United States Fish and Wildlife Service

United States Fish and Wildlife Service resource management For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies, conservation, management, investigations, protection, and utilization of sport fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, seals, and sea lions, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources; for the general administration of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and for maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by Youth Conservation Corps as if authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408, $360,688,000, of which $5,000,000, to carry out the purposes of 16 U.S.C. 1535, shall remain available until expended; and of which $6,811,000 shall be for operation and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2921), to compensate for loss of fishery resources from water development projects on the Lower Snake River, and which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds provided herein may be used for the planning, implementation, or financing of agreements or arrangements with entities for the management of the Wynne complex on Matagorda Island, Texas, except for agreements or arrangements existing as of the date of enactment of this Act; and of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the development and installation of displays, exhibits, films, and other educational material for an ecological center, which will display the interdependency of fish and wildlife habitat upon each other and the need for informed public steward-ship of these resources, including man’s impact on freshwater and coastal streams, and which will be located on non-Federal land and be constructed by non-Federal participants. construction and anadromous fish For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigations, protection, and utilization of sport fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; $31,834,000, to remain 102 STAT. 1778available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be available for expenses to carry out the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 757a–757g). land acquisition For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601–4–11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $57,529,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service under the heading ‘Construction and Anadromous Fish” in Public Law 100–71, $1,200,000 shall be expended for the lease or purchase of water rights, from willing sellers, for the benefit of Stillwater Wildlife Management Area, Nevada: Provided further, That the lease or purchase shall be carried out pursuant to the statutory and procedural requirements of the laws of the State of Nevada, and the Secretary shall proceed with any such lease or purchase pursuant to this appropriation if and only if the Secretary receives certification from the State of Nevada that the transfer of water rights and associated change of use for the beneficial use of Stillwater Wildlife Management Area is approved by the State of Nevada. The Secretary may acquire lands and waters or interests therein subject to the interest of the State of California, including the public trust, in lands including submerged lands which are now or at any time have been below the highest high water mark of the Sacramento River and/or its tributaries, in the event the boundary of said river has been artifically raised, or said lands are now or at any time have been below the ordinary high water mark of the Sacramento River, if said river and/or its tributaries is in its natural state; and further subject to any adverse claim based upon the assertion that (i) any portion of said lands is not now or has not at any time been below the highest high water mark of the Sacramento River and/or its tributaries, in the event the boundary of said river has been artificially raised, or is not now and has not at any time been below the ordinary high water mark, if said river and/or its tributaries is in its natural state; (ii) some portion of said lands has been created by artificial means or has accreted to such portion so created; or (iii) some portion of said lands has been brought within the boundaries thereof by an avulsive movement of the Sacramento River and/or its tributaries, or has been formed by accretion to any such portion. national wildlife refuge fund For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $6,645,000. administrative provisions Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 160 passenger motor vehicles, of which 153 are for replacement only (including 46 for police-type use); not to exceed $400,000 for payment, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the United 102 STAT. 1779States Fish and Wildlife Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate; repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and to which the United States has title, and which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with management and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That the United States Fish and Wildlife Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Provided further, That hereafter the Columbian White Tail Deer Refuge shall be known as the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White Tail Deer.