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PUBLIC LAW 103-232—APR. 11, 1994 108 STAT. 339 SEC. 204. LEASE. The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, subject to the availability of appropriations, may enter into a longterm lease with the Port; of Brownsville for use by the Center of wetlands property owned by the Port of Brownsville. Terms of the lease shall be negotiated, and the lease shall be signed by both parties, prior to the disposal of any Federal funds pursuant to this title. The lease shall include a provision authorizing the Director to terminate the lease at any time. SEC. 205. OTHER REQUIREMENTS. As conditions of receiving assistance under this title— (1) the University of Texas at Brownsville shall make available to the Center for fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997— (A) administrative office space; (B) classroom space; and (C) other in-kind contributions for the Center, including overhead and personnel; and (2) the Port of Brownsville shall make available up to 7,000 acres of Port Property for the programs, projects, and activities of the Center. The Board of Directors of the Center shall include in their annual report under section 202(d) a statement of whether these conditions have been met. SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1996; and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1997, for making grants to the Center under section 203, including for use for the establishment, operation, maintenance, and msmagement of the Center. SEC. 207. RELATIONSHIP OF CENTER WITH THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SERVICES, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. None of the funds appropriated pursuant to this title may be used to relocate any of the administrative operations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from the Center for Environmental Studies and Services Building on the campus of Corpus Christi State University, to the Brownsville Wetlands Policy Center at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, established pursuant to this title. TITLE III—WALTER B. JONES CENTER FOR THE SOUNDS AT THE POCOSIN LAKES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SEC. 301. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) The Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, located in northeastern North Carolina, provides unique opportunities for observing and interpreting the biological richness of the region's estuaries and wetlands. North Carolina. 16 USC 668d(l note.