BOEM Gift Authority (43 U.S.C. § 1473,)

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§ 1473b

TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS

cies of the Department of the Interior, other
Federal agencies, and other sources, for providing materials, supplies, equipment, work, and
services as authorized by law. Such payments
may be made in advance or upon performance.
(d) Charges to users
Charges to users will be at rates approximately equal to the costs of furnishing the materials, supplies, equipment, facilities, and services (including such items as depreciation of
equipment and accrued annual leave).
(e) Authorization of appropriations
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out
the purposes of this section.
(f) Unnecessary funds covered into miscellaneous receipts of Treasury
Funds that are not necessary to carry out the
activities to be financed by the fund, as determined by the Secretary, shall be covered into
miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.
(Pub. L. 99–141, title II, § 205, Nov. 1, 1985, 99 Stat.
571.)
§ 1473. Acceptance of contributions from private
and public sources by Mineral Management
Service
In fiscal year 1987 and thereafter, the Minerals
Management Service is authorized to accept
land, buildings, equipment and other contributions, from public and private sources, which
shall be available for the purposes provided for
in this account, including, in fiscal years 2010
through 2013, contributions of money and services to conduct work in support of the orderly
exploration and development of Outer Continental Shelf resources, including but not limited to,
preparation of environmental documents such as
impact statements and assessments, studies,
and related research.
(Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(h) [title I, § 100], Oct. 18,
1986, 100 Stat. 1783–242, 1783–253, and Pub. L.
99–591, § 101(h) [title I, § 100], Oct. 30, 1986, 100
Stat. 3341–242, 3341–253; Pub. L. 110–161, div. F,
title I, § 121, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 2121; Pub. L.
111–8, div. E, title I, § 111, Mar. 11, 2009, 123 Stat.
723; Pub. L. 111–88, div. A, title I, § 111, Oct. 30,
2009, 123 Stat. 2928.)
CODIFICATION
Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.
AMENDMENTS
2009—Pub. L. 111–88, which directed that title 43
U.S.C. 1473 be amended by substituting ‘‘in fiscal years
2010 through 2013’’ for ‘‘in fiscal years 2008 and 2009
only’’, was executed to section 101(h) [title I, § 100] of
Pub. L. 99–591, which is classified to this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 111–8, which directed that title 43 U.S.C. 1473
be amended by substituting ‘‘in fiscal years 2008 and
2009 only’’ for ‘‘in fiscal year 2008 only’’, was executed
to section 101(h) [title I, § 100] of Pub. L. 99–591, which
is classified to this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
2007—Pub. L. 110–161 which directed that title 43
U.S.C. 1473 be amended by inserting before period at
end of section ‘‘, including, in fiscal year 2008 only,
contributions of money and services to conduct work in
support of the orderly exploration and development of

Outer Continental Shelf resources, including but not
limited to, preparation of environmental documents
such as impact statements and assessments, studies,
and related research’’, was executed to section 101(h)
[title I, § 100] of Pub. L. 99–591, which is classified to
this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
The Minerals Management Service was abolished and
functions divided among the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. See Secretary of the Interior Orders No. 3299
of May 19, 2010, and No. 3302 of June 18, 2010, and chapters II, V, and XII of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised by final rules of the Department of the
Interior at 75 F.R. 61051 and 76 F.R. 64432.

§ 1473a. Acceptance of contributions by Secretary; cooperation with prosecution of
projects
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands,
buildings, equipment, other contributions and,
before, on, and after November 13, 1991, fees to
be deposited in the contributed funds account
from public and private sources, and to prosecute projects using such contributions and fees
in cooperation with other Federal, State or private agencies.
(Pub. L. 102–154, title I, Nov. 13, 1991, 105 Stat.
1002.)
CODIFICATION
In text, ‘‘before, on, and after November 13, 1991,’’
substituted for ‘‘heretofore and hereafter’’.
SIMILAR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title I], Apr. 26, 1996,
110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–168; renumbered title I, Pub. L.
104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327.
Pub. L. 103–332, title I, Sept. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 2509.
Pub. L. 103–138, title I, Nov. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 1389.
Pub. L. 102–381, title I, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 1386.
Pub. L. 101–512, title I, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1927.

§ 1473b. Awards for contributions to Department
of the Interior programs
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
fiscal year 1992 and thereafter, any appropriations or funds available to the Department of
the Interior in this Act may be used to provide
nonmonetary awards of nominal value to private individuals and organizations that make
contributions to Department of the Interior programs.
(Pub. L. 102–154, title I, § 115, Nov. 13, 1991, 105
Stat. 1012.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 102–154, Nov.
13, 1991, 105 Stat. 990, known as the Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation act:
Pub. L. 101–512, title I, § 117, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat.
1937.