NOAA OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SPILL COST REIMBURSEMENT.

SEC. 205. NOAA OIL AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SPILL COST REIMBURSEMENT. (a) Treatment of Amounts Received as Reimbursement of Expenses.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts received by the United States as reimbursement of expenses related to oil or hazardous substance spill response activities, or natural resource damage assessment, restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition activities, conducted (or to be conducted) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration— (1) shall be deposited into the Fund; (2) shall be available, without fiscal year limitation and without apportionment, for use in accordance with the law under which the activities are conducted; and (3) shall not be considered to be an augmentation of appropriations. (b) Application.— Subsection (a) shall apply to amounts described in subsection (a) that are received— (1) after the date of the enactment of this Act; or (2) with respect to the oil spill associated with the grounding of the EXXON VALDEZ. (c) Definitions.— For purposes of this section— (1) the term “Fund” means the Damage Assessment and Restoration Revolving Fund of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration referred to in title I of Public Law 101– 515 under the heading “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” (104 Stat. 2105); and (2) the term “expenses” includes incremental and base salaries, ships, aircraft, and associated indirect costs, except the term does not include base salaries and benefits of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Support Coordinators.