PUBLIC LAW 102-154—NOV. 13, 1991 105 STAT. 1001 appropriated under this Act shall be available for the payment of interest in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721 (b) and (d): Provided further. That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $10,000 under this head shall be available for refunds of overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals Management Service concurred with the claimed refund due: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $68,200,000 shall be deducted from Federal onshore mineral leasing receipts prior to the division and distribution of such receipts between the States and the Treasury and shall be credited to miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury: Provide<jl further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, for fiscal year 1992 and each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior or his designee is authorized to— (a) enter into a cooperative agreement or agreements with any State or Indian tribe to share royalty management information, to carry out inspection, auditing, investigation or enforcement (not including the collection of royalties, civil penalties, or other payments) activities in cooperation with the Secretary, except that the Secretary shall not enter into such cooperative agreement with a State with respect to any such activities on Indian lands except with the permission of the Indian tribe involved; and (b) upon written request of any State, to delegate to the State all or part of the authorities and responsibilities of the Secretary under the authorizing leasing statutes, leases, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto to conduct audits, investigations, and inspections, except that the Secretary shall not undertake such a delegation with respect to any Indian lands except with permission of the Indian tribe involved, with respect to any lease authorizing exploration for or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or geothermal steam on any Federal lands or Indian lands within the State or with respect to any lease or portion of a lease subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)), on the same terms and conditions as those authorized for oil and gas leases under sections 202, 203, 205, and 206 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1732, 1733, 1735, and 1736) and the regulations duly promulgated with respect thereto: Provided further. That section 204 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1734) shall apply to leases authorizing exploration for or development of coal, any other solid mineral, or geothermal steam on any Federal lands, or to any lease or portion of a lease subject to section 8(g) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall compensate any State or Indian tribe for those costs which are necessary to carry out activities conducted pursuant to such cooperative agreement or delegation. BUREAU OF MINES 30 USC 196. Intergovernme ntal relations. Indians. Contracts. MINES AND MINERALS For expenses necessary for conducting inquiries, technological investigations, and research concerning the extraction, processing.
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