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A special fund is hereby created in the Department of the Treasury. This fund shall be used for the defrayment of services rendered by the U.S. Geological Survey to the members of the Joint Cooperative Agreement Committee.This special fund shall be administered by the Department of the Treasury, and therefore, the Department of the Treasury may request, accept, and receive capitalization donations, as well as capitalization funds from any natural or legal person, or private or public entity, that are appropriated for the special fund.The Secretary of the Treasury shall be responsible for the operations of said special fund, and thus may contract persons or entities to carry out said duties.It is hereby clarified, in addition, that this special fund shall be used exclusively to maintain the continuity of the following services rendered by the U.S. Geological Survey, but without being construed as a limitation in research, studies, documentation, technological development, and monitoring of geological resources and related natural emergencies. History —Jan. 4, 2003, No. 51, § 4.