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54 <br />avian influenza monitoring effort. Changes from the request in- <br />clude a non - specified increase of $4,500,000 to restore basic biologi- <br />cal research and monitoring capacity such as restoring -funding for <br />containinant/endocrine Biology and northwest forest.. biology,: and <br />$1,500,000 for the cooperative research units. The Committee rec- <br />onimne dation fully funds the budget request of $5,000,000 for the <br />Healthy Lands Initiative, and provides no less than the request for <br />the multi - hazards initiative. <br />Enterprise Information._The Committee recommends <br />$112,120,000 for enterprise information. as requested, $338,000 <br />above the fiscal year; 2047 enacted - level. <br />Science Support --. The Committee recommends $68,699,000 for. <br />science support, $468,000: above 'the Budget request. and $917,000 <br />above the fiscal year 2W7 enacted level. The .Committee has re- <br />jected the request for $2,440,000 in this account related to develop- <br />meat cosf§. of the' department -wide financial, and business manage- <br />ment system: (FBMS). Funding for the FBMS activity has been con - <br />sohdated`in'the "Office of the Secretary" account. <br />Facilities.:'The Committee recommends $101,553,000 for facili- <br />ties as requested, a $6,118,000 increase. to' the flkdl year 2007 en- <br />acted level. The Committee fully - supports the needed updates in <br />the request for the wildlife research facilities. <br />Global Climate Change Research: Program. Increase. —The Com- <br />mittee recommends a`$10,000,000 increase for vital research efforts <br />of Survey scientists related'' .to various aspects of global 6liinate <br />change. The 'Committee notes the overall high .quality of research <br />programs of the Survey in this important area, and requests that <br />the Survey notify the House ,and Senate Committees on Appropria- <br />tions' of its allocation of.these funds within 60 days of enactment. <br />The Committee" notes that these funds may be used to support the <br />Natignal Global. Warming . and Wildlife Science Center, if author- <br />ized. <br />MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE <br />The Minerals Management. Service is responsible for collecting, <br />distributing, accounting and auditing revenues from mineral leases <br />on Federal and Indian lands. In fiscal year 2007, MMS expects to <br />collect and distribute about $14.0 billion from active Federal. and <br />Indian leases. The MMS also manages the offshore ..energy and <br />mineral resources on, the Nation's outer continental shelf. To date, <br />the OCS program has been focused primarily on oil and gas .leas- <br />ing. Over the past several years, MMS -has been exploring the pos- <br />sible development of other marine mineral resources, especially <br />sand and gravel. With the passage of the:.Oil Pollution Act of 1990, <br />MMS assumed: increased responsibility for oil spill research, includ- <br />ing the promotion of increased oil spill response.? capabilities, and <br />for oil spill financial responsibility. certifications of offshore plat- <br />forms and pipelines. Under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, MMS <br />has new responsibilities over Federal offshore :renewable energy <br />and related uses of America's offshore" public lands. Fiscal year <br />2007 marks the start of the Coastal Impact Assistance Program; it <br />will provide $1 billion in mandatory funding over the next 4 years <br />from offshore oil and gas. receipts to coastal States (primarily Lou- <br />55 <br />isiana, Texas and Mississippi) and counties for environmental <br />toration and other important civic projects. <br />The amounts recommended by the Committee compared with <br />budget estimates by activity are shown in the following table: <br />res- <br />the <br />