Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 2.djvu/973

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PUBLIC LAW 105-245—OCT. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1857 (b) Funds appropriated for "Nuclear Regulatory Commission— Office of Inspector General" shall be available to the Office for the additional purposes described in paragraphs (2) and (7) of subsection (a). (c) Moneys received by the Commission for the cooperative nuclear research program, services rendered to State governments, foreign governments, and international organizations, and the material and information access authorization programs, including criminal history checks under section 149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2169) may be retained and used for salaries and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall remain available until expended. (d) Notwithstanding section 663(c)(2)(D) of Public Law 104- 208, and to facilitate targeted workforce downsizing and restructuring, the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may use funds appropriated in this Act to exercise the authority provided by section 663 of that Act with respect to employees who voluntarily separate from the date of enactment of this Act through December 31, 2000. All of the requirements in section 663 of Public Law 104-208, except for section 663(c)(2)(D), apply to the exercise of authority under this section. (e) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section shall apply to Applicability. fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year. (TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 507. FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.—Of the amounts appropriated as a Federal payment under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998, to the Pretrial Services, Defense Services, Parole, Adult Probation and Offender Supervision Trustee, $1,700,000 are hereby transferred to the District of Columbia Courts for court operations. DESIGNATION OF VIC FAZIO YOLO WILDLIFE AREA SEC. 508. The wetlands located in Yolo County, California, and known as the Yolo Basin Wetlands, shall be known and designated as the "Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area". Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the wetlands shall be deemed to be a reference to the "Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area". DALE BUMPERS WILDLIFE RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT SEC. 509. The Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-508; 98 Stat. 2349) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 8. RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SENATOR DALE BUMPERS. "(a) DEDICATION. —The nine areas in the State of Arkansas comprising approximately 91,100 acres designated as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System pursuant to this Act are hereby dedicated to United States Senator Dale Bumpers in recognition of his leadership and outstamding contributions to the designation of wilderness in the State of Arkansas and to the protection and preservation of natural resources for the benefit of the people of the United States.