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Union Calendar No. 412 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5171 

[Report No. 113–551] 

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

related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2014 

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, 2015, 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, 2015, 

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)), $957,180,000, 

21 to remain available until expended; of which $3,000,000 

22 shall be available in fiscal year 2015 subject to a match 

23 by at least an equal amount by the National Fish and 

24 Wildlife Foundation for cost-shared projects supporting 

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1 vanced to the Foundation as a lump-sum grant without 

2 regard to when expenses are incurred. 

3 In addition, $32,500,000 is for the processing of ap4 plications for permit to drill and related use authoriza5 tions, to remain available until expended, to be reduced 

6 by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this 

7 appropriation that shall be derived from a fee of $6,500 

8 per new application for permit to drill that the Bureau 

9 shall collect upon submission of each new application, and, 

10 in addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administra11 tion 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 2015, so as to result in a final 

17 appropriation estimated at not more than $957,180,000, 

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, $4,816,000, 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; $114,467,000, 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. 1181(f)). 

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. 

4 315(b), 315(m)) 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 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and 

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

13 and economic studies, general administration, and for the 

14 performance of other authorized functions related to such 

15 resources, $500,842,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2016 except as otherwise provided herein: Pro17 vided, That not to exceed $17,852,000 shall be used for 

18 implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 

19 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 

20 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and 

21 issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any 

22 other steps to implement actions described in subsection 

23 (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)), of which not to 

24 exceed $4,633,000 shall be used for any activity regarding 

25 the designation of critical habitat, pursuant to subsection 


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1 (a)(3), excluding litigation support, for species listed pur2 suant to subsection (a)(1) prior to October 1, 2012; of 

3 which not to exceed $1,505,000 shall be used for any ac4 tivity regarding petitions to list species that are indigenous 

5 to the United States pursuant to subsections (b)(3)(A) 

6 and (b)(3)(B); and, of which not to exceed $1,513,000 

7 shall be used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), 

8 and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 

9 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) for species that are not indigenous 

10 to the United States: Provided further, That funds appro11 priated to this account to implement the Endangered Spe12 cies Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) may be trans13 ferred to the Fish and Aquatic Conservation account to 

14 implement non-regulatory activities authorized by such 

15 Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 

16 this Act may be used to implement or administer the 

17 Landscape Conservation Cooperatives established under 

18 Secretarial Order No. 3289 issued by the Secretary of the 

19 Interior on September 14, 2009: Provided further, That 

20 not less than $1,390,000 shall be to revise maps referred 

21 to in section 4(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act 

22 (16 U.S.C. 3503(a)). 

23 PARTNERS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE

24 For necessary expenses to implement the Partners 

25 for Fish and Wildlife Act (16 U.S.C. 3771 et seq.), 


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1 $52,066,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2016. 

3 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM

4 For necessary expenses for operations and mainte5 nance of the National Wildlife Refuge System, as author6 ized by law, $476,865,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That none of the funds made 

8 available by this or any other Act may be used to establish 

9 any refuge (as that term is defined in section 5 of the 

10 National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act of 1966 (16 

11 U.S.C. 668ee)), or to expand the boundary of any refuge 

12 (as so defined), unless the establishment or boundary ex13 pansion, respectively, is expressly authorized by a law en14 acted after the date of enactment of this Act. 

15 FISH AND AQUATIC CONSERVATION

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to partner with States, feder18 ally recognized Indian tribes, and others for the following 

19 activities, as authorized by law: to conserve fish, other 

20 aquatic species, and their habitats at self-sustaining levels 

21 and to further the science of such conservation; to fulfill 

22 the Federal Government’s fishery mitigation responsibil23 ities for Federal water development projects; to fulfill In24 dian tribal trust responsibilities; to minimize aquatic 

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1 ployment, and conservation through demonstrated support 

2 for recreational fishing and other public use and enjoy3 ment of aquatic resources, $147,916,000, to remain avail4 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That the amount 

5 appropriated by this account for the National Fish Hatch6 ery System to implement the Endangered Species Act of 

7 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) shall not exceed the amount 

8 expended by the National Fish Hatchery System to imple9 ment such Act in fiscal year 2012: Provided further, That 

10 additional amounts to implement such Act may be trans11 ferred from the Resource Management account: Provided 

12 further, That the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 

13 with States, federally recognized Indian tribes, and other 

14 Federal agencies, shall determine annually the Federal 

15 Government’s fishery mitigation responsibilities for Fed16 eral water development projects not otherwise defined in 

17 statute, and shall annually report such determination to 

18 the Congress, together with any opposing views from such 

19 States or tribes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

20 report to the Congress before the end of fiscal year 2015 

21 any such mitigation responsibilities not fulfilled: Provided 

22 further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall secure re23 imbursement from other Federal agencies for up to 100 

24 but not less than 50 percent of the annual costs to the 

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1 ities: Provided further, That no funds may be used to ter2 minate any production programs, or to repurpose, close, 

3 or downsize operations at any facility of the National Fish 

4 Hatchery System: Provided further, That the Fish and 

5 Wildlife Service shall publish within 90 days of enactment 

6 of this Act an operations and maintenance plan for the 

7 National Fish Hatchery System that includes funding allo8 cations and species-specific hatchery production targets by 

9 facility. 

10 CONSTRUCTION

11 For construction, improvement, acquisition, or re12 moval of buildings and other facilities required in the con13 servation, management, investigation, protection, and uti14 lization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition 

15 of lands and interests therein; $14,305,000, to remain 

16 available until expended. 

17 LAND ACQUISITION

18 For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and 

19 Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, (16 U.S.C. 460l– 

20 4 et seq.), including administrative expenses, and for ac21 quisition of land or waters, or interest therein, in accord22 ance with statutory authority applicable to the United 

23 States Fish and Wildlife Service, $14,500,000, to be de24 rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and 

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That none 


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1 of the funds appropriated for specific land acquisition 

2 projects may be used to pay for any administrative over3 head, planning or other management costs: Provided fur4 ther, That none of the funds made available by this or 

5 any other Act may be used to issue a final environmental 

6 assessment, an environmental impact statement, or a cat7 egorical exclusion under section 102(2)(C) of the National 

8 Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)) 

9 for the California Foothills Legacy Area easement pro10 gram described in the draft environmental assessment 

11 published by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 

12 and dated July 2013. 

13 COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION

14 FUND

15 For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the 

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

17 $49,227,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

18 $22,082,000 is to be derived from the Cooperative Endan19 gered Species Conservation Fund; and of which 

20 $27,145,000 is to be derived from the Land and Water 

21 Conservation Fund. 

22 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND

23 For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo24 ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $38,073,000. 


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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.), $34,145,000, 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.), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS

20 For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the 

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

22 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, 

23 American Samoa, and federally recognized Indian tribes 

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

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1 opment and implementation of programs for the benefit 

2 of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not 

3 hunted or fished, $58,695,000, to remain available until 

4 expended: Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 

5 $5,000,000 is for a competitive grant program for feder6 ally recognized Indian tribes not subject to the remaining 

7 provisions of this appropriation: Provided further, That 

8 $12,695,000 is for a competitive grant program to imple9 ment approved plans for States, territories, and other ju10 risdictions and, at the discretion of affected States, the 

11 regional Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not sub12 ject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation: Pro13 vided further, That the Secretary shall, after deducting 

14 $17,695,000 and administrative expenses, apportion the 

15 amount provided herein in the following manner: (1) to 

16 the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of 

17 Puerto Rico, each a sum equal to not more than one-half 

18 of 1 percent thereof; and (2) to Guam, American Samoa, 

19 the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 

20 of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not 

21 more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof: Provided fur22 ther, That the Secretary shall apportion the remaining 

23 amount in the following manner: (1) one-third of which 

24 is based on the ratio to which the land area of such State 

25 bears to the total land area of all such States; and (2) 


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1 two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the pop2 ulation of such State bears to the total population of all 

3 such States: Provided further, That the amounts appor4 tioned under this paragraph shall be adjusted equitably 

5 so that no State shall be apportioned a sum which is less 

6 than 1 percent of the amount available for apportionment 

7 under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 5 

8 percent of such amount: Provided further, That the Fed9 eral share of planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent 

10 of the total costs of such projects and the Federal share 

11 of implementation grants shall not exceed 65 percent of 

12 the total costs of such projects: Provided further, That the 

13 non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 

14 from Federal grant programs: Provided further, That any 

15 amount apportioned in 2015 to any State, territory, or 

16 other jurisdiction that remains unobligated as of Sep17 tember 30, 2016, shall be reapportioned, together with 

18 funds appropriated in 2017, in the manner provided here19 in. 

20 LANDOWNER INCENTIVE PROGRAM

21 (RESCISSION)

22 Of the unobligated balances under this heading from 

23 prior year appropriations, all remaining amounts are re24 scinded. 


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1 PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

2 (RESCISSION)

3 Of the unobligated balances under this heading from 

4 prior year appropriations, all remaining amounts are re5 scinded. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may 

8 carry out the operations of Service programs by direct ex9 penditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and 

10 reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. 

11 Appropriations and funds available to the United States 

12 Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 

13 damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation 

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

15 purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each option; facili16 ties incident to such public recreational uses on conserva17 tion areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; 

18 and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, build19 ings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Serv20 ice and to which the United States has title, and which 

21 are used pursuant to law in connection with management, 

22 and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 

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

24 under cooperative cost sharing and partnership arrange25 ments authorized by law, procure printing services from 


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1 cooperators in connection with jointly produced publica2 tions for which the cooperators share at least one-half the 

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

4 determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted 

5 quality standards: Provided further, That the Service may 

6 accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing air7 craft. 

8 None of the funds available to the United States Fish 

9 and Wildlife Service may be reprogrammed without the 

10 advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on 

11 Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming 

12 procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act. 

13 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

14 OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM

15 For expenses necessary for the management, oper16 ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis17 tered by the National Park Service and for the general 

18 administration of the National Park Service, 

19 $2,268,610,000, of which $9,923,000 for planning and 

20 interagency coordination in support of Everglades restora21 tion and $81,600,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabili22 tation projects for constructed assets shall remain avail23 able until September 30, 2016. 


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1 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION

2 For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro3 grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage 

4 partnership programs, environmental compliance and re5 view, international park affairs, and grant administration, 

6 not otherwise provided for, $60,695,000. 

7 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND

8 For expenses necessary in carrying out the National 

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

10 $56,410,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation 

11 Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2016. 

12 CONSTRUCTION

13 For construction, improvements, repair, or replace14 ment of physical facilities, including modifications author15 ized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park Pro16 tection and Expansion Act of 1989 (16 U.S.C. 410r-8), 

17 $138,265,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 for any project initially funded in fiscal year 2015 with 

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

21 Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single procurement 

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

23 Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall 

24 contain the clause ‘‘availability of funds’’ found at 48 CFR 

25 52.232–18. 


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1 LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

2 (RESCISSION)

3 The contract authority provided for fiscal year 2015 

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, $67,486,000, to be derived from 

13 the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain 

14 available until expended, of which $46,000,000 is for the 

15 State assistance program and of which $8,986,000 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, $10,000,000, 

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; $1,035,718,000, to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2016; of which $53,337,189 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, $169,770,000, of which $72,422,000 is to remain 

4 available until September 30, 2016 and of which 

5 $97,348,000 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 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than 

18 $72,422,000: 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, $124,726,000, of which $66,147,000 is to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2016 and of which 

9 $58,579,000 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 2015 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 2015, 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 2015, 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, $121,713,000, to remain avail7 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That appropria8 tions for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 

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

11 Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 

12 training. 

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

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

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

20 Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from 

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

23 year 2015 appropriation estimated at not more than 

24 $121,713,000. 


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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, $27,399,000, 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. 


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1 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND BUREAU OF INDIAN

2 EDUCATION

3 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 

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

7 of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-De8 termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 

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

10 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally Controlled 

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

12 $2,434,202,000, to remain available until September 30, 

13 2016, except as otherwise provided herein; of which not 

14 to exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and rep15 resentation expenses; of which not to exceed $74,809,000 

16 shall be for welfare assistance payments: Provided, That 

17 in cases of designated Federal disasters, the Secretary 

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

19 to provide for disaster relief to Indian communities af20 fected by the disaster: Provided further, That federally rec21 ognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations of federally 

22 recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal priority allo23 cations for unmet welfare assistance costs: Provided fur24 ther, That not to exceed $618,387,000 for school oper25 ations costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education 


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1 programs shall become available on July 1, 2015, and 

2 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided 

3 further, That not to exceed $48,553,000 shall remain 

4 available until expended for housing improvement, road 

5 maintenance, attorney fees, litigation support, land 

6 records improvement, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement 

7 Program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, including but not limited to the 

9 Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450f 

10 et seq.) and section 1128 of the Education Amendments 

11 of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $72,019,000 

12 within and only from such amounts made available for 

13 school operations shall be available for administrative cost 

14 grants associated with ongoing grants entered into with 

15 the Bureau prior to or during fiscal year 2014 for the 

16 operation of Bureau-funded schools, and up to $500,000 

17 within and only from such amounts made available for ad18 ministrative cost grants shall be available for the transi19 tional costs of initial administrative cost grants to grant20 ees that assume operation on or after July 1, 2014, of 

21 Bureau-funded schools: Provided further, That any for22 estry funds allocated to a federally recognized tribe which 

23 remain unobligated as of September 30, 2016, may be 

24 transferred during fiscal year 2017 to an Indian forest 

25 land assistance account established for the benefit of the 


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1 holder of the funds within the holder’s trust fund account: 

2 Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not 

3 so transferred shall expire on September 30, 2017: Pro4 vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu5 reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur6 chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 

7 personnel. 

8 CONSTRUCTION

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte11 nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, 

12 and other facilities, including architectural and engineer13 ing services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests 

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

15 construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pur16 suant to Public Law 87–483, $167,378,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as 

18 may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian 

19 Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of 

20 Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per21 cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In22 dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may 

23 be used to cover the road program management costs of 

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

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


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1 shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro2 vided further, That for fiscal year 2015, in implementing 

3 new construction or facilities improvement and repair 

4 project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to 

5 grant schools under Public Law 100–297, the Secretary 

6 of the Interior shall use the Administrative and Audit Re7 quirements and Cost Principles for Assistance Programs 

8 contained in 43 CFR part 12 as the regulatory require9 ments: Provided further, That such grants shall not be 

10 subject to section 12.61 of 43 CFR; the Secretary and 

11 the grantee shall negotiate and determine a schedule of 

12 payments for the work to be performed: Provided further, 

13 That in considering grant applications, the Secretary shall 

14 consider whether such grantee would be deficient in assur15 ing that the construction projects conform to applicable 

16 building standards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State 

17 health and safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 

18 2005(b), with respect to organizational and financial man19 agement capabilities: Provided further, That if the Sec20 retary declines a grant application, the Secretary shall fol21 low the requirements contained in 25 U.S.C. 2504(f): Pro22 vided further, That any disputes between the Secretary 

23 and any grantee concerning a grant shall be subject to 

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1 struction projects, the Secretary may assume control of 

2 a project and all funds related to the project, if, within 

3 18 months of the date of enactment of this Act, any grant4 ee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 

5 Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of 

6 the project and commenced construction: Provided further, 

7 That this appropriation may be reimbursed from the Of8 fice of the Special Trustee for American Indians appro9 priation for the appropriate share of construction costs for 

10 space expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust re11 form implementation. 

12 INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND

13 MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS

14 For payments and necessary administrative expenses 

15 for implementation of Indian land and water claim settle16 ments pursuant to Public Laws 99–264, 100–580, 101– 

17 618, 111–11, and 111–291, and for implementation of 

18 other land and water rights settlements, $35,655,000, to 

19 remain available until expended. 

20 INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 

22 $7,731,000, of which $1,045,000 is for administrative ex23 penses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 

24 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

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


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1 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur2 ther, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan 

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

4 not to exceed $100,496,183. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper7 ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 

8 cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either di9 rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza10 tions. 

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

12 Affairs may contract for services in support of the man13 agement, operation, and maintenance of the Power Divi14 sion of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 

15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

16 available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office 

17 oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 

18 Services (except executive direction and administrative 

19 services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional 

20 offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be 

21 available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative 

22 agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 

23 provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the 

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

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1 In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 

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

3 action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust 

4 responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-govern5 ment relationship between the United States and that 

6 tribe, or that tribe’s ability to access future appropria7 tions. 

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

9 available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 

10 the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 

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

12 support the operation of any elementary or secondary 

13 school in the State of Alaska. 

14 No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu15 cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 

16 school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 

17 or approved by the Director of the Bureau of Indian Edu18 cation (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘‘Director’’) 

19 at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education school 

20 system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Director 

21 may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 

22 one additional grade when the Director determines such 

23 waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 

24 of the Bureau of Indian Education. Appropriations made 

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


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1 the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with the Bu2 reau’s funding formula, only to the schools in the Bureau 

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

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

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

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

7 that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education 

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

9 charter school that is in existence on the date of the enact10 ment of this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-fund11 ed school before September 1, 1999, may continue to oper12 ate during that period, but only if the charter school pays 

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

14 Bureau for the use of the real and personal property (in15 cluding buses and vans), the funds of the charter school 

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

17 Bureau does not assume any obligation for charter school 

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

19 the charter school loses such funding. Employees of Bu20 reau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter 

21 school and performing functions related to the charter 

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

23 not be treated as Federal employees for purposes of chap24 ter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 


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1 Funds made available under this Act may not be used 

2 to establish a satellite school of an existing school in the 

3 Bureau of Indian Education school system, except that the 

4 Director of the Bureau may waive this prohibition upon 

5 request by a tribe if establishment of such satellite school 

6 would provide comparable levels of education as are being 

7 offered at such existing Bureau school, and would avoid 

8 incurring extraordinary costs to the Federal Government, 

9 such as for transportation over extended distances: Pro10 vided, That no funds made available under this Act may 

11 be used to fund any facilities-related costs for satellite 

12 school assets that are not owned by the Bureau: Provided 

13 further, That the term ‘‘satellite school’’ means a school 

14 location physically separated from the existing Bureau 

15 school by more than 50 miles but that forms part of the 

16 existing school in all other respects. 

17 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

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

19 113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi20 rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 

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

22 Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin23 istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 

24 distribution formula. 


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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, $255,736,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2016; 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 $6,000,000 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 2015, 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 section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 

20 INSULAR AFFAIRS

21 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES

22 For expenses necessary for assistance to territories 

23 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior 

24 and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Pub25 lic Law 108–188, $85,476,000, of which: (1) $76,028,000 


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1 shall remain available until expended for territorial assist2 ance, including general technical assistance, maintenance 

3 assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative activi4 ties, and brown tree snake control and research; grants 

5 to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and 

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

7 grants to the Government of American Samoa, in addition 

8 to current local revenues, for construction and support of 

9 governmental functions; grants to the Government of the 

10 Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Govern11 ment of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the 

12 Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as author13 ized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) 

14 $9,448,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, 

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

16 Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial 

17 and local governments herein provided for, including such 

18 transactions of all agencies or instrumentalities estab19 lished or used by such governments, may be audited by 

20 the Government Accountability Office, at its discretion, in 

21 accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States 

22 Code: Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands 

23 Covenant grant funding shall be provided according to 

24 those terms of the Agreement of the Special Representa25 tives on Future United States Financial Assistance for the 


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1 Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public Law 104– 

2 134: Provided further, That the funds for the program of 

3 operations and maintenance improvement are appro4 priated to institutionalize routine operations and mainte5 nance improvement of capital infrastructure with terri6 torial participation and cost sharing to be determined by 

7 the Secretary based on the grantee’s commitment to time8 ly maintenance of its capital assets: Provided further, That 

9 any appropriation for disaster assistance under this head10 ing in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may be 

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

12 hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 404 

13 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

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

15 COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION

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

17 remain available until expended, as provided for in sec18 tions 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Associa19 tion for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of 

20 the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of 

21 the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated 

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

23 658 and Public Law 108–188. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Sec4 retary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory 

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

6 188 and Public Law 104–134, that are allocated for 

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

8 of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three per9 cent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the cost 

10 of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 

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

12 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for 

13 construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds 

14 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

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

16 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

17 of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan guaran18 tees may be made without regard to the population of the 

19 area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on 

20 the types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrifica21 tion Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated 

22 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

23 any funds transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

24 be in addition to funds otherwise made available to make 

25 or guarantee loans under such authorities. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 

4 $64,024,000. 

5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

8 General, $49,458,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN

10 INDIANS

11 FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the operation of trust programs for Indians by 

14 direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, 

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

16 until expended, of which not to exceed $23,061,000 from 

17 this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac18 counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im19 provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 

20 transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af21 fairs and Bureau of Indian Education, ‘‘Operation of In22 dian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Sala23 ries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Sec24 retary, ‘‘Departmental Operations’’ account: Provided fur25 ther, That funds made available through contracts or 


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1 grants obligated during fiscal year 2015, as authorized by 

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

3 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con4 tractor or grantee: Provided further, That, notwith5 standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall 

6 not be required to provide a quarterly statement of per7 formance for any Indian trust account that has not had 

8 activity for at least 18 months and has a balance of $15 

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

10 an annual account statement and maintain a record of any 

11 such accounts and shall permit the balance in each such 

12 account to be withdrawn upon the express written request 

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

14 $50,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments 

15 to correct administrative errors of either disbursements 

16 from or deposits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal ac17 counts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, That 

18 erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited 

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

20 Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required 

21 to reconcile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of 

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

23 receives proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Ac24 counts claimant. 


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1 DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

2 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire 

5 suppression operations, fire science and research, emer6 gency rehabilitation, hazardous fuels management activi7 ties, and rural fire assistance by the Department of the 

8 Interior, $804,779,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, of which not to exceed $6,127,000 shall be for 

10 the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, 

11 That such funds are also available for repayment of ad12 vances to other appropriation accounts from which funds 

13 were previously transferred for such purposes: Provided 

14 further, That of the funds provided $160,000,000 is for 

15 hazardous fuels management activities: Provided further, 

16 That of the funds provided $22,035,000 is for burned area 

17 rehabilitation: Provided further, That persons hired pursu18 ant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence and 

19 lodging without cost from funds available from this appro20 priation: Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 

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

22 Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered 

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

24 States property, may be credited to the appropriation from 

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1 are available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur2 ther, That using the amounts designated under this title 

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

4 procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, 

5 for hazardous fuels management activities, and for train6 ing and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels 

7 management activities on Federal land or on adjacent 

8 non-Federal land for activities that benefit resources on 

9 Federal land: Provided further, That the costs of imple10 menting any cooperative agreement between the Federal 

11 Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, 

12 as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided 

13 further, That notwithstanding requirements of the Com14 petition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes 

15 of hazardous fuels management activities, may obtain 

16 maximum practicable competition among: (1) local pri17 vate, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con18 servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 

19 109–154), or related partnerships with State, local, or 

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

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

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

23 workforce to complete such contracts: Provided further, 

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1 ability and consistent application of the authorities pro2 vided herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

3 under this heading may be used to reimburse the United 

4 States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 

5 Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re6 sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

7 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 

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

9 wildland fire management activities: Provided further, 

10 That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire 

11 appropriations to enter into leases of real property with 

12 local governments, at or below fair market value, to con13 struct capitalized improvements for fire facilities on such 

14 leased properties, including but not limited to fire guard 

15 stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and 

16 fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for 

17 any such lease or for construction activity associated with 

18 the lease: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte19 rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 

20 transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage21 ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 

22 between the Departments when such transfers would fa23 cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 

24 and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 

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1 eral emergency response actions: Provided further, That 

2 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

3 for assistance to or through the Department of State in 

4 connection with forest and rangeland research, technical 

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

6 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail7 able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and 

8 related natural resource activities outside the United 

9 States and its territories and possessions, including tech10 nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 

11 with United States and international organizations. 

12 FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses for large fire suppression op15 erations of the Department of the Interior and as a re16 serve fund for suppression and Federal emergency re17 sponse activities, $92,000,000, to remain available until 

18 expended: Provided, That such amounts are only available 

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

20 following a declaration by the Secretary in accordance 

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

22 1748a). 

23 CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND

24 For necessary expenses of the Department of the In25 terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for 


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1 the response action, including associated activities, per2 formed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Re3 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 

4 et seq.), $9,598,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND

6 RESTORATION

7 NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND

8 To conduct natural resource damage assessment, res9 toration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by 

10 the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the 

11 provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

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

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

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

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

16 $6,094,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

18 For the operation and maintenance of a departmental 

19 financial and business management system, information 

20 technology improvements of general benefit to the Depart21 ment, consolidation of facilities and operations throughout 

22 the Department, $53,786,000, to remain available until 

23 expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

24 in this Act or any other Act may be used to establish re25 serves in the Working Capital Fund account other than 


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1 for accrued annual leave and depreciation of equipment 

2 without prior approval of the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro4 vided further, That the Secretary may assess reasonable 

5 charges to State, local and tribal government employees 

6 for training services provided by the National Indian Pro7 gram Training Center, other than training related to Pub8 lic Law 93–638: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

9 lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, 

10 equipment or professional services of the National Indian 

11 Program Training Center to State, local and tribal govern12 ment employees or persons or organizations engaged in 

13 cultural, educational, or recreational activities (as defined 

14 in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States Code) at the 

15 prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, or 

16 services in the vicinity of the National Indian Program 

17 Training Center: Provided further, That all funds received 

18 pursuant to the two preceding provisos shall be credited 

19 to this account, shall be available until expended, and shall 

20 be used by the Secretary for necessary expenses of the 

21 National Indian Program Training Center: Provided fur22 ther, That the Secretary may enter into grants and cooper23 ative agreements to support the Office of Natural Re24 source Revenue’s collection and disbursement of royalties, 


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1 fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized 

2 by law. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail5 able resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft 

6 which may be obtained by donation, purchase or through 

7 available excess surplus property: Provided, That existing 

8 aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived 

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

10 replacement aircraft. 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU

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

15 available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau 

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

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

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

24 all funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished 


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1 by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested 

2 as promptly as possible. 

3 EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE

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

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

9 under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; 

10 for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands 

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

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

15 damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or 

16 releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 

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

19 lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to 

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 reimbursement to other Federal agencies for destruction 

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

8 their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement 

9 to be credited to appropriations currently available at the 

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

11 fire operations, no funds shall be made available under 

12 this authority until the Secretary determines that funds 

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

14 Wildfire Suppression Reserve Fund’’ shall be exhausted 

15 within 30 days: Provided further, That all funds used pur16 suant to this section must be replenished by a supple17 mental appropriation, which must be requested as prompt18 ly as possible: Provided further, That such replenishment 

19 funds shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, ac20 counts from which emergency funds were transferred. 

21 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

22 SEC. 103. Appropriations made to the Department 

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

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

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


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

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

6 in the field, when authorized under regulations approved 

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

9 or associations which issue publications to members only 

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

11 are not members. 

12 AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST

13 MANAGEMENT

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

15 headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian 

16 Education, and Office of the Special Trustee for American 

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

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

21 accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically 

22 designated in this Act for such purpose. 

23 ELLIS, GOVERNORS, AND LIBERTY ISLANDS

24 SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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


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

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

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

4 of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of 

5 transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, 

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

7 administrative activities, by donation or with appropriated 

8 funds, including franchise fees (and other monetary con9 sideration), or by exchange; and the Secretary is author10 ized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, conces11 sion contracts or other agreements for the use of such fa12 cilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may 

13 determine reasonable. 

14 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES

15 SEC. 106. (a) In fiscal year 2015, the Secretary shall 

16 collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be de17 posited in the ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environmental En18 forcement’’ account, from the designated operator for fa19 cilities subject to inspection under 43 U.S.C. 1348(c). 

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

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

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

23 2015 shall be: 

24 (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 

25 processing equipment or gathering lines; 


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

2 with any combination of active or inactive wells; and 

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

4 wells, with any combination of active or inactive 

5 wells. 

6 (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all in7 spections completed in fiscal year 2015. Fees for fiscal 

8 year 2015 shall be: 

9 (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in 

10 water depths of 500 feet or more; and 

11 (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in 

12 water depths of less than 500 feet. 

13 (d) The Secretary shall bill designated operators 

14 under subsection (b) within 60 days, with payment re15 quired within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill 

16 designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days 

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

18 with payment required within 30 days of billing. 

19 OIL AND GAS LEASING INTERNET PROGRAM

20 SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 17(b)(1)(A) of the 

21 Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A)), the Sec22 retary of the Interior shall have the authority to imple23 ment an oil and gas leasing Internet program, under 

24 which the Secretary may conduct lease sales through 

25 methods other than oral bidding. 


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1 BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, REGULATION

2 AND ENFORCEMENT REORGANIZATION

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

4 implement a reorganization of the Bureau of Ocean En5 ergy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, may 

6 transfer funds among and between the successor offices 

7 and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in con8 formance with the reprogramming guidelines described in 

9 the report accompanying this Act. 

10 CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND

11 BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES

12 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

14 multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organiza15 tions and other appropriate entities, and may enter into 

16 multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of 

17 section 304B of the Federal Property and Administrative 

18 Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c) (except that the 

19 5-year term restriction in subsection (d) shall not apply), 

20 for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free 

21 roaming horses and burros by such organizations or enti22 ties on private land. Such cooperative agreements and con23 tracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the 

24 discretion of the Secretary. 


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1 MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS

2 SEC. 110. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv3 ice shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect 

4 threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement 

5 a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended 

6 for harvest, that are released from federally operated or 

7 federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to 

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

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

10 identified by commercial and recreational fishers. 

11 EXHAUSTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

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

13 Law 112–74 (125 Stat. 1013) is amended by striking ‘‘fis14 cal years 2012 through 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 

15 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter’’. 

16 WILD LANDS FUNDING PROHIBITION

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

18 Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin19 ister, or enforce Secretarial Order No. 3310 issued by the 

20 Secretary of the Interior on December 22, 2010. 

21 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION OPERATED SCHOOLS

22 SEC. 113. Section 115(d) of Division E of Public Law 

23 112–74 (125 Stat. 1010) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 


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1 REAUTHORIZATION OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND

2 RECOVERY FUND

3 SEC. 114. Title I of the Department of the Interior, 

4 Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

5 2010 (Public Law 111–88) is amended in the text under 

6 the heading ‘‘FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND 

7 RECOVERY FUND’’ by striking ‘‘2015’’ each place it 

8 appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

9 IVORY

10 SEC. 115. 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 VALLEY ELDERBERRY LONGHORN BEETLE

2 SEC. 116. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act or any other Act may be used before October 1, 2015, 

4 for any study, nor to withdraw or finalize any rule, with 

5 regard to the valley elderberry longhorn beetle under the 

6 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1351 et seq.), 

7 except that the Secretary of the Interior shall accept for 

8 the record additional public comments on the Peer Review 

9 of the Scientific Findings in the Proposed Rule to Delist 

10 the Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle, dated January 

11 2013, for a period of no less than 180 days following the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 SAGE-GROUSE

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

15 or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Inte16 rior to write or issue pursuant to section 4 of the Endan17 gered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533)— 

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

19 (Centrocercus urophasianus); 

20 (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin dis21 tinct population segment of greater sage-grouse; 

22 (3) a final rule for the bi-state distinct popu23 lation segment of greater sage-grouse; or 

24 (4) a final rule for Gunnison sage-grouse 

25 (Centrocercus minimus). 


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1 AMPHIBIANS

2 SEC. 118. The United States Fish and Wildlife Serv3 ice shall release for public comment and submit for sci4 entific peer review not later than December 30, 2015, indi5 vidual or multi-species recovery plans for the Sierra Ne6 vada yellow-legged frog; the northern distinct population 

7 segment of the mountain yellow-legged frog; and the Yo8 semite toad. The plans shall include analyses of social and 

9 economic impacts of implementing recovery actions as well 

10 as efforts to minimize such impacts as required by the 

11 policy published on July 1, 1994 (59 Fed. Reg. 34272 et 

12 seq.). 

13 TITLE II—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

14 AGENCY 

15 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

16 For science and technology, including research and 

17 development activities, which shall include research and 

18 development activities under the Comprehensive Environ19 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

20 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 

21 and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 

22 and supplies; and other operating expenses in support of 

23 research and development, $716,588,000, to remain avail24 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the 

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1 Research: National Priorities as specified in the report ac2 companying this Act. 

3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT

4 For environmental programs and management, in5 cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 

6 personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 

7 passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper8 ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member9 ships in societies or associations which issue publications 

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

11 subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 

12 the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil13 ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; and 

14 not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and represen15 tation expenses, $2,508,603,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the funds included 

17 under this heading, $12,700,000 shall be for Environ18 mental Protection: National Priorities as specified in the 

19 report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That of 

20 the funds included under this heading, $406,256,000 shall 

21 be for Geographic Programs specified in the report accom22 panying this Act. 


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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM

2 FUND

3 For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of 

4 the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), includ5 ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad6 ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es7 tablished by such section, $5,000,000, to remain available 

8 until September 30, 2017. 

9 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

11 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

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

13 until September 30, 2016. 

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al16 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 

17 or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 

18 $34,467,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen22 sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil23 ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 

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

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1 sisting of such sums as are available in the Trust Fund 

2 on September 30, 2014, as authorized by section 517(a) 

3 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act 

4 of 1986 (SARA) and up to $1,156,603,000 as a payment 

5 from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Super6 fund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 

7 SARA: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

8 heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in ac9 cordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided fur10 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

11 $9,939,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen12 eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 

13 30, 2016, and $18,850,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 

14 and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2016. 

16 LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND

17 PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under19 ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub20 title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $95,647,000, to 

21 remain available until expended, of which $70,018,000 

22 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 

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

24 Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,629,000 shall be for car25 rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 


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

2 Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 

3 use appropriations made available under this heading to 

4 implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 

5 to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In6 dian tribes for the development and implementation of 

7 programs to manage underground storage tanks. 

8 INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS

9 For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ10 mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 

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

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

13 expended. 

14 STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS

15 For environmental programs and infrastructure as16 sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv17 ing funds and performance partnership grants, 

18 $2,951,895,000, to remain available until expended, of 

19 which— 

20 (1) $1,018,000,000 shall be for making capital21 ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 

22 Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 

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

24 making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 

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1 Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fiscal 

2 year 2015, funds made available under this title to 

3 each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 

4 capitalization grants and for Drinking Water State 

5 Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the 

6 discretion of each State, be used for projects to ad7 dress green infrastructure, water or energy efficiency 

8 improvements, or other environmentally innovative 

9 activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

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

11 Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a 

12 State water pollution control revolving fund that 

13 may be used by a State to administer the fund shall 

14 not apply to amounts included as principal in loans 

15 made by such fund in fiscal year 2015 and prior 

16 years where such amounts represent costs of admin17 istering the fund to the extent that such amounts 

18 are or were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, 

19 accounted for separately from other assets in the 

20 fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, in21 cluding administration: Provided further, That for 

22 fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the limitation on 

23 amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pol24 lution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 

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


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1 greater, and notwithstanding the limitation on 

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

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

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

5 for State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be 

6 reserved by the Administrator for grants under sec7 tion 518(c) and section 1452(i) of such Acts: Pro8 vided further, That for fiscal year 2015, notwith9 standing the amounts specified in section 205(c) of 

10 the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 

11 percent of the aggregate funds appropriated for the 

12 Clean Water State Revolving Fund program under 

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

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

15 grants made under title II of the Federal Water Pol16 lution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the 

17 Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and 

18 United States Virgin Islands: Provided further, That 

19 for fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding the limitations 

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

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

22 appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolv23 ing Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water 

24 Act may be reserved by the Administrator for grants 

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


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

2 funds made available under this title to each State 

3 for Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 

4 grants and 20 percent of the funds made available 

5 under this title to each State for Drinking Water 

6 State Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be 

7 used by the State to provide additional subsidy to el8 igible recipients in the form of forgiveness of prin9 cipal, negative interest loans, or grants (or any com10 bination of these), and shall be so used by the State 

11 only where such funds are provided as initial financ12 ing for an eligible recipient or to buy, refinance, or 

13 restructure the debt obligations of eligible recipients 

14 only where such debt was incurred on or after the 

15 date of enactment of this Act; 

16 (2) $5,000,000 shall be for architectural, engi17 neering, planning, design, construction and related 

18 activities in connection with the construction of high 

19 priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 

20 of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta21 tion with the appropriate border commission; Pro22 vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 

23 Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit24 ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 

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1 der shall be made available to a county or municipal 

2 government unless that government has established 

3 an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 

4 which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 

5 or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 

6 the development within an existing colonia the con7 struction of any new home, business, or other struc8 ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec9 essary infrastructure; 

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

11 of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 

12 infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil13 lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 

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

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

16 for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 

17 the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 

18 with the Statewide priority list established in con19 junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 

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

21 and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas22 ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 

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

24 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

25 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 


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1 than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 

2 in regional hub communities; 

3 (4) $75,000,000 shall be to carry out section 

4 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re5 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

6 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree7 ments, and associated program support costs: Pro8 vided, That not more than 25 percent of the amount 

9 appropriated to carry out section 104(k) of 

10 CERCLA shall be used for site characterization, as11 sessment, and remediation of facilities described in 

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

13 (5) $30,000,000 shall be for grants under title 

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

15 (6) $10,000,000 shall be for targeted airshed 

16 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions 

17 of the explanatory statement accompanying this Act; 

18 and 

19 (7) $1,046,895,000 shall be for grants, includ20 ing associated program support costs, to States, fed21 erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 

22 consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 

23 multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 

24 control and abatement and related activities, includ25 ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 


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

2 making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 

3 Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col4 lection activities subject to terms and conditions 

5 specified by the Administrator, of which: 

6 $47,745,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 

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

8 Information Exchange Network grants, including as9 sociated program support costs; $1,498,000 shall be 

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

11 Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 

12 to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 

13 Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 

14 to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis15 posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 

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

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

18 available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 

19 Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par20 ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur21 veys of water resources and enhancements to State 

22 monitoring programs. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL

2 PROTECTION AGENCY

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

4 For fiscal year 2015, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

5 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ6 mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 

7 function to implement directly Federal environmental pro8 grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 

9 acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree10 ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 

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

12 the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 

13 programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 

14 except that no such cooperative agreements may be award15 ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 

16 agreements. 

17 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

18 Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg19 istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 

20 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 

21 U.S.C. 136w-8), as amended by the Pesticide Registration 

22 Improvement Extension Act of 2012 (Public Law 112– 

23 177), including pesticide registration service fees that were 

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1 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In2 secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 

3 U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ4 mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 

5 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2015. 

6 The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 

7 $300,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 

8 Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ9 mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 

10 Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 

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

12 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 

13 Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 

14 to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 

15 such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac16 tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non17 profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan18 ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 

19 in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 

20 and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 

21 The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro22 grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz23 ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 

24 Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail25 able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 


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1 and renovation of facilities provided that the cost does not 

2 exceed $150,000 per project. 

3 The fourth paragraph under the heading ‘‘Adminis4 trative Provisions’’ in title II of Public Law 109–54 is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

6 Of the unobligated balances available for ‘‘State and 

7 Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account, $45,000,000 are per8 manently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be 

9 rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con10 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Con11 current Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 

12 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 For fiscal year 2015, and notwithstanding section 

14 518(f) of the Water Pollution Control Act, the Adminis15 trator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for 

16 any fiscal year under Section 319 of the Act to make 

17 grants to federally recognized Indian tribes pursuant to 

18 sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 

19

20 TITLE III—RELATED AGENCIES 

21 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

22 FOREST SERVICE

23 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH

24 For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re25 search as authorized by law, $297,500,000, to remain 


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1 available until expended: Provided, That of the funds pro2 vided, $70,000,000 is for the forest inventory and analysis 

3 program. 

4 STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY

5 For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro6 viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri7 tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man8 agement, including treatments of pests, pathogens, and 

9 invasive or noxious plants and for restoring and rehabili10 tating forests damaged by pests or invasive plants, cooper11 ative forestry, and education and land conservation activi12 ties and conducting an international program as author13 ized, $209,815,000, to remain available until expended, as 

14 authorized by law; of which $24,198,000 is to be derived 

15 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

16 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

19 otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im20 provement, and utilization of the National Forest System, 

21 $1,496,526,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be 

23 deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restora24 tion Fund for ecological restoration treatments as author25 ized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided further, That of the 


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1 funds provided, $339,130,000 shall be for forest products: 

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

3 $81,000,000 is for the Integrated Resource Restoration 

4 pilot program for Region 1, Region 3 and Region 4: Pro5 vided further, That of the funds provided for forest prod6 ucts, up to $53,000,000 may be transferred to support 

7 the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program in the 

8 preceding proviso. 

9 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 

12 otherwise provided for, $373,252,000, to remain available 

13 until expended, for construction, capital improvement, 

14 maintenance and acquisition of buildings and other facili15 ties and infrastructure; and for construction, reconstruc16 tion, decommissioning of roads that are no longer needed, 

17 including unauthorized roads that are not part of the 

18 transportation system, and maintenance of forest roads 

19 and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 

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

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

22 road decommissioning, road and trail repair and mainte23 nance and associated activities, and removal of fish pas24 sage barriers, especially in areas where Forest Service 

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1 streams and water bodies which support threatened, en2 dangered, or sensitive species or community water sources: 

3 Provided further, That funds becoming available in fiscal 

4 year 2015 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 

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

6 Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obliga7 tion for any other purpose unless the funds are appro8 priated: Provided further, That of the funds provided for 

9 decommissioning of roads, up to $12,000,000 may be 

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

11 the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program. 

12 LAND ACQUISITION

13 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

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

15 (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.), including administrative ex16 penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest 

17 therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable 

18 to the Forest Service, $8,000,000, to be derived from the 

19 Land and Water Conservation Fund and to remain avail20 able until expended. 

21 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL

22 ACTS

23 For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound24 aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, 

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1 geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National 

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

3 derived from forest receipts. 

4 ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES

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

6 from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov7 ernments, public school districts, or other public school au8 thorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds de9 posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 

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

11 (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until expended (16 

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

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

14 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND

15 For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro16 tection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re17 ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do18 mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 

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

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

21 not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administra22 tive expenses associated with on-the-ground range reha23 bilitation, protection, and improvements. 


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1 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND

2 RANGELAND RESEARCH

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

4 $45,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived 

5 from the fund established pursuant to the above Act. 

6 MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR

7 SUBSISTENCE USES

8 For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man9 age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 

10 title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva11 tion Act (Public Law 96–487), $2,500,000, to remain 

12 available until expended. 

13 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 

16 activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 

17 fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other 

18 lands under fire protection agreement, hazardous fuels 

19 management on or adjacent to such lands, emergency re20 habilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands 

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

22 $2,888,124,000, to remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That such funds including unobligated balances 

24 under this heading, are available for repayment of ad25 vances from other appropriations accounts previously 


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1 transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That such 

2 funds shall be available to reimburse State and other co3 operating entities for services provided in response to wild4 fire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such 

5 reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emer6 gencies are fully repaid by the responsible emergency man7 agement agency: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 

8 any other provision of law, $6,914,000 of funds appro9 priated under this appropriation shall be available for the 

10 Forest Service in support of fire science research author11 ized by the Joint Fire Science Program, including all For12 est Service authorities for the use of funds, such as con13 tracts, grants, research joint venture agreements, and co14 operative agreements: Provided further, That all authori15 ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 

16 grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 

17 the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 

18 also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 

19 Science Research: Provided further, That funds provided 

20 shall be available for emergency rehabilitation and restora21 tion, hazardous fuels management activities, support to 

22 Federal emergency response, and wildfire suppression ac23 tivities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That of the 

24 funds provided, $381,575,000 is for hazardous fuels man25 agement activities, $19,795,000 is for research activities 


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1 and to make competitive research grants pursuant to the 

2 Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research 

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

4 fire assistance, and $13,000,000 is for volunteer fire as5 sistance under section 10 of the Cooperative Forestry As6 sistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106): Provided further, 

7 That amounts in this paragraph may be transferred to 

8 the ‘‘National Forest System’’, and ‘‘Forest and Range9 land Research’’ accounts to fund forest and rangeland re10 search, the Joint Fire Science Program, vegetation and 

11 watershed management, heritage site rehabilitation, and 

12 wildlife and fish habitat management and restoration: Pro13 vided further, That, of the funds provided, $130,000,000 

14 shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture only for 

15 the purpose of acquiring two aircraft for the next-genera16 tion airtanker fleet to enhance firefighting mobility, effec17 tiveness, efficiency, and safety, and such aircraft shall be 

18 turbine powered, capable of air speeds in excess of 300 

19 mph and of carrying 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of fire retard20 ant, and suitable for contractor operation over the terrain 

21 and forested-ecosystems characteristic of National Forest 

22 System lands, as determined by the Chief of the Forest 

23 Service: Provided further, That the costs of implementing 

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1 ally agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 

2 That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein may 

3 be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into pro4 curement contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue 

5 grants for hazardous fuels management activities and for 

6 training or monitoring associated with such hazardous 

7 fuels management activities on Federal land or on non8 Federal land if the Secretary determines such activities 

9 implement a community wildfire protection plan (or equiv10 alent) and benefit resources on Federal land: Provided fur11 ther, That funds made available to implement the Commu12 nity Forest Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title 

13 VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal lands in ac14 cordance with authorities made available to the Forest 

15 Service under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appro16 priation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte17 rior and the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize the 

18 transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire manage19 ment, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, 

20 between the Departments when such transfers would fa21 cilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs 

22 and projects: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

23 for hazardous fuels management, not to exceed 

24 $5,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any au25 thorities available to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State 


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1 and Private Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of 

2 creating incentives for increased use of biomass from Na3 tional Forest System lands: Provided further, That funds 

4 designated for wildfire suppression, including funds trans5 ferred from the ‘‘FLAME Wildfire Suppression Reserve 

6 Fund’’, shall be assessed for cost pools on the same basis 

7 as such assessments are calculated against other agency 

8 programs: Provided further, That of the funds for haz9 ardous fuels management, up to $24,000,000 may be 

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

11 the Integrated Resource Restoration pilot program. 

12 FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses for large fire suppression op15 erations of the Department of Agriculture and as a reserve 

16 fund for suppression and Federal emergency response ac17 tivities, $303,060,000, to remain available until expended: 

18 Provided, That such amounts are only available for trans19 fer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ account following 

20 a declaration by the Secretary in accordance with section 

21 502 of the FLAME Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 1748a). 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 

25 fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 


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1 motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 

2 from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 

3 lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 

4 to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 

5 wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 

6 notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 

7 being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 

8 trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 

9 replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 

10 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 

11 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of 

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

13 (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pur14 suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the 

15 Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 

16 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as 

17 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col18 lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c). 

19 Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest 

20 Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage21 ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re22 habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters 

23 under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 

24 burning conditions upon the Secretary’s notification of the 

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1 fire suppression funds appropriated under the headings 

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

3 Suppression Reserve Fund’’ will be obligated within 30 

4 days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para5 graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria6 tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 

7 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

8 available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter9 national Development in connection with forest and range10 land research, technical information, and assistance in for11 eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 

12 and 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 U.S., private, and international organizations. The 

16 Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 

17 sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 

18 and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ19 ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the 

20 Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Cor21 poration), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and orga22 nizations to provide technical assistance and training pro23 grams overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 

24 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

25 available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 


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

2 preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 

3 from National Forest System lands, and for the perform4 ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 

5 such lands. 

6 None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv7 ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 

8 year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 

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

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

11 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 

12 Law 107–107 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 

13 None of the funds available to the Forest Service may 

14 be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the 

15 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac16 cordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in 

17 the report accompanying this Act. 

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

19 Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 

20 Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 

21 $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 

22 be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De23 partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 

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1 quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain services 

2 from the Department of Agriculture’s National Informa3 tion Technology Center. Nothing in this paragraph shall 

4 limit the Forest Service portion of implementation costs 

5 to be paid to the Department of Agriculture for the Inter6 national Technology Service. 

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

8 $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 

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

10 out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 

11 out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 

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

13 Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, Public 

14 Law 109–154. 

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

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

17 reception and representation expenses. 

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

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

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

21 National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner22 ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 

23 without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 

24 for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 

25 lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 


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1 That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda2 tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin3 istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 

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

5 assistance, private contributions to match on at least one6 for-one basis funds made available by the Forest Service: 

7 Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Fed8 eral funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for a 

9 project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 

10 the non-Federal matching funds. 

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

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

13 Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 

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

15 projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 

16 on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 

17 to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 

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

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

20 the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 

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

22 that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 

23 funds. 

24 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

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1 sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 

2 businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 

3 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 

4 available for payments to counties within the Columbia 

5 River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 

6 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 

7 663. 

8 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 

9 be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec10 tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

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

12 Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 

13 $55,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of per14 forming fire, administrative and other facilities mainte15 nance and decommissioning. Such assessments shall occur 

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

17 agency uses to assess programs for payment of rent, utili18 ties, and other support services. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any ap20 propriations or funds available to the Forest Service not 

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

22 of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri23 culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re24 sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 

25 Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 


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1 reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar nonlitiga2 tion-related matters. Future budget justifications for both 

3 the Forest Service and the Department of Agriculture 

4 should clearly display the sums previously transferred and 

5 the requested funding transfers. 

6 An eligible individual who is employed in any project 

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

8 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 

9 Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 

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

11 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

12 SERVICES 

13 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

14 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES

15 For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au16 gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina17 tion and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 

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

19 Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv20 ice, $4,180,386,000, together with payments received dur21 ing the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 

22 238b, for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: 

23 Provided, That funds made available to tribes and tribal 

24 organizations through contracts, grant agreements, or any 

25 other agreements or compacts authorized by the Indian 


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1 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 

2 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the 

3 time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall 

4 remain available to the tribe or tribal organization without 

5 fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That 

6 $929,041,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, including 

7 $51,500,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer8 gency Fund, shall remain available until expended: Pro9 vided further, That of the funds provided, $30,023,000 

10 shall remain available until expended for implementation 

11 of the loan repayment program under section 108 of the 

12 Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, 

13 That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 

14 as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 

15 Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 

16 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of con17 tracts shall be deposited to the Fund authorized by section 

18 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain 

19 available until expended and, notwithstanding section 

20 108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)), funds shall 

21 be available to make new awards under the loan repay22 ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 

23 108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 

24 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 the amounts made available within this account for the 


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1 methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment 

2 initiative and for the domestic violence prevention initia3 tive shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of 

4 the Indian Health Service and shall remain available until 

5 expended: Provided further, That funds provided in this 

6 Act may be used for annual contracts and grants that fall 

7 within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation is re8 corded in the year the funds are appropriated: Provided 

9 further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of 

10 Health and Human Services under the authority of title 

11 IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall re12 main available until expended for the purpose of achieving 

13 compliance with the applicable conditions and require14 ments of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, 

15 except for those related to the planning, design, or con16 struction of new facilities: Provided further, That funding 

17 contained herein for scholarship programs under the In18 dian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) 

19 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

20 That amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations 

21 under title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 

22 shall be reported and accounted for and available to the 

23 receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended: 

24 Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may 

25 collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes and tribal 


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1 organizations operating health facilities pursuant to Pub2 lic Law 93–638, such individually identifiable health infor3 mation relating to disabled children as may be necessary 

4 for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the 

5 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

6 1400, et seq.): Provided further, That the Indian Health 

7 Care Improvement Fund may be used, as needed, to carry 

8 out activities typically funded under the Indian Health Fa9 cilities account. 

10 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES

11 For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, 

12 and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, 

13 including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, 

14 specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase 

15 and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail16 ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita17 tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of 

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

19 Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im20 provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out 

21 such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv22 ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities 

23 support activities of the Indian Health Service, 

24 $461,995,000, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 


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1 funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, 

2 renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit 

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

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

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

6 Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 

7 the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 

8 Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 

9 none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv10 ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 

11 new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 

12 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 

13 Development: Provided further, That not to exceed 

14 $2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 

15 Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health Serv16 ice to obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service 

17 and tribal facilities in conjunction with an existing inter18 agency agreement between the Indian Health Service and 

19 the General Services Administration: Provided further, 

20 That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in a Demoli21 tion Fund, to remain available until expended, and be used 

22 by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 

23 buildings. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

2 Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 

3 Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 

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

5 equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 

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

7 vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur8 chase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 

9 modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; 

10 payments for telephone service in private residences in the 

11 field, when authorized under regulations approved by the 

12 Secretary; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized 

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

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

15 Indian Health Service: Provided, That in accordance with 

16 the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement 

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

18 all tribally administered or Indian Health Service facili19 ties, subject to charges, and the proceeds along with funds 

20 recovered under the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited to the account 

22 of the facility providing the service and shall be available 

23 without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That not24 withstanding any other law or regulation, funds trans25 ferred from the Department of Housing and Urban DevelVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:09 Jul 23, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5171.RH H5171

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1 opment to the Indian Health Service shall be administered 

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

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

4 appropriated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, ex5 cept those used for administrative and program direction 

6 purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at 

7 curtailing Federal travel and transportation: Provided fur8 ther, That none of the funds made available to the Indian 

9 Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assess10 ments or charges by the Department of Health and 

11 Human Services unless identified in the budget justifica12 tion and provided in this Act, or approved by the House 

13 and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the re14 programming process: Provided further, That notwith15 standing any other provision of law, funds previously or 

16 herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization 

17 through a contract, grant, or agreement authorized by 

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

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

20 be deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination con21 tract under title I, or a self-governance agreement under 

22 title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available 

23 to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limi24 tation: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

25 available to the Indian Health Service in this Act shall 


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1 be used to implement the final rule published in the Fed2 eral Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department 

3 of Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility 

4 for the health care services of the Indian Health Service 

5 until the Indian Health Service has submitted a budget 

6 request reflecting the increased costs associated with the 

7 proposed final rule, and such request has been included 

8 in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: Provided 

9 further, That with respect to functions transferred by the 

10 Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the 

11 Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and 

12 services to those entities on a reimbursable basis, includ13 ing payments in advance with subsequent adjustment, and 

14 the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 

15 funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian 

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

17 subsequent appropriation account from which the funds 

18 were originally derived, with such amounts to remain 

19 available until expended: Provided further, That reim20 bursements for training, technical assistance, or services 

21 provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total 

22 costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead asso23 ciated with the provision of goods, services, or technical 

24 assistance: Provided further, That the appropriation struc25 ture for the Indian Health Service may not be altered 


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1 without advance notification to the House and Senate 

2 Committees on Appropriations. 

3 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

5 SCIENCES

6 For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 

7 Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 

8 set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ9 mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

10 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 

11 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 

12 $77,349,000. 

13 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE

14 REGISTRY

15 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC

16 HEALTH

17 For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub18 stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 

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

20 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 

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

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

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

24 Substances and Disease Registry shall remain available 

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1 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 in lieu of performing a health assessment under section 

3 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may 

4 conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or 

5 activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, 

6 clinical evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to 

7 accredited healthcare providers: Provided further, That in 

8 performing any such health assessment or health study, 

9 evaluation, or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall 

10 not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 

11 CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro12 priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 

13 to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 

14 section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2015, and 

15 existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 

16 OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 

17 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

18 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF

19 ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

20 For necessary expenses to continue functions as21 signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 

22 of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi23 ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 

24 Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 

25 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 


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1 and representation expenses, $3,000,000: Provided, That 

2 notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ3 mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 

4 one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 

5 advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 

6 exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 

7 CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur10 suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 

11 hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there12 for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv13 ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ14 uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 

15 rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 

16 5376, $11,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 

17 and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 

18 more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 

19 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In21 spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 

22 (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 

23 position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur24 ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

25 Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 


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1 the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 

2 duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 

3 not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 

4 OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 

8 Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 

9 531, $7,143,000, to remain available until expended: Pro10 vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria11 tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 

12 groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 

13 lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous14 ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 

15 in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 

16 of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 

17 used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 

18 to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as of 

19 November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the lands 

20 partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 

21 home is provided for such household: Provided further, 

22 That no relocatee will be provided with more than one new 

23 or replacement home: Provided further, That the Office 

24 shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who have se25 lected and received an approved homesite on the Navajo 


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1 reservation or selected a replacement residence off the 

2 Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to 

3 25 U.S.C. 640d-10: Provided further, That $200,000 shall 

4 be transferred to the Office of Inspector General of the 

5 Department of the Interior, to remain available until ex6 pended, for audits and investigations of the Office of Nav7 ajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, consistent with the In8 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

9 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE

10 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT

11 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE

12 For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 

13 Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author14 ized by title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 U.S.C. 56 part 

15 A), $9,469,000, to remain available until September 30, 

16 2016. 

17 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu20 tion, as authorized by law, including research in the fields 

21 of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and 

22 documentation of the National Collections; presentation of 

23 public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, 

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1 ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease 

2 agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 

3 buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 

4 $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 

5 purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em6 ployees, $674,297,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016, except as otherwise provided herein; of 

8 which not to exceed $46,060,000 for the instrumentation 

9 program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 

10 the National Museum of African American History and 

11 Culture, and the repatriation of skeletal remains program 

12 shall remain available until expended; and including such 

13 funds as may be necessary to support American overseas 

14 research centers: Provided, That funds appropriated here15 in are available for advance payments to independent con16 tractors performing research services or participating in 

17 official Smithsonian presentations. 

18 FACILITIES CAPITAL

19 For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 

20 alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso21 nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 

22 by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 

23 and for construction, including necessary personnel, 

24 $139,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

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1 thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and of which $24,010,000 

2 shall be for construction of the National Museum of Afri3 can American History and Culture. 

4 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal7 lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art 

8 therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as 

9 authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), 

10 as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 

11 (Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including 

12 services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad13 vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for 

14 membership in library, museum, and art associations or 

15 societies whose publications or services are available to 

16 members only, or to members at a price lower than to the 

17 general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 

18 for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other 

19 employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); 

20 purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 

21 buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter22 ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, 

23 and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and 

24 repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by 

25 contracts made, without advertising, with individuals, 


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1 firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 

2 such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop3 er, $118,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2016, of which not to exceed $3,578,000 for the special 

5 exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 

6 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS

7 For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and 

8 renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or 

9 occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or 

10 otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 

11 10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 

12 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 

13 renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 

14 $19,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That contracts awarded for environmental systems, 

16 protection systems, and exterior repair or renovation of 

17 buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated 

18 with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of con19 tractor qualifications as well as price. 

20 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING

21 ARTS

22 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

23 For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte24 nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for 

25 the Performing Arts, $22,000,000. 


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1 CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION

2 For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora3 tion of the existing features of the building and site of 

4 the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 

5 $10,800,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR

7 SCHOLARS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 

10 of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 

11 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 

12 authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $9,975,000, to remain avail13 able until September 30, 2016. 

14 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE

15 HUMANITIES

16 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

17 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

19 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

20 $146,021,000 shall be available to the National Endow21 ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc22 tions in the arts, including arts education and public out23 reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 

24 individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 


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1 support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 

2 to remain available until expended. 

3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES

4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

6 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 

7 $146,021,000 to remain available until expended, of which 

8 $135,283,000 shall be available for support of activities 

9 in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 

10 for administering the functions of the Act; and 

11 $10,738,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 

12 grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 

13 including $8,357,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 

14 Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 

15 10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 

16 amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 

17 bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 

18 by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow19 ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 

20 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre21 ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre22 viously been appropriated. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 None of the funds appropriated to the National 

25 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used 


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1 to process any grant or contract documents which do not 

2 include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none 

3 of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on 

4 the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re5 ception and representation expenses: Provided further, 

6 That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as 

7 necessary for official reception and representation ex8 penses: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na9 tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 

10 to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 

11 does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 

12 grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 

13 such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 

14 of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 

15 the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 

16 COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 

19 Chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $2,524,000: 

20 Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 

21 fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 

22 fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col23 lection, to remain available until expended without further 

24 appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 

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1 work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 

2 and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac3 tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 

4 of artistic display, study or education. 

5 NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

6 For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 

7 99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $1,000,000. 

8 ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 

11 Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $6,204,000. 

12 NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan15 ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 

16 States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

17 3109, $7,948,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per18 cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 

19 for official reception and representational expenses associ20 ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 

21 planning and physical development of world capitals. 

22 UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

23 HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

24 For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 

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1 2310), $52,385,000, of which $515,000 shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2017, for the Museum’s 

3 equipment replacement program; and of which $1,900,000 

4 for the Museum’s repair and rehabilitation program and 

5 $1,264,000 for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program 

6 shall remain available until expended. 

7 TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

8 RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS

9 SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in 

10 this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica11 tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to 

12 promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

13 proposal on which Congressional action is not complete 

14 other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 

15 described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 

16 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

17 SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 

18 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

19 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

20 DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

21 SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over22 head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 

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1 trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op2 erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 

3 and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria4 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

5 Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations for approval. 

7 MINING APPLICATIONS

8 SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 

9 funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 

10 to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 

11 process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 

12 site claim located under the general mining laws. 

13 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 

14 the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 

15 concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec16 retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re17 quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 

18 the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 

19 lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 

20 Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and 37) for placer 

21 claims, and section 2337 of the Revised Statutes (30 

22 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 

23 fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 

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1 mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 

2 Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 

3 Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 

4 by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 

5 section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re6 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 

7 104–208). 

8 (d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 

9 patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 

10 upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 

11 the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 

12 third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 

13 Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam14 ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 

15 patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu16 reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi17 bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac18 cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 

19 Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third20 party contractors. 

21 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS

22 SEC. 405. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 law, amounts appropriated to or otherwise designated in 

24 committee reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

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1 332, 104–134, 104–208, 105–83, 105–277, 106–113, 

2 106–291, 107–63, 108–7, 108–108, 108–447, 109–54, 

3 109–289, division B and Continuing Appropriations Reso4 lution, 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–289, as 

5 amended by Public Laws 110–5 and 110–28), Public 

6 Laws 110–92, 110–116, 110–137, 110–149, 110–161, 

7 110–329, 111–6, 111–8, 111–88, 112–10, 112–74, and 

8 113–6 for payments for contract support costs associated 

9 with self-determination or self-governance contracts, 

10 grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements with the 

11 Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as 

12 funded by such Acts, are the total amounts available for 

13 fiscal years 1994 through 2013 for such purposes, except 

14 that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organi15 zations may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet 

16 contract support costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self17 governance compacts, or annual funding agreements. 

18 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2014

19 SEC. 406. Amounts provided under the headings 

20 ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 

21 and Bureau of Indian Education, Operation of Indian 

22 Programs’’ and ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv23 ices, Indian Health Service, Indian Health Services’’ in 

24 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (P.L. 113–76) 

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1 arising out of self-determination or self-governance con2 tracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements 

3 with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health 

4 Service for activities funded by the fiscal year 2014 appro5 priation: Provided, That such amounts provided by that 

6 Act are not available for payment of claims for contract 

7 support costs for prior years, or for repayments of pay8 ments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 

9 support costs for prior years. 

10 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2015

11 SEC. 407. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 

12 year 2015 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 

13 Human Services, Indian Health Service, Indian Health 

14 Services’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of In15 dian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Operation 

16 of Indian Programs’’ are the only amounts available for 

17 contract support costs arising out of self-determination or 

18 self-governance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual 

19 funding agreements for fiscal year 2015 with the Bureau 

20 of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service: Provided, 

21 That such amounts provided by this Act are not available 

22 for payment of claims for contract support costs for prior 

23 years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or 

24 judgments awarding contract support costs for prior 

25 years. 


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1 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS

2 SEC. 408. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 

3 considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 

4 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan5 ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 

6 more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 

7 plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 

8 in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re9 quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re10 sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 

11 other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 

12 expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail13 able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 

14 System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 

15 and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 

16 of the plan on an accelerated basis. 

17 PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS

18 SEC. 409. No funds provided in this Act may be ex19 pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 

20 under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 

21 seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

22 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu23 ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 

24 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 

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1 the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu2 ment. 

3 LIMITATION ON TAKINGS

4 SEC. 410. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 

5 appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 

6 interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec7 larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 

8 the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap9 propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 

10 to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na11 tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 

12 funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 

13 Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur14 poses. 

15 TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS

16 SEC. 411. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall 

17 be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as 

18 the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging 

19 and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk 

20 allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) 

21 when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The west22 ern red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus 

23 to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall 

24 be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 

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1 tional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or con2 tiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be ex3 ported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale 

4 holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing 

5 export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. 

6 EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS

7 SEC. 412. Section 415 of division E of Public Law 

8 112–74 is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 

9 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year 

10 thereafter’’. 

11 PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS

12 SEC. 413. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen14 cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 

15 such contract is entered into in accordance with the re16 quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 

17 or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

18 Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 

19 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con20 tract to be entered into without regard for these re21 quirements, including formula grants for States, or 

22 federally recognized Indian tribes; or 

23 (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 

24 Self-Determination and Education and Assistance 

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1 by any other Federal laws that specifically authorize 

2 a contract within an Indian tribe as defined in sec3 tion 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 

4 (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 

5 of enactment of this Act. 

6 POSTING OF REPORTS

7 SEC. 414. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail8 able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 

9 post on the public website of that agency any report re10 quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

11 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen12 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

13 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

14 (1) the public posting of the report com15 promises national security; or 

16 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

17 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

18 do so only after such report has been made available to 

19 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

20 no less than 45 days. 

21 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT

22 GUIDELINES

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1 (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 

2 to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in3 dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit4 age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow5 ship. 

6 (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures 

7 to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, 

8 except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, 

9 or regional group, may be used to make a grant to 

10 any other organization or individual to conduct ac11 tivity independent of the direct grant recipient. 

12 Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments 

13 made in exchange for goods and services. 

14 (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support 

15 to a group, unless the application is specific to the 

16 contents of the season, including identified programs 

17 and/or projects. 

18 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM

19 PRIORITIES

20 SEC. 416. (a) In providing services or awarding fi21 nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the 

22 Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro23 priated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National 

24 Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 

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1 projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve 

2 underserved populations. 

3 (b) In this section: 

4 (1) The term ‘‘underserved population’’ means 

5 a population of individuals, including urban minori6 ties, who have historically been outside the purview 

7 of arts and humanities programs due to factors such 

8 as a high incidence of income below the poverty line 

9 or to geographic isolation. 

10 (2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty 

11 line (as defined by the Office of Management and 

12 Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec13 tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a family of 

15 the size involved. 

16 (c) In providing services and awarding financial as17 sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and 

18 Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this 

19 Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 

20 Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing serv21 ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc22 tions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public 

23 knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of 

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1 (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 

2 section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu3 manities Act of 1965— 

4 (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat5 egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro6 grams that are of national impact or availability or 

7 are able to tour several States; 

8 (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex9 ceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds 

10 to any single State, excluding grants made under the 

11 authority of paragraph (1); 

12 (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Con13 gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by 

14 the Chairperson in each grant category under sec15 tion 5 of such Act; and 

16 (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of 

17 grants to improve and support community-based 

18 music performance and education. 

19 ARTS AND ARTIFACTS INDEMNITY

20 SEC. 417. The Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (20 

21 U.S.C. 971 et seq.) is amended— 

22 (1) in section 2(b)(2) by striking ‘‘of Art’’ the 

23 last place it appears and inserting ‘‘on Art’’, and 

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1 (A) in subsection (b) by striking 

2 ‘‘$10,000,000,000’’ and ‘‘$5,000,000,000’’, and 

3 inserting ‘‘$15,000,000,000’’ and 

4 ‘‘$7,500,000,000’’, respectively, 

5 (B) in subsection (c) by striking 

6 ‘‘$1,200,000,000’’ and ‘‘$750,000,000’’, and in7 serting ‘‘$1,800,000,000’’ and 

8 ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’, respectively, and 

9 (C) in subsection (d)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (8) by striking 

11 ‘‘chapter’’ and inserting ‘‘Act’’. 

12 STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS

13 SEC. 418. The Department of the Interior, the Envi14 ronmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the 

15 Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen17 ate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appro18 priations including all uncommitted, committed, and unob19 ligated funds in each program and activity. 

20 REPORT ON USE OF CLIMATE CHANGE FUNDS

21 SEC. 419. Not later than 120 days after the date on 

22 which the President’s fiscal year 2016 budget request is 

23 submitted to the Congress, the President shall submit a 

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1 scribing in detail all Federal agency funding, domestic and 

2 international, for climate change programs, projects, and 

3 activities in fiscal years 2014 and 2015, including an ac4 counting of funding by agency with each agency identi5 fying climate change programs, projects, and activities 

6 and associated costs by line item as presented in the Presi7 dent’s Budget Appendix, and including citations and link8 ages where practicable to each strategic plan that is driv9 ing funding within each climate change program, project, 

10 and activity listed in the report. 

11 PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS

12 SEC. 420. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any 

14 other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any 

15 regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V 

16 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for carbon 

17 dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 

18 resulting from biological processes associated with live19 stock production. 

20 GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS

21 SEC. 421. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, none of the funds made available in this or any other 

23 Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, 

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1 FUNDING PROHIBITION

2 SEC. 422. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

4 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

5 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor6 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

7 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

8 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un9 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

10 of the corporation and made a determination that this fur11 ther action is not necessary to protect the interests of the 

12 Government. 

13 LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO DELINQUENT TAX DEBTS

14 SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

16 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

17 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor18 poration that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

19 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

20 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

21 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree22 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

23 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

24 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

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1 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in2 terests of the Government. 

3 AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION PROGRAM GRANTS

4 SEC. 424. Section 7301(c)(6) of Public Law 111–11 

5 (16 U.S.C. 469k-1(c)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘2014’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 

7 RECREATION FEE

8 SEC. 425. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recre9 ation Enhancement Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘12 years’’. 

11 FUNDING PROHIBITION

12 SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 

13 or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content 

14 of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle 

15 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2601 

16 et seq.) or any other law. 

17 MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES

18 SEC. 427. (a) Section 8162(m)(3) of the Department 

19 of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000 (40 U.S.C. 8903 

20 note; Public Law 106–79) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep21 tember 30, 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2015’’. 

22 (b) For fiscal year 2015, the authority provided by 

23 the provisos under the heading ‘‘Dwight D. Eisenhower 

24 Memorial Commission—Capital Construction’’ in division 

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1 MAXIMUM AUTHORIZED TERM OF GRAZING PERMITS AND

2 LEASES

3 SEC. 428. Section 402 of the Federal Land Policy 

4 and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1752) is amend5 ed by striking ‘‘ten years’’ each place it appears in sub6 sections (a) and (b) and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 

7 WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES

8 SEC. 429. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to 

10 develop, adopt, implement, administer, or enforce any 

11 change to the regulations and guidance in effect on Octo12 ber 1, 2012, pertaining to the definition of waters under 

13 the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control 

14 Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251, et seq.), including the provisions 

15 of the rules dated November 13, 1986 and August 25, 

16 1993, relating to said jurisdiction, and the guidance docu17 ments dated January 15, 2003 and December 2, 2008, 

18 relating to said jurisdiction. 

19 STREAM BUFFER

20 SEC. 430. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to develop, carry out or implement (1) 

22 guidance, policy, or directive to reinterpret or change the 

23 historic interpretation of 30 C.F.R. § 816.57, which was 

24 promulgated on June 30, 1983 by the Office of Surface 

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1 of the Interior (48 Fed. Reg. 30,312); or (2) proposed reg2 ulations or supporting materials described in the Federal 

3 Register notice published on June 18, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 

4 34,667) by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 

5 Enforcement of the Department of the Interior. 

6 HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON

7 FEDERAL LAND

8 SEC. 431. (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

9 None of the funds made available by this or any other 

10 Act for any fiscal year may be used to prohibit the use 

11 of or access to Federal land (as such term is defined in 

12 section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 

13 (16 U.S.C. 6502)) for hunting, fishing, or recreational 

14 shooting if such use or access— 

15 (1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as 

16 of January 1, 2013; and 

17 (2) was conducted in compliance with the re18 source management plan (as defined in section 101 

19 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6511)) applicable to such 

20 Federal land as of January 1, 2013. 

21 (b) TEMPORARY CLOSURES ALLOWED.—Notwith22 standing subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior or 

23 the Secretary of Agriculture may temporarily close, for a 

24 period not to exceed 30 days, Federal land managed by 

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1 if the Secretary determines that the temporary closure is 

2 necessary to accommodate a special event or for public 

3 safety reasons. The Secretary may extend a temporary clo4 sure for one additional 90-day period only if the Secretary 

5 determines the extension is necessary because of extraor6 dinary weather conditions or for public safety reasons. 

7 (c) AUTHORITY OF STATES.—Nothing in this section 

8 shall be construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, 

9 or responsibility of the several States to manage, control, 

10 or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or 

11 regulations. 

12 LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR NATIONAL OCEAN

13 POLICY

14 SEC. 432. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to develop, propose, finalize, administer, 

16 or implement the National Ocean Policy developed under 

17 Executive Order 13547. Not later than 60 days after the 

18 date on which the President’s fiscal year 2016 budget re19 quest is submitted to the Congress, the President shall 

20 submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate identifying 

22 all Federal expenditures by fiscal year since 2011, by 

23 agency, account, and any pertinent subaccounts, for the 

24 development, administration, or implementation of such 

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1 for fiscal year 2016 shall identify all funding proposed for 

2 the implementation of such National Ocean Policy. 

3 LEAD TEST KIT

4 SEC. 433. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to implement or enforce regulations 

6 under subpart E of part 745 of title 40, Code of Federal 

7 Regulations (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Lead; Renova8 tion, Repair, and Painting Rule’’), or any subsequent 

9 amendments to such regulations, until the Administrator 

10 of the Environmental Protection Agency publicizes Envi11 ronmental Protection Agency recognition of a commer12 cially available lead test kit that meets both criteria under 

13 section 745.88(c) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations. 

14 FINANCIAL ASSURANCE

15 SEC. 434. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to develop, propose, finalize, implement, 

17 enforce, or administer any regulation that would establish 

18 new financial responsibility requirements pursuant to sec19 tion 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re20 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

21 U.S.C. 9608(b)). 

22 GHG NSPS

23 SEC. 435. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 (1) any standard of performance under section 

2 111(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) for 

3 any new fossil fuel-fired electricity utility generating 

4 unit if the Administrator of the Environmental Pro5 tection Agency’s determination that a technology is 

6 adequately demonstrated includes consideration of 

7 one or more facilities for which assistance is pro8 vided (including any tax credit) under subtitle A of 

9 title IV of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 

10 15961 et seq.) or section 48A of the Internal Rev11 enue Code of 1986; 

12 (2) any regulation or guidance under section 

13 111(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(b)) es14 tablishing any standard of performance for emis15 sions of any greenhouse gas from any modified or 

16 reconstructed source that is a fossil fuel-fired elec17 tric utility generating unit; or 

18 (3) any regulation or guidance under section 

19 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7411(d)) 

20 that applies to the emission of any greenhouse gas 

21 by an existing source that is a fossil fuel-fired elec22 tric utility generating unit. 

23 PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

24 SEC. 436. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 mental Protection Agency to compile, publicly disclose, or 

2 compel the consent to public disclosure of any personally 

3 identifiable information, including the name, physical ad4 dress, global positioning system coordinates, email ad5 dress, telephone number, or other location-specific infor6 mation, of an owner, operator, or employee of any live7 stock, poultry, or dairy, operation involved in the raising, 

8 milking, or finishing of livestock, the raising or finishing 

9 of poultry, or the producing or processing of dairy prod10 ucts, unless such personally identifiable information— 

11 (1) has been transformed into a statistical or 

12 aggregate form at the county level or higher without 

13 any such personally identifiable information; or 

14 (2) the owner, operator, or employee voluntarily 

15 consents to the disclosure of such personally identifi16 able information. 

17 AVAILABILITY OF VACANT GRAZING ALLOTMENTS

18 SEC. 437. The Secretary of the Interior, with respect 

19 to public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Man20 agement, and the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect 

21 to National Forest System lands, shall make vacant graz22 ing allotments available to a holder of a grazing permit 

23 or lease issued by either Secretary if the lands covered 

24 by the permit or lease or other grazing lands used by the 

25 holder of the permit or lease are unusable because of 


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1 drought or wildfire, as determined by the Secretary con2 cerned. The terms and conditions contained in a permit 

3 or lease made available pursuant to this section shall be 

4 the same as the terms and conditions of the most recent 

5 permit or lease that was applicable to the vacant grazing 

6 allotment made available. Section 102 of the National En7 vironmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) shall 

8 not apply with respect to any Federal agency action under 

9 this section. 

10 PROTECTION OF WATER RIGHTS

11 SEC. 438. None of the funds made available in this 

12 or any other Act may be used to condition the issuance, 

13 renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, 

14 license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other 

15 land use or occupancy agreement on the transfer of any 

16 water right, including sole and joint ownership, directly 

17 to the United States, or any impairment of title, in whole 

18 or in part, granted or otherwise recognized under State 

19 law, by Federal or State adjudication, decree, or other 

20 judgment, or pursuant to any interstate water compact. 

21 Additionally, none of the funds made available in this or 

22 any other Act may be used to require any water user to 

23 apply for or acquire a water right in the name of the 

24 United States under State law as a condition of the 

25 issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, 


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1 approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, 

2 or other land use or occupancy agreement. 

3 DEFINITION OF FILL MATERIAL

4 SEC. 439. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act or any other Act may be used by the Environmental 

6 Protection Agency to develop, adopt, implement, admin7 ister, or enforce any change to the regulations in effect 

8 on October 1, 2012, pertaining to the definitions of the 

9 terms ‘‘fill material’’ or ‘‘discharge of fill material’’ for the 

10 purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

11 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.). 

12 INVASIVE SPECIES

13 SEC. 440. Of the amount appropriated by this Act 

14 or otherwise made available to the Department of the Inte15 rior and the Forest Service for programs that address or 

16 include invasive species, not more than 10 percent may 

17 be used for administrative costs incurred to carry out such 

18 programs, including costs related to oversight and man19 agement of such programs, recordkeeping, and strategic 

20 planning. 

21 FUNDING PROHIBITION

22 SEC. 441. None of the funds made available in this 

23 or any other Act may be used to promulgate any rule that 

24 identifies, lists, or treats any material described in section 

25 261.4(a)(13), 261.4(a)(14), or 261.6(a)(3)(ii) of title 40, 


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1 Code of Federal Regulations as hazardous waste under 

2 subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 6921 et seq.). 

4 WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

5 SEC. 442. (a) Section 6103(a) of title 5, United 

6 States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 

7 Washington’s Birthday and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘Washington’s Birthday, February 22.’’. 

9 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be10 come effective on February 22, 2017. 

11 WAGE GARNISHMENT

12 SEC. 443. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or en14 force the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Administrative Wage 

15 Garnishment’’ published by the Environmental Protection 

16 Agency in the Federal Register on July 2, 2014 (79 Fed. 

17 Reg. 37704 et seq.). 

18 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL

19 SEC. 444. (a)(1) None of the funds made available 

20 by a drinking water treatment revolving loan 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 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

15 SEC. 445. The amount by which the applicable alloca16 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

17 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec18 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex19 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the In21 terior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

22 Act, 2015’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 412 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5171 

[Report No. 113–551] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of the 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and Interior, environment, and related agencies for 

JULY 23, 2014 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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