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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings,
equipment, other contributions, and fees from public and
private sources, and to prosecute projects using such con-
tributions and fees in cooperation with other Federal,
State or private agencies: Provided, That the Bureau of
Mines is authorized, during the current fiscal year, to sell
directly or through any Government agency, including cor-
porations, any metal or mineral product that may be man-
ufactured in pilot plants operated by the Bureau of Mines,
and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
is authorized to convey, without reimbursement, title and
all interest of the United States in property and facilities
of the United States Bureau of Mines in Juneau, Alaska
to the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska; in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, to The University of Alabama; and in Rolla,
Missouri, to the University of Missouri-Rolla.
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-
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chase of not to exceed 15 passenger motor vehicles for re-
placement only; $110,206,000, and notwithstanding 31
U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall be credited to
this account, to remain available until expended, from per-
formance bond forfeitures in fiscal year 1995: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of the Interior, pursuant to regulations, may utilize
directly or through grants to States, moneys collected in
fiscal year 1995 pursuant to the assessment of civil pen-
alties 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 practices after Au-
gust 3, 1977, to remain available until expended: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
appropriations for the Office of Surface Mining Reclama-
tion and Enforcement may provide for the travel and per
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Of-
fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of 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 22 passenger motor vehicles
for replacement only, $172,404,000 to be derived from re-
ceipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to
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remain available until expended: Provided, That grants to
minimum program States will be $1,000,000 per State in
fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That of the funds here-
in provided up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emer-
gency program authorized by section 410 of Public Law
95–87, as amended, of which no more than 25 per centum
shall be used for emergency 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 unobli-
gated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation
program shall not be subject to the 25 per centum limita-
tion per State and may be used without fiscal year limita-
tion for Federal emergency projects: Provided further,
That pursuant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of
the Interior is authorized to utilize up to 20 per centum
from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the Unit-
ed States Government to pay for contracts to collect these
debts.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For operation of Indian programs by direct expendi-
ture, contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants in-
cluding expenses necessary to provide education and wel-
fare services for Indians, either directly or in cooperation
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with States and other organizations, including payment of
care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses of Indians in
boarding homes, or institutions, or schools; grants and
other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance of law and
order; management, development, improvement, and pro-
tection of resources and appurtenant facilities under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including pay-
ment of irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of
water rights; advances for Indian industrial and business
enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and
museums; development of Indian arts and crafts, as au-
thorized by law; for the general administration of the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs, including such expenses in field
offices; maintaining of Indian reservation roads as defined
in section 101 of title 23, United States Code; and con-
struction, repair, and improvement of Indian housing,
$1,527,786,000, of which $199,000 shall be for cyclical
maintenance of tribally owned fish hatcheries and related
facilities; and of which $297,000 shall be for a grant to
the Close Up Foundation; and of which not to exceed
$330,111,000 shall be for school operations costs of Bu-
reau-funded schools and other education programs which
shall become available for obligation on July 1, 1995, and
shall remain available for obligation until September 30,
1996; and of which not to exceed $72,680,000 shall be
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for higher education scholarships, adult vocational train-
ing, and assistance to public schools under the Act of April
16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et
seq.), which shall remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 1996; and of which $75,902,000 shall remain
available until expended, including $16,206,000 for trust
funds management, $19,083,000 for housing improve-
ment, $30,169,000 for road maintenance, $2,332,000 for
attorney 
fees, 
$1,983,000 
for 
litigation 
support,
$4,934,000 for self-governance tribal compacts, and
$1,195,000 for the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Program:
Provided, That payments of funds obligated as grants to
schools pursuant to Public Law 100–297 shall be made
on July 1 and December 1 in lieu of the payments author-
ized to be made on October 1 and January 1 of each cal-
endar year: Provided further, That funds made available
to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts or
grants obligated during fiscal year 1995 as authorized by
the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (88 Stat.
2203; 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), 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 of the funds
provided, $7,500,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended, for the Indian Self-Determination Fund, which
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shall be available for the transitional costs of initial or ex-
panded tribal contracts, grants or cooperative agreements
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the provisions
of the Indian Self-Determination Act: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated to the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs shall be expended as matching funds for pro-
grams funded under section 103(b)(2) of the Carl D. Per-
kins Vocational Education Act: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be used by the Bureau
of Indian Affairs to transfer funds under a contract with
any third party for the management of tribal or individual
Indian trust funds until the funds held in trust for all
such tribes or individuals have been audited and reconciled
to the earliest possible date, the results of such reconcili-
ation have been certified by an independent party as the
most complete reconciliation of such funds possible, and
the affected tribe or individual has been provided with an
accounting of such funds: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of this Act,
concerning losses to or mismanagement of trust funds,
until the affected tribe or individual Indian has been fur-
nished with the accounting of such funds from which the
beneficiary can determine whether there has been a loss: