123STA T . 2 9 1 4PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 8 —O CT. 3 0, 2009 funde d byap p ro pr i a t ion sh erein m ademaybea c comp l ished throu g h the use of contracts , grants, or cooperati v e agreements as defined in 31U.S . C . 6 3 02 et se q .
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d fu r th er, T hat the United States G eological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative agree - ments directly w ith individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organi z ations, without regard to 4 1 U.S.C. 5 , for the temporary or intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purpose of chapters 5 7 and 8 1 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation for travel and wor k in j uries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be considered to be F ederal employees for any other purposes. MINERALS MANA G E M EN T SER V I C E R OY ALTY AN D O F FS H ORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT For e x penses 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 oper- ating contracts; for energy-related or other authorized marine- related purposes on the O uter Continental Shelf; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $ 175,217,000, to remain available until September 30, 2011, of which $8 9 ,374,000 shall be available for royalty management activities; and an amount not to exceed $156,730,000, to be credited to this appropriation and to remain available until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect on A ugust 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees: Provided , That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, in fiscal year 2010, such amounts as are assessed under 31 U.S.C. 9701 shall be collected and credited to this account and shall be available until expended for necessary expenses: Provided further, That to the extent $156,730,000 in addition to receipts are not realized from the sources of receipts stated above, the amount needed to reach $156,730,000 shall be credited to this appropriation from receipts resulting from rental rates for Outer Continental Shelf leases in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That the term ‘ ‘qualified Outer Continental Shelf revenues ’ ’, as defined in section 102 ( 9 ) (A) of the Gulf of Mexico E nergy Security Act, division Cof P ublic L aw 109 – 432, shall include only the portion of rental revenues that would have been collected at the rental rates in effect before August 5, 1993: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro- moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 under this heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain I ndian leases in which the D irector of MMS concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided further, That for the costs of adminis- tration of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program authorized by section 31 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1456a), in fiscal year 2010, MMS may retain up to 4 percent of the amounts which are disbursed under section 31(b)(1), such retained amounts to remain available until expended.
