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 PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1329-226

BUREAU OF MINES MINES AND MINERALS

For expenses necessary for conducting inquiries, technological investigations, and research concerning the extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without objectionable social and environmental costs; to foster and encourage private enterprise in the development of mineral resources and the prevention of waste in the mining, minerals, metal, and mineral reclamation industries; to inquire into the economic conditions affecting those industries; to promote health and safety in mines and the mineral industry through research; and for other related purposes as authorized by law, $146,398,000, of which $88,259,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than $1,890,000 of the amount appropriated may be used for executive direction: Provided further. That none of the funds in this or any other Act may be used for the closure or consolidation of any research centers or the sale of any of the helium facilities currently in operation: Provided further. That of the sums provided under this head, $1,200,000 shall be available to the Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute of the University of Mississippi and the Center of Ocean Resources Technology of the University of Hawaii for a Marine Minerals Technology Center, equally divided: Provided further. That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Bureau of Mines is authorized, in consultation with the General Services Administration, to immediately enter into a two year lease purchase agreement for the Bureau of Mines research center located in Spokane, Washington. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies. Federal, State, or private: Provided, That the Bureau of Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell directly or through any Government agency, including corporations, any metal or mineral product that may be manufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, including the purchase of not to exceed 14 passenger motor vehicles, of which 9 shall be for replacement only; and uniform allowances of not to exceed $400 for each uniformed employee of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; $102,125,000, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount, to remain available until expended, equal to receipts to the General Fund of the Treasury from performance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1988: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Grants. Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may utilize directly or through grants to States in fiscal year 1988, moneys collected pursuant tp the assessment of civil penalties under section

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