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the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act relating to fish
restoration and management projects.
(g) EDUCATION.— Section 8(a) of the Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669g(a)) is amended by adding the
following at the end thereof: "Funds from the Wildlife Conservation
and Restoration Account may be used for a wildlife conservation
education program, except that no such funds may be used for
education efforts, projects, or programs that promote or encourage
opposition to the regulated taking of wildlife.".
(h) PROHIBITION AGAINST DIVERSION.—No designated State
agency shall be eligible to receive matching funds under this title
if sources of revenue available to it after January 1, 2000, for
conservation of wildlife are diverted for any purpose other than
the administration of the designated State agency, it being the
intention of Congress that funds available to States under this
title be added to revenues from existing State sources and not
serve as a substitute for revenues from such sources. Such revenues
shall include interest, dividends, or other income earned on the
foregoing.
(i) NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT.— Section
7(c) of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
4406(c)) is amended by striking "$30,000,000" and inserting
" $50,000,000 ".
SEC. 903. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE.
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
" SEC. 31. COASTAL IMPACT ASSISTANCE.
"(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section shall be construed
as a permanent authorization.
"(b) DEFINITIONS.— When used in this section:
"(1) The term 'coastal political subdivision' means a county,
parish, or any equivalent subdivision of a Producing Coastal
State all or part of which subdivision lies within the coastal
zone (as defined in section 304(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1453(1)).
"(2) The term 'coastal population' means the population
of all political subdivisions, as determined by the most recent
official data of the Census Bureau, contained in whole or in
part within the designated coastal boundary of a State as
defined in a State's coastal zone management program under
the Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.).
"(3) The term 'Coastal State' has the same meaning as
provided by subsection 304(4) of the Coastal Zone Management
Act (16 U.S.C. 1453(4)).
"(4) The term 'coastline' has the same meaning as the
term 'coast line' as defined in subsection 2(c) of the Submerged
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301(c)).
"(5) The term 'distance' means minimum great circle distance, measured in statute miles.
"(6) The term 'leased tract' means a tract maintained under
section 6 or leased under section 8 for the purpose of drilling
for, developing, and producing oil and natural gas resources.
"(7) The term 'Producing Coastal State' means a Coastal
State with a coastal seaward boundary within 200 miles from
the geographic center of a leased tract other than a leased
tract within any area of the Outer Continental Shelf where
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