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Ill STAT. 2522 PUBLIC LAW 105-119—NOV. 26, 1997 (5) the Commission's decisions regarding the percentage of universal service support provided by Federal mechanisms and the revenue base from which such support is derived. SEC. 624. Section 6(d)(1) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 955(d)(1)) is amended by striking the word "fourteen" and inserting in lieu thereof "eight". SEC. 625. (a) Section 814(g)(1) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 2291 note) is amended by striking "$325,000" and inserting "$370,000". (b) Section 814(i) of such section is amended by striking "September 30, 1997" and inserting "September 30, 1999". SEC. 626. (a) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.), the Administrator of General Services shall convey, to any person that acquires an interest in the Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills) under subtitle B of title XXXTV of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (110 Stat. 631), not to exceed 318 motor vehicles that are leased for use at that reserve on November 6, 1997. (b) PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS.— Any conveyance of motor vehicles under this section shall be made— (1) after payment to the United States of consideration equal to the fair market value of the motor vehicles; and (2) under procedures, terms, and conditions that shall be established by negotiation between the Administrator of General Services and the person to whom the motor vehicles are conveyed. (c) TREATMENT OF PROCEEDS.— Amounts received by the United States as consideration for motor vehicles conveyed under this section shall be retained in the General Supply Fund and available in the same manner as are increments for estimated replacement cost of motor vehicles under section 211(d)(2) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 491(d)(2)). SEC. 627. Section 19(a) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2718(a)) is amended to read as follows: "(a) Subject to section 18, there are authorized to be appropriated, for fiscal year 1998, and for each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the amount of funds derived from the assessments authorized by section 18(a).". Clarence P. SEC. 628. Notwithstanding the failure of Clarence P. Stewart Stewart. of Broadway, North Carolina, to file a timely appeal of his wrongful dismissal, during a reduction in force, from the Department of Agriculture as a State Executive Director for the former Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service of the Department, the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause Clarence P. Stewart to be afforded relief that is fully commensurate with the relief afforded the similarly dismissed appellants in the case before the Merit Systems Protection Board styled Blalock v. Department of Agriculture, 28 M.S.P.R. 17 (1985). SEC. 629. Funds made available under Public Law 103-112 for the purposes of section 2007 of the Social Security Act shall be considered "qualified nonprivate funds" for the purposes of section 103(13)(B) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 662(13)(B)); provided such funds were invested on or before July 1, 1995 in a licensee that was licensed prior to July 1, 1990