PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1231 "(2) terminate all Navy and Marine Corps operations at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, that are related exclusively to the use of the training range on the island of Vieques by the Navy and the Marine Corps; and "(3) close the Navy installations and facilities on the island of Vieques, other than properties exempt from conveyance and transfer under section 1506. "(b) TRANSFER TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—Upon termination of Navy and Marine Corps training operations on the island of Vieques, the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer, without reimbursement, to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior— "(1) the Live Impact Area on the island of Vieques; "(2) all Department of Defense real properties on the eastern side of the island that are identified as conservation zones; and "(3) all other Department of Defense real properties on the eastern side of the island. "(c) ADMINISTRATION BY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.— "(1) RETENTION AND ADMINISTRATION. —The Secretary of the Interior shall retain, and may not dispose of any of, the properties transferred under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) and shall administer such properties as wildlife refuges under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) pending the enactment of a law that addresses the disposition of such properties. "(2) LIVE IMPACT AREA. —The Secretary of the Interior shall assume responsibility for the administration of the Live Impact Area upon transfer under paragraph (1) of subsection (b), administer that area as a wilderness area under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), and deny public access to the area. "(d) LIVE IMPACT AREA DEFINED. — In this section, the term 'Live Impact Area' means the parcel of real property, consisting of approximately 900 acres (more or less), on the island of Vieques that is designated by the Secretary of the Navy for targeting by live ordnance in the training of forces of the Navy and Marine Corps.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 1507(c) of such Act (114 Stat. 1654A-355) is amended by striking "the issuance of a proclamation described in section 1504(a) or". Subtitle F—Other Matters SEC. 1061. ASSISTANCE FOR FIREFIGHTERS. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— Subsection (e) of section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended to read as follows: "(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —There are authorized to be appropriated $900,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002 through 2004 for the purposes of this section. "(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Of the funds appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Director may use not more than three percent of the funds to cover salaries and expenses and other administrative costs incurred by the
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