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SEPARATION OF ACCOUNTS 
SEC. 114. The Secretary of the Interior, in order to 
implement an orderly transition to separate accounts of 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian 
Education, may transfer funds among and between the 
successor offices and bureaus affected by the reorganiza-
tion only in conformance with the reprogramming guide-
lines described in this Act. 
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT) 
SEC. 115. Section 6906 of title 31, United States 
Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ 
for ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’. 
DISCLOSURE OF DEPARTURE OR ALTERNATE PROCEDURE 
APPROVAL 
SEC. 116. (a) Subject to subsection (b), for fiscal year 
2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, in any case in which 
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management prescribes or 
approves any departure or use of alternate procedure or 
equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, under 30 CFR 
§ 585.103, 30 CFR § 550.141; 30 CFR §550.142; 30 
CFR § 250.141, or 30 CFR § 250.142, the head of such 
bureau shall post a description of such departure or alter-
nate procedure or equipment use approval on such bu-
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reau’s publicly available website not more than 15 busi-
ness days after such issuance. 
(b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential 
business information. 
FUNDING RESTRICTION 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of the Interior by this or any other Act may 
be used to conduct a lease sale pursuant to section 
20001(c)(1) of Public Law 115–97 which does not contain 
a national minimum acceptable bid amount sufficient to 
produce Federal receipts to the Treasury, net of any state 
share, of no less than 50 percent of the amount required 
by section 2001(b) of H. Con. Res. 71, the concurrent res-
olution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, as agreed to 
on October 26, 2017. 
MEDICAL SERVICES FUND 
SEC. 118. Beginning in fiscal year 2022 and each fis-
cal year thereafter, amounts deposited in the National 
Park Medical Services Fund established pursuant to sec-
tion 2404(b) of Public Law 116–9 shall be classified as 
discretionary offsetting receipts. 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 119. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to conduct or 
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authorize oil and gas preleasing, leasing, or related activi-
ties, including but not limited to the issuance of permits 
for geological and geophysical exploration, in any planning 
area where the 2017-2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 
and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 
2016) did not schedule leases. 
(b) The restrictions under subsection (a) apply to the 
formal steps identified by the Department of the Interior 
and the enabling steps prior to leasing, including the 
issuance of permits for geological and geophysical explo-
ration. 
INTERAGENCY MOTOR POOL 
SEC. 120. Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or Federal regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes 
or authorized tribal organizations that receive Tribally- 
Controlled School Grants pursuant to Public Law 100– 
297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 
services for performance of any activities carried out 
under such grants to the same extent as if they were con-
tracting under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act. 
LONG BRIDGE PROJECT 
SEC. 121. On request of the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia or the District of Columbia, as applicable, the Sec-
retary of the Interior (acting through the Director of the 
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National Park Service) (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) may convey to the State of Virginia and/or 
the District of Columbia, subject to any terms and condi-
tions the Secretary deems necessary, any Federal land or 
interests therein under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
that are identified by the Commonwealth of Virginia and/ 
or the District of Columbia as necessary for the Long 
Bridge Project, which consists of improvements to Long 
Bridge and related railroad infrastructure between RO 
Interlocking in Arlington, Virginia and L’Enfant Inter-
locking near 10th Street SW in the District. The Long 
Bridge Project will expand commuter and regional pas-
senger rail service and provide bicycle and pedestrian ac-
cess crossings over the Potomac River. Such conveyance 
is for the sole purposes of railroad and recreational use. 
If such conveyance is no longer being used for such pur-
poses, then the lands or interests therein shall revert to 
the National Park Service after they have been restored 
and remediated to the satisfaction of the Secretary. The 
Secretary may also permit the temporary use of any addi-
tional land that is identified as necessary for the construc-
tion of these projects, subject to any terms and conditions 
deemed necessary. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the National Park Service may recover and retain all 
costs of providing or procuring necessary services associ-
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ated with the aforementioned conveyances or special use 
permits and said amounts shall be available to the Service 
until expended, without further appropriation. 
SPECIAL TRUSTEE FUNCTIONS 
SEC. 122. None of the funds provided in this Act or 
any other Act shall be used to develop or implement a Sec-
retarial Order to create a Bureau to perform the functions 
or activities of the Office of Special Trustee of American 
Indians. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to nominate or accept a nomination or 
an expression of interest for oil and gas leasing under the 
Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), or conduct 
any oil and gas leasing, permitting, or exploration activi-
ties for any Federal lands or minerals within the areas 
covered by— 
(1) the Final Central Coast Resource Manage-
ment Plan Amendment for Oil and Gas Leasing and 
Development published by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in October, 2019; 
(2) the Resource Management Plan for the Ba-
kersfield Field Office, published by the Bureau of 
Land Management in December, 2014; or 
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(3) the Carrizo Plain National Monument Re-
source Management Plan, published by the Depart-
ment of the Interior in April, 2010. 
TITLE II 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
For science and technology, including research and 
development activities, which shall include research and 
development activities under the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment 
and supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
and other operating expenses in support of research and 
development, $745,345,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to 
remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That of the funds included under this heading, $7,000,000 
shall be for Research: National Priorities as specified in 
the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 
of the funds included under this heading, not less than 
$400,000 shall be for administrative expenses to review 
registration applications to participate in the Renewable 
Fuels Pathway II program. 
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For environmental programs and management, in-
cluding necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
personnel and related costs and travel expenses; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and oper-
ation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library member-
ships in societies or associations which issue publications 
to members only or at a price to members lower than to 
subscribers who are not members; administrative costs of 
the brownfields program under the Small Business Liabil-
ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002; im-
plementation of a coal combustion residual permit pro-
gram under section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 
2016; and not to exceed $19,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $2,846,676,000 (reduced by 
$2,487,000) (increased by $2,487,000) (increased by 
$500,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That of the 
funds included under this heading, $18,000,000 shall be 
for Environmental Protection: National Priorities as speci-
fied in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 
That of the funds included under this heading, 
$554,910,000 shall be for Geographic Programs specified 
in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 
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That of the funds included under this heading, not more 
than $43,784,000 shall be for the Executive Operations 
and Management program project: Provided further, That 
of the funds included under this heading, the Chemical 
Risk Review and Reduction program project shall be allo-
cated not less than the amount of appropriations for that 
program project for fiscal year 2014. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE ELECTRONIC MANIFEST SYSTEM 
FUND 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 3024 of 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g), includ-
ing the development, operation, maintenance, and upgrad-
ing of the hazardous waste electronic manifest system es-
tablished by such section, $8,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the sum herein appro-
priated from the general fund shall be reduced as offset-
ting collections under such section 3024 are received dur-
ing fiscal year 2021, which shall remain available until ex-
pended and be used for necessary expenses in this appro-
priation, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2021 appro-
priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$0: Provided further, That to the extent such offsetting 
collections received in fiscal year 2021 exceed $8,000,000, 
those excess amounts shall remain available until ex-
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pended and be used for necessary expenses in this appro-
priation. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $45,100,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, 
or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
$39,676,000, to remain available until expended. 
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including sections 111(c)(3), 
(c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $1,221,814,000, 
to remain available until expended, consisting of such 
sums as are available in the Trust Fund on September 
30, 2020, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 
(SARA) and up to $1,221,814,000 as a payment from 
general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund 
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for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA: 
Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance 
with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That 
of 
the 
funds 
appropriated 
under 
this 
heading, 
$11,586,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’ appropriation to remain available until September 
30, 2022, and $30,755,000 shall be paid to the ‘‘Science 
and Technology’’ appropriation to remain available until 
September 30, 2022. 
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND 
PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking under-
ground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by sub-
title I of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $92,543,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $67,174,000 
shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $25,369,000 shall be for car-
rying out the other provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal Revenue 
Code: Provided, That the Administrator is authorized to 
use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
to provide financial assistance to federally recognized In-
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dian tribes for the development and implementation of 
programs to manage underground storage tanks. 
INLAND OIL SPILL PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environ-
mental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990, including hire, maintenance, and 
operation of aircraft, $20,958,000, to be derived from the 
Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For environmental programs and infrastructure as-
sistance, including capitalization grants for State revolv-
ing 
funds 
and 
performance 
partnership 
grants, 
$4,362,556,000 (increased by $1,000,000), to remain 
available until expended, of which— 
(1) $1,638,826,000 shall be for making capital-
ization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving 
Funds under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act; and of which $1,126,088,000 shall be 
for making capitalization grants for the Drinking 
Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided, That for fis-
cal year 2021, to the extent there are sufficient eligi-
ble project applications and projects are consistent 
with State Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 per-
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cent of the funds made available under this title to 
each State for Clean Water State Revolving Fund 
capitalization grants shall be used by the State for 
projects to address green infrastructure, water or 
energy efficiency improvements, or other environ-
mentally innovative activities: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2021, funds made available under this 
title to each State for Drinking Water State Revolv-
ing Fund capitalization grants may, at the discretion 
of each State, be used for projects to address green 
infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improve-
ments, or other environmentally innovative activities: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
603(d)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State water 
pollution control revolving fund that may be used by 
a State to administer the fund shall not apply to 
amounts included as principal in loans made by such 
fund in fiscal year 2021 and prior years where such 
amounts represent costs of administering the fund 
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed 
reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for sepa-
rately from other assets in the fund, and used for 
eligible purposes of the fund, including administra-
tion: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2021, 
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notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (g)(1), 
(h), and (l) of section 201 of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, grants made under title II of 
such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the common-
wealth of the Northern Marianas, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia may 
also be made for the purpose of providing assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2021, notwithstanding the provisions of such sub-
sections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and sec-
tion 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act may also be used to provide assistance: 
(1) solely for facility plans, design activities, or 
plans, specifications, and estimates for any proposed 
project for the construction of treatment works; and 
(2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of 
privately owned treatment works serving one or 
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more principal residences or small commercial estab-
lishments: Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2021, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued 
pursuant thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the 
funds reserved by the Administrator for grants 
under section 518(c) of such Act may also be used 
for grants for training, technical assistance, and 
educational programs relating to the operation and 
management of the treatment works specified in sec-
tion 518(c) of such Act: Provided further, That for 
fiscal year 2021, funds reserved under section 
518(c) of such Act shall be available for grants only 
to Indian tribes, as defined in section 518(h) of such 
Act and former Indian reservations in Oklahoma (as 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and Na-
tive Villages as defined in Public Law 92–203: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2021, notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 518(c) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
$30,000,000, whichever is greater, and notwith-
standing the limitation on amounts in section 
1452(i) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a 
total of 2 percent of the funds appropriated, or 
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$20,000,000, whichever is greater, for State Revolv-
ing Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and 
section 1452(i) of such Acts: Provided further, That 
for fiscal year 2021, notwithstanding the amounts 
specified in section 205(c) of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent of the aggre-
gate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund program under the Act less any 
sums reserved under section 518(c) of the Act, may 
be reserved by the Administrator for grants made 
under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 
Islands: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2021, 
notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified 
in section 1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 
up to 1.5 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs 
under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
by the Administrator for grants made under section 
1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act: Provided 
further, That 10 percent of the funds made available 
under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 percent 
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of the funds made available under this title to each 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
italization grants shall be used by the State to pro-
vide additional subsidy to eligible recipients in the 
form of forgiveness of principal, negative interest 
loans, or grants (or any combination of these), and 
shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
are provided as initial financing for an eligible re-
cipient or to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt 
obligations of eligible recipients only where such debt 
was incurred on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act, or where such debt was incurred prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act if the State, with 
concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
such funds could be used to help address a threat 
to public health from heightened exposure to lead in 
drinking water or if a Federal or State emergency 
declaration has been issued due to a threat to public 
health from heightened exposure to lead in a munic-
ipal drinking water supply before the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That in a State 
in which such an emergency declaration has been 
issued, the State may use more than 14 percent of 
the funds made available under this title to the 
State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund cap-
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italization grants to provide additional subsidy to eli-
gible recipients; 
(2) $25,000,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (re-
duced by $1,000,000) shall be for architectural, en-
gineering, planning, design, construction and related 
activities in connection with the construction of high 
priority water and wastewater facilities in the area 
of the United States-Mexico Border, after consulta-
tion with the appropriate border commission: Pro-
vided, That no funds provided by this appropriations 
Act to address the water, wastewater and other crit-
ical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the 
United States along the United States-Mexico bor-
der shall be made available to a county or municipal 
government unless that government has established 
an enforceable local ordinance, or other zoning rule, 
which prevents in that jurisdiction the development 
or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
the development within an existing colonia the con-
struction of any new home, business, or other struc-
ture which lacks water, wastewater, or other nec-
essary infrastructure: Provided further, That the Ad-
ministrator may reserve up to 5 percent of funds ap-
propriated herein for management and oversight 
purposes; 
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(3) $29,186,000 shall be for grants to the State 
of Alaska to address drinking water and wastewater 
infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Vil-
lages: Provided, That of these funds: (A) the State 
of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 percent; (B) 
no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) 
the State of Alaska shall make awards consistent 
with the Statewide priority list established in con-
junction with the Agency and the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
and similar projects carried out by the State of Alas-
ka that are funded under section 221 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate not less 
than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects 
in regional hub communities; 
(4) $90,000,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (re-
duced by $2,000,000) shall be to carry out section 
104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
(CERCLA), including grants, interagency agree-
ments, and associated program support costs: Pro-
vided, That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for 
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assistance in persistent poverty counties: Provided 
further, That for purposes of this section, the term 
‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county that 
has had 20 percent or more of its population living 
in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 
the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the most 
recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or 
any territory or possession of the United States: 
Provided further, That, to the extent there are suffi-
cient qualified applications, not less than an addi-
tional 20 percent of the amount appropriated shall 
be for projects located in Qualified Opportunity 
Zones: Provided further, That the Administrator 
may reserve up to 2 percent of funds appropriated 
herein for management and oversight purposes; 
(5) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under title 
VII, subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005: 
Provided, That the Administrator may reserve up to 
2.5 percent of funds appropriated herein for man-
agement and oversight purposes; 
(6) $56,306,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
shall be for targeted airshed grants in accordance 
with the terms and conditions in the report accom-
panying this Act: Provided, That the Administrator 
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may reserve up to 2.5 percent of funds appropriated 
herein for management and oversight purposes; 
(7) $4,000,000 shall be to carry out the water 
quality program authorized in section 5004(d) of the 
Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation 
Act (Public Law 114–322); 
(8) $26,000,000 shall be for grants under sub-
sections (a) through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–19a); 
(9) $26,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1464(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–24(d)): Provided, That the Adminis-
trator may reserve up to 3 percent of funds appro-
priated herein for management and oversight pur-
poses; 
(10) $20,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19b): Provided, That the Administrator 
may reserve up to 3 percent of funds appropriated 
herein for management and oversight purposes; 
(11) $4,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 1459A(l) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
U.S.C. 300j–19a(l)); 
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(12) $13,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(8)); 
(13) $56,700,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1301): Provided, That the Administrator 
may reserve up to 3 percent of funds appropriated 
herein for management and oversight purposes; 
(14) $3,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 4304(b) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–270); and 
(15) $1,154,450,000 shall be for grants, includ-
ing associated program support costs, to States, fed-
erally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal 
consortia, and air pollution control agencies for 
multi-media or single media pollution prevention, 
control and abatement and related activities, includ-
ing activities pursuant to the provisions set forth 
under this heading in Public Law 104–134, and for 
making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air 
Act for particulate matter monitoring and data col-
lection activities subject to terms and conditions 
specified 
by 
the 
Administrator, 
of 
which: 
$46,200,000 shall be for carrying out section 128 of 
CERCLA; $9,340,000 shall be for Environmental 
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Information Exchange Network grants, including as-
sociated program support costs; $1,500,000 shall be 
for grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act, which shall be in addition 
to funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program’’ 
to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act; $18,000,000 of the funds 
available for grants under section 106 of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act shall be for State par-
ticipation in national- and State-level statistical sur-
veys of water resources and enhancements to State 
monitoring programs. 
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, an amount equal to 
the amount rescinded pursuant to the final paragraph 
under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Environ-
mental Protection Agency’’, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
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of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans, including 
capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including 
capitalized interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $12,484,980,000: Provided further, That 
none of the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made 
available under this heading shall be available for any 
project unless the Administrator and the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget have certified in ad-
vance in writing that the direct loan or loan guarantee, 
as applicable, and the project comply with the project eligi-
bility criteria entitled ‘‘Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act Program (WIFIA) Criteria Pursuant to 
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020’’, pub-
lished on June 30, 2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 39189): Provided 
further, That in this fiscal year and hereafter, for the pur-
poses of carrying out section 503(d) of the Federal Credit 
Reform Act of 1990, the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office may request, and the Administrator shall 
promptly provide, documentation and information relating 
to a project identified in a Letter of Interest submitted 
to the Administrator pursuant to a Notice of Funding 
Availability for applications for credit assistance under the 
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Pro-
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gram for any fiscal year, including with respect to a 
project that was initiated or completed before the date of 
enactment of this Act. In addition, fees authorized to be 
collected pursuant to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall 
be deposited in this account, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant 
to sections 5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure 
Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 shall be deposited 
in this account, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding 
section 5033 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and In-
novation Act of 2014, $1,023,000 (reduced by $1) (in-
creased by $1), to remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—ENVIRONMENTAL 
PROTECTION AGENCY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For fiscal year 2021, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s 
function to implement directly Federal environmental pro-
grams required or authorized by law in the absence of an 
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acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agree-
ments to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal 
consortia, if authorized by their member tribes, to assist 
the Administrator in implementing Federal environmental 
programs for Indian tribes required or authorized by law, 
except that no such cooperative agreements may be award-
ed from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide reg-
istration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as 
amended by Public Law 116–8, the Pesticide Registration 
Improvement Extension Act of 2018. 
Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal In-
secticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 
U.S.C. 136w–8(d)(2)), the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency may assess fees under section 
33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w–8) for fiscal year 2021. 
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to 
$335,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great 
Lakes Restoration Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any 
Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of 
such head, to carry out activities that would support the 
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes 
Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, or activities; 
to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these ac-
tivities; and to make grants to governmental entities, non-
profit organizations, institutions, and individuals for plan-
ning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation 
in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. 
The Science and Technology, Environmental Pro-
grams and Management, Office of Inspector General, Haz-
ardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking Underground 
Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are avail-
able for the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, 
and renovation of facilities, provided that the cost does 
not exceed $150,000 per project. 
For fiscal year 2021, and notwithstanding section 
518(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1377(f)), the Administrator is authorized to use 
the amounts appropriated for any fiscal year under section 
319 of the Act to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant 
to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act. 
The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’ for fiscal year 2021 to provide 
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grants to implement the Southeastern New England Wa-
tershed Restoration Program. 
Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in sec-
tion 320(i)(2)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, not less than $1,500,000 of the funds made available 
under this title for the National Estuary Program shall 
be for making competitive awards described in section 
320(g)(4). 
For fiscal year 2021, the Office of Chemical Safety 
and Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water may, 
using funds appropriated under the headings ‘‘Environ-
mental Programs and Management’’ and ‘‘Science and 
Technology’’, contract directly with individuals or indi-
rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without 
regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or intermittent 
personal services of students or recent graduates, who 
shall be considered employees for the purposes of chapters 
57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com-
pensation for travel and 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 purpose: Provided, That amounts used for this 
purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may not 
exceed $2,000,000. 
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No funds made available under this title in this Act 
or any other Act may be used to relocate, close, or consoli-
date any office, laboratory, or facility. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall continue to regulate under subsection (d) of 
section 112 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412) electric 
utility steam generating units (as defined in subsection (a) 
of such section 112), and such regulation is deemed to 
be appropriate and necessary for purposes of subsection 
(n)(1)(A) of such section 112. 
Any amounts made available to the Administrator by 
the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ account and re-
served for management and oversight purposes pursuant 
to the final provisos of the second, fourth, fifth, sixth, 
ninth, tenth, and thirteenth paragraphs under such head-
ing shall remain available until September 30, 2022, and 
may be transferred to the ‘‘Environmental Programs and 
Management’’ account, to be made available for manage-
ment and oversight purposes for the corresponding pro-
grams under such account. 
Of the funds made available under this title for the 
Executive Management and Operations program project, 
$2,000,000 shall not be available for obligation until after 
the Administrator transmits a report as described by title 
IV of this Act for the agency’s violation of section 710 
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of division E of Public Law 115–31, as discussed in the 
Comptroller General’s April 16, 2018, legal opinion, B– 
329603. 
Of the funds under this title for the Executive Man-
agement and Operations program project, if the Adminis-
trator has not responded to a request for access to records 
or interviews with agency employees as required by title 
IV of this Act within the time period established by the 
Comptroller General of the United States, then the 
amounts available for that program project shall be re-
duced by $50,000 per day for each day that the Adminis-
trator fails to comply with the request, with any funds 
reduced under this proviso to be permanently rescinded. 
Within 90 days of enactment of this Act, the Admin-
istrator shall take final action on any registration applica-
tion to participate in the Renewable Fuels Pathway II pro-
gram that has been pending for more than 1 year. 
The appropriation provided by 42 U.S.C. 9622(b)(3) 
is available for the hire, maintenance, and operation of 
aircraft. 
All unobligated balances from amounts appropriated 
in fiscal years preceding fiscal year 2020 under the head-
ing ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency—Water Infra-
structure Finance and Innovation Program Account’’ for 
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the cost of direct and guaranteed loans are hereby perma-
nently rescinded. 
TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 
$875,000: Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and Environ-
ment mission area for salaries and expenses are available 
to fund up to one administrative support staff for the of-
fice. 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $311,830,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024: Provided, That of 
the funds provided, $80,954,000 is for the forest inventory 
and analysis program: Provided further, That all authori-
ties for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute 
the Forest and Rangeland Research appropriation, are 
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also available in the utilization of these funds for Fire 
Science Research. 
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-
agement, and conducting an international program as au-
thorized, $300,296,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2024, 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 hazardous fuels management on or adjacent to 
such lands, $2,057,353,000 (increased by $5,000,000), to 
remain available through September 30, 2024: Provided, 
That of the funds provided, $40,000,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest 
Landscape Restoration Fund for ecological restoration 
treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 7303(f): Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $383,051,000 shall 
be for forest products: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided, $510,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels man-
agement activities, of which not to exceed $15,000,000 
may be used to make grants, using any authorities avail-
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able to the Forest Service under the ‘‘State and Private 
Forestry’’ appropriation, for the purpose of creating in-
centives for increased use of biomass from National Forest 
System lands: Provided further, That $20,000,000 may be 
used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into procure-
ment contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue 
grants for hazardous fuels management activities, and for 
training or monitoring associated with such hazardous 
fuels management activities on Federal land, or on non- 
Federal land if the Secretary determines such activities 
benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, That 
funds made available to implement the Community For-
estry Restoration Act, Public Law 106–393, title VI, shall 
be available for use on non-Federal lands in accordance 
with authorities made available to the Forest Service 
under the ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’ appropriations: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of the 
Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the 
Secretary of Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing 
on a National Grassland, may provide a credit of up to 
50 percent of the calculated fee to a Grazing Association 
or direct permittee for a conservation practice approved 
by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which 
the cost of the conservation practice is incurred. And, that 
the amount credited shall remain available to the Grazing 
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Association or the direct permittee, as appropriate, in the 
fiscal year in which the credit is made and each fiscal year 
thereafter for use on the project for conservation practices 
approved by the Secretary. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not 
otherwise provided for, $466,173,000 (reduced by 
$466,173,000) (increased by $466,173,000), to remain 
available through September 30, 2024, for construction, 
capital improvement, maintenance and acquisition of 
buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; and for 
construction, reconstruction, decommissioning of roads 
that are no longer needed, including unauthorized roads 
that are not part of the transportation system, and main-
tenance 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 funds becoming available in fiscal 
year 2021 under the Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 
501), shall be transferred to the General Fund of the 
Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or obliga-
tion for any other purpose unless the funds are appro-
priated. 
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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; and the Ozark-St. Francis and 
Ouachita National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by 
law, $700,000, 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, and for authorized expenditures from funds de-
posited by non-Federal parties pursuant to Land Sale and 
Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 
30, 2024, (16 U.S.C. 516–617a, 555a; Public Law 96– 
586; Public Law 76–589, 76–591; and Public Law 78– 
310). 
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND 
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, 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 16 
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Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public 
Law 94–579, to remain available through September 30, 
2024, of which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available 
for administrative expenses associated with on-the-ground 
range rehabilitation, protection, and improvements. 
GIFTS, DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS FOR FOREST AND 
RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), 
$45,000, to remain available through September 30, 2024, 
to be derived from the fund established pursuant to the 
above Act. 
MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL FOREST LANDS FOR 
SUBSISTENCE USES 
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to man-
age Federal lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under 
title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conserva-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), $2,537,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2024. 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression 
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency 
wildland fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or 
other lands under fire protection agreement, and for emer-
gency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest Sys-
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tem lands and water, $2,385,608,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such funds including unob-
ligated balances under this heading, are available for re-
payment of advances from other appropriations accounts 
previously transferred for such purposes: Provided further, 
That any unobligated funds appropriated in a previous fis-
cal year for hazardous fuels management may be trans-
ferred to the ‘‘National Forest System’’ account: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse 
State and other cooperating entities for services provided 
in response to wildfire and other emergencies or disasters 
to the extent such reimbursements by the Forest Service 
for non-fire emergencies are fully repaid by the responsible 
emergency management agency: Provided further, That 
funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 
emergency response: Provided further, That the costs of 
implementing any cooperative agreement between the Fed-
eral Government and any non-Federal entity may be 
shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided under this head-
ing, $1,011,000,000 shall be available for wildfire suppres-
sion operations, and is provided to the meet the terms of 
section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 
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WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
In addition to the amounts provided under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service— 
Wildland Fire Management’’ for wildfire suppression oper-
ations, $2,040,000,000, to remain available until trans-
ferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 
purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 
That such amounts may be transferred to and merged 
with amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Interior—Department-Wide Programs— 
Wildland Fire Management’’ and ‘‘Department of Agri-
culture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’ for 
wildfire suppression operations in the fiscal year in which 
such amounts are transferred: Provided further, That 
amounts may be transferred to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
agement’’ accounts in the Department of the Interior or 
the Department of Agriculture only upon the notification 
of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
that all wildfire suppression operations funds appropriated 
under that heading in this and prior appropriations Acts 
to the agency to which the funds will be transferred will 
be obligated within 30 days: Provided further, That the 
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transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
COMMUNICATIONS SITE ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to sec-
tion 8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115–334), as amended by this Act, 
shall be deposited in the special account established by 
section 8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be available to cover 
the costs described in subsection (c)(3) of such section of 
such Act, and shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amounts shall be transferred to the ‘‘Na-
tional Forest System’’ account. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FOREST SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current 
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; acquisition of passenger motor vehicles 
from excess sources, and hire of such vehicles; purchase, 
lease, operation, maintenance, and acquisition of aircraft 
to maintain the operable fleet for use in Forest Service 
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs; 
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or 
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the 
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replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
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). 
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 upon the Secretary’s notification of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all 
fire suppression funds appropriated under the heading 
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ will be obligated within 30 
days: Provided, That all funds used pursuant to this para-
graph must be replenished by a supplemental appropria-
tion which must be requested as promptly as possible. 
Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to 
the Forest Service shall be available for expenditure or 
transfer to the Department of the Interior for wildland 
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fire management, hazardous fuels management, and State 
fire assistance when such transfers would facilitate and 
expedite wildland fire management programs and projects. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Forest Service may transfer unobligated balances of dis-
cretionary funds appropriated to the Forest Service by 
this Act to or within the National Forest System Account, 
or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of haz-
ardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of 
burned-over National Forest System lands and water, 
such transferred funds shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided, That none of the funds trans-
ferred pursuant to this section shall be available for obli-
gation without written notification to and the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That this section 
does not apply to funds derived from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development in connection with forest and range-
land research, technical information, and assistance in for-
eign countries, and shall be available to support forestry 
and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including tech-
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nical assistance, education and training, and cooperation 
with U.S., private, and international organizations. The 
Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may 
sign direct funding agreements with foreign governments 
and institutions as well as other domestic agencies (includ-
ing the U.S. Agency for International Development, the 
Department of State, and the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration), U.S. private sector firms, institutions and orga-
nizations to provide technical assistance and training pro-
grams overseas on forestry and rangeland management. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for expenditure or transfer to the Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, for removal, 
preparation, and adoption of excess wild horses and burros 
from National Forest System lands, and for the perform-
ance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of 
such lands. 
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice in this Act or any other Act with respect to any fiscal 
year shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of 
section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public Law 
106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public 
Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8316(b)). 
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Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Working Capital 
Fund of the Department of Agriculture and not more than 
$14,500,000 of funds available to the Forest Service shall 
be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for De-
partment Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to 
as Greenbook charges. Nothing in this paragraph shall 
prohibit or limit the use of reimbursable agreements re-
quested by the Forest Service in order to obtain informa-
tion technology services, including telecommunications and 
system modifications or enhancements, from the Working 
Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture. 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be available for priority projects within 
the scope of the approved budget, which shall be carried 
out by the Youth Conservation Corps and shall be carried 
out under the authority of the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.). 
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official 
reception and representation expenses. 
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public 
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service, 
up to $3,000,000 may be advanced in a lump sum to the 
National Forest Foundation to aid conservation partner-
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ship projects in support of the Forest Service mission, 
without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, 
for projects on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, 
That of the Federal funds made available to the Founda-
tion, no more than $300,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial 
assistance, private contributions to match funds made 
available by the Forest Service on at least a one-for-one 
basis: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer 
Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal recipient for 
a project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained 
the non-Federal matching funds. 
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, 
up to $3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest 
Service may be advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share conservation 
projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, 
on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related 
to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such funds 
shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That 
the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal 
or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate 
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that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching 
funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for interactions with and providing technical as-
sistance to rural communities and natural resource-based 
businesses for sustainable rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be 
available for payments to counties within the Columbia 
River Gorge National Scenic Area, pursuant to section 
14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of Public Law 99– 
663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may 
be used to meet the non-Federal share requirement in sec-
tion 502(c) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the pur-
pose of performing fire, administrative, and other facilities 
maintenance and decommissioning. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any 
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service, 
not to exceed $500,000 may be used to reimburse the Of-
fice of the General Counsel (OGC), Department of Agri-
culture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a re-
sult of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management 
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reviews, land purchase negotiations and similar matters 
unrelated to civil litigation. Future budget justifications 
for both the Forest Service and the Department of Agri-
culture should clearly display the sums previously trans-
ferred and the sums requested for transfer. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project 
funded under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and administered by the Forest 
Service shall be considered to be a Federal employee for 
purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
through the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the 
Forest Service shall report no later than 30 business days 
following the close of each fiscal quarter all current and 
prior year unobligated balances, by fiscal year, budget line 
item and account, to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations. 
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 and Education Assistance Act, the Indian Health 
Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the Public 
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Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Serv-
ice, $4,540,197,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2022, except as otherwise provided herein, together 
with payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to 
sections 231(b) and 233 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), for services furnished by 
the Indian Health Service: Provided, That funds made 
available to tribes and tribal organizations through con-
tracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or com-
pacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall 
be deemed to be obligated at the time of the grant or con-
tract award and thereafter shall remain available to the 
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation: 
Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be available for 
grants or contracts with public or private institutions to 
provide alcohol or drug treatment services to Indians, in-
cluding alcohol detoxification services: Provided further, 
That $1,011,933,000 for Purchased/Referred Care, in-
cluding $53,000,000 for the Indian Catastrophic Health 
Emergency Fund, shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, up to 
$44,000,000 shall remain available until expended for im-
plementation of the loan repayment program under section 
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided 
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further, That of the funds provided, $58,000,000 shall be 
for costs related to or resulting from accreditation emer-
gencies, including supplementing activities funded under 
the heading ‘‘Indian Health Facilities,’’ of which up to 
$4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise 
available for Purchased/Referred Care: Provided further, 
That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 
as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 
1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of con-
tracts shall be deposited in the Fund authorized by section 
108A of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and shall remain 
available until expended and, notwithstanding section 
108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall 
be available to make new awards under the loan repay-
ment and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 
108 of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a): Provided 
further, That the amounts made available within this ac-
count for the Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention 
Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 
Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, 
for the Zero Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy au-
thority for civilian employees, for Aftercare Pilot Pro-
grams at Youth Regional Treatment Centers, for trans-
formation and modernization costs of the Indian Health 
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Service Electronic Health Record system, for national 
quality and oversight activities, to improve collections from 
public and private insurance at Indian Health Service and 
tribally operated facilities, for an initiative to treat or re-
duce the transmission of HIV and HCV, for a maternal 
health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial Health Center of 
Excellence, for Alzheimer’s grants, and for accreditation 
emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Di-
rector of the Indian Health Service and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That funds provided 
in this Act may be used for annual contracts and grants 
that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided the total obligation 
is recorded in the year the funds are appropriated: Pro-
vided 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 (25 U.S.C. 
1613) shall remain available until expended for the pur-
pose of achieving compliance with the applicable condi-
tions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of the So-
cial Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 
design, or construction of new facilities: Provided further, 
That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 
under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided further, That amounts received by tribes and tribal 
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organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act shall be reported and accounted for and 
available to the receiving tribes and tribal organizations 
until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, 
and from tribes and tribal organizations operating health 
facilities pursuant to Public Law 93–638, such individ-
ually identifiable health information relating to disabled 
children as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying 
out its functions under the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $73,451,000 is for the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as 
needed, to carry out activities typically funded under the 
Indian Health Facilities account: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act to the Indian 
Health Service for the Electronic Health Record system 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for the se-
lection or implementation of a new Information Tech-
nology infrastructure system, unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are consulted 90 days in advance of such obliga-
tion. 
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CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
contract support costs associated with Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act agreements with 
the Indian Health Service for fiscal year 2021, such sums 
as may be necessary: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amounts made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. Provided further, That amounts obligated 
but not expended by a tribe or tribal organization for con-
tract support costs for such agreements for the current 
fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs due 
for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years. 
PAYMENT FOR TRIBAL LEASES 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for 
leases pursuant to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5324(l)) for fiscal year 2021, such sums as may be nec-
essary, which shall be available for obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no amount made available under 
this heading shall be available for transfer to another 
budget account. 
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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 
of 
the 
Indian 
Health 
Service, 
$934,994,000 to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, 
renovation or expansion of health facilities for the benefit 
of an Indian tribe or tribes may be used to purchase land 
on which such facilities will be located: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $500,000 may be used by the Indian 
Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equipment from 
the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 
Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That 
none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Serv-
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ice may be used for sanitation facilities construction for 
new homes funded with grants by the housing programs 
of the United States Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian 
Health Service shall be available for services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates not to exceed the per diem rate 
equivalent to the maximum rate payable for senior-level 
positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; pur-
chase of reprints; 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 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 
and for expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to 
the functions or activities of the Indian Health Service: 
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 Indian 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: Provided further, That funds appropriated to the In-
dian Health Service in this Act, except those used for ad-
ministrative and program direction purposes, shall not be 
subject to limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel 
and transportation: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 
Department of Health and Human Services unless identi-
fied in the budget justification and provided in this Act, 
or approved by the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations through the reprogramming process: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds previously or herein made available to a tribe 
or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree-
ment authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 450 et seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated 
to a self-determination contract under title I, or a self- 
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governance agreement under title V of such Act and there-
after shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organiza-
tion 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 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 submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 
costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such re-
quest has been included in an appropriations Act and en-
acted into law: Provided further, That with respect to func-
tions transferred by the Indian Health Service to tribes 
or tribal organizations, the Indian Health Service is au-
thorized to provide goods and services to those entities on 
a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with 
subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements received 
therefrom, along with the funds received from those enti-
ties pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, may 
be credited to the same or subsequent appropriation ac-
count from which the funds were originally derived, with 
such amounts to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That reimbursements for training, technical as-
sistance, or services provided by the Indian Health Service 
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will contain total costs, including direct, administrative, 
and overhead costs associated with the provision of goods, 
services, or technical assistance: Provided further, That 
the Indian Health Service may provide to civilian medical 
personnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian 
Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those that 
would be provided to members of the Commissioned Corps 
of the United States Public Health Service serving in simi-
lar positions at such hospitals: Provided further, That the 
appropriation structure for the Indian Health Service may 
not be altered without advance notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For necessary expenses for the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences in carrying out activities 
set forth in section 311(a) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 
1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 
$83,000,000. 
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AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 
REGISTRY 
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Sub-
stances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out 
activities set forth in sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 3019 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $79,000,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu 
of performing a health assessment under section 104(i)(6) 
of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may conduct 
other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or activities, 
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited 
healthcare providers: Provided further, That in performing 
any such health assessment or health study, evaluation, 
or activity, the Administrator of ATSDR shall not be 
bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for ATSDR 
to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to 
section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 2021, and 
existing profiles may be updated as necessary. 
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OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 
For necessary expenses to continue functions as-
signed to the Council on Environmental Quality and Office 
of Environmental Quality pursuant to the National Envi-
ronmental Policy Act of 1969, the Environmental Quality 
Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan No. 
1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception 
and representation expenses, $2,994,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 202 of the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of 
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council. 
CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pur-
suant to section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including 
hire of passenger vehicles, uniforms or allowances there-
for, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, and for serv-
ices authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individ-
uals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 
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5376, $12,000,000: Provided, That the Chemical Safety 
and Hazard Investigation Board (Board) shall have not 
more than three career Senior Executive Service positions: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the individual appointed to the position of In-
spector General of the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 
position of Inspector General of the Board: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Inspector General of the Board shall utilize personnel of 
the Office of Inspector General of EPA in performing the 
duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and shall 
not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board. 
OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and 
Hopi Indian Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93– 
531, $4,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds provided in this or any other appropria-
tions Act are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and 
groups including evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned 
lands residents, those in significantly substandard hous-
ing, and all others certified as eligible and not included 
in the preceding categories: Provided further, That none 
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of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be 
used by the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation 
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 replacement 
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 have se-
lected 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 
section 11 of Public Law 93–531 (88 Stat. 1716). 
INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 
CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 
PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 
For payment to the Institute of American Indian and 
Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, as author-
ized by part A of title XV of Public Law 99–498 (20 
U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $10,772,000, which shall become 
available on July 1, 2021, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2022. 
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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 
agreements of no more than 30 years, and protection of 
buildings, facilities, and approaches; not to exceed 
$100,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for em-
ployees, $822,313,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, except as otherwise provided herein; of 
which not to exceed $6,957,000 for the instrumentation 
program, collections acquisition, exhibition reinstallation, 
and the repatriation of skeletal remains program shall re-
main available until expended; and including such funds 
as may be necessary to support American overseas re-
search centers: Provided, That funds appropriated herein 
are available for advance payments to independent con-
tractors performing research services or participating in 
official Smithsonian presentations: Provided further, That 
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the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appro-
priations designated in this Act for lease or rent payments, 
as rent payable to the Smithsonian Institution, and such 
rent payments may be deposited into the general trust 
funds of the Institution to be available as trust funds for 
expenses associated with the purchase of a portion of the 
building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, 
to the extent that federally supported activities will be 
housed there: Provided further, That the use of such 
amounts in the general trust funds of the Institution for 
such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt serv-
ice for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or 
an obligation of the Federal Government: Provided further, 
That no appropriated funds may be used directly to serv-
ice debt which is incurred to finance the costs of acquiring 
a portion of the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC, or of planning, designing, and con-
structing improvements to such building: Provided further, 
That any agreement entered into by the Smithsonian In-
stitution for the sale of its ownership interest, or any por-
tion thereof, in such building so acquired may not take 
effect until the expiration of a 30 day period which begins 
on the date on which the Secretary submits to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate, the Committees on House Administration and 
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Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate a report, as outlined in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 
Stat. 2536) on the intended sale. 
FACILITIES CAPITAL 
For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and 
alteration of facilities owned or occupied by the Smithso-
nian Institution, by contract or otherwise, as authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of August 22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), 
and for construction, including necessary personnel, 
$237,700,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as au-
thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
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 
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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, $153,242,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, of which not to exceed $3,700,000 for the special 
exhibition program shall remain available until expended. 
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, for operating lease agreements of no more than 
10 years, with no extensions or renewals beyond the 10 
years, that address space needs created by the ongoing 
renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as authorized, 
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$26,203,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of this amount, $1,510,000 shall be available 
for design of an off-site art storage facility in partnership 
with the Smithsonian Institution: Provided further, That 
contracts awarded for environmental systems, protection 
systems, and exterior repair or renovation of buildings of 
the National Gallery of Art may be negotiated with se-
lected 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, $26,400,000. 
CAPITAL REPAIR AND RESTORATION 
For necessary expenses for capital repair and restora-
tion of the existing features of the building and site of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
$14,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR 
SCHOLARS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions 
of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 
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1356) including hire of passenger vehicles and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $14,800,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2022. 
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, 
$170,000,000 shall be available to the National Endow-
ment for the Arts for the support of projects and produc-
tions in the arts, including arts education and public out-
reach activities, through assistance to organizations and 
individuals pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program 
support, and for administering the functions of the Act, 
to remain available until expended. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
$170,000,000 to remain available until expended, of which 
$154,000,000 shall be available for support of activities 
in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
for administering the functions of the Act; and 
$16,000,000 shall be available to carry out the matching 
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grants program pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Act, 
including $14,000,000 for the purposes of section 7(h): 
Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 
10(a)(2) shall be available for obligation only in such 
amounts as may be equal to the total amounts of gifts, 
bequests, devises of money, and other property accepted 
by the chairman or by grantees of the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and pre-
ceding fiscal years for which equal amounts have not pre-
viously been appropriated. 
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: Provided further, That the Chairperson of the Na-
tional Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up 
to $10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants 
does not exceed 5 percent of the sums appropriated for 
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grantmaking purposes per year: Provided further, That 
such small grant actions are taken pursuant to the terms 
of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from 
the National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson. 
COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under 
chapter 91 of title 40, United States Code, $3,240,000: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge 
fees to cover the full costs of its publications, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account as an offsetting col-
lection, to remain available until expended without further 
appropriation: Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, art-
work, drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history 
and design of the Nation’s Capital or the history and ac-
tivities of the Commission of Fine Arts, for the purpose 
of artistic display, study, or education: Provided further, 
That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided under 
this heading may be used for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 
99–190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000. 
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ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (Public Law 89–665), $7,400,000. 
NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Capital Plan-
ning Commission under chapter 87 of title 40, United 
States Code, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $8,124,000: Provided, That one-quarter of 1 per-
cent of the funds provided under this heading may be used 
for official reception and representational expenses associ-
ated with hosting international visitors engaged in the 
planning and physical development of world capitals. 
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 
For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as 
authorized by Public Law 106–292 (36 U.S.C. 2301– 
2310), $62,388,000 (increased by $1,000,000), of which 
$715,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2023, 
for the Museum’s equipment replacement program; and 
of which $3,000,000 for the Museum’s repair and rehabili-
tation program and $1,264,000 (increased by $1,000,000) 
for the Museum’s outreach initiatives program shall re-
main available until expended. 
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PRESIDIO TRUST 
The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations 
to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 
104(d)(3) of the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Man-
agement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), in an 
amount not to exceed $20,000,000. 
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Dwight D. Eisenhower 
Memorial Commission, $220,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
WORLD WAR I CENTENNIAL COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
Notwithstanding section 9 of the World War I Cen-
tennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World War 
I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112–272) and 
the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113–291), for necessary expenses of the World War 
I Centennial Commission, $6,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022: Provided, That in addition to 
the authority provided by section 6(g) of such Act, the 
World War I Commission may accept money, in-kind per-
sonnel services, contractual support, or any appropriate 
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support from any executive branch agency for activities 
of the Commission. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 401. 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 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913. 
OBLIGATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 402. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
DISCLOSURE OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
SEC. 403. The amount and basis of estimated over-
head charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks, including 
working capital fund and cost pool charges, from pro-
grams, projects, activities and subactivities to support gov-
ernment-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau adminis-
trative functions or headquarters, regional, or central op-
erations shall be presented in annual budget justifications 
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and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations for approval. 
MINING APPLICATIONS 
SEC. 404. (a) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this Act shall be obligated or expended to accept or 
process applications for a patent for any mining or mill 
site claim located under the general mining laws. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of the Interior determines that, for the claim 
concerned (1) a patent application was filed with the Sec-
retary on or before September 30, 1994; and (2) all re-
quirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 of 
the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or 
lode claims, sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the 
Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 35, 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 may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date. 
(c) REPORT.—On September 30, 2022, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall file with the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations and the Committee on Natural 
Resources of the House and the Committee on Energy and 
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Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken 
by the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to 
section 314(c) of the Department of the Interior and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208). 
(d) MINERAL EXAMINATIONS.—In order to process 
patent applications in a timely and responsible manner, 
upon the request of a patent applicant, the Secretary of 
the Interior shall allow the applicant to fund a qualified 
third-party contractor to be selected by the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral exam-
ination of the mining claims or mill sites contained in a 
patent application as set forth in subsection (b). The Bu-
reau of Land Management shall have the sole responsi-
bility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in ac-
cordance with the standard procedures employed by the 
Bureau of Land Management in the retention of third- 
party contractors. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, PRIOR YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 405. Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2015 (Public Law 113–235) shall continue in effect in fis-
cal year 2021. 
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CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS, FISCAL YEAR 2021 
LIMITATION 
SEC. 406. Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal 
year 2021 under the headings ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services, Indian Health Service, Contract Support 
Costs’’ and ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract Sup-
port Costs’’ are the only amounts available for contract 
support costs arising out of self-determination or self-gov-
ernance contracts, grants, compacts, or annual funding 
agreements for fiscal year 2021 with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the Indian 
Health Service: Provided, That such amounts provided by 
this Act are not available for payment of claims for con-
tract support costs for prior years, or for repayments of 
payments for settlements or judgments awarding contract 
support costs for prior years. 
FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS 
SEC. 407. The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be 
considered to be in violation of subparagraph 6(f)(5)(A) 
of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Plan-
ning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) solely because 
more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing 
in this section exempts the Secretary from any other re-
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quirement of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Re-
sources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or any 
other law: Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding avail-
able, to revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest 
System, this section shall be void with respect to such plan 
and a court of proper jurisdiction may order completion 
of the plan on an accelerated basis. 
PROHIBITION WITHIN NATIONAL MONUMENTS 
SEC. 408. No funds provided in this Act may be ex-
pended to conduct preleasing, leasing and related activities 
under either the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National Monu-
ment established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 
20, 2001, except where such activities are allowed under 
the Presidential proclamation establishing such monu-
ment. 
LIMITATION ON TAKINGS 
SEC. 409. Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds 
appropriated in this Act for the acquisition of lands or 
interests in lands may be expended for the filing of dec-
larations of taking or complaints in condemnation without 
the approval of the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
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propriations: Provided, That this provision shall not apply 
to funds appropriated to implement the Everglades Na-
tional Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989, or to 
funds appropriated for Federal assistance to the State of 
Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration pur-
poses. 
PROHIBITION ON NO-BID CONTRACTS 
SEC. 410. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act to executive branch agen-
cies may be used to enter into any Federal contract unless 
such contract is entered into in accordance with the re-
quirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United States Code, 
or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless— 
(1) Federal law specifically authorizes a con-
tract to be entered into without regard for these re-
quirements, including formula grants for States, or 
federally recognized Indian tribes; 
(2) such contract is authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
(Public Law 93–638, 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or by 
any other Federal laws that specifically authorize a 
contract within an Indian tribe as defined in section 
4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); or 
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(3) such contract was awarded prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
POSTING OF REPORTS 
SEC. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made avail-
able in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
post on the public website of that agency any report re-
quired to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS GRANT 
GUIDELINES 
SEC. 412. Of the funds provided to the National En-
dowment for the Arts: 
(1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant 
to an individual if such grant is awarded to such in-
dividual for a literature fellowship, National Herit-
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the ‘‘Secretary concerned’’), may transfer excess wild 
horses and burros that have been removed from land ad-
ministered by the Secretary concerned to other Federal, 
State, and local government agencies for use as work ani-
mals. 
(b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer 
under subsection (a) immediately on the request of a Fed-
eral, State, or local government agency. 
(c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under 
subsection (a) shall lose status as a wild free-roaming 
horse or burro (as defined in section 2 of Public Law 92– 
195 (commonly known as the ‘‘Wild Free-Roaming Horses 
and Burros Act’’) (16 U.S.C. 1332)). 
(d) A Federal, State, or local government agency re-
ceiving an excess wild horse or burro pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall not— 
(1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that 
results in the destruction of the horse or burro into 
a commercial product; 
(2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro 
in a manner that results in the destruction of the 
horse or burro for processing into a commercial 
product; or 
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tion 2814 of title 10, United States Code, are appro-
priated and shall be available until expended for the pur-
poses specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 
transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropria-
tions available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for military construction and family housing operation and 
maintenance and construction have expired for obligation, 
upon a determination that such appropriations will not be 
necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obliga-
tions incurred during the period of availability of such ap-
propriations, unobligated balances of such appropriations 
may be transferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Cur-
rency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense’’, to be merged 
with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred. 
SEC. 122. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be obligated or expended for planning and design 
and construction of projects at Arlington National Ceme-
tery. 
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ance and support services for caregivers as authorized by 
section 1720G of title 38, United States Code, loan repay-
ments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and 
Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public 
Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), 
monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 
322(d) of title 38, United States Code, grants authorized 
by section 521A of title 38, United States Code, adminis-
trative expenses necessary to carry out sections 322(d) 
and 521A of title 38, United States Code, and hospital 
care and medical services authorized by section 1787 of 
title 38, United States Code; $497,468,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $300,000,000) (increased by 
$300,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 
$1,500,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,500,000) (increased by $1,500,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), which shall be in 
addition to funds that become available on October 1, 
2020: Provided, That, of the amount provided in Public 
Law 116–94 that becomes available on October 1, 2020 
under this heading and was made available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, $5,594,318,000 is designated by the 
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17:29 Jul 29, 2020
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