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 123STA T . 3 45 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 8—DE C.1 9, 2 0 09 transfe r by t h e Di re c t o rof N ationa lI ntelli g ence to other d e p art -m ents and agencies for p u rposes of G o v ernment- w ide information sharing activities
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d ,T hat funds transferred under this provision are to be merged with and available for the same purposes and time period as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided fu r th er, That the O ffice of M anagement and B udget must approve any transfers made under this provision .SEC . 81 11. F unds appropriated by this A ct for operation and maintenance may be available for the purpose of ma k ing remit- tances to the Defense Ac q uisition W orkforce Development Fund in accordance with the requirements of section 1 705 of title 10, U nited States C ode. SEC. 811 2 . ( a )HIGHPR I O RI TY N A TIO N A L G U AR D COUNTERDRUG PROGRA MS . — Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made avail- able by title V I under the heading ‘ ‘Drug Interdiction and Counter- Drug Activities, Defense ’ ’, upto $ 15,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of High Priority National Guard Counterdrug Pro- grams. (b) SU P PLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The amount made available by subsection (a) for the purpose specified in that subsection is in addition to any other amounts made available by this Act for that purpose. APOLOGY TO NATI V E PEOPLES O F THE UNITED STATES SEC. 811 3 . (a) AC K NO W LEDGMENT AND APOLOGY.—The United States, acting through Congress— (1) recogni z es the special legal and political relationship Indian tribes have with the United States and the solemn covenant with the land we share (2) commends and honors Native Peoples for the thousands of years that they have stewarded and protected this land; (3) recognizes that there have been years of official depreda- tions, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes; ( 4 ) apologizes on behalf of the people of the United States to all Native Peoples for the many instances of violence, mal- treatment, and neglect inflicted on Native Peoples by citizens of the United States; (5) e x presses its regret for the ramifications of former wrongs and its commitment to build on the positive relation- ships of the past and present to move toward a brighter future where all the people of this land live reconciled as brothers and sisters, and harmoniously steward and protect this land together; ( 6 ) urges the President to acknowledge the wrongs of the United States against Indian tribes in the history of the United States in order to bring healing to this land; and (7) commends the State governments that have begun rec- onciliation efforts with recognized Indian tribes located in their boundaries and encourages all State governments similarly to work toward reconciling relationships with Indian tribes within their boundaries. (b) DISCLAIMER.—Nothing in this section— (1) authorizes or supports any claim against the United States; or