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 PUBLIC LAW 103-332—SEPT. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 2519 rentals for periods not in excess of twelve months beginning at any time during the fiscal year. SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the areas of Northern, Central, and Southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude. SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of leasing, or the approval or permitting of any drilling or other exploration activity, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin planning area. SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing and leasing activities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 151 in the Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997. SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 164 in the Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997. SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act may be used to publish a National final rule defining the term "valid existing rights" for purposes of section 522(e) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 or to publish a final rule disapproving any existing State definition of valid existing rights. SEC. 112. If the House-Senate Conference Committee on H.R. 322 fails to report legislation which is enacted prior to the adjournment of the 103d Congress sine die, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws or to issue a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws. SEC. 113. The provisions of section 112 shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary on or before the date of enactment of this Act, and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that date. SEC. 114. Of the offsetting collections credited to public enterprise fund numbered 14-4053 in fiscal year 1995, $38,000 is permanently canceled as a result of procurement cost savings. SEC. 115. Notwithstsinding any other provision of law, in fiscal 43 USC 1471f. year 1995 and thereafter, appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title may be used to fund incrementally research work orders for cooperative agreements with colleges and universities. State agencies, and nonprofit organizations that overlap fiscal years: Provided, That such cooperative agreements shall

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