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Union Calendar No. 125 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2822 

[Report No. 114–170] 

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

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 18, 2015 

Mr. CALVERT, 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, 2016, 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, 2016, 

7 and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

9 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

10 MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES

11 For necessary expenses for protection, use, improve12 ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi13 fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in 

14 lands, and performance of other functions, including main15 tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage16 ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 

17 of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general 

18 administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral 

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

20 Public Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $1,015,046,000, 

21 to remain available until expended, including all such 

22 amounts as are collected from permit processing fees, as 

23 authorized but made subject to future appropriation by 

24 section 35(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 

25 U.S.C. 191), except that amounts from permit processing 


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1 fees may be used for any bureau-related expenses associ2 ated with the processing of oil and gas applications for 

3 permits to drill and related use of authorizations; of which 

4 $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2016 subject 

5 to a match by at least an equal amount by the National 

6 Fish and Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects sup7 porting conservation of Bureau lands; and such funds 

8 shall be advanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant 

9 without regard to when expenses are incurred. 

10 In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Adminis11 tration program operations, including the cost of admin12 istering the mining claim fee program, to remain available 

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

14 Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 

15 claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby 

16 authorized for fiscal year 2016, so as to result in a final 

17 appropriation estimated at not more than $1,015,046,000, 

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

19 communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 

20 for the cost of administering communication site activities. 

21 LAND ACQUISITION

22 For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205, 

23 206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin24 istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or 

25 interests therein, $7,250,000, to be derived from the Land 


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1 and Water Conservation Fund and to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS

4 For expenses necessary for management, protection, 

5 and development of resources and for construction, oper6 ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and 

7 other improvements on the revested Oregon and California 

8 Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or9 egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and 

10 on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in11 terests therein, including existing connecting roads on or 

12 adjacent to such grant lands; $110,602,000, to remain 

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

14 aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 

15 from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant 

16 lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and 

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

18 General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec19 ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 

20 August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181f). 

21 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS

22 For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of 

23 lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal 

24 rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land 

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


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1 notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 

2 of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under 

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

4 315b, 315m) and the amount designated for range im5 provements from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts 

6 from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Depart7 ment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than 

8 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for 

10 administrative expenses. 

11 SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES

12 For administrative expenses and other costs related 

13 to processing application documents and other authoriza14 tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources, 

15 for costs of providing copies of official public land docu16 ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi17 nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, 

18 and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts 

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

20 1701 et seq.), and under section 28 of the Mineral Leasing 

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

22 Provided, That, notwithstanding any provision to the con23 trary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 

24 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received 

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


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1 compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate for refund 

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

3 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended under 

4 the authority of this Act by the Secretary to improve, pro5 tect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 

6 the Bureau of Land Management which have been dam7 aged by the action of a resource developer, purchaser, per8 mittee, or any unauthorized person, without regard to 

9 whether all moneys collected from each such action are 

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

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

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

13 which funds were collected may be used to repair other 

14 damaged public lands. 

15 MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS

16 In addition to amounts authorized to be expended 

17 under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such 

18 amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Pub19 lic Law 94–579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such amounts as 

20 may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, ap21 praisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands 

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

23 remain available until expended. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the 

3 operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, 

4 contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimburs5 able agreements with public and private entities, including 

6 with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be avail7 able for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of tem8 porary structures, and alteration and maintenance of nec9 essary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the 

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

11 the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence 

12 concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; 

13 miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement ac14 tivities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be 

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

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

17 Law 90–620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the Bureau may, under co18 operative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements au19 thorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators 

20 in connection with jointly produced publications for which 

21 the cooperators share the cost of printing either in cash 

22 or in services, and the Bureau determines the cooperator 

23 is capable of meeting accepted quality standards: Provided 

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

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1 fied amount of money in support of the project may be 

2 carried out by the Bureau on a reimbursable basis. Appro3 priations herein made shall not be available for the de4 struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros 

5 in the care of the Bureau or its contractors or for the 

6 sale of wild horses and burros that results in their destruc7 tion for processing into commercial products. 

8 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

9 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

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

12 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 

13 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

14 resources, $1,220,343,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That not to exceed 

16 $10,257,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 

17 (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe18 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing 

19 petitions, developing and issuing proposed and final regu20 lations, and taking any other steps to implement actions 

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

22 (c)(2)(B)(ii)). 

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; $13,144,000, to remain 

4 available until expended. 

5 LAND ACQUISITION

6 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

7 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, (16 U.S.C. 460l8 4 et seq.), including administrative expenses, and for ac9 quisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accord10 ance with statutory authority applicable to the United 

11 States Fish and Wildlife Service, $27,500,000, to be de12 rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

13 to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 

14 of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition 

15 projects may be used to pay for any administrative over16 head, planning or other management costs. 

17 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

18 FUND

19 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

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

21 $50,095,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con22 servation Fund and to remain available until expended. 

23 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

24 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo25 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.), $35,000,000, 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.), $3,660,000, 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.), $9,561,000, 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 $59,195,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That of the amount provided herein, $4,084,000 is 

5 for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not sub6 ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro7 vided further, That $5,987,000 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 $10,071,000 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 2016 to any State, terri15 tory, or other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of 

16 September 30, 2017, shall be reapportioned, together with 

17 funds appropriated in 2018, 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 $2,327,811,000, of which $10,001,000 for planning and 

11 interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora12 tion and $96,961,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabili13 tation projects for constructed assets shall remain avail14 able until September 30, 2017. 

15 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

16 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro17 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 

18 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re19 view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 

20 not otherwise provided for, $62,467,000. 

21 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

22 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 

23 Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), 

24 $60,910,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 

25 Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2017, 


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1 of which $500,000 is for competitive grants for the survey 

2 and nomination of properties to the National Register of 

3 Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks asso4 ciated with communities currently underrepresented, as 

5 determined by the Secretary, and of which $4,500,000 is 

6 for competitive grants to preserve the sites and stories of 

7 the Civil Rights movement: Provided, That such competi8 tive grants shall be made without imposing the matching 

9 requirements in Section 102(a)(3) of the National Historic 

10 Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470(a)(3)). 

11 CONSTRUCTION

12 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace13 ment of physical facilities, including modifications author14 ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Pro15 tection and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), 

16 $139,555,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2016 with 

19 a future phase indicated in the National Park Service 5– 

20 Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement 

21 may be issued which includes the full scope of the project: 

22 Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 

23 contain the clause availability of funds found at 48 CFR 

24 52.232–18. 


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1 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

2 (RESCISSION)

3 The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2016 

4 by section 9 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund 

5 Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-10a) is rescinded. 

6 LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE

7 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

8 Water Conservation Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 

9 through 11), including administrative expenses, and for 

10 acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein, in ac11 cordance with the statutory authority applicable to the 

12 National Park Service, $84,367,000, to be derived from 

13 the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 

14 available until expended, of which $48,117,000 is for the 

15 State assistance program and of which $9,000,000 shall 

16 be for the American Battlefield Protection Program 

17 grants as authorized by section 7301 of the Omnibus Pub18 lic Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–11). 

19 CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE

20 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

21 of section 814(g) of Public Law 104–333 (16 U.S.C. 1f) 

22 relating to challenge cost share agreements, $20,000,000, 

23 to remain available until expended, for Centennial Chal24 lenge projects and programs: Provided, That not less than 

25 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program 


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1 shall be derived from non-Federal sources in the form of 

2 donated cash, assets, or a pledge of donation guaranteed 

3 by an irrevocable letter of credit. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 In addition to other uses set forth in section 407(d) 

7 of Public Law 105–391, franchise fees credited to a sub8 account shall be available for expenditure by the Sec9 retary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit 

10 within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce 

11 liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender in12 terest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to 

13 the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise 

14 fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit ex15 ceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce 

16 liability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be 

17 credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over 

18 a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at 

19 the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds so expended 

20 to extinguish or reduce liability. 

21 For the costs of administration of the Land and 

22 Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 

23 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act 

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

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1 thorized to be disbursed under such section, such retained 

2 amounts to remain available until expended. 

3 National Park Service funds may be transferred to 

4 the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Depart5 ment of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 

6 U.S.C. 204. Transfers may include a reasonable amount 

7 for FHWA administrative support costs. 

8 UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

9 SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH

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

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

14 its territories and possessions, and other areas as author15 ized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as 

16 to their mineral and water resources; give engineering su17 pervision to power permittees and Federal Energy Regu18 latory Commission licensees; administer the minerals ex19 ploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct inquiries into 

20 the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 

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

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

23 and to publish and disseminate data relative to the fore24 going activities; $1,045,000,000, to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2017; of which $57,637,189 shall remain 


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1 available until expended for satellite operations; and of 

2 which $7,280,000 shall be available until expended for de3 ferred maintenance and capital improvement projects that 

4 exceed $100,000 in cost: Provided, That none of the funds 

5 provided for the ecosystem research activity shall be used 

6 to conduct new surveys on private property, unless specifi7 cally authorized in writing by the property owner: Pro8 vided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 

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

10 mapping or water resources data collection and investiga11 tions carried on in cooperation with States and municipali12 ties. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 From within the amount appropriated for activities 

15 of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are 

16 necessary shall be available for contracting for the fur17 nishing of topographic maps and for the making of geo18 physical or other specialized surveys when it is administra19 tively determined that such procedures are in the public 

20 interest; construction and maintenance of necessary build21 ings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for 

22 gauging stations and observation wells; expenses of the 

23 United States National Committee for Geological 

24 Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of 

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1 resent the United States in the negotiation and adminis2 tration of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities 

3 funded by appropriations herein made may be accom4 plished through the use of contracts, grants, or coopera5 tive agreements as defined in section 6302 of title 31, 

6 United States Code: Provided further, That the United 

7 States Geological Survey may enter into contracts or coop8 erative agreements directly with individuals or indirectly 

9 with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without re10 gard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or intermittent 

11 services of students or recent graduates, who shall be con12 sidered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 

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

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

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

16 be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur17 poses. 

18 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

19 OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT

20 For expenses necessary for granting leases, ease21 ments, rights-of-way and agreements for use for oil and 

22 gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes 

23 on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving operations 

24 related thereto, as authorized by law; for environmental 

25 studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other laws 


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1 and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial 

2 delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree3 ments, $167,270,000, of which $70,648,000, is to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2017 and of which 

5 $96,622,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 

7 amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 

8 appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in9 creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 

10 and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 

11 the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the 

12 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, as13 sessments, analysis, and miscellaneous administrative ac14 tivities: Provided further, That the sum herein appro15 priated shall be reduced as such collections are received 

16 during the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 

17 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 

18 $70,648,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000 

19 shall be available for reasonable expenses related to pro20 moting volunteer beach and marine cleanup activities. 

21 BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

22 ENFORCEMENT

23 OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT

24 For expenses necessary for the regulation of oper25 ations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way and 


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

2 and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 

3 Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and imple4 menting laws and regulations as authorized by law and 

5 to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial dele6 gation; and for matching grants or cooperative agree7 ments, $123,354,000, of which $66,147,000 is to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2017, and of which 

9 $57,207,000 is to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That this total appropriation shall be reduced by 

11 amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this 

12 appropriation from additions to receipts resulting from in13 creases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, 

14 and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by 

15 the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

16 pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, in17 cluding studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 

18 administrative activities: Provided further, That the sum 

19 herein appropriated shall be reduced as such collections 

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

21 final fiscal year 2016 appropriation estimated at not more 

22 than $66,147,000. 

23 For an additional amount, $65,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended, to be reduced by amounts col25 lected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, 


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1 which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees 

2 collected in fiscal year 2016, as provided in this Act: Pro3 vided, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 

4 inspection fees exceed $65,000,000, the amounts realized 

5 in excess of $65,000,000 shall be credited to this appro6 priation and remain available until expended: Provided 

7 further, That for fiscal year 2016, not less than 50 percent 

8 of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety 

9 and Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund per10 sonnel and mission-related costs to expand capacity and 

11 expedite the orderly development, subject to environmental 

12 safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to the 

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

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

15 drill. 

16 OIL SPILL RESEARCH

17 For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 

18 1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title 

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

20 $14,899,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li21 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, $123,253,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2017: 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 Bureau pursuant to section 

15 507 of Public Law 95–87 (30 U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to 

16 remain 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 2016 appropriation estimated at not more than 

24 $123,253,000. 


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1 ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND

2 For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the 

3 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 

4 Public Law 95–87, $27,303,000, to be derived from re5 ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 

6 remain available until expended: Provided, That pursuant 

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

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

9 the delinquent debt owed to the United States Government 

10 to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided fur11 ther, That funds made available under title IV of Public 

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

13 share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal Gov14 ernment for the purpose of environmental restoration re15 lated to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage 

16 from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such 

17 projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior18 ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: 

19 Provided further, That amounts provided under this head20 ing may be used for the travel and per diem expenses of 

21 State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 

22 Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training. 

23 In addition, $30,000,000, to remain available until 

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1 ance with the terms and conditions in the report accom2 panying this Act: Provided, That such additional amount 

3 shall be used for economic and community development 

4 in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) of the 

5 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 

6 U.S.C. 1233(a)): Provided further, That such additional 

7 amount shall be distributed in equal amounts to the 3 Ap8 palachian States with the greatest amount of unfunded 

9 needs to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) 

10 and (2) of such section: Provided further, That such addi11 tional amount shall be allocated to States within 60 days 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN

14 EDUCATION

15 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

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

19 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De20 termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

21 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), the Education Amendments of 1978 

22 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled 

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

24 $2,505,670,000, to remain available until September 30, 

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1 to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and rep2 resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $74,809,000 

3 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That 

4 in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary 

5 may exceed such cap, from the amounts provided herein, 

6 to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af7 fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec8 ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 

9 recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo10 cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided fur11 ther, That not to exceed $619,827,000 for school oper12 ations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education 

13 programs shall become available on July 1, 2016, and 

14 shall remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided 

15 further, That not to exceed $48,785,000 shall remain 

16 available until expended for housing improvement, road 

17 maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land 

18 records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement 

19 Program: Provided further, That any forestry funds allo20 cated to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobli21 gated as of September 30, 2017, may be transferred dur22 ing fiscal year 2018 to an Indian forest land assistance 

23 account established for the benefit of the holder of the 

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1 ferred shall expire on September 30, 2018: Provided fur2 ther, That in order to enhance the safety of Bureau field 

3 employees, the Bureau may use funds to purchase uni4 forms or other identifying articles of clothing for per5 sonnel: Provided further, That $272,000,000 shall be for 

6 payments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for con7 tract support costs associated with contracts, grants, self8 governance compacts, or annual funding agreements be9 tween the Bureau and an Indian tribe or tribal organiza10 tion pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Edu11 cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) prior to or 

12 during fiscal year 2016, and shall remain available until 

13 expended. 

14 CONSTRUCTION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte17 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

18 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer19 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

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

21 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur22 suant to Public Law 87–483, $187,620,000, to remain 

23 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 

24 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 

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1 Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per2 cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In3 dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 

4 be used to cover the road program management costs of 

5 the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for 

6 the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13 

7 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro8 vided further, That for fiscal year 2016, in implementing 

9 new construction, replacement facilities construction, or 

10 facilities improvement and repair project grants in excess 

11 of $100,000 that are provided to grant schools under Pub12 lic Law 100–297, the Secretary of the Interior shall use 

13 the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost 

14 Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR 

15 part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further, 

16 That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of 

17 43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and 

18 determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per19 formed: Provided further, That in considering grant appli20 cations, the Secretary shall consider whether such grantee 

21 would be deficient in assuring that the construction 

22 projects conform to applicable building standards and 

23 codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and safety 

24 standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(b), with respect 

25 to organizational and financial management capabilities: 


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1 Provided further, That if the Secretary declines a grant 

2 application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements 

3 contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Provided further, That 

4 any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee con5 cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision 

6 in 25 U.S.C. 2507(e): Provided further, That in order to 

7 ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec8 retary may assume control of a project and all funds re9 lated to the project, if, within 18 months of the date of 

10 enactment of this Act, any grantee receiving funds appro11 priated in this Act or in any prior Act, has not completed 

12 the planning and design phase of the project and com13 menced construction: Provided further, That this appro14 priation may be reimbursed from the Office of the Special 

15 Trustee for American Indians appropriation for the appro16 priate share of construction costs for space expansion 

17 needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementa18 tion. 

19 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

20 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

21 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

22 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle23 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 

24 618, 111–11, and 111–291, and for implementation of 


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1 other land and water rights settlements, $65,412,000, to 

2 remain available until expended. 

3 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

5 $7,731,000, of which $1,045,000 is for administrative ex6 penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 

7 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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

9 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur10 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 

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

12 not to exceed $100,496,183. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper15 ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 

16 cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di17 rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza18 tions. 

19 Notwithstanding 25 U.S.C. 15, the Bureau of Indian 

20 Affairs may contract for services in support of the man21 agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi22 sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

23 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

24 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 

25 oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 


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1 Services (except executive direction and administrative 

2 services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 

3 offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 

4 available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 

5 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 

6 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 

7 Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 

8 413). 

9 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

10 available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, this 

11 action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 

12 responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern13 ment relationship between the United States and that 

14 tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria15 tions. 

16 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

17 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 

18 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 

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

20 support the operation of any elementary or secondary 

21 school in the State of Alaska. 

22 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu23 cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 

24 school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 

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1 in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 

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

3 may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 

4 one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 

5 waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 

6 of the Bureau of Indian Education. Appropriations made 

7 available in this or any prior Act for schools funded by 

8 the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with the Bu9 reau’s funding formula, only to the schools in the Bureau 

10 school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school 

11 or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. 

12 Funds made available under this Act may not be used to 

13 establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as 

14 that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education 

15 Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a 

16 charter school that is in existence on the date of the enact17 ment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-fund18 ed school before September 1, 1999, may continue to oper19 ate during that period, but only if the charter school pays 

20 to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the 

21 Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (in22 cluding buses and vans), the funds of the charter school 

23 are kept separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the 

24 Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school 

25 programs of the State in which the school is located if 


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1 the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu2 reau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter 

3 school and performing functions related to the charter 

4 school’s operation and employees of a charter school shall 

5 not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of chap6 ter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

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

9 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi10 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

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

12 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin13 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 

14 distribution formula. 

15 Funds available under this Act may not be used to 

16 establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 

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

18 may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 

19 to provide language and cultural immersion educational 

20 programs for non-public schools located within the juris21 dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 

22 serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 

23 currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 

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1 funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 

2 or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 

3 with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es4 tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur5 ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 

6 other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 

7 students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 

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

9 maintenance, rehabilitation, construction or other facili10 ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 

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

12 school’’ means a school location physically separated from 

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

14 forms part of the existing school in all other respects: Pro15 vided further, That none of the funds made available by 

16 this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary to 

17 finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed 

18 rule entitled ‘‘Federal Acknowledgement of American In19 dian Tribes’’ published by the Department of the Interior 

20 in the Federal Register on May 29, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 

21 30766 et seq.). 


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1 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

2 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

3 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS

4 For necessary expenses for management of the De5 partment of the Interior, including the collection and dis6 bursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue 

7 proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agreements, as 

8 authorized by law, $717,279,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2017; of which not to exceed $15,000 may 

10 be for official reception and representation expenses; and 

11 of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers 

12 compensation payments and unemployment compensation 

13 payments associated with the orderly closure of the United 

14 States Bureau of Mines; and of which $8,128,000 for the 

15 Office of Valuation Services is to be derived from the Land 

16 and Water Conservation Fund and shall remain available 

17 until expended; and of which $38,300,000 shall remain 

18 available until expended for the purpose of mineral rev19 enue management activities: Provided, That notwith20 standing any other provision of law, $15,000 under this 

21 heading shall be available for refunds of overpayments in 

22 connection with certain Indian leases in which the Sec23 retary concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 

24 amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct 

25 prior unrecoverable erroneous payments. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 For fiscal year 2016, up to $400,000 of the payments 

3 authorized by the Act of October 20, 1976 (31 U.S.C. 

4 6901–6907) may be retained for administrative expenses 

5 of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program: Provided, 

6 That no payment shall be made pursuant to that Act to 

7 otherwise eligible units of local government if the com8 puted amount of the payment is less than $100: Provided 

9 further, That the Secretary may reduce the payment au10 thorized by 31 U.S.C. 6901–6907 for an individual county 

11 by the amount necessary to correct prior year overpay12 ments to that county: Provided further, That the amount 

13 needed to correct a prior year underpayment to an indi14 vidual county shall be paid from any reductions for over15 payments to other counties and the amount necessary to 

16 cover any remaining underpayment is hereby appropriated 

17 and shall be paid to individual counties: Provided further, 

18 That of the total amount made available by this title for 

19 ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Departmental Operations’’, 

20 $452,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the 

21 Interior for an additional amount for fiscal year 2016 for 

22 payments in lieu of taxes under chapter 69 of title 31, 

23 United States Code. 


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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, $85,976,000, of which: (1) $76,528,000 

7 shall remain available until expended for territorial assist8 ance, including general technical assistance, maintenance 

9 assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activi10 ties, and brown tree snake control and research; grants 

11 to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and 

12 expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); 

13 grants to the Government of American Samoa, in addition 

14 to current local revenues, for construction and support of 

15 governmental functions; grants to the Government of the 

16 Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Govern17 ment of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 

18 Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as author19 ized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) 

20 $9,448,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 

21 for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: 

22 Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial 

23 and local governments herein provided for, including such 

24 transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities estab25 lished or used by such governments, may be audited by 


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1 the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in 

2 accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States 

3 Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 

4 Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 

5 those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representa6 tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 

7 Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104– 

8 134: Provided further, That the funds for the program of 

9 operations and maintenance improvement are appro10 priated to institutionalize routine operations and mainte11 nance improvement of capital infrastructure with terri12 torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by 

13 the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time14 ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 

15 any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head16 ing in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be 

17 used as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose of 

18 hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 

19 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

20 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c). 

21 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

22 For grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to 

23 remain available until expended, as provided for in sec24 tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa25 tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 


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1 the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 

2 the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 

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

4 658 and Public Law 108–188. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec8 retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 

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

10 188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 

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

12 of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per13 cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 

14 of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 

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

16 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 

17 construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 

18 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

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

20 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

21 of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran22 tees may be made without regard to the population of the 

23 area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 

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1 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

2 any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

3 be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 

4 or guarantee loans under such authorities. 

5 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

8 $65,142,000. 

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General, $50,047,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

14 INDIANS

15 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 

18 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 

19 compacts, and grants, $139,029,000, to remain available 

20 until expended, of which not to exceed $22,120,000 from 

21 this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac22 counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im23 provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 

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1 dian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Sala2 ries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Sec3 retary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided fur4 ther, That funds made available through contracts or 

5 grants obligated during fiscal year 2016, as authorized by 

6 the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 

7 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con8 tractor or grantee: Provided further, That, notwith9 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 

10 not be required to provide a quarterly statement of per11 formance for any Indian trust account that has not had 

12 activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 

13 or less: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue 

14 an annual account statement and maintain a record of any 

15 such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such 

16 account to be withdrawn upon the express written request 

17 of the account holder: Provided further, That not to exceed 

18 $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 

19 to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 

20 from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac21 counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 

22 erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 

23 to and remain available in this account for this purpose: 

24 Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required 

25 to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of 


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1 less than $500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee 

2 receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac3 counts claimant. 

4 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

5 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 

8 suppression operations, fire science and research, emer9 gency rehabilitation, hazardous fuels management activi10 ties, and rural fire assistance by the Department of the 

11 Interior, $804,795,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, of which not to exceed $6,127,000 shall be for 

13 the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, 

14 That such funds are also available for repayment of ad15 vances to other appropriation accounts from which funds 

16 were previously transferred for such purposes: Provided 

17 further, That of the funds provided $164,000,000 is for 

18 hazardous fuels management activities: Provided further, 

19 That of the funds provided $18,035,000 is for burned area 

20 rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons hired pursu21 ant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and 

22 lodging without cost from funds available from this appro23 priation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 

24 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office of the 

25 Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 


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1 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United 

2 States property, may be credited to the appropriation from 

3 which funds were expended to provide that protection, and 

4 are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur5 ther, That using the amounts designated under this title 

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

7 procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, 

8 for hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes 

9 activities, and for training and monitoring associated with 

10 such hazardous fuels management and resilient landscapes 

11 activities on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land 

12 for activities that benefit resources on Federal land: Pro13 vided further, That the costs of implementing any coopera14 tive agreement between the Federal Government and any 

15 non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on 

16 by the affected parties: Provided further, That notwith17 standing requirements of the Competition in Contracting 

18 Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels man19 agement and resilient landscapes activities, may obtain 

20 maximum practicable competition among: (1) local pri21 vate, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con22 servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 

23 109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, or 

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

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

2 workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 

3 That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall de4 velop written guidance to field units to ensure account5 ability and consistent application of the authorities pro6 vided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

7 under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 

8 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

9 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re10 sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

11 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 

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

13 wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 

14 That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 

15 appropriations to enter into leases of real property with 

16 local governments, at or below fair market value, to con17 struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 

18 leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 

19 stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 

20 fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 

21 any such lease or for construction activity associated with 

22 the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte23 rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 

24 transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage25 ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 


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1 between the Departments when such transfers would fa2 cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 

3 and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 

4 wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Fed5 eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 

6 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

7 for assistance to or through the Department of State in 

8 connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 

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

10 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail11 able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 

12 related natural resource activities outside the United 

13 States and its territories and possessions, including tech14 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

15 with United States and international organizations. 

16 FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for large fire suppression op19 erations of the Department of the Interior and as a re20 serve fund for suppression and Federal emergency re21 sponse activities, $92,000,000, to remain available until 

22 expended: Provided, That such amounts are only available 

23 for transfer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account 

24 following a declaration by the Secretary in accordance 


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1 with section 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 

2 1748a). 

3 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

4 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In5 terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 

6 the response action, including associated activities, per7 formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re8 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 

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

10 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

11 RESTORATION

12 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

13 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res14 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 

15 the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 

16 provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

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

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

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

20 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337 (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), 

21 $7,689,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

23 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 

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1 ment, and the consolidation of facilities and operations 

2 throughout the Department, $56,529,000, to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds 

4 appropriated in this Act or any other Act may be used 

5 to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund account 

6 other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of 

7 equipment without prior approval of the Committees on 

8 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

9 Senate: Provided further, That the Secretary may assess 

10 reasonable charges to State, local and tribal government 

11 employees for training services provided by the National 

12 Indian Program Training Center, other than training re13 lated to Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That the 

14 Secretary may lease or otherwise provide space and related 

15 facilities, equipment or professional services of the Na16 tional Indian Program Training Center to State, local and 

17 tribal government employees or persons or organizations 

18 engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational activities 

19 (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States 

20 Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, 

21 equipment, or services in the vicinity of the National In22 dian Program Training Center: Provided further, That all 

23 funds received pursuant to the two preceding provisos 

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

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


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1 expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center: 

2 Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants 

3 and cooperative agreements to support the Office of Nat4 ural Resource Revenue’s collection and disbursement of 

5 royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as au6 thorized by law. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

8 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail9 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 

10 which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 

11 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 

12 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 

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

14 replacement aircraft. 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

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

19 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

20 or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer21 gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, 

22 buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam23 aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid24 able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail25 able under this authority until funds specifically made 


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1 available to the Department of the Interior for emer2 gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That 

3 all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 

4 by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 

5 as promptly as possible. 

6 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

7 SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi8 ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, 

9 in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro10 grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer11 gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands 

12 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 

13 for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 

14 under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po15 tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or 

16 other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse17 quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource 

18 damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 

19 releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 

20 the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po21 tential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on 

22 lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 

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

24 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency reclamation projects 

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1 fer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Sur2 face Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as 

3 may be necessary to permit assumption of regulatory au4 thority in the event a primacy State is not carrying out 

5 the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Pro6 vided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland 

7 fire operations shall be available for the payment of obliga8 tions incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for 

9 reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 

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

11 their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement 

12 to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 

13 time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland 

14 fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 

15 this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 

16 appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ and ‘‘FLAME 

17 Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted 

18 within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pur19 suant to this section must be replenished by a supple20 mental appropriation, which must be requested as prompt21 ly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment 

22 funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, ac23 counts from which emergency funds were transferred. 


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1 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 

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

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

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

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

7 motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforce8 ment vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of air9 craft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of re10 prints; payment for telephone service in private residences 

11 in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 

12 by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when author13 ized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies 

14 or associations which issue publications to members only 

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

16 are not members. 

17 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST

18 MANAGEMENT

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

20 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

21 Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 

22 Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appro23 priations Acts made under the same headings shall be 

24 available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust man25 agement and reform activities. Total funding for historical 


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1 accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 

2 designated in this Act for such purpose. 

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 2016. 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, 

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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 2016, 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 2016 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 2016. Fees for fiscal 

3 year 2016 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) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 

9 under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment re10 quired within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill 

11 designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days 

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

13 with payment required within 30 days of billing. 

14 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION

15 AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION

16 SEC. 108. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 

17 implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean En18 ergy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may 

19 transfer funds among and between the successor offices 

20 and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in con21 formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in 

22 the report accompanying this Act. 


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1 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND

2 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES

3 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza6 tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 

7 multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 

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

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

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

11 wild free roaming horses and burros by such organizations 

12 or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements 

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

14 at the discretion of the Secretary. 

15 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

16 SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv17 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 

18 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 

19 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 

20 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 

21 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 

22 fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. 

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

24 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 


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1 EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

2 SEC. 111. Section 122(a)(1) of division E of Public 

3 Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking ‘‘fis4 cal years 2012 through 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 

5 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 

6 WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION

7 SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin9 ister, or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the 

10 Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010. 

11 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION OPERATED SCHOOLS

12 SEC. 113. Section 115(d) of division E of Public Law 

13 112–74 (25 U.S.C. 2000 note) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 

15 VOLUNTEERS IN PARKS

16 SEC. 114. Section 102301(d) of title 54, United 

17 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$3,500,000’’ and in18 serting ‘‘$7,000,000’’. 

19 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS

20 SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, during fiscal year 2016, in carrying out work involv22 ing cooperation with State, local, and tribal governments 

23 or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may 

24 record obligations against accounts receivable from any 

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1 the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 

2 available at the end of the fiscal year. 

3 HERITAGE AREAS

4 SEC. 116. (a) Section 157(h)(1) of title I of Public 

5 Law 106–291 (16 U.S.C. 461 note) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘$11,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,000,000’’. 

7 (b) Division II of Public Law 104–333 (16 U.S.C. 

8 461 note) is amended— 

9 (1) in sections 409(a), 508(a), and 812(a) by 

10 striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$17,000,000’’; and 

12 (2) in sections 208, 310, and 607 by striking 

13 ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 

14 SAGE-GROUSE

15 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 

16 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte17 rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan18 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 

19 (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse 

20 (Centrocercus urophasianus); 

21 (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin 

22 distinct population segment of greater sage23 grouse. 


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1 OFFSHORE PAY AUTHORITY EXTENSION

2 SEC. 118. Section 117 of division G of Public Law 

3 113–76 is amended by striking ‘‘and 2015’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘through 2017’’. 

5 ONSHORE PAY AUTHORITY EXTENSION

6 SEC. 119. Section 123 of division G of Public Law 

7 113–76 is amended by striking ‘‘and 2015’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘through 2017’’. 

9 IVORY

10 SEC. 120. None of the funds made available by this 

11 or any other Act may be used to draft, prepare, imple12 ment, or enforce any new or revised regulation or order 

13 that— 

14 (1) prohibits or restricts, within the United 

15 States, the possession, sale, delivery, receipt, ship16 ment, or transportation of ivory that has been law17 fully imported into the United States; 

18 (2) changes any means of determining, includ19 ing any applicable presumptions concerning, when 

20 ivory has been lawfully imported; or 

21 (3) prohibits or restricts the importation of 

22 ivory that was lawfully importable into the United 

23 States as of February 1, 2014. 


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1 REISSUANCE OF FINAL RULES

2 SEC. 121. Before the end of the 60-day period begin3 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec4 retary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule published 

5 on December 28, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 81666 et seq.) and 

6 the final rule published on September 10, 2012 (77 Fed. 

7 Reg. 55530 et seq.), without regard to any other provision 

8 of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such 

9 rules. Such reissuances (including this section) shall not 

10 be subject to judicial review. 

11 NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT

12 SEC. 122. Before the end of the 60-day period begin13 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec14 retary of the Interior shall amend the interim rule per15 taining to the northern long-eared bat published by the 

16 Department of the Interior in the Federal Register on 

17 April 2, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 17974 et seq.), only in such 

18 a way that— 

19 (1) take incidental to any activity conducted in 

20 accordance with the habitat conservation measures 

21 identified at pages 18024 to 18205 of volume 80 of 

22 the Federal Register (April 2, 2015), as applicable, 

23 is not prohibited; and 

24 (2) the public comment period for such interim 

25 rule is reopened for not less than 90 days. 


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1 ECHINODERMS

2 SEC. 123. Section 14.21(a)(1) of title 50, Code of 

3 Federal Regulations, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 

4 echinoderms commonly known as sea urchins and sea cu5 cumbers,’’ after ‘‘products’’. 

6 TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

7 AGENCY 

8 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

9 For science and technology, including research and 

10 development activities, which shall include research and 

11 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ12 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

13 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 

14 and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 

15 and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 

16 research and development, $704,918,000, to remain avail17 able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the 

18 funds included under this heading, $7,100,000 shall be for 

19 Research: National Priorities as specified in the report ac20 companying this Act. 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

22 For environmental programs and management, in23 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

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1 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member2 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 

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

4 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 

5 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil6 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 

7 not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representa8 tion expenses, $2,472,289,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds included 

10 under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environ11 mental Protection: National Priorities as specified in the 

12 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of 

13 the funds included under this heading, $403,523,000 shall 

14 be for Geographic Programs specified in the report accom15 panying this Act. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

18 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

19 General Act of 1978, $40,000,000, to remain available 

20 until September 30, 2017. 

21 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

22 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al23 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

24 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

25 $34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen4 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil5 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 

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

7 $1,088,769,000, to remain available until expended, con8 sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 

9 on September 30, 2015, as authorized by section 517(a) 

10 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 

11 of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,088,769,000 as a payment 

12 from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super13 fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 

14 SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

15 heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac16 cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur17 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

18 $8,459,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen19 eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 

20 30, 2017, and $16,217,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 

21 and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 

22 September 30, 2017. 


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1 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

2 PROGRAM

3 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under4 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub5 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $91,941,000, to 

6 remain available until expended, of which $66,572,000 

7 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 

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

9 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car10 rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 

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

12 Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 

13 use appropriations made available under this heading to 

14 implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

15 to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In16 dian tribes for the development and implementation of 

17 programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

18 INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

19 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ20 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

21 Pollution Act of 1990, $17,944,000, to be derived from 

22 the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until 

23 expended. 


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1 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For environmental programs and infrastructure as3 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv4 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

5 $2,979,829,000, to remain available until expended, of 

6 which— 

7 (1) $1,018,000,000 shall be for making capital8 ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

9 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

10 Control Act; and of which $757,000,000 shall be for 

11 making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 

12 State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the 

13 Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal 

14 year 2016, funds made available under this title to 

15 each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

16 capitalization grants and for Drinking Water State 

17 Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the 

18 discretion of each State, be used for projects to ad19 dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 

20 improvements, or other environmentally innovative 

21 activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

22 section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution 

23 Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a 

24 State water pollution control revolving fund that 

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1 not apply to amounts included as principal in loans 

2 made by such fund in fiscal year 2016 and prior 

3 years where such amounts represent costs of admin4 istering the fund to the extent that such amounts 

5 are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 

6 accounted for separately from other assets in the 

7 fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, in8 cluding administration: Provided further, That for 

9 fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding the limitation on 

10 amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pol11 lution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 

12 funds appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is 

13 greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on 

14 amounts in section 1452(i) of the Safe Drinking 

15 Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds 

16 appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, 

17 for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be 

18 reserved by the Administrator for grants under sec19 tion 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Pro20 vided further, That for fiscal year 2016, notwith21 standing the amounts specified in section 205(c) of 

22 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 

23 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the 

24 Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under 

25 the Act less any sums reserved under section 518(c) 


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1 of the Act, may be reserved by the Administrator for 

2 grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pol3 lution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the 

4 Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and 

5 United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That 

6 for fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding the limitations 

7 on amounts specified in section 1452(j) of the Safe 

8 Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of the funds 

9 appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolv10 ing Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water 

11 Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

12 made under section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking 

13 Water Act: Provided further, That 10 percent of the 

14 funds made available under this title to each State 

15 for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 

16 grants and 20 percent of the funds made available 

17 under this title to each State for Drinking Water 

18 State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be 

19 used by the State to provide additional subsidy to el20 igible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin21 cipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any com22 bination of these), and shall be so used by the State 

23 only where such funds are provided as initial financ24 ing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 

25 restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients 


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1 only where such debt was incurred on or after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act; 

3 (2) $5,000,000 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; 

22 (3) $10,000,000 shall be for grants to the State 

23 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 

24 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil25 lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 


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

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

3 for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 

4 the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 

5 with the Statewide priority list established in con6 junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 

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

8 and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas9 ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 

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

11 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

12 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 

13 than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 

14 in regional hub communities; 

15 (4) $75,000,000 shall be to carry out section 

16 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re17 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

18 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree19 ments, and associated program support costs: Pro20 vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 

21 appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 

22 CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as23 sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 

24 section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II) of CERCLA; 


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1 (5) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under title 

2 VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; 

3 (6) $20,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 

4 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 

5 of the report accompanying this Act; and 

6 (7) $1,044,829,000 shall be for grants, includ7 ing associated program support costs, to States, fed8 erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 

9 consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 

10 multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 

11 control and abatement and related activities, includ12 ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 

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

14 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 

15 Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col16 lection activities subject to terms and conditions 

17 specified by the Administrator, of which: 

18 $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 

19 CERCLA; $9,646,000 shall be for Environmental 

20 Information Exchange Network grants, including as21 sociated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be 

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

23 Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 

24 to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 

25 Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 


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1 to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis2 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

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

4 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $17,848,000 of the funds 

5 available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 

6 Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par7 ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur8 veys of water resources and enhancements to State 

9 monitoring programs. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL

11 PROTECTION AGENCY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

13 For fiscal year 2016, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

14 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ15 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

16 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro17 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

18 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree19 ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 

20 consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 

21 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

22 programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 

23 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award24 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

25 agreements. 


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1 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

2 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg3 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

4 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 

5 U.S.C. 136w-8). 

6 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In7 secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 

8 U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ9 mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 

10 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2016. 

11 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

12 $300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 

13 Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ14 mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 

15 Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 

16 such head, to carry out activities that would support the 

17 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 

18 Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 

19 to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 

20 such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac21 tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non22 profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan23 ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 

24 in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 

25 and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 


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1 The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro2 grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz3 ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 

4 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail5 able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 

6 and renovation of facilities provided that the cost does not 

7 exceed $150,000 per project. 

8 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

9 Agency shall base agency policies and actions regarding 

10 air emissions from forest biomass including, but not lim11 ited to, air emissions from facilities that combust forest 

12 biomass for energy, on the principle that forest biomass 

13 emissions do not increase overall carbon dioxide accumula14 tions in the atmosphere when USDA Forest Inventory and 

15 Analysis data show that forest carbon stocks in the U.S. 

16 are stable or increasing on a national scale, or when forest 

17 biomass is derived from mill residuals, harvest residuals 

18 or forest management activities. Such policies and actions 

19 shall not pre-empt existing authorities of States to deter20 mine how to utilize biomass as a renewable energy source 

21 and shall not inhibit States’ authority to apply the same 

22 policies to forest biomass as other renewable fuels in im23 plementing Federal law. 

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1 manently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 

2 rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con3 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Con4 current Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 

5 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 For fiscal year 2016, and notwithstanding section 

7 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

8 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 

9 the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 

10 319 of the Act to make grants to federally recognized In11 dian tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that 

12 Act. 

13 TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

15 FOREST SERVICE

16 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

17 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re18 search as authorized by law, $277,507,000, to remain 

19 available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro20 vided, $70,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 

21 program. 

22 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

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1 agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 

2 invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili3 tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper4 ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi5 ties and conducting an international program as author6 ized, $220,665,000, to remain available until expended, as 

7 authorized by law; of which $50,660,000 is to be derived 

8 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

9 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

12 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im13 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

14 $1,490,093,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be 

16 deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restora17 tion Fund for ecological restoration treatments as author18 ized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the 

19 funds provided, $355,000,000 shall be for forest products: 

20 Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 

21 $81,941,000 is for the Integrated Resource Restoration 

22 pilot program for Region 1, Region 3 and Region 4: Pro23 vided further, That of the funds provided for forest prod24 ucts, up to $65,560,000 may be transferred to support 

25 the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program in the 


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1 preceding proviso: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

2 Agriculture may transfer to the Secretary of the Interior 

3 any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fiscal 

4 year for operation of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. 

5 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

8 otherwise provided for, $357,363,000, to remain available 

9 until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 

10 maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili11 ties and infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruc12 tion, decommissioning of roads that are no longer needed, 

13 including unauthorized roads that are not part of the 

14 transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads 

15 and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 

16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, 

17 That $40,000,000 shall be designated for urgently needed 

18 road decommissioning, road and trail repair and mainte19 nance and associated activities, and removal of fish pas20 sage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 

21 roads may be contributing to water quality problems in 

22 streams and water bodies which support threatened, en23 dangered, or sensitive species or community water sources: 

24 Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal 

25 year 2016 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 


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1 501) shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 

2 Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obliga3 tion for any other purpose unless the funds are appro4 priated: Provided further, That of the funds provided for 

5 decommissioning of roads, up to $14,743,000 may be 

6 transferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support 

7 the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program. 

8 LAND ACQUISITION

9 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

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

11 (16 U.S.C. 460l-4 et seq.), including administrative ex12 penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 

13 therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 

14 to the Forest Service, $20,000,000, to be derived from the 

15 Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail16 able until expended. 

17 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

18 ACTS

19 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound20 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 

21 Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An22 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 

23 Forests, California, as authorized by law, $950,000, to be 

24 derived from forest receipts. 


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1 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

2 For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived 

3 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov4 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au5 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de6 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 

7 Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 

8 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended (16 

9 U.S.C. 460l-516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96–586; Public 

10 Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78–310). 

11 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

12 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro13 tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re14 ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do15 mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 

16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 

17 Law 94–579, to remain available until expended, of which 

18 not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administra19 tive expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha20 bilitation, protection, and improvements. 

21 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

22 RANGELAND RESEARCH

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

24 $45,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 

25 from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 


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1 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

2 SUBSISTENCE USES

3 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man4 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 

5 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva6 tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $2,441,000, to remain 

7 available until expended. 

8 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

11 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

12 fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other 

13 lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels 

14 management on or adjacent to such lands, emergency re15 habilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands 

16 and water, and for State and volunteer fire assistance, 

17 $2,373,078,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That such funds including unobligated balances 

19 under this heading, are available for repayment of ad20 vances from other appropriations accounts previously 

21 transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That such 

22 funds shall be available to reimburse State and other co23 operating entities for services provided in response to wild24 fire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such 

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1 gencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency man2 agement agency: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

3 any other provision of law, $6,914,000 of funds appro4 priated under this appropriation shall be available for the 

5 Forest Service in support of fire science research author6 ized by the Joint Fire Science Program, including all For7 est Service authorities for the use of funds, such as con8 tracts, grants, research joint venture agreements, and co9 operative agreements: Provided further, That all authori10 ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 

11 grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 

12 the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 

13 also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 

14 Science Research: Provided further, That funds provided 

15 shall be available for emergency rehabilitation and restora16 tion, hazardous fuels management activities, support to 

17 Federal emergency response, and wildfire suppression ac18 tivities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That of the 

19 funds provided, $361,749,000 is for hazardous fuels man20 agement activities, $19,795,000 is for research activities 

21 and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the 

22 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research 

23 Act, (16 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), $78,000,000 is for State 

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1 sistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, 

2 That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to 

3 the ‘‘National Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Range4 land Research’’ accounts to fund forest and rangeland re5 search, the Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and 

6 watershed management, heritage site rehabilitation, and 

7 wildlife and fish habitat management and restoration: Pro8 vided further, That the costs of implementing any coopera9 tive agreement between the Federal Government and any 

10 non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on 

11 by the affected parties: Provided further, That up to 

12 $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein may be used by 

13 the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procurement 

14 contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for 

15 hazardous fuels management activities and for training or 

16 monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels manage17 ment activities on Federal land or on non-Federal land 

18 if the Secretary determines such activities implement a 

19 community wildfire protection plan (or equivalent) and 

20 benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 

21 funds made available to implement the Community Forest 

22 Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall be 

23 available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance with 

24 authorities made available to the Forest Service under the 

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1 ther, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 

2 of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro3 priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate 

4 amount not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Depart5 ments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 

6 wildland fire management programs and projects: Pro7 vided further, That of the funds provided for hazardous 

8 fuels management, not to exceed $5,000,000 may be used 

9 to make grants, using any authorities available to the For10 est Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appro11 priation, for the purpose of creating incentives for in12 creased use of biomass from National Forest System 

13 lands: Provided further, That funds designated for wildfire 

14 suppression, including funds transferred from the 

15 ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’, shall be 

16 assessed for cost pools on the same basis as such assess17 ments are calculated against other agency programs: Pro18 vided further, That of the funds for hazardous fuels man19 agement, up to $28,077,000 may be transferred to the 

20 ‘‘National Forest System’’ to support the Integrated Re21 source Restoration pilot program. 

22 FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses for large fire suppression op25 erations of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve 


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1 fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac2 tivities, $315,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

3 Provided, That such amounts are only available for trans4 fer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account following 

5 a declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 

6 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a). 

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 

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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 headings 

12 ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘FLAME Wildfire 

13 Suppression Reserve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 

14 days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para15 graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria16 tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 

17 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

18 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter19 national Development in connection with forest and range20 land research, technical information, and assistance in for21 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

22 and related natural resource activities outside the United 

23 States and its territories and possessions, including tech24 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

25 with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 


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1 Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 

2 sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 

3 and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ4 ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the 

5 Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Cor6 poration), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and orga7 nizations to provide technical assistance and training pro8 grams overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 

9 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

10 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 

11 of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 

12 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 

13 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform14 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 

15 such lands. 

16 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv17 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 

18 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 

19 section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

20 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 

21 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

22 Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

23 None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 

24 be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 

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1 cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 

2 the report accompanying this Act. 

3 Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 

4 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

5 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

6 $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 

7 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De8 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 

9 as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 

10 prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re11 quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 

12 from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa13 tion Technology Center and the Department of Agri14 culture’s International Technology Service. 

15 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 

16 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 

17 the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 

18 out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 

19 out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 

20 of 1993, Public Law 103–82, as amended by Public Lands 

21 Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public 

22 Law 109–154. 

23 Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 

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

25 reception and representation expenses. 


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1 Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 

2 Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 

3 up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 

4 National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner5 ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 

6 without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 

7 for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 

8 lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 

9 That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda10 tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin11 istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 

12 shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 

13 assistance, private contributions to match on at least one14 for-one basis funds made available by the Forest Service: 

15 Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Fed16 eral funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a 

17 project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 

18 the non-Federal matching funds. 

19 Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 

20 up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 

21 Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 

22 Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 

23 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 

24 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

25 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 


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1 shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 

2 Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 

3 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 

4 or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 

5 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

6 funds. 

7 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

8 available for interactions with and providing technical as9 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

10 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

11 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

12 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

13 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

14 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

15 663. 

16 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 

17 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec18 tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

19 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 

20 Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 

21 $55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per22 forming fire, administrative and other facilities mainte23 nance and decommissioning. Such assessments shall occur 

24 using a square foot rate charged on the same basis the 


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1 agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utili2 ties, and other support services. 

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap4 propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 

5 to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office 

6 of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri7 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re8 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

9 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 

10 reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar nonlitiga11 tion-related matters. Future budget justifications for both 

12 the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 

13 should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 

14 the requested funding transfers. 

15 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

16 funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 

17 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 

18 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 

19 purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 

20 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

21 SERVICES 

22 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

23 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

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1 tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 

2 Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 

3 Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv4 ice, $4,321,539,000, together with payments received dur5 ing the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 

6 238b, for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: 

7 Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 

8 organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 

9 other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian 

10 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 

11 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the 

12 time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall 

13 remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 

14 fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That, 

15 $935,726,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including 

16 $51,500,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer17 gency Fund, shall remain available until expended: Pro18 vided further, That, of the funds provided, up to 

19 $36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im20 plementation of the loan repayment program under section 

21 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 

22 further, That the amounts collected by the Federal Gov23 ernment as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the In24 dian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 

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1 tracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 

2 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain 

3 available until expended and, notwithstanding section 

4 108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)), funds shall 

5 be available to make new awards under the loan repay6 ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 

7 108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 

8 further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for 

9 annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, 

10 provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the 

11 funds are appropriated: Provided further, That the 

12 amounts collected by the Secretary of Health and Human 

13 Services under the authority of title IV of the Indian 

14 Health Care Improvement Act shall remain available until 

15 expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with the 

16 applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and 

17 XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related 

18 to the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: 

19 Provided further, That funding contained herein for schol20 arship programs under the Indian Health Care Improve21 ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until 

22 expended: Provided further, That amounts received by 

23 tribes and tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian 

24 Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported and ac25 counted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal 


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1 organizations until expended: Provided further, That the 

2 Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian 

3 Health Service, tribes and tribal organizations operating 

4 health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such in5 dividually identifiable health information relating to dis6 abled children as may be necessary for the purpose of car7 rying out its functions under the Individuals with Disabil8 ities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided 

9 further, That the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund 

10 may be used, as needed, to carry out activities typically 

11 funded under the Indian Health Facilities account: Pro12 vided further, That $717,970,000 shall be for payments 

13 to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for contract sup14 port costs associated with contracts, grants, self-govern15 ance compacts, or annual funding agreements between the 

16 Indian Health Service and an Indian tribe or tribal organi17 zation pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and 

18 Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) prior 

19 to or during fiscal year 2016, and shall remain available 

20 until expended. 

21 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

22 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 

23 and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 

24 including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 

25 specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 


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1 and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail2 ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita3 tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 

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

5 Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im6 provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 

7 such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv8 ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 

9 support activities of the Indian Health Service, 

10 $466,329,000, to remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, 

13 renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit 

14 of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land 

15 on which such facilities will be located: Provided further, 

16 That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian 

17 Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 

18 the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 

19 Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 

20 none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv21 ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 

22 new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 

23 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 

24 Development: Provided further, That not to exceed 

25 $2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 


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1 Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health Serv2 ice to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service 

3 and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter4 agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and 

5 the General Services Administration: Provided further, 

6 That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demoli7 tion Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used 

8 by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 

9 buildings. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

11 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 

12 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 

13 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 

14 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 

15 positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 

16 vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur17 chase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 

18 modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 

19 payments for telephone service in private residences in the 

20 field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 

21 Secretary; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized 

22 by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of attendance 

23 at meetings that relate to the functions or activities of the 

24 Indian Health Service: Provided, That in accordance with 

25 the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement 


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1 Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at 

2 all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facili3 ties, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds 

4 recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited to the account 

6 of the facility providing the service and shall be available 

7 without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That not8 withstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans9 ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban Devel10 opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 

11 under Public Law 86–121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities 

12 Act and Public Law 93–638: Provided further, That funds 

13 appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, ex14 cept those used for administrative and program direction 

15 purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at 

16 curtailing Federal travel and transportation: Provided fur17 ther, That none of the funds made available to the Indian 

18 Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assess19 ments or charges by the Department of Health and 

20 Human Services unless identified in the budget justifica21 tion and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 

22 and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the re23 programming process: Provided further, That notwith24 standing any other provision of law, funds previously or 

25 herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization 


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1 through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 

2 title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination and 

3 Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may 

4 be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con5 tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 

6 title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 

7 to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi8 tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

9 available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall 

10 be used to implement the final rule published in the Fed11 eral Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department 

12 of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility 

13 for the health care services of the Indian Health Service 

14 until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget 

15 request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 

16 proposed final rule, and such request has been included 

17 in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 

18 further, That with respect to functions transferred by the 

19 Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the 

20 Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and 

21 services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, includ22 ing payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and 

23 the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 

24 funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian 

25 Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or 


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1 subsequent appropriation account from which the funds 

2 were originally derived, with such amounts to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided further, That reim4 bursements for training, technical assistance, or services 

5 provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total 

6 costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead asso7 ciated with the provision of goods, services, or technical 

8 assistance: Provided further, That the appropriation struc9 ture for the Indian Health Service may not be altered 

10 without advance notification to the House and Senate 

11 Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the 

12 Indian Health Service shall develop a strategic plan for 

13 the Urban Indian Health program in consultation with 

14 urban Indians and the National Academy of Public Ad15 ministration, and shall publish such plan not later than 

16 one year after the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

19 SCIENCES

20 For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 

21 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

22 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ23 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

24 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 


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1 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

2 $77,349,000. 

3 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

4 REGISTRY

5 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

6 HEALTH

7 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub8 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

9 activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 

10 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

11 and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 

12 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $74,691,000, of which 

13 up to $1,000 per eligible employee of the Agency for Toxic 

14 Substances and Disease Registry shall remain available 

15 until expended for Individual Learning Accounts: Pro16 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 

18 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may 

19 conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or 

20 activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, 

21 clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to 

22 accredited healthcare providers: Provided further, That in 

23 performing any such health assessment or health study, 

24 evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall 

25 not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 


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1 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro2 priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 

3 to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 

4 section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2016, and 

5 existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

6 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

7 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

8 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

9 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

10 For necessary expenses to continue functions as11 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 

12 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi13 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

14 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

15 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 

16 and representation expenses, $3,000,000: Provided, That 

17 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ18 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

19 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 

20 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

21 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

22 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur25 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 


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1 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there2 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv3 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ4 uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 

5 rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 

6 5376, $11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 

7 and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 

8 more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 

9 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi10 sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In11 spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 

12 (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 

13 position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur14 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

15 Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 

16 the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 

17 duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 

18 not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 

19 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

23 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

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1 tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 

2 groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 

3 lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous4 ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 

5 in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 

6 of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 

7 used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 

8 to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 

9 November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 

10 partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 

11 home is provided for such household: Provided further, 

12 That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 

13 or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 

14 shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se15 lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 

16 reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 

17 Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 

18 25 U.S.C. 640d-10: Provided further, That $200,000 shall 

19 be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 

20 Department of the Interior, to remain available until ex21 pended, for audits and investigations of the Office of Nav22 ajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, consistent with the In23 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 


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1 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

2 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

3 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

4 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

5 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author6 ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 56 part 

7 A), $9,469,000, to remain available until September 30, 

8 2017. 

9 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu12 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 

13 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 

14 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 

15 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 

16 dissemination, and exchange of information and publica17 tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist18 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 

19 agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 

20 buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 

21 $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 

22 purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em23 ployees, $680,422,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2017, except as otherwise provided herein; of 

25 which not to exceed $47,522,000 for the instrumentation 


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1 program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 

2 the National Museum of African American History and 

3 Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 

4 shall remain available until expended; and including such 

5 funds as may be necessary to support American overseas 

6 research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated here7 in are available for advance payments to independent con8 tractors performing research services or participating in 

9 official Smithsonian presentations. 

10 FACILITIES CAPITAL

11 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

12 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso13 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 

14 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 

15 and for construction, including necessary personnel, 

16 $139,119,000, to remain available until expended, of 

17 which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au18 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

19 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal22 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

23 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 

24 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 

25 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 


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1 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 

2 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad3 vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 

4 membership in library, museum, and art associations or 

5 societies whose publications or services are available to 

6 members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 

7 general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 

8 for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 

9 employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 

10 purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 

11 buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter12 ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 

13 and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 

14 repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 

15 contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 

16 firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 

17 such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop18 er, $119,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2017, of which not to exceed $3,578,000 for the special 

20 exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

21 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

22 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 

23 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 

24 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 

25 otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 


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1 10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 

2 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 

3 renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 

4 $19,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, 

6 protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of 

7 buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated 

8 with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of con9 tractor qualifications as well as price. 

10 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

11 ARTS

12 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

13 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte14 nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 

15 the Performing Arts, $21,660,000. 

16 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

17 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora18 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 

19 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

20 $11,140,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

22 SCHOLARS

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

25 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 


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1 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

2 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,420,000, to remain 

3 available until September 30, 2017. 

4 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

5 HUMANITIES

6 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

7 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

9 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

10 $146,021,000 shall be available to the National Endow11 ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc12 tions in the arts, including arts education and public out13 reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 

14 individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 

15 support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 

16 to remain available until expended. 

17 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

18 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

20 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

21 $146,021,000 to remain available until expended, of which 

22 $135,121,000 shall be available for support of activities 

23 in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 

24 for administering the functions of the Act; and 

25 $10,900,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 


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1 grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 

2 including $8,500,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 

3 Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 

4 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 

5 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 

6 bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 

7 by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow8 ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 

9 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre10 ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre11 viously been appropriated. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

13 None of the funds appropriated to the National 

14 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 

15 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 

16 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 

17 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

18 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re19 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

20 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 

21 necessary for official reception and representation ex22 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na23 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 

24 to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 

25 does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 


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1 grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 

2 such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 

3 of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 

4 the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

5 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 

8 Chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,524,000: 

9 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 

10 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 

11 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col12 lection, to remain available until expended without further 

13 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 

14 authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art15 work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 

16 and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac17 tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 

18 of artistic display, study or education. 

19 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

20 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

21 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $2,000,000. 

22 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 

25 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,080,000. 


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1 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan4 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 

5 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

6 3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per7 cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

8 for official reception and representational expenses associ9 ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 

10 planning and physical development of world capitals. 

11 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

12 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

13 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

14 authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 

15 2310), $52,385,000, of which $865,000 shall remain 

16 available until September 30, 2018, for the Museum’s 

17 equipment replacement program; and of which $2,200,000 

18 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 

19 $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 

20 shall remain available until expended. 

21 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

24 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

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1 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

2 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

3 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 

4 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

5 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

6 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

7 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

8 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

9 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

10 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

11 SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over12 head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 

13 working capital fund and cost pool charges, from pro14 grams, projects, activities and subactivities to support gov15 ernment-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau adminis16 trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op17 erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 

18 and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria19 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

20 Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com21 mittees on Appropriations for approval. 

22 MINING APPLICATIONS

23 SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

24 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

25 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 


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1 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 

2 site claim located under the general mining laws. 

3 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

4 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

5 concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec6 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re7 quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 

8 the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 

9 lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 

10 Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 

11 claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 

12 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 

13 fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 

14 (c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2017, the Secretary 

15 of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com16 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

17 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 

18 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 

19 by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 

20 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re21 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 

22 104–208). 

23 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

24 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

25 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 


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1 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 

2 third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 

3 Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam4 ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 

5 patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu6 reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi7 bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac8 cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 

9 Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third10 party contractors. 

11 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION

12 SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 

13 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

14 2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis15 cal year 2016. 

16 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2016

17 LIMITATION

18 SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 

19 year 2016 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 

20 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Indian Health 

21 Services’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of In22 dian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Operation 

23 of Indian Programs’’ are the only amounts available for 

24 contract support costs arising out of self-determination or 

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1 funding agreements for fiscal year 2016 with the Bureau 

2 of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service: Provided, 

3 That such amounts provided by this Act are not available 

4 for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior 

5 years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or 

6 judgments awarding contract support costs for prior 

7 years. 

8 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

9 SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

10 considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 

11 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan12 ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 

13 more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 

14 plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 

15 in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re16 quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re17 sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 

18 other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 

19 expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail20 able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 

21 System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 

22 and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 

23 of the plan on an accelerated basis. 


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1 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

2 SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex3 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

4 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

5 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

6 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu7 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 

8 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 

9 20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 

10 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu11 ment. 

12 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

13 SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

14 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 

15 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec16 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 

17 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap18 propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 

19 to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na20 tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 

21 funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 

22 Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur23 poses. 


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1 TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

2 SEC. 410. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 

3 be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 

4 the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 

5 and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 

6 allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 

7 when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west8 ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 

9 to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 

10 be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 

11 48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All addi12 tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con13 tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex14 ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 

15 holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 

16 export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 

17 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

18 SEC. 411. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen20 cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 

21 such contract is entered into in accordance with the re22 quirements of chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 

23 or chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

24 Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 


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1 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con2 tract to be entered into without regard for these re3 quirements, including formula grants for States, or 

4 federally recognized Indian tribes; or 

5 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 

6 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 

7 (Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 

8 any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 

9 contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 

10 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 

11 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 

12 of enactment of this Act. 

13 POSTING OF REPORTS

14 SEC. 412. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail15 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

16 post on the public website of that agency any report re17 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

18 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen19 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

20 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

21 (1) the public posting of the report com22 promises national security; or 

23 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

24 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

25 do so only after such report has been made available to 


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1 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

2 no less than 45 days. 

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT

4 GUIDELINES

5 SEC. 413. Of the funds provided to the National En6 dowment for the Arts— 

7 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 

8 to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in9 dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit10 age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow11 ship. 

12 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 

13 to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 

14 except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 

15 or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 

16 any other organization or individual to conduct ac17 tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 

18 Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 

19 made in exchange for goods and services. 

20 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 

21 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 

22 contents of the season, including identified programs 

23 or projects. 


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1 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM

2 PRIORITIES

3 SEC. 414. (a) In providing services or awarding fi4 nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 

5 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro6 priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 

7 Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 

8 to providing services or awarding financial assistance for 

9 projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 

10 underserved populations. 

11 (b) In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 

13 a population of individuals, including urban minori14 ties, who have historically been outside the purview 

15 of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 

16 as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 

17 or to geographic isolation. 

18 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 

19 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 

20 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec21 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 

23 the size involved. 

24 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as25 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 


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1 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 

2 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 

3 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv4 ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc5 tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 

6 knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 

7 the arts. 

8 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

9 section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu10 manities Act of 1965— 

11 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat12 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro13 grams that are of national impact or availability or 

14 are able to tour several States; 

15 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex16 ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 

17 to any single State, excluding grants made under the 

18 authority of paragraph (1); 

19 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con20 gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 

21 the Chairperson in each grant category under sec22 tion 5 of such Act; and 

23 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 

24 grants to improve and support community-based 

25 music performance and education. 


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1 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

2 SEC. 415. The Department of the Interior, the Envi3 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 

4 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen6 ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro7 priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob8 ligated funds in each program and activity. 

9 REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS

10 SEC. 416. Not later than 120 days after the date on 

11 which the President’s fiscal year 2017 budget request is 

12 submitted to the Congress, the President shall submit a 

13 comprehensive report to the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de15 scribing in detail all Federal agency funding, domestic and 

16 international, for climate change programs, projects, and 

17 activities in fiscal years 2015 and 2016, including an ac18 counting of funding by agency with each agency identi19 fying climate change programs, projects, and activities 

20 and associated costs by line item as presented in the Presi21 dent’s Budget Appendix, and including citations and link22 ages where practicable to each strategic plan that is driv23 ing funding within each climate change program, project, 

24 and activity listed in the report. 


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1 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 417. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

3 law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 

4 other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 

5 regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 

6 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 

7 dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 

8 resulting from biological processes associated with live9 stock production. 

10 GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

11 SEC. 418. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 

13 Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 

14 if that provision requires mandatory reporting of green15 house gas emissions from manure management systems. 

16 RECREATION FEE

17 SEC. 419. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre18 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘10 years after the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on September 30, 2017’’. 

21 MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES

22 SEC. 420. (a) Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department 

23 of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 

24 note; Public Law 106–79) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep25 tember 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 


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1 (b) For fiscal year 2016, the authority provided by 

2 the provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower 

3 Memorial Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division 

4 E of Public Law 112–74 shall not be in effect. 

5 FUNDING PROHIBITION

6 SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 

7 or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 

8 of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 

9 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 

10 et seq.) or any other law. 

11 WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES

12 SEC. 422. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to 

14 develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any 

15 change to the regulations and guidance in effect on Octo16 ber 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of waters under 

17 the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

18 Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.), including the provisions of 

19 the rules dated November 13, 1986, and August 25, 1993, 

20 relating to said jurisdiction, and the guidance documents 

21 dated January 15, 2003, and December 2, 2008, relating 

22 to said jurisdiction. 

23 STREAM BUFFER

24 SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to develop, carry out, or implement (1) 


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1 any guidance, policy, or directive to reinterpret or change 

2 the historic interpretation of 30 C.F.R. 816.57, which was 

3 promulgated on June 30, 1983 by the Office of Surface 

4 Mining Reclamation and Enforcement of the Department 

5 of the Interior (48 Fed. Reg. 30312); or (2) proposed reg6 ulations or supporting materials described in the Federal 

7 Register notice published on June 18, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 

8 34667) by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 

9 Enforcement of the Department of the Interior. 

10 HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON

11 FEDERAL LAND

12 SEC. 424. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

13 None of the funds made available by this or any other 

14 Act for any fiscal year may be used to prohibit the use 

15 of or access to Federal land (as such term is defined in 

16 section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 

17 (16 U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or recreational 

18 shooting if such use or access— 

19 (1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as 

20 of January 1, 2013; and 

21 (2) was conducted in compliance with the re22 source management plan (as defined in section 101 

23 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such 

24 Federal land as of January 1, 2013. 


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1 (b) TEMPORARY CLOSURES ALLOWED.—Notwith2 standing subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior or 

3 the Secretary of Agriculture may temporarily close, for a 

4 period not to exceed 30 days, Federal land managed by 

5 the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting 

6 if the Secretary determines that the temporary closure is 

7 necessary to accommodate a special event or for public 

8 safety reasons. The Secretary may extend a temporary clo9 sure for one additional 90-day period only if the Secretary 

10 determines the extension is necessary because of extraor11 dinary weather conditions or for public safety reasons. 

12 (c) AUTHORITY OF STATES.—Nothing in this section 

13 shall be construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, 

14 or responsibility of the several States to manage, control, 

15 or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or 

16 regulations. 

17 LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL OCEAN

18 POLICY

19 SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to further implementation of the coastal 

21 and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based manage22 ment components of the National Ocean Policy developed 

23 under Executive Order 13547. 


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1 LEAD TEST KIT

2 SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to implement or enforce regulations 

4 under subpart E of part 745 of title 40, Code of Federal 

5 Regulations (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Lead; Renova6 tion, Repair, and Painting Rule’’), or any subsequent 

7 amendments to such regulations, until the Administrator 

8 of the Environmental Protection Agency publicizes Envi9 ronmental Protection Agency recognition of a commer10 cially available lead test kit that meets both criteria under 

11 section 745.88(c) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 

12 FINANCIAL ASSURANCE

13 SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used to develop, propose, finalize, implement, 

15 enforce, or administer any regulation that would establish 

16 new financial responsibility requirements pursuant to sec17 tion 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re18 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

19 U.S.C. 9608(b)). 

20 GHG NSPS

21 SEC. 428. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act shall be used to propose, finalize, implement, or en23 force— 

24 (1) any standard of performance under section 

25 111(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) for 


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1 any new fossil fuel-fired electricity utility generating 

2 unit if the Administrator of the Environmental Pro3 tection Agency’s determination that a technology is 

4 adequately demonstrated includes consideration of 

5 one or more facilities for which assistance is pro6 vided (including any tax credit) under subtitle A of 

7 title IV of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

8 15961 et seq.) or section 48A of the Internal Rev9 enue Code of 1986; 

10 (2) any regulation or guidance under section 

11 111(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) es12 tablishing any standard of performance for emis13 sions of any greenhouse gas from any modified or 

14 reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired elec15 tric utility generating unit; or 

16 (3) any regulation or guidance under section 

17 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) 

18 that applies to the emission of any greenhouse gas 

19 by an existing source that is a fossil fuel-fired elec20 tric utility generating unit. 

21 DEFINITION OF FILL MATERIAL

22 SEC. 429. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act or any other Act may be used by the Environmental 

24 Protection Agency to develop, adopt, implement, admin25 ister, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect 


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1 on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 

2 terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the 

3 purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

4 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 

5 CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES

6 SEC. 430. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 

7 112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2015,’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2017,’’. 

9 CHESAPEAKE BAY INITIATIVE

10 SEC. 431. Section 502(c) of the Chesapeake Bay Ini11 tiative Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–312; 16 U.S.C. 461 

12 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘2017’’. 

14 EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

15 SEC. 432. The terms and conditions of section 325 

16 of Public Law 108–108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding graz17 ing permits issued by the Forest Service on any lands not 

18 subject to administration under section 402 of the Federal 

19 Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 

20 shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2016. 

21 AVAILABILITY OF VACANT GRAZING ALLOTMENTS

22 SEC. 433. The Secretary of the Interior, with respect 

23 to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Man24 agement, and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect 

25 to the National Forest System lands, shall make vacant 


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1 grazing allotments available to a holder of a grazing per2 mit or lease issued by either Secretary if the lands covered 

3 by the permit or lease or other grazing lands used by the 

4 holder of the permit or lease are unusable because of 

5 drought or wildfire, as determined by the Secretary con6 cerned. The terms and conditions contained in a permit 

7 or lease made available pursuant to this section shall be 

8 the same as the terms and conditions of the most recent 

9 permit or lease that was applicable to the vacant grazing 

10 allotment made available. Section 102 of the National En11 vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) shall 

12 not apply with respect to any Federal agency action under 

13 this section. 

14 PROTECTION OF WATER RIGHTS

15 SEC. 434. None of the funds made available in this 

16 or any other Act may be used to condition the issuance, 

17 renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, 

18 license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other 

19 land use or occupancy agreement on the transfer of any 

20 water right, including sole and joint ownership, directly 

21 to the United States, or any impairment of title, in whole 

22 or in part, granted or otherwise recognized under State 

23 law, by Federal or State adjudication, decree, or other 

24 judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact. 

25 Additionally, none of the funds made available in this or 


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1 any other Act may be used to require any water user to 

2 apply for or acquire a water right in the name of the 

3 United States under State law as a condition of the 

4 issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, 

5 approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, 

6 or other land use or occupancy agreement. 

7 LIMITATION ON STATUS CHANGES

8 SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act shall be used to propose, finalize, implement, or en10 force any regulation or guidance under Section 612 of the 

11 Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7671k) that changes the status 

12 from acceptable to unacceptable for purposes of the Sig13 nificant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program of any 

14 hydrofluorocarbon used as a refrigerant or in foam blow15 ing agents, applications or uses. Nothing in this section 

16 shall prevent EPA from approving new materials, applica17 tions or uses as acceptable under the SNAP program. 

18 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

19 SEC. 436. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 

20 by a State water pollution control revolving fund as au21 thorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act 

22 (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project for the 

23 construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 

24 water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and 


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1 steel products used in the project are produced in the 

2 United States. 

3 (2) In this section, the term ‘‘iron and steel’’ products 

4 means the following products made primarily of iron or 

5 steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers 

6 and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, 

7 pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, rein8 forced precast concrete, and construction materials. 

9 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or cat10 egory of cases in which the Administrator of the Environ11 mental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as 

12 the ‘‘Administrator’’) finds that— 

13 (1) applying subsection (a) would be incon14 sistent with the public interest; 

15 (2) iron and steel products are not produced in 

16 the United States in sufficient and reasonably avail17 able quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or 

18 (3) inclusion of iron and steel products pro19 duced in the United States will increase the cost of 

20 the overall project by more than 25 percent. 

21 (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiv22 er under this section, the Administrator shall make avail23 able to the public on an informal basis a copy of the re24 quest and information available to the Administrator con25 cerning the request, and shall allow for informal public 


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1 input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making 

2 a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall 

3 make the request and accompanying information available 

4 by electronic means, including on the official public Inter5 net Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

6 (d) This section shall be applied in a manner con7 sistent with United States obligations under international 

8 agreements. 

9 (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent 

10 of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and 

11 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out 

12 the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for manage13 ment and oversight of the requirements of this section. 

14 SOCIAL COST OF CARBON

15 SEC. 437. None of the funds made available by this 

16 or any other Act shall be used for the social cost of carbon 

17 (SCC) to be incorporated into any rulemaking or guidance 

18 document until a new Interagency Working Group (IWG) 

19 revises the estimates using the discount rates and the do20 mestic-only limitation on benefits estimates in accordance 

21 with Executive Order 12866 and OMB Circular A-4 as 

22 of January 1, 2015: Provided, That such IWG shall pro23 vide to the public all documents, models, and assumptions 

24 used in developing the SCC and solicit public comment 

25 prior to finalizing any revised estimates. 


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1 LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 438. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used by the Administrator of the Environ4 mental Protection Agency to propose, promulgate, imple5 ment, administer, or enforce a national primary or sec6 ondary ambient air quality standard for ozone that is 

7 lower than the standard established under section 50.15 

8 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 

9 July 2, 2014), until at least 85 percent of the counties 

10 that were nonattainment areas under that standard as of 

11 July 2, 2014, achieve full compliance with that standard. 

12 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING

13 SEC. 439. None of the funds made available by this 

14 or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 

15 or enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘Hydraulic Fracturing 

16 on Federal and Indian Lands’’ as published in the Federal 

17 Register on March 26, 2015 and March 30, 2015 (80 Fed. 

18 Reg. 16127 and 16577, respectively). 

19 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

20 SEC. 440. The amount by which the applicable alloca21 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

22 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec23 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex24 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 


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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In2 terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

3 Act, 2016’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 125 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2822 

[Report No. 114–170] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for 

JUNE 18, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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