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or (b) of section 606 or pursuant to section 203(d) of the
NATO Participation Act of 1994 may be terminated
upon a determination by the President that such country
does not meet the criteria set forth in section 203(d)(3)
of the NATO Participation Act of 1994.
(b) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days before ter-
minating the eligibility of any country pursuant to sub-
section (a), the President shall notify the congressional
committees specified in section 634A of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 in accordance with the procedures
applicable to reprogramming notifications under that sec-
tion.
SEC. 612. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE NATO PAR-
TICIPATION ACT.
The NATO Participation Act of 1994 (title II of
Public Law 103–447; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended
in sections 203(a), 203(d)(1), and 203(d)(2) by striking
‘‘countries emerging from communist domination’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘emerging democracies in
Central and Eastern Europe’’.
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TITLE VII—MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENT
BANK
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Bank for Eco-
nomic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East
and North Africa Act.’’.
SEC. 702. ACCEPTANCE OF MEMBERSHIP.
The President is hereby authorized to accept
membership for the United States in the Bank for Eco-
nomic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East
and North Africa (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Bank’’)
provided for by the agreement establishing the Bank (in
this title referred to as the ‘‘Agreement’’), signed on May
31, 1996.
SEC. 703. GOVERNOR AND ALTERNATE GOVERNOR.
(a) APPOINTMENT.—At the inaugural meeting of
the Board of Governors of the Bank, the Governor and
the alternate for the Governor of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, appointed pursuant
to section 3 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, shall
serve ex-officio as a Governor and the alternate for the
Governor, respectively, of the Bank. The President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall ap-
point a Governor of the Bank and an alternate for the
Governor.
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(b) COMPENSATION.—Any person who serves as a
Governor of the Bank or as an alternate for the Governor
may not receive any salary or other compensation from
the United States by reason of such service.
SEC. 704. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE
BRETTON WOODS AGREEMENTS ACT.
Section 4 of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act
shall apply to the Bank in the same manner in which
such section applies to the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development and the International Mone-
tary Fund.
SEC. 705. FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AS DEPOSITORIES.
Any Federal Reserve Bank which is requested to
do so by the Bank may act as its depository, or as its
fiscal agent, and the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System shall exercise general supervision over
the carrying out of these functions.
SEC. 706. SUBSCRIPTION OF STOCK.
(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury may subscribe on behalf of the United States to
not more than 7,011,270 shares of the capital stock
of the Bank.
(2) EFFECTIVENESS
OF
SUBSCRIPTION
COM-
MITMENT.—Any commitment to make such subscrip-
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tion shall be effective only to such extent or in such
amounts as are provided for in advance by appro-
priations Acts.
(b) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—For payment by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury of the subscription of the United States for shares
described in subsection (a), there are authorized to be ap-
propriated $1,050,007,800 without fiscal year limitation.
(c) LIMITATIONS
ON OBLIGATION
OF APPRO-
PRIATED AMOUNTS FOR SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK.—
(1) PAID-IN CAPITAL STOCK.—
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Not 
more 
than
$105,000,000 of the amounts appropriated pur-
suant to subsection (b) may be obligated for
subscription to shares of paid-in capital stock.
(B) FISCAL YEAR 1997.—Not more than
$52,500,000 of the amounts appropriated pur-
suant to subsection (b) for fiscal year 1997 may
be obligated for subscription to shares of paid-
in capital stock.
(2) CALLABLE
CAPITAL
STOCK.—Not more
than $787,505,852 of the amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (b) may be obligated for sub-
scription to shares of callable capital stock.
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(d) DISPOSITION OF NET INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
BY THE BANK.—Any payment made to the United States
by the Bank as a distribution of net income shall be cov-
ered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt.
SEC. 707. JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF CIVIL ACTIONS BY
OR AGAINST THE BANK.
(a) JURISDICTION.—The United States district
courts shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction of any
civil action brought in the United States by or against
the Bank.
(b) VENUE.—For purposes of section 1391(b) of
title 28, United States Code, the Bank shall be deemed
to be a resident of the judicial district in which the prin-
cipal office of the Bank in the United States, or its agent
appointed for the purpose of accepting service or notice
of service, is located.
SEC. 708. EFFECTIVENESS OF AGREEMENT.
The Agreement shall have full force and effect in
the United States, its territories and possessions, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, upon acceptance of mem-
bership by the United States in the Bank and the entry
into force of the Agreement.
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SEC. 709. EXEMPTION FROM SECURITIES LAWS FOR CER-
TAIN SECURITIES ISSUED BY THE BANK; RE-
PORTS REQUIRED.
(a) EXEMPTION
FROM SECURITIES LAWS; RE-
PORTS TO SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.—
Any securities issued by the Bank (including any guar-
anty by the Bank, whether or not limited in scope) in
connection with borrowing of funds, or the guarantee of
securities as to both principal and interest, shall be
deemed to be exempted securities within the meaning of
section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and section
3(a)(12) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The
Bank shall file with the Securities and Exchange Com-
mission such annual and other reports with regard to
such securities as the Commission shall determine to be
appropriate in view of the special character of the Bank
and its operations and necessary in the public interest or
for the protection of investors.
(b) AUTHORITY OF SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
TO SUSPEND EXEMPTION; REPORTS
TO
THE CONGRESS.—The Securities and Exchange Com-
mission, acting in consultation with such agency or offi-
cer as the President shall designate, may suspend the
provisions of subsection (a) at any time as to any or all
securities issued or guaranteed by the Bank during the
period of such suspension. The Commission shall include
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in the Middle East and North Africa,’’ after ‘‘the Inter-
American Development Bank,’’.
(d) For programs, projects or activities in the De-
partment of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1997, provided as follows, to be effective as if
it had been enacted into law as the regular appropria-
tions Act:
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in
lands, and performance of other functions, including
maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the
management of lands and their resources under the juris-
diction of the Bureau of Land Management, including
the general administration of the Bureau, and assessment
of mineral potential of public lands pursuant to Public
Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $572,164,000, to re-
main available until expended, of which $2,010,000 shall
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be available for assessment of the mineral potential of
public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public
Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which $3,000,000
shall be derived from the special receipt account estab-
lished by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and of which
$1,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 1997 subject
to a match by at least an equal amount by the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for
challenge cost share projects supporting fish and wildlife
conservation 
affecting 
Bureau 
land; 
in 
addition,
$27,300,000 for Mining Law Administration program op-
erations, to remain available until expended, to be re-
duced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited
to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees so as
to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more
than $572,164,000; and in addition, not to exceed
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, from an-
nual mining claim fees; which shall be credited to this ac-
count for the costs of administering the mining claim fee
program, and $2,000,000 from communication site rental
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administer-
ing communication site activities: Provided, That appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros
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in the care of the Bureau or its contractors: Provided fur-
ther, That in fiscal year 1997 and thereafter, all fees, ex-
cluding mining claim fees, in excess of the fiscal year
1996 collections established by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior under the authority of 43 U.S.C. 1734 for process-
ing, recording, or documenting authorizations to use pub-
lic lands or public land natural resources (including cul-
tural, historical, and mineral) and for providing specific
services to public land users, and which are not presently
being covered into any Bureau of Land Management ap-
propriation accounts, and not otherwise dedicated by law
for a specific distribution, shall be made immediately
available for program operations in this account and re-
main available until expended.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire use and manage-
ment, fire preparedness, suppression operations, and
emergency rehabilitation by the Department of the Inte-
rior, $252,042,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $5,025,000 shall be for the renova-
tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such
funds are also available for repayment of advances to
other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre-
viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further,
That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be
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furnished subsistence and lodging without costs from
funds available from this appropriation: Provided further,
That unobligated balances of amounts previously appro-
priated to the ‘‘Fire Protection’’ and ‘‘Emergency De-
partment of the Interior Firefighting Fund’’ may be
transferred to this appropriation.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of
hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants
pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $12,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to sections
107 or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this ac-
count to be available until expended without further ap-
propriation: Provided further, That such sums recovered
from or paid by any party are not limited to monetary
payments and may include stocks, bonds or other per-
sonal or real property, which may be retained, liquidated,
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or otherwise disposed of by the Secretary and which shall
be credited to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $4,333,000, to
remain available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Oc-
tober 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–07),
$113,500,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579 including adminis-
trative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or in-
terests therein, $10,410,000, to be derived from the Land
and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until
expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
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on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein including existing connecting roads on or
adjacent to such grant lands; $100,515,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That 25 per centum
of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal
year from the revested Oregon and California Railroad
grant lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon
and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred
to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with
the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the
Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 per cen-
tum of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year
under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43
U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range
improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing re-
ceipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the De-
partment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than
$9,113,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
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That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses.
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES
For administrative expenses and other costs related
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations,
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be
received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
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tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
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not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly-produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services,
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of
meeting accepted quality standards.
The Bureau of Land Management’s Visitor Cen-
ter in Rand, Oregon is hereby named the ‘‘William B.
Smullin Visitor Center’’.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic
studies, conservation, management, investigations, protec-
tion, and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, ex-
cept whales, seals, and sea lions, and for the performance
of other authorized functions related to such resources; for
the general administration of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service; for maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge;
and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects
within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as author-
ized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended,
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$523,947,000, to remain available until September 30,
1998, of which $11,557,000 shall remain available until
expended for operation and maintenance of fishery mitiga-
tion facilities constructed by the Corps of Engineers under
the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by
the Water Resources Development Act of 1976, to com-
pensate for loss of fishery resources from water develop-
ment projects on the Lower Snake River, and of which
$2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in
southern California for planning associated with the Natu-
ral Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
hereafter, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701, the Secretary shall
charge reasonable fees for the full costs of providing train-
ing by the National Education and Training Center, to
be credited to this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
3302, for the direct costs of providing such training.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein; $43,365,000 to remain available until ex-
pended.
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NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and
Public Law 101–337; $4,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $44,479,000, of
which $3,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated and
shall be used to establish the Clarks River National Wild-
life Refuge in Kentucky, to be derived from the Land and
Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appre-
ciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
chase of not to exceed 83 passenger motor vehicles of
which 73 are for replacement only (including 43 for police-
type use); not to exceed $400,000 for payment, at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary, for information, rewards, or evi-
dence concerning violations of laws administered by the
Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities, authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to
reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; op-
tions for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each
option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses
on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-
ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of
the Service and to which the United States has title, and
which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with man-
agement and investigation of fish and wildlife resources:
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Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services
from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service
may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing
aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not
spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act for the
purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the
establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 103–551: Provided further, That
section 101(c) of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions
and Appropriations Act of 1996 is amended in section
315(c)(1)(E) (110 Stat. 1321–201; 16 U.S.C. 460l–6a
note) by striking ‘‘distributed in accordance with section
201(c) of the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act’’ and
inserting ‘‘available to the Secretary of the Interior until
expended to be used in accordance with clauses (i), (ii),
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and (iii) of section 201(c)(A) of the Emergency Wetlands
Resources Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 3911(c)(A))’’.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not to exceed $1,593,000
for the Volunteers-in-Parks program, and not less than
$1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of
the approved budget which shall be carried out by the
Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
1706, $1,152,311,000, without regard to 16 U.S.C. 451,
of which $8,000,000 for research, planning and inter-
agency coordination in support of land acquisition for Ev-
erglades restoration shall remain available until expended,
and of which not to exceed $72,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, is to be derived from the special fee
account established pursuant to title V, section 5201, of
Public Law 100–203.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, environ-
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mental compliance and review, international park affairs,
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant
administration, not otherwise provided for, $37,976,000.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
$36,612,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1998.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $163,444,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $270,000 shall
be used for appropriate fish restoration projects not relat-
ed to dam removal including reimbursement to the State
of Washington for emergency actions taken to protect the
1996 run of fall chinook salmon on the Elwha River: Pro-
vided, That funds previously provided under this heading
that had been made available to the City of Hot Springs,
Arkansas, to be used for a flood protection feasibility
study, are now made available to the City of Hot Springs
for the rehabilitation of the Federally-constructed Hot
Springs Creek Arch, including the portion within Hot
Springs National Park.
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LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1997
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
National Park Service, $53,915,000, to be derived from
the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,500,000 is to administer
the State assistance program: Provided, That any funds
made available for the purpose of acquisition of the Elwha
and Glines dams shall be used solely for acquisition, and
shall not be expended until the full purchase amount has
been appropriated by the Congress: Provided further, That
of the funds provided herein, $9,000,000 is available for
acquisition of the Sterling Forest, subject to authorization.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 404 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 287 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 320 for police-type use, 13 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
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propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more
than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,
including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project.
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 in fiscal year 1997
and thereafter enter into cooperative agreements that in-
volve the transfer of National Park Service appropriated
funds to State, local and tribal governments, other public
entities, educational institutions, and private nonprofit or-
ganizations for the public purpose of carrying out National
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Park Service programs pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 6305 to
carry out public purposes of National Park Service pro-
grams.
Nothwithstanding any other provision of law, re-
maining balances, including interest, from funds granted
to the National Park Foundation pursuant to the Na-
tional Park System Visitor Facilities Fund Act of 1983
(Public Law 97–433, 96 Stat. 2277) shall be available to
the National Park Foundation for expenditure in units of
the National Park System for the purpose of improving
visitor facilities.
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, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its Ter-
ritories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332 and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision
to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission licensees; administer the minerals exploration pro-
gram (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data
relative to the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries
into the economic conditions affecting mining and mate-
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rials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603;
50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by
law and to publish and disseminate data; $738,913,000
of which $64,559,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; and of which $16,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for conducting inquiries into the eco-
nomic conditions affecting mining and materials process-
ing industries; and of which $137,500,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 1998 for the biological research
activity and the operation of the Cooperative Research
Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided for
the biological research activity shall be used to conduct
new surveys on private property, unless specifically au-
thorized in writing by the property owner: Provided fur-
ther, That beginning in fiscal year 1998 and once every
five years thereafter, the National Academy of Sciences
shall review and report on the biological research activity
of the Survey: Provided further, That no part of this ap-
propriation shall be used to pay more than one-half the
cost of topographic mapping or water resources data col-
lection and investigations carried on in cooperation with
States and municipalities.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; contract-
ing for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when
it is administratively determined that such procedures are
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition
of lands for gauging stations and observation wells; ex-
penses of the United States National Committee on Geol-
ogy; 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
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.
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
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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 vehi-
cles for replacement only; $156,955,000, of which not less
than $70,063,000 shall be available for royalty manage-
ment activities; and an amount not to exceed $41,000,000
for the Technical Information Management System and
activities of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Ac-
tivity, to be credited to this appropriation and to remain
available until expended, from additions to receipts result-
ing from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993,
from rate increases to fee collections for OCS administra-
tive activities performed by the Minerals Management
Service over and above the rates in effect on September
30, 1993, and from additional fees for OCS administrative
activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided,
That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain
available until September 30, 1998: Provided further, That
funds appropriated under this Act shall be available for
the payment of interest in accordance with 30 U.S.C.
1721 (b) and (d): Provided further, That not to exceed
$3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related
to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activi-
ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other