PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-236 wildlife resources, except whales, seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-homed cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, general administration, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities, $661,136,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000, except as otherwise provided herein, of which $11,648,000 shall remain available until expended for operation and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower Sngdce River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1976, to compensate for loss of fishery resources from water development projects on the Lower Snake River, and of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in southern Cedifomia for planning associated with the Natural Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,756,000 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended, for species that Eire indigenous to the United States (except for processing petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other steps to implement actions described in subsections (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further. That of the amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000 to remain available until expended, may at the discretion of the Secretary, be used for payment for information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate: Provided further. That 16 USC 7l8k. hereafter, all fees collected for Federal migratory bird permits shall be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for the expenses of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in administering such Federal migratory bird permits, and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That hereeifter, 16 USC 746a. pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary shall chsirge reasonable fees for the full costs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in operating and mgdntaining the MA^ Tiglax and other vessels, to be credited to this account and to be available until expended: Provided further. That of the amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to $1,000,000 may remain available until expended for contaminant sample analy- ses. CONSTRUCTION For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; $50,453,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That under this heading in Public Law 105-174, the word "fire," is inserted before the word "floods".
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