Minerals Management Service

Minerals Management Service leasing and royalty 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 operating contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $197,014,000, of which not less than $67,115,000 shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for the Technical Information Management System of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Activity, to be credited to this appropriation and to remain available until expended, from additions to current preset receipts and from additional fee collections relating to OCS administrative activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over and above what the Minerals Management Service currently collects to offset its costs for these activities: Provided, That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain available until September 30, 1994: 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, $10,000 under this head shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals Management Service concurred with the claimed refund due: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $76,850,000 shall be deducted from Federal onshore mineral leasing receipts prior to the division and distribution of such receipts between the States and the Treasury and shall be credited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 1993 and thereafter, the Minerals Management Service shall have the authority to collect and expend all collections from user fees resulting 106 STAT. 1386 from the Minerals Management Service providing the services of its Oil and Hazardous Materials Simulated Environmental Test Tank testing facility in Leonardo, New Jersey, and these collections shall be credited to this account to remain available until expended, and used to offset operation and maintenance costs associated with providing such services: Provided further, That the fifth proviso under the heading “Leasing and Royalty Management” for the Minerals Management Service in Public Law 101–512 (104 Stat. 1926) is amended by striking the words “this account” after the words “shall be credited to” and inserting in lieu thereof “the leasing and royalty management account of the Minerals Management Service”. oil spill research For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of Title I, section 1016, and Title VII of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $5,377,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to be available until expended.