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Appropriation authorization.

PUBLIC LAW 96-495—DEC. 3, 1980

ment techniques which could result in more efficient water use on the managed wetlands of the Marsh. (4) Appropriate arrangements shall be made by the Secretary of the Interior and the State to provide for the monitoring of the salinity levels in the Marsh. ® The Federal share of the costs of the activities referred to in paragraphs (1) through (4) shall be 50 per centum: Provided, That the Federal share may be altered when the system of preservation and restoration facilities referred to in section 2, subsection (3) is authorized: And provided further. That any such altered division of costs shall be made retroactively applicable to the cost of the facilities herein provided for. SEC. 4. The authority to enter into cooperative agreements under this Act sheill be effective only to the extent or in such simounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts. SEC. 5. There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for the gg^.^ y ^ ^ ending September 30, 1981 for the Federal share of the costs of the construction and the initial operation and maintenance of the facilities described in section 3(1) of this Act. Sums appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended. Approved December 3, 1980.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-597, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and No. 96-597, Pt. 2 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). SENATE REPORT No. 96-928 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works) and (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 125 (1979): Dec. 10, considered and passed House. Vol. 126 (1980): Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate, amended. Nov. 18, House concurred in Senate amendments.

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