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under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements 
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 
connection with jointly produced publications for which the coopera-
tors share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and 
the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 
quality standards. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic 
studies, maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the 
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general administration, and 
for the performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agree-
ments and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $1,008,880,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That $2,500,000 
is for high priority projects, which shall be carried out by the 
Youth Conservation Corps: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$18,130,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), 
(c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, 
for species that are indigenous to the United States (except for 
processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final 
regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 
described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which 
not to exceed $12,852,000 shall be used for any activity regarding 
the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection (a)(3), 
excluding litigation support, for species listed pursuant to subsection 
(a)(1) prior to October 1, 2005: Provided further, That of the amount 
available for law enforcement, up to $400,000, to remain available 
until expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary be used 
for payment for information, rewards, or evidence concerning viola-
tions of laws administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and 
emergency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved 
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on her certificate: 
Provided further, That of the amount provided for environmental 
contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain available until 
expended for contaminant sample analyses. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of 
buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, manage-
ment, investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and wild-
life resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$45,891,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds made available under the 2005 Consolidated Appropriations 
Act (Public Law 108–447) for the Chase Lake and Arrowwood 
National Wildlife Refuges, North Dakota, shall be transferred to 
North Dakota State University to complete planning and design 
for a Joint Interpretive Center.
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LAND ACQUISITION 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 
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, 
$28,408,000 to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund and to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition projects can 
be used to pay for any administrative overhead, planning or other 
management costs. 
LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 
11), including administrative expenses, and for private conservation 
efforts to be carried out on private lands, $24,000,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein 
is for a Landowner Incentive Program established by the Secretary 
that provides matching, competitively awarded grants to States, 
the District of Columbia, federally recognized Indian tribes, Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, and American Samoa, to establish or supplement 
existing landowner incentive programs that provide technical and 
financial assistance, including habitat protection and restoration, 
to private landowners for the protection and management of habitat 
to benefit federally listed, proposed, candidate, or other at-risk 
species on private lands. 
PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 
11), including administrative expenses, and for private conservation 
efforts to be carried out on private lands, $7,386,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the amount provided herein 
is for the Private Stewardship Grants Program established by the 
Secretary to provide grants and other assistance to individuals 
and groups engaged in private conservation efforts that benefit 
federally listed, proposed, candidate, or other at-risk species. 
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended, 
$82,200,000, of which $20,161,000 is to be derived from the Coopera-
tive Endangered Species Conservation Fund and $62,039,000 is 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND 
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $14,414,000.
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NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101–233, as 
amended, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 
For financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation 
of neotropical migratory birds in accordance with the Neotropical 
Migratory Bird Conservation Act, Public Law 106–247 (16 U.S.C. 
6101–6109), $4,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Con-
servation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241–
4245, and 1538), the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 
(Public Law 105–96; 16 U.S.C. 4261–4266), the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), the Great 
Ape Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301), and the Marine 
Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–266; 16 U.S.C. 
6601), $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and federally rec-
ognized Indian tribes under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the 
development and implementation of programs for the benefit of 
wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted 
or fished, $68,500,000, to be derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,000,000 is for a 
competitive grant program for Indian tribes not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, after deducting said $6,000,000 and administra-
tive expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following 
manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 
1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not more than one-fourth 
of 1 percent thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
apportion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) one-
third of which is based on the ratio to which the land area of 
such State bears to the total land area of all such States; and 
(2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the population 
of such State bears to the total population of all such States: 
Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this para-
graph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be appor-
tioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or 
more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the 
Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of 
the total costs of such projects and the Federal share of implementa-
tion grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of such
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projects: Provided further, That the non-Federal share of such 
projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided 
further, That no State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall receive 
a grant unless it has developed, by October 1, 2005, a comprehensive 
wildlife conservation plan, consistent with criteria established by 
the Secretary of the Interior, that considers the broad range of 
the State, territory, or other jurisdiction’s wildlife and associated 
habitats, with appropriate priority placed on those species with 
the greatest conservation need and taking into consideration the 
relative level of funding available for the conservation of those 
species: Provided further, That no State, territory, or other jurisdic-
tion shall receive a grant if its comprehensive wildlife conservation 
plan is disapproved and such funds that would have been distrib-
uted to such State, territory, or other jurisdiction shall be distrib-
uted equitably to States, territories, and other jurisdictions with 
approved plans: Provided further, That any amount apportioned 
in 2006 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that remains 
unobligated as of September 30, 2007, shall be reapportioned, 
together with funds appropriated in 2008, in the manner provided 
herein: Provided further, That balances from amounts previously 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘State Wildlife Grants’’ shall be 
transferred to and merged with this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent 
to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; options 
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 mainte-
nance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities 
under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United 
States has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection 
with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: 
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 
under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrangements 
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 
connection with jointly produced publications for which the coopera-
tors share at least one-half the cost of printing either in cash 
or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable 
of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided further, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Service may use up 
to $2,000,000 from funds provided for contracts for employment-
related legal services: Provided further, That the Service may accept 
donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary 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 compli-
ance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the statement 
of the managers accompanying this Act.
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM 
For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National 
Park Service (including special road maintenance service to trucking 
permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administra-
tion of the National Park Service, $1,744,074,000, of which 
$9,892,000 is for planning and interagency coordination in support 
of Everglades restoration and shall remain available until expended; 
of which $97,600,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, 
is for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation projects for constructed 
assets, operation of the National Park Service automated facility 
management software system, and comprehensive facility condition 
assessments; and of which $2,000,000 is for the Youth Conservation 
Corps for high priority projects: Provided, That the only funds 
in this account which may be made available to support United 
States Park Police are those funds approved for emergency law 
and order incidents pursuant to established National Park Service 
procedures, those funds needed to maintain and repair United 
States Park Police administrative facilities, and those funds nec-
essary to reimburse the United States Park Police account for 
the unbudgeted overtime and travel costs associated with special 
events for an amount not to exceed $10,000 per event subject 
to the review and concurrence of the Washington headquarters 
office. 
UNITED STATES PARK POLICE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the programs of the United 
States Park Police, $81,411,000. 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, nat-
ural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, 
statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant adminis-
tration, not otherwise provided for, $54,965,000: Provided, That 
none of the funds in this Act for the River, Trails and Conservation 
Assistance program may be used for cash agreements, or for 
cooperative agreements that are inconsistent with the program’s 
final strategic plan. 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic Preserva-
tion Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), and the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 
104–333), $73,250,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2007, of which 
$30,000,000 shall be for Save America’s Treasures for preservation 
of nationally significant sites, structures, and artifacts: Provided, 
That not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amount provided for Save 
America’s Treasures may be for Preserve America grants to States, 
Tribes, and local communities for projects that preserve important 
historic resources through the promotion of heritage tourism: Pro-
vided further, That any individual Save America’s Treasures or
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Preserve America grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds: 
Provided further, That individual projects shall only be eligible 
for one grant: Provided further, That all projects to be funded 
shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 
with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, and 
in consultation with the President’s Committee on the Arts and 
Humanities prior to the commitment of Save America’s Treasures 
grant funds and with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 
prior to the commitment of Preserve America grant funds: Provided 
further, That Save America’s Treasures funds allocated for Federal 
projects, following approval, shall be available by transfer to appro-
priate accounts of individual agencies. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of phys-
ical facilities, including the modifications authorized by section 
104 of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion 
Act of 1989, $301,291,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $17,000,000 for modified water deliveries to Everglades 
National Park shall be derived by transfer from unobligated bal-
ances in the ‘‘Land Acquisition and State Assistance’’ account for 
Everglades National Park land acquisitions, and of which $400,000 
for the Mark Twain Boyhood Home National Historic Landmark 
shall be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund pursuant 
to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided, That none of the funds available 
to the National Park Service may be used to plan, design, or 
construct any partnership project with a total value in excess of 
$5,000,000, without advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the National Park Service 
may not accept donations or services associated with the planning, 
design, or construction of such new facilities without advance 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this heading for 
implementation of modified water deliveries to Everglades National 
Park shall be expended consistent with the requirements of the 
fifth proviso under this heading in Public Law 108–108: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading for implementation 
of modified water deliveries to Everglades National Park shall 
be available for obligation only if matching funds are appropriated 
to the Army Corps of Engineers for the same purpose: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading for 
implementation of modified water deliveries to Everglades National 
Park shall be available for obligation if any of the funds appro-
priated to the Army Corps of Engineers for the purpose of imple-
menting modified water deliveries, including finalizing detailed 
engineering and design documents for a bridge or series of bridges 
for the Tamiami Trail component of the project, becomes unavailable 
for obligation: Provided further, That hereinafter notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, procurements for the Mount Rainier 
National Park Jackson Visitor Center replacement and the 
rehabilitation of Paradise Inn and Annex may be issued which 
include the full scope of the facility: Provided further, That the 
solicitation and contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of 
funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232.18: Provided further, That none
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of the funds provided in this or any other Act may be used for 
planning, design, or construction of any underground security 
screening or visitor contact facility at the Washington Monument 
until such facility has been approved in writing by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 
(RESCISSION) 
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2006 by 16 
U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded. 
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and Water Con-
servation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), 
including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with the statutory 
authority applicable to the National Park Service, $74,824,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 
to remain available until expended, of which $30,000,000 is for 
the State assistance program including $1,587,000 for program 
administration: Provided, 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 245 passenger motor vehicles, 
of which 199 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed 
193 for police-type use, 10 buses, and 8 ambulances: Provided, 
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 
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 Congress is not in session because of adjourn-
ment 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 circumstances relied upon in support of the proposed 
project: Provided further, That in fiscal year 2006 and thereafter, 
appropriations available to the National Park Service may be used 
to maintain the following areas in Washington, District of Columbia: 
Jackson Place, Madison Place, and Pennsylvania Avenue between 
15th and 17th Streets, Northwest. 
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.
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If the Secretary of the Interior considers the decision of any 
value determination proceeding conducted under a National Park 
Service concession contract issued prior to November 13, 1998, 
to misinterpret or misapply relevant contractual requirements or 
their underlying legal authority, the Secretary may seek, within 
180 days of any such decision, the de novo review of the value 
determination by the United States Court of Federal Claims, and 
that court may make an order affirming, vacating, modifying or 
correcting the determination. 
In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) of Public 
Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be 
available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appro-
priation, for use at any unit within the National Park System 
to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold 
surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose 
to the extent that the benefiting unit anticipated franchise fee 
receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the 
amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise 
fees at the benefiting unit shall be credited to the sub-account 
of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of 
a single contract at the benefiting unit, in the amount of funds 
so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 
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); 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 author-
ized by law; and to publish and disseminate data relative to the 
foregoing activities; $976,035,000, of which $63,770,000 shall be 
available only for cooperation with States or municipalities for 
water resources investigations; of which $8,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for satellite operations; of which 
$21,720,000 shall be available until September 30, 2007, for the 
operation and maintenance of facilities and deferred maintenance; 
of which $1,600,000 shall be available until expended for deferred 
maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 
in cost; and of which $177,485,000 shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007, for the biological research activity and the oper-
ation of the Cooperative Research Units: Provided, That none of 
the funds provided for the biological research activity shall be 
used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifically 
authorized in writing by the property owner: Provided further, 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay more 
than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water resources 
data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation with 
States and municipalities.
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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 replacement of passenger motor 
vehicles; reimbursement to the General Services Administration 
for security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of topo-
graphic 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 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 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 contracts or cooperative agree-
ments directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or 
nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the 
temporary or intermittent 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 purposes. 
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, $153,651,000, of which $78,529,000 
shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount 
not to exceed $122,730,000, 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 
(MMS) 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 $122,730,000 in addition to receipts are not realized 
from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount needed to 
reach $122,730,000 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, 2007: 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,