95 STAT. 748
PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981
TITLE XIV—DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND RELATED PROGRAMS Appropriation limitations. 43 USC 1457a.
SEC. 1401. (a) 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) 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) 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); and not less than $100,000,000 to be 30 USC 1221. appropriated annually pursuant to the Act of October 20, 1976 (90 Stat. 2662; 31 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.) including not less than $5,000,000 annually to carry out the purposes of section 3 of said Act. (c) 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) 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) by such amounts as may be required for emergency firefighting and for increased pay costs authorized by law. Noncompetitive (d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective Octooil and ber 1, 1981, all applications for noncompetitive oil and gas leases shall gas leases, application filing be accompanied by a filing fee of not less than $25 for each such application: Provided, That any increase in the filing fee above $25 43 USC 1734 shall be established by regulation and subject to the provisions of the note. Act of August 31, 1951 (65 Stat. 290), the Act of October 20, 1976 (90 31 USC 483a. Stat. 2765) but not limited to actual costs. Such fees shall be retained 43 USC 1734. as a service charge even though the application or offer may be rejected or withdrawn in whole or in part. study. (2) The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to conduct a Report to study and report to Congress within one year of the date of enactment Congress. of this Act, regarding the current annual rental charges on all
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