funds for the program of operations and maintenance im-
provement are appropriated to institutionalize routine op-
erations and maintenance improvement of capital infra-
structure in American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
and the Federated States of Micronesia through assess-
ments of long-range operations maintenance needs, im-
proved capability of local operations and maintenance in-
stitutions and agencies (including management and voca-
tional education training), and project-specific mainte-
nance (with territorial participation and cost sharing to
be determined by the Secretary based on the individual
territory’s commitment to timely maintenance of its cap-
ital assets): Provided further, That any appropriation for
disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or pre-
vious appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal
matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation
grants provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5170c).
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
For economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of
the Marshall Islands as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
and for economic assistance and necessary expenses for
the Republic of Palau as provided for in sections 122, 221,
223, 232, and 233 of the Compact of Free Association,
$20,745,000, to remain available until expended, as au-
thorized by Public Law 99–239 and Public Law 99–658.
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior, $62,406,000, of which not to ex-
ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses and of which up to $1,000,000 shall be
available for workers compensation payments and unem-
ployment compensation payments associated with the or-
derly closure of the United States Bureau of Mines.
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor,
$40,196,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $26,086,000.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
and grants, $82,428,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements may be transferred, as needed, to the Bureau
of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account
and to the Departmental Management ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able to tribes and tribal organizations through contracts
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2001, as authorized
by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C.
450 et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the
contractor or grantee: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the statute of limita-
tions shall not commence to run on any claim, including
any claim in litigation pending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, concerning losses to or mismanagement
of trust funds, until the affected tribe or individual Indian
has been furnished with an accounting of such funds from
which the beneficiary can determine whether there has
been a loss: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required
to provide a quarterly statement of performance for any
Indian trust account that has not had activity for at least
18 months and has a balance of $1.00 or less: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and
shall permit the balance in each such account to be with-
drawn upon the express written request of the account
holder.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION
For implementation of a program for consolidation
of fractional interests in Indian Lands and expenses asso-
ciated with redetermining and redistributing escalated in-
terests in allotted lands by direct expenditure or coopera-
tive agreement, $5,000,000 to remain available until ex-
pended and which may be transferred to the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Departmental Management, of which
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may enter into
a cooperative agreement, which shall not be subject to
Public law 93–638, as amended, with a tribe having juris-
diction over the reservation to implement the program to
acquire fractional interests on behalf of such tribe: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary may develop a reserva-
tion-wide system for establishing the fair market value of
various types of lands and improvements to govern the
amounts offered for acquisition of fractional interests:
Provided further, That acquisitions shall be limited to one
or more reservations as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall be available for acquisition
of fractional interests in trust or restricted lands with the
consent of its owners and at fair market value, and the
Secretary shall hold in trust for such tribe all interests
acquired pursuant to this program: Provided further, That
all proceeds from any lease, resource sale contract, right-
of-way or other transaction derived from the fractional in-
terests shall be credited to this appropriation, and remain
available until expended, until the purchase price paid by
the Secretary under this appropriation has been recovered
from such proceeds: Provided further, That once the pur-
chase price has been recovered, all subsequent proceeds
shall be managed by the Secretary for the benefit of the
applicable tribe or paid directly to the tribe.
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND
RESTORATION
NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FUND
To conduct natural resource damage assessment ac-
tivities by the Department of the Interior necessary to
carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), Federal Water Pollu-
tion Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.),
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–380) (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Public Law 101–337, as amend-
ed (16 U.S.C. 19jj et seq.), $5,374,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
There is hereby authorized for acquisition from avail-
able resources within the Working Capital Fund, 15 air-
craft, 10 of which shall be for replacement and which may
be obtained by donation, purchase or through available ex-
cess surplus property: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, existing aircraft being replaced may
be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value used to
offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft: Pro-
vided further, That no programs funded with appropriated
funds in the ‘‘Departmental Management’’, ‘‘Office of the
Solicitor’’, and ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ may be aug-
mented through the Working Capital Fund or the Consoli-
dated Working Fund.
GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
SEC. 101. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for expenditure or transfer (within each bureau
or office), with the approval of the Secretary, for the emer-
gency reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft,
buildings, utilities, or other facilities or equipment dam-
aged or destroyed by fire, flood, storm, or other unavoid-
able causes: Provided, That no funds shall be made avail-
able under this authority until funds specifically made
available to the Department of the Interior for emer-
gencies shall have been exhausted: Provided further, That
all funds used pursuant to this section are hereby des-
ignated by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be re-
plenished by a supplemental appropriation which must be
requested as promptly as possible.
SEC. 102. The Secretary may authorize the expendi-
ture or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title,
in addition to the amounts included in the budget pro-
grams of the several agencies, for the suppression or emer-
gency prevention of wildland fires on or threatening lands
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior;
for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands
under its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to po-
tential or actual earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or
other unavoidable causes; for contingency planning subse-
quent to actual oil spills; for response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oil spills;
for the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or
potential grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to
the authority in section 1773(b) of Public Law 99–198
(99 Stat. 1658); for emergency reclamation projects under
section 410 of Public Law 95–87; and shall transfer, from
any no year funds available to the Office of Surface Min-
ing Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be
necessary to permit assumption of regulatory authority in
the event a primacy State is not carrying out the regu-
latory provisions of the Surface Mining Act: Provided,
That appropriations made in this title for wildland fire
operations shall be available for the payment of obligations
incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reim-
bursement to other Federal agencies for destruction of ve-
hicles, aircraft, or other equipment in connection with
their use for wildland fire operations, such reimbursement
to be credited to appropriations currently available at the
time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for wildland
fire operations, no funds shall be made available under
this authority until the Secretary determines that funds
appropriated for ‘‘wildland fire operations’’ shall be ex-
hausted within thirty days: Provided further, That all
funds used pursuant to this section are hereby designated
by Congress to be ‘‘emergency requirements’’ pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and must be replen-
ished by a supplemental appropriation which must be re-
quested as promptly as possible: Provided further, That
such replenishment funds shall be used to reimburse, on
a pro rata basis, accounts from which emergency funds
were transferred.
SEC. 103. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for operation of warehouses, garages, shops, and
similar facilities, wherever consolidation of activities will
contribute to efficiency or economy, and said appropria-
tions shall be reimbursed for services rendered to any
other activity in the same manner as authorized by sec-
tions 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That reimbursements for costs and supplies, mate-
rials, equipment, and for services rendered may be cred-
ited to the appropriation current at the time such reim-
bursements are received.
SEC. 104. Appropriations made to the Department
of the Interior in this title shall be available for services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the
Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; hire,
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger
motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for tele-
phone service in private residences in the field, when au-
thorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and
the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary,
for library membership in societies or associations which
issue publications to members only or at a price to mem-
bers lower than to subscribers who are not members.
SEC. 105. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of the Interior for salaries and expenses shall be
available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as author-
ized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902 and D.C. Code 4–204).
SEC. 106. Annual appropriations made in this title
shall be available for obligation in connection with con-
tracts issued for services or rentals for periods not in ex-
cess of 12 months beginning at any time during the fiscal
year.
SEC. 107. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore leasing and related activities placed under re-
striction in the President’s moratorium statement of June
26, 1990, in the areas of northern, central, and southern
California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon;
and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north
latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.
SEC. 108. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of offshore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and re-
lated activities, on lands within the North Aleutian Basin
planning area.
SEC. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct off-
shore oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related
activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for
any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the
final Outer Continental Shelf 5–Year Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 1997–2002.
SEC. 110. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil
and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities
in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
SEC. 111. Advance payments made under this title
to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal consortia
pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)
may be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization,
or consortium before such funds are expended for the pur-
poses of the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement
so long as such funds are—
(1) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States, or mutual
(or other) funds registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and which only invest in obli-
gations of the United States or securities that are
guaranteed or insured by the United States; or
(2) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United
States, or are fully collateralized to ensure protec-
tion of the funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, the National Park Service shall not develop or imple-
ment a reduced entrance fee program to accommodate
non-local travel through a unit. The Secretary may provide
for and regulate local non-recreational passage through
units of the National Park System, allowing each unit to
develop guidelines and permits for such activity appro-
priate to that unit.
SEC. 113. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the De-
partment of the Interior’s charge card programs, hereafter
may be deposited to and retained without fiscal year limi-
tation in the Departmental Working Capital Fund estab-
lished under 43 U.S.C. 1467 and used to fund manage-
ment initiatives of general benefit to the Department of
the Interior’s bureaus and offices as determined by the
Secretary or his designee.
SEC. 114. Appropriations made in this title under the
headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians and any available unobli-
gated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under
the same headings, shall be available for expenditure or
transfer for Indian trust management activities pursuant
to the Trust Management Improvement Project High
Level Implementation Plan.
SEC. 115. Notwithstanding any provision of law,
hereafter the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ne-
gotiate and enter into agreements and leases, without re-
gard to section 321 of chapter 314 of the Act of June
30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), with any person, firm, asso-
ciation, organization, corporation, or governmental entity
for all or part of the property within Fort Baker adminis-
tered by the Secretary as part of Golden Gate National
Recreation Area. The proceeds of the agreements or leases
shall be retained by the Secretary and such proceeds shall
be available, without future appropriation, for the preser-
vation, restoration, operation, maintenance and interpre-
tation and related expenses incurred with respect to Fort
Baker properties.
SEC. 116. A grazing permit or lease that expires (or
is transferred) during fiscal year 2001 may be renewed
under section 402 of the Federal Land Policy and Man-
agement Act of 1976, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1752) or
if applicable, sections 306 and 510 of the California
Desert Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 410aaa–50). The terms
and conditions contained in the expiring permit or lease
may at the discretion of the Secretary continue in effect
under the new permit or lease until such time as the Sec-
retary of the Interior completes processing of such permit
or lease in compliance with all applicable laws and regula-
tions, at which time such permit or lease may be canceled,
suspended or modified, in whole or in part, to meet the
requirements of such applicable laws and regulations.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to alter the Sec-
retary’s statutory authority.
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for the purpose of reducing the backlog of Indian pro-
bate cases in the Department of the Interior, the hearing
requirements of chapter 10 of title 25, United States
Code, are deemed satisfied by a proceeding conducted by
an Indian probate judge, appointed by the Secretary with-
out regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
governing the appointments in the competitive service, for
such period of time as the Secretary determines necessary:
Provided, That the basic pay of an Indian probate judge
so appointed may be fixed by the Secretary without regard
to the provisions of chapter 51, and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, governing the
classification and pay of General Schedule employees, ex-
cept that no such Indian probate judge may be paid at
a level which exceeds the maximum rate payable for the
highest grade of the General Schedule, including locality
pay.
SEC. 118. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redis-
tribute any Tribal Priority Allocation funds, including
tribal base funds, to alleviate tribal funding inequities by
transferring funds to address identified, unmet needs,
dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduc-
tion in Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10
percent in fiscal year 2001. Under circumstances of dual
enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate dis-
tribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation does not
apply.
SEC. 119. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to establish a new National Wildlife Refuge in the Kan-
kakee River basin that is inconsistent with the United
States Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to control flood-
ing and siltation in that area. Written certification of con-
sistency shall be submitted to the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations prior to refuge establishment.
SEC. 120. The Great Marsh Trail at the Mason Neck
National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia is hereby named for
Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. and shall hereafter be referred to
in any law, document, or records of the United States as
the ‘‘Joseph V. Gartlan, Jr. Great Marsh Trail’’.
SEC. 121. Funds appropriated for the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs for postsecondary schools for fiscal year 2001
shall be allocated among the schools proportionate to the
unmet need of the schools as determined by the Postsec-
ondary Funding Formula adopted by the Office of Indian
Education Programs.
SEC. 122. The amounts other wise provided by this
title are revised by reducing the amount made available
under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL PARK SERVICE—
CONSTRUCTION’’ by $9,000,000 and by increasing the
amount made available under the heading ‘‘NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE—LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE
ASSISTANCE’’ for acquisition of lands or waters, or in-
terests therein, by $9,000,000.
SEC. 123. Any limitation imposed under this Act on
funds made available by this Act related to planning and
management of national monuments, or activities related
to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management
Plan shall not apply to any activity which is otherwise au-
thorized by law.
TITLE II—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREST SERVICE
FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland re-
search as authorized by law, $224,966,000, to remain
available until expended.
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and pro-
viding technical and financial assistance to States, terri-
tories, possessions, and others, and for forest health man-
agement, cooperative forestry, and education and land
conservation activities and conducting an international
program as authorized, $197,337,000 (reduced by
$500,000) (increased by $500,000), to remain available
until expended, as authorized by law: Provided, That none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act or otherwise available to the Secretary shall be
used to carry out any activity related to the urban re-
sources partnership or similar or successor programs.
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,
$1,207,545,000, to remain available until expended, which
shall include 50 percent of all moneys received during
prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in
accordance with section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–
6a(i)): Provided, That unobligated balances available at
the start of fiscal year 2001 shall be displayed by extended
budget line item in the fiscal year 2002 budget justifica-
tion.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression
activities on National Forest System lands, for emergency
fire suppression on or adjacent to such lands or other
lands under fire protection agreement, and for emergency
rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System
lands and water, $614,343,000 (increased by $4,000,000),
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
funds are available for repayment of advances from other
appropriations accounts previously transferred for such
purposes: Provided further, That not less than 50 percent
of any unobligated balances remaining (exclusive of
amounts for hazardous fuels reduction) at the end of fiscal
year 2000 shall be transferred, as repayment for post ad-
vances that have not been repaid, to the fund established
pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 71–319 (16 U.S.C.
576 et seq.): Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, up to $4,000,000 of funds appro-
priated under this appropriation may be used for Fire
Science Research in support of the Joint Fire Science Pro-
gram: Provided further, That all authorities for the use
of funds, including the use of contracts, grants, and coop-
erative agreements, available to execute the Forest Service
and Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available
in the utilization of these funds for Fire Science Research.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, $424,466,000 (increased by
$10,000,000), to remain available until expended for con-
struction, reconstruction, maintenance and acquisition of
buildings and other facilities, and for construction, recon-
struction, repair and maintenance of forest roads and
trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
532–538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205: Provided, That up
to $15,000,000 of the funds provided herein for road
maintenance shall be available for the decommissioning of
roads, including unauthorized roads not part of the trans-
portation system, which are no longer needed: Provided
further, That no funds shall be expended to decommission
any system road until notice and an opportunity for public
comment has been provided on each decommissioning
project: Provided further, That any unobligated balances
of amounts previously appropriated to the Forest Service
‘‘Construction’’, ‘‘Reconstruction and Construction’’, or
‘‘Reconstruction and Maintenance’’ accounts as well as
any unobligated balances remaining in the ‘‘National For-
est System’’ account for the facility maintenance and trail
maintenance extended budget line items may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Capital Improvement and
Maintenance’’ account.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–4 through 11), including ad-
ministrative expenses, and for acquisition of land or wa-
ters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory au-
thority applicable to the Forest Service, $50,000,000 (and
in addition $2,000,000, to be available to the Department
of the Interior for the acquisition of Cat Island, Mis-
sissippi), to be derived from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund, to remain available until expended.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS SPECIAL
ACTS
For acquisition of lands within the exterior bound-
aries of the Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests,
Utah; the Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada; and the An-
geles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland National
Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,068,000, to
be derived from forest receipts.
ACQUISITION OF LANDS TO COMPLETE LAND EXCHANGES
For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal gov-
ernments, public school districts, or other public school au-
thorities pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until ex-
pended.
RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, 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
Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of Public
Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until ex-
pended, 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),
$92,000, to remain available until expended, to be derived
from the fund established pursuant to the above Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to
exceed 132 passenger motor vehicles of which 13 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
129 shall be for replacement; acquisition of 25 passenger
motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire of such vehi-
cles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase
of not to exceed six for replacement only, and acquisition
of sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain the
operable fleet at 192 aircraft for use in Forest Service
wildland fire programs and other Forest Service programs;
notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or
trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for the
replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration of
buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250);
(4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein, pur-
suant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the
Volunteers in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C.
558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt col-
lection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
None of the funds made available under this Act shall
be obligated or expended to abolish any region, to move
or close any regional office for National Forest System
administration of the Forest Service, Department of Agri-
culture without the consent of the House and Senate Com-
mittees on Appropriations.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be transferred to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation for forest firefighting, emergency re-
habilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters
under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe
burning conditions if and only if all previously appro-
priated emergency contingent funds under the heading
‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ have been released by the
President and apportioned.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
available for assistance to or through the Agency for Inter-
national Development and the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice in connection with forest and rangeland research, tech-
nical information, and assistance in foreign countries, and
shall be available to support forestry and related natural
resource activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, edu-
cation and training, and cooperation with United States
and international organizations.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500
is available to the Chief of the Forest Service for official
reception and representation expenses.
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public
Law 101–593, of the funds available to the Forest Service,
up to $1,250,000 may be advanced in a lump sum as Fed-
eral financial assistance to the National Forest Founda-
tion, without regard to when the Foundation incurs ex-
penses, for administrative expenses or projects on or bene-
fitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest
Service programs: Provided, That of the Federal funds
made available to the Foundation, no more than $200,000
shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall obtain, by the end of
the period of Federal financial assistance, private con-
tributions to match on at least one-for-one basis funds
made available by the Forest Service: Provided further,
That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds: Provided further, That hereafter, the National For-
est Foundation may hold Federal funds made available
but not immediately disbursed and may use any interest
or other investment income earned (before, on, or after
the date of the enactment of this Act) on Federal funds