the Secretary may provide to the Foundation $2,000,000 
from funds appropriated under section 10(a) for each of 
fiscal years 2016 and 2017. Such funds shall remain avail-
able to the Foundation until they are expended. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide 
the Foundation use of Department of the Interior 
personnel, facilities, and equipment, subject to such 
limitations, terms, and conditions as the Secretary 
shall establish. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary— 
(A) may require the Foundation to reim-
burse the Secretary for the costs of providing 
personnel, facilities, and equipment under this 
subsection; and 
(B) shall require such reimbursement be-
ginning with expenses incurred by the Founda-
tion after the end of the 5-year period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. AUDITS AND ACTIVITIES SUMMARY. 
(a) AUDITS.—For purposes of section 10101 of title 
36, United States Code, the Foundation shall be treated 
as a corporation in part B of subtitle II of such title. 
(b) ACTIVITIES SUMMARY.—The Foundation shall, 
within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, transmit 
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to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate a summary of its proceedings 
and activities during such fiscal year, including— 
(1) a full and complete statement of its re-
ceipts, expenditures, and investments; 
(2) a description of all acquisition and disposal 
of real property by the Foundation; 
(3) a detailed statement of the recipient, 
amount, and purpose of each grant made by the 
Foundation; 
(4) copies of all minutes of Board meetings; 
(5) a copy of the Foundation bylaws; and 
(6) a copy of the audit for such fiscal year. 
SEC. 8. RELIEF WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN FOUNDATION 
ACTS OR FAILURE TO ACT. 
The Attorney General may petition in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia for such 
equitable relief as may be necessary or appropriate if the 
Foundation— 
(1) engages in, or threatens to engage in, any 
act, practice, or policy that is inconsistent with its 
purpose set forth in section 3(b); or 
(2) refuses, fails, or neglects to discharge its 
obligations under this Act, or threatens to do so. 
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SEC. 9. UNITED STATES RELEASE FROM LIABILITY. 
The United States shall not be liable for any debts, 
defaults, acts, or omissions of the Foundation, nor shall 
the full faith and credit of the United States extend to 
any obligations of the Foundation. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) STARTUP FUNDS.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Secretary $4,000,000 to carry out sec-
tion 6(a). 
(b) MATCHING FUNDS.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $3,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2016 through 2020, which shall be made available 
by the Secretary to the Foundation to match, on a one- 
for-one basis, private contributions made to the Founda-
tion. 
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