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be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 
mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali-
ties: Provided further, That none of the funds in this or 
any other Act may be used to competitively source functions 
of the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center un-
less the Federal staff at the Mid-Continent Mapping Center 
in Rolla, Missouri is afforded the opportunity to establish 
a Most Efficient Organization team and participate fully 
and fairly in the competitive sourcing competition. 
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 surveys 
when it is administratively determined that such proce-
dures are in the public interest; construction and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; ac-
quisition of lands for gauging stations and observation 
wells; expenses of the United States National Committee on 
Geology; and payment of compensation and expenses of per-
sons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent 
the United States in the negotiation and administration
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of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by 
appropriations herein made may be accomplished through 
the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as 
defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That 
the United States Geological Survey may enter into con-
tracts or cooperative agreements directly with individuals 
or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, 
without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or inter-
mittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall 
be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 
81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 
for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 
be considered to be Federal employees for any other purpose. 
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT 
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and 
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing 
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and 
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including 
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement only, $156,551,000, of which $79,158,000 
shall be available for royalty management activities; and
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an amount not to exceed $128,730,000, to be credited to this 
appropriation and to remain available until expended, 
from additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates 
in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collec-
tions for Outer Continental Shelf administrative activities 
performed by the Minerals Management Service (MMS) 
over and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, 
and from additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities established after September 30, 1993: 
Provided, That to the extent $128,730,000 in additions to 
receipts are not realized from the sources of receipts stated 
above, the amount needed to reach $128,730,000 shall be 
credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from 
rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect be-
fore August 5, 1993: Provided further, That $3,000,000 for 
computer acquisitions shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2008: 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 erro-
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neous payments: Provided further, That for the costs of ad-
ministration of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program au-
thorized by section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1456a), MMS in fiscal years 
2007 through 2010 may retain one percent of the amounts 
which are disbursed under section 31(b)(1), such retained 
amounts to remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That the eighth proviso under the heading of ‘‘Minerals 
Management Service’’ in division E, title I, of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and Indian Tribes’’ after ‘‘States’’, 
and inserting ‘‘and (d)’’ after ‘‘30 U.S.C. 1721(b)’’. 
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, 
$6,903,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liabil-
ity Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 
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, including the purchase of 
not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement 
only; $112,109,000: Provided, That the Secretary of the In-
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terior, pursuant to regulations, may use directly or through 
grants to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 2007 for 
civil penalties 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 
practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until 
expended: 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 
tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Sur-
face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public 
Law 95–87, as amended, including the purchase of not more 
than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, 
$185,936,000, to be derived from receipts of the Abandoned 
Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available until ex-
pended; of which up to $10,000,000, to be derived from the 
Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, shall be for supple-
mental grants to States for the reclamation of abandoned 
sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines, and 
for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean 
Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum pro-
gram States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 
2007: Provided further, That pursuant to Public Law 97–