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None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the 
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention. 
The National Park Service may distribute to oper-
ating units based on the safety record of each unit the 
costs of programs designed to improve workplace and em-
ployee safety, and to encourage employees receiving work-
ers’ compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 
5, United States Code, to return to appropriate positions 
for which they are medically able. 
If the Secretary of the Interior considers that the de-
cision of any value determination proceeding conducted 
under a National Park Service concession contract issued 
prior to November 13, 1998, misinterprets or misapplies 
relevant contractual requirements or their underlying legal 
authority, then the Secretary may seek, within 180 days 
of any such decision, the de novo review of the value deter-
mination by the United States Court of Federal Claims. 
This Court may make an order affirming, vacating, modi-
fying or correcting the determination. 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 
of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub- 
account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec-
retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 
within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 
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liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in-
terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 
the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise 
fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex-
ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 
liability. Franchise fees at the benefiting unit shall be 
credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 
a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 
the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 
to extinguish or reduce liability. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 
and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 
its territories and possessions, and other areas as author-
ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 
to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su-
pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu-
latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex-
ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); 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; 
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and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore-
going activities; $991,447,000 (reduced by $5,000,000), 
of which $64,171,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; of which $7,882,000 shall remain available 
until 
expended 
for 
satellite 
operations; 
of 
which 
$21,083,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008, 
for the operation and maintenance of facilities and de-
ferred maintenance; of which $2,000,000 shall be available 
until expended for deferred maintenance and capital im-
provement projects that exceed $100,000 in cost; of which 
$175,597,000 shall be available until September 30, 2008, 
for the biological research activity and the operation of 
the 
Cooperative 
Research 
Units; 
and 
of 
which, 
$13,000,000 shall be available only for the Mid-Continent 
Mapping Center (MCMC) in Rolla, Missouri to continue 
functioning as a full service mapping organization: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available under this 
Act may be used to consolidate the functions, activities, 
operations, or archives of the Mid-Continent Mapping 
Center (MCMC), located in Rolla, Missouri, into the Na-
tional Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC): 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided for the 
biological research activity shall be used to conduct new 
surveys on private property, unless specifically authorized 
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in writing by the property owner: Provided further, That 
no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more 
than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in 
cooperation with States and municipalities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
From within the amount appropriated for activities 
of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 
necessary shall be available for the purchase and replace-
ment of passenger motor vehicles; reimbursement to the 
General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices; contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps 
and for the making of geophysical or other specialized sur-
veys when it is administratively determined that such pro-
cedures are in the public interest; construction and main-
tenance 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 admin-
istration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 
funded by appropriations herein made may be accom-
plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera-
tive agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Pro-
vided further, That the United States Geological Survey 
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