ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 6002. ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Required.— Except as provided in subsection (b), amounts in the Fund shall be available only as provided in annual appropriation Acts. (b) Exceptions.— Subsection (a) shall not apply to sections 1006(f), 1012(a)(4), or 5006(b), and shall not apply to an amount not to exceed $50,000,000 in any fiscal year which the President may make available from the Fund to carry out section 311(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by this Act, and to initiate the assessment of natural resources damages required under section 1006. Sums to which this subsection applies shall remain available until expended.