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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1977 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1977

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                                 AN ACT

  Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other 
                               purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1977

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                                 AN ACT

 
  Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related 
 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other 
                               purposes.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and 
for other purposes, namely:
                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

    For expenses necessary for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition 
of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other 
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, 
in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration 
of the Bureau $570,017,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not more than $599,999 shall be available to the Needles 
Resources Area for the management of the East Mojave National Scenic 
Area, as defined by the Bureau of Land Management prior to October 1, 
1994, in the California Desert District of the Bureau of Land 
Management, and of which $4,000,000 shall be derived from the special 
receipt account established by section 4 of the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)): 
Provided, That appropriations herein made shall not be available for 
the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros in the 
care of the Bureau or its contractors; and in addition, $27,650,000 for 
Mining Law Administration program operations, to remain available until 
expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau of Land 
Management and credited to this appropriation from annual mining claim 
fees so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more 
than $570,017,000: Provided further, That in addition to funds 
otherwise available, and to remain available until expended, not to 
exceed $5,000,000 from annual mining claim fees shall be credited to 
this account for the costs of administering the mining claim fee 
program, and $2,000,000 from communication site rental fees established 
by the Bureau.

                        wildland fire management

    For necessary expenses for fire use and management, fire 
preparedness, emergency presuppression, suppression operations, 
emergency rehabilitation, and renovation or construction of fire 
facilities in the Department of the Interior, $235,924,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $5,025,000, shall be 
available for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, persons 
hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and 
lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 
Provided further, That such funds are also available for repayment of 
advances to other appropriation accounts from which funds were 
previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to the Fire 
Protection and Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund 
may be transferred or merged with this appropriation.
                    central hazardous materials fund

    For expenses necessary for use by the Department of the Interior 
and any of its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action, 
including associated activities, of hazardous waste substances, 
pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et 
seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or paid by a party 
in advance of or as reimbursement for remedial action or response 
activities conducted by the Department pursuant to sections 107 or 
113(f) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and 
Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 9607 or 9613(f)), shall be 
credited to this account and shall be available without further 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That such sums recovered from or paid by any party are not 
limited to monetary payments and may include stocks, bonds or other 
personal or real property, which may be retained, liquidated, or 
otherwise disposed of by the Secretary of the Interior and which shall 
be credited to this account.
                        construction and access

    For acquisition of lands and interests therein, and construction of 
buildings, recreation facilities, roads, trails, and appurtenant 
facilities, $2,515,000, to remain available until expended.
                       payments in lieu of taxes

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 20, 1976, as 
amended (31 U.S.C. 6901-07), $111,409,000, of which not to exceed 
$400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses.
                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 205, 
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94-579 including administrative expenses 
and acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein, $8,500,000 to 
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain 
available until expended.
                   oregon and california grant lands

    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development 
of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access 
roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-
of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein including 
existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; 
$91,387,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 25 per 
centum of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby 
made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and 
shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance 
with the provisions of the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title 
II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
                           range improvements

    For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to 
section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1701), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 per 
centum of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and 
the amount designated for range improvements from grazing fees and 
mineral leasing receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the 
Department of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 
$9,113,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to 
exceed $600,000 shall be available for administrative expenses.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

    For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing 
application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of 
public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official 
public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and 
termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and 
for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under sections 209(b), 304(a), 304(b), 305(a), and 504(g) of 
the Act approved October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and sections 101 
and 203 of Public Law 93-153, to be immediately available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the contrary 
of section 305(a) of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1735(a)), 
any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to that section, 
whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not 
appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under the 
authority of this or subsequent appropriations Acts by the Secretary to 
improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 
the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the action of 
a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 
without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such 
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement are used on the exact lands 
damage to which led to the forfeiture, compromise, or settlement: 
Provided further, That such moneys are in excess of amounts needed to 
repair damage to the exact land for which collected.
                       miscellaneous trust funds

    In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing 
law, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed 
under section 307 of the Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and 
such amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, 
appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under 
section 211(b) of that Act, to remain available until expended.
                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management shall be available 
for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, and 
alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant 
facilities to which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for 
payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or 
evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau of 
Land Management; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on his certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-
sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 
printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced 
publications for which the cooperators share the cost of printing 
either in cash or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 
is capable of meeting accepted quality standards.
                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

    For expenses necessary for scientific and economic studies, 
conservation, management, investigations, protection, and utilization 
of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales, seals, and sea lions, 
and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such 
resources; for the general administration of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service; and for maintenance of the herd of long-horned cattle 
on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge; and not less than $1,000,000 
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved budget 
which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as 
authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93-
408, $498,035,000 (less $885,000), to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 1997, of which $11,557,000 shall be for operation 
and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities constructed by the 
Corps of Engineers under the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan, 
authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 
2921), to compensate for loss of fishery resources from water 
development projects on the Lower Snake River: Provided, That 
unobligated and unexpended balances in the Resource Management account 
at the end of fiscal year 1995, shall be merged with and made a part of 
the fiscal year 1996 Resource Management appropriation, and shall 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 1997.
                              construction

    For construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities 
required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, 
and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 
of lands and interests therein; $26,355,000, to remain available until 
expended.
                natural resource damage assessment fund

    To conduct natural resource damage assessment activities by the 
Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990 (Public Law 101-380), and the Act of July 27, 1990 (Public Law 
101-337); $6,019,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That sums provided by any party in fiscal year 1996 and thereafter are 
not limited to monetary payments and may include stocks, bonds or other 
personal or real property, which may be retained, liquidated or 
otherwise disposed of by the Secretary and such sums or properties 
shall be utilized for the restoration of injured resources, and to 
conduct new damage assessment activities.
                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4-11), 
including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, $14,100,000, 
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain 
available until expended.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543), as amended by 
Public Law 100-478, $8,085,000 for grants to States, to be derived from 
the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to remain 
available until expended.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.

                         rewards and operations

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the African 
Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201-4203, 4211-4213, 4221-4225, 
4241-4245, and 1538), $600,000, to remain available until expended.
               north american wetlands conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public Law 101-233, $4,500,000, to 
remain available until expended.
        lahontan valley and pyramid lake fish and wildlife fund

    For carrying out section 206(f) of Public Law 101-618, such sums as 
have previously been credited or may be credited hereafter to the 
Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund, to be 
available until expended without further appropriation.

                 rhinoceros and tiger conservation fund

    For deposit to the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund, 
$200,000, to remain available until expended, to be available to carry 
out the provisions of the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 
(P.L. 103-391).

              wildlife conservation and appreciation fund

    For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Fund, 
$998,000, to remain available until expended, to be available for 
carrying out the Partnerships for Wildlife Act only to the extent such 
funds are matched as provided in section 7105 of said Act.

                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 54 
passenger motor vehicles, none of which are for police-type use; not to 
exceed $400,000 for payment, at the discretion of the Secretary, for 
information, rewards, or evidence concerning violations of laws 
administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, 
authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on his certificate; repair of damage to public roads within and 
adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service; options for the purchase of land at not to 
exceed $1 for each option; facilities incident to such public 
recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their 
primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service and to which the United States has 
title, and which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with 
management and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, under cooperative 
cost sharing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, procure 
printing services from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced 
publications for which the cooperators share at least one-half the cost 
of printing either in cash or services and the Service determines the 
cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
of the Interior may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the 
establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System 
unless the purchase is approved in advance by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the reprogramming 
procedures contained in House Report 103-551: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service to impede or delay the issuance of a wetlands 
permit by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to the City of Lake Jackson, 
Texas, for the development of a public golf course west of Buffalo Camp 
Bayou between the Brazos River and Highway 332.
                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park 
Service (including special road maintenance service to trucking 
permittees on a reimbursable basis), and for the general administration 
of the National Park Service, including not to exceed $1,593,000 for 
the Volunteers-in-Parks program, and not less than $1,000,000 for high 
priority projects within the scope of the approved budget which shall 
be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act 
of August 13, 1970, as amended by Public Law 93-408, $1,088,249,000, 
without regard to the Act of August 24, 1912, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
451), of which not to exceed $72,000,000, to remain available until 
expended is to be derived from the special fee account established 
pursuant to title V, section 5201, of Public Law 100-203, and of which 
not more than $1 shall be available for activies of the National Park 
Service at the Mojave National Preserve.
                  national recreation and preservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural 
programs, cultural programs, environmental compliance and review, 
international park affairs, statutory or contractual aid for other 
activities, and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, 
$35,725,000: Provided, That $248,000 of the funds provided herein are 
for the William O. Douglas Outdoor Education Center, subject to 
authorization.

                       historic preservation fund

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 915), as amended (16 U.S.C. 
470), $37,934,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, 
established by section 108 of that Act, as amended, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 1997.
                              construction

    For construction, improvements, repair or replacement of physical 
facilities, $114,868,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be paid to the Army Corps of 
Engineers for modifications authorized by section 104 of the Everglades 
National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989.

                    land and water conservation fund

                              (rescission)

    The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1996 by 16 U.S.C. 
460l-10a is rescinded.

                 land acquisition and state assistance

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4-11), 
including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of lands or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the National Park Service, $14,300,000, to be derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until 
expended, of which $4,800,000 is provided for Federal assistance to the 
State of Florida pursuant to Public Law 103-219, and of which 
$1,500,000 is to administer the State assistance program.

                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be available for 
the purchase of not to exceed 518 passenger motor vehicles, of which 
323 shall be for replacement only, including not to exceed 411 for 
police-type use, 12 buses, and 5 ambulances: Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated to the National Park Service may be used to process 
any grant or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 
U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated to 
the National Park Service may be used to implement an agreement for the 
redevelopment of the southern end of Ellis Island.
                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

    For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to 
perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, 
geology, hydrology, and the mineral and water resources of the United 
States, its Territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized 
by law (43 U.S.C. 31, 1332 and 1340); classify lands as to their 
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power 
permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; 
administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); and 
publish and disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; 
$686,944,000, of which $62,130,000 shall be available for cooperation 
with States or municipalities for water resources investigations, and 
of which $112,888,000 for resource research and the operations of 
Cooperative Research Units shall remain available until September 30, 
1997: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay 
more than one-half the cost of any topographic mapping or water 
resources investigations carried on in cooperation with any State or 
municipality: Provided further, That funds available herein for 
resource research may be used for the purchase of not to exceed 61 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 55 are for replacement only: 
Provided further, That none of the funds available under this head for 
resource research shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 
property except when it is made known to the Federal official having 
authority to obligate or expend such funds that the survey or research 
has been requested and authorized in writing by the property owner or 
the owner's authorized representative: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided herein for resource research may be used to 
administer a volunteer program when it is made known to the Federal 
official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the 
volunteers are not properly trained or that information gathered by the 
volunteers is not carefully verified: Provided further, That no later 
than April 1, 1996, the Director of the United States Geological Survey 
shall issue agency guidelines for resource research that ensure that 
scientific and technical peer review is utilized as fully as possible 
in selection of projects for funding and ensure the validity and 
reliability of research and data collection on Federal lands: Provided 
further, That no funds available for resource research may be used for 
any activity that was not authorized prior to the establishment of the 
National Biological Survey: Provided further, That once every five 
years the National Academy of Sciences shall review and report on the 
resource research activities of the Survey: Provided further, That if 
specific authorizing legislation is enacted during or before the start 
of fiscal year 1996, the resource research component of the Survey 
should comply with the provisions of that legislation: Provided 
further, That unobligated and unexpended balances in the National 
Biological Survey, Research, inventories and surveys account at the end 
of fiscal year 1995, shall be merged with and made a part of the United 
States Geological Survey, Surveys, investigations, and research account 
and shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1996.

                       administrative provisions

    The amount appropriated for the United States Geological Survey 
shall be available for purchase of not to exceed 22 passenger motor 
vehicles, for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Services 
Administration for security guard services; contracting for the 
furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or 
other specialized surveys when it is administratively determined that 
such procedures are in the public interest; construction and 
maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; 
acquisition of lands for gauging stations and observation wells; 
expenses of the United States National Committee on Geology; and 
payment of compensation and expenses of persons on the rolls of the 
United States Geological Survey appointed, as authorized by law, to 
represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of 
interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by appropriations 
herein made may be accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, 
or cooperative agreements as defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302, et seq.
                      Minerals Management Service

                royalty and offshore minerals management

    For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and environmental 
studies, regulation of industry operations, and collection of 
royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing laws and regulations 
applicable to oil, gas, and other minerals leases, permits, licenses 
and operating contracts; and for matching grants or cooperative 
agreements; including the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; $186,556,000, of which not less 
than $70,105,000 shall be available for royalty management activities; 
and an amount not to exceed $12,400,000 for the Technical Information 
Management System of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Activity, to 
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available until 
expended, from additions to receipts resulting from increases to rates 
in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections for 
OCS administrative activities performed by the Minerals Management 
Service over and above the rates in effect on September 30, 1993, and 
from additional fees for OCS administrative activities established 
after September 30, 1993: Provided, That beginning in fiscal year 1996 
and thereafter, fees for royalty rate relief applications shall be 
established (and revised as needed) in Notices to Lessees, and shall be 
credited to this account in the program areas performing the function, 
and remain available until expended for the costs of administering the 
royalty rate relief authorized by 43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3): Provided 
further, That $1,500,000 for computer acquisitions shall remain 
available until September 30, 1997: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this Act shall be available for the payment of 
interest in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721 (b) and (d): Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable 
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, $15,000 under this head shall be available for refunds of 
overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the 
Director of the Minerals Management Service concurred with the claimed 
refund due, to pay amounts owed to Indian allottees or Tribes, or to 
correct prior unrecoverable erroneous payments: Provided further, That 
beginning in fiscal year 1996 and thereafter, the Secretary shall take 
appropriate action to collect unpaid and underpaid royalties and late 
payment interest owed by Federal and Indian mineral lessees and other 
royalty payors on amounts received in settlement or other resolution of 
disputes under, and for partial or complete termination of, sales 
agreements for minerals from Federal and Indian leases.
                           oil spill research

    For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of title I, 
section 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $6,440,000, which 
shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain 
available until expended.

                            Bureau of Mines

                           mines and minerals

    For expenses necessary for the orderly closure of the Bureau of 
Mines, $87,000,000.

                       administrative provisions

  The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, 
other contributions, and fees from public and private sources, and to 
prosecute projects using such contributions and fees in cooperation 
with other Federal, State or private agencies: Provided, That the 
Bureau of Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell 
directly or through any Government agency, including corporations, any 
metal or mineral products that may be manufactured in pilot plants 
operated by the Bureau of Mines, and the proceeds of such sales shall 
be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
is authorized to convey, without reimbursement, title and all interest 
of the United States in property and facilities of the United States 
Bureau of Mines in Juneau, Alaska to the City and Borough of Juneau, 
Alaska; in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to The University of Alabama; in Rolla, 
Missouri, to the University of Missouri-Rolla; and in other localities 
to such university or government entities as the Secretary deems 
appropriate.
          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       regulation and technology

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, as 
amended, including the purchase of not to exceed 15 passenger motor 
vehicles for replacement only; $92,751,000, and notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be credited to this account, to 
remain available until expended, from performance bond forfeitures in 
fiscal year 1996: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may 
utilize directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in 
fiscal year 1996 pursuant to the assessment of civil penalties under 
section 518 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(30 U.S.C. 1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining 
practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State 
and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement sponsored training.
                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of title IV of 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-
87, as amended, including the purchase of not more than 22 passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only, $176,327,000, to be derived from 
receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain available 
until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall be used for supplemental 
grants to States for the reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine 
rock drainage from coal mines through the Appalachian Clean Streams 
Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum program States will be 
$1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That of the 
funds herein provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency 
program authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95-87, as amended, of 
which no more than 25 per centum shall be used for emergency 
reclamation projects in any one State and funds for Federally-
administered emergency reclamation projects under this proviso shall 
not exceed $11,000,000: Provided further, That donations credited to 
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, pursuant to section 401(b)(3) of 
Public Law 95-87, are hereby appropriated and shall be available until 
expended to support projects under the Appalachian Clean Streams 
Initiative, directly, through agreements with other Federal agencies, 
as otherwise authorized, or through grants to States or local 
governments, or tax-exempt private entities: Provided further, That 
prior year unobligated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation 
program shall not be subject to the 25 per centum limitation per State 
and may be used without fiscal year limitation for emergency projects: 
Provided further, That pursuant to Public Law 97-365, the Department of 
the Interior is authorized to utilize up to 20 per centum from the 
recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government to 
pay for contracts to collect these debts.
                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

    For operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants including expenses 
necessary to provide education and welfare services for Indians, either 
directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations, 
including payment of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of 
Indians in boarding homes, or institutions, or schools; grants and 
other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and order; 
management, development, improvement, and protection of resources and 
appurtenant facilities under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, including payment of irrigation assessments and charges; 
acquisition of water rights; advances for Indian industrial and 
business enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and 
museums; development of Indian arts and crafts, as authorized by law; 
for the general administration of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
including such expenses in field offices; maintaining of Indian 
reservation roads as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States 
Code; and construction, repair, and improvement of Indian housing, 
$1,508,777,000 (plus $851,000), of which not to exceed $106,126,000 
shall be for payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with ongoing contracts or grants or compacts 
entered into with the Bureau of Indian Affairs prior to fiscal year 
1996, as authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as 
amended, and $5,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-Determination 
Fund, which shall be available for the transitional cost of initial or 
expanded tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions of the Indian 
Self-Determination Act; and of which not to exceed $330,711,000 for 
school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education 
programs shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1996, and 
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1997; and of 
which not to exceed $67,138,000 for higher education scholarships, 
adult vocational training, and assistance to public schools under the 
Johnson O'Malley Act shall remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 1997; and of which not to exceed $74,814,000 shall remain 
available until expended for trust funds management, housing 
improvement, road maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, self-
governance grants, the Indian Self-Determination Fund, and the Navajo-
Hopi Settlement Program: Provided, That tribes and tribal contractors 
may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of 
ongoing contracts, grants or compact agreements: Provided further, That 
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 1996, as authorized by 
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450 
et seq.), or grants authorized by the Indian Education Amendments of 
1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001 and 2008A) shall remain available until expended 
by the contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not 
commence to run on any claim, including any claim in litigation pending 
on the date of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust 
funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been furnished 
with the accounting of such funds from which the beneficiary can 
determine whether there has been a loss: Provided further, That to 
provide funding uniformity within a Self-Governance Compact, any funds 
provided in this Act with availability for more than one year may be 
reprogrammed to one year availability but shall remain available within 
the Compact until expended: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, Indian tribal governments may, by appropriate 
changes in eligibility criteria or by other means, change eligibility 
for general assistance or change the amount of general assistance 
payments for individuals within the service area of such tribe who are 
otherwise deemed eligible for general assistance payments so long as 
such changes are applied in a consistent manner to individuals 
similarly situated: Provided further, That any savings realized by such 
changes shall be available for use in meeting other priorities of the 
tribes: Provided further, That any net increase in costs to the Federal 
Government which result solely from tribally increased payment levels 
for general assistance shall be met exclusively from funds available to 
the tribe from within its tribal priority allocation: Provided further, 
That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which remain unobligated 
as of September 30, 1996, may be transferred during fiscal year 1997 to 
an Indian forest land assistance account established for the benefit of 
such tribe within the tribe's trust fund account: Provided further, 
That any such unobligated balances not so transferred shall expire on 
September 30, 1997: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools 
under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 
452 et seq.), shall be available to support the operation of any 
elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska in fiscal year 
1996: Provided further, That funds made available in this or any other 
Act for expenditure through September 30, 1997 for schools funded by 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available only to the schools 
which are in the Bureau of Indian Affairs school system as of September 
1, 1995: Provided further, That no funds available to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs shall be used to support expanded grades for any school 
beyond the grade structure in place at each school in the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs school system as of October 1, 1995: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the provisions of 25 U.S.C. 2011(h)(1)(B) and (c), 
upon the recommendation of a local school board for a Bureau of Indian 
Affairs operated school, the Secretary shall establish rates of basic 
compensation or annual salary rates for the positions of teachers and 
counselors (including dormitory and homeliving counselors) at the 
school at a level not less than that for comparable positions in public 
school districts in the same geographic area.
                              construction

    For construction, major repair, and improvement of irrigation and 
power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of 
lands and interests in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, 
$98,033,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such 
amounts as may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project and for other water resource development activities 
related to the Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act may be 
transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 6 per centum of contract authority available to the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may be used to cover 
the road program management costs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: 
Provided further, That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams 
program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a non-
reimbursable basis: Provided further, That for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, in implementing new construction or facilities 
improvement and repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are 
provided to tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law 100-297, 
as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the Administrative 
and Audit Requirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs 
contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided 
further, That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 43 
CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and determine a 
schedule of payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 
That in considering applications, the Secretary shall consider whether 
the Indian tribe or tribal organization would be deficient in assuring 
that the construction projects conform to applicable building standards 
and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards as 
required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with respect to organizational and 
financial management capabilities: Provided further, That if the 
Secretary declines an application, the Secretary shall follow the 
requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That any 
disputes between the Secretary and any grantee concerning a grant shall 
be subject to the disputes provision in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).
 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

    For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and individuals and for 
necessary administrative expenses, $75,145,000, to remain available 
until expended; of which $73,100,000 shall be available for 
implementation of enacted Indian land and water claim settlements 
pursuant to Public Laws 87-483, 97-293, 101-618, 102-374, 102-441, 102-
575, and 103-116, and for implementation of other enacted water rights 
settlements, including not to exceed $8,000,000, which shall be for the 
Federal share of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims 
Settlement, as authorized by section 5(a) of Public Law 103-116; and of 
which $1,045,000 shall be available pursuant to Public Laws 98-500, 99-
264, and 100-580; and of which $1,000,000 shall be available (1) to 
liquidate obligations owed tribal and individual Indian payees of any 
checks canceled pursuant to section 1003 of the Competitive Equality 
Banking Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-86 (101 Stat. 659)), 31 U.S.C. 
3334(b), (2) to restore to Individual Indian Monies trust funds, Indian 
Irrigation Systems, and Indian Power Systems accounts amounts invested 
in credit unions or defaulted savings and loan associations and which 
were not Federally insured, and (3) to reimburse Indian trust fund 
account holders for losses to their respective accounts where the claim 
for said loss(es) has been reduced to a judgment or settlement 
agreement approved by the Department of Justice.

                       administrative provisions

    Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall be available 
for expenses of exhibits, and purchase of not to exceed 275 passenger 
carrying motor vehicles, of which not to exceed 215 shall be for 
replacement only.
                 Territorial and International Affairs

                       assistance to territories

    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, $52,405,000, to remain 
available until expended for brown tree snake control and research; 
grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and 
expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the 
Government of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, 
for construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the 
Government of the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the 
Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government 
of the Northern Mariana Islands as authorized by law (Public Law 94-
241; 90 Stat. 272): Provided, That all financial transactions of the 
territorial and local governments herein provided for, including such 
transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or 
utilized by such governments, may be audited by the General Accounting 
Office, at its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, 
United States Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 
Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to those terms of 
the Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future United States 
Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 99-396, or any subsequent legislation related to 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant funding.
                      compact of free association

    For economic assistance and necessary expenses for the Federated 
States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands as 
provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 232, and 233 of the Compacts of 
Free Association, and for economic assistance and necessary expenses 
for the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221, 223, 
232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association, $24,938,000, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized by Public Law 99-239 and Public 
Law 99-658, and $4,580,000 for impact aid for Guam under section 
104(e)(6) of Public Law 99-239: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
112 of Public Law 101-219 (103 Stat. 1873), the Secretary of the 
Interior may agree to technical changes in the specifications for the 
project described in the subsidiary agreement negotiated under section 
212(a) of the Compact of Free Association, Public Law 99-658, or its 
annex, if the changes do not result in increased costs to the United 
States.

                          Departmental Offices

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 
Interior, $53,919,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 may be for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $34,608,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$23,939,000.

                   National Indian Gaming Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gaming Commission, 
pursuant to Public Law 100-497, $1,000,000.
                       Administrative Provisions

    There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources 
within the Working Capital Fund, 15 aircraft, 10 of which shall be for 
replacement and which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 
available excess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, 
with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase 
price for the replacement aircraft: Provided further, That no programs 
funded with appropriated funds in the ``Office of the Secretary'', 
``Office of the Solicitor'', and ``Office of Inspector General'' may be 
augmented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consolidated Working 
Fund.
             GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the 
approval of the Secretary, for the emergency reconstruction, 
replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other 
facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or 
other unavoidable causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made 
available under this authority until funds specifically made available 
to the Department of the Interior for emergencies shall have been 
exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 
section are hereby designated by Congress to be ``emergency 
requirements'' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must, be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as 
possible.
    Sec. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expenditure or transfer 
of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts 
included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the 
suppression or emergency prevention of forest or range fires on or 
threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under 
its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or actual 
earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; 
for contingency planning subsequent to actual oilspills; response and 
natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual 
oilspills; for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or 
potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 
1773(b) of Public Law 99-198 (99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation 
projects under section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall transfer, 
from any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to permit 
assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State is not 
carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: 
Provided, That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression 
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred 
during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to other 
Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other 
equipment in connection with their use for fire suppression purposes, 
such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently available 
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for emergency 
rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities, no funds shall be 
made available under this authority until funds appropriated to the 
``Emergency Department of the Interior Firefighting Fund'' shall have 
been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this 
section are hereby designated by Congress to be ``emergency 
requirements'' pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and must be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as 
possible: Provided further, That such replenishment funds shall be used 
to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds 
were transferred.
    Sec. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and similar facilities, 
wherever consolidation of activities will contribute to efficiency or 
economy, and said appropriations shall be reimbursed for services 
rendered to any other activity in the same manner as authorized by 
sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, U.S.C.: Provided, That 
reimbursements for costs and supplies, materials, equipment, and for 
services rendered may be credited to the appropriation current at the 
time such reimbursements are received.
    Sec. 104. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in 
this title shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed 
$500,000; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone 
service in private residences in the field, when authorized under 
regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when 
authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or 
associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to 
members lower than to subscribers who are not members.
    Sec. 105. Appropriations available to the Department of the 
Interior for salaries and expenses shall be available for uniforms or 
allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902 and D.C. 
Code 4-204).
    Sec. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
obligation in connection with contracts issued for services or rentals 
for periods not in excess of twelve months beginning at any time during 
the fiscal year.
    Sec. 107. Appropriations made in this title from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund for acquisition of lands and waters, or interests 
therein, shall be available for transfer, with the approval of the 
Secretary, between the following accounts: Bureau of Land Management, 
Land acquisition, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Land 
acquisition, and National Park Service, Land acquisition and State 
assistance. Use of such funds are subject to the reprogramming 
guidelines of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec.  108. Amounts appropriated in this Act for the Presidio which 
are not obligated as of the date on which the Presidio Trust is 
established by an Act of Congress shall be transferred to and available 
only for the Presidio Trust.
    Sec. 109. Section 6003 of Public Law 101-380 is hereby repealed.
    Sec. 110. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be obligated or expended by the Secretary of 
the Interior for developing, promulgating, and thereafter implementing 
a rule concerning rights-of-way under section 2477 of the Revised 
Statutes.
    Sec. 111. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore leasing and 
related activities placed under restriction in the President's 
moratorium statement of June 26, 1990, in the areas of Northern, 
Central, and Southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and 
Oregon; and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north 
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
     Sec. 112. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the conduct of leasing, or the approval 
or permitting of any drilling or other exploration activity, on lands 
within the North Aleutian Basin planning area.
    Sec. 113. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing and leasing 
activities in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico for Outer Continental Shelf 
Lease Sale 151 in the Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil 
Resource Management Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997.
     Sec. 114. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the 
Department of the Interior for the conduct of preleasing and leasing 
activities in the Atlantic for Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 164 
in the Outer Continental Shelf Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management 
Comprehensive Program, 1992-1997.
                       TITLE II--RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                            forest research

    For necessary expenses of forest research as authorized by law, 
$182,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997.

                       state and private forestry

    For necessary expenses of cooperating with, and providing technical 
and financial assistance to States, Territories, possessions, and 
others and for forest pest management activities, cooperative forestry 
and education and land conservation activities, $129,551,000, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized by law.
                         national forest system

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization 
of the National Forest System, for ecosystem planning, inventory, and 
monitoring, and for administrative expenses associated with the 
management of funds provided under the heads ``Forest Research'', 
``State and Private Forestry'', ``National Forest System'', 
``Construction'', ``Fire Protection and Emergency Suppression'', and 
``Land Acquisition'', $1,266,688,000, to remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 1997, and including 65 per centum of all 
monies received during the prior fiscal year as fees collected under 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in 
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)): Provided, 
That unobligated and unexpended balances in the National Forest System 
account at the end of fiscal year 1995, shall be merged with and made a 
part of the fiscal year 1996 National Forest System appropriation, and 
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1997: 
Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the funds provided herein 
for road maintenance shall be available for the planned obliteration of 
roads which are no longer needed.

               fire protection and emergency suppression

    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on 
National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression on or 
adjacent to National Forest System lands or other lands under fire 
protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of burned over 
National Forest System lands, $385,485,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That unexpended balances of amounts previously 
appropriated under any other headings for Forest Service fire 
activities may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation: 
Provided further, That such funds are available for repayment of 
advances from other appropriations accounts previously transferred for 
such purposes.
                              construction

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $120,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
construction and acquisition of buildings and other facilities, and for 
construction and repair of forest roads and trails by the Forest 
Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: 
Provided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 1996 under the 
Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the 
General Fund of the Treasury of the United States: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, may 
be obligated for the construction of forest roads by timber purchasers.
                            land acquisition

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4-11), 
including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or 
waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory authority 
applicable to the Forest Service, $14,600,000, to be derived from the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until expended.
         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

    For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National 
Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland 
National Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to be 
derived from forest receipts.
            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

    For acquisition of lands, to be derived from funds deposited by 
State, county, or municipal governments, public school districts, or 
other public school authorities pursuant to the Act of December 4, 
1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended.
                         range betterment fund

    For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement, 50 per centum of all moneys received during the prior 
fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in 
National Forests in the sixteen Western States, pursuant to section 
401(b)(1) of Public Law 94-579, as amended, to remain available until 
expended, of which not to exceed 6 per centum shall be available for 
administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground range 
rehabilitation, protection, and improvements.
    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

    For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $92,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be derived from the fund established 
pursuant to the above Act.
               administrative provisions, forest service

    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (a) purchase of not to exceed 183 passenger 
motor vehicles of which 32 will be used primarily for law enforcement 
purposes and of which 151 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 22 
passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such 
vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of not to 
exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition of 20 aircraft from 
excess sources; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing 
aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in 
value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; 
(b) services pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (c) purchase, erection, and alteration 
of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (d) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pursuant to the Act 
of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); (e) for expenses pursuant to the 
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, 
558a note); and (f) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 
U.S.C. 3718(c).
    None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated 
or expended to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish any 
region, to move or close any regional office for research, State and 
private forestry, or National Forest System administration of the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, without the consent of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry in the United States Senate and 
the Committee on Agriculture in the United States House of 
Representatives.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be 
advanced to the Fire and Emergency Suppression appropriation and may be 
used for forest firefighting and the emergency rehabilitation of 
burned-over lands under its jurisdiction: Provided, That no funds shall 
be made available under this authority until funds appropriated to the 
``Emergency Forest Service Firefighting Fund'' shall have been 
exhausted.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development and 
the Foreign Agricultural Service in connection with forest and 
rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign 
countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related 
natural resource activities outside the United States and its 
territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education 
and training, and cooperation with United States and international 
organizations.
    None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under this 
Act shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) 
of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 
7 U.S.C. 147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with 
the reprogramming procedures contained in House Report 103-551.
    No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture without the 
approval of the Chief of the Forest Service.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations or 
funds available to the Forest Service may be used to disseminate 
program information to private and public individuals and organizations 
through the use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide 
nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur necessary expenses for 
the nonmonetary recognition of private individuals and organizations 
that make contributions to Forest Service programs.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money collected, in 
advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service under authority of section 
101 of Public Law 93-153 (30 U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of 
administrative and other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-
of-way or permit applications and for costs incurred in monitoring the 
construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of any pipeline 
and related facilities, may be used to reimburse the applicable 
appropriation to which such costs were originally charged.
    Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct 
a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by the 
Youth Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, 
as amended by Public Law 93-408.
    None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for timber 
sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood stands in excess of 25 
percent of the fiscal year 1989 harvested volume in the Wayne National 
Forest, Ohio: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to 
hardwood stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further, That 
landscape architects shall be used to maintain a visually pleasing 
forest.
    Any money collected from the States for fire suppression assistance 
rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal lands not in the vicinity 
of National Forest System lands shall be used to reimburse the 
applicable appropriation and shall remain available until expended as 
the Secretary may direct in conducting activities authorized by 16 
U.S.C. 2101 (note), 2101-2110, 1606, and 2111.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and 
representation expenses.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Forest Service is 
authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at regular 
rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work occasioned 
by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any other 
unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays, and the 
regular workweek.
    To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the Final 
Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of the funds 
available in this Act shall be used for preparation of timber sales 
using clearcutting or other forms of even aged management in hardwood 
stands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
    Not withstanding any other provision of law, eighty percent of the 
funds appropriated to the Forest Service in the National Forest System 
and Construction accounts and planned to be allocated to activities 
under the ``Jobs in the Woods'' program for projects on National Forest 
land in the State of Washington may be granted directly to the 
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of 
planned projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall be retained by the 
Forest Service for planning and administering projects. Project 
selection and prioritization shall be accomplished by the Forest 
Service with such consultation with the State of Washington as the 
Forest Service deems appropriate.
    None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for any 
activity that directly or indirectly causes harm to songbirds within 
the boundaries of the Shawnee National Forest.
                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                 fossil energy research and development

    For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy research and 
development activities, under the authority of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (Public Law 95-91), including the acquisition of 
interest, including defeasible and equitable interests in any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or 
expansion, $379,524,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That no part of the sum herein made available shall be used for the 
field testing of nuclear explosives in the recovery of oil and gas.

                      alternative fuels production

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Monies received as investment income on the principal amount in the 
Great Plains Project Trust at the Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such 
sums as are earned as of October 1, 1995, shall be deposited in this 
account and immediately transferred to the General Fund of the 
Treasury. Monies received as revenue sharing from the operation of the 
Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be immediately transferred to the 
General Fund of the Treasury.

                 naval petroleum and oil shale reserves

    For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petroleum and oil 
shale reserve activities, $151,028,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the requirements of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) 
shall not apply to fiscal year 1996.
                          energy conservation

    For necessary expenses in carrying out energy conservation 
activities, $556,371,000, to remain available until expended, 
including, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the excess 
amount for fiscal year 1996 determined under the provisions of section 
3003(d) of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502), and of which $16,000,000 
shall be derived from available unobligated balances in the Biomass 
Energy Development account: Provided, That $148,946,000 shall be for 
use in energy conservation programs as defined in section 3008(3) of 
Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and shall not be available until 
excess amounts are determined under the provisions of section 3003(d) 
of Public Law 99-509 (15 U.S.C. 4502): Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2) of Public Law 99-509 such sums shall 
be allocated to the eligible programs as follows: $110,946,000 for the 
weatherization assistance program and $26,500,000 for the State energy 
conservation program.
                          economic regulation

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the 
Economic Regulatory Administration and the Office of Hearings and 
Appeals, $6,297,000, to remain available until expended.
                      strategic petroleum reserve

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility 
development and operations and program management activities pursuant 
to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $287,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $187,000,000 shall be derived by transfer of unobligated 
balances from the ``SPR petroleum account'' and $100,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the ``SPR Decommissioning Fund'': Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act, the Secretary shall draw down and sell up to seven million barrels 
of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Provided further, That the 
proceeds from the sale shall be deposited into a special account in the 
Treasury, to be established and known as the ``SPR Decommissioning 
Fund'', and shall be available for the purpose of removal of oil from 
and decommissioning of the Weeks Island site and for other purposes 
related to the operations of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
                         spr petroleum account

    Notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 6240(d) the United States share of crude 
oil in Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills) may be sold or 
otherwise disposed of to other than the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: 
Provided, That outlays in fiscal year 1996 resulting from the use of 
funds in this account shall not exceed $5,000,000.

                   energy information administration

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities of the Energy 
Information Administration, $79,766,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That notwithstanding Section 4(d) of the Service 
Contract Act of 1965 (41 U.S.C. 353(d)) or any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated under this heading hereafter may be used to enter 
into a contract for end use consumption surveys for a term not to 
exceed eight years: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, hereafter the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey 
shall be conducted on a triennial basis.
            administrative provisions, department of energy

    Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal year shall be 
available for hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms; and 
reimbursement to the General Services Administration for security guard 
services.
    From appropriations under this Act, transfers of sums may be made 
to other agencies of the Government for the performance of work for 
which the appropriation is made.
    None of the funds made available to the Department of Energy under 
this Act shall be used to implement or finance authorized price support 
or loan guarantee programs unless specific provision is made for such 
programs in an appropriations Act.
    The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, 
and other contributions from public and private sources and to 
prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, 
private, or foreign: Provided, That revenues and other moneys received 
by or for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise 
generated by sale of products in connection with projects of the 
Department appropriated under this Act may be retained by the Secretary 
of Energy, to be available until expended, and used only for plant 
construction, operation, costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities 
as provided in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: 
Provided further, That the remainder of revenues after the making of 
such payments shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts: Provided further, That any contract, agreement, or provision 
thereof entered into by the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall 
not be executed prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not 
including any day in which either House of Congress is not in session 
because of adjournment of more than three calendar days to a day 
certain) from the receipt by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President of the Senate of a full comprehensive 
report on such project, including the facts and circumstances relied 
upon in support of the proposed project.
    No funds provided in this Act may be expended by the Department of 
Energy to prepare, issue, or process procurement documents for programs 
or projects for which appropriations have not been made.
                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 
Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to the Indian Health Service, $1,725,792,000 together with 
payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 300aaa-2 
for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided, That 
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be 
obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and thereafter 
shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency 
Fund: Provided further, That $351,258,000 for contract medical care 
shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 1997: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, not less than $11,306,000 
shall be used to carry out the loan repayment program under section 108 
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended: Provided 
further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for one-year 
contracts and grants which are to be performed in two fiscal years, so 
long as the total obligation is recorded in the year for which the 
funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title 
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be available for two 
fiscal years after the fiscal year in which they were collected, for 
the purpose of achieving compliance with the applicable conditions and 
requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act 
(exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new facilities): 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $7,500,000 shall remain 
available until expended, for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which 
shall be available for the transitional costs of initial or expanded 
tribal contracts, grants or cooperative agreements with the Indian 
Health Service under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination 
Act: Provided further, That funding contained herein, and in any 
earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship programs under the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 1997: Provided further, That amounts 
received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act, as amended, shall be reported and 
accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal 
organizations until expended.
                        indian health facilities

    For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equipment 
of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for 
personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and 
purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community 
sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the 
Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-Determination 
Act and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for expenses 
necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the 
Indian Self-Determination Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 
and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
environmental health and facilities support activities of the Indian 
Health Service, $236,975,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated for the planning, design, construction or renovation of 
health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes may be 
used to purchase land for sites to construct, improve, or enlarge 
health or related facilities.
            administrative provisions, indian health service

    Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be 
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates not 
to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for 
senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of 
reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular buildings and 
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary; and for uniforms or allowances therefor as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); and for expenses of attendance 
at meetings which are concerned with the functions or activities for 
which the appropriation is made or which will contribute to improved 
conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities: 
Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care 
at all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facilities, 
subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds recovered under 
the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-53) shall be 
credited to the account of the facility providing the service and shall 
be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86-121 (the Indian 
Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93-638, as amended: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act, except those used for administrative and program direction 
purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at curtailing 
Federal travel and transportation: Provided further, That the Indian 
Health Service shall neither bill nor charge those Indians who may have 
the economic means to pay unless and until such time as Congress has 
agreed upon a specific policy to do so and has directed the Indian 
Health Service to implement such a policy: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or herein 
made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a contract, 
grant or agreement authorized by Title I of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (88 Stat. 2203; 25 
U.S.C. 450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-governance 
funding agreement under Title III of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 and thereafter shall remain available 
to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule 
published in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the 
Department of Health and Human Services, relating to eligibility for 
the health care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian 
Health Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 
costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has 
been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 
further, That funds made available in this Act are to be apportioned to 
the Indian Health Service as appropriated in this Act, and accounted 
for in the appropriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided 
further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service 
may not be altered without advance approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations.
                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

                            indian education

    For necessary expenses to carry out, to the extent not otherwise 
provided, title IX, part A, subpart 1 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, as amended, and section 215 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $52,500,000.
                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $21,345,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds provided in this or any 
other appropriations Act are to be used to relocate eligible 
individuals and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-
partitioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard 
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not included in the 
preceding categories: Provided further, That none of the funds 
contained in this or any other Act may be used by the Office of Navajo 
and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family 
who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 
partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement home is 
provided for such household: Provided further, That no relocatee will 
be provided with more than one new or replacement home: Provided 
further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible 
relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the 
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo 
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 640d-10.

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        payment to the institute

    For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by title XV of Public Law 
99-498 (20 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $5,500,000.
                        Smithsonian Institution

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, 
and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the 
National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; 
collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and 
publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance 
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease (for terms not to 
exceed thirty years), and protection of buildings, facilities, and 
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; up to 5 replacement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, 
repair, and cleaning of uniforms for employees; $309,471,000, of which 
not to exceed $32,000,000 for the instrumentation program, collections 
acquisition, Museum Support Center equipment and move, exhibition 
reinstallation, the National Museum of the American Indian, the 
repatriation of skeletal remains program, research equipment, 
information management, and Latino programming shall remain available 
until expended and, including such funds as may be necessary to support 
American overseas research centers and a total of $125,000 for the 
Council of American Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds 
appropriated herein are available for advance payments to independent 
contractors performing research services or participating in official 
Smithsonian presentations.
        construction and improvements, national zoological park

    For necessary expenses of planning, construction, remodeling, and 
equipping of buildings and facilities at the National Zoological Park, 
by contract or otherwise, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  repair and restoration of buildings

    For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of buildings owned 
or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract or otherwise, 
as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 
623), including not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $24,954,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, 
and exterior repair or restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian 
Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on 
the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
                              construction

    For necessary expenses for construction, $12,950,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a single procurement for the construction of the 
National Museum of the American Indian Cultural Resources Center may be 
issued which includes the full scope of the project: Provided further, 
That the solicitation and the contract shall contain the clause 
``availability of funds'' found at 48 CFR 52.232.18.
                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the 
protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative 
expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 
(50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the 
treasurer of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art 
associations or societies whose publications or services are available 
to members only, or to members at a price lower than to the general 
public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services 
for protecting buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, 
alteration, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and 
grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and repair of works 
of art for the National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without 
advertising, with individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or 
prices and under such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem 
proper, $51,315,000, of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended.

            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and renovation of 
buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National 
Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, as authorized $5,500,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for 
environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair or 
renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be 
negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of 
contractor qualifications as well as price.
             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       operations and maintenance

    For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance and security 
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $9,800,000.
                              construction

    For necessary expenses of capital repair and rehabilitation of the 
existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts, $8,983,000, to remain available until 
expended.
            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of 
passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$5,140,100.
           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $82,259,000, subject to 
passage by the House of Representatives of a bill authorizing such 
appropriation, shall be available to the National Endowment for the 
Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts through 
assistance to groups and individuals pursuant to section 5(c) of the 
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain 
available until September 30, 1997.

                            matching grants

    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$17,235,000, subject to passage by the House of Representatives of a 
bill authorizing such appropriation, to remain available until 
September 30, 1997, to the National Endowment for the Arts, of which 
$7,500,000 shall be available for purposes of section 5(p)(1): 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for obligation 
only in such amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, and devises of money, and other property accepted by the 
Chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the provisions of 
section 10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A) during the 
current and preceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not 
previously been appropriated.
                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, $82,469,000 shall be 
available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for support of 
activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act, and 
for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until 
September 30, 1997.
                            matching grants

    To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, as amended, 
$17,025,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997, of which 
$9,180,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the 
Humanities for the purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as 
may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of 
money, and other property accepted by the Chairman or by grantees of 
the Endowment under the provisions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 
11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal years for which 
equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                      Institute of Museum Services

                       grants and administration

    For carrying out title II of the Arts, Humanities, and Cultural 
Affairs Act of 1976, as amended, $21,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1997.
                       administrative provisions

    None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract 
documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses.
                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing a Commission of 
Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $834,000.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

    For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (99 Stat. 
1261; 20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $6,000,000.
               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation, $3,063,000.
                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by the National Capital 
Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71-71i), including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,090,000: Provided, That all appointed 
members will be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate for 
Executive Schedule Level IV.

             Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial 
Commission, established by the Act of August 11, 1955 (69 Stat. 694), 
as amended by Public Law 92-332 (86 Stat. 401), $48,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 1997.
              Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the orderly closure of the Pennsylvania 
Avenue Development Corporation, $2,000,000.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Council

                       holocaust memorial council

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as authorized by 
Public Law 96-388, as amended, $28,707,000; of which $1,575,000 for the 
Museum's repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the 
Museum's exhibition program shall remain available until expended.
                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation under this Act shall be 
available to the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
Agriculture for the leasing of oil and natural gas by noncompetitive 
bidding on publicly owned lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee 
National Forest, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to 
inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access to 
minerals owned by private individuals.
    Sec. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of 
literature that in any way tends to promote public support or 
opposition to any legislative proposal on which congressional action is 
not complete.
    Sec. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department 
or agency shall be obligated or expended to provide a personal cook, 
chauffeur, or other personal servants to any officer or employee of 
such department or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
    Sec. 306. No assessments may be levied against any program, budget 
activity, subactivity, or project funded by this Act unless notice of 
such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the Committees 
on Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.
    Sec. 307. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the 
entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with 
sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c; 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
        the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to 
        be purchased with financial assistance provided using funds 
        made available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress 
        that entities receiving the assistance should, in expending the 
        assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
        financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
        the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient 
        of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
        paragraph (1) by the Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products 
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, 
prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant 
sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National Forest 
System or Bureau of Land Management lands in a manner different than 
such sales were conducted in fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 309. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended by the National Park Service to enter into or 
implement a concession contract which permits or requires the removal 
of the underground lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
    Sec. 310. Where the actual costs of construction projects under 
self-determination contracts, compacts, or grants, pursuant to Public 
Laws 93-638, 100-413, or 100-297, are less than the estimated costs 
thereof, use of the resulting excess funds shall be determined by the 
appropriate Secretary after consultation with the tribes.
    Sec. 311. Notwithstanding Public Law 103-413, quarterly payments of 
funds to tribes and tribal organizations under annual funding 
agreements pursuant to section 108 of Public Law 93-638, as amended, 
may be made on the first business day following the first day of a 
fiscal quarter.
    Sec. 312. None of funds in this Act may be used for the Americorps 
program.
    Sec. 313. (a) On or before April 1, 1996, the Pennsylvania Avenue 
Development Corporation shall--
            (1) transfer and assign in accordance with this section all 
        of its rights, title, and interest in and to all of the leases, 
        covenants, agreements, and easements it has executed or will 
        execute by March 31, 1996, in carrying out its powers and 
        duties under the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation 
        Act (40 U.S.C. 871-885) and the Federal Triangle Development 
        Act (40 U.S.C. 1101-1109) to the General Services 
        Administration, National Capital Planning Commission, or the 
        National Park Service; and
            (2) except as provided by subsection (d), transfer all 
        rights, title, and interest in and to all property, both real 
        and personal, held in the name of the Pennsylvania Avenue 
        Development Corporation to the General Services Administration.
    (b) The responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
Corporation transferred to the General Services Administration under 
subsection (a) include, but are not limited to, the following:
            (1) Collection of revenue owed the Federal Government as a 
        result of real estate sales or lease agreements entered into by 
        the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation and private 
        parties, including, at a minimum, with respect to the following 
        projects:
                    (A) The Willard Hotel property on Square 225.
                    (B) The Gallery Row project on Square 457.
                    (C) The Lansburgh's project on Square 431.
                    (D) The Market Square North project on Square 407.
            (2) Collection of sale or lease revenue owed the Federal 
        Government (if any) in the event two undeveloped sites owned by 
        the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation on Squares 457 
        and 406 are sold or leased prior to April 1, 1996.
            (3) Application of collected revenue to repay United States 
        Treasury debt incurred by the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
        Corporation in the course of acquiring real estate.
            (4) Performing financial audits for projects in which the 
        Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation has actual or 
        potential revenue expectation, as identified in paragraphs (1) 
        and (2), in accordance with procedures describe in applicable 
        sale or lease agreements.
            (5) Disposition of real estate properties which are or 
        become available for sale and lease or other uses.
            (6) Payment of benefits in accordance with the Uniform 
        Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies 
        Act of 1970 to which persons in the project area squares are 
        entitled as a result of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
        Corporation's acquisition of real estate.
            (7) Carrying out the responsibilities of the Pennsylvania 
        Avenue Development Corporation under the Federal Triangle 
        Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101-1109), including 
        responsibilities for managing assets and liabilities of the 
        Corporation under such Act.
    (c) In carrying out the responsibilities of the Pennsylvania Avenue 
Development Corporation transferred under this section, the 
Administrator of the General Services Administration shall have the 
following powers:
            (1) To acquire lands, improvements, and properties by 
        purchase, lease or exchange, and to sell, lease, or otherwise 
        dispose of real or personal property as necessary to complete 
        the development plan developed under section 5 of the 
        Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40 
        U.S.C. 874) if a notice of intention to carry out such 
        acquisition or disposal is first transmitted to the Committee 
        on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate and at least 60 days elapse after 
        the date of such transmission.
            (2) To modify from time to time the plan referred to in 
        paragraph (1) if such modification is first transmitted to the 
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
        the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee 
        on Appropriations of the Senate and at least 60 days elapse 
        after the date of such transmission.
            (3) To maintain any existing Pennsylvania Avenue 
        Development Corporation insurance programs.
            (4) To enter into and perform such leases, contracts, or 
        other transactions with any agency or instrumentality of the 
        United States, the several States, or the District of Columbia 
        or with any person, firm, association, or corporation as may be 
        necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the Pennsylvania 
        Avenue Development Corporation under the Federal Triangle 
        Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101-1109).
            (5) To request the Council of the District of Columbia to 
        close any alleys necessary for the completion of development in 
        Square 457.
            (6) To use all of the funds transferred from the 
        Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation or income earned on 
        Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation property to 
        complete any pending development projects.
    (d)(1)(A) On or before April 1, 1996, the Pennsylvania Avenue 
Development Corporation shall transfer all its right, title, and 
interest in and to the property described in subparagraph (B) to the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
    (B) The property referred to in subparagraph (A) is the property 
located within the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site depicted 
on a map entitled ``Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Park'', dated 
June 1, 1995, and numbered 840-82441, which shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the offices of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior. The Pennsylvania Avenue National 
Historic Site includes the parks, plazas, sidewalks, special lighting, 
trees, sculpture, and memorials.
    (2) Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania Avenue and all other roadways from 
curb to curb shall remain with the District of Columbia but vendors 
shall not be permitted to occupy street space except during temporary 
special events.
    (3) The National Park Service shall be responsible for management, 
administration, maintenance, law enforcement, visitor services, 
resource protection, interpretation, and historic preservation at the 
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.
    (4) The National Park Service may enter into contracts, cooperative 
agreements, or other transactions with any agency or instrumentality of 
the United States, the several States, or the District of Columbia or 
with any person, firm, association, or corporation as may be deemed 
necessary or appropriate for the conduct of special events, festivals, 
concerts, or other art and cultural programs at the Pennsylvania Avenue 
National Historic Site or may establish a nonprofit foundation to 
solicit funds for such activities.
    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the responsibility 
for ensuring that development or redevelopment in the Pennsylvania 
Avenue area is carried out in accordance with the Pennsylvania Avenue 
Development Corporation Plan--1974, as amended, is transferred to the 
National Capital Planning Commission or its successor commencing April 
1, 1996.
    (f) Savings Provisions.--
            (1) Regulations.--Any regulations prescribed by the 
        Corporation in connection with the Pennsylvania Avenue 
        Development Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 871-885) and the 
        Federal Triangle Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101-1109) shall 
        continue in effect until suspended by regulations prescribed by 
        the Administrator of the General Services Administration.
            (2) Existing rights, duties, and obligations not 
        affected.--Subsection (a) shall not be construed as affecting 
        the validity of any right, duty, or obligation of the United 
        States or any other person arising under or pursuant to any 
        contract, loan, or other instrument or agreement which was in 
        effect on the day before the date of the transfers under 
        subsection (a).
            (3) Continuation of suits.--No action or other proceeding 
        commenced by or against the Corporation in connection with 
        administration of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development 
        Corporation Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 871-885) and the Federal 
        Triangle Development Act (40 U.S.C. 1101-1109) shall abate by 
        reason of enactment and implementation of this Act, except that 
        the General Services Administration shall be substituted for 
        the Corporation as a party to any such action or proceeding.
    (g) Section 3(b) of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation 
Act of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 872(b)) is amended as follows:
    ``(b) The Corporation shall be dissolved on April 1, 1996. Upon 
dissolution, assets, obligations, and indebtedness of the Corporation 
shall be transferred in accordance with the Department of the Interior 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996.''.
    Sec. 314. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no part of any 
appropriation contained in this Act or any other Act shall be obligated 
or expended for the operation or implementation of the Interior 
Columbia River Basin Ecoregion Assessment Project (hereinafter 
``Project'').
    (b) From the funds appropriated to the Forest Service and the 
Bureau of Land Management, $600,000 is made available to publish by 
January 1, 1996, for peer review and public comment, the scientific 
information collected, and analysis undertaken, by the Project prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act concerning forest health conditions 
and forest management needs related to those conditions.
    (c)(1) From the funds appropriated to the Forest Service, the 
Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter ``Secretary'') shall--
            (A) review the land and resource management plan 
        (hereinafter ``plan'') for each national forest within the area 
        encompassed by the Project and any policy which is applicable 
        to such plan (whether or not such policy is final or draft, or 
        has been added to such plan by amendment), which is or is 
        intended to be of limited duration, and which the Project was 
        tasked to address; and
            (B) determine whether such policy modified to meet the 
        specific conditions of such national forest, or another policy 
        which serves the purpose of such policy, should be adopted for 
        such national forest.
    (2) If the Secretary makes a decision that such a modified or 
alternative policy should be adopted for such national forest, the 
Secretary shall prepare and adopt for the plan for such national forest 
an amendment which contains such policy, which is directed solely to 
and affects only such plan, and which addresses the specific conditions 
of the national forest and the relationship of such policy to such 
conditions.
    (3) To the maximum extent practicable, any amendment prepared 
pursuant to paragraph (2) shall establish procedures to develop site-
specific standards in lieu of imposing general standards applicable to 
multiple sites. Any amendment which would result in any change in land 
allocations within the plan or reduce the likelihood of achievement of 
the goals and objectives of the plan (prior to any previous amendment 
incorporating in the plan any policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A)) 
shall be deemed a significant plan amendment pursuant to section 
6(f)(4) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 
1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(4)).
    (4) Any amendment prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) which adopts a 
modified or alternative policy to substitute for a policy referred to 
in paragraph (1)(A) which has undergone consultation pursuant to 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 shall not again be 
subject to the consultation provisions of such section 7. No further 
consultation shall be undertaken on any policy referred to in paragraph 
(1)(A).
    (5) Any amendment prepared pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be 
adopted on or before March 31, 1996: Provided, That any amendment 
deemed a significant amendment pursuant to paragraph (3) shall be 
adopted on or before June 30, 1996.
    (6) No policy referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall be effective on 
or after April 1, 1996.
    Sec. 315. (a) The Secretary of the Interior (acting through the 
Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service and the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service) and the Secretary of Agriculture 
(acting through the Forest Service) shall each implement a fee program 
to demonstrate the feasibility of user-generated cost recovery for the 
operation and maintenance of recreation sites and habitat enhancement 
projects on Federal lands.
    (b) In carrying out the pilot program established pursuant to this 
section, the appropriate Secretary shall select from areas under the 
jurisdiction of each of the four agencies referred to in subsection (a) 
no fewer than 10, but as many as 30, sites or projects for fee 
demonstration. For each such demonstration, the Secretary, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) shall charge and collect fees for admission to the area 
        or for the use of outdoor recreation sites, facilities, visitor 
        centers, equipment, and services by individuals and groups, or 
        any combination thereof;
            (2) shall establish fees under this section based upon a 
        variety of cost recovery and fair market valuation methods to 
        provide a broad basis for feasibility testing;
            (3) may contract with any public or private entity to 
        provide visitor services, including reservations and 
        information, and may accept services of volunteers to collect 
        fees charged pursuant to paragraph (1); and
            (4) may encourage private investment and partnerships to 
        enhance the delivery of quality customer services and resource 
        enhancement, and provide appropriate recognition to such 
        partners or investors.
    (c)(1) Amounts collected at each fee demonstration site in excess 
of 104 percent of that site's total collections during the previous 
fiscal year shall be distributed as follows:
            (i) Eighty percent of the amounts collected at the 
        demonstration site shall be deposited in a special account in 
        the Treasury established for the administrative unit in which 
        the project is located and shall remain available for 
        expenditure in accordance with paragraph (3) for further 
        activities of the site or project.
            (ii) Twenty percent of the amounts collected at the 
        demonstration site shall be deposited in a special account in 
        the Treasury for each agency and shall remain available for 
        expenditure in accordance with paragraph (3) for use on an 
        agencywide basis.
    (2) For purposes of this subsection, ``total collections'' for each 
site shall be defined as gross collections before any reduction for 
amounts attributable to collection costs.
    (3) Expenditures from the special funds shall be accounted for 
separately.
    (4) In order to increase the quality of the visitor experience at 
public recreational areas and enhance the protection of resources, 
amounts available for expenditure under paragraph (1) may only be used 
for the site or project concerned, for backlogged repair and 
maintenance projects (including projects relating to health and safety) 
and for interpretation, signage, habitat or facility enhancement, 
resource preservation, annual operation, maintenance, and law 
enforcement relating to public use. The agencywide accounts may be used 
for the same purposes set forth in the preceding sentence, but for 
sites or projects selected at the discretion of the respective agency 
head.
    (d)(1) Amounts collected under this section shall not be taken into 
account for the purposes of the Act of May 23, 1908 and the Act of 
March 1, 1911 (16 U.S.C. 500), the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 
501), the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Act of August 8, 
1937 and the Act of May 24, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 1181f et seq.), the Act of 
June 14, 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869-4), chapter 69 of title 31, United States 
Code, section 401 of the Act of June 15, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 715s), the 
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l), and any 
other provision of law relating to revenue allocation.
    (2) Fees charged pursuant to this section shall be in lieu of fees 
charged under any other provision of law.
    (e) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall carry out this section without promulgating regulations.
    (f) The authority to collect fees under this section shall commence 
on October 1, 1995, and end on September 30, 1996. Funds in accounts 
established shall remain available through September 30, 1997.
    Sec. 316. The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management may 
offer for sale salvageable timber in the Pacific Northwest in fiscal 
year 1996: Provided, That for public lands known to contain the 
Northern spotted owl, such salvage sales may be offered as long as the 
offering of such sale will not render the area unsuitable as habitat 
for the Northern spotted owl: Provided further, That timber salvage 
activity in spotted owl habitat is to be done in full compliance with 
all existing environmental and forest management laws.
    Sec. 317. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any 
applicable Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of 
private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 318. None of the funds provided in this Act may be made 
available for the Mississippi River Corridor Heritage Commission.
    Sec. 319. (a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds made 
available in this Act may be used by the Department of Energy in 
implementing the Codes and Standards Program to plan, propose, issue, 
or prescribe any new or amended standard.
    (b) Corresponding Reduction in Funds.--The aggregate amount 
otherwise provided in this Act for ``DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY--Energy 
Conservation'' is hereby reduced by $12,799,000.
    Sec. 320. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Department of Energy in implementing the Codes and Standards 
Program to plan, propose, issue, or prescribe any new or amended 
standard--
            (1) when it is made known to the Federal official having 
        authority to obligate or expend such funds that the Attorney 
        General, in accordance with section 325(o)(2)(B) of the Energy 
        Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(o)(2)(B)), 
        determined that the standard is likely to cause significant 
        anti-competitive effects;
            (2) that the Secretary of Energy, in accordance with such 
        section 325(o)(2)(B), has determined that the benefits of the 
        standard do not exceed its burdens; or
            (3) that is for flourescent lamps ballasts.
    Sec. 321. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
(1) to demolish the bridge between Jersey City, New Jersey, and Ellis 
Island; or (2) to prevent pedestrian use of such bridge, when it is 
made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or 
expend such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with generally 
accepted safety standards.
    Sec. 322. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
pursuant to this Act in fiscal year 1996 shall be obligated or expended 
to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws or to issue a patent 
for any such claim.
    Sec. 323. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for the purposes of acquiring lands 
in the counties of Lawrence, Monroe, or Washington, Ohio, for the Wayne 
National Forest.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996''.
            Passed the House of Representatives July 18, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
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