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Union Calendar No. 343
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4193
[Report No. 105–609]
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 8, 1998
Mr. REGULA, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
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TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment 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 Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), $596,425,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $2,062,000 shall be available for
assessment of the mineral potential of public lands in
Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which $3,000,000 shall be de-
rived from the special receipt account established by the
Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and of which $1,500,000 shall be
available in fiscal year 1999 subject to a match by at least
an equal amount by the National Fish and Wildlife Foun-
dation, to such Foundation for cost-shared projects sup-
porting conservation of Bureau lands; in addition,
$32,650,000 for Mining Law Administration program op-
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erations, 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 cred-
ited to this appropriation from annual mining claim fees
so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at not
more than $596,425,000, and $2,000,000, to remain
available until expended, from communication site rental
fees established by the Bureau for the cost of administer-
ing communication site activities: Provided, That appro-
priations herein made shall not be available for the de-
struction of healthy, unadopted, wild horses and burros
in the care of the Bureau or its contractors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, sup-
pression operations, emergency rehabilitation; and hazard-
ous fuels reduction by the Department of the Interior,
$286,895,000, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed $6,950,000 shall be for the renovation
or construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds
are also available for repayment of advances to other ap-
propriation accounts from which funds were previously
transferred for such purposes: Provided further, That un-
obligated balances of amounts previously appropriated to
the ‘‘Fire Protection’’ and ‘‘Emergency Department of the
Interior Firefighting Fund’’ may be transferred and
merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That
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persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be fur-
nished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a Bu-
reau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire
protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq.,
Protection of United States Property, may be credited to
the appropriation from which funds were expended to pro-
vide that protection, and are available without fiscal year
limitation.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302,
sums recovered from or paid by a party in advance of or
as reimbursement for remedial action or response activi-
ties conducted by the Department pursuant to section 107
or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to this account
to be available until expended without further appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such sums recovered from or
paid by any party are not limited to monetary payments
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and may include stocks, bonds or other personal or real
property, which may be retained, liquidated, or otherwise
disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be credited
to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, $6,975,000, to re-
main available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907),
$120,000,000, of which not to exceed $400,000 shall be
available for administrative expenses: Provided, That no
payment shall be made to otherwise eligible units of local
government if the computed amount of the payment is less
than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, $10,000,000, to be derived from the
Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available
until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
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ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein including existing connecting roads on or
adjacent to such grant lands; $98,407,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That 25 percent of the
aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant
lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon and
California land-grant fund and shall be transferred to the
General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with the sec-
ond paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of
August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY FUND
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose
of planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage timber
sales and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities
such as release from competing vegetation and density
control treatments. The Federal share of receipts (defined
as the portion of salvage timber receipts not paid to the
counties under 43 U.S.C. 1181f and 43 U.S.C. 1181f–
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1 et seq., and Public Law 103–66) derived from treat-
ments funded by this account shall be deposited into the
Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under
sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C.
315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range improve-
ments from grazing fees and mineral leasing receipts from
Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of
the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for
administrative expenses.
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES
For administrative expenses and other costs related
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations,
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts
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as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be
received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
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 the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
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veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services,
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of
meeting accepted quality standards.
Section 28f(a) of title 30, U.S.C., is amended by
striking beginning with the words ‘‘The holder’’ and con-
tinuing through ‘‘$100 per claim.’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof: ‘‘The holder of each unpatented mining claim, mill
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or tunnel site, located pursuant to the mining laws of the
United States before October 1, 1998 shall pay the Sec-
retary of the Interior, on or before September 1, 1999 a
claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim site.’’.
Section 28g to title 30, U.S.C., is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘1998’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘1999’’.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, for scientific and economic studies, con-
servation, management, investigations, protection, and
utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, except whales,
seals, and sea lions, maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge,
general administration, and for the performance of other
authorized functions related to such resources by direct
expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative agreements
and reimbursable agreements with public and private enti-
ties, $607,106,000, to remain available until September
30, 2000, except as otherwise provided herein, of which
$11,648,000 shall remain available until expended for op-
eration and maintenance of fishery mitigation facilities
constructed by the Corps of Engineers under the Lower
Snake River Compensation Plan, authorized by the Water
Resources Development Act of 1976, to compensate for
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loss of fishery resources from water development projects
on the Lower Snake River, and of which not less than
$2,000,000 shall be provided to local governments in
southern California for planning associated with the Natu-
ral Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program
and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects which
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as
authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended:
Provided further, That not to exceed $6,256,000 shall be
used for implementing subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e)
of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act, as amended,
for species that are indigenous to the United States (ex-
cept for processing petitions, developing and issuing pro-
posed and final regulations, and taking any other steps
to implement actions described in subsections (c)(2)(A),
(c)(2)(B)(i), or (c)(2)(B)(ii)): Provided further, That of
the amount available for law enforcement, up to $400,000
to remain available until expended, may at the discretion
of the Secretary, be used for payment for information, re-
wards, or evidence concerning violations of laws adminis-
tered by the Service, and miscellaneous and emergency ex-
penses of enforcement activity, authorized or approved by
the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on his certifi-
cate: Provided further, That hereafter, all fees collected for
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Federal migratory bird permits shall be available to the
Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for
the expenses of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in ad-
ministering such Federal migratory bird permits, and
shall remain available until expended: Provided further,
That hereafter, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9701 and notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary shall charge rea-
sonable fees for the full costs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service in operating and maintaining the M/V Tiglax and
other vessels, to be credited to this account and to be
available until expended: Provided further, That of the
amount provided for environmental contaminants, up to
$1,000,000 may remain available until expended for con-
taminant sample analyses.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein; $66,100,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest
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therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
$30,000,000, to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund and to remain available until expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543), as amended, $15,000,000, for grants to States, to
be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Con-
servation Fund, and to remain available until expended.
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), $10,779,000.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 101–233, as amended, $12,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For necessary expenses of the Wildlife Conservation
and Appreciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available
until expended.
MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the African Ele-
phant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201–4203, 4211–
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4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and 1538), the Asian Ele-
phant Conservation Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–96),
and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994
(16 U.S.C. 5301–5306), $2,400,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That unexpended balances of
amounts previously appropriated to the African Elephant
Conservation Fund, Rewards and Operations account, and
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Fund may be trans-
ferred to and merged with this appropriation: Provided
further, That in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, donations
to provide assistance under section 5304 of the Rhinoceros
and Tiger Conservation Act, subchapter I of the African
Elephant Conservation Act, and section 6 of the Asian
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997 shall be deposited to
this Fund: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1999 and
thereafter, all penalties received by the United States
under 16 U.S.C. 4224 which are not used to pay rewards
under 16 U.S.C. 4225 shall be deposited to this Fund,
to be available to provide assistance under 16 U.S.C.
4211: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1999 and
thereafter, not more than three percent of amounts appro-
priated to this Fund may be used by the Secretary of the
Interior to administer the Fund.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
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chase of not to exceed 104 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 89 are for replacement only (including 38 for police-
type use); 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
$1 for each option; facilities incident to such public rec-
reational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improve-
ment 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 re-
sources: Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501,
the Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and part-
nership arrangements authorized by law, procure printing
services from cooperators in connection with jointly pro-
duced publications for which the cooperators share at least
one-half the cost of printing either in cash or services and
the Service determines the cooperator is capable of meet-
ing accepted quality standards: Provided further, That the
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for
existing aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior
may not spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act
for the purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used
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in the establishment of any new unit of the National Wild-
life Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in ad-
vance by the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions in compliance with the reprogramming procedures
contained in the report accompanying this bill: Provided
further, That hereafter the Secretary may sell land and
interests in land, other than surface water rights, acquired
in conformance with subsections 206(a) and 207(c) of
Public Law 101–618, the receipts of which shall be depos-
ited to the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and
Wildlife Fund and used exclusively for the purposes of
such subsections, without regard to the limitation on the
distribution of benefits in subsection 206(f)(2) of such
law: Provided further, That section 104(c)(50)(B) of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361–1407)
is amended by adding the words ‘‘until expended’’ after
the word ‘‘Secretary’’ in the second sentence.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional Park Service, including not less than $1,000,000
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for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion 
Corps 
as 
authorized 
by 
U.S.C. 
1706,
$1,333,328,000, of which not to exceed $12,500,000 may
be used for salaries and expenses of the Denver Service
Center, and of which not less than $600,000 is for salaries
and expenses associated with new hires of mineral examin-
ers at the Mojave National Preserve, and of which
$12,800,000 for research, planning and interagency co-
ordination in support of land acquisition for Everglades
restoration shall remain available until expended, and of
which not to exceed $10,000,000, to remain available until
expended, is to be derived from the special fee account
established pursuant to title V, section 5201 of Public
Law 100–203.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise provided for, $41,939,000, of which $4,500,000 is
for grants to Heritage areas in accordance with section
606 of title VI, division I and titles I–VI and VIII–IX,
division II of Public Law 104–333.
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), $40,812,000, to be
derived from the Historic Preservation Fund, to remain
available until September 30, 2000, of which $7,700,000
pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 104–333 shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the National Park
Service may hereafter recover all costs of providing nec-
essary services associated with historic preservation tax
certification, and such funds shall remain available until
expended.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilities, including the modifications au-
thorized by section 104 of the Everglades National Park
Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, $149,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Den-
ver Service Center may not levy any assessments against
specific construction projects.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1999
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
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LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including administrative ex-
penses, and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest
therein, in accordance with statutory authority applicable
to the National Park Service, $69,000,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain
available until expended, of which $500,000 is to admin-
ister the State assistance program: Provided, That any
funds made available for the purpose of acquisition of the
Elwha and Glines dams shall be used solely for acquisi-
tion, and shall not be expended until the full purchase
amount has been appropriated by the Congress: Provided
further, That from the funds made available for land ac-
quisition at Everglades National Park and Big Cypress
National Preserve, the Secretary may provide for Federal
assistance to the State of Florida for the acquisition of
lands or waters, or interests therein, within the Everglades
watershed (consisting of lands and waters within the
boundaries of the South Florida Water Management Dis-
trict, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys) under terms and
conditions deemed necessary by the Secretary, to improve
and restore the hydrological function of the Everglades
watershed: Provided further, That funds provided under
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this heading to the State of Florida shall be subject to
an agreement that such lands will be managed in perpetu-
ity for the restoration of the Everglades.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 375 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 291 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 305 for police-type use, 12 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more
than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,
including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project.
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None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operat-
ing units based on the safety record of each unit the costs
of programs designed to improve workplace and employee
safety, and to encourage employees receiving workers’
compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5,
United States Code, to return to appropriate positions for
which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its terri-
tories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision
to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission licensees; administer the minerals exploration pro-
gram (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data
relative to the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries
into the economic conditions affecting mining and mate-
rials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603;
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50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by
law and to publish and disseminate data; $774,838,000
of which $68,096,000 shall be available only for coopera-
tion with States or municipalities for water resources in-
vestigations; and of which $16,400,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for conducting inquiries into the eco-
nomic conditions affecting mining and materials process-
ing industries; and of which $150,871,000 shall be avail-
able until September 30, 2000 for the biological research
activity and the operation of the Cooperative Research
Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided for
the biological research activity shall be used to conduct
new surveys on private property, unless specifically au-
thorized in writing by the property owner: Provided fur-
ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to
pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping
or water resources data collection and investigations car-
ried on in cooperation with States and municipalities.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; contract-
ing for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when
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it is administratively determined that such procedures are
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition
of lands for gauging stations and observation wells; ex-
penses of the United States National Committee on Geol-
ogy; and payment of compensation and expenses of per-
sons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent
the United States in the negotiation and administration
of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by
appropriations herein made may be accomplished through
the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as
defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302 et seq.: Provided further, That
the United States Geological Survey may contract directly
with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit
organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the tem-
porary or intermittent services of science students or re-
cent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the
purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, re-
lating to compensation for work injuries, and chapter 171
of title 28, United States Code, relating to tort claims,
but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for
any other purposes.
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MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only; $116,402,000, of which
$72,729,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $100,000,000, to
be credited to this appropriation and to remain available
until expended, from additions to receipts resulting from
increases to rates in effect on August 5, 1993, from rate
increases to fee collections for Outer Continental Shelf ad-
ministrative activities performed by the Minerals Manage-
ment Service over and above the rates in effect on Septem-
ber 30, 1993, and from additional fees for Outer Con-
tinental Shelf administrative activities established after
September 30, 1993: Provided, That $3,000,000 for com-
puter acquisitions shall remain available until September
30, 2000: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this Act shall be available for the payment of inter-
est in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Pro-
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vided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available
for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer
beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000
under this heading shall be available for refunds of over-
payments in connection with certain Indian leases in which
the Director of the Minerals Management Service con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed
to Indian allottees or Tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments.
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,
$6,118,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability 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, as amended, including the pur-
chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for
replacement only; $93,074,000, and notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be credited to
this account, to remain available until expended, from per-
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formance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1999 and there-
after: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursu-
ant to regulations, may use directly or through grants to
States, moneys collected in fiscal year 1999 for civil pen-
alties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1268),
to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining prac-
tices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That appropriations for the Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may
provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State and
tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining Rec-
lamation and Enforcement sponsored training: Provided
further, That beginning in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter,
cost-based fees for the products of the Mine Map Reposi-
tory shall be established (and revised as needed) in Fed-
eral Register Notices, and shall be collected and credited
to this account, to be available until expended for the costs
of administering this program.
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, as amended, including the purchase
of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, $185,416,000, to be derived from receipts of
the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to remain
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available until expended; of which up to $7,000,000, to
be derived from the cumulative balance of interest earned
to date on the Fund, shall be for supplemental grants to
States for the reclamation of abandoned sites with acid
mine rock drainage from coal mines, and for associated
activities, through the Appalachian Clean Streams Initia-
tive: Provided, That grants to minimum program States
will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year 1999: Provided
further, That of the funds herein provided up to
$18,000,000 may be used for the emergency program au-
thorized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as amended,
of which no more than 25 percent shall be used for emer-
gency reclamation projects in any one State and funds for
federally administered emergency reclamation projects
under this proviso shall not exceed $11,000,000: Provided
further, That prior year unobligated funds appropriated
for the emergency reclamation program shall not be sub-
ject to the 25 percent limitation per State and may be
used without fiscal year limitation for emergency projects:
Provided further, That pursuant to Public Law 97–365,
the Department of the Interior is authorized to use up
to 20 percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt
owed to the United States Government to pay for con-
tracts to collect these debts: Provided further, That funds
made available to States under title IV of Public Law 95–
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87 may be used, at their discretion, for any required non-
Federal share of the cost of projects funded by the Federal
Government for the purpose of environmental restoration
related to treatment or abatement of acid mine drainage
from abandoned mines: Provided further, That such
projects must be consistent with the purposes and prior-
ities of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act:
Provided further, That the State of Maryland may set
aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10 percent of the total
of the grants made available to the State under title IV
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231 et seq.), if the amount
set aside is deposited in an acid mine drainage abatement
and treatment fund established under a State law, pursu-
ant to which law the amount (together with all interest
earned on the amount) is expended by the State to under-
take acid mine drainage abatement and treatment
projects, except that before any amounts greater than 10
percent of its title IV grants are deposited in an acid mine
drainage abatement and treatment fund, the State of
Maryland must first complete all Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act priority one projects: Provided fur-
ther, That hereafter, donations received to support
projects under the Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative
and under the Western Mine Lands Restoration Partner-
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ships Initiative, pursuant to 30 U.S.C. 1231, shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended
without further appropriation for projects sponsored
under these initiatives, directly through agreements with
other Federal agencies, or through grants to States, and
funding to local governments, or tax exempt private enti-
ties.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
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), the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), as amended, the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.),
as amended, $1,558,425,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2000 except as otherwise provided herein,
of which not to exceed $96,028,000 shall be for welfare
assistance payments and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975, as amended, not to exceed
$114,881,000 shall be available for payments to tribes and
tribal organizations for contract support costs associated
with ongoing contracts, grants, compacts, or annual fund-
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ing agreements entered into with the Bureau prior to or
during fiscal year 1999, as authorized by such Act, except
that tribes and tribal organizations may use their tribal
priority allocations for unmet indirect costs of ongoing
contracts, grants, or compacts, or annual funding agree-
ments and for unmet welfare assistance costs, and of
which not to exceed $383,451,000 for school operations
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education pro-
grams shall become available on July 1, 1999, and shall
remain available until September 30, 2000; and of which
not to exceed $52,256,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for housing improvement, road maintenance, at-
torney fees, litigation support, self-governance grants, the
Indian Self-Determination Fund, land records improve-
ment, the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
but not limited to the Indian Self-Determination Act of
1975, as amended, and 25 U.S.C. 2008, not to exceed
$42,160,000 within and only from such amounts made
available for school operations shall be available to tribes
and tribal organizations for administrative cost grants as-
sociated with the operation of Bureau-funded schools: Pro-
vided further, That hereafter funds made available to
tribes and tribal organizations through contracts, compact
agreements, or grants, as authorized by the Indian Self-
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Determination Act of 1975 or grants authorized by the
Indian Education Amendments of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2001
and 2008A) shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That hereafter to
provide funding uniformity within a Self-Governance Com-
pact, any funds provided in this Act with availability for
more than two years may be reprogrammed to two year
availability but shall remain available within the Compact
until expended: Provided further, That hereafter notwith-
standing any other provision of law, Indian tribal govern-
ments may, by appropriate changes in eligibility criteria
or by other means, change eligibility for general assistance
or change the amount of general assistance payments for
individuals within the service area of such tribe who are
otherwise deemed eligible for general assistance payments
so long as such changes are applied in a consistent manner
to individuals similarly situated and, that any savings real-
ized by such changes shall be available for use in meeting
other priorities of the tribes and, that any net increase
in costs to the Federal Government which result solely
from tribally increased payment levels for general assist-
ance shall be met exclusively from funds available to the
tribe from within its tribal priority allocation: Provided
further, That any forestry funds allocated to a tribe which
remain unobligated as of September 30, 2000, may be
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transferred during fiscal year 2001 to an Indian forest
land assistance account established for the benefit of such
tribe within the tribe’s trust fund account: Provided fur-
ther, That any such unobligated balances not so trans-
ferred shall expire on September 30, 2001: Provided fur-
ther, That hereafter tribes may use tribal priority alloca-
tions funds for the replacement and repair of school facili-
ties in compliance with 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), so long as such
replacement or repair is approved by the Secretary and
completed with non-Federal tribal and/or tribal priority al-
location funds.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities,
and other facilities, including architectural and engineer-
ing 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 pur-
suant to Public Law 87–483, $121,695,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That such amounts as
may be available for the construction of the Navajo Indian
Irrigation Project may be transferred to the Bureau of
Reclamation: Provided further, That not to exceed 6 per-
cent of contract authority available to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust Fund may
be used to cover the road program management costs of
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the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds provided for
the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 13
shall be made available on a nonreimbursable basis: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 1999, in implementing
new construction or facilities improvement and repair
project grants in excess of $100,000 that are provided to
tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law 100–
297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall use
the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR
part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further,
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of
43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering applications,
the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or
tribal organization would be deficient in assuring that the
construction projects conform to applicable building stand-
ards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
bilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That
any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee con-
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cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision
in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e): Provided further, That funds appro-
priated in Public Law 105–18, making emergency supple-
mental appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs
for the repair of irrigation projects damaged in the severe
winter conditions and ensuing flooding, are available on
a nonreimbursable basis.
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses,
$28,396,000, to remain available until expended; of which
$27,530,000 shall be available for implementation of en-
acted Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant
to Public Laws 101–618 and 102–575, and for implemen-
tation of other enacted water rights settlements; and of
which $866,000 shall be available pursuant to Public
Laws 99–264, and 100–580: Provided, That in fiscal year
1999 and thereafter, the Secretary is directed to sell land
and interests in land, other than surface water rights, ac-
quired in conformance with section 2 of the Truckee River
Water Quality Settlement Agreement, the receipts of
which shall be deposited to the Lahontan Valley and Pyra-
mid Lake Fish and Wildlife Fund, and be available for
the purposes of section 2 of such agreement, without re-
gard to the limitation on the distribution of benefits in
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the second sentence of paragraph 206(f)(2) of Public Law
101–618.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,501,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amend-
ed: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$34,615,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $500,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Bureau of Indian Affairs may carry out the oper-
ation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, contracts,
cooperative agreements, compacts and grants, either di-
rectly or in cooperation with States and other organiza-
tions.
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guaran-
tee and insurance fund, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan
Program account) shall be available for expenses of exhib-
its, and purchase of not to exceed 229 passenger motor
vehicles, of which not to exceed 187 shall be for replace-
ment only.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations or pooled overhead general administration
(except facilities operations and maintenance) shall be
available for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or cooper-
ative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under
the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–
413).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau, other than the amounts provided
herein for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C.
452 et seq., shall be available to support the operation of
any elementary or secondary school in the State of Alaska.
Appropriations made available in this or any other
Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be available
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996. No funds available to the Bureau shall
be used to support expanded grades for any school or dor-
mitory beyond the grade structure in place or approved
by the Secretary of the Interior at each school in the Bu-
reau school system as of October 1, 1995.
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made
available by the Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
distribution to other tribes, this action will not diminish
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the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to that
tribe, or the government-to-government relationship be-
tween the United States and that tribe, or the tribe’s right
to future appropriations.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
$66,175,000, of which: (1) $62,326,000 shall be available
until expended for technical assistance, including mainte-
nance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management
controls, and brown tree snake control and research;
grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensa-
tion and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C.
1661(c)); grants to the Government of American Samoa,
in addition to current local revenues, for construction and
support of governmental functions; grants to the Govern-
ment of the Virgin Islands as authorized by law; grants
to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and
grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat.
272); and (2) $3,849,000 shall be available for salaries
and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided,
That all financial transactions of the territorial and local
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governments herein provided for, including such trans-
actions of all agencies or instrumentalities established or
used by such governments, may be audited by the General
Accounting Office, at its discretion, in accordance with
chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future
United States Financial Assistance for the Northern Mari-
ana Islands approved by Public Law 99–396, or any sub-
sequent legislation related to Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands grant funding: Provided further, That
of the Covenant grant funding for the Government of the
Northern Mariana Islands $5,000,000 shall be used for
the construction of prison facilities and $500,000 shall be
used for construction and equipping of a crime laboratory
unless the Secretary determines that acceptable alter-
native financing for these projects is already in place: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided for technical
assistance, sufficient funding shall be made available for
a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided further,
That the funds for the program of operations and mainte-
nance improvement are appropriated to institutionalize
routine operations and maintenance improvement of cap-
ital infrastructure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin
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Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia through
assessments of long-range operations maintenance needs,
improved capability of local operations and maintenance
institutions and agencies (including management and vo-
cational education training), and project-specific mainte-
nance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to
be determined by the Secretary based on the individual
territory’s commitment to timely maintenance of its cap-
ital assets): Provided further, That any appropriation for
disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or pre-
vious appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal
matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation
grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5170c).
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
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$20,545,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the
Department of the Interior, $58,286,000, of which not to
exceed $8,500 may be for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$37,304,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $24,499,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $39,499,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
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provements may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian
Affairs: Provided further, That funds made available to
Tribes and Tribal organizations through contracts or
grants obligated during fiscal year 1999, as authorized by
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the con-
tractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall
not commence to run on any claim, including any claim
in litigation pending on the date of the enactment of this
Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust
funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian has
been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has
been a loss: Provided further, That hereafter the Secretary
shall not be required to provide a periodic statement of
performance pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 4011(b), nor to invest
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 161a, any Indian trust account
managed by the Secretary that has not had activity for
at least eighteen months and has a balance of $1.00 or
less: Provided further, That hereafter the Secretary shall
maintain a record of any such accounts and amounts in
such accounts will remain available upon request to the
accountholder.
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NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380), and
Public Law 101–337; $4,492,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That obligated and unexpended
balances in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
Natural Resource Damage Assessment Fund account at
the end of fiscal year 1998 shall be transferred to and
made a part of the Departmental Offices, Natural Re-
source Damage Assessment and Restoration, Natural Re-
source Damage Assessment Fund account and shall re-
main available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, existing aircraft being replaced may
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be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to
offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated
funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the
Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug-
mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli-
dated Working Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft,
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That
all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be
requested as promptly as possible.
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SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title,
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of forest or range fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oilspills; for response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
tential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to
the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198
(99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under
section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from
any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided,
That appropriations made in this title for fire suppression
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations
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incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve-
hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with
their use for fire suppression purposes, such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for
emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi-
ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority
until funds appropriated to ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’
shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That all funds
used pursuant to this section are hereby designated by
Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replen-
ished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on
a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds
were transferred.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any
other activity in the same manner as authorized by sec-
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tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That reimbursements for costs and supplies, mate-
rials, equipment, and for services rendered may be cred-
ited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements are received.
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized 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 mem-
bers lower than to subscribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be
available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
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SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
26, 1990, in the areas of northern, central, and southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and re-
lated activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin
planning area.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct off-
shore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related
activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for
any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the
final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 1997–2002.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil
and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities
in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
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SEC. 111. Advance payments made under this title
to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)
may be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or consortium before such funds are expended for the pur-
poses of the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement
so long as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States, or mutual
(or other) funds registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and which only invest in obli-
gations of the United States or securities that are
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United
States, or are fully collateralized to ensure protec-
tion of the Funds, even in the event of a bank fail-
ure.
SEC. 112. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bu-
reau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay
under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary
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of the Interior may pay, the total amount of the severance
pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid sever-
ance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by
the Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), except that any
repayment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
(b) Helium Operations employees who elect to con-
tinue health benefits after separation shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for
18 months the remaining portion of required contribu-
tions.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for
training to assist Helium Operations employees in the
transition to other Federal or private sector jobs during
the facility shut-down and disposition process and for up
to 12 months following separation from Federal employ-
ment, including retraining and relocation incentives on the
same terms and conditions as authorized for employees of
the Department of Defense in section 348 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
(d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration pro-
visions of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium
production and sales, and other related Helium Program
activities shall be deemed to create an exigency of public
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business under, and annual leave that is lost during leave
years 1997 through 2001 because of, 5 U.S.C. 6304 (re-
gardless of whether such leave was scheduled in advance)
shall be restored to the employee and shall be credited and
available in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual
leave so restored and remaining unused upon the transfer
of a Helium Program employee to a position of the execu-
tive branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liq-
uidated by payment to the employee of a lump sum from
the Helium Fund for such leave.
(e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the
Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the
Helium Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made
available to Helium Program employees who are or will
be separated before October 1, 2002 because of the ces-
sation of helium production and sales and other related
activities. Retraining benefits, including retraining and re-
location incentives, may be paid for retraining commenc-
ing on or before September 30, 2002.
SEC. 113. In fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, the Sec-
retary may accept donations and bequests of money, serv-
ices, or other personal property for the management and
enhancement of the Department’s Natural Resources Li-
brary. The Secretary may hold, use, and administer such
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donations until expended and without further appropria-
tion.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act of 1975, as amended, funds available under
this title for Indian self-determination or self-governance
contract or grant support costs may be expended only for
costs directly attributable to contracts, grants and com-
pacts pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act and
no funds appropriated in this title shall be available for
any contract support costs or indirect costs associated
with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-gov-
ernance compact or funding agreement entered into be-
tween an Indian tribe or tribal organization and any entity
other than an agency of the Department of the Interior.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate
non-local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide
for and regulate local non-recreational passage through
units of the National Park System, allowing each unit to
develop guidelines and permits for such activity appro-
priate to that unit.
SEC. 116. (a) Denver Service Center employees who
voluntarily resign or retire from the National Park Service
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on or before December 31, 1998, shall receive, from the
National Park Service, a lump sum voluntary separation
incentive payment that shall be equal to the lesser of an
amount equal to the amount the employee would be enti-
tled to receive under section 5595(c) of title 5, United
States Code, if the employee were entitled to payment
under such section; or $25,000.
(1) The voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment—
(A) shall not be a basis for payment, and
shall not be included in the computation of any
other type of Government benefit; and
(B) shall be paid from appropriations or
funds available for the payment of the basic pay
of the employee.
(2) Employees receiving a voluntary separation
incentive payment and accepting employment with
the Federal Government within five years of the date
of separation shall be required to repay the entire
amount of the incentive payment to the National
Park Service.
(3) The Secretary may, at the request of the
head of an Executive branch agency, waive the re-
payment under paragraph (2) if the individual in-
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volved possesses unique abilities and is the only
qualified applicant available for the position.
(4) In addition to any other payment which it
is required to make under subchapter III of chapter
83 of title 5, United States Code, the National Park
Service shall remit to the Office of Personnel Man-
agement for deposit in the Treasury of the United
States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent
of the final basic pay of each employee of the Na-
tional Park Service—
(A) who retires under section 8336(d)(2)
of title 5, United States Code; and
(B) to whom a voluntary separation incen-
tive payment has been or is to be paid under
the provisions of this section.
(b) Employees of the Denver Service Center entitled
to severance pay under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and
the National Park Service may pay, the total amount of
severance pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees
paid severance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reem-
ployed by the Federal Government shall be subject to the
repayment provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i) (2) and (3), ex-
cept that any repayment shall be made to the National
Park Service.
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(c) Employees of the Denver Service Center who vol-
untarily resign on or before December 31, 1998, or who
are separated in a reduction in force, shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A) if they elect to continue health
benefits after separation. The National Park Service shall
pay for 12 months the remaining portion of required con-
tributions.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary is authorized to permit persons, firms
or organizations engaged in commercial, cultural, edu-
cational, or recreational activities (as defined in section
612a of title 40, United States Code) not currently occu-
pying such space to use courtyards, auditoriums, meeting
rooms, and other space of the main and south Interior
building complex, Washington, D.C., the maintenance, op-
eration, and protection of which has been delegated to the
Secretary from the Administrator of General Services pur-
suant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949, and to assess reasonable charges therefore,
subject to such procedures as the Secretary deems appro-
priate for such uses. Charges may be for the space, utili-
ties, maintenance, repair, and other services. Charges for
such space and services may be at rates equivalent to the
prevailing commercial rate for comparable space and serv-
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ices devoted to a similar purpose in the vicinity of the
main and south Interior building complex, Washington,
D.C. for which charges are being assessed. The Secretary
may without further appropriation hold, administer, and
use such proceeds within the Departmental Management
Working Capital Fund to offset the operation of the build-
ings under his jurisdiction, whether delegated or other-
wise, and for related purposes, until expended.
SEC. 118. The 37 mile River Valley Trail from the
town of Delaware Gap to the edge of the town of Milford,
Pennsylvania located within the Delaware Water Gap Na-
tional Recreation Area shall hereafter be referred to in any
law, regulation, document, or record of the United States
as the Joseph M. McDade Recreational Trail.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $197,444,000, to remain
available until expended.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
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agement, cooperative forestry, and education and land
conservation activities, $156,167,000, to remain available
until expended, as authorized by law.
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, for management, protection, im-
provement, and utilization of the National Forest System,
and for administrative expenses associated with the man-
agement of funds provided under the headings ‘‘Forest
and Rangeland Research’’, ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’,
‘‘National Forest System’’, ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’,
‘‘Reconstruction and Construction’’, and ‘‘Land Acquisi-
tion’’, $1,298,421,000, to remain available until expended,
which shall include 50 percent of all moneys received
during prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended,
in accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i)).
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
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 waters, $564,737,000, to remain available until
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expended: Provided, That such funds are available for re-
payment of advances from other appropriations accounts
previously transferred for such purposes.
RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $271,444,000, to remain available
until expended for construction, reconstruction and acqui-
sition of buildings and other facilities, and for construc-
tion, reconstruction, repair and 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,
That up to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for
road maintenance shall be available for the planned oblit-
eration of roads which are no longer needed: Provided fur-
ther, That the Forest Service may make an advance of
up to $200,000 from the funds provided under this head-
ing in this Act and up to $800,000 provided under this
heading in Public Law 105–83 to the city of Colorado
Springs, Colorado for the design and reconstruction of the
Pikes Peak Summit House in accordance with terms and
conditions agreed to.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
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ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $30,000,000, to
be derived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund,
to remain available until expended.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to
be derived from forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until ex-
pended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation,
protection, and improvement, 50 percent of all moneys re-
ceived during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing do-
mestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the six-
teen Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of
Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until
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expended, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses associated with on-the-
ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improve-
ments.
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND
RANGELAND RESEARCH
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to
exceed 177 passenger motor vehicles of which 22 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
176 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition
of sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain the
operable fleet at 198 aircraft 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.
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2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250);
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move
or close any regional office for National Forest System
administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture without the advance consent of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe
burning conditions.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
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nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States
and international organizations.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in House Report 105–163.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the procedures contained in House Report
105–163.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter
any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service
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may be used to disseminate program information to pri-
vate and public individuals and organizations through the
use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide
nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur nec-
essary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private
individuals and organizations that make contributions to
Forest Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter
money collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest
Service under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93–
153 (30 U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administra-
tive and other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-
of-way or permit applications and for costs incurred in
monitoring the construction, operation, maintenance, and
termination of any pipeline and related facilities, may be
used to reimburse the applicable appropriation to which
such costs were originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970,
as amended by Public Law 93–408.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used
for timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood
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stands in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 har-
vested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Pro-
vided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood
stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further,
That landscape architects shall be used to maintain a vis-
ually pleasing forest.
Any money collected from the States for fire suppres-
sion assistance rendered by the Forest Service on non-
Federal lands not in the vicinity of National Forest Sys-
tem lands shall hereafter be used to reimburse the applica-
ble appropriation and shall remain available until ex-
pended as the Secretary may direct in conducting activi-
ties authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2101 note, 2101–2110, 1606,
and 2111.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter
the Forest Service is authorized to employ or otherwise
contract with persons at regular rates of pay, as deter-
mined by the Service, to perform work occasioned by emer-
gencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or any
other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Fed-
eral holidays, and the regular workweek.
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To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance
with the Final Amendment to the Shawnee National For-
est Plan, none of the funds available in this Act shall be
used for preparation of timber sales using clearcutting or
other forms of even-aged management in hardwood stands
in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service,
up to $2,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance to the National Forest Founda-
tion, without regard to when the Foundation incurs ex-
penses, for administrative expenses or projects on or bene-
fitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds
made available to the Foundation, no more than $400,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of
the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds: Provided further, That hereafter, the National For-
est Foundation may hold Federal funds made available
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but not immediately disbursed and may use any interest
or other investment income earned (before, on, or after
the date of enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to
carry out the purposes of Public Law 101–593: Provided
further, That such investments may be made only in inter-
est-bearing obligations of the United States or in obliga-
tions guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the
United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244,
up to $2,225,000 of the funds available to the Forest
Service shall be available for matching funds to the Na-
tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation, as authorized by 16
U.S.C. 3701–3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum
as Federal financial assistance, without regard to when
expenses are incurred, for projects on or benefitting Na-
tional Forest System lands or related to Forest Service
programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall obtain, by
the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, pri-
vate contributions to match on at least a one-for-one basis
funds advanced by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds.
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Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities for sustainable rural devel-
opment purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 per-
cent of the funds appropriated to the Forest Service in
the ‘‘National Forest System’’ and ‘‘Reconstruction and
Construction’’ accounts and planned to be allocated to ac-
tivities under the ‘‘Jobs in the Woods’’ program for
projects on National Forest land in the State of Washing-
ton may be granted directly to the Washington State De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife for accomplishment of
planned projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall be
retained by the Forest Service for planning and admin-
istering projects. Project selection and prioritization shall
be accomplished by the Forest Service with such consulta-
tion with the State of Washington as the Forest Service
deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for payments to counties within the Columbia
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to sections
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99–
663.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter
into grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements as ap-
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propriate with the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, as
well as with public and other private agencies, organiza-
tions, institutions, and individuals, to provide for the de-
velopment, administration, maintenance, or restoration of
land, facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey
Towers National Historic Landmark: Provided, That, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Agri-
culture may prescribe, any such public or private agency,
organization, institution, or individual may solicit, accept,
and administer private gifts of money and real or personal
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the ac-
tivities and services at the Grey Towers National Historic
Landmark: Provided further, That such gifts may be ac-
cepted notwithstanding the fact that a donor conducts
business with the Department of Agriculture in any capac-
ity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available, as determined by the Secretary, for payments
to Del Norte County, California, pursuant to sections
13(e) and 14 of the Smith River National Recreation Area
Act (Public Law 101–612).
For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Dis-
aster Fund as set forth in section 101(c) of Public Law
104–134, the direct grants provided in subsection (c) shall
be considered direct payments for purposes of all applica-
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ble law except that these direct grants may not be used
for lobbying activities.
No employee of the Department of Agriculture may
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded
by this Act to any other agency or office of the Depart-
ment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiv-
ing agency or office for the salary and expenses of the
employee for the period of assignment.
The amount obligated during fiscal year 1999 from
the Knutson-Vandenberg fund provided in section 3 of the
Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-
Vandenberg Act; 16 U.S.C. 576b), for indirect support ac-
tivities (as defined in the Forest Service Handbook) may
not exceed 25 percent of total amount obligated from such
fund during such fiscal year.
The amount obligated during fiscal year 1999 from
the timber salvage sale fund provided in section 14(h) of
the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C.
472a(h)) for indirect support activities (as defined in the
Forest Service Handbook) may not exceed 25 percent of
total amount obligated from such fund during such fiscal
year.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FOSSIL ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in carrying out fossil energy
research and development activities, under the authority
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (Public
Law 95–91), including the acquisition of interest, includ-
ing defeasible and equitable interests in any real property
or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition or expan-
sion, and for conducting inquiries, technological investiga-
tions and research concerning the extraction, processing,
use, and disposal of mineral substances without objection-
able social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602,
and 1603), performed under the minerals and materials
science programs at the Albany Research Center in Or-
egon, $320,558,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no part of the sum herein made available
shall be used for the field testing of nuclear explosives in
the recovery of oil and gas.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS PRODUCTION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Moneys received as investment income on the prin-
cipal amount in the Great Plains Project Trust at the
Norwest Bank of North Dakota, in such sums as are
earned as of October 1, 1998, shall be deposited in this
account and immediately transferred to the general fund
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of the Treasury. Moneys received as revenue sharing from
operation of the Great Plains Gasification Plant shall be
immediately transferred to the general fund of the Treas-
ury.
NAVAL PETROLEUM AND OIL SHALE RESERVES
For necessary expenses in carrying out naval petro-
leum and oil shale reserve activities, $14,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That the require-
ments of 10 U.S.C. 7430(b)(2)(B) shall not apply to fiscal
year 1999: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any
other provision of law, funds available pursuant to the
first proviso under this head in Public Law 101–512 shall
be immediately available for all naval petroleum and oil
shale reserve activities.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out energy con-
servation activities, $630,250,000, to remain available
until expended, including, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the excess amount for fiscal year 1999 deter-
mined under the provisions of section 3003(d) of Public
Law 
99–509 
(15 
U.S.C. 
4502): 
Provided, 
That
$150,000,000 shall be for use in energy conservation
programs as defined in section 3008(3) of Public Law 99–
509 (15 U.S.C. 4507) and shall not be available until ex-
cess amounts are determined under the provisions of sec-
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tion 3003(d) of Public Law 99–509 (15 U.S.C. 4502):
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 3003(d)(2)
of Public Law 99–509 such sums shall be allocated to the
eligible programs as follows: $120,000,000 for weatheriza-
tion assistance grants and $30,000,000 for State energy
conservation grants.
ECONOMIC REGULATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, $1,801,000, to re-
main available until expended.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
For necessary expenses for Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve facility development and operations and program
management activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201
et seq.), $160,120,000, to remain available until expended.
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses in carrying out the activities
of the Energy Information Administration, $68,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Appropriations under this Act for the current fiscal
year shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles;
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase, re-
pair, and cleaning of uniforms; and reimbursement to the
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General Services Administration for security guard serv-
ices.
From appropriations under this Act, transfers of
sums may be made to other agencies of the Government
for the performance of work for which the appropriation
is made.
None of the funds made available to the Department
of Energy under this Act shall be used to implement or
finance authorized price support or loan guarantee pro-
grams unless specific provision is made for such programs
in an appropriations Act.
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-
ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and
private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation
with other agencies, Federal, State, private or foreign:
Provided, That revenues and other moneys received by or
for the account of the Department of Energy or otherwise
generated by sale of products in connection with projects
of the Department appropriated under this Act may be
retained by the Secretary of Energy, to be available until
expended, and used only for plant construction, operation,
costs, and payments to cost-sharing entities as provided
in appropriate cost-sharing contracts or agreements: Pro-
vided further, That the remainder of revenues after the
making of such payments shall be covered into the Treas-
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ury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That any
contract, agreement, or provision thereof entered into by
the Secretary pursuant to this authority shall not be exe-
cuted prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days (not in-
cluding any day in which either House of Congress is not
in session because of adjournment of more than three cal-
endar days to a day certain) from the receipt by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent of the Senate of a full comprehensive report on such
project, including the facts and circumstances relied upon
in support of the proposed project.
No funds provided in this Act may be expended by
the Department of Energy to prepare, issue, or process
procurement documents for programs or projects for
which appropriations have not been made.
In addition to other authorities set forth in this Act,
the Secretary may accept fees and contributions from pub-
lic and private sources, to be deposited in a contributed
funds account, and prosecute projects using such fees and
contributions in cooperation with other Federal, State or
private agencies or concerns.
The Secretary, in fiscal year 1999 and thereafter,
shall continue the process begun in fiscal year 1998 of
accepting funds from other Federal agencies in return for
assisting agencies in achieving energy efficiency in Federal
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facilities and operations by the use of privately financed,
energy savings performance contracts and other private fi-
nancing mechanisms. The funds may be provided after
agencies begin to realize energy cost savings; may be re-
tained by the Secretary until expended; and may be used
only for the purpose of assisting Federal agencies in
achieving greater efficiency, water conservation and use
of renewable energy by means of privately financed mecha-
nisms, including energy savings performance contracts
and utility incentive programs. These recovered funds will
continue to be used to administer even greater energy effi-
ciency, water conservation and use of renewable energy by
means of privately financed mechanisms such as utility ef-
ficiency service contracts and energy savings performance
contracts. The recoverable funds will be used for all nec-
essary program expenses, including contractor support
and resources needed, to achieve overall Federal energy
management program objectives for greater energy sav-
ings. Any such privately financed contracts shall meet the
provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Public Law
102–486 regarding energy savings performance contracts
and utility incentive programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of Au-
gust 5, 1954 (68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and
titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act with re-
spect to the Indian Health Service, $1,932,953,000, to-
gether with payments received during the fiscal year pur-
suant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) for services furnished by the
Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts,
grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be
deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract
award and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe
or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: Pro-
vided further, That $12,000,000 shall remain available
until expended, for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emer-
gency Fund: Provided further, That $377,363,000 for con-
tract medical care shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That of the
funds provided, up to $17,000,000 may be used to carry
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out the loan repayment program under section 108 of the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further,
That funds provided in this Act may be used for one-year
contracts and grants which are to be performed in two
fiscal years, so long as the total obligation is recorded in
the year for which the funds are appropriated: Provided
further, That the amounts collected by the Secretary of
Health and Human Services under the authority of title
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall re-
main available until expended for the purpose of achieving
compliance with the applicable conditions and require-
ments of titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act
(exclusive of planning, design, or construction of new fa-
cilities): Provided further, That funding contained herein,
and in any earlier appropriations Acts for scholarship pro-
grams under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
(25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available for obligation
until September 30, 2000: Provided further, That amounts
received by tribes and tribal organizations under title IV
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be re-
ported and accounted for and available to the receiving
tribes and tribal organizations until expended: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the amounts provided herein, not to exceed
$194,781,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal
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organizations for contract or grant support costs associ-
ated with contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or
annual funding agreements between the Indian Health
Service and a tribe or tribal organization pursuant to the
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, prior
to or during fiscal year 1999.
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement,
and equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities,
including quarters for personnel; preparation of plans,
specifications, and drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase
and erection of modular buildings, and purchases of trail-
ers; and for provision of domestic and community sanita-
tion facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 of
the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian
Self-Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act, and for expenses necessary to carry out
such Acts and titles II and III of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act with respect to environmental health and facilities
support 
activities 
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the 
Indian 
Health 
Service,
$313,175,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction
or renovation of health facilities for the benefit of an In-
dian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land for sites
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to construct, improve, or enlarge health or related facili-
ties.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
Appropriations in this Act to the Indian Health Serv-
ice shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109 but at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equiva-
lent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level positions
under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor vehicles and
aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of re-
prints; purchase, renovation and erection of modular
buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments
for telephone service in private residences in the field,
when authorized under regulations approved by the Sec-
retary; and for uniforms or allowances therefore as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for expenses of at-
tendance at meetings which are concerned with the func-
tions or activities for which the appropriation is made or
which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or
management of those functions or activities: Provided,
That in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Health Care Improvement Act, non-Indian patients may
be extended health care at all tribally administered or In-
dian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, and the
proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall
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be credited to the account of the facility providing the
service and shall be available without fiscal year limitation:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other law or
regulation, funds transferred from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health
Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121
(the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act) and Public Law 93–
638, as amended: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except
those used for administrative and program direction pur-
poses, shall not be subject to limitations directed at cur-
tailing Federal travel and transportation: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds
previously or herein made available to a tribe or tribal or-
ganization through a contract, grant, or agreement au-
thorized by title I or title III of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-deter-
mination contract under title I, or a self-governance agree-
ment under title III of such Act and thereafter shall re-
main available to the tribe or tribal organization without
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this
Act shall be used to implement the final rule published
in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the
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Department of Health and Human Services, relating to
the eligibility for the health care services of the Indian
Health Service until the Indian Health Service has sub-
mitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs as-
sociated with the proposed final rule, and such request has
been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into
law: Provided further, That funds made available in this
Act are to be apportioned to the Indian Health Service
as appropriated in this Act, and accounted for in the ap-
propriation structure set forth in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That with respect to functions transferred by the In-
dian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and
services to those entities, on a reimbursable basis, includ-
ing payment in advance with subsequent adjustment, and
the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act, may be credited to the same or
subsequent appropriation account which provided the
funding, said amounts to remain available until expended:
Provided further, That, heretofore and hereafter and not-
withstanding any other provision of law, funds available
to the Indian Health Service in this Act or any other Act
for Indian self-determination or self-governance contract
or grant support costs may be expended only for costs di-
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rectly attributable to contracts, grants and compacts pur-
suant to the Indian Self-Determination Act and no funds
appropriated by this or any other Act shall be available
for any contract support costs or indirect costs associated
with any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, self-gov-
ernance compact, or funding agreement entered into be-
tween an Indian tribe or tribal organization and any entity
other than the Indian Health Service: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, here-
after any funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service
in this or any other Act for payments to tribes and tribal
organizations for contract or grant support costs for con-
tracts, grants, self-governance compacts or annual funding
agreements with the Indian Health Service pursuant to
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended,
shall be allocated and distributed to such contracts,
grants, self-governance compacts and annual funding
agreements each year on a pro-rata proportionate basis
regardless of amounts allocated in any previous year to
such contracts, grants, self-governance compacts or an-
nual funding agreements: Provided further, That reim-
bursements for training, technical assistance, or services
provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total
costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead asso-
ciated with the provision of goods, services, or technical
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assistance: Provided further, That the appropriation struc-
ture for the Indian Health Service may not be altered
without advance approval of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
OTHER RELATED AGENCIES
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93–
531, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appro-
priations Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals
and groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-parti-
tioned lands residents, those in significantly substandard
housing, and all others certified as eligible and not in-
cluded in the preceding categories: Provided further, That
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may
be used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Reloca-
tion to evict any single Navajo or Navajo family who, as
of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled on the
lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or re-
placement home is provided for such household: Provided
further, That no relocatee will be provided with more than
one new or replacement home: Provided further, That the
Office shall relocate any certified eligible relocatees who
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have selected and received an approved homesite on the
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off
the Navajo reservation or on the land acquired pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 640d–10.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, 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 publica-
tions; conduct of education, training, and museum assist-
ance programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease
(for terms not to exceed 30 years), and protection of build-
ings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed $100,000
for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; up to 5 re-
placement passenger vehicles; purchase, rental, repair, and
cleaning of uniforms for employees; $346,449,000, of
which not to exceed $48,076,000 for the instrumentation
program, collections acquisition, Museum Support Center
equipment and move, exhibition reinstallation, the Na-
tional Museum of the American Indian, the repatriation
of skeletal remains program, research equipment, informa-
tion management, and Latino programming shall remain
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available until expended, and including such funds as may
be necessary to support American overseas research cen-
ters and a total of $125,000 for the Council of American
Overseas Research Centers: Provided, That funds appro-
priated herein are available for advance payments to inde-
pendent contractors performing research services or par-
ticipating in official Smithsonian presentations.
CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENTS, NATIONAL
ZOOLOGICAL PARK
For necessary expenses of planning, construction, re-
modeling, and equipping of buildings and facilities at the
National Zoological Park, by contract or otherwise,
$4,500,000, to remain available until expended.
REPAIR AND RESTORATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair and restoration of
buildings owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, by contract or otherwise, as authorized by section
2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), including
not to exceed $10,000 for services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, $44,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $4,500,000 is for the Security System
Modernization Program: Provided, That contracts award-
ed for environmental systems, protection systems, and ex-
terior repair or restoration of buildings of the Smithsonian
Institution may be negotiated with selected contractors
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and awarded on the basis of contractor qualifications as
well as price.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for construction, $2,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used to initiate the planning or design of any expansion
of current space or new facility without the advance ap-
proval of both the House and Senate Appropriations Com-
mittees.
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used to prepare a historic structures report, or for any
other purpose, involving the Holt House located at the Na-
tional Zoological Park in Washington D.C.
None of the funds in this or any other Act may be
used to pay any judgment resulting from a complaint filed
by Geddes, Brecher, Qualls & Cunningham in the United
States Court of Federal Claims regarding the National
Museum of the American Indian Mall Museum.
The Smithsonian Institution shall not use Federal
funds in excess of the amount specified in Public Law
101–185 for the construction of the National Museum of
the American Indian.
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For the upkeep and operations of the National Gal-
lery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art
therein, and administrative expenses incident thereto, as
authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 51),
as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939
(Public Resolution 9, Seventy-sixth Congress), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in ad-
vance when authorized by the treasurer of the Gallery for
membership in library, museum, and art associations or
societies whose publications or services are available to
members only, or to members at a price lower than to the
general public; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms
for guards, and uniforms, or allowances therefor, for other
employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902);
purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alter-
ation, improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches,
and grounds; and purchase of services for restoration and
repair of works of art for the National Gallery of Art by
contracts made, without advertising, with individuals,
firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem prop-
er, $57,938,000 of which not to exceed $3,026,000 for the
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special exhibition program shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That all functions and activities of the
National Gallery of Art funded herein shall be subject to
the requirements for a Federal entity under the Inspector
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3).
REPAIR, RESTORATION AND RENOVATION OF BUILDINGS
For necessary expenses of repair, restoration and
renovation of buildings, grounds and facilities owned or
occupied by the National Gallery of Art, by contract or
otherwise, as authorized, $6,311,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That contracts awarded for envi-
ronmental systems, protection systems, and exterior repair
or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art
may be negotiated with selected contractors and awarded
on the basis of contractor qualifications as well as price.
JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
ARTS
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses for the operation, mainte-
nance and security of the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts, $12,187,000.
CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses for capital repair and reha-
bilitation of the existing features of the building and site
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,
$9,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR
SCHOLARS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat.
1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,840,000.
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,
as amended, $81,240,000 shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects
and productions in the arts through assistance to organi-
zations and individuals pursuant to section 5(c) of the Act,
and for administering the functions of the Act, to remain
available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $16,760,000, to remain available
until expended, to the National Endowment for the Arts:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for ob-
ligation only in such amounts as may be equal to the total
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amounts of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, and
other property accepted by the chairman or by grantees
of the Endowment under the provisions of section
10(a)(2), subsections 11(a)(2)(A) and 11(a)(3)(A) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965,
as amended, $96,800,000, shall be available to the Na-
tional Endowment for the Humanities for support of ac-
tivities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Act, and for administering the functions of the Act, to
remain available until expended.
MATCHING GRANTS
To carry out the provisions of section 10(a)(2) of the
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
of 1965, as amended, $13,900,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $9,900,000 shall be available
to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the
purposes of section 7(h): Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for obligation only in such amounts
as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, bequests,
and devises of money, and other property accepted by the
chairman or by grantees of the Endowment under the pro-
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visions of subsections 11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during
the current and preceding fiscal years for which equal
amounts have not previously been appropriated.
INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
OFFICE OF MUSEUM SERVICES
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
For carrying out subtitle C of the Museum and
Library Services Act of 1996, as amended, $23,405,000,
to remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
None of the funds appropriated to the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities may be used
to process any grant or contract documents which do not
include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on
the Arts and the Humanities may be used for official re-
ception and representation expenses: Provided further,
That funds from nonappropriated sources may be used as
necessary for official reception and representation ex-
penses.
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses made necessary by the Act establishing
a Commission of Fine Arts (40 U.S.C. 104), $898,000.
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NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956(a)), as amended, $7,000,000.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665, as amended),
$2,800,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available for compensation of level V of the Executive
Schedule or higher positions.
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses, as authorized by the Na-
tional Capital Planning Act of 1952 (40 U.S.C. 71–71i),
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$5,954,000: Provided, That all appointed members will be
compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate for level IV
of the Executive Schedule.
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL COUNCIL
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Council, as
authorized by Public Law 96–388 (36 U.S.C. 1401), as
amended, $31,707,000, of which $1,575,000 for the muse-
um’s repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000
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for the museum’s exhibitions program shall remain avail-
able until expended.
PRESIDIO TRUST
PRESIDIO TRUST FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out Title I of the
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of
1996, $14,913,000 shall be available to the Presidio
Trust, to remain available until expended. The Trust is
authorized to issue obligations to the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of the Act, in an
amount not to exceed $25,000,000.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive Order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation under this
Act shall be available to the Secretary of the Interior or
the Secretary of Agriculture for the leasing of oil and nat-
ural gas by noncompetitive bidding on publicly owned
lands within the boundaries of the Shawnee National For-
est, Illinois: Provided, That nothing herein is intended to
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inhibit or otherwise affect the sale, lease, or right to access
to minerals owned by private individuals.
SEC. 303. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall be available for any activity or the publica-
tion or distribution of literature that in any way tends to
promote public support or opposition to any legislative
proposal on which congressional action is not complete.
SEC. 304. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 305. None of the funds provided in this Act to
any department or agency shall be obligated or expended
to provide a personal cook, chauffeur, or other personal
servants to any officer or employee of such department
or agency except as otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 306. No assessments may be levied against any
program, budget activity, subactivity, or project funded by
this Act unless advance notice of such assessments and
the basis therefor are presented to the Committees on Ap-
propriations and are approved by such Committees.
SEC. 307. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
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2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
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States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 308. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classi-
fied as giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which
are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land
Management lands in a manner different than such sales
were conducted in fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 309. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be obligated or expended by the National Park
Service to enter into or implement a concession contract
which permits or requires the removal of the underground
lunchroom at the Carlsbad Caverns National Park.
SEC. 310. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps program, unless the relevant agencies of the
Department of the Interior and/or Agriculture follow ap-
propriate reprogramming guidelines: Provided, That if no
funds are provided for the AmeriCorps program by the
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 1999, then none of the funds appropriated or other-
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wise made available by this Act may be used for the
AmeriCorps programs.
SEC. 311. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used: (1) to demolish the bridge between Jer-
sey City, New Jersey, and Ellis Island; or (2) to prevent
pedestrian use of such bridge, when it is made known to
the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend
such funds that such pedestrian use is consistent with gen-
erally accepted safety standards.
SEC. 312. (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.—The provisions of 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 and sections 2329, 2330, 2331,
and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 36, and
37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case
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may be, were fully complied with by the applicant by that
date.
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 1999, the Secretary
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Re-
sources of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a re-
port 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 Bureau of
Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent appli-
cation 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.
SEC. 313. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for the pur-
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poses of acquiring lands in the counties of Gallia, Law-
rence, Monroe, or Washington, Ohio, for the Wayne Na-
tional Forest.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts appropriated to or earmarked in committee
reports for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian
Health Service by Public Laws 103–138, 103–332, 104–
134, 104–208 and 105–83 for payments to tribes and trib-
al organizations for contract support costs associated with
self-determination or self-governance contracts, grants,
compacts or annual funding agreements with the Bureau
of Indian Affairs or the Indian Health Service as funded
by such Acts, are the total amounts available for fiscal
years 1994 through 1998 for such purposes, except that,
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, tribes and tribal organi-
zations may use their tribal priority allocations for unmet
indirect costs of ongoing contracts, grants, self-governance
compacts or annual funding agreements.
SEC. 315. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for fiscal year 1999 the Secretaries of Agriculture and
the Interior are authorized to limit competition for water-
shed restoration project contracts as part of the ‘‘Jobs in
the Woods’’ component of the President’s Forest Plan for
the Pacific Northwest to individuals and entities in histori-
cally timber-dependent areas in the States of Washington,
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Oregon, and northern California that have been affected
by reduced timber harvesting on Federal lands.
SEC. 316. None of the funds collected under the Rec-
reational Fee Demonstration program may be used to
plan, design, or construct a visitor center or any other per-
manent structure without prior approval of the House and
the Senate Committees on Appropriations if the estimated
total cost of the facility exceeds $500,000.
SEC. 317. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to require any person to vacate real prop-
erty where a term is expiring under a use and occupancy
reservation in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
until such time as the National Park Service (NPS) indi-
cates to the appropriate congressional committees and the
holders of these reservations that it has sufficient funds
to remove the residence on that property within 90 days
of that residence being vacated. The NPS will provide at
least 90 days notice to the holders of expired reservations
to allow them time to leave the residence. The NPS will
charge fair market value rental rates while any occupancy
continues beyond an expired reservation. Reservation hold-
ers who stay beyond the expiration date will also be re-
quired to pay for appraisals to determine current fair mar-
ket value rental rates, any rehabilitation needed to ensure
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suitability for occupancy, appropriate insurance, and all
continuing utility costs.
SEC. 318. (a) None of the funds made available in
this Act or any other Act providing appropriations for the
Department of the Interior, the Forest Service or the
Smithsonian Institution may be used to submit nomina-
tions for the designation of Biosphere Reserves pursuant
to the Man and Biosphere program administered by the
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization.
(b) The provisions of this section shall be repealed
upon enactment of subsequent legislation specifically au-
thorizing United States participation in the Man and Bio-
sphere program.
SEC. 319. None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used to des-
ignate, or to post any sign designating, any portion of Ca-
naveral National Seashore in Brevard County, Florida, as
a clothing-optional area or as an area in which public nu-
dity is permitted, if such designation would be contrary
to county ordinance.
SEC. 320. Of the funds available 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 in-
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dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
age Fellowship, or American Jazz Masters Fellow-
ship.
(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 ac-
tivity 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
and/or projects.
SEC. 321. The National Endowment for the Arts and
the National Endowment for the Humanities are author-
ized to solicit, accept, receive, and invest in the name of
the United States, gifts, bequests, or devises of money and
other property or services and to use such in furtherance
of the functions of the National Endowment for the Arts
and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any
proceeds from such gifts, bequests, or devises, after ac-
ceptance by the National Endowment for the Arts or the
National Endowment for the Humanities, shall be paid by
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(1) the agreement shall—
(A) include such terms and conditions mu-
tually agreed to by the Secretary and the land-
owner;
(B) improve the viability of and otherwise
benefit the fish, wildlife, and other resources on
national forests lands within the watershed;
(C) authorize the provision of technical as-
sistance by the Secretary in the planning of
management activities that will further the pur-
poses of the agreement;
(D) provide for the sharing of costs of im-
plementing the agreement among the Federal
Government, the landowner(s), and other enti-
ties, as mutually agreed on by the affected in-
terests; and
(E) ensure that any expenditure by the
Secretary pursuant to the agreement is deter-
mined by the Secretary to be in the public in-
terest; and
(2) the Secretary may require such other terms
and conditions as are necessary to protect the public
investment on non-Federal lands, provided such
terms and conditions are mutually agreed to by the
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Secretary and other landowners, State and local gov-
ernments or both.
SEC. 323. (a) In providing services or awarding fi-
nancial assistance under the National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 from funds appro-
priated 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’’ means
a population of individuals who have historically
been outside the purview of arts and humanities pro-
grams due to factors such as a high incidence of in-
come below the poverty line or to geographic isola-
tion.
(2) The term ‘‘poverty line’’ means the poverty
line (as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with sec-
tion 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant
Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of
the size involved.
(c) In providing services and awarding financial as-
sistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and
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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 serv-
ices or awarding financial assistance for projects, produc-
tions, 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 Hu-
manities Act of 1965—
(1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant cat-
egory for projects, productions, workshops, or pro-
grams that are of national impact or availability or
are able to tour several States;
(2) the Chairperson shall not make grants ex-
ceeding 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 Con-
gress annually and by State, on grants awarded by
the Chairperson in each grant category under sec-
tion 5 of such Act; and
(4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of
grants to improve and support community-based
music performance and education.
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SEC. 324. None of the funds in this Act may be used
for planning, design or construction of improvements to
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House without
the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees
on Appropriations.
SEC. 325. None of the funds in this or any other Act
may be used to relocate the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars from the Smithsonian Institution to
the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
SEC. 326. The Auditors West Building (Annex 3) lo-
cated at Raoul Wallenberg Place and Independence Ave-
nue Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia is here-
by named the Sidney R. Yates Building and shall be re-
ferred to in any law, regulation, document or record of
the United States as the Sidney R. Yates Building.
SEC. 327. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, not later than December 11, 1998,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall grant Chugach Alaska
Corporation an irrevocable and perpetual 250-foot-wide
easement for the construction, use, and maintenance of
public roads and related facilities necessary for access to
and economic development of the land interests in the Car-
bon Mountain and Katalla vicinity that were conveyed to
Chugach Alaska Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Na-
tive Claims Settlement Act. The centerline of the easement
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is depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Carbon Mountain Access
Easement’’ and dated November 4, 1997. Nothing in this
section waives any legal environmental requirement with
respect to the actual road construction.
(b) SUBMISSION OF SURVEY; RELINQUISHMENT OF
UNNEEDED PORTION OF EASEMENT.—Not later than 90
days after completion of construction of roads and related
facilities on the easement granted pursuant to subsection
(a), Chugach Alaska Corporation shall submit to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture an as-built survey of such roads and
related facilities and relinquish to the United States those
portions of the easement Chugach Alaska Corporation
deems not necessary for future use.
(c) Construction and Maintenance.—Construction
and maintenance of any roads pursuant to subsection (a)
shall be in accordance with the best management practices
of the Forest Service as promulgated in the Forest Service
Handbook.
SEC. 328. Section 101(c) of Public Law 104–134, as
amended, is further amended as follows: Under the head-
ing ‘‘Title III—General Provisions’’ amend section 315(f)
(16 U.S.C. 460l–6a note) by striking ‘‘September 30,
1999’’ after the words ‘‘and end on’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘September 30, 2001’’ and striking ‘‘September
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30, 2002’’ after the words ‘‘remain available through’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘September 30, 2004’’.
SEC. 329. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, none of the funds in this Act may be used to enter
into any new or expanded self-determination contract or
grant or self-governance compact pursuant to the Indian
Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, for any ac-
tivities not previously covered by such contracts, compacts
or grants. Nothing in this section precludes the continu-
ation of those specific activities for which self-determina-
tion and self-governance contracts, compacts and grants
currently exist or the renewal of contracts, compacts and
grants for those activities.
SEC. 330. (a) PROHIBITION ON TIMBER PURCHASER
ROAD CREDITS.—In financing any forest development
road pursuant to section 4 of Public Law 88–657 (16
U.S.C. 535, commonly known as the National Forest
Roads and Trails Act), the Secretary of Agriculture may
not provide for amortization of road costs in any contract
with, or otherwise provide effective credit for road con-
struction to, any purchaser of national forest timber or
other forest products.
(b) CONSTRUCTION
OF ROADS
BY TIMBER PUR-
CHASERS.—Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture makes
a determination that a forest development road referred
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to in subsection (a) shall be constructed or paid for, in
whole or in part, by a purchaser of national forest timber
or other forest products, the Secretary shall include notice
of the determination in the notice of sale of the timber
or other forest products. The notice of sale shall contain,
or announce the availability of, sufficient information re-
lated to the road described in the notice to permit a pro-
spective bidder on the sale to calculate the likely cost that
would be incurred by the bidder to construct or finance
the construction of the road so that the bidder may reflect
such cost in the bid.
(c) SPECIAL ELECTION BY SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERNS.—(1) A notice of sale referred to in subsection (b)
shall give a purchaser of national forest timber or other
forest products that qualifies as a ‘‘small business con-
cern’’ under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et
seq.), and regulations issued thereunder, the option to
elect that the Secretary of Agriculture build the road de-
scribed in the notice. The Secretary shall provide the small
business concern with an estimate of the cost that would
be incurred by the Secretary to construct the road on be-
half of the small business concern. The notice of sale shall
also include the date on which the road described in the
notice will be completed by the Secretary if the election
is made.
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(2) If the election referred to in paragraph (1) is
made, the purchaser of the national forest timber or other
forest products shall pay to the Secretary of Agriculture,
in addition to the price paid for the timber or other forest
products, an amount equal to the estimated cost of the
road which otherwise would be paid by the purchaser as
provided in the notice of sale. Pending receipt of such
amount, the Secretary may use receipts from the sale of
national forest timber or other forest products to accom-
plish the requested road construction.
(d) POST CONSTRUCTION HARVESTING.—In each
sale of national forest timber or other forest products re-
ferred to in this section, the Secretary of Agriculture is
encouraged to authorize harvest of the timber or other for-
est products in a unit included in the sale as soon as road
work for that unit is completed and the road work is ap-
proved by the Secretary.
(e) CONSTRUCTION STANDARD.—For any forest de-
velopment road that is to be constructed or paid for by
a purchaser of national forest timber or other forest prod-
ucts, the Secretary of Agriculture may not require the pur-
chaser to design, construct, or maintain the road (or pay
for the design, construction, or maintenance of the road)
to a standard higher than the standard, consistent with
applicable environmental laws and regulations, that is suf-
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ficient for the harvesting and removal of the timber or
other forest products, unless the Secretary bears that part
of the cost necessary to meet the higher standard.
(f) TREATMENT OF ROAD VALUE.—For any forest
development road that is constructed or paid for by a pur-
chaser of national forest timber or other forest products,
the appraised value of the road construction shall be con-
sidered to be money received for purposes of the payments
required to be made under the sixth paragraph under the
heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of May 23,
1908 (35 Stat. 260, 16 U.S.C. 500), and section 13 of
the Act of March 1, 1911 (35 Stat. 963; commonly known
as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 500). To the extent that the
appraised value of road construction determined under
this subsection reflects funds contributed by the Secretary
of Agriculture to build the road to a higher standard pur-
suant to subsection (e), the Secretary shall modify the ap-
praisal of the road construction to exclude the effect of
the Federal funds.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—(1) This section and the re-
quirements of this section shall take effect (and apply
thereafter) upon the earlier of—
(A) March 1, 1999; and
(B) the date that is the later of—
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(i) the effective date of regulations issued
by the Secretary of Agriculture to implement
this section; and
(ii) the date on which a new standard tim-
ber sale contract, which is designed to imple-
ment this section and has been published for
public comment, is approved by the Secretary.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any sale of na-
tional forest timber or other forest products for which no-
tice of sale is provided before the effective date of this
section, and any effective purchaser road credit earned
pursuant to a contract resulting from such a notice of sale
or otherwise earned before that effective date, shall con-
tinue to be subject to section 4 of Public Law 88–657 and
section 14(i) of the National Forest Management Act of
1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(i)), and rules issued thereunder,
as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 331. Section 6(b)(1)(B)(iii) of the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 955(b)(1)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking
‘‘One’’ and inserting ‘‘Two’’.
SEC. 332. (a) CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—
This section shall take effect only if the Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act, 1999, does not appro-
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priate at least $6,000,000 in new funds for the manage-
ment by the Tennessee Valley Authority of the Land Be-
tween the Lakes National Recreation Area in the States
of Kentucky and Tennessee.
(b) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION, LAND BETWEEN
THE LAKES NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.—The Ten-
nessee Valley Authority shall transfer, without reimburse-
ment, the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation
Area to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of
Agriculture.
(c) MANAGEMENT.—Upon the transfer of jurisdiction
under subsection (b), the Land Between the Lakes Na-
tional Recreation Area, hereinafter Recreation Area, is es-
tablished as a unit of the National Forest System, and
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of
the Forest Service, shall administer the Recreation Area
in accordance with this section and (except as provided
in subsection (d)) the laws, rules, and regulations pertain-
ing to the National Forest System. Except as provided in
subsection (d), land within the Recreation Area shall have
the status of land acquired under the Act of March 1,
1911 (commonly known as the Weeks Act; 16 U.S.C. 515
et seq.). The Secretary shall manage the Recreation Area
for multiple use as a unit of the National Forest System,
in conjunction with the original mission statement of the