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maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, insular management 
controls, coral reef initiative activities, and brown tree snake control 
and research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for com-
pensation and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); 
grants to the Government of American Samoa, in addition to current 
local revenues, for construction and support of governmental func-
tions; grants to the Government of the Virgin Islands as authorized 
by law; grants to the Government of Guam, as authorized by law; 
and grants to the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands 
as authorized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) 
$9,480,000 shall be available until September 30, 2013 for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all 
financial transactions of the territorial and local governments herein 
provided for, including such transactions of all agencies or 
instrumentalities established or used by such governments, may 
be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at its discre-
tion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United States Code: 
Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant grant 
funding shall be provided according to those terms of the Agreement 
of the Special Representatives on Future United States Financial 
Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public 
Law 104–134: Provided further, That the funds for the program 
of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement 
of capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost 
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee’s 
commitment to timely maintenance of its capital assets: Provided 
further, That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading in this Act or previous 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 grants and necessary expenses, $3,318,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 
of the Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; 
and section 221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the 
Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99–658 
and Public Law 108–188. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may 
transfer discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under 
section 104(e) of Public Law 108–188 and Public Law 104–134, 
that are allocated for Guam, to the Secretary of Agriculture for 
the subsidy cost of direct or guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed 
three percent of the amount of the subsidy transferred for the 
cost of loan administration, for the purposes authorized by the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and section 306(a)(1) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act for construction and repair 
projects in Guam, and such funds shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
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such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That such loans or loan 
guarantees may be made without regard to the population of the 
area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the types 
of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act: Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available 
to make or guarantee loans under such authorities. 
OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, 
$66,296,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$49,471,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS 
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and 
grants, $152,319,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $31,171,000 from this or any other Act, shall be 
available for historical accounting: Provided, That funds for trust 
management improvements and litigation support may, as needed, 
be transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ account; the Office of the Solicitor, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account: Provided further, That funds made 
available through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 
2012, 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, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the statute of limitations shall not 
commence to run on any claim, including any claim in litigation 
pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, concerning losses 
to or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe or 
individual Indian has been furnished with an accounting of such 
funds from which the beneficiary can determine whether there 
has been a loss: Provided further, That, 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 $15 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 withdrawn upon the express written request of the account
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holder: Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000 is available 
for the Secretary to make payments to correct administrative errors 
of either disbursements from or deposits to Individual Indian Money 
or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: Provided further, 
That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be credited to 
and remain available in this account for this purpose. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, suppression oper-
ations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, haz-
ardous fuels reduction, and rural fire assistance by the Department 
of the Interior, $566,495,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $6,137,000 shall be for the renovation or 
construction of fire facilities: Provided, That such funds are also 
available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes: 
Provided further, That persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 
may be furnished subsistence and lodging without cost from funds 
available from this appropriation: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received by a bureau or office 
of the Department of the Interior for fire protection rendered pursu-
ant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of United States property, 
may be credited to the appropriation from which funds were 
expended to provide that protection, and are available without 
fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That using the amounts 
designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agree-
ments, for hazardous fuels reduction activities, and for training 
and monitoring associated with such hazardous fuels reduction 
activities, on Federal land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for 
activities that benefit resources on Federal land: Provided further, 
That the costs of implementing any cooperative agreement between 
the Federal Government and any non-Federal entity may be shared, 
as mutually agreed on by the affected parties: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding requirements of the Competition in Con-
tracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of hazardous fuels reduc-
tion activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition among: 
(1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth Con-
servation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109–154), 
or related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; 
(3) small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire 
or train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent 
or more, of the project workforce to complete such contracts: Pro-
vided further, That in implementing this section, the Secretary 
shall develop written guidance to field units to ensure accountability 
and consistent application of the authorities provided herein: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may 
be used to reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
and the National Marine Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying 
out their responsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as required
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by section 7 of such Act, in connection with wildland fire manage-
ment activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
may use wildland fire appropriations to enter into noncompetitive 
sole-source leases of real property with local governments, at or 
below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements 
for fire facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited 
to fire guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack 
and fire support facilities, and to make advance payments for any 
such lease or for construction activity associated with the lease: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may authorize the transfer of funds appro-
priated for wildland fire management, in an aggregate amount 
not to exceed $50,000,000, between the Departments when such 
transfers would facilitate and expedite wildland fire management 
programs and projects: Provided further, That funds provided for 
wildfire suppression shall be available for support of Federal emer-
gency response actions: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for assistance to or through 
the Department of State in connection with forest and rangeland 
research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, 
and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be avail-
able to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related 
natural resource activities outside the United States and its terri-
tories and possessions, including technical assistance, education 
and training, and cooperation with United States and international 
organizations: Provided further, That before obligating any of the 
funds provided herein for wildland fire suppression, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall obligate all unobligated balances previously 
made available under this heading that, when appropriated, were 
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and notify the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate in writing of the imminent need to begin obligating funds 
provided herein for wildland fire suppression: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading for wildland 
fire suppression in fiscal year 2011, $82,000,000 are rescinded. 
FLAME WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION RESERVE FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for large fire suppression operations 
of the Department of the Interior and as a reserve fund for suppres-
sion and Federal emergency response activities, $92,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts 
are available only for transfer to the ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’ 
account and only following a declaration by the Secretary that 
either (1) a wildland fire suppression event meets certain previously 
established risk-based written criteria for significant complexity, 
severity, or threat posed by the fire or (2) funds in the ‘‘Wildland 
Fire Management’’ account will be exhausted within 30 days. 
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND 
For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and 
any of its component offices and bureaus for the response action,