114 STAT. 976 PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 I ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION (RESCISSION) Of the unobligated balances under this heading, $1,000,000 are rescinded. NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES For expenses necessary to carry out engineering studies to determine the cost of development, the predicted rate and quantity of petroleum recovery, the methodology, and the equipment specifications for development of Shannon Formation at Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 (NPR-3), utilizing a below-the-reservoir production method, $1,600,000, to remain available until expended: 10 USC 4730 Provided, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall note. not apply to fiscal year 2001 and any fiscal year thereafter: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities. ELK HILLS SCHOOL LANDS FUND For necessary expenses in fulfilling installment payments under the Settlement Agreement entered into by the United States and the State of California on October 11, 1996, as authorized by section 3415 of Public Law 104-106, $36,000,000, to become available on October 1, 2001 for payment to the State of California for the State Teachers' Retirement Fund from the Elk Hills School Lands Fund. ENERGY CONSERVATION (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation activities, $816,940,000, to remain available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from unobligated balances in the Biomass Energy Development account: Provided, That $191,000,000 shall be for use in energy conservation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99-509, such sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as follows: $153,000,000 for weatherization assistance grants and $38,000,000 for State energy conservation grants: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Energy may waive up to fifty percent of the cost-sharing requirement for weatherization assistance provided for by Public Law 106-113 for a State which he finds to be experiencing fiscal hardship or major changes in energy markets or suppliers or other temporary limitations on its ability to provide matching funds, provided that the State is demonstrably engaged in continuing activities to secure non-federal resources and that such waiver is limited to one fiscal year and that no state may be 42 USC 6863 granted such waiver more than twice: Provided further, That, here- °oteafter, Indian tribal direct grantees of weatherization assistance shall not be required to provide matching funds.
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