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 123STA T . 2 9 2 0PUBLIC LA W 111 –8 8 —O CT. 30 , 2009 befor off ic i al rece pt io n an d repre s entation e x penses and of wh ich u pto $1,0 00,000 shall be a v ailable for wor k ers co m pensation pa y- ments and unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the U nited S tates B ureau of M ines; and of which $1 2 ,1 36 ,000 for consolidated appraisal services is to be derived from the L and and W ater C onservation F und and shall remain available until expended
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d ,T hat, for fiscal year 2010upto$ 4 00,000 of the payments authori z ed by the A ct of O ctober 20, 1 97 6, as amended ( 31U . S.C. 6901 – 6907 ) may be retained for administrative expenses of the P ayments in Lieu of Taxes Pro g ram: Provided fu r th er, That no payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to otherwise eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided further, That for fiscal years 200 8 through 2012 the Secretary may reduce the payment authorized by 31 U.S.C. 6901–6907, as amended, for an individual county by the amount necessary to correct prior year overpayments to that county: Provided further, That for fiscal years 2008 through 2012 the amount needed to correct a prior year underpayment to an individual county shall be paid from any reductions for overpayments to other counties and the amount necessary to cover any remaining underpayment is hereby appropriated and shall be paid to individual counties using current fiscal year funds. INSULAR A F FA I RS ASSIS T AN CE T O TERRITORIES For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the j urisdiction of the D epartment of the Interior, $8 5 ,195,000, of which: (1) $75,915,000 shall remain available until expended for technical assistance, including maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the G overnment of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, for construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the Government of the V irgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of the N orthern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,280,000 shall be available until September 30, 2011 for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement of the Special R epresent- atives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Pro - vided further, That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funds shall be made available for a grant to the Pacific Basin Development Council: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made CloseUpF o undati on .Gr ants. P a c i f ic B asin D e v elop m ent Council. 48 U S C 1 4 69b .