Minerals Management Service

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 operating contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; $189,056,000, of which not less than $68,184,000 shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount not to exceed $8,800,000 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 receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for OCS administrative activities performed by the Minerals Management Service over and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for OCS administrative activities established after September 30, 1993: Provided, That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain available until September 30, 1996: 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, $15,000 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 the Secretary shall take appropriate action to collect unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by Federal and Indian mineral lessees and other royalty payors on amounts received in settlement or other resolution of disputes under, and for partial or complete termination of, sales agreements for minerals from Federal and Indian leases: 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 “or payment of civil penalty” after the words “result of the forfeiture of a bond or other security” and striking the words “or imposition of the civil penalty” after the words “rendered necessary by the action or inaction that led to the forfeiture”: Provided further, That where the account title “Leasing and Royalty Management” appears in any public law, the words “Leasing and Royalty Management” beginning in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter108 STAT. 2509 shall be construed to mean “Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management”. oil spill research For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of title I, section 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,452,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.