(C) other in-kind contributions for the
Center, including overhead and personnel; and
(2) the Port of Brownsville shall make available
up to 7,000 acres of Port Property for the pro-
grams, projects, and activities of the Center.
The Board of Directors of the Center shall include in their
annual report under section 202(d) a statement of wheth-
er these conditions have been met.
SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Direc-
tor of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $4,000,000 for fiscal year
1995, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1996; and such sums as
may be necessary for fiscal year 1997, for making grants
to the Center under section 203, including for use for the
establishment, operation, maintenance, and management
of the Center.
SEC. 207. RELATIONSHIP OF CENTER WITH THE CENTER
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SERV-
ICES, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this title
may be used to relocate any of the administrative oper-
ations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from
the Center for Environmental Studies and Services Build-
ing on the campus of Corpus Christi State University, to
the Brownsville Wetlands Policy Center at the Port of
Brownsville, Texas, established pursuant to this title.
TITLE 
III—WALTER 
B. 
JONES
CENTER FOR THE SOUNDS AT
THE 
POCOSIN 
LAKES 
NA-
TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
SEC. 301. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Ref-
uge, located in northeastern North Carolina, pro-
vides unique opportunities for observing and inter-
preting the biological richness of the region’s estu-
aries and wetlands.
(2) Although there are 10 national wildlife ref-
uges in eastern North Carolina, not one has an edu-
cational or interpretative center for visitors.
(3) The State of North Carolina, Tyrrell Coun-
ty, the town of Columbia, the Conservation Fund,
and private citizens have proposed to enter into a
partnership with the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service to establish an educational and interpretative
facility to be known as the Center for the Sounds.
(4) Establishment of the Center for the Sounds
would bestow economic benefits upon Tyrrell County
and the town of Columbia.
(5) The Federal Government has designated the
Albemarle-Pamlico estuary system of northeastern
North Carolina as an estuary of national concern.
(6) Throughout his congressional career, the
Honorable Walter B. Jones was a strong supporter
of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
(7) During his years of service in the House of
Representatives, Walter B. Jones supported the es-
tablishment and expansion of National Wildlife Ref-
uges in eastern North Carolina; these include 6 new
National Wildlife Refuges established in his district,
including the Alligator River National Wildlife Ref-
uge and the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge,
which are respectively the third largest and fifth
largest National Wildlife Refuges east of the Mis-
sissippi River.
(8) Walter B. Jones helped increase refuge
acreage in his district by over 303,000 acres, thus
ensuring the protection of these lands for wildlife
habitat and public recreation.
(9) Walter B. Jones’ support for reintroducing
endangered red wolves into the wild at Alligator
River National Wildlife Refuge was a major factor
in securing public acceptance of, and support for,