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; $170,744,000, of which not less than $35,000 shall be used by the Secretary to enter into a cooperative 102 STAT. 1791agreement with the State of Louisiana to carry out or conduct audit activities on any lease or portion of a lease subject only to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)): Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of sections 201 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1731), sections 202 through 206 of that Act (30 U.S.C. 1732–1736) shall apply to any lease or portion of a lease subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: Provided further, That for purposes of those provisions and for no other purposes, such lease or portion of a lease shall be regarded as within the coastal State or States entitled to receive revenues from it under section 8(g), and of which not less than $52,302,000 shall be available for royalty management activities including general administration: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 clean-up activities: Provided further, That of the above enacted amounts, $250,000 proposed for data gathering to help determine the boundary between State and Federal lands offshore of Alaska shall be available only if an equal amount is provided by the State of Alaska from State revenues to match the Federal support for this project.