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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4602

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 26, 1994

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior

and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1995, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other pur6 poses, namely:

7 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

8 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

9 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

10 For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve11 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi12 fication, and performance of other functions, including
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1 maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the

2 management of lands and their resources under the juris3 diction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the

4 general administration of the Bureau of Land Manage5 ment, Ω1æ$596,349,000 $598,480,000, to remain available

6 until expended, including $1,462,000 to be derived from

7 the special receipt account established by section 4 of the

8 Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as

9 amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)): Provided, That appro10 priations herein made shall not be available for the de11 struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros

12 in the care of the Bureau of Land Management or its con13 tractors; and in addition, $21,650,000 for Mining Law

14 Administration program operations, to remain available

15 until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the

16 Bureau of Land Management and credited to this appro17 priation from annual mining claim fees so as to result in

18 a final appropriation estimated at not more than

19 Ω2æ$596,349,000 $598,480,000: Provided further, That in

20 addition to funds otherwise available, not to exceed

21 $5,000,000 from annual mining claim fees shall be cred22 ited to this account for the costs of administering the min23 ing claim fee program, and shall remain available until

24 expended.
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1 FIRE PROTECTION

2 For necessary expenses for fire use and management,

3 and fire preparedness by the Department of the Interior,

4 $114,968,000, to remain available until expended.

5 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

6 FIREFIGHTING FUND

7 For emergency rehabilitation, severity

8 presuppression, and wildfire operations of the Department

9 of the Interior, $121,176,000, to remain available until

10 expended: Provided, That such funds also are available for

11 repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts

12 from which funds were previously transferred for such

13 purposes: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

14 other provision of law, persons hired pursuant to 43

15 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and lodging

16 without cost from funds available from this appropriation:

17 Provided further, That only amounts for emergency reha18 bilitation and wildfire operations that are in excess of the

19 average of such costs for the previous ten years shall be

20 considered ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to section

21 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985.

23 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

24 For expenses necessary for use by the Department

25 of the Interior and any of its component offices and bu26 reaus for the remedial action, including associated activi-
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1 ties, of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or con2 taminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental

3 Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended

4 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), $13,435,000, to remain available

5 until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding 31

6 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or paid by a party in

7 advance of or as reimbursement for remedial action or re8 sponse activities conducted by the Department pursuant

9 to sections 107 or 113(f) of the Comprehensive Environ10 mental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as

11 amended (42 U.S.C. 9607 or 9613(f)), shall be credited

12 to this account and shall be available without further ap13 propriation and shall remain available until expended: Pro14 vided further, That such sums recovered from or paid by

15 any party are not limited to monetary payments and may

16 include stocks, bonds or other personal or real property,

17 which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise disposed

18 of by the Secretary of the Interior and which shall be cred19 ited to this account.

20 CONSTRUCTION AND ACCESS

21 For acquisition of lands and interests therein, and

22 construction of buildings, recreation facilities, roads,

23 trails, and appurtenant facilities, Ω3æ$3,836,000

24 $12,186,000, to remain available until expended.
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1 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

2 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo3 ber 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 6901–07), $104,108,000, of

4 which not to exceed $400,000 shall be available for admin5 istrative expenses.

6 LAND ACQUISITION

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

8 of sections 205, 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579

9 including administrative expenses and acquisition of lands

10 or waters, or interests therein, Ω4æ$17,060,000

11 $12,055,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con12 servation Fund, to remain available until expended.

13 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

14 For expenses necessary for management, protection,

15 and development of resources and for construction, oper16 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and

17 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California

18 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or19 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and

20 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in21 terests therein including existing connecting roads on or

22 adjacent to such grant lands; Ω5æ$100,860,000

23 $97,383,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,

24 That 25 per centum of the aggregate of all receipts during

25 the current fiscal year from the revested Oregon and Cali26 fornia Railroad grant lands is hereby made a charge
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1 against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and

2 shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury

3 in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph

4 of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937

5 (50 Stat. 876).

6 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

7 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of

8 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal

9 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land

10 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),

11 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 per cen12 tum of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year

13 under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43

14 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range

15 improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing re16 ceipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the De17 partment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than

18 $10,350,000, to remain available until expended: Pro19 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for

20 administrative expenses.

21 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

22 For administrative expenses and other costs related

23 to processing application documents and other authoriza24 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,

25 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu26 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
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1 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations,

2 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts

3 as may be collected under sections 209(b), 304(a), 304(b),

4 305(a), and 504(g) of the Act approved October 21, 1976

5 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and sections 101 and 203 of Public

6 Law 93–153, to be immediately available until expended:

7 Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con8 trary of section 305(a) of the Act of October 21, 1976

9 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will

10 be received pursuant to that section, whether as a result

11 of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate

12 for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43

13 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended

14 under the authority of this or subsequent appropriations

15 Acts by the Secretary to improve, protect, or rehabilitate

16 any public lands administered through the Bureau of

17 Land Management which have been damaged by the ac18 tion of a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any

19 unauthorized person, without regard to whether all mon20 eys collected from each such forfeiture, compromise, or

21 settlement are used on the exact lands damage to which

22 led to the forfeiture, compromise, or settlement: Provided

23 further, That such moneys are in excess of amounts need24 ed to repair damage to the exact land for which collected.
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1 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

2 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended

3 under existing law, there is hereby appropriated such

4 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the

5 Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such

6 amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur7 veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit8 ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain

9 available until expended.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management

12 shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle13 ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte14 nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to

15 which the United States has title; up to Ω6æ$250,000

16 $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary,

17 for information or evidence concerning violations of laws

18 administered by the Bureau of Land Management; mis19 cellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activi20 ties authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be

21 accounted for solely on his certificate, not to exceed

22 $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,

23 the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and part24 nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing

25 services from cooperators in connection with jointly-pro26 duced publications for which the cooperators share the
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1 cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the Bu2 reau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting ac3 cepted quality standards.

4 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

5 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

6 For expenses necessary for scientific and economic

7 studies, conservation, management, investigations, protec8 tion, and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, ex9 cept whales, seals, and sea lions, and for the performance

10 of other authorized functions related to such resources; for

11 the general administration of the United States Fish and

12 Wildlife Service; and for maintenance of the herd of long13 horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge;

14 and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects

15 within the scope of the approved budget which shall be

16 carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as author17 ized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public

18 Law 93–408, Ω7æ$514,650,000 $502,936,000, of which

19 $11,732,000 shall be for operation and maintenance of

20 fishery mitigation facilities constructed by the Corps of

21 Engineers under the Lower Snake River Compensation

22 Plan, authorized by the Water Resources Development Act

23 of 1976 (90 Stat. 2921), to compensate for loss of fishery

24 resources from water development projects on the Lower

25 Snake River, and which shall remain available until ex-
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1 pended; and of which Ω8æ$3,000,000 $2,500,000 shall be

2 provided to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for

3 endangered species activities: Provided, That the amount

4 provided to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

5 shall be matched by at least an equal amount by the Na6 tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation: Provided further,

7 That sums may be made available to the States of Wash8 ington, Oregon, and California to conduct monitoring ac9 tivities related to the President’s Forest Plan.

10 CONSTRUCTION

11 For construction and acquisition of buildings and

12 other facilities required in the conservation, management,

13 investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and

14 wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter15 ests therein; Ω9æ$25,264,000 $49,848,000, to remain

16 available until expended.

17 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

18 To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac19 tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to

20 carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ21 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as

22 amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), Federal Water Pollu23 tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.),

24 the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and

25 the Act of July 27, 1990 (Public Law 101–337);

26 $6,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
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1 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, any

2 amounts appropriated or credited in fiscal year 1992 and

3 thereafter, may be transferred to any account to carry out

4 the provisions of negotiated legal settlements or other legal

5 actions for restoration activities and to carry out the pro6 visions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,

7 Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.

8 9601, et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

9 amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act

10 of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and the Act of July 27,

11 1990 (Public Law 101–337) for damage assessment ac12 tivities: Provided further, That sums provided by any party

13 are not limited to monetary payments and may include

14 stocks, bonds or other personal or real property, which

15 may be retained, liquidated or otherwise disposed of by

16 the Secretary and such sums or properties shall be utilized

17 for the restoration of injured resources, and to conduct

18 new damage assessment activities.

19 LAND ACQUISITION

20 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

21 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,

22 as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administra23 tive expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or in24 terest therein, in accordance with statutory authority ap25 plicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,

26 and for activities authorized under Public Law 98–244 to
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1 be carried out by the National Fish and Wildlife Founda2 tion, Ω10æ$62,300,000 $63,700,000, to be derived from

3 the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain avail4 able until expended.

5 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

6 FUND

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

8 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–

9 1543), as amended by Public Law 100–478, $9,000,000

10 for grants to States, to be derived from the Cooperative

11 Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain

12 available until expended.

13 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

14 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo15 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $12,000,000.

16 REWARDS AND OPERATIONS

17 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

18 of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.

19 4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and

20 1538), $1,169,000, to remain available until expended.

21 Ω11æNORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

22 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of

23 the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public

24 Law 101–233, $12,000,000.
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1 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND

2 For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appre3 ciation Fund, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, to be available for carrying out the Partnerships

5 for Wildlife Act only to the extent such funds are matched

6 as provided in section 7105 of said Act.

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

8 Appropriations and funds available to the United

9 States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur10 chase of not to exceed 127 passenger motor vehicles, of

11 which 106 are for replacement only (including 44 for po12 lice-type use); not to exceed $400,000 for payment, at the

13 discretion of the Secretary, for information, rewards, or

14 evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the

15 United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and miscellane16 ous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, au17 thorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted

18 for solely on his certificate; repair of damage to public

19 roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by

20 operations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;

21 options for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for

22 each option; facilities incident to such public recreational

23 uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their pri24 mary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of

25 aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdic26 tion of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and
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1 to which the United States has title, and which are utilized

2 pursuant to law in connection with management and in3 vestigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, That

4 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service may accept

5 donated aircraft as replacements for existing aircraft: Pro6 vided further, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the

7 Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partner8 ship arrangements authorized by law, procure printing

9 services from cooperators in connection with jointly-pro10 duced publications for which the cooperators share at least

11 one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and

12 the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet13 ing accepted quality standards.

14 NATIONAL BIOLOGICAL SURVEY

15 RESEARCH, INVENTORIES, AND SURVEYS

16 For authorized expenses necessary for scientific re17 search relating to species biology, population dynamics,

18 and ecosystems; inventory and monitoring activities; tech19 nology development and transfer; the operation of Cooper20 ative Research Units; and for the general administration

21 of the National Biological Survey, Ω12æ$167,209,000

22 $166,358,000, of which Ω13æ$166,909,000 $166,058,000

23 shall remain available until September 30, 1996, and of

24 which $300,000 shall remain available until expended for

25 construction: Provided, That none of the funds under this
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1 head shall be used to conduct new surveys on private prop2 erty unless specifically authorized in writing by the prop3 erty owner.

4 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

5 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

6 For expenses necessary for the management, oper7 ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis8 tered by the National Park Service (including special road

9 maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs10 able basis), and for the general administration of the Na11 tional Park Service, including not to exceed $1,599,000

12 for the Volunteers-in-Parks program, and not less than

13 $1,000,000 for high priority projects within the scope of

14 the approved budget which shall be carried out by the

15 Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of Au16 gust 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93–408,

17 Ω14æ$1,083,973,000 $1,061,276,000, without regard to

18 the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U.S.C. 451),

19 of which not to exceed $79,900,000, to remain available

20 until expended is to be derived from the special fee account

21 established pursuant to title V, section 5201, of Public

22 Law 100–203: Provided, That should any increase in fees

23 be enacted after enactment of this Act but prior to Sep24 tember 30, 1995, that would be available for the programs

25 under this heading, the Secretary of the Interior shall
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1 make available under this heading an amount equal to the

2 amount collected by such fee increase to the Ω15æresource

3 stewardship program ‘‘Operation of the National Park Sys4 tem’’ account for purposes approved by the Secretary and

5 subject to the reprogramming guidelines of the House and

6 Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further,

7 That these funds shall be used for one-time, non-recurring

8 purposes only.

9 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

10 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro11 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, environ12 mental compliance and review, international park affairs,

13 statutory or contractual aid for other activities, and grant

14 administration, not otherwise provided for,

15 Ω16æ$36,946,000 $44,128,000.

16 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

17 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions

18 of the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915),

19 as amended (16 U.S.C. 470), Ω17æ$41,000,000

20 $42,000,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation

21 Fund, established by section 108 of that Act, as amended,

22 to remain available for obligation until September 30,

23 1996Ω18æ: Provided, That $2,000,000 shall be for a grant

24 program to restore and preserve historic buildings at his25 torically black colleges and universities: Provided further,
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1 That none of these funds shall be made available until au2 thorized.

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 For construction, improvements, repair or replace5 ment of physical facilities, Ω19æ$171,417,000

6 $170,503,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That not to exceed $4,500,000 shall be paid to the

8 Army Corps of Engineers for modifications authorized by

9 section 104 of the Everglades National Park Protection

10 and Expansion Act of 1989Ω20æ:–Provided further, That

11 $256,000 for rehabilitation of the William McKinley Tomb

12 shall be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund pur13 suant to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided further, That

14 $3,000,000 for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

15 and $1,000,000 for the Penn Center shall be derived from

16 the Historic Preservation Fund pursuant to 16 U.S.C.

17 470a: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other

18 provision of law, a single procurement for the construction

19 of the vessel exhibit at Salem Maritime National Historic

20 Site may be issued which includes the full scope of the

21 project: Provided further, That the solicitation and the con22 tract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found

23 at 48 CFR 52.232.18Ω21æ: Provided further, That not to

24 exceed $200,000 shall be used for a joint study with the Fish

25 and Wildlife Service of which not to exceed $100,000 shall

26 be used to undertake a comprehensive review of the relative
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1 importance of each unit of the National Park System to

2 the overall mission of the National Park Service, including,

3 but not limited to, consideration of land acquisition, an4 nual operation and maintenance expenses, personnel re5 quirements, alternatives to retention of such unit that may

6 be available at the State or local level (including within

7 the private sector) and prepare and submit to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources

9 of the United States Senate and the Committee on Appro10 priations and Natural Resources of the United States House

11 of Representatives by December 31, 1995 a report that shall

12 include a list of not fewer than five units to be deauthorized

13 with whatever recommendations the Secretary deems appro14 priate for the disposal of any lands or interests in lands

15 within such units, and of which $100,000 shall be used to

16 undertake a comprehensive review of the relative impor17 tance of each unit of the National Wildlife Refuge system

18 to the overall objectives of the system, including, but not

19 limited to, consideration of land acquisition, annual oper20 ation and maintenance expenses, personnel requirements,

21 alternatives to retention of such unit that may be available

22 at the State or local level (including within the private sec23 tor) and prepare and submit to the Committees on Appro24 priations, Environment and Public Works, and Energy and

25 Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the
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1 Committees on Appropriations, Merchant Marine and Fish2 eries, and Natural Resources of the United States House

3 of Representatives by December 31, 1995 a report that shall

4 include a list of not fewer than five units to be deleted from

5 the System with whatever recommendations the Secretary

6 deems appropriate for the disposal of any lands or interest

7 in lands within such units.

8 URBAN PARK AND RECREATION FUND

9 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

10 of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978

11 (16 U.S.C. 2501–2514), Ω22æ$10,000,000 $5,000,000, to

12 remain available until expended.

13 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

14 (RESCISSION)

15 The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1995

16 by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.

17 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

19 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,

20 as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administra21 tive expenses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or

22 interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority

23 applicable to the National Park Service, Ω23æ$88,596,000

24 $80,759,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con25 servation Fund, to remain available until expended,

26 Ω24æof which $4,800,000 is provided for Federal assistance
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1 to the State of Florida pursuant to Public Law 103–219,

2 and of which Ω25æ$29,500,000 $28,000,000 is for the

3 State assistance program including $3,250,000 to admin4 ister the State assistance program: Provided, That of the

5 amounts previously appropriated to the Secretary’s contin6 gency fund for grants to States $415,000 shall be avail7 able in 1995 for administrative expenses of the State

8 grant program.

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be

11 available for the purchase of not to exceed 467 passenger

12 motor vehicles, of which 338 shall be for replacement only,

13 including not to exceed 360 for police-type use, 12 buses,

14 and 5 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap15 propriated to the National Park Service may be used to

16 process any grant or contract documents which do not in17 clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That

18 none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv19 ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede20 velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such

21 agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall

22 not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar

23 days (not including any day in which either House of Con24 gress is not in session because of adjournment of more

25 than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt

26 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
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1 President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report

2 on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,

3 including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup4 port of the proposed project: Provided further, That the

5 first proviso under this head in Public Law 102–381

6 Ω26æ(106 Stat. 1386) (106 Stat. 1384) is amended by in7 serting ‘‘, not to exceed Ω27æ$500,000 $250,000,’’ after

8 the word ‘‘funds’’ Ω28æand by inserting ‘‘: Provided fur9 ther, That any exercise of this authority must be replenished

10 by a supplemental appropriation which must be requested

11 as promptly as possible’’ after the word ‘‘System’’Ω29æ:

12 Provided further, That consistent with existing law and pol13 icy, the National Park Service shall, at the request of the

14 University of Alaska Fairbanks, enter into negotiations re15 garding a memorandum of understanding for the continued

16 use of the Stampede Creek Mine property consistent with

17 the length and terms of prior memoranda of understanding

18 between the National Park Service and the University of

19 Alaska Fairbanks: Provided further, That within the funds

20 provided, the National Park Service shall undertake an as21 sessment of damage and provide the appropriate committees

22 of the Senate and House of Representatives, no later than

23 May 1, 1995, cost estimates for the reconstruction of those

24 facilities and equipment which were damaged or destroyed

25 as a result of the incident that occurred on April 30, 1987
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1 at Stampede Creek within the boundaries of Denali Na2 tional Park and Preserve: Provided further, That the Na3 tional Park Service shall work with the University of Alas4 ka Fairbanks to winterize equipment and materials, located

5 on the Stampede Creek mine property in Denali National

6 Park, exposed to the environment as a result of the April

7 30, 1987 incident.

8 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

9 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

10 For expenses necessary for the United States Geo11 logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re12 search covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the

13 mineral and water resources of the United States, its Ter14 ritories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by

15 law (43 U.S.C. 31, 1332 and 1340); classify lands as to

16 their mineral and water resources; give engineering super17 vision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory

18 Commission licensees; administer the minerals exploration

19 program (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate

20 data relative to the foregoing activities;

21 Ω30æ$576,775,000 $565,316,000, of which $62,130,000

22 shall be available only for cooperation with States or mu23 nicipalities for water resources investigations: Provided,

24 That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay

25 more than one-half the cost of any topographic mapping
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1 or water resources investigations carried on in cooperation

2 with any State or municipality: Provided further, That of

3 the offsetting collections credited to this account $546,000

4 are permanently canceled.

5 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

6 The first paragraph under this head in Public Law

7 101–512 is amended as follows: in the second sentence

8 after ‘‘work,’’ insert ‘‘facilities,’’; and in the third sentence

9 after ‘‘include’’ insert ‘‘laboratory modernization and

10 equipment replacement,’’, after Ω31æ‘‘operations,’’ insert

11 ‘‘maintenance,’’, ‘‘operations’’ insert ‘‘, maintenance,’’, and

12 after ‘‘replacement of computer,’’ insert ‘‘publications, sci13 entific instrumentation,’’.

14 The second paragraph under this head in Public Law

15 101–512 is amended as follows: in the second proviso after

16 ‘‘depreciation of equipment’’ insert ‘‘and facilities,’’.

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 The amount appropriated for the United States Geo19 logical Survey shall be available for purchase of not to ex20 ceed 22 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only;

21 reimbursement to the General Services Administration for

22 security guard services; contracting for the furnishing of

23 topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or

24 other specialized surveys when it is administratively deter25 mined that such procedures are in the public interest; con26 struction and maintenance of necessary buildings and ap-
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1 purtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging sta2 tions and observation wells; expenses of the United States

3 National Committee on Geology; and payment of com4 pensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the Unit5 ed States Geological Survey appointed, as authorized by

6 law, to represent the United States in the negotiation and

7 administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That ac8 tivities funded by appropriations herein made may be ac9 complished through the use of contracts, grants, or coop10 erative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302, et seq.

11 MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE

12 ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT

13 For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi14 ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and

15 collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing

16 laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min17 erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and

18 for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including

19 the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi20 cles for replacement only; Ω32æ$190,206,000

21 $189,034,000, of which not less than Ω33æ$68,434,000

22 $67,934,000 shall be available for royalty management ac23 tivities; and an amount not to exceed Ω34æ$7,400,000

24 $8,800,000 for the Technical Information Management

25 System of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Activity,
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1 to be credited to this appropriation and to remain avail2 able until expended, from additions to receipts resulting

3 from increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from

4 rate increases to fee collections for OCS administrative ac5 tivities performed by the Minerals Management Service

6 over and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993,

7 and from additional fees for OCS administrative activities

8 established after September 30, 1993: Provided, That

9 $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain avail10 able until September 30, 1996: Provided further, That

11 funds appropriated under this Act shall be available for

12 the payment of interest in accordance with 30 U.S.C.

13 1721 (b) and (d): Provided further, That not to exceed

14 $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses related

15 to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activi16 ties: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other

17 provision of law, $15,000 under this head shall be avail18 able for refunds of overpayments in connection with cer19 tain Indian leases in which the Director of the Minerals

20 Management Service concurred with the claimed refund

21 due: Provided further, That the Secretary shall take appro22 priate action to collect unpaid and underpaid royalties and

23 late payment interest owed by Federal and Indian mineral

24 lessees and other royalty payors on amounts received in

25 settlement or other resolution of disputes under, and for
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1 partial or complete termination of, sales agreements for

2 minerals from Federal and Indian leases: Provided further,

3 That the fifth proviso under the heading ‘‘Leasing and

4 Royalty Management’’ for the Minerals Management

5 Service in Public Law 101–512 (104 Stat. 1926) is

6 amended by striking the words ‘‘or payment of civil pen7 alty’’ after the words ‘‘result of the forfeiture of a bond

8 or other security’’ and striking the words ‘‘or imposition

9 of the civil penalty’’ after the words ‘‘rendered necessary

10 by the action or inaction that led to the forfeiture’’: Pro11 vided further, That where the account title ‘‘Leasing and

12 Royalty Management’’ appears in any public law, the

13 words ‘‘Leasing and Royalty Management’’ beginning in

14 fiscal year 1995 and thereafter shall be construed to mean

15 ‘‘Royalty and Offshore Minerals Management’’.

16 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of

18 title I, section 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title

19 VII, and title VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act

20 of 1990, $6,452,000, which shall be derived from the Oil

21 Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until ex22 pended.

23 BUREAU OF MINES

24 MINES AND MINERALS

25 For expenses necessary for conducting inquiries,

26 technological investigations, and research concerning the
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1 extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral sub2 stances without objectionable social and environmental

3 costs; to foster and encourage private enterprise in the de4 velopment of mineral resources and the prevention of

5 waste in the mining, minerals, metal, and mineral rec6 lamation industries; to inquire into the economic condi7 tions affecting those industries; to promote health and

8 safety in mines and the mineral industry through re9 search; and for other related purposes as authorized by

10 law, Ω35æ$152,269,000 $152,389,000, of which

11 Ω36æ$99,365,000 $100,265,000, shall remain available

12 until expended.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings,

15 equipment, other contributions, and fees from public and

16 private sources, and to prosecute projects using such con17 tributions and fees in cooperation with other Federal,

18 State or private agencies: Provided, That the Bureau of

19 Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell

20 directly or through any Government agency, including cor21 porations, any metal or mineral product that may be man22 ufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of Mines,

23 and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the

24 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That

25 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary

26 is authorized to convey, without reimbursement, title and
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1 all interest of the United States in property and facilities

2 of the United States Bureau of Mines in Juneau, Alaska

3 to the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska; in Tuscaloosa,

4 Alabama, to The University of Alabama; and in Rolla,

5 Missouri, to the University of Missouri-Rolla.

6 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

7 ENFORCEMENT

8 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

10 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of

11 1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur12 chase of not to exceed 15 passenger motor vehicles for re13 placement only; Ω37æ$110,206,000 $109,773,000, and not14 withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall

15 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex16 pended, from performance bond forfeitures in fiscal year

17 1995: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision

18 of law, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regula19 tions, may utilize directly or through grants to States,

20 moneys collected in fiscal year 1995 pursuant to the as21 sessment of civil penalties under section 518 of the Sur22 face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30

23 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal

24 mining practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available

25 until expended: Provided further, That notwithstanding
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1 any other provision of law, appropriations for the Office

2 of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may pro3 vide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and

4 tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec5 lamation and Enforcement sponsored training.

6 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

8 of title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation

9 Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including

10 the purchase of not more than 22 passenger motor vehicles

11 for replacement only, Ω38æ$172,404,000 $193,831,000 to

12 be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclama13 tion Fund and to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That grants to minimum program States will be

15 Ω39æ$1,000,000 $2,000,000 per State in fiscal year 1995:

16 Provided further, That of the funds herein provided up to

17 $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program au18 thorized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as amended,

19 of which no more than 25 per centum shall be used for

20 emergency reclamation projects in any one State and

21 funds for Federally-administered emergency reclamation

22 projects under this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000:

23 Provided further, That prior year unobligated funds appro24 priated for the emergency reclamation program shall not

25 be subject to the 25 per centum limitation per State and

26 may be used without fiscal year limitation for
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1 Ω40æFederal emergency projects: Provided further, That

2 pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the

3 Interior is authorized to utilize up to 20 per centum from

4 the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United

5 States Government to pay for contracts to collect these

6 debts.

7 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

8 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

9 For operation of Indian programs by direct expendi10 ture, contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants in11 cluding expenses necessary to provide education and wel12 fare services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation

13 with States and other organizations, including payment of

14 care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in

15 boarding homes, or institutions, or schools; grants and

16 other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and

17 order; management, development, improvement, and pro18 tection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the

19 jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including pay20 ment of irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of

21 water rights; advances for Indian industrial and business

22 enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and

23 museums; development of Indian arts and crafts, as au24 thorized by law; for the general administration of the Bu25 reau of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field
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1 offices; maintaining of Indian reservation roads as defined

2 in section 101 of title 23, United States Code; and con3 struction, repair, and improvement of Indian housing,

4 Ω41æ$1,527,786,000 $1,525,399,000, of which

5 Ω42æ$199,000 $208,000 shall be for cyclical maintenance

6 of tribally owned fish hatcheries and related facilities; and

7 of which $297,000 shall be for a grant to the Close Up

8 Foundation; Ω43æand of which not to exceed $103,323,000

9 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for

10 indirect costs associated with contracts or grants or com11 pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of

12 1975, as amended; and of which not to exceed

13 $330,111,000 shall be for school operations costs of Bu14 reau-funded schools and other education programs which

15 shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1995, and

16 shall remain available for obligation until September 30,

17 1996; and of which not to exceed Ω44æ$72,680,000

18 $72,580,000 shall be for higher education scholarships,

19 adult vocational training, and assistance to public schools

20 under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amend21 ed (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.), which shall remain available

22 for obligation until September 30, 1996; and of which

23 Ω45æ$75,902,000 $75,735,000 shall remain available until

24 expended, including $16,206,000 for trust funds manage25 ment, $19,083,000 for housing improvement,
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1 Ω46æ$30,169,000 $30,002,000 for road maintenance,

2 $2,332,000 for attorney fees, $1,983,000 for litigation

3 support, $4,934,000 for self-governance tribal compacts,

4 and $1,195,000 for the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:

5 Provided, That payments of funds obligated as grants to

6 schools pursuant to Public Law 100–297 shall be made

7 Ω47æon July 1 not later than July 31 and December 1

8 in lieu of the payments authorized to be made on October

9 1 and January 1 of each calendar year: Provided further,

10 That funds made available to tribes and tribal organiza11 tions through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal

12 year 1995 as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination

13 Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), or

14 grants authorized by the Indian Education Amendments

15 of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001 and 2008A) shall remain avail16 able until expended by the contractor or grantee: Provided

17 further, That of the funds provided, $7,500,000 shall re18 main available until expended, for the Indian Self-Deter19 mination Fund, which shall be available for the transi20 tional costs of initial or expanded tribal contracts, grants

21 or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Af22 fairs under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determina23 tion Act: Provided further, That none of the funds appro24 priated to the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be expended

25 as matching funds for programs funded under section
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1 103(b)(2) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education

2 Act: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act

3 shall be used by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to transfer

4 funds under a contract with any third party for the man5 agement of tribal or individual Indian trust funds until

6 the funds held in trust for all such tribes or individuals

7 have been audited and reconciled to the earliest possible

8 date, the results of such reconciliation have been certified

9 by an independent party as the most complete reconcili10 ation of such funds possible, and the affected tribe or indi11 vidual has been provided with an accounting of such

12 funds: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other

13 provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not com14 mence to run on any claim, including any claim in litiga15 tion pending on the date of this Act, concerning losses to

16 or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe

17 or individual Indian has been furnished with the account18 ing of such funds from which the beneficiary can deter19 mine whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That

20 to provide funding uniformity within a Self-Governance

21 Compact, any funds provided in this Act with availability

22 for more than one year may be reprogrammed to one year

23 availability but shall remain available within the Compact

24 until expended: Provided further, That notwithstanding

25 any other provision of law, Indian tribal governments may,
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1 by appropriate changes in eligibility criteria or by other

2 means, change eligibility for general assistance or change

3 the amount of general assistance payments for individuals

4 within the service area of such tribe who are otherwise

5 deemed eligible for general assistance payments so long

6 as such changes are applied in a consistent manner to in7 dividuals similarly situated: Provided further, That any

8 savings realized by such changes shall be available for use

9 in meeting other priorities of the tribes: Provided further,

10 That any such change must be part of a comprehensive

11 tribal plan for reducing the long-term need for general as12 sistance payments: Provided further, That any such tribal

13 plan must incorporate, to the greatest extent feasible, cur14 rently existing social service, educational training, and em15 ployment assistance resources prior to changing general

16 assistance eligibility or payment standards which would

17 have the effect of increasing the cost of general assistance:

18 Provided further, That any net increase in costs to the

19 Federal government which result solely from tribally in20 creased payment levels and which are not part of such a

21 comprehensive tribal plan shall be met exclusively from

22 funds available to the tribe from within its tribal priority

23 allocation: Provided further, That any forestry funds allo24 cated to a tribe which remain unobligated as of September

25 30, 1995, may be transferred during fiscal year 1996 to
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1 an Indian forest land assistance account established for

2 the benefit of such tribe within the tribe’s trust fund ac3 count: Provided further, That any such unobligated bal4 ances not so transferred shall expire on September 30,

5 1996: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other

6 provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of In7 dian Affairs, other than the amounts provided herein for

8 assistance to public schools under the Act of April 16,

9 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.),

10 shall be available to support the operation of any elemen11 tary or secondary school in the State of Alaska in fiscal

12 year 1995: Provided further, That within the funds con13 tained in this Act, only the following new schools may re14 ceive initial funding pursuant to the provisions of 25

15 U.S.C. 2001(k) or 2505(a)(1)(C) and (D): Trenton and

16 Sault Ste. MarieΩ48æ: Provided further, That except for

17 these initially funded new schools, for which current enroll18 ment data shall be used, the amount made available for the

19 Indian school equalization program may be allocated based

20 on the number of weighted student units for the previous

21 school year, with adjustments as approved by the Sec22 retaryΩ49æ: Provided further, That funds made available,

23 in this Act and hereafter, for schools funded by the Bureau

24 of Indian Affairs shall only be available to the 187 schools
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1 which will be in the Bureau of Indian Affairs school system

2 as of September 1, 1995.

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 For construction, major repair, and improvement of

5 irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and

6 other facilities, including architectural and engineering

7 services by contract; acquisition of lands and interests in

8 lands; and preparation of lands for farming,

9 Ω50æ$131,030,000 $123,230,000, to remain available until

10 expended: Provided, That $1,500,000 of the funds made

11 available in this Act shall be available for rehabilitation

12 of tribally owned fish hatcheries and related facilities: Pro13 vided further, That such amounts as may be available for

14 the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project

15 and for other water resource development activities related

16 to the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act may

17 be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided

18 further, That not to exceed 6 per centum of contract au19 thority available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the

20 Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover the

21 road program management costs of the Bureau of Indian

22 Affairs: Provided further, That any funds provided for the

23 Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall

24 be made available on a non-reimbursable basis: Provided

25 further, That not to exceed $6,000,000 of contract author26 ity and liquidating cash available in fiscal year 1995 from
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1 the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used for the ac2 quisition of road construction equipmentΩ51æ: Provided

3 further, That funds currently obligated for rehabilitation

4 and construction on the Gila River Indian Reservation may

5 be used to purchase and pump water during fiscal year

6 1995Ω52æ: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

7 other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior shall

8 use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost

9 Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR

10 Part 12 as regulatory guidance, including but not limited

11 to the provisions relating to the application and payment

12 procedures, to implement new construction or facilities im13 provement project grants in excess of $100,000 that are pro14 vided to tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law

15 100–297, as amended: Provided further, That the Secretary

16 shall evaluate applications to determine whether there is

17 sufficient organizational management, engineering and fi18 nancial management capabilities to assure that the con19 struction project will conform to appropriate Federal, trib20 al, State and local building standards and requirements in21 cluding 25 USC 2005(a): Provided further, That the costs

22 will be fair and reasonable: Provided further, That where

23 these capabilities are determined by the Secretary to be in24 sufficient, the Secretary may provide technical assistance

25 subject to the availability of appropriations, or will follow
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1 the procedures in Public Law 93–638, as amended, in Sec2 tion 105(a): Provided further, That the Secretary is to in3 sure that personnel authorized to award and administer

4 new construction or facilities improvement project grants

5 in excess of $100,000 under Public Law 100–297 are prop6 erly trained and qualified.

7 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

8 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

9 For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in10 dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses,

11 Ω53æ$82,896,000 $77,096,000, to remain available until

12 expended; of which Ω54æ$78,851,000 $73,051,000 shall be

13 available for implementation of enacted Indian land and

14 water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 87–483,

15 97–293, 101–618, 102–374, 102–441, 102–575, and

16 103–116, and for implementation of other enacted water

17 rights settlements, including not to exceed $8,000,000,

18 which shall be for the Federal share of the Catawba Indian

19 Tribe of South Carolina Claims Settlement, as authorized

20 by section 5(a) of Public Law 103–116; and of which

21 $1,045,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws

22 98–500, 99–264, and 100–580; and of which $3,000,000

23 shall be available (1) to liquidate obligations owed tribal

24 and individual Indian payees of any checks canceled pur25 suant to section 1003 of the Competitive Equality Bank26 ing Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–86 (101 Stat. 659)),
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1 31 U.S.C. 3334(b), (2) to restore to Individual Indian

2 Monies trust funds, Indian Irrigation Systems, and Indian

3 Power Systems accounts amounts invested in credit

4 unions or defaulted savings and loan associations and

5 which were not Federally insured, including any interest

6 on these amounts that may have been earned, but was

7 not because of the default, and (3) to reimburse Indian

8 trust fund account holders for losses to their respective

9 accounts where the claim for said loss(es) has been re10 duced to a judgment or settlement agreement approved

11 by the Department of Justice.

12 Ω55æNAVAJO REHABILITATION TRUST FUND

13 For Navajo tribal rehabilitation and improvement ac14 tivities in accordance with the provisions of section 32(d)

15 of Public Law 93–531, as amended (25 U.S.C. 640d–30),

16 including necessary administrative expenses, $2,466,000, to

17 remain available until expended.

18 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OF INDIAN ENTERPRISES

19 For payment of management and technical assistance

20 requests associated with loans and grants approved under

21 the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amended,

22 $1,970,000.

23 INDIAN DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the

25 Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of

26 modifying loans, of expert assistance loans authorized by
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1 the Act of November 4, 1963, as amended, and the cost

2 of direct loans authorized by the Indian Financing Act of

3 1974, as amended, $2,484,000: Provided, That these

4 funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the

5 principal amount of direct loans not to exceed

6 $10,890,000.

7 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $8,784,000, as au9 thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amend10 ed: Provided, That such costs including the cost of modify11 ing such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the

12 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided

13 further, That these funds are available to subsidize total

14 loan principal any part of which is to be guaranteed not

15 to exceed $46,900,000.

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to

17 carry out the guaranteed loan program, $906,000.

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex20 cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guaran21 tee and insurance fund, the Technical Assistance of Indian

22 Enterprises account, the Indian Direct Loan Program ac23 count, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account)

24 shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase

25 of not to exceed 255 passenger carrying motor vehicles,

26 of which not to exceed 210 shall be for replacement only.
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1 TERRITORIAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

2 ADMINISTRATION OF TERRITORIES

3 For expenses necessary for the administration of ter4 ritories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the

5 Interior, Ω56æ$83,139,000 $77,339,000 of which (1)

6 Ω57æ$78,962,000 $72,962,000 shall be available until ex7 pended for technical assistance, including maintenance as8 sistance, disaster assistance, drug interdiction and abuse

9 prevention, insular management controls, and brown tree

10 snake control and research; grants to the judiciary in

11 American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au12 thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern13 ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev14 enues, for construction and support of governmental func15 tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as

16 authorized by law; grants to the Government of Guam,

17 as authorized by law; and grants to the Government of

18 the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Pub19 lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) Ω58æ$4,177,000

20 $4,377,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses of

21 the Office of Territorial and International Affairs: Pro22 vided, That all financial transactions of the territorial and

23 local governments herein provided for, including such

24 transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities estab25 lished or utilized by such governments, Ω59æshall may be
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1 audited by the General Accounting Office, Ω60æat its dis2 cretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United

3 States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Is4 lands Covenant grant funding shall be provided according

5 to those terms of the Agreement of the Special Represent6 atives on Future United States Financial Assistance for

7 the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law

8 99–396, or any subsequent legislation related to Common9 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant

10 funding, except that should the Secretary of the Interior

11 believe that the performance standards of such agreement

12 are not being met, operations funds may be withheld, but

13 only by Act of Congress as required by Public Law 99–

14 396: Provided further, That $1,025,000 of the amounts

15 provided for technical assistance shall be available for a

16 grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further, That

17 the funds for the program of operations and maintenance

18 improvement are appropriated to institutionalize routine

19 operations and maintenance of capital infrastructure in

20 American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Common21 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of

22 Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Fed23 erated States of Micronesia through assessments of long24 range operations and maintenance needs, improved capa25 bility of local operations and maintenance institutions and
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1 agencies (including management and vocational education

2 training), and project-specific maintenance (with terri3 torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by

4 the Secretary based on the individual territory’s commit5 ment to timely maintenance of its capital assets): Provided

6 further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance

7 under this head in this Act or previous appropriations Acts

8 may be used as non-Federal matching funds for the pur9 pose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to sec10 tion 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

11 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).

12 TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

13 Ω61æFor expenses necessary for the Department of

14 the Interior in administration of the Trust Territory of

15 the Pacific Islands pursuant to the Trusteeship Agreement

16 approved by joint resolution of July 18, 1947 (61 Stat.

17 397), and the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), as

18 amended (90 Stat. 299; 91 Stat. 1159; 92 Stat. 495), and

19 grants to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, in

20 addition to local revenues, for support of governmental

21 functions; $2,900,000, to remain available until expended:

22 Provided, That all financial transactions of the Trust Ter23 ritory, including such transactions of all agencies or in24 strumentalities established or utilized by such Trust Terri25 tory, shall be audited by the General Accounting Office,
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1 in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States

2 Code.

3 For expenses necessary for the Department of the Inte4 rior in administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific

5 Islands pursuant to the Trusteeship Agreement approved by

6 joint resolution of July 18, 1947 (61 Stat. 397), and the

7 Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330), as amended (90 Stat.

8 299; 91 Stat 1159; 92 Stat. 495), and grants to the Trust

9 Territory of the Pacific Islands, in addition to local reve10 nues, for support of governmental functions, $19,838,000 to

11 be available until expended, including $18,464,000 for oper12 ations of the Government of Palau: Provided, That all fi13 nancial transactions of the Trust Territory, including such

14 transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established

15 or utilized by such Trust Territory, may be audited by the

16 General Accounting Office, at its discretion, in accordance

17 with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided

18 further, That all Government operations funds appro19 priated and obligated for the Republic of Palau under this

20 account for fiscal year 1995, except for $692,000 for special

21 programs, shall be credited as an off-set against fiscal year

22 1995 payments made pursuant to the Compact of Free As23 sociation (Public Law 99–658), if such Compact is imple24 mented before October 1, 1995: Provided further, That not

25 less than $300,000 of the grants to the Republic of Palau,
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1 for support of governmental functions, shall be dedicated

2 to the College of Micronesia in accordance with the agree3 ment between the Micronesian entities.

4 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

5 For economic assistance and necessary expenses for

6 the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of

7 the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,

8 223, 232, and 233 of the Compacts of Free Association,

9 Ω62æ$25,102,000 $20,602,000, to remain available until

10 expended, as authorized by Public Law 99–239Ω63æ; and

11 in addition, for special assistance as authorized by Public

12 Law 101–219, and for economic assistance and necessary

13 expenses for the Republic of Palau as provided for in Sec14 tions 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free

15 Association, $7,556,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, as authorized by Public Law 99–658Ω64æ: Pro17 vided, That the effective date of the Palau Compact for pur18 poses of economic assistance pursuant to the Palau Com19 pact of Free Association, Public Law 99–658, shall be the

20 effective date of the Palau compact as determined pursuant

21 to section 101 of Public Law 101–219.

22 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

23 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

24 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary

26 of the Interior, $62,599,000 of which not to exceed $7,500
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1 may be for official reception and representation expenses:

2 Provided, That of the offsetting collections credited to this

3 account, $1,184,000 are permanently canceled.

4 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,

7 Ω65æ$35,374,000 $32,548,000.

8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector

11 General, $23,985,000.

12 CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of Construction

15 Management, $2,000,000.

16 NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gam19 ing Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497,

20 $1,000,000.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail23 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 18 air24 craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may

25 be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex26 cess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any
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1 other provision of law, existing aircraft being replaced may

2 be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to

3 offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Pro4 vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated

5 funds in the ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’, ‘‘Office of the So6 licitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug7 mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli8 dated Working Fund.

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE

10 INTERIOR

11 SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be

12 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau

13 or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer14 gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft,

15 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam16 aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid17 able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail18 able under this authority until funds specifically made

19 available to the Department of the Interior for emer20 gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That

21 all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des22 ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur23 suant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must be re-
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1 plenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be

2 requested as promptly as possible.

3 SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi4 ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title,

5 in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro6 grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer7 gency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening

8 lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte9 rior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands

10 under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po11 tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or

12 other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse13 quent to actual oilspills; response and natural resource

14 damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for

15 the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po16 tential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on

17 lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to

18 the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198

19 (99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under

20 section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from

21 any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min22 ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be

23 necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in

24 the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu25 latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided,
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1 That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression

2 purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations

3 incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim4 bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve5 hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with

6 their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimburse7 ment to be credited to appropriations currently available

8 at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for

9 emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi10 ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority

11 until funds appropriated to the ‘‘Emergency Department

12 of the Interior Firefighting Fund’’ shall have been ex13 hausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant

14 to this section are hereby designated by Congress to be

15 ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to section

16 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must be replenished by

18 a supplemental appropriation which must be requested as

19 promptly as possible: Provided further, That such replen20 ishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata

21 basis, accounts from which emergency funds were trans22 ferred.

23 SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be

24 available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and

25 similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
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1 contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria2 tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any

3 other activity in the same manner as authorized by sec4 tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, U.S.C.: Provided, That

5 reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equip6 ment, and for services rendered may be credited to the

7 appropriation current at the time such reimbursements

8 are received.

9 SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department

10 of the Interior in this title shall be available for services

11 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the

12 Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire,

13 maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger

14 motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele15 phone service in private residences in the field, when au16 thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and

17 the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary,

18 for library membership in societies or associations which

19 issue publications to members only or at a price to mem20 bers lower than to subscribers who are not members.

21 SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart22 ment of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be

23 available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author24 ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
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1 SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be

2 available for obligation in connection with contracts issued

3 Ω66æby the General Services Administration for services

4 or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve months begin5 ning at any time during the fiscal year.

6 SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex7 pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct

8 of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re9 striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June

10 26, 1990, in the areas of Northern, Central, and Southern

11 California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;

12 and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north

13 latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.

14 SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex15 pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct

16 of leasing, or the approval or permitting of any drilling

17 or other exploration activity, on lands within the North

18 Aleutian Basin planning area.

19 SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex20 pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct

21 of preleasing and leasing activities in the Eastern Gulf of

22 Mexico for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 151 in the

23 Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource

24 Management Comprehensive Program, 1992–1997.
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1 SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex2 pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct

3 of preleasing and leasing activities in the Atlantic for

4 Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 164 in the Outer Con5 tinental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management

6 Comprehensive Program, 1992–1997.

7 SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act may be used

8 to publish a National final rule defining the term ‘‘valid

9 existing rights’’ for purposes of section 522(e) of the Sur10 face Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 or to

11 publish a final rule disapproving any existing State defini12 tion of valid existing rights.

13 Ω67æSEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated or

14 otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be ob15 ligated or expended to accept or process applications for

16 a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under

17 the general mining laws or to issue a patent for any min18 ing or mill site claim located under the general mining

19 laws.

20 Ω68æSEC. 113. The provisions of section 112 shall

21 not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that,

22 for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed

23 with the Secretary on or before the date of enactment of

24 this Act, and (2) all requirements established under sec25 tions 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C.
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1 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims and sections 2329,

2 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C.

3 35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of

4 the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims,

5 as the case may be, were fully complied with by that date.

6 SEC. 114. Of the offsetting collections credited to

7 public enterprise fund numbered 14–4053 in fiscal year

8 1995, $38,000 is permanently cancelled as a result of pro9 curement cost savings.

10 Ω69æSEC. 115. None of the funds available to the Na11 tional Park Service in this Act may be used to process

12 permits necessary for construction of a bridge to Ellis Is13 land.

14 Ω70æSEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision

15 of law, in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, appropriations

16 made to the Department of the Interior in this title may

17 be used to fund incrementally research work orders for coop18 erative agreements with colleges and universities, State

19 agencies, and nonprofit organizations that overlap fiscal

20 years: Provided, That such cooperative agreements shall

21 contain a statement that ‘‘the obligation of funds for future

22 incremental payments shall be subject to the availability

23 of funds.’’.

24 Ω71æSEC. 117. EDWARDS AQUIFER.

25 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
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1 (1) in order to avoid a water emergency in

2 South Central Texas, the withdrawal of water from

3 the Edwards Aquifer (designated as a sole source aq4 uifer under title XIV of the Public Health Service Act

5 (commonly known as the ‘‘Safe Drinking Water Act’’)

6 (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.)) should not be limited without

7 appropriate consideration of the impacts on munici8 pal, agricultural, industrial, and domestic water

9 users;

10 (2) section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act

11 of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539(a)) authorizes the Secretary

12 of the Interior to permit the taking of a threatened or

13 endangered species incidental to an otherwise lawful

14 activity, which may include the withdrawal of water

15 from a sole source aquifer; and

16 (3) the State of Texas is working, in cooperation

17 with the Department of the Interior and the Depart18 ment of Justice, to implement the water management

19 plan for the Edwards Aquifer region enacted by the

20 State in 1993.

21 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen22 ate that—

23 (1) the Secretary of the Interior should take

24 whatever steps are necessary and allowable under law

25 to minimize adverse impacts on users of the Edwards
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1 Aquifer while conserving threatened and endangered

2 species, including issuing a permit pursuant to sec3 tion 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

4 U.S.C. 1539(a)); and

5 (2) nothing in this section should relieve any

6 person from any State or local requirement for—

7 (A) water conservation or the development

8 of alternative water resources; or

9 (B) strategies necessary to reduce demand

10 on the Edwards Aquifer.

11 Ω72æSEC. 118. Within the funds provided in the En12 dangered Species Prelisting and Recovery Program for the

13 Fish and Wildlife Service, there is up to $500,000 available

14 to purchase the Greenland highseas fisheries quota of Atlan15 tic salmon for the third and final year of the National Fish

16 and Wildlife Foundation’s Atlantic Salmon Demonstration

17 Program for the Northeast.

18 TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES

19 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

20 FOREST SERVICE

21 FOREST RESEARCH

22 For necessary expenses of forest research as author23 ized by law, Ω73æ$201,780,000 $198,076,000, to remain

24 available until September 30, 1996.
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1 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

2 For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and pro3 viding technical and financial assistance to States, Terri4 tories, possessions, and others and for forest pest manage5 ment activities, cooperative forestry and education and

6 land conservation activities, Ω74æ$158,664,000

7 $161,511,000, to remain available until expended, as au8 thorized by law.

9 EMERGENCY PEST SUPPRESSION FUND

10 For necessary expenses for emergency suppression of

11 pests, $17,000,000, to remain available until expended:

12 Provided, That these funds, or any portion thereof, shall

13 be available in fiscal year 1995 only to the extent that

14 the President notifies the Congress of his designation of

15 any or all of these amounts as emergency requirements

16 under section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and

17 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,

18 That Congress hereby designates these amounts as emer19 gency requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of

20 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act

21 of 1985.

22 INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY

23 For necessary expenses of international forestry as

24 authorized by Public Laws 101–513 and 101–624,

25 $7,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1996.
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1 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not

4 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im5 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System,

6 for ecosystem planning, inventory, and monitoring, and for

7 administrative expenses associated with the management

8 of funds provided under the heads ‘‘Forest Research’’,

9 ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, ‘‘National Forest System’’,

10 ‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Forest Service Fire Protection’’, ‘‘Emer11 gency Forest Service Firefighting Fund’’, and ‘‘Land Ac12 quisition’’ Ω75æ$1,348,162,000 $1,334,857,000, to remain

13 available for obligation until September 30, 1996, and in14 cluding 65 per centum of all monies received during the

15 prior fiscal year as fees collected under the Land and

16 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in

17 accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–

18 6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated and unexpended bal19 ances in the National Forest System account at the end

20 of fiscal year 1994, shall be merged with and made a part

21 of the fiscal year 1995 National Forest System appropria22 tion, and shall remain available for obligation until Sep23 tember 30, 1996: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000

24 of the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall

25 be available for the planned obliteration of roads which
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1 are no longer needed: Provided further, That funds in the

2 amount of $12,000,000 provided under this head in prior

3 years’ appropriations Acts for fire management are

4 rescindedΩ76æ: Provided further, That timber volume au5 thorized or scheduled for sale during fiscal year 1994, but

6 which remains unsold at the end of fiscal year 1994, shall

7 be offered for sale during fiscal year 1995 in addition to

8 the fiscal year 1995 timber sale volume to the extent pos9 sible.

10 FOREST SERVICE FIRE PROTECTION

11 For necessary expenses for firefighting on or adjacent

12 to National Forest System lands or other lands under fire

13 protection agreement, and for forest fire management and

14 presuppression on National Forest System lands,

15 Ω77æ$160,590,000 $156,908,000, to remain available until

16 expended: Provided, That unexpended balances of

17 amounts previously appropriated for this purpose under

18 the heading ‘‘Forest Service Firefighting’’, Forest Service,

19 may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation

20 and accounted for as one appropriation for the same time

21 period as originally enacted.

22 EMERGENCY FOREST SERVICE FIREFIGHTING FUND

23 For necessary expenses for emergency rehabilitation,

24 presuppression due to emergencies or economic efficiency,

25 and wildfire suppression activities of the Forest Service,

26 $226,200,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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1 vided, That such funds are available for repayment of ad2 vances from other appropriation accounts previously

3 transferred for such purposes.

4 CONSTRUCTION

5 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not

6 otherwise provided for, for construction,

7 Ω78æ$191,740,000 $219,234,000, to remain available until

8 expended, of which Ω79æ$70,367,000 $70,367,000 is for

9 construction and acquisition of buildings and other facili10 ties; and Ω80æ$121,399,000 $148,867,000 is for construc11 tion and repair of forest roads and trails by the Forest

12 Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23

13 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That funds becoming avail14 able in fiscal year 1994 under the Act of March 4, 1913

15 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund

16 of the Treasury of the United States: Provided further,

17 That not to exceed $50,000,000, to remain available until

18 expended, may be obligated for the construction of forest

19 roads by timber purchasers.

20 LAND ACQUISITION

21 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

22 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,

23 as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administra24 tive expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or in25 terest therein, in accordance with statutory authority ap26 plicable to the Forest Service, Ω81æ$61,131,000
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1 $60,541,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con2 servation Fund, to remain available until expended.

3 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

4 ACTS

5 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound6 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,

7 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An8 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National

9 Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,252,000, to

10 be derived from forest receipts.

11 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

12 For acquisition of lands, to be derived from funds de13 posited by State, county, or municipal governments, public

14 school districts, or other public school authorities pursuant

15 to the Act of December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C.

16 484a), to remain available until expended.

17 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

18 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro19 tection, and improvement, 50 per centum of all moneys

20 received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing

21 domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the six22 teen Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of

23 Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until

24 expended, of which not to exceed 6 per centum shall be

25 available for administrative expenses associated with on-
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1 the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improve2 ments.

3 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

4 RANGELAND RESEARCH

5 For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),

6 $89,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived

7 from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE

9 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current

10 fiscal year shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to

11 exceed 156 passenger motor vehicles of which 15 will be

12 used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which

13 148 shall be for replacement only; acquisition of 79 pas14 senger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of

15 such vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the

16 purchase of not to exceed two for replacement only, and

17 acquisition of 14 aircraft from excess sources; notwith18 standing other provisions of law, existing aircraft being

19 replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in

20 value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement

21 aircraft; (b) services pursuant to the second sentence of

22 section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.

23 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under

24 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) purchase, erection, and alteration of

25 buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250);

26 (d) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pur-
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1 suant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); (e)

2 for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National

3 Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 558a note);

4 and (f) for debt collection contracts in accordance with

5 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).

6 None of the funds made available under this Act shall

7 be obligated or expended to change the boundaries of any

8 region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional

9 office for research, State and private forestry, or National

10 Forest System administration of the Forest Service, De11 partment of Agriculture, without the consent of the House

12 and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Com13 mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the

14 United States Senate and the Committee on Agriculture

15 in the United States House of Representatives.

16 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest

17 Service may be advanced to the Forest Service Firefight18 ing appropriation and may be used for forest firefighting

19 and the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands

20 under its jurisdiction: Provided, That no funds shall be

21 made available under this authority until funds appro22 priated to the ‘‘Emergency Forest Service Firefighting

23 Fund’’ shall have been exhausted.
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1 The appropriation structure for the Forest Service

2 may not be altered without advanced approval of the

3 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

4 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be

5 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter6 national Development and the Office of International Co7 operation and Development in connection with forest and

8 rangeland research, technical information, and assistance

9 in foreign countries, and shall be available to support for10 estry and related natural resource activities outside the

11 United States and its territories and possessions, includ12 ing technical assistance, education and training, and co13 operation with United States and international organiza14 tions.

15 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv16 ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the

17 provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri18 culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.

19 147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance

20 by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations

21 in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con22 tained in the report accompanying this Act.

23 No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be

24 transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
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1 ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of

2 the Forest Service.

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap4 propriations or funds available to the Forest Service may

5 be used to disseminate program information to private and

6 public individuals and organizations through the use of

7 nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide

8 nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur nec9 essary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private

10 individuals and organizations that make contributions to

11 Forest Service programs.

12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money

13 collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service

14 under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93–153 (30

15 U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administrative and

16 other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-of-way or

17 permit applications and for costs incurred in monitoring

18 the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination

19 of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reim20 burse the applicable appropriation to which such costs

21 were originally charged.

22 Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail23 able to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000

24 for high priority projects within the scope of the approved

25 budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
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1 tion Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970,

2 as amended by Public Law 93–408.

3 None of the funds available in this Act shall be used

4 for timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood

5 stands in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 har6 vested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Pro7 vided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood

8 stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further,

9 That landscape architects shall be used to maintain a vis10 ually pleasing forest.

11 Any money collected from the States for fire suppres12 sion assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non13 Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest Sys14 tem lands shall be used to reimburse the applicable appro15 priation and shall remain available until expended as the

16 Secretary may direct in conducting activities authorized

17 by 16 U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101–2110, 1606, and 2111.

18 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500

19 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official

20 reception and representation expenses.

21 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the For22 est Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract

23 with persons at regular rates of pay, as determined by the

24 Service, to perform work occasioned by emergencies such

25 as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other unavoid-
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1 able cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays,

2 and the regular workweek.

3 Ω82æNone of the funds available in this Act shall be

4 used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or

5 other forms of even aged management in hardwood stands

6 in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.

7 To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with

8 the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan,

9 none of the funds available in this Act shall be used for

10 preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or other

11 forms of even aged management in hardwood stands in the

12 Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.

13 None of the funds made available in this Act shall

14 be used for timber sale planning or scoping using

15 clearcutting in the Ouachita and Ozark-St. Francis Na16 tional Forests in Arkansas, except for sales that are nec17 essary as a result of natural disaster or a threat to forest

18 health, or for maintaining or enhancing wildlife habitat,

19 or habitat for endangered and threatened species, or for

20 research purposes.

21 Pursuant to section 405(b), and section 410(b) of

22 Public Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest

23 Service, up to $1,000,000 for matching funds shall be

24 available for the National Forest Foundation.
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1 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be

2 available for interactions with and providing technical as3 sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel4 opment purposes.

5 Ω83æThe Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the

6 Forest Service, shall reimburse the Agricultural Stabiliza7 tion and Conservation Service for administrative costs in8 curred under the Stewardship Incentive Program for the

9 actual cost of services provided by the Agricultural Sta10 bilization and Conservation Service, except that the total

11 costs shall not exceed 10 percent of the total annual appro12 priation for the program.

13 Ω84æThe Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to uti14 lize $10,600,000 taken from the fiscal year 1995 appro15 priated National Forest System account to provide for all

16 costs necessary to prepare, offer and administer completely

17 timber sales other than those funded by the regular fiscal

18 year 1995 timber sales program in regions 2, 3, 8 and 9

19 with a contract term not to exceed one year: Provided, That

20 the Secretary of Agriculture shall execute the contracts

21 funded with his authority so that these funds are offset fully

22 in the same fiscal year by increased receipts net of pay23 ments to States, and that an amount not to exceed

24 $10,600,000 is returned by the Secretary to the account

25 from which the funds were drawn: Provided further, That
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1 any such sales shall comply with all applicable laws and

2 regulations: Provided further, That transfer of purchaser

3 credits shall not be used in payment for timber sold under

4 this initiative: Provided further, That no timber sales au5 thorized under this section shall substitute for timber sales

6 that would otherwise generate receipts contributing to the

7 Congressional Budget Office February 1994 Timber Receipt

8 Baseline for fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That funds

9 shall be returned to the account and available for spending

10 as offsetting collections only if and to the extent that total

11 National Forest Fund timber receipts of the Forest Service

12 (excluding amounts for deposit funds) in fiscal year 1995

13 exceed $420,000,000: Provided further, That funds provided

14 under this authority remain available to the Secretary until

15 expended.

16 Ω85æNone of the funds made available to the Forest

17 Service under this Act may be used by the Secretary of Ag18 riculture to prescribe and implement regulations relating

19 to law enforcement activities of the Forest Service, unless,

20 notwithstanding section 553 of title 5, United States Code,

21 not later than 90 days before the date on which the Sec22 retary prescribes final regulations relating to such activi23 ties, the Secretary provides a copy of proposed regulations

24 relating to such activities to the Committee on Agriculture,

25 Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee
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1 on Agriculture of the House of Representatives for review

2 and comment by such committees.

3 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

4 CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

5 The first paragraph under this head in Public Law

6 101–512, as amended, is further amended by striking the

7 phrase ‘‘$100,000,000 on October 1, 1994, and

8 $50,000,000 on October 1, 1995’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘$18,000,000 on October 1, 1994, $100,000,000 on Octo10 ber 1, 1995, and $32,000,000 on October 1, 1996’’; and

11 by striking the phrase ‘‘$275,000,000 on October 1, 1994,

12 and $100,000,000 on October 1, 1995’’ and inserting

13 ‘‘$19,121,000 on October 1, 1994, $100,000,000 on Octo14 ber 1, 1995, and $255,879,000 on October 1, 1996’’: Pro15 vided, That not to exceed $18,000,000 available in fiscal

16 year 1995 may be used for administrative oversight of the

17 Clean Coal Technology program.

18 FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy

21 research and development activities, under the authority

22 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public

23 Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ24 ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property

25 or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan26 sion, Ω86æ$445,544,000 $436,451,000, to remain available
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1 until expended, of which $17,000,000 shall be derived by

2 transfer of unobligated balances from the ‘‘SPR petroleum

3 account’’: Provided, That no part of the sum herein made

4 available shall be used for the field testing of nuclear ex5 plosives in the recovery of oil and gas.

6 ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 Monies received as investment income on the prin9 cipal amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the

10 Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are

11 earned as of October 1, 1994, shall be deposited in this

12 account and immediately transferred to the General Fund

13 of the Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing from

14 the operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall

15 be immediately transferred to the General Fund of the

16 Treasury.

17 NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES

18 For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petro19 leum and oil shale reserve activities, Ω87æ$193,956,000

20 $187,406,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B)

22 shall not apply in fiscal year 1995.

23 ENERGY CONSERVATION

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con25 servation activities, Ω88æ$824,585,000 $743,741,000, to

26 remain available until expended, including, notwithstand-
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1 ing any other provision of law, the excess amount for fiscal

2 year 1995 determined under the provisions of section

3 3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Pro4 vided, That Ω89æ$283,199,000 $265,024,000 shall be for

5 use in energy conservation programs as defined in section

6 3008(3) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and shall

7 not be available until excess amounts are determined

8 under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public Law 99–

9 509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided further, That notwith10 standing section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99–509 such

11 sums shall be allocated to the eligible programs as follows:

12 Ω90æ$230,800,000 $212,800,000 for the weatherization

13 assistance program, Ω91æ$23,339,000 $23,164,000 for the

14 State energy conservation program, and $29,060,000 for

15 the institutional conservation programΩ92æ, which shall be

16 reduced by their proportionate share of the general reduc17 tion to be applied on a pro rata basis against every pro18 gram, project, and activity within this accountΩ93æ: Pro19 vided further, That funds provided in this Act for the

20 weatherization assistance program in excess of

21 $206,800,000 shall be distributed only according to a new

22 formula developed pursuant to Public Law 101–440.

23 ECONOMIC REGULATION

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities

25 of the Economic Regulatory Administration and the Office
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1 of Hearings and Appeals, $12,437,000, to remain avail2 able until expended.

3 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

4 For necessary expenses in carrying out emergency

5 preparedness activities, $8,249,000, to remain available

6 until expended.

7 STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re10 serve facility development and operations and program

11 management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and

12 Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201

13 et seq.), $244,011,000, to remain available until expended,

14 of which $90,764,000 shall be derived by transfer of unob15 ligated balances from the ‘‘SPR petroleum account’’: Pro16 vided, That appropriations herein made shall not be avail17 able for leasing of facilities for the storage of crude oil

18 for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless the quantity

19 of oil stored in or deliverable to Government-owned stor20 age facilities by virtue of contractual obligations is equal

21 to 700,000,000 barrels.

22 SPR PETROLEUM ACCOUNT

23 Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 6240(d) the United

24 States share of crude oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve

25 Numbered 1 (Elk Hills) may be sold or otherwise disposed

26 of to other than the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Pro-
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1 vided, That outlays in fiscal year 1995 resulting from the

2 use of funds in this account shall not exceed $9,000,000.

3 ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

4 For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities

5 of the Energy Information Administration,

6 Ω94æ$84,728,000 $84,507,000, to remain available until

7 expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 4(d) of

8 the Service Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)) or

9 any other provision of law, funds appropriated under this

10 heading may be used to enter into a contract for end use

11 consumption surveys for a term not to exceed eight years.

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

13 Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal

14 year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;

15 hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re16 pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the

17 General Services Administration for security guard serv18 ices.

19 From appropriations under this Act, transfers of

20 sums may be made to other agencies of the Government

21 for the performance of work for which the appropriation

22 is made.

23 None of the funds made available to the Department

24 of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or

25 finance authorized price support or loan guarantee pro-
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1 grams unless specific provision is made for such programs

2 in an appropriations Act.

3 The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build4 ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and

5 private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation

6 with other agencies, Federal, State, private, or foreign:

7 Provided, That revenues and other moneys received by or

8 for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise

9 generated by sale of products in connection with projects

10 of the Department appropriated under this Act may be

11 retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until

12 expended, and used only for plant construction, operation,

13 costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities as provided

14 in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: Pro15 vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the

16 making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas17 ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any

18 contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by

19 the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe20 cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in21 cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not

22 in session because of adjournment of more than three cal23 endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the

24 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi25 dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
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1 project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon

2 in support of the proposed project.

3 The Secretary of Energy may transfer to the Emer4 gency Preparedness appropriation such funds as are nec5 essary to meet any unforeseen emergency needs from any

6 funds available to the Department of Energy from this

7 Act.

8 No funds provided in this Act may be expended by

9 the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process

10 procurement documents for programs or projects for

11 which appropriations have not been made.

12 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

13 SERVICES

14 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

15 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

16 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au17 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina18 tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and

19 titles III and XXVII and section 208 of the Public Health

20 Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service,

21 Ω95æ$1,706,102,000 $1,715,052,000, together with pay22 ments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42

23 U.S.C. 300aaa–2 for services furnished by the Indian

24 Health Service: Provided, That funds made available to

25 tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, grant
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1 agreements, or any other agreements or compacts author2 ized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education As3 sistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450), shall

4 be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con5 tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the

6 tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation:

7 Provided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain available

8 until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer9 gency Fund: Provided further, That $351,258,000 for con10 tract medical care shall remain available for obligation

11 until September 30, 1996: Provided further, That of the

12 funds provided, not less than $11,603,000 shall be used

13 to carry out the loan repayment program under section

14 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as

15 amended: Provided further, That funds provided in this

16 Act may be used for one-year contracts and grants which

17 are to be performed in two fiscal years, so long as the

18 total obligation is recorded in the year for which the funds

19 are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts col20 lected by the Secretary of Health and Human Services

21 under the authority of title IV of the Indian Health Care

22 Improvement Act shall be available for two fiscal years

23 after the fiscal year in which they were collected, for the

24 purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi25 tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So-
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1 cial Security Act (exclusive of planning, design, or con2 struction of new facilities): Provided further, That of the

3 funds provided, $7,500,000 shall remain available until ex4 pended, for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which

5 shall be available for the transitional costs of initial or ex6 panded tribal contracts, grants or cooperative agreements

7 with the Indian Health Service under the provisions of the

8 Indian Self-Determination Act: Provided further, That

9 funding contained herein, and in any earlier appropria10 tions Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian

11 Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall re12 main available for obligation until September 30,

13 1996Ω96æ: Provided further, That within the funds pro14 vided, $250,000 shall be available for the recruitment and

15 training of American Indians for graduate training in the

16 field of psychology, as authorized in section 217 of the In17 dian Health Care Improvement Act of 1992, Public Law

18 102–573: Provided further, That amounts received by

19 tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian

20 Health Care Improvement Act, as amended, shall be re21 ported and accounted for and available to the receiving

22 tribes and tribal organizations until expended.

23 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

24 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,

25 and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities,
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1 including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans,

2 specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase

3 and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail4 ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita5 tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of

6 the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian

7 Self-Determination Act and the Indian Health Care Im8 provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out

9 the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self10 Determination Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement

11 Act, and titles III and XXVII and section 208 of the Pub12 lic Health Service Act with respect to environmental

13 health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health

14 Service, Ω97æ$253,892,000 $253,767,000, to remain avail15 able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any

16 other provision of law, funds appropriated for the plan17 ning, design, construction or renovation of health facilities

18 for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used

19 to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge

20 health or related facilities: Provided further, That notwith21 standing any other provision of law a single procurement

22 for the construction of the Fort Belknap, Montana health

23 center and satellite clinic and a single procurement for

24 construction of the White Earth, Minnesota health center

25 may be issued which includes the full scope of the project:
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1 Provided further, That the solicitation and the contract

2 shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at

3 48 CFR 52.232.18.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

5 Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv6 ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.

7 3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva8 lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions

9 under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and

10 aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re11 prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular

12 buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments

13 for telephone service in private residences in the field,

14 when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec15 retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as author16 ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); and for expenses of

17 attendance at meetings which are concerned with the func18 tions or activities for which the appropriation is made or

19 which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or

20 management of those functions or activities: Provided,

21 That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian

22 Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may

23 be extended health care at all tribally administered or In24 dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the

25 proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal
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1 Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–53) shall be

2 credited to the account of the facility providing the service

3 and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: Pro4 vided further, That notwithstanding any other law or regu5 lation, funds transferred from the Department of Housing

6 and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service

7 shall be administered under Public Law 86–121 (the In8 dian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93–638,

9 as amended: Provided further, That funds appropriated to

10 the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used

11 for administrative and program direction purposes, shall

12 not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal

13 travel and transportation: Provided further, That the In14 dian Health Service shall neither bill nor charge those In15 dians who may have the economic means to pay unless

16 and until such time as Congress has agreed upon a specific

17 policy to do so and has directed the Indian Health Service

18 to implement such a policy: Provided further, That, not19 withstanding any other provision of law, funds previously

20 or herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization

21 through a contract, grant or agreement authorized by

22 Title I of the Indian Self-Determination and Education

23 Assistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450),

24 may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-governance

25 funding agreement under Title III of the Indian Self-De-
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1 termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 and

2 thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal orga3 nization without fiscal year limitation: Provided further,

4 That none of the funds made available to the Indian

5 Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the

6 final rule published in the Federal Register on September

7 16, 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Serv8 ices, relating to eligibility for the health care services of

9 the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service

10 has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased

11 costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re12 quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en13 acted into law: Provided further, That funds made avail14 able in this Act are to be apportioned to the Indian Health

15 Service as appropriated in this Act, and accounted for in

16 the appropriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided

17 further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian

18 Health Service may not be altered without the advance

19 approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appro20 priations: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1995 and

21 thereafter (a) the Secretary may enter into personal serv22 ices contracts with entities, either individuals or organiza23 tions, for the provision of services in facilities owned, oper24 ated or constructed under the jurisdiction of the Indian

25 Health Service; (b) the Secretary may exempt such a con-
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1 tract from competitive contracting requirements upon ade2 quate notice of contracting opportunities to individuals

3 and organizations residing in the geographic vicinity of the

4 health facility; (c) consideration of individuals and organi5 zations shall be based solely on the qualifications estab6 lished for the contract and the proposed contract price;

7 and (d) individuals providing health care services pursuant

8 to these contracts are covered by the Federal Tort Claims

9 ActΩ98æ: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

10 other provision of law, the Indian Health Service clinic in

11 Stilwell, Oklahoma shall be known and designated as the

12 ‘‘Wilma P. Mankiller Indian Health Clinic’’: Provided fur13 ther, That any reference in a law, regulation, document,

14 record, map, or other paper of the United States to the clin15 ic referenced in the preceding proviso shall be deemed to

16 be a reference to the ‘‘Wilma P. Mankiller Indian Health

17 Clinic’’Ω99æ: Provided further, That money collected for

18 meals served at Indian Health Service facilities will be

19 credited to the appropriations from which the services were

20 furnished and shall be credited to the appropriation when

21 receivedΩ100æ: Provided further, That notwithstanding

22 any other provision of law, any locality qualified to select

23 land as a Native village under the Alaska Native Claims

24 Settlement Act (Public Law 92–203 as amended) shall be

25 eligible to participate in the sanitation facilities program:
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1 Provided further, That such villages shall apply consistent

2 with the sanitation facilities priorities process: Provided

3 further, That any funds provided pursuant to such author4 ity shall not exceed the prorata share of the cost of the

5 project commensurate with the percentage of Alaska Natives

6 in the population of the affected community.

7 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

8 OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

9 INDIAN EDUCATION

10 For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent

11 not otherwise provided, title VI of the Elementary and

12 Secondary Education Act of 1965, Ω101æas amended by

13 the Improving America’s Schools Act as passed by the

14 House of Representatives on March 24, 1994,

15 $83,500,000: Provided, That $1,735,000 available pursu16 ant to section 6203 of the Act shall remain available for

17 obligation until September 30, 1996.

18 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

19 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and

22 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–

23 531, Ω102æ$26,936,000 $24,936,000, to remain available

24 until expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or

25 any other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate
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1 eligible individuals and groups including evictees from Dis2 trict 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in signifi3 cantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eli4 gible and not included in the preceding categories: Pro5 vided further, That none of the funds contained in this

6 or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo

7 and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or

8 Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was phys9 ically domiciled on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe

10 unless a new or replacement home is provided for such

11 household: Provided further, That no relocatee will be pro12 vided with more than one new or replacement home: Pro13 vided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified

14 eligible relocatees who have selected and received an ap15 proved homesite on the Navajo reservation or selected a

16 replacement residence off the Navajo reservation or on the

17 land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10.

18 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

19 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

20 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

21 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and

22 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author23 ized by Public Law 99–498, as amended (20 U.S.C. 56,

24 Part A), Ω103æ$12,713,000 $9,812,000: Provided, That

25 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual
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1 budget proposal and justification for the Institute shall be

2 submitted to the Congress concurrently with the submis3 sion of the President’s Budget to the Congress: Provided

4 further, That the Institute shall act as its own certifying

5 officer.

6 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu9 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields

10 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and

11 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of

12 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation,

13 dissemination, and exchange of information and publica14 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist15 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease

16 (for terms not to exceed thirty years), and protection of

17 buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed

18 $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up

19 to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, re20 pair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees;

21 Ω104æ$314,454,000 $312,755,000, of which not to exceed

22 $32,000,000 for the instrumentation program, collections

23 acquisition, Museum Support Center equipment and move,

24 exhibition reinstallation, the National Museum of the

25 American Indian, the repatriation of skeletal remains pro-
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1 gram, research equipment, information management, and

2 Latino programming shall remain available until expended

3 and, including such funds as may be necessary to support

4 American overseas research centers and a total of

5 $125,000 for the Council of American Overseas Research

6 Centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein are

7 available for advance payments to independent contractors

8 performing research services or participating in official

9 Smithsonian presentations.

10 CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL

11 ZOOLOGICAL PARK

12 For necessary expenses of planning, construction, re13 modeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the

14 National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise,

15 Ω105æ$5,000,000 $3,050,000, to remain available until ex16 pended.

17 REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS

18 For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of

19 buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institu20 tion, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section

21 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including

22 not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5

23 U.S.C. 3109, $24,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That contracts awarded for environ25 mental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or

26 restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian Institution
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1 may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded

2 on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.

3 CONSTRUCTION

4 For necessary expenses for construction,

5 Ω106æ$30,000,000 $29,300,000, to remain available until

6 expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other pro7 vision of law, a single procurement for the construction

8 of the National Museum of the American Indian Cultural

9 Resources Center may be issued which includes the full

10 scope of the project: Provided further, That the solicitation

11 and the contract shall contain the clause ‘‘availability of

12 funds’’ found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.

13 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal16 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art

17 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as

18 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51),

19 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939

20 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including

21 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad22 vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for

23 membership in library, museum, and art associations or

24 societies whose publications or services are available to

25 members only, or to members at a price lower than to the

26 general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
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1 for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other

2 employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);

3 purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting

4 buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter5 ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,

6 and grounds; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for

7 replacement only; and purchase of services for restoration

8 and repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art

9 by contracts made, without advertising, with individuals,

10 firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under

11 such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop12 er, $53,003,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for

13 the special exhibition program shall remain available until

14 expended.

15 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

16 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and

17 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or

18 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or

19 otherwise, as authorized $4,431,000, to remain available

20 until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi21 ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair

22 or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art

23 may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded

24 on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
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1 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

2 ARTS

3 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

4 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte5 nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for

6 the Performing Arts, $10,343,000.

7 CONSTRUCTION

8 For necessary expenses of capital repair and rehabili9 tation of the existing features of the building and site of

10 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,

11 $9,000,000, to remain available until expended.

12 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

13 SCHOLARS

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions

16 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.

17 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as

18 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $9,878,000.

19 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

20 HUMANITIES

21 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

22 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

24 Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, as

25 amended, Ω107æ$141,950,000 $133,903,000 shall be avail26 able to the National Endowment for the Arts for the sup-
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1 port of projects and productions in the arts through assist2 ance to groups and individuals pursuant to section 5(c)

3 of the Act, and for administering the functions of the Act,

4 to remain available until September 30, 1996.

5 MATCHING GRANTS

6 To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the

7 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

8 of 1965, as amended, Ω108æ$29,150,000 $27,693,000, to

9 remain available until September 30, 1996, to the Na10 tional Endowment for the Arts, of which

11 Ω109æ$12,750,000 $12,113,000 shall be available for pur12 poses of section 5(l): Provided, That this appropriation

13 shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as

14 may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and

15 devises of money, and other property accepted by the

16 Chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the

17 provisions of section 10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A)

18 and 11(a)(3)(A) during the current and preceding fiscal

19 years for which equal amounts have not previously been

20 appropriated.

21 Ω110æREDUCTION OF FUNDING

22 Each amount appropriated or otherwise made avail23 able by this title for ‘‘National Endowment for the Arts’’

24 is hereby reduced by 2.0 percent.
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1 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

2 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the National

4 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,

5 as amended, $151,420,000 shall be available to the Na6 tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac7 tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the

8 Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to

9 remain available until September 30, 1996.

10 MATCHING GRANTS

11 To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the

12 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act

13 of 1965, as amended, $25,963,000, to remain available

14 until September 30, 1996, of which $14,000,000 shall be

15 available to the National Endowment for the Humanities

16 for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this ap17 propriation shall be available for obligation only in such

18 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts,

19 bequests, and devises of money, and other property accept20 ed by the Chairman or by grantees of the Endowment

21 under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and

22 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years

23 for which equal amounts have not previously been appro24 priated.
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1 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM SERVICES

2 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

3 For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and

4 Cultural Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $28,770,000.

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 None of the funds appropriated to the National

7 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used

8 to process any grant or contract documents which do not

9 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none

10 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on

11 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re12 ception and representation expenses.

13 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing

16 a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $834,000.

17 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

18 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law

19 99–190 (99 Stat. 1261; 20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended,

20 Ω111æ$7,500,000 $6,648,000.

21 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing

24 an Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Public Law

25 89–665, as amended, Ω112æ$2,967,000 $2,947,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That none of these funds shall be available for the

2 compensation of Executive Level V or higher positions.

3 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na6 tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),

7 including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,

8 $5,655,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be

9 compensated at a rate equivalent to the rate for Executive

10 Schedule Level IV.

11 FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL COMMISSION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roo14 sevelt Memorial Commission, established by the Act of Au15 gust 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), as amended by Public Law

16 92–332 (86 Stat. 401), $48,000, to remain available until

17 September 30, 1996.

18 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

19 Ω113æSALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses, as authorized by section 17(a)

21 of Public Law 92–578, as amended, $2,738,000 for operat22 ing and administrative expenses of the Corporation.

23 PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT

24 For public development activities and projects in ac25 cordance with the development plan as authorized by sec-
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1 tion 17(b) of Public Law 92–578, as amended,

2 $4,084,000, to remain available until expended.

3 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL

4 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL

5 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as

6 authorized by Public Law 96–388, as amended,

7 Ω114æ$26,660,000 $21,679,000Ω115æ; of which

8 $2,700,000 shall be for repair and rehabilitation projects

9 and shall remain available until expended.

10 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

14 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

15 of public record and available for public inspection, except

16 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex17 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

18 SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this

19 Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or

20 the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat21 ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned

22 lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For23 est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to

24 inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access

25 to minerals owned by private individuals.
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1 SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica3 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to

4 promote public support or opposition to any legislative

5 proposal on which congressional action is not complete.

6 SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in

7 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

8 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

9 SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to

10 any department or agency shall be obligated or expended

11 to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal

12 servants to any officer or employee of such department

13 or agency except as otherwise provided by law.

14 SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any

15 program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by

16 this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis

17 therefor are presented to the Committees on Appropria18 tions and are approved by such Committees.

19 SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN

20 ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may

21 be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in

22 expending the funds the entity will comply with sections

23 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–

24 10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD2 ING NOTICE.—

3 (1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

4 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or

5 product that may be authorized to be purchased

6 with financial assistance provided using funds made

7 available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress

8 that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex9 pending the assistance, purchase only American10 made equipment and products.

11 (2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—

12 In providing financial assistance using funds made

13 available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen14 cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance

15 a notice describing the statement made in paragraph

16 (1) by the Congress.

17 (c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS

18 FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—

19 If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal

20 agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear21 ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription

22 with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped

23 to the United States that is not made in the United

24 States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con25 tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
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1 this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli2 gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through

3 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

4 SEC. 308. The Forest Service and Bureau of Land

5 Management may offer for sale salvageable timber in the

6 Pacific Northwest in fiscal year 1995: Provided, That for

7 public lands known to contain the Northern spotted owl,

8 such salvage sales may be offered as long as the offering

9 of such sale will not render the area unsuitable as habitat

10 for the Northern spotted owl: Provided further, That tim11 ber salvage activity in spotted owl habitat is to be done

12 in full compliance with all existing environmental and for13 est management laws.

14 SEC. 309. None of the funds in this Act may be used

15 to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi16 fied as giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum) which

17 are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land

18 Management lands in a manner different than such sales

19 were conducted in fiscal year 1994.

20 SEC. 310. None of the funds appropriated in this Act

21 may be used to implement any increase in government

22 housing rental rates in excess of 10 per centum more than

23 the rental rates which were in effect on September 1,

24 1994, for such housing.
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1 SEC. 311. None of the funds made available by this

2 Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park

3 Service to enter into or implement a concession contract

4 which permits or requires the removal of the underground

5 lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

6 Ω116æSEC. 312. Notwithstanding any other provision

7 of law in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, appropriations

8 made available to the Department of the Interior or Forest

9 Service, Department of Agriculture shall be available to re10 imburse the representative (as that term is defined by appli11 cable law) of employees who die in the line of duty in the

12 last quarter of fiscal year 1994, and in subsequent fiscal

13 years, for burial costs and related out-of-pocket expenses:

14 Provided, That the amount of such reimbursement may ex15 ceed the $800 limitation in 5 U.S.C. 8134(a): Provided fur16 ther, That funds provided pursuant to this authority may

17 not exceed $10,000 per employee.

18 Ω117æSEC. 313. (a)(1) The head of each agency re19 ferred to in paragraph (2) shall submit to the President

20 each year, through the head of the department having juris21 diction over the agency, a land acquisition ranking for the

22 agency concerned for the fiscal year beginning after the date

23 of the submittal of the report.

24 (2) The heads of agencies referred to in paragraph (1)

25 are the following:
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1 (A) The Director of the National Park Service in

2 the case of the National Park Service.

3 (B) The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service

4 in the case of the Fish and Wildlife Service.

5 (C) The Director of the Bureau of Land Manage6 ment in the case of the Bureau of Land Management.

7 (D) The Chief of the Forest Service in the case

8 of the Forest Service.

9 (3) In this section, the term ‘‘land acquisition rank10 ing’’, in the case of a Federal agency, means a statement

11 of the order of precedence of the land acquisition proposals

12 of the agency, including a statement of the order of prece13 dence of such proposals for each organizational unit of the

14 agency.

15 (b) The President shall include the land acquisition

16 rankings for a fiscal year that are submitted to the Presi17 dent under subsection (a)(1) in the supporting information

18 submitted to Congress with the budget for that fiscal year

19 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.

20 (c)(1) The head of the agency concerned shall deter21 mine the order of precedence of land acquisitions proposals

22 under subsection (a)(1) in accordance with criteria that the

23 Secretary of the Department having jurisdiction over the

24 agency shall prescribe.
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1 (2) The criteria prescribed under paragraph (1) shall

2 provide for a determination of the order of precedence of

3 land acquisition proposals through consideration of—

4 (A) the natural resources located on the land cov5 ered by the acquisition proposals;

6 (B) the degree to which such resources are threat7 ened;

8 (C) the length of time required for the acquisi9 tion of the land;

10 (D) the extent, if any, to which an increase in

11 the cost of the land covered by the proposals makes

12 timely completion of the acquisition advisable;

13 (E) the extent of public support for the acquisi14 tion of the land;

15 (F) such other matters as the Secretary con16 cerned shall prescribe; and

17 (G) the total estimated costs associated with each

18 land acquisition.

19 Ω118æSEC. 314. WITHDRAWAL OF LANDS FROM TIM20 BER MANAGEMENT IN ALASKA.

21 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate funds that—

22 (1) The United States Forest Service has begun

23 to implement prescriptive wildlife management meas24 ures in the Tongass National Forest that reduce land

25 areas available for multiple use under the Tongass
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1 Land Management Plan (TLMP), thereby reducing

2 timber harvest volumes in already prepared harvest

3 units.

4 (2) The prescriptive measures termed ‘‘habitat

5 conservation areas’’ and ‘‘goshawk protective perim6 eters’’ are being used to withdraw lands from timber

7 management which have been evaluated and approved

8 for timber harvest pursuant to the TLMP, National

9 Environmental Policy Act, the Tongass Timber Re10 form Act, and the National Forest Management Act.

11 (3) Prescriptive management measures intended

12 to protect wildlife population viability should be ac13 complished through amendments or revisions to the

14 TLMP adopted in accordance with the process de15 scribed in the National Forest Management Act at 16

16 U.S.C. 1604 (d) and (g).

17 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen18 ate that funds made available under this Act should not

19 be used to implement management actions (including, but

20 not limited to, prescriptions such as habitat conservation

21 areas and goshawk protective perimeters) which withdrawn

22 lands from timber management or planned timber harvest

23 in the Tongass National Forest, unless such management

24 actions are imposed pursuant to the public participation
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1 provisions of section 6(d) and other sections of the National

2 Forest Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1604(d)).

3 Ω119æSEC. 315. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Not later than

4 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant

5 Secretary for Indian Affairs of the Department of the Inte6 rior shall prepare and submit to Congress a report on meas7 ures necessary to address problems concerning the physical

8 structure of Navajo Community College in Shiprock, New

9 Mexico, consistent with the responsibilities for the facility.

10 (2) Nothing in this section is intended to require a

11 change in priority for funding projects by the Department.

12 (b) CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report required under

13 subsection (a) shall include a detailed list of the resources

14 that are required to alleviate the health and safety hazards

15 that have resulted from the poor condition of the structure

16 described in such subsection.

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In18 terior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate July 26 (legislative day, July 20),

1994.

Attest: MARTHA S. POPE,

Secretary.

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