DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Oil Spill Emergency Fund For an additional amount for the Department of the Interior for contingency planning, response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to the discharge of oil from the tanker Exxon Valdez into Prince William Sound, Alaska, $7,300,000, to be available until September 30, 1990: Provided, That for purposes of obligation and expenditure, these funds shall be transferred, upon approval of the Secretary, to existing appropriations of the Department of the Interior: Provided further. That any reimbursements from the Pollution Fund of the Coast Guard or other sources for activities for which funds were transferred from this account are to be credited back to this account: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 1989 and there-after, sums provided by any party, including sums provided in advance as (1) reimbursement for contingency planning, response or damage assessment activities conducted or to be conducted by any agency funded in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act as a result of any discharge of oil into the environment or (2) damages for injuries resulting from such a discharge to resources for which an agency funded in the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act is a trustee, may be credited to the relevant appropriation for that agency then current and shall be available until expended: Provided further, That section 102 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989, is amended as follows: after the term “volcanoes” insert “; for contingency planning subsequent to actual oilspills, response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills”.