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Union Calendar No. 360 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7612 

[Report No. 116–448] 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2020 

Ms. MCCOLLUM, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 

environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of the Interior, environment, and related 

6 agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, 

7 and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

10 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

11 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve14 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi15 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 

16 lands, and performance of other functions, including main17 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage18 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 

19 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 

20 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

21 potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of 

22 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,206,425,000, 

23 to remain available until September 30, 2022; of which 

24 $100,550,000 for annual and deferred maintenance and 

25 $102,620,000 for the wild horse and burro program, as 


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1 authorized by Public Law 92–195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 et 

2 seq.), shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

3 That amounts in the fee account of the BLM Permit Proc4 essing Improvement Fund may be used for bureau-related 

5 expenses directly associated with the processing of oil and 

6 gas applications for permits to drill and related use of au7 thorizations. 

8 In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis9 tration program operations, including the cost of admin10 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 

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

12 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 

13 claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 

14 authorized for fiscal year 2021, so as to result in a final 

15 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,206,425,000, 

16 and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from 

17 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 

18 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 

19 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

20 available under this heading in fiscal year 2018 or before, 

21 $17,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 

22 amounts may be rescinded from amounts originally allo23 cated for deferred maintenance and capital improvement 

24 activities: Provided further, That no amounts may be re25 scinded from amounts that were designated by the ConVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Jul 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7612.RH H7612

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1 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Con2 current Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 LAND ACQUISITION

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

7 available for Land Acquisition and derived from the Land 

8 and Water Conservation Fund, $2,000,000 is hereby per9 manently rescinded from projects with cost savings or 

10 failed or partially failed projects: Provided, That no 

11 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des12 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

13 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 

14 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

15 of 1985. 

16 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

17 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

18 and development of resources and for construction, oper19 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

20 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

21 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or22 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 

23 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in24 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 

25 adjacent to such grant lands; $115,607,000, to remain 


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1 available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the 

2 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 

3 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 

4 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 

5 California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the 

6 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec7 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 

8 August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605). 

9 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

10 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 

11 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 

12 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 

13 Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), 

14 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 

15 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 

16 sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 

17 315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im18 provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 

19 from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart20 ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 

21 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 

23 administrative expenses. 


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1 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 For administrative expenses and other costs related 

4 to processing application documents and other authoriza5 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 

6 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu7 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi8 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 

9 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 

10 as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

11 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 

12 Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain available until expended: 

13 Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to the con14 trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

15 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 

16 pursuant to that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, 

17 compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 

18 pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 

19 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 

20 the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro21 tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 

22 the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam23 aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per24 mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 

25 whether all moneys collected from each such action are 


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1 used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action: 

2 Provided further, That any such moneys that are in excess 

3 of amounts needed to repair damage to the exact land for 

4 which funds were collected may be used to repair other 

5 damaged public lands. 

6 Of the unobligated balances from amounts collected 

7 in fiscal year 2015 or any prior fiscal year, $20,000,000 

8 is permanently rescinded. 

9 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

10 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

11 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

12 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub13 lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 

14 may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap15 praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 

16 under section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to 

17 remain available until expended. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 

20 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 

21 contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs22 able agreements with public and private entities, including 

23 with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail24 able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem25 porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Jul 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7612.RH H7612

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1 essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 

2 United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at 

3 the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 

4 concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 

5 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac6 tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 

7 accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to 

8 exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding Public 

9 Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co10 operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au11 thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 

12 in connection with jointly produced publications for which 

13 the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 

14 or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 

15 is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 

16 further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a written 

17 commitment by a State government to provide an identi18 fied amount of money in support of the project may be 

19 carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. 

20 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

21 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

24 Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific 

25 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 


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1 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

2 resources, $1,387,278,000, to remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That not to exceed 

4 $21,037,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 

5 (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe6 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 

7 petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu8 lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 

9 described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 

10 (c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further, That the United States 

11 Fish and Wildlife Service may accept transfers of funds 

12 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for mitigation 

13 activities, including land acquisition, related to the con14 struction of border barriers on Federal lands. 

15 Of the funding provided under this heading for cen16 tral office operations in the Further Consolidated Appro17 priations Act, 2020, $1,000,000 is permanently rescinded: 

18 Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

19 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 

20 emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso21 lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 CONSTRUCTION

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1 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti2 lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 

3 of lands and interests therein; $18,338,000, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

6 FUND

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

8 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

9 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), 

10 $23,702,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

11 $23,702,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan12 gered Species Conservation Fund. 

13 Of the unobligated balances made available from the 

14 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, 

15 $11,000,000 is permanently rescinded from projects or 

16 from other grant programs with an unobligated carry over 

17 balance: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded 

18 from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 

19 an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 

20 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

23 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo24 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000. 


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1 NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

3 of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 

4 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), $46,500,000, to remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical 

8 Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et 

9 seq.), $4,910,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND

11 For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele12 phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the 

13 Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

14 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 

15 of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape Con16 servation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the 

17 Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 

18 et seq.), $19,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

20 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

21 District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United 

22 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

23 American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the provisions 

24 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 

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1 mentation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their 

2 habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, 

3 $78,321,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That of the amount provided herein, $6,209,000 is 

5 for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub6 ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro7 vided further, That $7,362,000 is for a competitive grant 

8 program to implement approved plans for States, terri9 tories, and other jurisdictions and at the discretion of af10 fected States, the regional Associations of fish and wildlife 

11 agencies, not subject to the remaining provisions of this 

12 appropriation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

13 after deducting $13,571,000 and administrative expenses, 

14 apportion the amount provided herein in the following 

15 manner: (1) to the District of Columbia and to the Com16 monwealth of Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more 

17 than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, 

18 American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 

19 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each 

20 a sum equal to not more than one-fourth of 1 percent 

21 thereof: Provided further, That the Secretary shall appor22 tion the remaining amount in the following manner: (1) 

23 one-third of which is based on the ratio to which the land 

24 area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 

25 States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio 


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1 to which the population of such State bears to the total 

2 population of all such States: Provided further, That the 

3 amounts apportioned under this paragraph shall be ad4 justed equitably so that no State shall be apportioned a 

5 sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 

6 for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year 

7 or more than 5 percent of such amount: Provided further, 

8 That the Federal share of planning grants shall not exceed 

9 75 percent of the total costs of such projects and the Fed10 eral share of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 

11 percent of the total costs of such projects: Provided fur12 ther, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not 

13 be derived from Federal grant programs: Provided further, 

14 That any amount apportioned in 2021 to any State, terri15 tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 

16 September 30, 2022, shall be reapportioned, together with 

17 funds appropriated in 2023, in the manner provided here18 in. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 

21 carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex22 penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 

23 reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 

24 Appropriations and funds available to the United States 

25 Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 


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1 damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 

2 areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the 

3 purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facili4 ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva5 tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 

6 and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build7 ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv8 ice and to which the United States has title, and which 

9 are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 

10 and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 

11 That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Service may, 

12 under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange13 ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 

14 cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica15 tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 

16 cost of printing either in cash or services and the Service 

17 determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 

18 quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 

19 accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air20 craft: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

21 3302, all fees collected for non-toxic shot review and ap22 proval shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘United 

23 States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management’’ 

24 and shall be available to the Secretary, without further 

25 appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of 


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1 such non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revis2 ing regulations as necessary, and shall remain available 

3 until expended. 

4 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

5 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

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

9 administration of the National Park Service, 

10 $2,776,642,000, of which $10,282,000 for planning and 

11 interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora12 tion and $135,950,000 for maintenance, repair, or reha13 bilitation projects for constructed assets and 

14 $188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for con15 structed assets and cultural resources and $5,000,000 for 

16 uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United 

17 States Code shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2022: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head19 ing in this Act are available for the purposes of section 

20 5 of Public Law 95-348: Provided further, That notwith21 standing section 9(a) of the United States 

22 Semiquincentennial Commission Act of 2016 (Public Law 

23 114–196; 130 Stat. 691), $3,300,000 of the funds made 

24 available under this heading shall be provided to the 

25 United States Semiquincentennial Commission for the 


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1 purposes specified by that Act: Provided further, That not2 withstanding section 9 of the 400 Years of African-Amer3 ican History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; 

4 Public Law 115–102), $3,300,000 of the funds provided 

5 under this heading shall be made available for the pur6 poses specified by that Act: Provided further, That, if the 

7 Secretary of the Interior has not provided to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

9 and the Senate the information requested in the letter de10 tailed in the report accompanying this Act within 10 days 

11 of enactment of this Act, the funds made available under 

12 this heading for the United States Park Police shall be 

13 reduced by $50,000 per day for each day that the Sec14 retary fails to comply with the request for information 

15 under that section, with any funds reduced under this pro16 viso to be permanently rescinded. 

17 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

18 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro19 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 

20 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re21 view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 

22 not otherwise provided for, $74,292,000. Provided, That 

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1 ing provided from the Heritage Partnership Program is 

2 waived for fiscal year 2021. 

3 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

4 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 

5 Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 

6 54, United States Code), $136,425,000, to be derived 

7 from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain avail8 able until September 30, 2022, of which $25,000,000 shall 

9 be for Save America’s Treasures grants for preservation 

10 of national significant sites, structures and artifacts as au11 thorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land 

12 Management Act of 2009 (54 U.S.C. 3089): Provided, 

13 That an individual Save America’s Treasures grant shall 

14 be matched by non-Federal funds: Provided further, That 

15 individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant: Pro16 vided further, That all projects to be funded shall be ap17 proved by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation 

18 with the House and Senate Committees on Appropria19 tions: Provided further, That of the funds provided for the 

20 Historic Preservation Fund, $1,000,000 is for competitive 

21 grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the 

22 National Register of Historic Places and as National His23 toric Landmarks associated with communities currently 

24 under-represented, as determined by the Secretary, 

25 $22,250,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the sites 


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1 and stories of the Civil Rights movement, $10,000,000 is 

2 for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 

3 and $7,500,000 is for competitive grants for the restora4 tion of historic properties of national, State and local sig5 nificance listed on or eligible for inclusion on the National 

6 Register of Historic Places, to be made without imposing 

7 the usage or direct grant restrictions of section 101(e)(3) 

8 (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historical Preserva9 tion Act: Provided further, That such competitive grants 

10 shall be made without imposing the matching require11 ments in section 302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States 

12 Code, to States and Indian tribes as defined in chapter 

13 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian organizations, local 

14 governments, including Certified Local Governments, and 

15 non-profit organizations. 

16 CONSTRUCTION

17 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace18 ment of physical facilities, and compliance and planning 

19 for programs and areas administered by the National 

20 Park Service, $223,907,000, to remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi22 sion of law, for any project initially funded in fiscal year 

23 2021 with a future phase indicated in the National Park 

24 Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single pro25 curement may be issued which includes the full scope of 


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1 the project: Provided further, That the solicitation and 

2 contract shall contain the clause availability of funds 

3 found at 48 CFR 52.232–18: Provided further, That Na4 tional Park Service Donations, Park Concessions Fran5 chise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available 

6 for the cost of adjustments and changes within the origi7 nal scope of effort for projects funded by the National 

8 Park Service Construction appropriation: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the 

10 Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with current 

11 reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 

12 authorized by this section. 

13 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

14 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

15 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

16 available for Land Acquisition and derived from the Land 

17 and Water Conservation Fund, $2,000,000 is hereby per18 manently rescinded from projects with cost savings or 

19 failed or partially failed projects: Provided, That no 

20 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des21 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

22 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 

23 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

24 of 1985. 


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1 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

2 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

3 of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating 

4 to challenge cost share agreements, $15,000,000, to re5 main available until expended, for Centennial Challenge 

6 projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 50 

7 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall 

8 be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of do9 nated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed by 

10 an irrevocable letter of credit. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 In addition to other uses set forth in section 

14 101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise 

15 fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for ex16 penditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, 

17 for use at any unit within the National Park System to 

18 extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or 

19 leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used 

20 for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit an21 ticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the con22 tract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to ex23 tinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefit24 ting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the origi25 nating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 


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1 contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds 

2 so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. 

3 For the costs of administration of the Land and 

4 Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

5 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

6 of 2006 (Public Law 109–432), the National Park Service 

7 may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are au8 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

9 amounts to remain available until expended. 

10 National Park Service funds may be transferred to 

11 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart12 ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 

13 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 

14 for FHWA administrative support costs. 

15 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

16 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

17 For expenses necessary for the United States Geo18 logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re19 search covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, 

20 and the mineral and water resources of the United States, 

21 its territories and possessions, and other areas as author22 ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 

23 to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su24 pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu25 latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals exVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Jul 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7612.RH H7612

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1 ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 

2 the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 

3 processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 

4 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by law; 

5 and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore6 going activities; $1,292,987,000, to remain available until 

7 September 30, 2022; of which $84,337,000 shall remain 

8 available until expended for satellite operations; and of 

9 which $70,264,000 shall be available until expended for 

10 deferred maintenance and capital improvement projects 

11 that exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That none of the 

12 funds provided for the ecosystem research activity shall 

13 be used to conduct new surveys on private property, unless 

14 specifically authorized in writing by the property owner: 

15 Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall 

16 be used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic 

17 mapping or water resources data collection and investiga18 tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali19 ties. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

22 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 

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1 tively determined that such procedures are in the public 

2 interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build3 ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 

4 gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equip5 ment; expenses of the United States National Committee 

6 for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and 

7 expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly ap8 pointed to represent the United States in the negotiation 

9 and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, That 

10 activities funded by appropriations herein made may be 

11 accomplished through the use of contracts, grants, or co12 operative agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 

13 31, United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

14 States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop15 erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 

16 with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re17 gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 

18 services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con19 sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 

20 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 

21 for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 

22 United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not 

23 be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur24 poses. 


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1 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

2 OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses necessary for granting and admin5 istering leases, easements, rights-of-way and agreements 

6 for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and ma7 rine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and 

8 approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 

9 for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for imple10 menting other laws and to the extent provided by Presi11 dential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants 

12 or cooperative agreements, $186,815,000, of which 

13 $123,760,000 is to remain available until September 30, 

14 2022, and of which $63,055,000 is to remain available 

15 until expended: Provided, That this total appropriation 

16 shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary 

17 and credited to this appropriation from additions to re18 ceipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in ef19 fect on August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from 

20 activities conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man21 agement pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

22 Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscella23 neous administrative activities: Provided further, That the 

24 sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collec25 tions are received during the fiscal year, so as to result 


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1 in a final fiscal year 2021 appropriation estimated at not 

2 more than $123,760,000: Provided further, That not to 

3 exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable expenses 

4 related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 

5 activities. Provided further, That of the unobligated bal6 ances from amounts made available under this heading 

7 $2,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided further, 

8 That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

9 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require10 ment pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budg11 et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

12 Act of 1985. 

13 BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

14 ENFORCEMENT

15 OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

17 For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper18 ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and 

19 agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, 

20 and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 

21 Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple22 menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 

23 to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele24 gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree25 ments, $154,786,000, of which $124,139,000 is to remain 


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1 available until September 30, 2022, and of which 

2 $30,647,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro3 vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 

4 amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 

5 appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in6 creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 

7 and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 

8 the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

9 pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, in10 cluding studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 

11 administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 

12 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 

13 are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 

14 final fiscal year 2021 appropriation estimated at not more 

15 than $124,139,000: Provided further, That of the unobli16 gated balances from amounts made available under this 

17 heading in fiscal year 2016 or any prior fiscal year 

18 $10,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided further, 

19 That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 

20 were designated by the Congress as an emergency require21 ment pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budg22 et or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

23 Act of 1985. 

24 For an additional amount, $43,000,000, to remain 

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1 lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 

2 which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 

3 collected in fiscal year 2021, as provided in this Act: Pro4 vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 

5 inspection fees exceed $43,000,000, the amounts realized 

6 in excess of $43,000,000 shall be credited to this appro7 priation and remain available until expended: Provided 

8 further, That for fiscal year 2021, not less than 50 percent 

9 of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 

10 and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per11 sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 

12 expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 

13 safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 

14 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 

15 seq.), including the review of applications for permits to 

16 drill. 

17 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

18 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

19 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 

20 VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 

21 $14,899,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li22 ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. 


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1 OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND

2 ENFORCEMENT

3 REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

6 1977, Public Law 95–87, $97,589,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That appropria8 tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 

9 Enforcement may provide for the travel and per diem ex10 penses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of 

11 Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 

12 training. 

13 In addition, for costs to review, administer, and en14 force permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 

15 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to re16 main available until expended: Provided, That fees as17 sessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 

18 507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary off19 setting collections, to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

21 the general fund shall be reduced as collections are re22 ceived during the fiscal year, so as to result in a fiscal 

23 year 2021 appropriation estimated at not more than 

24 $97,589,000. 


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1 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

2 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 

4 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 

5 Public Law 95–87, $22,811,000, to be derived from re6 ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 

7 remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 

8 to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior is 

9 authorized to use up to 20 percent from the recovery of 

10 the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 

11 to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur12 ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 

13 Law 95–87 may be used for any required non-Federal 

14 share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov15 ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re16 lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 

17 from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 

18 projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior19 ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 

20 Provided further, That amounts provided under this head21 ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 

22 State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 

23 Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

24 In addition, $115,000,000, to remain available until 

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1 dian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and 

2 other related activities in accordance with the terms and 

3 conditions in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 

4 That such additional amount shall be used for economic 

5 and community development in conjunction with the prior6 ities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control and 

7 Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided 

8 further, That of such additional amount, $75,000,000 

9 shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Appalachian 

10 States with the greatest amount of unfunded needs to 

11 meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

12 of such section, $30,000,000 shall be distributed in equal 

13 amounts to the 3 Appalachian States with the subsequent 

14 greatest amount of unfunded needs to meet such prior15 ities, and $10,000,000 shall be for grants to federally rec16 ognized Indian Tribes without regard to their status as 

17 certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining Control 

18 and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for 

19 reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related 

20 activities in accordance with the terms and conditions in 

21 the report accompanying this Act and shall be used for 

22 economic and community development in conjunction with 

23 the priorities in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Con24 trol and Reclamation Act of 1977: Provided further, That 

25 such additional amount shall be allocated to States and 


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1 Indian Tribes within 60 days after the date of enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 

4 available under this heading in fiscal year 2016 or before, 

5 $13,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Provided, That no 

6 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des7 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

8 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 

9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

10 of 1985. 

11 INDIAN AFFAIRS

12 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

13 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

16 programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act 

17 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), and the Indian Self18 Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

19 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,641,086,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2022, except as otherwise provided 

21 herein; of which not to exceed $8,500 may be for official 

22 reception and representation expenses; of which not to ex23 ceed $78,000,000 shall be for welfare assistance pay24 ments: Provided, That in cases of designated Federal dis25 asters, the Secretary may exceed such cap for welfare payVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Jul 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7612.RH H7612

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1 ments from the amounts provided herein, to provide for 

2 disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the dis3 aster: Provided further, That federally recognized Indian 

4 tribes and tribal organizations of federally recognized In5 dian tribes may use their tribal priority allocations for 

6 unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided further, That not 

7 to exceed $60,306,000 shall remain available until ex8 pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, at9 torney fees, litigation support, land records improvement, 

10 and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided fur11 ther, That any forestry funds allocated to a federally rec12 ognized tribe which remain unobligated as of September 

13 30, 2022, may be transferred during fiscal year 2023 to 

14 an Indian forest land assistance account established for 

15 the benefit of the holder of the funds within the holder’s 

16 trust fund account: Provided further, That any such unob17 ligated balances not so transferred shall expire on Sep18 tember 30, 2023: Provided further, That in order to en19 hance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau 

20 may use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying 

21 articles of clothing for personnel: Provided further, That 

22 the Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of 

23 funds from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to sup24 plement any other funding available for reconstruction or 

25 repair of roads owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 


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1 as identified on the National Tribal Transportation Facil2 ity Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1). Provided further, That 

3 $1,000,000 made available for Assistant Secretary Sup4 port shall not be available for obligation until the Assist5 ant Secretary-Indian Affairs provides the reports re6 quested by the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate related to the 

8 Tiwahe Initiative. 

9 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

10 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

11 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter12 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

13 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 

14 Education for fiscal year 2021, such sums as may be nec15 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep16 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

17 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

18 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

19 budget account. 

20 PAYMENT FOR TRIBAL LEASES

21 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

22 leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter23 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

24 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2021, such sums as may be nec25 essary, which shall be available for obligation through SepVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Jul 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7612.RH H7612

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1 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of law, no amount made available under 

3 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

4 budget account. 

5 CONSTRUCTION

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte8 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

9 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer10 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

11 in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for 

12 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur13 suant to Public Law 87–483; $128,818,000, to remain 

14 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 

15 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 

16 Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 

17 Reclamation: Provided further, That any funds provided 

18 for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the Act of 

19 November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available 

20 on a nonreimbursable basis: Provided further, That this 

21 appropriation may be reimbursed from the Office of the 

22 Special Trustee for American Indians appropriation for 

23 the appropriate share of construction costs for space ex24 pansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform im25 plementation: Provided further, That of the funds made 


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1 available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be derived 

2 from the Indian Irrigation Fund established by section 

3 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 

4 1749). 

5 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

6 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

7 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

8 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle9 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264 and 114–322, and 

10 for implementation of other land and water rights settle11 ments, $45,644,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

14 $11,797,000, of which $1,608,000 is for administrative 

15 expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 

16 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

17 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

18 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur19 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 

20 principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, 

21 not to exceed $183,476,740. 

22 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

23 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS

24 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

25 education programs, as authorized by law, including the 


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1 Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In2 dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 

3 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend4 ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 

5 Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 

6 $981,697,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2022, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 

8 Federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 

9 of Federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal 

10 priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: 

11 Provided further, That not to exceed $730,902,000 for 

12 school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and 

13 other education programs shall become available on July 

14 1, 2021, and shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2022: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 

17 Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 

18 and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 

19 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $83,567,000 within and 

20 only from such amounts made available for school oper21 ations shall be available for administrative cost grants as22 sociated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2021: Pro23 vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu24 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to purVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Jul 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7612.RH H7612

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1 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

2 personnel. 

3 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

4 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte5 nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 

6 for the operation of Indian education programs, including 

7 architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi8 tion of lands, and interests in lands; $249,277,000 to re9 main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 

10 ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec11 retary may assume control of a project and all funds re12 lated to the project, if, not later than 18 months after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, any Public Law 

14 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee receiving funds 

15 appropriated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not com16 pleted the planning and design phase of the project and 

17 commenced construction. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In20 dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro21 grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree22 ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera23 tion with States and other organizations. 

24 Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 

25 the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 


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1 support of the management, operation, and maintenance 

2 of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

4 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 

5 of Indian Education for central office oversight and Exec6 utive Direction and Administrative Services (except execu7 tive direction and administrative services funding for Trib8 al Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities oper9 ations and maintenance) shall be available for contracts, 

10 grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bu11 reau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education 

12 under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act 

13 or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 

14 103–413). 

15 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

16 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 

17 the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di18 minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 

19 that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship 

20 between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s 

21 ability to access future appropriations. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

23 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 

24 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 

25 schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 


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1 support the operation of any elementary or secondary 

2 school in the State of Alaska. 

3 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu4 cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 

5 school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 

6 or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 

7 in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 

8 October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 

9 may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 

10 one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 

11 waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 

12 of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 

13 grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu14 reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo15 ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 

16 prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail17 able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 

18 only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep19 tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 

20 was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 

21 under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 

22 school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 

23 in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 

24 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 

25 in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 


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1 that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep2 tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe3 riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 

4 a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 

5 the use of the real and personal property (including buses 

6 and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa7 rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 

8 not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 

9 the State in which the school is located if the charter 

10 school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 

11 schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per12 forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 

13 and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 

14 Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 

15 United States Code. 

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

17 section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 

18 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi19 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

20 formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 

21 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin22 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 

23 distribution formula. 

24 Funds available under this Act may not be used to 

25 establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 


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1 system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 

2 may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 

3 to provide language and cultural immersion educational 

4 programs for non-public schools located within the juris5 dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 

6 serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 

7 currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 

8 provide an educational environment with educator pres9 ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau10 funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 

11 or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 

12 with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es13 tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur14 ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 

15 other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 

16 students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 

17 available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 

18 maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facili19 ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 

20 the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 

21 school’’ means a school location physically separated from 

22 the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 

23 forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 

24 Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 

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1 dian Education Programs may be used to execute re2 quested adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated 

3 by an Indian Tribe. 

4 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

5 INDIANS

6 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 

9 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 

10 compacts, and grants, $108,399,000, to remain available 

11 until expended, of which not to exceed $17,911,000 from 

12 this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac13 counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im14 provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 

15 transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af16 fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of In17 dian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Pro18 grams’’ accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and 

19 Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘De20 partmental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That 

21 funds made available through contracts or grants obli22 gated during fiscal year 2021, as authorized by the Indian 

23 Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 

24 shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 

25 grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 


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1 provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 

2 provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In3 dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 

4 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur5 ther, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 

6 statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and 

7 shall permit the balance in each such account to be with8 drawn upon the express written request of the account 

9 holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is 

10 available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 

11 administrative errors of either disbursements from or de12 posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 

13 September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 

14 payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re15 main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 

16 further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec17 oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 

18 $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives 

19 proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claim20 ant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 

21 of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 

22 Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provision 

23 of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 

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1 quired to generate periodic statements of performance for 

2 the individual accounts: Provided further, That with re3 spect to the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue 

4 to maintain sufficient records to determine the balance of 

5 the individual accounts, including any accrued interest and 

6 income, and such funds shall remain available to the indi7 vidual account holders. 

8 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

9 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

10 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for management of the De13 partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 

14 agreements, as authorized by law, $119,748,000, to re15 main available until September 30, 2022; of which not to 

16 exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and represen17 tation expenses; and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be 

18 available for workers compensation payments and unem19 ployment compensation payments associated with the or20 derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and 

21 of which $11,061,000 for Indian land, mineral, and re22 source valuation activities shall remain available until ex23 pended: Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, 

24 and resource valuation activities may, as needed, be trans25 ferred to and merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs 


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1 ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of Indian 

2 Education ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Programs’’ ac3 counts and the Office of the Special Trustee for American 

4 Indians ‘‘Federal Trust Programs’’ account: Provided fur5 ther, That funds made available through contracts or 

6 grants obligated during fiscal year 2021, as authorized by 

7 the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 

8 5301 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the 

9 contractor or grantee: Provided further, That, if the Sec10 retary of the Interior has not responded to a request for 

11 access to records or interviews with agency employees as 

12 required by Title IV of this Act within the time period 

13 and in the manner established by the Comptroller General 

14 of the United States, the funds made available under this 

15 paragraph shall be reduced by $50,000 per day for each 

16 day that the Secretary fails to comply with the request, 

17 with any funds reduced under this proviso to be perma18 nently rescinded. 

19 In addition, to ensure the continuing work of the 

20 Public Lands Corps as authorized by chapter 37 of title 

21 16, United States Code, $5,000,000, for grants to quali22 fied youth or conservation corps (as defined in 16 U.S.C. 

23 1722(11)) for use in sustaining the administrative and 

24 operational functionality of such corps: Provided, That the 

25 cost share requirements contained in 16 U.S.C. 1704(c) 


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1 and 1729(a)(1) shall not apply to the amount made avail2 able herein: Provided further, That the amount made avail3 able under this paragraph shall not be subject to any re4 duction required by the third proviso in the preceding 

5 paragraph 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 For fiscal year 2021, up to $400,000 of the payments 

8 authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, 

9 may be retained for administrative expenses of the Pay10 ments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, That the 

11 amounts provided under this Act specifically for the Pay12 ments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts 

13 available for payments authorized under chapter 69 of 

14 title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That in the 

15 event the sums appropriated for any fiscal year for pay16 ments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to make 

17 the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units 

18 of local government, then the payment to each local gov19 ernment shall be made proportionally: Provided further, 

20 That the Secretary may make adjustments to payment to 

21 individual units of local government to correct for prior 

22 overpayments or underpayments: Provided further, That 

23 no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to oth24 erwise eligible units of local government if the computed 

25 amount of the payment is less than $100. 


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1 INSULAR AFFAIRS

2 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

3 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

4 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 

5 and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub6 lic Law 108–188, $111,297,000, of which: (1) 

7 $101,640,000 shall remain available until expended for 

8 territorial assistance, including general technical assist9 ance, maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral 

10 reef initiative and natural resources activities, and brown 

11 tree snake control and research; grants to the judiciary 

12 in American Samoa for compensation and expenses, as au13 thorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the Govern14 ment of American Samoa, in addition to current local rev15 enues, for construction and support of governmental func16 tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands, as 

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

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

19 the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by law (Pub20 lic Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $9,657,000 shall 

21 be available until September 30, 2022, for salaries and 

22 expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That 

23 all financial transactions of the territorial and local gov24 ernments herein provided for, including such transactions 

25 of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by 


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1 such governments, may be audited by the Government Ac2 countability Office, at its discretion, in accordance with 

3 chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur4 ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 

5 funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 

6 Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future 

7 United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mar8 iana Islands approved by Public Law 104–134: Provided 

9 further, That the funds for the program of operations and 

10 maintenance improvement are appropriated to institu11 tionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 

12 of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and 

13 cost sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on 

14 the grantee’s commitment to timely maintenance of its 

15 capital assets: Provided further, That any appropriation 

16 for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 

17 previous appropriations Acts may be used as non–Federal 

18 matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation 

19 grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. 

20 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

22 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

23 For grants and necessary expenses, $8,463,000, to 

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1 tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 

2 the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 

3 the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 

4 States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99– 

5 658 and Public Law 108–188: Provided, That of the funds 

6 appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 is for deposit 

7 into the Compact Trust Fund of the Republic of the Mar8 shall Islands as compensation authorized by Public Law 

9 108–188 for adverse financial and economic impacts. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec13 retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 

14 funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108– 

15 188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 

16 Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost 

17 of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per18 cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 

19 of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 

20 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) 

21 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 

22 construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 

23 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

24 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 

25 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 


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1 of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran2 tees may be made without regard to the population of the 

3 area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 

4 the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica5 tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 

6 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

7 any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

8 be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 

9 or guarantee loans under such authorities. 

10 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

13 $86,813,000. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

17 General, $61,842,000, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2022. 

19 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

20 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 

23 suppression operations, fire science and research, emer24 gency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and 

25 rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, 


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1 $991,479,000, to remain available until expended, of 

2 which not to exceed $18,427,000 shall be for the renova3 tion or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such 

4 funds are also available for repayment of advances to 

5 other appropriation accounts from which funds were pre6 viously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 

7 That of the funds provided $227,895,000 is for fuels man8 agement activities: Provided further, That of the funds 

9 provided $20,470,000 is for burned area rehabilitation: 

10 Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 

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

12 without cost from funds available from this appropriation: 

13 Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, 

14 sums received by a bureau or office of the Department 

15 of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursuant to 42 

16 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 

17 may be credited to the appropriation from which funds 

18 were expended to provide that protection, and are avail19 able without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 

20 using the amounts designated under this title of this Act, 

21 the Secretary of the Interior may enter into procurement 

22 contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, for fuels 

23 management activities, and for training and monitoring 

24 associated with such fuels management activities on Fed25 eral land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities 


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1 that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 

2 That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement 

3 between the Federal Government and any non-Federal en4 tity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 

5 parties: Provided further, That notwithstanding require6 ments of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Sec7 retary, for purposes of fuels management activities, may 

8 obtain maximum practicable competition among: (1) local 

9 private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con10 servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 

11 109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, or 

12 nonprofit youth groups; (3) small or micro-businesses; or 

13 (4) other entities that will hire or train locally a significant 

14 percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, of the project 

15 workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 

16 That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall de17 velop written guidance to field units to ensure account18 ability and consistent application of the authorities pro19 vided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

20 under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 

21 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

22 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re23 sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

24 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 

25 required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with 


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1 wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 

3 appropriations to enter into leases of real property with 

4 local governments, at or below fair market value, to con5 struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 

6 leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 

7 stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 

8 fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 

9 any such lease or for construction activity associated with 

10 the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte11 rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 

12 transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage13 ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 

14 between the Departments when such transfers would fa15 cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 

16 and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 

17 wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed18 eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 

19 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

20 for assistance to or through the Department of State in 

21 connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 

22 information, and assistance in foreign countries, and, with 

23 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail24 able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 

25 related natural resource activities outside the United 


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1 States and its territories and possessions, including tech2 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

3 with United States and international organizations: Pro4 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head5 ing $383,657,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 

6 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emer7 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

8 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 In addition to the amounts provided under the head11 ing ‘‘Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Pro12 grams—Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppres13 sion operations, $310,000,000, to remain available until 

14 transferred, is additional new budget authority as speci15 fied for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced 

16 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro17 vided, That such amounts may be transferred to and 

18 merged with amounts made available under the headings 

19 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 

20 Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior—De21 partment-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management’’ 

22 for wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in 

23 which such amounts are transferred: Provided further, 

24 That amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire 

25 Management’’ accounts in the Department of Agriculture 


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1 or the Department of the Interior only upon the notifica2 tion of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria3 tions that all wildfire suppression operations funds appro4 priated under that heading in this and prior appropria5 tions Acts to the agency to which the funds will be trans6 ferred will be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, 

7 That the transfer authority provided under this heading 

8 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 

9 law. 

10 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

11 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In12 terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 

13 the response action, including associated activities, per14 formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re15 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 

16 et seq.), $10,010,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

18 RESTORATION

19 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

20 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res21 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 

22 the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 

23 provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

24 Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), 

25 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 


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1 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 

2 et seq.), and 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,767,000, to 

3 remain available until expended. 

4 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

5 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 

6 financial and business management system, information 

7 technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart8 ment, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and 

9 operations throughout the Department, $64,798,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 

11 the funds appropriated in this Act or any other Act may 

12 be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund 

13 account other than for accrued annual leave and deprecia14 tion of equipment without prior approval of the Commit15 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

16 and the Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

17 assess reasonable charges to State, local and tribal govern18 ment employees for training services provided by the Na19 tional Indian Program Training Center, other than train20 ing related to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That 

21 the Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and 

22 related facilities, equipment or professional services of the 

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1 tivities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United 

2 States Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facili3 ties, equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National 

4 Indian Program Training Center: Provided further, That 

5 all funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 

6 shall be credited to this account, shall be available until 

7 expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for necessary 

8 expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center: 

9 Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants 

10 and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Nat11 ural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of 

12 royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as au13 thorized by law. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

15 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail16 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 

17 which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 

18 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 

19 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 

20 or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

21 replacement aircraft. 

22 OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE

23 For necessary expenses for management of the collec24 tion and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral 

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1 ments, as authorized by law, $148,474,000, to remain 

2 available until September 30, 2022; of which $50,651,000 

3 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 

4 mineral revenue management activities: Provided, That 

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000 shall 

6 be available for refunds of overpayments in connection 

7 with certain Indian leases in which the Secretary con8 curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed 

9 to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior unrecover10 able erroneous payments. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

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

15 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

16 or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer17 gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 

18 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam19 aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid20 able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail21 able under this authority until funds specifically made 

22 available to the Department of the Interior for emer23 gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 

24 all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 


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1 by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 

2 as promptly as possible. 

3 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

4 SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi5 ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 

6 in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro7 grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer8 gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 

9 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 

10 for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 

11 under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po12 tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 

13 other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse14 quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 

15 damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 

16 releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 

17 the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po18 tential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 

19 lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 

20 the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 

21 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects 

22 under section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall trans23 fer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Sur24 face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as 

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1 thority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 

2 the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Pro3 vided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland 

4 fire operations shall be available for the payment of obliga5 tions incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 

6 reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 

7 of vehicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with 

8 their use for wildland fire operations, with such reimburse9 ment to be credited to appropriations currently available 

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

11 wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available 

12 under this authority until the Secretary determines that 

13 funds appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire suppression’’ shall 

14 be exhausted within 30 days: Provided further, That all 

15 funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 

16 by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 

17 as promptly as possible: Provided further, That such re18 plenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro 

19 rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds were 

20 transferred. 

21 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

22 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 

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

24 as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 

25 Code, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount 


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1 not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of 

2 motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce3 ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air4 craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re5 prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 

6 in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 

7 by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author8 ized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies 

9 or associations which issue publications to members only 

10 or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who 

11 are not members. 

12 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST

13 MANAGEMENT

14 SEC. 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the 

15 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

16 Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 

17 Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro18 priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 

19 available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man20 agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 

21 accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 

22 designated in this Act for such purpose. The Secretary 

23 shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appro24 priations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of 


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1 any funds under this section, including the amount ex2 pended or transferred and how the funds will be used. 

3 REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN

4 AFFAIRS

5 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis7 tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including 

8 tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by 

9 transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, 

10 dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 

11 distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc12 tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 

13 percent in fiscal year 2021. Under circumstances of dual 

14 enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis15 tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not 

16 apply. 

17 ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

18 SEC. 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire 

20 lands, waters, or interests therein including the use of all 

21 or part of any pier, dock, or landing within the State of 

22 New York and the State of New Jersey, for the purpose 

23 of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 

24 transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 

25 Governors, and Liberty Islands, and of other program and 


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1 administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 

2 funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con3 sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author4 ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces5 sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa6 cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 

7 determine reasonable. 

8 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

9 SEC. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2021, the Secretary shall 

10 collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de11 posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En12 forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa13 cilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 

14 (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that 

15 are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are 

16 in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 

17 2021 shall be— 

18 (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 

19 processing equipment or gathering lines; 

20 (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, 

21 with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

22 (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 

23 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

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1 (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in2 spections completed in fiscal year 2021. Fees for fiscal 

3 year 2021 shall be— 

4 (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 

5 water depths of 500 feet or more; and 

6 (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 

7 water depths of less than 500 feet. 

8 (d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted 

9 via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts 

10 D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections com11 pleted in fiscal year 2021. Fees for fiscal year 2021 shall 

12 be— 

13 (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units op14 erating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; 

15 (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units op16 erating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; 

17 and 

18 (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units op19 erating in water depths of less than 500 feet. 

20 (e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 

21 under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required 

22 within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill des23 ignated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of 

24 the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, 

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1 retary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) 

2 with payment required by the end of the following quarter. 

3 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND

4 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES

5 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into 

7 multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza8 tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 

9 multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 

10 section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 

11 the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not 

12 apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess 

13 wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 

14 or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 

15 and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal 

16 at the discretion of the Secretary. 

17 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

18 SEC. 109. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv19 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 

20 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 

21 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 

22 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 

23 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 

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1 Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily 

2 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 

3 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

4 SEC. 110. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, during fiscal year 2021, in carrying out work involv6 ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 

7 or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 

8 record obligations against accounts receivable from any 

9 such entities, except that total obligations at the end of 

10 the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

11 available at the end of the fiscal year. 

12 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES

13 PROGRAM

14 SEC. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

15 of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agree16 ments, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 

17 grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, pri18 vate nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary 

19 of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

20 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs au21 thorized by other provisions of law administered by the 

22 Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. 

23 (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under 

24 subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agree25 ment would not— 


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1 (1) result in the displacement of individuals 

2 currently employed by the Department, including 

3 partial displacement through reduction of non-over4 time hours, wages, or employment benefits; 

5 (2) result in the use of an individual under the 

6 Department of the Interior Experienced Services 

7 Program for a job or function in a case in which a 

8 Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same 

9 or substantially equivalent job within the Depart10 ment; or 

11 (3) affect existing contracts for services. 

12 OBLIGATION OF FUNDS

13 SEC. 112. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the 

14 Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation 

15 and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of 

16 enactment of this Act. 

17 EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES

18 SEC. 113. (a) Section 708(a) of Division II of Public 

19 Law 104 -333, as amended by Public Law 110 -229 sec20 tion 461, is further amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘$17,000,000’’. 

22 (b) Section 109(a) of Title I of Public Law 106-278 

23 is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘$12,000,000’’. 


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1 SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS

2 SEC. 114. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 

3 implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 

4 the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 

5 Education, may transfer funds among and between the 

6 successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza7 tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide8 lines described in this Act. 

9 PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)

10 SEC. 115. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 

11 Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ 

12 for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

13 DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE

14 APPROVAL

15 SEC. 116. (a) Subject to subsection (b), for fiscal year 

16 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, in any case in which 

17 the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or 

18 the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management prescribes or 

19 approves any departure or use of alternate procedure or 

20 equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, under 30 

21 C.F.R. § 585.103, 30 C.F.R. § 550.141; 30 C.F.R. 

22 §550.142; 30 C.F.R. § 250.141, or 30 C.F.R. § 250.142, 

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1 proval on such bureau’s publicly available website not 

2 more than 15 business days after such issuance. 

3 (b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 

4 business information. 

5 FUNDING RESTRICTION

6 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available to the 

7 Department of the Interior by this or any other Act may 

8 be used to conduct a lease sale pursuant to section 

9 20001(c)(1) of Public Law 115-97 which does not contain 

10 a national minimum acceptable bid amount sufficient to 

11 produce Federal receipts to the Treasury, net of any state 

12 share, of no less than 50 percent of the amount required 

13 by section 2001(b) of H. Con. Res. 71, the concurrent res14 olution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, as agreed to 

15 on October 26, 2017. 

16 MEDICAL SERVICES FUND

17 SEC. 118. Beginning in fiscal year 2022 and each fis18 cal year thereafter, amounts deposited in the National 

19 Park Medical Services Fund established pursuant to sec20 tion 2404(b) of Public Law 116-9 shall be classified as 

21 discretionary offsetting receipts. 

22 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

23 SEC. 119. (a) None of the funds made available in 

24 this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior or 

25 the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct or 


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1 authorize oil and gas preleasing, leasing, or related activi2 ties, including but not limited to the issuance of permits 

3 for geological and geophysical exploration, in any planning 

4 area where the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 

5 and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 

6 2016) did not schedule leases. 

7 (b) The restrictions under subsection (a) apply to the 

8 formal steps identified by the Department of the Interior 

9 and the enabling steps prior to leasing, including the 

10 issuance of permits for geological and geophysical explo11 ration. 

12 INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL

13 SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

14 or Federal regulation, Federally-recognized Indian tribes 

15 or authorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally16 Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 

17 297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 

18 services for performance of any activities carried out 

19 under such grants to the same extent as if they were con20 tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu21 cation Assistance Act. 

22 LONG BRIDGE PROJECT

23 SEC. 121. On request of the Commonwealth of Vir24 ginia or the District of Columbia, as applicable, the Sec25 retary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the 


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1 National Park Service) (referred to in this section as the 

2 ‘‘Secretary’’) may convey to the State of Virginia and/or 

3 the District of Columbia, subject to any terms and condi4 tions the Secretary deems necessary, any Federal land or 

5 interests therein under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 

6 that are identified by the Commonwealth of Virginia and/ 

7 or the District of Columbia as necessary for the Long 

8 Bridge Project, which consists of improvements to Long 

9 Bridge and related railroad infrastructure between RO 

10 Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia and L’Enfant Inter11 locking near 10th Street SW in the District. The Long 

12 Bridge Project will expand commuter and regional pas13 senger rail service and provide bicycle and pedestrian ac14 cess crossings over the Potomac River. Such conveyance 

15 is for the sole purposes of railroad and recreational use. 

16 If such conveyance is no longer being used for such pur17 poses, then the lands or interests therein shall revert to 

18 the National Park Service after they have been restored 

19 and remediated to the satisfaction of the Secretary. The 

20 Secretary may also permit the temporary use of any addi21 tional land that is identified as necessary for the construc22 tion of these projects, subject to any terms and conditions 

23 deemed necessary. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, the National Park Service may recover and retain all 

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1 ated with the aforementioned conveyances or special use 

2 permits and said amounts shall be available to the Service 

3 until expended, without further appropriation. 

4 SPECIAL TRUSTEE FUNCTIONS

5 SEC. 122. None of the funds provided in this Act or 

6 any other Act shall be used to develop or implement a Sec7 retarial Order to create a Bureau to perform the functions 

8 or activities of the Office of Special Trustee of American 

9 Indians. 

10 TITLE II 

11 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

12 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

13 For science and technology, including research and 

14 development activities, which shall include research and 

15 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ16 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

17 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 

18 and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 

19 and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 

20 and other operating expenses in support of research and 

21 development, $745,345,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That of the funds included 

23 under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be for Research: Na24 tional Priorities as specified in the report accompanying 

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1 under this heading, not less than $400,000 shall be for 

2 administrative expenses to review registration applications 

3 to participate in the Renewable Fuels Pathway II pro4 gram. 

5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

6 For environmental programs and management, in7 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

8 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 

9 passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper10 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member11 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 

12 to members only or at a price to members lower than to 

13 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 

14 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil15 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im16 plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro17 gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 

18 2016; and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and 

19 representation expenses, $2,846,676,000, to remain avail20 able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the 

21 funds included under this heading, $18,000,000 shall be 

22 for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as speci23 fied in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 

24 That of the funds included under this heading, 

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1 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 

2 That of the funds included under this heading, not more 

3 than $43,784,000 shall be for the Executive Operations 

4 and Management program project: Provided further, That 

5 of the funds included under this heading, the Chemical 

6 Risk Review and Reduction program project shall be allo7 cated not less than the amount of appropriations for that 

8 program project for fiscal year 2014. 

9 HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM

10 FUND

11 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of 

12 the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), includ13 ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad14 ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es15 tablished by such section, $8,000,000, to remain available 

16 until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appro17 priated from the general fund shall be reduced as offset18 ting collections under such section 3024 are received dur19 ing fiscal year 2021, which shall remain available until ex20 pended and be used for necessary expenses in this appro21 priation, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2021 appro22 priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 

23 $0: Provided further, That to the extent such offsetting 

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1 pended and be used for necessary expenses in this appro2 priation. 

3 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

5 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $45,100,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2022. 

8 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al10 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

11 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

12 $39,676,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen16 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil17 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 

18 (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 

19 maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,221,814,000, 

20 to remain available until expended, consisting of such 

21 sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 

22 30, 2020, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Super23 fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 

24 (SARA) and up to $1,221,814,000 as a payment from 

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1 for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: 

2 Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 

3 may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance 

4 with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That 

5 of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

6 $11,586,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen7 eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 

8 30, 2022, and $30,755,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 

9 and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2022. 

11 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

12 PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under14 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub15 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $92,543,000, to 

16 remain available until expended, of which $67,174,000 

17 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 

18 cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 

19 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car20 rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 

21 Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 

22 Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 

23 use appropriations made available under this heading to 

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1 dian tribes for the development and implementation of 

2 programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

3 INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

4 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ5 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

6 Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 

7 operation of aircraft, $20,958,000, to be derived from the 

8 Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

11 For environmental programs and infrastructure as12 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv13 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

14 $4,362,556,000, to remain available until expended, of 

15 which— 

16 (1) $1,638,826,000 shall be for making capital17 ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

18 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

19 Control Act; and of which $1,126,088,000 shall be 

20 for making capitalization grants for the Drinking 

21 Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 

22 the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fis23 cal year 2021, to the extent there are sufficient eligi24 ble project applications and projects are consistent 

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1 cent of the funds made available under this title to 

2 each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

3 capitalization grants shall be used by the State for 

4 projects to address green infrastructure, water or 

5 energy efficiency improvements, or other environ6 mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 

7 for fiscal year 2021, funds made available under this 

8 title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolv9 ing Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 

10 of each State, be used for projects to address green 

11 infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improve12 ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 

13 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

14 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

15 Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 

16 pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 

17 a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 

18 amounts included as principal in loans made by such 

19 fund in fiscal year 2021 and prior years where such 

20 amounts represent costs of administering the fund 

21 to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 

22 reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa23 rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 

24 eligible purposes of the fund, including administra25 tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2021, 


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1 notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 

2 (h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol3 lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 

4 such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the common5 wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 

6 Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 

7 also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 

8 (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 

9 plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

10 project for the construction of treatment works; and 

11 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 

12 privately owned treatment works serving one or 

13 more principal residences or small commercial estab14 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

15 2021, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub16 sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec17 tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

18 Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 

19 under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 

20 Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 

21 (1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 

22 plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 

23 project for the construction of treatment works; and 

24 (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 

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1 more principal residences or small commercial estab2 lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 

3 2021, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 

4 Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 

5 pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 

6 funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 

7 under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 

8 for grants for training, technical assistance, and 

9 educational programs relating to the operation and 

10 management of the treatment works specified in sec11 tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 

12 fiscal year 2021, funds reserved under section 

13 518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 

14 to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 

15 Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 

16 determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na17 tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro18 vided further, That for fiscal year 2021, notwith19 standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 

20 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 

21 total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 

22 $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith23 standing the limitation on amounts in section 

24 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 

25 total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 


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1 $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv2 ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 

3 Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 

4 section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 

5 for fiscal year 2021, notwithstanding the amounts 

6 specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol7 lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre8 gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 

9 Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 

10 sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 

11 be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 

12 under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

13 Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 

14 of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 

15 Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2021, 

16 notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 

17 in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 

18 up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 

19 Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 

20 under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 

21 by the Administrator for grants made under section 

22 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 

23 further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 

24 under this title to each State for Clean Water State 

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1 of the funds made available under this title to each 

2 State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap3 italization grants shall be used by the State to pro4 vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 

5 form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 

6 loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 

7 shall be so used by the State only where such funds 

8 are provided as initial financing for an eligible re9 cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 

10 obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 

11 was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 

12 this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 

13 the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 

14 concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 

15 such funds could be used to help address a threat 

16 to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 

17 drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 

18 declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 

19 health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic20 ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact21 ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 

22 in which such an emergency declaration has been 

23 issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 

24 the funds made available under this title to the 

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1 italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli2 gible recipients; 

3 (2) $25,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi4 neering, planning, design, construction and related 

5 activities in connection with the construction of high 

6 priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 

7 of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta8 tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro9 vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 

10 Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit11 ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 

12 United States along the United States-Mexico bor13 der shall be made available to a county or municipal 

14 government unless that government has established 

15 an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 

16 which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 

17 or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 

18 the development within an existing colonia the con19 struction of any new home, business, or other struc20 ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec21 essary infrastructure: Provided further, That the Ad22 ministrator may reserve up to 5 percent of funds ap23 propriated herein for management and oversight 

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1 (3) $29,186,000 shall be for grants to the State 

2 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 

3 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil4 lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 

5 of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 

6 no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 

7 for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 

8 the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 

9 with the Statewide priority list established in con10 junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 

11 of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 

12 and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas13 ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 

14 Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 

15 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

16 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 

17 than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 

18 in regional hub communities; 

19 (4) $90,000,000 shall be to carry out section 

20 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re21 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

22 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree23 ments, and associated program support costs: Pro24 vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 

25 assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 


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1 further, That for purposes of this section, the term 

2 ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 

3 has had 20 percent or more of its population living 

4 in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 

5 the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most 

6 recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or 

7 any territory or possession of the United States: 

8 Provided further, That, to the extent there are suffi9 cient qualified applications, not less than an addi10 tional 20 percent of the amount appropriated shall 

11 be for projects located in Qualified Opportunity 

12 Zones: Provided further, That the Administrator 

13 may reserve up to 2 percent of funds appropriated 

14 herein for management and oversight purposes; 

15 (5) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under title 

16 VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005: 

17 Provided, That the Administrator may reserve up to 

18 2.5 percent of funds appropriated herein for man19 agement and oversight purposes; 

20 (6) $56,306,000 shall be for targeted airshed 

21 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 

22 in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That 

23 the Administrator may reserve up to 2.5 percent of 

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1 (7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 

2 quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 

3 Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 

4 Act (Public Law 114–322); 

5 (8) $26,000,000 shall be for grants under sub6 sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 

7 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a); 

8 (9) $26,000,000 shall be for grants under sec9 tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)): Provided, That the Adminis11 trator may reserve up to 3 percent of funds appro12 priated herein for management and oversight pur13 poses; 

14 (10) $20,000,000 shall be for grants under sec15 tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 300j–19b): Provided, That the Administrator 

17 may reserve up to 3 percent of funds appropriated 

18 herein for management and oversight purposes; 

19 (11) $4,000,000 shall be for grants under sec20 tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 

22 (12) $13,000,000 shall be for grants under sec23 tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con24 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 


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1 (13) $56,700,000 shall be for grants under sec2 tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

3 (33 U.S.C. 1301): Provided, That the Administrator 

4 may reserve up to 3 percent of funds appropriated 

5 herein for management and oversight purposes; 

6 (14) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under sec7 tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 

8 Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); and 

9 (15) $1,154,450,000 shall be for grants, includ10 ing associated program support costs, to States, fed11 erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 

12 consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 

13 multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 

14 control and abatement and related activities, includ15 ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 

16 under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 

17 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 

18 Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col19 lection activities subject to terms and conditions 

20 specified by the Administrator, of which: 

21 $46,200,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 

22 CERCLA; $9,340,000 shall be for Environmental 

23 Information Exchange Network grants, including as24 sociated program support costs; $1,500,000 shall be 

25 for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 


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1 Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 

2 to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 

3 Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 

4 to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis5 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

6 Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 

7 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,000,000 of the funds 

8 available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 

9 Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par10 ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur11 veys of water resources and enhancements to State 

12 monitoring programs. 

13 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION

14 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar16 anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 

17 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, an amount equal to 

18 the amount rescinded pursuant to the final paragraph 

19 under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions - Environ20 mental Protection Agency’’, to remain available until ex21 pended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

22 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

23 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur24 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli25 gations for the principal amount of direct loans, including 


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1 capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including 

2 capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 

3 not to exceed $12,484,980,000: Provided further, That 

4 none of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made 

5 available under this heading shall be available for any 

6 project unless the Administrator and the Director of the 

7 Office of Management and Budget have certified in ad8 vance in writing that the direct loan or loan guarantee, 

9 as applicable, and the project comply with the project eligi10 bility criteria entitled ′′Water Infrastructure Finance and 

11 Innovation Act Program (WIFIA) Criteria Pursuant to 

12 the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020′′, pub13 lished on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189): Provided further, 

14 That in this fiscal year and hereafter, for the purposes 

15 of carrying out section 503(d) of the Federal Credit Re16 form Act of 1990, the Director of the Congressional Budg17 et Office may request, and the Administrator shall 

18 promptly provide, documentation and information relating 

19 to a project identified in a Letter of Interest submitted 

20 to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice of Funding 

21 Availability for applications for credit assistance under the 

22 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Pro23 gram for any fiscal year, including with respect to a 

24 project that was initiated or completed before the date of 

25 enactment of this Act. In addition, fees authorized to be 


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1 collected pursuant to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water 

2 Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall 

3 be deposited in this account, to remain available until ex4 pended. 

5 In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 

6 to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 

7 Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 

8 in this account, to remain available until expended. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

10 the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 

11 section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In12 novation Act of 2014, $1,023,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2022. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL

15 PROTECTION AGENCY

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

17 For fiscal year 2021, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

18 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ19 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

20 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro21 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

22 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree23 ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 

24 consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 

25 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 


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1 programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 

2 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award3 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

4 agreements. 

5 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

6 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg7 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

8 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 

9 amended by Public Law 116–8, the Pesticide Registration 

10 Improvement Extension Act of 2018. 

11 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In12 secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 

13 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ14 mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 

15 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2021. 

16 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

17 $335,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 

18 Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ19 mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 

20 Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 

21 such head, to carry out activities that would support the 

22 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 

23 Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 

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1 tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non2 profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan3 ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 

4 in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 

5 and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

6 The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro7 grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz8 ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 

9 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail10 able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 

11 and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 

12 not exceed $150,000 per project. 

13 For fiscal year 2021, and notwithstanding section 

14 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

15 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 

16 the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 

17 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 

18 to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 

19 The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 

20 appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro21 grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2021 to provide 

22 grants to implement the Southeastern New England Wa23 tershed Restoration Program. 

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1 Act, not less than $1,500,000 of the funds made available 

2 under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 

3 be for making competitive awards described in section 

4 320(g)(4). 

5 For fiscal year 2021, the Office of Chemical Safety 

6 and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, 

7 using funds appropriated under the headings 

8 ′′Environmental Programs and Management′′ and 

9 ′′Science and Technology′′, contract directly with individ10 uals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit organiza11 tions, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary 

12 or intermittent personal services of students or recent 

13 graduates, who shall be considered employees for the pur14 poses of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, 

15 relating to compensation for travel and work injuries, and 

16 chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to 

17 tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal em18 ployees for any other purpose: Provided, That amounts 

19 used for this purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and 

20 Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water collectively 

21 may not exceed $2,000,000. 

22 No funds made available under this Title in this Act 

23 or any other Act may be used to relocate, close, or consoli24 date any office, laboratory, or facility. 


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1 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

2 Agency shall continue to regulate under subsection (d) of 

3 section 112 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) electric 

4 utility steam generating units (as defined in subsection (a) 

5 of such section 112), and such regulation is deemed to 

6 be appropriate and necessary for purposes of subsection 

7 (n)(1)(A) of such section 112. 

8 Any amounts made available to the Administrator by 

9 the ′′State and Tribal Assistance Grants′′ account and re10 served for management and oversight purposes pursuant 

11 to the final provisos of the second, fourth, fifth, sixth, 

12 ninth, tenth, and thirteenth paragraphs under such head13 ing shall remain available until September 30, 2022, and 

14 may be transferred to the ′′Environmental Programs and 

15 Management′′ account, to be made available for manage16 ment and oversight purposes for the corresponding pro17 grams under such account. 

18 Of the funds made available under this title for the 

19 Executive Management and Operations program project, 

20 $2,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until after 

21 the Administrator transmits a report as described by Title 

22 IV of this Act for the agency’s violation of section 710 

23 of division E of Public Law 115-31, as discussed in the 

24 Comptroller General’s April 16, 2018, legal opinion, B25 329603. 


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1 Of the funds under this title for the Executive Man2 agement and Operations program project, if the Adminis3 trator has not responded to a request for access to records 

4 or interviews with agency employees as required by Title 

5 IV of this Act within the time period established by the 

6 Comptroller General of the United States, then the 

7 amounts available for that program project shall be re8 duced by $50,000 per day for each day that the Adminis9 trator fails to comply with the request, with any funds 

10 reduced under this proviso to be permanently rescinded. 

11 Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Admin12 istrator shall take final action on any registration applica13 tion to participate in the Renewable Fuels Pathway II pro14 gram that has been pending for more than one year. 

15 The appropriation provided by 42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3) 

16 is available for the hire, maintenance, and operation of 

17 aircraft. 

18 All unobligated balances from amounts appropriated 

19 in fiscal years preceding fiscal year 2020 under the head20 ing ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency—Water Infra21 structure Finance and Innovation Program Account’’ for 

22 the cost of direct and guaranteed loans are hereby perma23 nently rescinded. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

5 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

8 $875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 

9 Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ10 ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 

11 to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of12 fice. 

13 FOREST SERVICE

14 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

15 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re16 search as authorized by law, $311,830,000, to remain 

17 available through September 30, 2024: Provided, That of 

18 the funds provided, $80,954,000 is for the forest inventory 

19 and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori20 ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 

21 grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 

22 the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 

23 also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 

24 Science Research. 


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1 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

2 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro3 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri4 tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man5 agement, and conducting an international program as au6 thorized, $300,296,000, to remain available through Sep7 tember 30, 2024, as authorized by law. 

8 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

9 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

10 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im11 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

12 and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 

13 such lands, $2,057,353,000, to remain available through 

14 September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the funds pro15 vided, $40,000,000 shall be deposited in the Collaborative 

16 Forest Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restora17 tion treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Pro18 vided further, That of the funds provided, $383,051,000 

19 shall be for forest products: Provided further, That of the 

20 funds provided, $510,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels 

21 management activities, of which not to exceed 

22 $15,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au23 thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State 

24 and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of 

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1 tional Forest System lands: Provided further, That 

2 $20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture 

3 to enter into procurement contracts or cooperative agree4 ments or to issue grants for hazardous fuels management 

5 activities, and for training or monitoring associated with 

6 such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal 

7 land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines 

8 such activities benefit resources on Federal land: Provided 

9 further, That funds made available to implement the Com10 munity Forestry Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, 

11 title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands 

12 in accordance with authorities made available to the For13 est Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appro14 priations: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

15 33 of the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 

16 1012), the Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee 

17 for grazing on a National Grassland, may provide a credit 

18 of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing As19 sociation or direct permittee for a conservation practice 

20 approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year 

21 in which the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. 

22 And, that the amount credited shall remain available to 

23 the Grazing Association or the direct permittee, as appro24 priate, in the fiscal year in which the credit is made and 


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1 each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project for con2 servation practices approved by the Secretary. 

3 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

6 otherwise provided for, $466,173,000, to remain available 

7 through September 30, 2024, for construction, capital im8 provement, maintenance and acquisition of buildings and 

9 other facilities and infrastructure; and for construction, 

10 reconstruction, decommissioning of roads that are no 

11 longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not 

12 part of the transportation system, and maintenance of for13 est roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized 

14 by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Pro15 vided, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2021 

16 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall 

17 be transferred to the General Fund of the Treasury and 

18 shall not be available for transfer or obligation for any 

19 other purpose unless the funds are appropriated. 

20 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

21 ACTS

22 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound23 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 

24 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An25 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 


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1 Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 

2 Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 

3 law, $700,000, to be derived from forest receipts. 

4 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

5 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 

6 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov7 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au8 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de9 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 

10 Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 

11 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 

12 30, 2024, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 

13 586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78– 

14 310). 

15 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

16 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro17 tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re18 ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do19 mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 

20 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 

21 Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 

22 2024, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 

23 for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 

24 range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 


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1 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

2 RANGELAND RESEARCH

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

4 $45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2024, 

5 to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 

6 above Act. 

7 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

8 SUBSISTENCE USES

9 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man10 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 

11 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva12 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,537,000, to remain 

13 available through September 30, 2024. 

14 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

17 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

18 wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 

19 other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer20 gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys21 tem lands and water, $2,385,608,000, to remain available 

22 until expended: Provided, That such funds including unob23 ligated balances under this heading, are available for re24 payment of advances from other appropriations accounts 

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1 That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fis2 cal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans3 ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided 

4 further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 

5 State and other cooperating entities for services provided 

6 in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters 

7 to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 

8 for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 

9 emergency management agency: Provided further, That 

10 funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 

11 emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of 

12 implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed13 eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be 

14 shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro15 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head16 ing, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppres17 sion operations, and is provided to the meet the terms of 

18 section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

20 WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 In addition to the amounts provided under the head23 ing ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 

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1 ferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 

2 purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 

4 That such amounts may be transferred to and merged 

5 with amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Depart6 ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs— 

7 Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of Agri8 culture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ for 

9 wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in which 

10 such amounts are transferred: Provided further, That 

11 amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Man12 agement’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or 

13 the Department of Agriculture only upon the notification 

14 of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

15 that all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated 

16 under that heading in this and prior appropriations Acts 

17 to the agency to which the funds will be transferred will 

18 be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That the 

19 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi20 tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 

21 COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec24 tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 

25 2018 (Public Law 115–334), as amended by this Act, 


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1 shall be deposited in the special account established by 

2 section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be available to cover 

3 the costs described in subsection (c)(3) of such section of 

4 such Act, and shall remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That such amounts shall be transferred to the ‘‘Na6 tional Forest System’’ account. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

10 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 

11 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 

12 from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 

13 lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 

14 to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 

15 wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 

16 notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 

17 being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 

18 trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

19 replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

20 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 

21 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 

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

23 (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur24 suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 

25 Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 


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1 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 

2 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col3 lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

4 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 

5 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage6 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re7 habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 

8 under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 

9 burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the 

10 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 

11 fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading 

12 ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 

13 days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para14 graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria15 tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 

16 Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 

17 the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 

18 transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 

19 fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 

20 fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 

21 expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 

22 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 

23 Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis24 cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 

25 this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 


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1 or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz2 ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 

3 burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 

4 such transferred funds shall remain available through Sep5 tember 30, 2024: Provided, That none of the funds trans6 ferred pursuant to this section shall be available for obli7 gation without written notification to and the prior ap8 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That this section 

10 does not apply to funds derived from the Land and Water 

11 Conservation Fund. 

12 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

13 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter14 national Development in connection with forest and range15 land research, technical information, and assistance in for16 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

17 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

18 States and its territories and possessions, including tech19 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

20 with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 

21 Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 

22 sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 

23 and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ24 ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the 

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1 poration), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and orga2 nizations to provide technical assistance and training pro3 grams overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 

4 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

5 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 

6 of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 

7 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 

8 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform9 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 

10 such lands. 

11 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv12 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 

13 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 

14 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

15 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 

16 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

17 Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

18 Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 

19 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

20 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

21 $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 

22 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De23 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 

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1 quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain informa2 tion technology services, including telecommunications and 

3 system modifications or enhancements, from the Working 

4 Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 

5 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 

6 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 

7 the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 

8 out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 

9 out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 

10 of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 

11 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 

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

13 reception and representation expenses. 

14 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 

15 Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 

16 up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 

17 National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner18 ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 

19 without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 

20 for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 

21 lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 

22 That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda23 tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin24 istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 

25 shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 


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1 assistance, private contributions to match funds made 

2 available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 

3 basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 

4 Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 

5 a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 

6 the non-Federal matching funds. 

7 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 

8 up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 

9 Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 

10 Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 

11 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 

12 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

13 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 

14 shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

15 Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 

16 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 

17 or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 

18 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

19 funds. 

20 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

21 available for interactions with and providing technical as22 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

23 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

24 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

25 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 


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1 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

2 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

3 663. 

4 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 

5 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec6 tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

7 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

8 The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur9 pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 

10 maintenance and decommissioning. 

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 

12 appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 

13 not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of14 fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri15 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re16 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

17 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 

18 reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar matters 

19 unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications 

20 for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agri21 culture should clearly display the sums previously trans22 ferred and the sums requested for transfer. 

23 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

24 funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

25 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 


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1 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 

2 purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

4 through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 

5 Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 

6 following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 

7 prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 

8 item and account, to the House and Senate Committees 

9 on Appropriations. 

10 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

11 SERVICES 

12 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

13 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

14 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au15 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina16 tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 

17 Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 

18 Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv19 ice, $4,540,197,000 to remain available until September 

20 30, 2022, except as otherwise provided herein, together 

21 with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 

22 sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for services furnished by 

24 the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made 

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1 tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com2 pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 

3 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 

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

6 tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 

7 Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available for 

8 grants or contracts with public or private institutions to 

9 provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, in10 cluding alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, 

11 That $1,011,933,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, in12 cluding $53,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health 

13 Emergency Fund, shall remain available until expended: 

14 Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 

15 $44,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im16 plementation of the loan repayment program under section 

17 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 

18 further, That of the funds provided, $58,000,000 shall be 

19 for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emer20 gencies, including supplementing activities funded under 

21 the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facilities,’’ of which up to 

22 $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise 

23 available for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, 

24 That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 

25 as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 


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1 Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 

2 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of con3 tracts shall be deposited in the Fund authorized by section 

4 108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain 

5 available until expended and, notwithstanding section 

6 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall 

7 be available to make new awards under the loan repay8 ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 

9 108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 

10 further, That the amounts made available within this ac11 count for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 

12 Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 

13 Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 

14 for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy au15 thority for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Pro16 grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans17 formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 

18 Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 

19 quality and oversight activities, to improve collections from 

20 public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 

21 tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or re22 duce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal 

23 health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of 

24 Excellence, for Alzheimer’s grants, and for accreditation 

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1 rector of the Indian Health Service and shall remain avail2 able until expended: Provided further, That funds provided 

3 in this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants 

4 that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation 

5 is recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: Pro6 vided further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary 

7 of Health and Human Services under the authority of title 

8 IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 

9 1613) shall remain available until expended for the pur10 pose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi11 tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So12 cial Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 

13 design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, 

14 That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 

15 under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 

16 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Pro17 vided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 

18 organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Im19 provement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 

20 available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 

21 until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of In22 dian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 

23 and from tribes and tribal organizations operating health 

24 facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individ25 ually identifiable health information relating to disabled 


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1 children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying 

2 out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities 

3 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, 

4 That of the funds provided, $73,451,000 is for the Indian 

5 Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as 

6 needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the 

7 Indian Health Facilities account: Provided further, That 

8 none of the funds appropriated by this Act to the Indian 

9 Health Service for the Electronic Health Record system 

10 shall be available for obligation or expenditure for the se11 lection or implementation of a new Information Tech12 nology infrastructure system, unless the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

14 Senate are consulted 90 days in advance of such obliga15 tion. 

16 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

17 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

18 contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter19 mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 

20 the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2021, such sums 

21 as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, no amounts made available under 

23 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

24 budget account. Provided further, That amounts obligated 

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1 tract support costs for such agreements for the current 

2 fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs due 

3 for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years. 

4 PAYMENT FOR TRIBAL LEASES

5 For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 

6 leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter7 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

8 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2021, such sums as may be nec9 essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep10 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of law, no amount made available under 

12 this heading shall be available for transfer to another 

13 budget account. 

14 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

15 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 

16 and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 

17 including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 

18 specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 

19 and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail20 ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita21 tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 

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

23 Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im24 provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 

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1 ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 

2 support activities of the Indian Health Service, 

3 $934,994,000 to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

5 funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, 

6 renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit 

7 of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land 

8 on which such facilities will be located: Provided further, 

9 That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian 

10 Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 

11 the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 

12 Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 

13 none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv14 ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 

15 new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 

16 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 

17 Development. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

19 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 

20 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 

21 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 

22 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 

23 positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 

24 vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur25 chase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 


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1 modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 

2 payments for telephone service in private residences in the 

3 field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 

4 Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms or al5 lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 

6 and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 

7 the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 

8 Provided, That in accordance with the provisions of the 

9 Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients 

10 may be extended health care at all tribally administered 

11 or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and 

12 the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 

13 Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall 

14 be credited to the account of the facility providing the 

15 service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation: 

16 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or 

17 regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 

18 Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health 

19 Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 

20 the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93– 

21 638: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In22 dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad23 ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 

24 subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 

25 and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 


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1 funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 

2 Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 

3 Department of Health and Human Services unless identi4 fied in the budget justification and provided in this Act, 

5 or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Ap6 propriations through the reprogramming process: Pro7 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

8 of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe 

9 or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree10 ment authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self11 Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

12 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated 

13 to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self14 governance agreement under title V of such Act and there15 after shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organiza16 tion without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds made available to the Indian Health 

18 Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final 

19 rule published in the Federal Register on September 16, 

20 1987, by the Department of Health and Human Services, 

21 relating to the eligibility for the health care services of 

22 the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health Service 

23 has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 

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1 acted into law: Provided further, That with respect to func2 tions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes 

3 or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is au4 thorized to provide goods and services to those entities on 

5 a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with 

6 subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received 

7 therefrom, along with the funds received from those enti8 ties pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may 

9 be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation ac10 count from which the funds were originally derived, with 

11 such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 

12 further, That reimbursements for training, technical as13 sistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service 

14 will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, 

15 and overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, 

16 services, or technical assistance: Provided further, That 

17 the Indian Health Service may provide to civilian medical 

18 personnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian 

19 Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those that 

20 would be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps 

21 of the United States Public Health Service serving in simi22 lar positions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the 

23 appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may 

24 not be altered without advance notification to the House 

25 and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

2 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

3 SCIENCES

4 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

5 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

6 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ7 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

8 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 

9 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

10 $83,000,000. 

11 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

12 REGISTRY

13 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

14 HEALTH

15 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub16 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

17 activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 

18 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

19 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 

20 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $79,000,000: Provided, 

21 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 

22 of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 

23 of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 

24 other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 

25 including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 


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1 evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 

2 healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 

3 any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 

4 or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 

5 bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 

6 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro7 priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 

8 to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 

9 section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2021, and 

10 existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

11 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

12 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

13 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

14 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

15 For necessary expenses to continue functions as16 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 

17 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi18 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

19 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

20 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

21 and representation expenses, $2,994,000: Provided, That 

22 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ23 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

24 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 


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1 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

2 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

3 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur6 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 

7 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there8 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv9 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ10 uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 

11 rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 

12 5376, $12,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 

13 and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 

14 more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 

15 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In17 spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 

18 (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 

19 position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur20 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

21 Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 

22 the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 

23 duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 

24 not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 


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1 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

5 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

6 531, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria8 tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 

9 groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 

10 lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous11 ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 

12 in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 

13 of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 

14 used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 

15 to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 

16 November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 

17 partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 

18 home is provided for such household: Provided further, 

19 That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 

20 or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 

21 shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se22 lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 

23 reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 

24 Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 

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1 vided further, Of the unobligated balances from amounts 

2 made available for the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 

3 Relocation, $15,000,000 is permanently rescinded: Pro4 vided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 

5 amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 

6 emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Reso7 lution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

10 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

11 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

12 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

13 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author14 ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 

15 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $10,772,000, which shall become 

16 available on July 1, 2021, and shall remain available until 

17 September 30, 2022. 

18 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu21 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 

22 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 

23 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 

24 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 

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1 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist2 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 

3 agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 

4 buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 

5 $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 

6 purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em7 ployees, $822,313,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2022, except as otherwise provided herein; of 

9 which not to exceed $6,957,000 for the instrumentation 

10 program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 

11 and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall re12 main available until expended; and including such funds 

13 as may be necessary to support American overseas re14 search centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein 

15 are available for advance payments to independent con16 tractors performing research services or participating in 

17 official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That 

18 the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appro19 priations designated in this Act for lease or rent payments, 

20 as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and such 

21 rent payments may be deposited into the general trust 

22 funds of the Institution to be available as trust funds for 

23 expenses associated with the purchase of a portion of the 

24 building at 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, 

25 D.C. to the extent that Federally supported activities will 


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1 be housed there: Provided further, That the use of such 

2 amounts in the general trust funds of the Institution for 

3 such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt serv4 ice for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or 

5 an obligation of the Federal Government: Provided further, 

6 That no appropriated funds may be used directly to serv7 ice debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring 

8 a portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., 

9 Washington, D.C., or of planning, designing, and con10 structing improvements to such building: Provided further, 

11 That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian In12 stitution for the sale of its ownership interest, or any por13 tion thereof, in such building so acquired may not take 

14 effect until the expiration of a 30 day period which begins 

15 on the date on which the Secretary submits to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

17 and Senate, the Committees on House Administration and 

18 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep19 resentatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administra20 tion of the Senate a report, as outlined in the explanatory 

21 statement described in section 4 of the Further Consoli22 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133 

23 Stat. 2536) on the intended sale. 


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1 FACILITIES CAPITAL

2 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

3 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso4 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 

5 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 

6 and for construction, including necessary personnel, 

7 $237,700,000, to remain available until expended, of 

8 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au9 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

10 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal13 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

14 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 

15 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 

16 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 

17 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 

18 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad19 vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 

20 membership in library, museum, and art associations or 

21 societies whose publications or services are available to 

22 members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 

23 general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 

24 for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 

25 employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 


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1 purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 

2 buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter3 ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 

4 and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 

5 repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 

6 contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 

7 firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 

8 such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop9 er, $153,242,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2022, of which not to exceed $3,700,000 for the special 

11 exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

12 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

13 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 

14 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 

15 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 

16 otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 

17 10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 

18 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 

19 renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 

20 $26,203,000, to remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That of this amount, $1,510,000 shall be available 

22 for design of an off-site art storage facility in partnership 

23 with the Smithsonian Institution: Provided further, That 

24 contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection 

25 systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of 


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1 the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with se2 lected contractors and awarded on the basis of contractor 

3 qualifications as well as price. 

4 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

5 ARTS

6 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

7 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte8 nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 

9 the Performing Arts, $26,400,000. 

10 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

11 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora12 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 

13 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

14 $14,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

15 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

16 SCHOLARS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

19 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

20 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

21 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $14,800,000, to remain 

22 available until September 30, 2022. 


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1 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

2 HUMANITIES

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

6 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

7 $170,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow8 ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc9 tions in the arts, including arts education and public out10 reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 

11 individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 

12 support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 

13 to remain available until expended. 

14 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

15 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

17 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

18 $170,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 

19 $154,000,000 shall be available for support of activities 

20 in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 

21 for administering the functions of the Act; and 

22 $16,000,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 

23 grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 

24 including $14,000,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 

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1 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 

2 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 

3 bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 

4 by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow5 ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 

6 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre7 ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre8 viously been appropriated. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 None of the funds appropriated to the National 

11 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 

12 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 

13 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 

14 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

15 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re16 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

17 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 

18 necessary for official reception and representation ex19 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na20 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 

21 to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 

22 does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 

23 grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 

24 such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 


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1 of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 

2 the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

3 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 

6 chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,240,000: 

7 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 

8 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 

9 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col10 lection, to remain available until expended without further 

11 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 

12 authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art13 work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 

14 and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac15 tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 

16 of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 

17 That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 

18 this heading may be used for official reception and rep19 resentation expenses. 

20 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

21 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

22 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000. 


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1 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 

4 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $7,400,000. 

5 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan8 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 

9 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

10 3109, $8,124,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per11 cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

12 for official reception and representational expenses associ13 ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 

14 planning and physical development of world capitals. 

15 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

16 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

17 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

18 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 

19 2310), $62,388,000, of which $715,000 shall remain 

20 available until September 30, 2023, for the Museum’s 

21 equipment replacement program; and of which $3,000,000 

22 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 

23 $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 

24 shall remain available until expended. 


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1 PRESIDIO TRUST

2 The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations 

3 to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 

4 104(d)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Man5 agement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), in an 

6 amount not to exceed $20,000,000. 

7 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 

10 Memorial Commission, $220,000, to remain available until 

11 expended. 

12 WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Cen15 tennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War 

16 I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and 

17 the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

18 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

19 Law 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War 

20 I Centennial Commission, $6,000,000, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2022: Provided, That in addition to 

22 the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the 

23 World War I Commission may accept money, in-kind per24 sonnel services, contractual support, or any appropriate 


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1 support from any executive branch agency for activities 

2 of the Commission. 

3 TITLE IV 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

7 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

8 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica9 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

10 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

11 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 

12 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

13 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

14 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

15 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

16 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

17 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

18 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over20 head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 

21 working capital fund and cost pool charges, from pro22 grams, projects, activities and subactivities to support gov23 ernment-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau adminis24 trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op25 erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 


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1 and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

3 Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations for approval. 

5 MINING APPLICATIONS

6 SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

7 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

8 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 

9 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 

10 site claim located under the general mining laws. 

11 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

12 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

13 concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec14 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re15 quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 

16 the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 

17 lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 

18 Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 

19 claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 

20 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 

21 fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 

22 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2022, the Secretary 

23 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com24 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

25 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 


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1 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 

2 by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 

3 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re4 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 

5 104–208). 

6 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

7 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

8 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 

9 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 

10 third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 

11 Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam12 ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 

13 patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu14 reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi15 bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac16 cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 

17 Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third18 party contractors. 

19 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

20 SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 

21 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

22 2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis23 cal year 2021. 


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1 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2021

2 LIMITATION

3 SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 

4 year 2021 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 

5 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 

6 Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 

7 Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup8 port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 

9 support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov10 ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 

11 agreements for fiscal year 2021 with the Bureau of Indian 

12 Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 

13 Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 

14 this Act are not available for payment of claims for con15 tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 

16 payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 

17 support costs for prior years. 

18 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

19 SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

20 considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 

21 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan22 ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 

23 more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 

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1 quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re2 sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 

3 other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 

4 expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail5 able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 

6 System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 

7 and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 

8 of the plan on an accelerated basis. 

9 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

10 SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex11 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

12 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

13 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

14 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu15 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 

16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 

17 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

18 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu19 ment. 

20 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

21 SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

22 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 

23 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec24 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 

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1 propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 

2 to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na3 tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 

4 funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 

5 Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur6 poses. 

7 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

8 SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen10 cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 

11 such contract is entered into in accordance with the re12 quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 

13 or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

14 Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 

15 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con16 tract to be entered into without regard for these re17 quirements, including formula grants for States, or 

18 federally recognized Indian tribes; 

19 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 

20 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

21 (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 

22 any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 

23 contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 

24 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 


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1 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 

2 of enactment of this Act. 

3 POSTING OF REPORTS

4 SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail5 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

6 post on the public website of that agency any report re7 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

8 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen9 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

10 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

11 (1) the public posting of the report com12 promises national security; or 

13 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

14 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

15 do so only after such report has been made available to 

16 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

17 no less than 45 days. 

18 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT

19 GUIDELINES

20 SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En21 dowment for the Arts— 

22 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 

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1 age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow2 ship. 

3 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 

4 to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 

5 except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 

6 or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 

7 any other organization or individual to conduct ac8 tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 

9 Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 

10 made in exchange for goods and services. 

11 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 

12 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 

13 contents of the season, including identified programs 

14 or projects. 

15 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM

16 PRIORITIES

17 SEC. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding fi18 nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 

19 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro20 priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 

21 Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 

22 to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 

23 projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 

24 underserved populations. 

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1 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 

2 a population of individuals, including urban minori3 ties, who have historically been outside the purview 

4 of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 

5 as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 

6 or to geographic isolation. 

7 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 

8 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 

9 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec10 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

11 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 

12 the size involved. 

13 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as14 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 

15 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 

16 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 

17 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv18 ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc19 tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 

20 knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 

21 the arts. 

22 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

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1 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat2 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro3 grams that are of national impact or availability or 

4 are able to tour several States; 

5 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex6 ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 

7 to any single State, excluding grants made under the 

8 authority of paragraph (1); 

9 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con10 gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 

11 the Chairperson in each grant category under sec12 tion 5 of such Act; and 

13 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 

14 grants to improve and support community-based 

15 music performance and education. 

16 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS WAIVERS

17 SEC. 414. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, funds made available under the heading ‘‘National 

19 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities – National 

20 Endowment for the Arts – Grants and Administration’’ 

21 of this Act and under such heading for fiscal years 2019 

22 and 2020 for grants for the purposes described in section 

23 5(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and Human24 ities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954(c)) may also be used 

25 by the recipients of such grants for purposes of the general 


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1 operations of such recipients and the matching require2 ments under subsections (e), (g)(4)(A), and (p)(3) of sec3 tion 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu4 manities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954) may be waived with 

5 respect to such grants. 

6 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES WAIVERS

7 SEC. 415. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, funds made available under the heading ‘‘National 

9 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities – National 

10 Endowment for the Humanities – Grants and Administra11 tion’’ of this Act and under such heading for fiscal years 

12 2019 and 2020 for grants for the purposes described in 

13 section 7(c) and 7(h)(1) of the National Foundation on 

14 the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 may also be used 

15 by the recipients of such grants for purposes of the general 

16 operations of such recipients and the matching require17 ments under subsection (h)(2)(A) of section 7of the Na18 tional Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 

19 1965 may be waived with respect to such grants. 

20 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

21 SEC. 416. The Department of the Interior, the Envi22 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 

23 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 

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1 priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob2 ligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days 

3 of enactment of this Act. 

4 EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

5 SEC. 417. The terms and conditions of section 325 

6 of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz7 ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 

8 subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 

9 Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 

10 shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2021. 

11 FUNDING PROHIBITION

12 SEC. 418. (a) None of the funds made available in 

13 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

14 network unless such network is designed to block access 

15 to pornography websites. 

16 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

17 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

18 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi19 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

20 HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS

21 SEC. 419. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

22 of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land 

23 administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the 

24 Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land adminis25 tered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as 


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1 the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 

2 horses and burros that have been removed from land ad3 ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 

4 State, and local government agencies for use as work ani5 mals. 

6 (b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 

7 under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed8 eral, State, or local government agency. 

9 (c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 

10 subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming 

11 horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 

12 195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 

13 and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 

14 (d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re15 ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub16 section (a) shall not— 

17 (1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 

18 results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 

19 a commercial product; 

20 (2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 

21 in a manner that results in the destruction of the 

22 horse or burro for processing into a commercial 

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1 (3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 

2 recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case 

3 of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. 

4 (e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be 

5 available for— 

6 (1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, 

7 and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the 

8 Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or 

9 (2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results 

10 in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for 

11 processing into a commercial product. 

12 FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND

13 ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

14 SEC. 420. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 (16 

15 U.S.C. 580d note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Sep16 tember 30, 2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

17 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

18 SEC. 421. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 

19 by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au20 thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 300j–12) shall be used for a project for the 

22 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

23 water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 

24 steel products used in the project are produced in the 

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1 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 

2 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

3 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

4 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

5 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein6 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

7 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat8 egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ9 mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 

10 the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 

11 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon12 sistent with the public interest; 

13 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

14 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail15 able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 

16 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro17 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

18 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

19 (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv20 er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail21 able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re22 quest and information available to the Administrator con23 cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 

24 input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 

25 a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 


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1 make the request and accompanying information available 

2 by electronic means, including on the official public Inter3 net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

4 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con5 sistent with United States obligations under international 

6 agreements. 

7 (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 

8 of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 

9 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 

10 the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage11 ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

12 LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANS13 FERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR

14 WILDFIRES

15 SEC. 422. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized 

16 to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with vol17 unteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland 

18 fire protection associations, and similar organizations to 

19 provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including 

20 supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding 

21 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of 

22 title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further au23 thorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Inte24 rior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out 


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1 the functions of the Department’s wildland fire manage2 ment program to such organizations. 

3 RECREATION FEES

4 SEC. 423. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre5 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied 

6 by substituting ‘‘October 1, 2022’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

7 2019’’. 

8 REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES

9 SEC. 424. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed 

11 without the advance approval of the House and Senate 

12 Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the re13 programming procedures contained in the explanatory 

14 statement described in section 4 of the Further Consoli15 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133 

16 Stat. 2536). 

17 PROJECT INFORMATION

18 SEC. 425. (a) Not later than April 1, 2021, and each 

19 April 1 thereafter, the Secretary of the Interior and the 

20 Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

22 Senate prioritized and detailed lists of Federal land acqui23 sition projects, and Forest Legacy projects, that have been 

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1 (b) The Federal land acquisition project lists required 

2 by each Agency in subsection (a) shall include individual 

3 projects for the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and 

4 Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and 

5 the U.S. Forest Service, and shall total for each agency 

6 no less than 150 percent of the amount enacted for that 

7 agency for the previous fiscal year. 

8 LOCAL CONTRACTORS

9 SEC. 426. Section 412 of Division E of Public Law 

10 112–74 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ 

11 for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

12 SHASTA-TRINITY MARINA FEE AUTHORITY

13 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

14 SEC. 427. Section 422 of division F of Public Law 

15 110–161 (121 Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied 

16 by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

17 INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

18 SEC. 428. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 

19 113–76 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 note) shall be applied by sub20 stituting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ for ‘‘September 30, 

21 2019’’. 

22 PUERTO RICO SCHOOLING AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

23 SEC. 429. The authority provided by the 19th un24 numbered paragraph under heading ‘‘Administrative Pro25 visions, Forest Service’’ in title III of Public Law 109– 


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1 54, as amended, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal 

2 year 2021’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

3 FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION

4 AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION

5 SEC. 430. Section 339 of the Department of the Inte6 rior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as 

7 enacted into law by Public Law 106–113; 16 U.S.C. 528 

8 note), as amended by section 335(6) of Public Law 108– 

9 108 and section 432 of Public Law 113–76, shall be ap10 plied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 

11 2019’’. 

12 CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE

13 SEC. 431. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Ini14 tiative Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 54 U.S.C. 

15 320101 note) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 

16 2021’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 

17 CHACO CANYON

18 SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to nominate or accept a nomination or 

20 informal expression of interest for oil and gas leasing 

21 under the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C. sec. 181 et seq, 

22 or to offer for oil and gas leasing, any federal lands or 

23 minerals within the withdrawal area identified on the map 

24 of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park prepared 


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1 by the Bureau of Land Management and dated April 2, 

2 2019. 

3 TRIBAL LEASES

4 SEC. 433. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of 

6 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

7 Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease term shall – (1) 

8 be consistent with the calendar year or fiscal year basis 

9 of the funding agreement or annual funding agreement be10 tween the Secretary and Indian tribe or tribal organization 

11 under that Act; and (2) commence no earlier that the date 

12 of receipt of the lease proposal. 

13 (b) REFERENCES.—None of the funds made available 

14 under this Act may be used to compensate an Indian tribe 

15 or tribal organization for any lease under section 105(l) 

16 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist17 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) that is on a calendar year 

18 or fiscal year basis and that is received during the 120 

19 day period ending on the last day of the calendar year 

20 or fiscal year. 

21 (c) REFERENCES.—None of the funds made available 

22 under this Act may be used to compensate an Indian tribe 

23 or tribal organization for any portion of a lease under sec24 tion 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu25 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) that exceeds the 


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1 square footage necessary for the operation of the Federal 

2 programs under the lease. 

3 TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST

4 SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to plan, design, study, or construct, for 

6 the purpose of harvesting timber by private entities or in7 dividuals, a forest development road in the Tongass Na8 tional Forest. 

9 RAINY RIVER WATERSHED

10 SEC. 435. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this Act may be used to review 

12 or approve a mine plan proposed within the Rainy River 

13 Watershed of the Superior National Forest. 

14 PERMIT PROHIBITION

15 SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to issue a permit for the import of a 

17 sport-hunted trophy of an elephant or lion taken in Tan18 zania, Zimbabwe, or Zambia. The limitation described in 

19 this section shall not apply in the case of the administra20 tion of a tax or tariff. 

21 FUNDING PROHIBITION

22 SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to finalize the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Oil 

24 and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Re25 constructed, and Modified Sources Review’’ published by 


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1 the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Reg2 ister on September 24, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 50244). 

3 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

4 SEC. 438. Not later than 30 days after the date on 

5 which the Comptroller General of the United States noti6 fies the head of a Federal agency that receives funds 

7 under this Act of a violation by the Federal agency of sec8 tion 1341(a), 1342, or 1517(a) of title 31, United States 

9 Code, the head of the Federal agency shall submit to the 

10 President, Congress, and the Comptroller General of the 

11 United States a report that includes— 

12 (1) a description of all relevant facts and a 

13 statement of actions taken with respect to the issues 

14 identified by the Comptroller General of the United 

15 States in the notification; and 

16 (2)(A) the opinion of the head of the Federal 

17 agency as to whether a violation of section 1341(a), 

18 1342, or 1517(a) of title 31, United States Code, as 

19 applicable, has occurred; and 

20 (B)(i) if it is the opinion of the head of the 

21 Federal agency under subparagraph (A) that a viola22 tion has occurred, an explanation as to why the vio23 lation was not discovered and reported by the head 

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1 cation by the Comptroller General of the United 

2 States; or 

3 (ii) if it is the opinion of the head of the Fed4 eral agency under subparagraph (A) that a violation 

5 has not occurred, an explanation for the basis for 

6 the determination by the head of the Federal agen7 cy. 

8 INFORMATIONAL REQUESTS

9 SEC. 439. (a) Notice Required.— The head of a fed10 eral agency that receives funds under this Act shall re11 spond timely and completely to requests of the Comp12 troller General of the United States for access to records 

13 or interviews with agency employees. Should the head of 

14 a federal agency fail to provide access to records or inter15 views within 30 days of the request or by such date as 

16 is otherwise specified by the Comptroller General, and in 

17 such manner as is acceptable to the Comptroller General, 

18 the Comptroller General shall provide the appropriate con19 gressional committees and the head of the federal agency 

20 with notice of the undue delay. 

21 (b) Agency Responses Required.— Not later than 30 

22 days after the head of the federal agency receives a notice 

23 under subsection (a), the head of the federal agency shall 

24 respond in writing to the Comptroller General and the ap25 propriate congressional committees with an explanation 


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1 for the delay and a proposed timetable for providing the 

2 requested records or interviews. Not later than 30 days 

3 after this response is submitted, and every 30 days there4 after until the Comptroller General informs the appro5 priate congressional committees that the head of the fed6 eral agency has provided access to the requested records 

7 or interviews in a manner acceptable to the Comptroller 

8 General, the head of the federal agency shall update the 

9 agency’s response in writing. 

10 (c) Relationship To Existing Authority.— Nothing in 

11 this section shall be construed to limit, amend, supersede, 

12 or restrict in any manner any existing authority of the 

13 Comptroller General. 

14 FUNDING PROHIBITION ON WATER QUALITY

15 CERTIFICATIONS

16 SEC. 440. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the pro18 posed rule entitled ‘‘Updating Regulations on Water Qual19 ity Certification’’, published by the Administrator of the 

20 Environmental Protection Agency on August 22, 2019 (84 

21 Fed. Reg. 44080). 

22 FUNDING PROHIBITION FOR CONFEDERATE FLAGS

23 SEC. 441. None of the funds made available to the 

24 National Park Service by this Act may be used for the 

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1 tion of specific circumstances where the flags provide his2 torical context as described in the National Park Service 

3 memorandum entitled ‘‘Immediate Action Required, No 

4 Reply Needed: Confederate Flags’’ and dated June 24, 

5 2015. 

6 REMOVAL OF CONFEDERATE COMMEMORATIVE WORKS

7 SEC. 442. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 

8 or policy to the contrary, within 180 days of enactment 

9 of this Act, the National Park Service shall remove from 

10 display all physical Confederate commemorative works, 

11 such as statues, monuments, sculptures, memorials, and 

12 plaques, as defined by NPS, Management Policies 2006, 

13 §9.6.1. 

14 INVENTORY OF ASSETS WITH CONFEDERATE NAMES

15 SEC. 443. Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 

16 the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Com17 mittee on Appropriations an inventory of all assets under 

18 the jurisdiction of the Department of Interior with Con19 federate names. 

20 FOREST SERVICE USE OF FUNDS

21 SEC. 444. Notwithstanding section 

22 200306(a)(2)(B)(iii) of title 54, United States Code, 

23 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Department 

24 of Agriculture--Forest Service--Land Acquisition’’ in this 


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1 and any prior Act may be used for the acquisition of acre2 age in any location for the National Forest System.′′ 

3 RESOURCE STUDY OF SPRINGFIELD RACE RIOT

4 SEC. 445. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of the Interior. 

7 (2) STUDY AREA.—The term ‘‘ ‘Study Area’’ 

8 means the archeological site near Madison Street and the 

9 10th Street Rail Corridor, and other sites in Springfield, 

10 Illinois associated with the 1908 Springfield Race Riot. 

11 (b) SPECIAL RESOURCE STUDY.— 

12 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a 

13 special resource study of the study area. 

14 (2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study 

15 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 

16 (A) evaluate the national significance of 

17 the study area; 

18 (B) determine the suitability and feasibility 

19 of designating the study area as a unit of the 

20 National Park System; 

21 (C) consider other alternatives for preser22 vation, protection, and interpretation of the 

23 study area by the Federal Government, State or 

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1 (D) consult with interested Federal agen2 cies, State or local governmental entities, pri3 vate and nonprofit organizations, or any other 

4 interested individuals; and 

5 (E) identify cost estimates for any Federal 

6 acquisition, development, interpretation, oper7 ation, and maintenance associated with the al8 ternatives. 

9 (3) APPLICABLE LAW.—The study required 

10 under paragraph (1) shall be conducted in accord11 ance with section 100507 of title 54, United States 

12 Code. 

13 (4) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after 

14 the date on which funds are first made available for 

15 the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

16 submit to the Committee on Natural Resources of 

17 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

18 Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a re19 port that describes— 

20 (A) the results of the study; and 

21 (B) any conclusions and recommendations 

22 of the Secretary. 


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1 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ALLOCATIONS

2 SEC. 446. Contingent upon the enactment of the 

3 Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957 of the 116th 

4 Congress)— 

5 (a) the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer 

6 amounts becoming available for expenditure from the 

7 Land and Water Conservation Fund in fiscal year 2021 

8 pursuant to section 200303(a) of title 54, United States 

9 Code, as amended by such Act, to the agencies and ac10 counts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the ac11 tivities specified, in the table titled ‘‘Allocation of Funds 

12 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund – Fiscal 

13 Year 2021’’ in the report accompanying this Act; 

14 (b) to the extent that the amount becoming available 

15 for expenditure in fiscal year 2021 pursuant to such sub16 section exceeds the total amount specified in the table ref17 erenced in this section, such excess amounts shall be 

18 transferred to and allocated among the agencies, accounts, 

19 and activities in the same proportion as the amounts speci20 fied in the table; 

21 (c) all amounts required to be transferred pursuant 

22 to this section shall be so transferred not later than 30 

23 days after the date of enactment of this Act, or 30 days 

24 after the date of enactment of the Great American Out25 doors Act, whichever is later, and such amounts shall be 


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1 allocated for the activities specified in the report ref2 erenced in subsection (a) not later than 15 days after such 

3 transfer; and 

4 (d) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

5 funds allocated in the table referenced in this section shall 

6 hereafter be exempt from apportionment under chapter 15 

7 of title 31, United States Code. 

8 FUNDING PROHIBITION

9 SEC. 447. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act or any other Act may be used to finalize, implement, 

11 administer, or enforce— 

12 (1) the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Strengthening 

13 Transparency in Regulatory Science’’ published by 

14 the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal 

15 Register on April 30, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 18768); 

16 or 

17 (2) the supplemental notice of proposed rule18 making entitled ‘‘Strengthening Transparency in 

19 Regulatory Science’’ published by the Environmental 

20 Protection Agency in the Federal Register on March 

21 18, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 15396). 


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1 TITLE V 

2 ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS 

3 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

4 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

5 EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Education Construc7 tion’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

8 of which $350,000,000 is for construction, repair, and im9 provement of buildings, utilities, and other facilities nec10 essary for the operation of Indian education programs, in11 cluding architectural and engineering services by contract, 

12 and acquisition of lands and interests in lands; up to 

13 $100,000,000 is for Facilities Improvement and Repair; 

14 and up to $50,000,000 is for school employee housing: 

15 Provided, That funds shall be distributed with priority to 

16 construction needs identified on the 2016 school construc17 tion priority list then to facilities identified in the Indian 

18 Affairs – Facilities Management System: Provided further, 

19 That no funds shall be obligated until the Bureau has pro20 vided a detailed spend plan, including identifying each spe21 cific project by Tribe, the estimated project cost, and the 

22 expected timeframe for completion of each project, to the 

23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent24 atives and the Senate at least 30 days prior to obligating 

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1 Education shall provide a quarterly report to such commit2 tees until each project is completed: Provided further, That 

3 in order to ensure timely completion of construction 

4 projects, the Secretary of the Interior may assume control 

5 of a project and all funds related to the project, if, not 

6 later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of 

7 this Act, any Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et 

8 seq.) grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or 

9 in any prior Act, has not completed the planning and de10 sign phase of the project and commenced construction: 

11 Provided further, That no more than two percent of the 

12 funds made available herein may be used for salaries and 

13 expenses by the Bureau of Indian Education to administer 

14 the funds and provide technical assistance to Tribes: Pro15 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con16 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

17 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 

20 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 

22 General’’, $40,000,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2024: Provided, That such amount is des24 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency reVerDate Sep 11 2014 19:05 Jul 14, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00166 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7612.RH H7612

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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Hazardous Substance 

5 Superfund’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, which shall be for Superfund cleanup activities: 

7 Provided, That $800,000,000 shall be for the Superfund 

8 Remedial program: Provided further, That not less than 

9 $150,000,000 shall be for emergency response and re10 moval activities: Provided further, That the Administrator 

11 of the Environmental Protection Agency may retain up to 

12 3 percent of the funds appropriated herein for manage13 ment and oversight purposes: Provided further, That such 

14 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

15 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

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

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal As21 sistance Grants’’, $11,960,000,000, of which— 

22 (1) $6,355,000,000, to be available until ex23 pended, shall be for capitalization grants for the 

24 Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 

25 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and 


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1 $3,855,000,000, to be available until expended, shall 

2 be for capitalization grants under section 1452 of 

3 the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided That the Ad4 ministrator may reserve up to 1 percent of the funds 

5 appropriated herein for administrative, management, 

6 and oversight purposes: Provided further, That funds 

7 appropriated herein shall not be subject to the 

8 matching or cost share requirements of sections 

9 602(b)(2), 602(b)(3) or 202 of the Federal Water 

10 Pollution Control Act nor the matching requirements 

11 of section 1452(e) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: 

12 Provided further, That the Administrator shall re13 allocate funds appropriated herein for the Clean and 

14 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (Revolving 

15 Funds) where projects are not under contract or 

16 construction within 18 months of the date of enact17 ment of this Act: Provided further, That notwith18 standing the priority rankings they would otherwise 

19 receive under each program, priority for funds ap20 propriated herein shall be given to projects on a 

21 State priority list that are ready to proceed to con22 struction within 18 months of the date of enactment 

23 of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

24 the requirements of section 603(d) of the Federal 

25 Water Pollution Control Act or section 1452(f) of 


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1 the Safe Drinking Water Act, for the funds appro2 priated herein, each State shall use not less than 40 

3 percent of the amount of its capitalization grants to 

4 provide additional subsidization to eligible recipients 

5 in the form of forgiveness of principal, negative in6 terest loans or grants or any combination of these: 

7 Provided further, That to the extent there are suffi8 cient eligible project applications and projects are 

9 consistent with State Intended Use Plans, not less 

10 than 25 percent of the funds appropriated herein for 

11 the Revolving Funds shall be for projects to address 

12 green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency im13 provements or other environmentally innovative ac14 tivities: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 

15 limitations on amounts in section 518(c) of the Fed16 eral Water Pollution Control Act and in section 

17 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2 percent 

18 of the funds appropriated herein for Revolving 

19 Funds may be reserved by the Administrator for 

20 grants to Indian Tribes under section 518(c) and 

21 section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 

22 up to 10 percent of the funds appropriated herein 

23 for tribal set-asides under the Revolving Funds may 

24 be transferred to the Indian Health Service to sup25 port management and oversight of tribal projects; 


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1 (2) $350,000,000, to be available until Sep2 tember 30, 2023, shall be to carry out Brownfields 

3 projects authorized by section 104(k) of the Com4 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

5 and Liability Act of 1980: Provided, That the Ad6 ministrator may reserve up to 3.5 percent of the 

7 funds appropriated herein for administrative, man8 agement, and oversight purposes: Provided further, 

9 That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be 

10 subject to cost share requirements under section 

11 104(k)(9)(B)(iii) of such Act: Provided further, That 

12 not less than 50 percent of funds appropriated here13 in shall be for projects located in Qualified Oppor14 tunity Zones; 

15 (3) $450,000,000, to be available until Sep16 tember 30, 2023, shall be for grants pursuant to 

17 title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 

18 2005: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

19 for grants herein shall be subject to the State Grant 

20 and Loan Program Matching Incentive provisions of 

21 section 793(c)(3) of such Act: Provided further That 

22 the Administrator may reserve up to 3.5 percent of 

23 the funds appropriated herein for administrative, 

24 management, and oversight purposes; 


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1 (4) $50,000,000, to be available until Sep2 tember 30, 2023, shall be for grants under section 

3 1464(d) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 300j–24(d)); 

5 (5) $500,000,000, to be available until ex6 pended, shall be for grants and activities under sec7 tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 300j–19b): Provided, That notwithstanding 

9 section 1459B(b)(4), the non-Federal share of the 

10 total cost of a project funded by a grant from funds 

11 appropriated herein shall be not more than 5 per12 cent: Provided further, That for grants to projects 

13 providing assistance to low-income households de14 scribed in section 1459B(b)(5) of the Safe Drinking 

15 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19b(b)(5)) from funds 

16 appropriated herein the Administrator shall elimi17 nate the non-Federal cost share for such projects: 

18 Provided further That the Administrator may reserve 

19 up to 1.5 percent of funds appropriated herein for 

20 administrative, management, and oversight pur21 poses; 

22 (6) $400,000,000, to be available until ex23 pended, shall be for grants under section 221 of the 

24 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

25 1301): Provided, That the Federal share for the cost 


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1 of activities carried out using grant funds appro2 priated herein shall not be less than 95 percent: Pro3 vided further, That to the extent there are sufficient 

4 eligible project applications, not less than 30 percent 

5 of the amount of a grant made to a State to carry 

6 out projects to intercept, transport, control, treat, or 

7 reuse municipal combined sewer overflows, sanitary 

8 sewer overflows, or stormwater shall be through the 

9 use of green infrastructure, water and energy effi10 ciency improvements, and other environmentally in11 novative activities: Provided further, That from the 

12 amount appropriated herein, the Administrator may 

13 reserve up to 1.25 percent of funds appropriated 

14 herein for administrative, management, and over15 sight purposes, including establishing the allocation 

16 formula for states described in section 221(g)(2) of 

17 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

18 1301(g)(2)): 

19 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

20 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec21 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION, ENVIRONMENTAL

2 PROTECTION AGENCY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 Funds made available to the Environmental Protec5 tion Agency in this title under the heading ‘‘State and 

6 Tribal Assistance Grants’’ and reserved by the Adminis7 trator for administrative, management, and oversight pur8 poses shall remain available until September 30, 2023, 

9 and may be transferred to the ‘‘Environmental Programs 

10 and Management’’ account as needed. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

12 SERVICES 

13 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

14 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Facili16 ties’’, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

17 of which $1,250,000,000 is for the construction and re18 lated costs of inpatient and outpatient health and related 

19 auxiliary facilities on the Health Facilities Construction 

20 Priority System list and small ambulatory facilities, to 

21 modify existing health facilities to provide isolation/quar22 antine space, to prepare plans, specifications, and draw23 ings, acquisition of sites, and for the purchase and erec24 tion of modular buildings; up to $50,000,000 may be used 

25 for staff quarters; up to $50,000,000 is for equipment; 


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1 and no more than $200,000,000 is available to reduce the 

2 Backlog of Essential Maintenance, Alteration and Repair: 

3 Provided, That none of the funds provided under this 

4 heading shall be obligated until the Indian Health Service 

5 has provided a detailed spend plan, including identifying 

6 each specific project by Tribe, the estimated project cost, 

7 and the expected project completion, to the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate at least 30 days prior to distributing any funds: 

10 Provided further, That the Indian Health Service shall 

11 provide a quarterly project report to such committees: Pro12 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law, funds appropriated for the planning, design, con14 struction, renovation or expansion of health facilities for 

15 the benefit of an Indian Tribe or Tribes may be used to 

16 purchase land on which such facilities will be located: Pro17 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con18 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 

19 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 SEC. 501. Each amount designated in this Act by the 

23 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

24 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

25 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 


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1 (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the 

2 President subsequently so designates all such amounts 

3 and transmits such designations to the Congress. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In5 terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

6 Act, 2021’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 360 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7612 

[Report No. 116–448] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for 

JULY 14, 2020 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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