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able until expended for necessary expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That to the extent $146,730,000 in addition to re-
ceipts are not realized from the sources of receipts stated 
above, the amount needed to reach $146,730,000 shall be 
credited to this appropriation 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 Secu-
rity 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: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds 
of overpayments 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 pay-
ments. 
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, 
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$6,303,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability 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 pay-
able to each State in fiscal year 2009 and deposit the 
amount deducted to miscellaneous receipts of the Treas-
ury. 
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, $120,156,000, to 
remain available until September 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 pen-
alties 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 prac-
tices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That appropriations for the Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may 
provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and 
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tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation 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 de-
rived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
Fund and to remain available until 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 here-
after, the State of Maryland 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 
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Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act priority one projects: Provided fur-
ther, That of the unobligated balances available 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 Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
With funds available for the Technical Innovation 
and Professional Services program in this Act, the Sec-
retary may transfer title for computer hardware, software 
and other technical equipment to State and tribal regu-
latory 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-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments 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 
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