Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: I DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of land management MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96–487 16 U.S.C. 3150(a) Public Law 92–195 16 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. Provided, Provided further, Public Law 115–31 43 U.S.C. 1748c(e)(1)(A) In addition, $35,000,000 is for Mining Law Administration program operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not more than $1,170,645,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administering communication site activities. OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 43 U.S.C. 2605 RANGE IMPROVEMENTS For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1751 43 U.S.C. 315b Provided, SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be collected under Public Law 94–579 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. 30 U.S.C. 185 Provided, Public Law 94–579 43 U.S.C. 1735(a) 43 U.S.C. 1735(c) Provided further, MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of Public Law 94–579 43 U.S.C. 1737 43 U.S.C. 1721(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations funded under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities, including with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $10,000: Provided, Public Law 90–620 44 U.S.C. 501 Provided further, United States fish and wildlife service RESOURCE MANAGEMENT For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, general administration, and for the performance of other authorized functions related to such resources, $1,340,019,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 16 U.S.C. 1533 CONSTRUCTION For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings and other facilities required in the conservation, management, investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; $15,000,000, to remain available until expended. COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1535 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 715s NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq. NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq. MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq. 16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq. 16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. 16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. 16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq. STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian Tribes under the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including species that are not hunted or fished, $72,612,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at not to exceed one dollar for each option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service and to which the United States has title, and which are used pursuant to law in connection with management, and investigation of fish and wildlife resources: Provided, 44 U.S.C. 501 Provided further, Provided further, 31 U.S.C. 3302 United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Resource Management National park service OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park Service and for the general administration of the National Park Service, $2,654,000,000, of which $11,661,000 shall be for planning and interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration, and $15,000,000 shall be for uses authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United States Code, to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, Public Law 95–348 Provided further, Public Law 115–102 In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of Public Law 116–9 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, and grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code), $175,400,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which $26,500,000 shall be for Save America's Treasures grants for preservation of nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts as authorized by section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 54 U.S.C. 3089 Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, 54 U.S.C. 302904 Provided further, CONSTRUCTION For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical facilities, and related equipment, and compliance and planning for programs and areas administered by the National Park Service, $114,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, CENTENNIAL CHALLENGE For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost share agreements, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, for Centennial Challenge projects and programs: Provided, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a sub-account shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further appropriation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to extinguish or reduce liability. For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 ( Public Law 109–432 National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, for purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 203 United States geological survey SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31 30 U.S.C. 641 30 U.S.C. 3 50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1) Provided, Provided further, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is administratively determined that such procedures are in the public interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations, observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of the United States National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation and expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of interstate compacts: Provided, Provided further, 41 U.S.C. 6101 chapter 171 Bureau of ocean energy management OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $210,000,000, of which $154,000,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2025, and of which $56,000,000 is to remain available until expended: Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Bureau of safety and environmental enforcement OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related to leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing laws and regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, $172,000,000, of which $141,000,000 is to remain available until September 30, 2025, and of which $31,000,000 is to remain available until expended, including $3,000,000 for offshore decommissioning activities: Provided, Provided further, For an additional amount, $33,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from non-refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2024, as provided in this Act: Provided, Provided further, 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. OIL SPILL RESEARCH For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016; title IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $15,099,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended. Office of surface mining reclamation and enforcement REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87 Provided, In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95–87 30 U.S.C. 1257 Provided, Provided further, ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95–87 Provided, Public Law 97–365 Provided further, Public Law 95–87 Provided further, Provided further, In addition, $136,000,000, to remain available until expended, for payments to States and federally recognized Indian Tribes for reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in accordance with the terms and conditions described in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 30 U.S.C. 1233(a) Provided further, Provided further, Provided further Indian affairs Bureau of indian affairs OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 ( 25 U.S.C. 13 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Departmental Operations Provided further, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1) CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2025: Provided, PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5324(l) Provided, CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other facilities, including architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87–483 Provided, Provided further, 25 U.S.C. 13 Provided further, Provided further, Public Law 114–322 Provided further, INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS For payments and necessary administrative expenses for implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 99–264 and 116–260, and for implementation of other land and water rights settlements, $825,000, to remain available until expended. INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $11,744,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which $2,680,000 is for administrative expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Provided, Provided further, Bureau of indian education OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian education programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 ( 25 U.S.C. 13 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. 25 U.S.C. 2001–2019 25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq. Provided, Provided further, Provided further, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. 25 U.S.C. 2008 Provided further, EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary for the operation of Indian education programs, including architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; $267,887,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, Public Law 100–297 25 U.S.C. 2501 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education may carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations. Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 25 U.S.C. 15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education for central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative Services (except Executive Direction and Administrative Services funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 ( Public Law 103–413 In the event any Tribe returns appropriations made available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that Tribe, or the government-to-government relationship between the United States and that Tribe, or that Tribe’s ability to access future appropriations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq. No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall be used to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available under this Act may not be used to establish a charter school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 ( 25 U.S.C. 2021 chapter 171 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106–113 Public Law 101–301 Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian Tribe to provide language and cultural immersion educational programs for non-public schools located within the jurisdictional area of the Tribal government which exclusively serve Tribal members, do not include grades beyond those currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational environment with educator presence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau-funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or State health and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or other impacts to students such as those caused by busing students extended distances: Provided, Provided further, satellite school Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of Indian Education Programs may be used to execute requested adjustments in Tribal priority allocations initiated by an Indian Tribe. Bureau of trust funds administration FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, $104,176,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $17,867,000 from this or any other Act, may be available for settlement support: Provided, Operation of Indian Programs Operation of Indian Education Programs Salaries and Expenses Departmental Operations Provided further, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Public Law 103–412 Provided further, Departmental offices Office of the Secretary DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, $67,942,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and representation expenses; of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers compensation payments and unemployment compensation payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines; and of which $14,958,000 for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities shall remain available until expended: Provided, Operation of Indian Programs Operation of Indian Education Programs Federal Trust Programs Provided further, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS For fiscal year 2024, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by chapter 69 Provided, chapter 69 Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Insular affairs ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 48 U.S.C. 1661(c) Public Law 94–241 Provided, chapter 35 Provided further, Public Law 104–134 Provided further, Provided further, 42 U.S.C. 5170c COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION For grants and necessary expenses, $1,463,000, to remain available until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 Public Law 108–188 Administrative provisions (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 Public Law 104–134 Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Office of the solicitor SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $90,945,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. Office of inspector general SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, $64,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. Department-Wide programs WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department of the Interior, $1,097,443,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $12,000,000 shall be for the renovation or construction of fire facilities: Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, 42 U.S.C. 1856d 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq. Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Public Law 109–154 Provided further, Provided further, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) In addition to the amounts provided under the heading Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management Provided, Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management Provided further, Wildland Fire Management Provided further, Provided further, Wildland Fire Management CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action, including associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. ENERGY COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior to inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to hazardous substance releases, remediate lands pursuant to section 40704 of Public Law 117–58 30 U.S.C. 1245 42 U.S.C. 15907 Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department of the Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq. 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. 54 U.S.C. 100721 et seq. WORKING CAPITAL FUND For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial and business management system, data management, information technology improvements of general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout the Department, $89,758,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, Provided further, Public Law 93–638 Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may be obtained by donation, purchase, or through available excess surplus property: Provided, OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE For necessary expenses for management of the collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, $157,440,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025; of which $71,251,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of mineral revenue management activities: Provided, General provisions, department of the interior (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—INTRA-BUREAU 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the emergency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes: Provided, Provided further, EMERGENCY TRANSFER AUTHORITY—DEPARTMENT-WIDE 102. The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the expenditure or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills or releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 417(b) of Public Law 106–224 7 U.S.C. 7717(b) Public Law 95–87 Provided, Provided further, wildland fire suppression Provided further, Provided further, AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized by the Secretary of the Interior, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members. AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS, INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT 104. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Bureau of Trust Funds Administration REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including Tribal base funds, to alleviate Tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies. No Tribe shall receive a reduction in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 2024. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not apply. OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF INSPECTION FEES 106. (a) In fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited in the Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement 43 U.S.C. 1348(c) (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be— (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with processing equipment or gathering lines; (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells; and (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with any combination of active or inactive wells. (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be— (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of 500 feet or more; and (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water depths of less than 500 feet. (d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via non-rig units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E, F, and Q shall be assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be— (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths of 2,500 feet or more; (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in water depths of less than 500 feet. (e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (b) quarterly, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c) within 30 days of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (d) with payment required by the end of the following quarter. CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS FOR WILD HORSE AND BURRO HOLDING FACILITIES 107. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate entities, and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with the provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free-roaming horses and burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary. MASS MARKING OF SALMONIDS 108. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of salmonid stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated or federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to fish releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have a visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and recreational fishers. CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH INDIAN AFFAIRS 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2024, in carrying out work involving cooperation with State, local, and Tribal governments or any political subdivision thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the fiscal year. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR EXPERIENCED SERVICES PROGRAM 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, private nonprofit organizations designated by the Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other provisions of law administered by the Secretary and consistent with such provisions of law. (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not— (1) result in the displacement of individuals currently employed by the Department, including partial displacement through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment benefits; (2) result in the use of an individual under the Department of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff status from the same or substantially equivalent job within the Department; or (3) affect existing contracts for services. OBLIGATION OF FUNDS 111. Amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department of the Interior shall be available for obligation and expenditure not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 112. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education, may transfer funds among and between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described in this Act. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 113. Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall be applied by substituting fiscal year 2024 fiscal year 2019 INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian Tribes or authorized Tribal organizations that receive Tribally-Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100–297 APPRAISER PAY AUTHORITY 115. For fiscal year 2024, funds made available in this or any other Act or otherwise made available to the Department of the Interior for the Appraisal and Valuation Services Office may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of basic pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in the Appraiser (GS–1171) job series at grades 11 through 15 carrying out appraisals of real property and appraisal reviews conducted in support of the Department’s realty programs at rates no greater than 15 percent above the minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through (h) of section 5305 of title 5, United States Code. SAGE-GROUSE 116. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. (1) to write or issue a proposed or final rule with regard to— (A) the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus); (B) the Columbia Basin Distinct Population Segment of greater sage-grouse; or (C) the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment of greater sage-grouse; or (2) to implement, administer, or enforce— (A) the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment of Greater Sage-Grouse” (78 Fed. Reg. 64327; published October 28, 2013); (B) the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment of Greater Sage-Grouse With Special Rule” (78 Fed. Reg. 64357; published October 28, 2013); or (C) the rule submitted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Status for the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment of Greater Sage-Grouse With Section 4(d) Rule and Designation of Critical Habitat” (88 Fed. Reg. 25613; published April 27, 2023). STATE CONSERVATION GRANTS 117. For expenses necessary to carry out section 200305 of title 54, United States Code, the National Park Service may retain up to 7 percent of the State Conservation Grants program to provide to States, the District of Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants to support State program administrative costs. II ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Science and technology For science and technology, including research and development activities, which shall include research and development activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; and other operating expenses in support of research and development, $560,707,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, Environmental programs and management For environmental programs and management, including necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program under the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; implementation of a coal combustion residual permit program under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed $9,000 for official reception and representation expenses, $2,428,959,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, (1) $35,000,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as specified in the report accompanying this Act; (2) $651,226,000 shall be for Geographic Programs as specified in the report accompanying this Act. In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1) Provided, TSCA Service Fee Fund Provided further, Provided further, TSCA Service Fee Fund Provided further, Office of inspector general For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $44,030,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. Buildings and facilities For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $24,000,000, to remain available until expended. Hazardous substance superfund (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) ( 42 U.S.C. 9611 Provided, Provided further, Office of Inspector General Science and Technology Leaking underground storage tank trust fund program For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $83,885,000, to remain available until expended, of which $60,691,000 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and $23,194,000 shall be for carrying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue Code: Provided, Inland oil spill programs For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $19,865,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until expended. State and tribal assistance grants For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $2,583,858,000, to remain available until expended, of which— (1) $535,000,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which $460,611,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items Provided further, 33 U.S.C. 1381 Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Public Law 92–203 Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, 42 U.S.C. 300j–12(o) (2) $29,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning, design, construction and related activities in connection with the construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in the area of the southwestern United States, after consultation with the appropriate commission: Provided, (3) $30,558,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages: Provided, 33 U.S.C. 1301 7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq. (4) $80,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) ( 42 U.S.C. 9604(k) Provided, Provided further, persistent poverty counties (5) $105,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; (6) $69,927,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in accordance with the terms and conditions in the report accompanying this Act; (7) $23,221,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–19a (8) $30,500,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–24(d) (9) $25,011,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–19b (10) $7,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); (11) $27,000,000 shall be for grants under section 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8) (12) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under section 224 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1302b (13) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under section 226 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1302d (14) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under section 227 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1302e (15) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under section 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1300 (16) $50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1301 (17) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 300j-19e); (18) $3,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 302(a) of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act ( 33 U.S.C. 4282(a) Provided, Public Law 92–203 (19) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459F of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–19g (20) $2,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 2001 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–270 Provided, (21) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under section 50217(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1302f(b) Public Law 117–58 (22) $5,000,000 shall be for grants under section 124 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1276 (23) $1,073,030,000 shall be for grants, including associated program support costs, to States, federally recognized Tribes, interstate agencies, Tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement, and related activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104–134 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Water infrastructure finance and innovation program account For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $65,974,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account Public Law 116–94 Provided further, Provided further, In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until expended. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $6,026,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025. Administrative provisions—Environmental protection agency (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ( 7 U.S.C. 136w–8 Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) ( 7 U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2) 7 U.S.C. 136w–8 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with section 3024 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6939g The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $368,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading Environmental Programs and Management The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $300,000 per project. For fiscal year 2024, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1377(f) The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated under the heading Environmental Programs and Management Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less than $2,800,000 of the funds made available under this title for the National Estuary Program shall be for making competitive awards described in section 320(g)(4). For fiscal year 2024, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, using funds appropriated under the headings Environmental Programs and Management Science and Technology 41 U.S.C. 5 chapter 171 Provided, III RELATED AGENCIES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, $1,000,000: Provided, Forest service FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, $1,069,086,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided, Provided further, Provided further, FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as authorized by law, $275,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided, Provided further, STATE, PRIVATE, AND TRIBAL FORESTRY For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, Tribes, and others, and for forest health management, including for invasive plants, and conducting an international program and trade compliance activities as authorized, $305,198,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to such lands, $1,816,437,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027: Provided, 16 U.S.C. 7303(f) Provided further, Provided further, State, Private, and Tribal Forestry Provided further, Provided further, Public Law 106–393 State, Private, and Tribal Forestry Provided further, 7 U.S.C. 1012 Provided further, Capital Improvement and Maintenance Range Betterment Fund Management of National Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided for, $152,243,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance, and acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; for construction, reconstruction, and decommissioning of roads that are no longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of the transportation system; and for maintenance of forest roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, 16 U.S.C. 538(a) Provided further, 16 U.S.C. 501 ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL ACTS For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $664,000, to be derived from forest receipts. ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 ( 16 U.S.C. 484a Public Law 96–586 Public Law 76–589 Public Law 76–591 Public Law 78–310 RANGE BETTERMENT FUND For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public Law 94–579 GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b) MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR SUBSISTENCE USES For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq. WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and water, $2,116,956,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, Provided further, National Forest System Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) In addition to the amounts provided under the heading Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management Provided, Department of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs—Wildland Fire Management Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management Provided further, Wildland Fire Management Provided further, Provided further, Wildland Fire Management COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–334 Provided, National Forest System ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225 5 U.S.C. 3109 7 U.S.C. 2250 7 U.S.C. 2268a 16 U.S.C. 558a 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 31 U.S.C. 3718(c) Funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act may be transferred between accounts affected by the Forest Service budget restructure outlined in section 435 of division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–94 Provided, Provided further, Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture’s notification of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading Wildland Fire Management Provided, Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of hazardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System lands and water: Provided, Provided further, Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United States and its territories and possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and cooperation with United States government, private sector, and international organizations: Provided, Provided further, Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available to enter into a cooperative agreement with the section 509(a)(3) Supporting Organization, Forest Service International Foundation Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the performance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such lands. None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 ( 7 U.S.C. 2257 Public Law 106–224 7 U.S.C. 7772 Public Law 107–171 7 U.S.C. 8316(b) Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook charges: Provided, Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 ( 16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq. Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and representation expenses. Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101–593 Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244 Provided, Provided further, Funds appropriated to the Forest Service under the National Forest System heading shall be available for the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with other Federal agencies, Tribes, States, local governments, private and nonprofit entities, and educational institutions to support the work of forest or grassland collaboratives on activities benefitting Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands, including for technical assistance, administrative functions or costs, and other capacity support needs identified by the Forest Service. Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–663 Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2) The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance and decommissioning. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase negotiations, and similar matters unrelated to civil litigation: Provided, An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq. chapter 171 Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available to pay, from a single account, the base salary and expenses of employees who carry out functions funded by other accounts for Enterprise Program, Geospatial Technology and Applications Center, remnant Natural Resource Manager, Job Corps, and National Technology and Development Program. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Indian health service INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $273,556,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, except as otherwise provided herein; and shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 2023, and in addition, $4,901,524,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, and remain available through September 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided herein; together with payments received during each fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 238(b) Provided, 25 U.S.C. 5301 Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Indian Health Facilities Provided further, 25 U.S.C. 1616a–1 25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c) Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, 25 U.S.C. 1613 Provided further, 25 U.S.C. 1613 Provided further, Provided further, Public Law 93–638 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq. Provided further, Provided further, CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, Provided further, PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL LEASES For payments to Tribes and Tribal organizations for leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5324(l) Provided, INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, improvement, and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of the Act of August 5, 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2004a Provided, Provided further, Provided further, ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 Provided, 42 U.S.C. 2651–2653 Provided further, Public Law 86–121 Public Law 93–638 Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, National institutes of health NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9660(a) Agency for toxic substances and disease registry TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC HEALTH For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $76,000,000: Provided, Provided further, Provided further, OTHER RELATED AGENCIES Executive office of the President COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and representation expenses, $3,750,000: Provided, Chemical safety and hazard investigation board SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 5 U.S.C. 5376 Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Office of navajo and hopi indian relocation SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–531 Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Public Law 93–531 Institute of American indian and Alaska native culture and arts development PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq. Smithsonian institution SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Public Law 116–94 FACILITIES CAPITAL For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including necessary personnel, $107,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 National gallery of art SALARIES AND EXPENSES For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 (Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating lease agreements of no more than 10 years, that address space needs created by the ongoing renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, Provided further, John f. kennedy center for the performing arts OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance, and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $20,000,000, to remain available until September, 30, 2025. CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. Woodrow wilson international center for scholars SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 National foundation on the arts and the humanities National endowment for the arts GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $186,300,000 shall be available to the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until expended. National endowment for the humanities GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $186,300,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, Administrative provisions None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, Provided further, Provided further, Provided further, Commission of fine arts SALARIES AND EXPENSES For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 91 Provided, Provided further, Provided further, NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99–190 20 U.S.C. 956a Provided, National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Public Law 99–190 20 U.S.C. 956a , calendar year 2020 excluded Advisory council on historic preservation SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation ( Public Law 89–665 National capital planning commission SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission under chapter 87 5 U.S.C. 3109 Provided, United States holocaust memorial museum HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by Public Law 106–292 36 U.S.C. 2301–2310 World war I centennial commission SALARIES AND EXPENSES Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Centennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War I Centennial Commission Act ( Public Law 112–272 Buck Public Law 113–291 Provided, United States semiquincentennial commission SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission to plan and coordinate observances and activities associated with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, as authorized by Public Law 116–282 Public Law 114–196 IV GENERAL PROVISIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of literature that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913 OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 402. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 403. The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including working capital fund charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Committees on Appropriations for approval. MINING APPLICATIONS 404. (a) Limitation of funds None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining or mill site claim located under the general mining laws. (b) Exceptions Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes ( 30 U.S.C. 35 30 U.S.C. 42 (c) Report On September 30, 2025, the Secretary of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 ( Public Law 104–208 (d) Mineral examinations In order to process patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third-party contractors. CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 ( Public Law 113–235 CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2024 LIMITATION 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2024 under the headings Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support Costs Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Contract Support Costs Provided, FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A) 16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq. Provided, PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 408. No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq. LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 410. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 Chapter 137 (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be entered into without regard for these requirements, including formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian Tribes; (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( Public Law 93–638 25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. 25 U.S.C. 5304(e) (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of enactment of this Act. POSTING OF REPORTS 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency that it shall serve the national interest. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— (1) the public posting of the report compromises national security; or (2) the report contains proprietary information. (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT GUIDELINES 412. Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the Arts— (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellowship. (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used to make a grant to any other organization or individual to conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in exchange for goods and services. (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, unless the application is specific to the contents of the season, including identified programs or projects. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS PROGRAM PRIORITIES 413. (a) In providing services or awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations. (b) In this section: (1) The term underserved population (2) The term poverty line 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education, understanding, and appreciation of the arts. (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965— (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of national impact or availability or are able to tour several States; (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1); (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each grant category under section 5 of such Act; and (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to improve and support community-based music performance and education. STATUS OF BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS 414. The Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds in each program and activity within 60 days of enactment of this Act. EXTENSION OF GRAZING PERMITS 415. The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public Law 108–108 43 U.S.C. 1752 FUNDING PROHIBITION 416. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is designed to block access to pornography websites. (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. HUMANE TRANSFER AND TREATMENT OF ANIMALS 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, or the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to land administered by the Forest Service (referred to in this section as the Secretary concerned (b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Federal, State, or local government agency. (c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92–195 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act 16 U.S.C. 1332 (d) A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) shall not— (1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results in the destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial product; (2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in a manner that results in the destruction of the horse or burro for processing into a commercial product; or (3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of severe injury, illness, or advanced age. (e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available for— (1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned (including a contractor); or (2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in the destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing into a commercial product. FOREST SERVICE FACILITY REALIGNMENT AND ENHANCEMENT AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 418. Section 503(f) of Public Law 109–54 16 U.S.C. 580d September 30, 2024 September 30, 2019 USE OF AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL 419. (a) (1) None of the funds made available by a State water pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12 (2) In this section, the term iron and steel (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the Administrator (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent. (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this section, the Administrator shall make available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental Protection Agency. (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements. (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this section. LOCAL COOPERATOR TRAINING AGREEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR WILDFIRES 420. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments, rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training and equipment, including supplies and communication devices. Notwithstanding section 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or section 521 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of the Department’s wildland fire management program to such organizations. RECREATION FEES 421. Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6809 October 1, 2025 September 30, 2019 REPROGRAMMING GUIDELINES 422. None of the funds made available in this Act, in this and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying this Act. LOCAL CONTRACTORS 423. Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112–74 fiscal year 2024 fiscal year 2019 INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 424. Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113–76 16 U.S.C. 565a–1 September 30, 2024 September 30, 2019 PUERTO RICO SCHOOLING AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 425. The authority provided by the 19th unnumbered paragraph under heading Administrative Provisions, Forest Service Public Law 109–54 fiscal year 2024 fiscal year 2019 FOREST BOTANICAL PRODUCTS FEE COLLECTION AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 426. Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–113 16 U.S.C. 528 Public Law 108–108 Public Law 113–76 fiscal year 2024 fiscal year 2019 TRIBAL LEASES 427. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of any lease under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5324(l) (b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and Human Services shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal year 2024 consult with Tribes and Tribal organizations through public solicitation and other means regarding the requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 5324(l) FOREST ECOSYSTEM HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND 428. The authority provided under the heading Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund Public Law 111–88 Public Law 113–235 fiscal year 2024 fiscal year 2020 ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND AND LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND 429. (a) (1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts made available from the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such section of such title, to the agencies of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture specified, in the amounts specified, for the stations and unit names specified, and for the projects and activities specified in the table titled Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024 (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, shall allocate amounts made available for expenditure from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies and accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activities specified in the table titled Allocation of Funds: Land and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2024 (b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) of this section, neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal year under subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts and for projects and activities that are allocated by subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section: Provided, (c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may reallocate amounts from each agency’s Contingency Fund Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024 (1) Contingency Fund (2) Contingency Fund (3) the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture must provide written notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 30 days before taking any actions authorized by this subsection if the amount reallocated from the Contingency Fund (A) the amount allocated to that project in the table titled Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024 (B) the initial estimate in the most recent report submitted, prior to enactment of this Act, to the Committees on Appropriations pursuant to section 431(e) of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 ( Public Law 117–328 (d) (1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets for the projects in the Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress Provided, Submission of Annual List of Projects to Congress Contingency Fund Provided further, Contingency Fund Provided further, (2) (A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a list of supplementary allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service that are in addition to the Submission of Cost Estimates Provided, (B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy projects in the Submission of Cost Estimates (C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets in the same format and containing the same level of detailed information that is found on such sheets in the Budget Justifications annually submitted by the Department of the Interior with the President’s Budget for the projects in the Submission of Cost Estimates Public Law 116–94 (e) The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances of projects and activities funded by the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of balances of projects and activities funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund amounts reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. POLICIES RELATING TO BIOMASS ENERGY 430. To support the key role that forests in the United States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United States, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, consistent with their missions, jointly— (1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest bioenergy— (A) is consistent across all Federal departments and agencies; and (B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of forest biomass for energy, conservation, and responsible forest management; and (2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies that— (A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy production does not cause conversion of forests to non-forest use; (B) encourage private investment throughout the forest biomass supply chain, including in— (i) working forests; (ii) harvesting operations; (iii) forest improvement operations; (iv) forest bioenergy production; (v) wood products manufacturing; or (vi) paper manufacturing; (C) encourage forest management to improve forest health; and (D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use forest biomass. SMALL REMOTE INCINERATORS 431. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State of Alaska that are defined as small, remote incinerator TIMBER SALE REQUIREMENTS 432. No timber sale in Alaska’s Region 10 shall be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service’s appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of the timber sale holder. TRANSFER AUTHORITY TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FOR THE NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LAND LEGACY RESTORATION FUND 433. Funds made available or allocated in this Act to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that are subject to the allocations and limitations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) 54 U.S.C. 200402(f) 54 U.S.C. 200401(2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 434. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of permits under title V of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq. GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING RESTRICTIONS 435. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement any provision in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems. FUNDING PROHIBITION 436. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES AUTHORIZATION EXTENSION 437. Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 ( Public Law 113–76 October 1, 2024 December 24, 2022 RESCISSION OF GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION FUND 438. Of the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for activities of the Environmental Protection Agency by subsection (a) of section 134 of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7434(a) RESCISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE JUSTICE GRANTS 439. Of the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for activities of the Environmental Protection Agency by section 138(a) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7438(a) HUNTING, FISHING, AND RECREATIONAL SHOOTING ON FEDERAL LAND 440. (a) None of the funds made available by this or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to prohibit the use of or access to Federal land (as such term is defined in section 3 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6502 (1) was not prohibited on such Federal land as of January 1, 2013; and (2) was conducted in compliance with the resource management plan (as defined in section 101 of such Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6511 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may temporarily close, for a period not to exceed 30 days, Federal land managed by the Secretary to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting if the Secretary determines that the temporary closure is necessary to accommodate a special event or for public safety reasons. The Secretary may extend a temporary closure for one additional 90-day period only if the Secretary determines the extension is necessary because of extraordinary weather conditions or for public safety reasons. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the several States to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law or regulations. WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES 441. The rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’” (88 Fed. Reg. 3004 (January 18, 2023)) shall have no force or effect. LIMITATION 442. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated to enforce Public Land Order 7917 (88 Fed. Reg. 6308 (January 31, 2023)). MINERAL LEASES 443. Notwithstanding any other provision of law and not subject to further judicial review, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall reinstate the hardrock mineral leases in the Superior National Forest in the State of Minnesota issued in 2019 and identified as MNES-01352 and MNES-01353. USE OF MINING CLAIMS FOR ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES 444. Section 10101 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 ( 30 U.S.C. 28f (e) Security of tenure (1) In general (A) In general A claimant shall have the right to use, occupy, and conduct operations on public land, with or without the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit, if— (i) such claimant makes a timely payment of the location fee required by section 10102 and the claim maintenance fee required by subsection (a); or (ii) in the case of a claimant who qualifies for a waiver under subsection (d), such claimant makes a timely payment of the location fee and complies with the required assessment work under the general mining laws. (B) Operations defined For the purposes of this paragraph, the term operations (i) any activity or work carried out in connection with prospecting, exploration, processing, discovery and assessment, development, or extraction with respect to a locatable mineral; (ii) the reclamation of any disturbed areas; and (iii) any other reasonably incident uses, whether on a mining claim or not, including the construction and maintenance of facilities, roads, transmission lines, pipelines, and any other necessary infrastructure or means of access on public land for support facilities. (2) Fulfillment of Federal Land Policy and Management Act A claimant that fulfills the requirements of this section and section 10102 shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of any provision of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act that requires the payment of fair market value to the United States for use of public lands and resources relating to use of such lands and resources authorized by the general mining laws. (3) Savings clause Nothing in this subsection may be construed to diminish the rights of entry, use, and occupancy, or any other right, of a claimant under the general mining laws. . CHARLES M. RUSSELL NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 445. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate or allow for the introduction of American bison (Bison bison) on the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (as originally established in Executive Order 7509, renamed in Public Land Order 2951, and redesignated in Public Land Order 5635). COTTONWOOD 446. No later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue the final rule entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Interagency Cooperation SOCIAL COST OF CARBON 447. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to consider or incorporate the social cost of carbon— (1) as part of any cost-benefit analysis required or performed pursuant to— (A) any law; (B) Executive Order 13990 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to protecting public health and the environment and restoring science to tackle the climate crisis); (C) Executive Order 14094 (88 Fed. Reg. 21879; relating to modernizing regulatory review); (D) the Presidential Memorandum entitled Modernizing Regulatory Review (E) any revisions to Office of Management and Budget Circular A-4 proposed or finalized under Executive Order 14094; or (F) “Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide Interim Estimates under Executive Order 13990,” published under the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, in February of 2021; (2) in any rulemaking; (3) in the issuance of any guidance; (4) in taking any other agency action; or (5) as a justification for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action. LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN 448. None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled ‘‘Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened Status With Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population Segment’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 72674 (November 25, 2022)). ECOGRIEF 449. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended to carry out the program for Federal employees at the Department of the Interior entitled “Acknowledging Ecogrief and Developing Resistance” or any counseling sessions, workshop, or any other meeting pertaining to ecological grief, ecogrief, or eco-resilience. NORTH CASCADES ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR 450. None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to prepare an environmental impact statement for, or to implement, administer, or enforce, the North Cascades Ecosystem Grizzly Bear Restoration Plan (87 Fed. Reg. 68190). WATER RIGHTS 451. None of the funds made available in this or any other Act may be obligated to require or request, as a condition of the issuance, renewal, or extension of any Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management permit, lease, allotment, easement, or other land use and occupancy, arrangement, the transfer, or relinquishment of any water right, in whole, or in part, granted under State law. GRAY WOLF 452. Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule entitled “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife” (85 Fed. Reg. 69778 (November 3, 2020)). COST RECOVERY 453. (a) Any regulation promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior to establish fees to recover the costs of processing an application for a special recreation permit or monitoring an authorization under a special recreation permit for competitive or organized group or event use shall include an exemption providing that fee may not be recovered for not less than the first 100 hours of work necessary in any 1 year to process the application or monitor the authorization. (b) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall revise section 2932.31(e) of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, to be consistent with subsection (a) of this section. EXECUTIVE ORDER FUNDING PROHIBITION 454. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities through the Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal workforce), or Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities through the Federal Government). LIMITATION 455. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. WUHAN INSTITUTE LIMITATION 456. None of the funds made available by this Act may be made available to support, directly or indirectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro Moros, or any other country determined by the Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary. NORTHERN LONG-EARED BAT 457. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement the final rule “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern Long-Eared Bat” (87 Fed. Reg. 73488 (November 30, 2020)). EXEMPTION TO COASTAL BARRIER RESTRICTIONS FOR SHORELINE BORROW SITES 458. Section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3505 (e) Borrow Site Section 5 shall not apply to expenditures or financial assistance relating to the use of funds to use a borrow site located within the System if such site has been in use as a borrow site by a coastal storm risk management project for a period of more than 15 years. . SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 459. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be obligated for the planning, design, or construction of the National Museum of the American Latino or the operation of the Molina Family Latino Gallery. GAO ANALYSIS 460. Notwithstanding any provision of law, none of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of pre-leasing, leasing, or the conveyance of leases for onshore wind energy activities in Idaho, unless or until the Comptroller General of the United States completes a report identifying potential adverse effects of wind energy development including with respect to, wildlife, cultural resources, transportation, hunting, wetlands and the connected surface and ground waters. PESTICIDES 461. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended to issue or adopt any guidance or any policy, take any regulatory action, or approve any labeling or change to such labeling that is inconsistent with or in any respect different from the conclusion of— (a) a human health assessment performed pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act ( 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. (b) a carcinogenicity classification for a pesticide. STEAM RULE 462. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be obligated to finalize, administer, or enforce the proposed rule titled “Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category” published on March 29, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 18824). WAIVER 463. None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act may be used to approve a waiver submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by the State of California, pursuant to section 209(e) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7543(e) 5-YEAR PLAN 464. Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking subsections (c) and (d) of this section, shall prepare and periodically revise, this section, shall issue every five years (B) by adding at the end the following: (5) Each five-year program shall include at least two Gulf of Mexico region-wide lease sales per year. . (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting domestic energy security, between (2) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as subsections (h) through (k), respectively; and (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: (f) Five-Year Program for 2023–2028.—The Secretary shall issue the five-year oil and gas leasing program for 2023 through 2028 and issue the Record of Decision on the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement by not later than 60 days of enactment of this Act. (g) Subsequent Leasing Programs.— (1) In General.—Not later than 36 months after conducting the first lease sale under an oil and gas leasing program prepared pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall begin preparing the subsequent oil and gas leasing program under this section. (2) Requirement.—Each subsequent oil and gas leasing program under this section shall be approved by not later than 180 days before the expiration of the previous oil and gas leasing program. . TRANSPARENCY 465. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue and implement Order No. 3368 Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements (b) None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available to rescind the Order reissued under subsection (a), reissue, enforce, administer, or implement Order No. 3408 Rescission of Secretary’s Order 3368 LIMITATION 466. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Public Land Order No. 7921 (relating to the withdrawal of public land for satellite calibration in Railroad Valley; Nye County, Nevada), published by the Bureau of Land Management in the Federal Register on April 27, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 25682). OZONE 467. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be made available to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule titled “Federal ‘Good Neighbor Plan’ for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards” published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on June 5, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 36654). OFFSHORE WIND 468. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of pre-leasing, leasing, or the conveyance of leases for offshore wind energy activity in the Florida administrative boundary until the Comptroller General of the United States submits, to the appropriate Congressional Committees, a study regarding the potential impact of offshore wind development and associated infrastructure in the Florida administrative boundary on military readiness and training, marine environment and ecology, tourism, and other uses of the Outer Continental Shelf. (b) In this section, the term administrative boundary Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Administrative Boundaries Extending from the Submerged Lands Act Boundary seaward to the Limit of the United States Outer Continental Shelf (c) In this section, the term “appropriate Congressional Committees” means the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. RECORD OF DECISION 469. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue a new Record of Decision for the Caldwell Canyon Mine project that addresses the deficiencies identified by the United States District Court for the District of Idaho in its decisions and orders issued in Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. United States Bureau of Land Management, et al. (Case Number 4:21-CV-00182-BLW) on January 24, 2023, and June 2, 2023. EPA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 470. Beginning on October 1, 2023, of the amounts made available to the Environmental Protection Agency under each of sections 60101, 60102, 60104, 60105, 60106, 60107, 60108, 60109, 60110, 60111, 60112, 60113, 60115, 60116, and 60201 of Public Law 117–169 Provided, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT 471. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for management of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument except in compliance with the Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plans for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, dated February 2020. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING 472. (a) The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct all lease sales described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016) that have not been conducted as of the date of the enactment of this Act by not later than September 30, 2024. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except within areas subject to existing oil and gas leasing moratoria beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior shall annually conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and gas lease sales in the following planning areas of the Gulf of Mexico region, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016): (1) The Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. (2) The Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior shall annually conduct a minimum of 2 region-wide oil and gas lease sales in the Alaska region of the Outer Continental Shelf, as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016). (d) In conducting lease sales under subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of the Interior shall— (1) issue such leases in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1332 et seq. (2) include in each such lease sale all unleased areas that are not subject to a moratorium as of the date of the lease sale. ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING 473. (a) (1) The Secretary of the Interior shall immediately resume quarterly onshore oil and gas lease sales in compliance with the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. (2) The Secretary of the Interior shall ensure— (A) that any oil and gas lease sale pursuant to paragraph (1) is conducted immediately on completion of all applicable scoping, public comment, and environmental analysis requirements under the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. (B) that the processes described in subparagraph (A) are conducted in a timely manner to ensure compliance with subsection (b)(1). (3) Section 17(b)(1)(A) of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 226(b)(1)(A) (b) (1) In accordance with the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. (A) Wyoming. (B) New Mexico. (C) Colorado. (D) Utah. (E) Montana. (F) North Dakota. (G) Oklahoma. (H) Nevada. (I) Alaska. (J) Any other State in which there is land available for oil and gas leasing under the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. (2) In conducting a lease sale under paragraph (1) in a State described in that paragraph, the Secretary of the Interior shall offer all parcels nominated and eligible pursuant to the requirements of the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. (3) The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a replacement sale during the same fiscal year if— (A) a lease sale under paragraph (1) is canceled, delayed, or deferred, including for a lack of eligible parcels; or (B) during a lease sale under paragraph (1) the percentage of acreage that does not receive a bid is equal to or greater than 25 percent of the acreage offered. (4) Not later than 30 days after a sale required under this subsection is canceled, delayed, deferred, or otherwise missed the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report that states what sale was missed and why it was missed. RESCISSION OF COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FUNDS 474. Of the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for activities of the Council on Environmental Quality under sections 60401 and 60402 of Public Law 117–169 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 RESCISSION OF DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FUNDS 475. Of the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available under section 50224 of Public Law 117–169 Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 OFFICIAL FLAGS 476. None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to fly or display a flag over a facility of a Department or agency funded by this Act other than the flag of the United States; the flag of a State, insular area, or the District of Columbia; the flag of a Federally recognized Tribal entity; the official flag of the Secretary of the Interior; the official flag of a U.S. Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. EFFECT ON OTHER LAW 477. Nothing in this Act, or any amendments made by this Act, shall affect— (a) the Presidential memorandum titled “Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposition” and dated September 8, 2020; (b) the Presidential memorandum titled “Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposition” and dated September 25, 2020; (c) the Presidential memorandum titled “Memorandum on Withdrawal of Certain Areas off the Atlantic Coast on the Outer Continental Shelf From Leasing Disposition” and dated December 20, 2016; or (d) the ban on oil and gas development in the Great Lakes described in section 386 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 15941 VEHICLE RESERVATION SYSTEM AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK 478. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the operation or implementation of the vehicle reservation system at Glacier National Park. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR SECRETARIAL ORDER NO. 3410 479. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to implement or execute Secretarial Order No. 3410 (regarding Restoration of American Bison and the Prairie Grasslands) or any appendix to that Order, dated March 3, 2023. LIMITATION 480. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule titled National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units Review of the Residual Risk and Technology Review LEAD AMMUNITION AND TACKLE 481. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to prohibit the use of lead ammunition or tackle on Federal land or water that is made available for hunting or fishing activities or to issue regulations relating to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle to be used on Federal land or water, unless— (1) the Secretary of the Interior determines that a decline in wildlife population on the specific unit of Federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on field data from the specific unit of Federal land or water; and (2) the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, is— (A) consistent with— (i) the law of the State in which the specific unit of Federal land or water is located; or (ii) an applicable policy of the fish and wildlife department of the State in which the specific unit of Federal land or water is located; or (B) approved by the fish and wildlife department of the State in which the specific unit of Federal land or water is located. (b) In any case in which the Secretary of the Interior determines under subsection (a) that there is a wildlife population decline on a specific unit of Federal land or water that warrants a prohibition on or regulation relating to the level of lead in ammunition or tackle, the Secretary shall include in a Federal Register notice an explanation of how the prohibition or regulation, as applicable, meets the requirements of this section. LIMITATION 482. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule titled New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule LIMITATION 483. (a) In general Notwithstanding section 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appropriations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman. (b) Discriminatory action defined As used in subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action taken by the Federal Government to— (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be assessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemption from taxation under section 50l(a) (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax purposes of any charitable contribution made to or by such person; (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, cooperative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, license, certification, accreditation, employment, or other similar position or status from or to such person; (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or benefit under a Federal benefit program, including admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a degree from an educational program, from or to such person; or (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitlement to Federal property, facilities, educational institutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising campaigns from or to such person. (c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification The Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for such purposes but for a determination against such person wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection (a). LIMITATION 484. None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Smithsonian Institution by this Act may be made available for partnerships or activities associated with the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices, including any use of facilities by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices. LIMITATION 485. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule titled National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Interim Decision and Draft Risk Assessment Addendum for Ethylene Oxide; Notice of Availability LIMITATION 486. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement a final rule listing the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard as endangered or threatened pursuant to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard LIMITATION 487. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the decisions proposed in the notice titled Pesticide Registration Review; Proposed Interim Decisions for the Rodenticides; Notice of Availability LIMITATION 488. None of the funds made available by this Act may be made available to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule titled Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles LIMITATION 489. None of the funds made available by this Act may be made available to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule titled Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3 FUNDING LIMITATION REGARDING BLM RULE 490. None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to— (1) develop, finalize, or issue a final rule with respect to the proposed rule entitled Conservation and Landscape Health (2) implement, administer, or enforce such proposed rule or any substantially similar rule. GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM GRIZZLY BEAR 491. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall reissue the final rule entitled Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (b) The reissuance of the final rule described in subsection (a) (including this section) shall not be subject to judicial review. BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE 492. The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall prepare an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 493. $0 This Act may be cited as the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 July 24, 2023 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 This bill provides FY2024 appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and several related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to Interior for the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Indian Education, the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration, Departmental Offices, and Department-Wide Programs. The bill also provides appropriations to the EPA and the Forest Service. Within the Department of Health and Human Services, the bill provides appropriations for the Indian Health Service, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The bill provides appropriations to several related agencies, including the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. the National Capital Planning Commission, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the World War I Centennial Commission, and the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.