H. R. 2217—13
Advisory Commission: Provided, That lands or interests in land
acquired with Civil War battlefield grants shall be subject to the
requirements of paragraph 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–8(f)(3)): Provided further,
That of the amounts provided under this heading, $15,000,000
may be for Federal grants to the State of Florida for the acquisition
of lands or waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades
watershed (consisting of lands and waters within the boundaries
of the South Florida Water Management District, Florida Bay and
the Florida Keys, including the areas known as the Frog Pond,
the Rocky Glades and the Eight and One-Half Square Mile Area)
under terms and conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary
to improve and restore the hydrological function of the Everglades
watershed; and $16,000,000 may be for project modifications author-
ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection
and Expansion Act: Provided further, That funds provided under
this heading for assistance to the State of Florida to acquire lands
within the Everglades watershed are contingent upon new matching
non-Federal funds by the State and shall be subject to an agreement
that the lands to be acquired will be managed in perpetuity for
the restoration of the Everglades: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided for the State Assistance program may be used
to establish a contingency fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available
for the purchase of not to exceed 315 passenger motor vehicles,
of which 256 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed
237 for police-type use, 11 buses, and 8 ambulances: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service
may be used to process any grant or contract documents which
do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Service may
be used to implement an agreement for the redevelopment of the
southern end of Ellis Island until such agreement has been sub-
mitted 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 Congress is not in session because of adjournment
of more than 3 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 cir-
cumstances relied upon in support of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the National
Park Service for activities taken in direct response to the United
Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operating units
based on the safety record of each unit the costs of programs
designed to improve workplace and employee safety, and to encour-
age employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits pursuant
to chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to return to appropriate
positions for which they are medically able.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Park
Service may convey a leasehold or freehold interest in Cuyahoga
NP to allow for the development of utilities and parking needed
to support the historic Everett Church in the village of Everett,
Ohio.
H. R. 2217—14
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey
to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topog-
raphy, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water
resources of the United States, its territories 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
Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration program
(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 materials 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;
$914,002,000, of which $64,318,000 shall be available only for
cooperation with States or municipalities for water resources inves-
tigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain available until
expended for conducting inquiries into the economic conditions
affecting mining and materials processing industries; and of which
$8,000,000 shall remain available until expended for satellite oper-
ations; and of which $26,374,000 shall be available until September
30, 2003 for the operation and maintenance of facilities and deferred
maintenance; and of which $166,389,000 shall be available until
September 30, 2003 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 specifi-
cally authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided further,
That of the amount provided herein, $25,000,000 is for the conserva-
tion activities defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, for the
purposes of such Act: Provided further, That no part of this appro-
priation shall be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topo-
graphic mapping or water resources data collection and investiga-
tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geological
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 Services Administration for security
guard services; contracting 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; expenses of the United States
National Committee on Geology; and payment of compensation
and expenses of persons 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 appro-
priations herein made may be accomplished through the use of
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C.
6302 et seq.
H. R. 2217—15
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental
studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of royalties,
as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations applicable
to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses and oper-
ating contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements;
including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor
vehicles for replacement only, $150,667,000, of which $83,344,000,
shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount
not to exceed $102,730,000, 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 collections for Outer Continental Shelf adminis-
trative activities performed by the Minerals Management Service
over and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and
from additional fees for Outer Continental Shelf administrative
activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided, That
to the extent $102,730,000 in additions to receipts are not realized
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount needed to
reach $102,730,000 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
$3,000,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain available until
September 30, 2003: 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 activities:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds of overpay-
ments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the Director
of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) concurred with the
claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or
tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Pro-
vided further, That MMS may under the royalty-in-kind pilot pro-
gram use a portion of the revenues from royalty-in-kind sales,
without regard to fiscal year limitation, to pay for transportation
to wholesale market centers or upstream pooling points, and to
process or otherwise dispose of royalty production taken in kind:
Provided further, That MMS shall analyze and document the
expected return in advance of any royalty-in-kind sales to assure
to the maximum extent practicable that royalty income under the
pilot program is equal to or greater than royalty income recognized
under a comparable royalty-in-value program.
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, $6,105,000, which shall be derived
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
H. R. 2217—16
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Sur-
face 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; $102,800,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations,
may use directly or through grants to States, moneys collected
in fiscal year 2002 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 Office 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 Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored
training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface
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, $203,455,000, to be derived
from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to
remain available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000, to
be derived from the Federal Expenses Share of the Fund, shall
be for supplemental grants to States for the reclamation of aban-
doned sites with acid mine rock drainage from coal mines, and
for associated activities, through the Appalachian Clean Streams
Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum program States will
be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That
of the funds herein provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for
the emergency program authorized by section 410 of Public Law
95–87, as amended, of which no more than 25 percent shall be
used for emergency reclamation projects in any one State and
funds for federally administered emergency reclamation projects
under this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further,
That prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the emergency
reclamation program shall not be subject to the 25 percent limita-
tion per State and may be used without fiscal year limitation
for emergency projects: Provided further, 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 funds made available under
title IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-
Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Govern-
ment for the purpose of environmental restoration related to treat-
ment or abatement of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines:
Provided further, That such projects must be consistent with the
purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act: Provided further, That, in addition to the amount granted
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under sections 402 (g)(1)
and 402(g)(5) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
(Act), an additional $500,000 will be specifically used for the purpose