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INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, 
$11,833,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, of which $1,629,000 is for administrative expenses, 
as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed or insured, not to 
exceed $103,456,940. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 
OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 
For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian 
education programs, as authorized by law, including the 
Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 
1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education Amend-
ments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001–2019), and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), 
$1,083,463,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2023, except as otherwise provided herein: Provided, That 
federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations 
of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their tribal 
priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs: 
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Provided further, That not to exceed $797,911,000 for 
school operations costs of Bureau-funded schools and 
other education programs shall become available on July 
1, 2022, and shall remain available until September 30, 
2023: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian 
Self–Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
and section 1128 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed $92,285,000 within and 
only from such amounts made available for school oper-
ations shall be available for administrative cost grants as-
sociated with grants approved prior to July 1, 2022: Pro-
vided further, That in order to enhance the safety of Bu-
reau field employees, the Bureau may use funds to pur-
chase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel. 
EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION 
For construction, repair, improvement, and mainte-
nance of buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary 
for the operation of Indian education programs, including 
architectural and engineering services by contract; acquisi-
tion of lands, and interests in lands; $267,330,000 (re-
duced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That in order to 
ensure timely completion of construction projects, the Sec-
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retary of the Interior may assume control of a project and 
all funds related to the project, if, not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 
Public Law 100–297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) grantee 
receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 
Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of 
the project and commenced construction. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of In-
dian Education may carry out the operation of Indian pro-
grams by direct expenditure, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, compacts, and grants, either directly or in coopera-
tion with States and other organizations. 
Notwithstanding Public Law 87–279 (25 U.S.C. 15), 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs may contract for services in 
support of the management, operation, and maintenance 
of the Power Division of the San Carlos Irrigation Project. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau 
of Indian Education for central office oversight and Exec-
utive Direction and Administrative Services (except Exec-
utive Direction and Administrative Services funding for 
Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and facilities 
operations and maintenance) shall be available for con-
tracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with 
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the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian 
Education under the provisions of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–413). 
In the event any tribe returns appropriations made 
available by this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or 
the Bureau of Indian Education, this action shall not di-
minish the Federal Government’s trust responsibility to 
that tribe, or the government-to-government relationship 
between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe’s 
ability to access future appropriations. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Bureau of Indian Education, other than 
the amounts provided herein for assistance to public 
schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be available to 
support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
school in the State of Alaska. 
No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation shall be used to support expanded grades for any 
school or dormitory beyond the grade structure in place 
or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each school 
in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of 
October 1, 1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior 
may waive this prohibition to support expansion of up to 
one additional grade when the Secretary determines such 
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waiver is needed to support accomplishment of the mission 
of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one 
grade to expand the elementary grade structure for Bu-
reau-funded schools with a K–2 grade structure on Octo-
ber 1, 1996. Appropriations made available in this or any 
prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be avail-
able, in accordance with the Bureau’s funding formula, 
only to the schools in the Bureau school system as of Sep-
tember 1, 1996, and to any school or school program that 
was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds made available 
under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined 
in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that a charter school that is 
in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before Sep-
tember 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that pe-
riod, but only if the charter school pays to the Bureau 
a pro rata share of funds to reimburse the Bureau for 
the use of the real and personal property (including buses 
and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept sepa-
rate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does 
not assume any obligation for charter school programs of 
the State in which the school is located if the charter 
school loses such funding. Employees of Bureau-funded 
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schools sharing a campus with a charter school and per-
forming functions related to the charter school’s operation 
and employees of a charter school shall not be treated as 
Federal employees for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 
section 113 of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106– 
113, if in fiscal year 2003 or 2004 a grantee received indi-
rect and administrative costs pursuant to a distribution 
formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101–301, the 
Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and admin-
istrative cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) 
distribution formula. 
Funds available under this Act may not be used to 
establish satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school 
system as of September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary 
may waive this prohibition in order for an Indian tribe 
to provide language and cultural immersion educational 
programs for non-public schools located within the juris-
dictional area of the tribal government which exclusively 
serve tribal members, do not include grades beyond those 
currently served at the existing Bureau-funded school, 
provide an educational environment with educator pres-
ence and academic facilities comparable to the Bureau- 
funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, 
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or State health and safety standards, and the Americans 
with Disabilities Act, and demonstrate the benefits of es-
tablishing operations at a satellite location in lieu of incur-
ring extraordinary costs, such as for transportation or 
other impacts to students such as those caused by busing 
students extended distances: Provided, That no funds 
available under this Act may be used to fund operations, 
maintenance, rehabilitation, construction, or other facili-
ties-related costs for such assets that are not owned by 
the Bureau: Provided further, That the term ‘‘satellite 
school’’ means a school location physically separated from 
the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but that 
forms part of the existing school in all other respects. 
Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations 
within Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of In-
dian Education Programs may be used to execute re-
quested adjustments in tribal priority allocations initiated 
by an Indian Tribe. 
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, $109,572,000, to remain available 
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until expended, of which not to exceed $17,536,000 from 
this or any other Act, may be available for historical ac-
counting: Provided, That funds for trust management im-
provements and litigation support may, as needed, be 
transferred to or merged with the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs, ‘‘Operation of Indian Programs’’ and Bureau of In-
dian Education, ‘‘Operation of Indian Education Pro-
grams’’ accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ‘‘Salaries and 
Expenses’’ account; and the Office of the Secretary, ‘‘De-
partmental Operations’’ account: Provided further, That 
funds made available through contracts or grants obli-
gated during fiscal year 2022, as authorized by the Indian 
Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall not be required to 
provide a quarterly statement of performance for any In-
dian trust account that has not had activity for at least 
15 months and has a balance of $15 or less: Provided fur-
ther, 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: Provided further, That not to exceed $100,000 is 
available for the Secretary to make payments to correct 
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administrative errors of either disbursements from or de-
posits to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after 
September 30, 2002: Provided further, That erroneous 
payments that are recovered shall be credited to and re-
main available in this account for this purpose: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not be required to rec-
oncile Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than 
$500 unless the Office of the Special Trustee receives 
proof of ownership from a Special Deposit Accounts claim-
ant: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 102 
of the American Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–412) or any other provision 
of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts 
of individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a con-
tinuous period of at least 5 years and shall not be required 
to generate periodic statements of performance for the in-
dividual accounts: Provided further, That with respect to 
the eighth proviso, the Secretary shall continue to main-
tain sufficient records to determine the balance of the indi-
vidual accounts, including any accrued interest and in-
come, and such funds shall remain available to the indi-
vidual account holders. 
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DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for management of the De-
partment of the Interior and for grants and cooperative 
agreements, as authorized by law, $130,887,000 (reduced 
by $1,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $1,200,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2023; of which not to exceed $15,000 
may be for official reception and representation expenses; 
of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available for workers 
compensation payments and unemployment compensation 
payments associated with the orderly closure of the United 
States Bureau of Mines; and of which $13,591,000 for 
Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation activities 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
funds for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation ac-
tivities may, as needed, be transferred to and merged with 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘‘Operation of Indian Pro-
grams’’ and Bureau of Indian Education ‘‘Operation of 
Indian Education Programs’’ accounts and the Office of 
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ganization Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5129), on the date of enact-
ment of that Act. 
(b) RATIFICATION AND CONFIRMATION OF AC-
TIONS.— Any action taken by the Secretary of the Interior 
pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Act’’) (25 U.S.C. 5101 et 
seq.) for any Indian tribe that was federally recognized 
on the date of the action is ratified and confirmed, to the 
extent such action is subjected to challenge based on 
whether the Indian tribe was federally recognized or under 
Federal jurisdiction on June 18, 1934, as if the action 
had, by prior act of Congress, been specifically authorized 
and directed. 
(c) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—(1) IN GENERAL.— 
Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this 
section affects— 
(A) the application or effect of any Federal law other 
than the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) 
(as amended by subsection (a)); or 
(B) any limitation on the authority of the Secretary 
of the Interior under any Federal law or regulation other 
than the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) 
(as so amended). 
(2) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.— An express ref-
erence to the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et 
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