Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 43 : Section 1457a


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1457a. Authorization of appropriations for particular programs

    (a) Maximum amounts for specified years
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall not be
    appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior for Department of the
    Interior programs as defined in subsection (e) of this section in
    excess of $4,095,404,000 for the fiscal year ending on September
    30, 1981; in excess of $3,970,267,000 for the fiscal year ending on
    September 30, 1982; $4,680,223,000 for the fiscal year ending on
    September 30, 1983; and $4,797,281,000 for the fiscal year ending
    on September 30, 1984.
    (b) Ceilings on certain appropriations
      It is the sense of the Congress that the appropriation targets
    for such fiscal years should be: not less than $275,000,000 to be
    appropriated annually pursuant to the provisions of the Land and
    Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 897; 16 U.S.C. 460z);
    not less than $30,000,000 to be appropriated annually pursuant to
    the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
    (80 Stat. 915; 16 U.S.C. 470); not less than $10,000,000 to be
    appropriated annually pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Park
    and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 3538; 16 U.S.C. 2501,
    et seq.); not less than $105,000,000 to be appropriated annually to
    be used for the restoration and rehabilitation of units of the
    National Park System, as authorized by law; not less than
    $239,000,000 to be appropriated annually for the Office of
    Territorial and International Affairs (including amounts for the
    Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands); not less than $6,200,000
    to be appropriated annually to carry out the provisions of title
    III of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (91
    Stat. 445); (!1) and not less than $100,000,000 to be appropriated
    annually pursuant to chapter 69 of title 31 including not less than
    $5,000,000 annually to carry out the purposes of section 6904 of
    title 31.

    (c) Additional limitations
      Notwithstanding the limitation otherwise imposed by subsection
    (a) of this section - 
        (1) the authorization for obligation and appropriations for the
      Department of the Interior may exceed the amount specified in
      subsection (a) of this section by such amount as permanent and
      annual indefinite appropriations exceed the estimates for such
      appropriations as contained in "The Budget of the United States
      Government, Fiscal Year 1982," as revised by the March 1981,
      publication of the Office of Management and Budget entitled
      "Fiscal Year 1982 Budget Revisions", when receipts available to
      be appropriated equal or exceed such appropriations, and
        (2) the authorization for obligation and appropriations for the
      Department of the Interior may exceed the amount specified in
      subsection (a) of this section by such amounts as may be required
      for emergency firefighting and for increased pay costs authorized
      by law.
    (d) Omitted
    (e) Applicable programs
      For the purposes of this section, the term "Department of the
    Interior programs" means - 
        (1) Alaska Native Fund amounts included in Bureau of Indian
      Affairs programs funded from Miscellaneous Trust Funds and
      Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations accounts;
        (2) Bureau of Land Management programs;
        (3) United States Bureau of Mines programs;
        (4) National Park Service programs other than the John F.
      Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (including those programs
      formerly administered by the Heritage Conservation and Recreation
      Service as of October 1, 1980);
        (5) Offices of the Solicitor and the Secretary;
        (6) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
      programs;
        (7) Office of Territorial Affairs programs;
        (8) United States Geological Survey programs; and
        (9) Bureau of Reclamation (including those programs formerly
      administered by the Water and Power Resources Service).



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