section
206 of the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
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1166), section 3(c)(1)(A) of Public Law 104–91
(16 U.S.C. 1165 note), or any other provision
of law; or
(B) any cause of action could or could not
arise with respect to such an obligation.
(4) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
3(c)(1) of Public Law 104–91 (16 U.S.C. 1165
note) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and
redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) in
order as subparagraphs (A) through (C).
(b) PROPERTY CONVEYANCE AND CLEANUP.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
there are terminated all obligations of the Secretary
of Commerce and the United States to—
(A) convey property under section 205 of
the Fur Seal Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 1165);
and
(B) carry out cleanup activities, including
assessment, response, remediation, and moni-
toring, except for postremedial measures such
as monitoring and operation and maintenance
activities, related to National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration administration of the
Pribilof Islands, Alaska, under section 3 of
Public Law 104–91 (16 U.S.C. 1165 note) and