IB
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2107
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 19, 1997
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES
For expenses necessary for protection, use, improve-
ment, development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classi-
fication, acquisition of easements and other interests in
lands, and performance of other functions, including main-
tenance of facilities, as authorized by law, in the manage-
ment of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general
administration of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral
potential of public lands pursuant to Public Law 96–487
(16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), Ω1æ$581,591,000 $578,851,000, to
remain available until expended, of which $2,043,000 shall
be available for assessment of the mineral potential of
public lands in Alaska pursuant to section 1010 of Public
Law 96–487 (16 U.S.C. 3150); and of which $3,000,000
shall be derived from the special receipt account estab-
lished by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)); and of which
$1,500,000 shall be available in fiscal year 1998 subject
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to a match by at least an equal amount by the National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, to such Foundation for
challenge cost share projects supporting fish and wildlife
conservation 
affecting 
Bureau 
lands; 
in 
addition,
Ω2æ$27,300,000 $27,650,000 for Mining Law Administra-
tion program operations, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Bureau
and credited to this appropriation from annual mining
claim fees so as to result in a final appropriation estimated
at not more than Ω3æ$581,591,000 $578,851,000; and in
addition, not to exceed $5,000,000, to remain available
until expended, from annual mining claim fees; which shall
be credited to this account for the costs of administering
the mining claim fee program, and $2,000,000 from com-
munication site rental fees established by the Bureau for
the cost of administering communication site activities:
Provided, That appropriations herein made shall not be
available for the destruction of healthy, unadopted, wild
horses and burros in the care of the Bureau or its contrac-
tors.
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses for fire use and management,
fire preparedness, suppression operations, and emergency
rehabilitation by the Department of the Interior,
Ω4æ$280,103,000 $282,728,000, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed Ω5æ$5,025,000
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$6,950,000 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 lodg-
ing without cost from funds available from this appropria-
tion.
CENTRAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FUND
For necessary expenses of the Department of the In-
terior and any of its component offices and bureaus for
the remedial action, including associated activities, of haz-
ardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pur-
suant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.), Ω6æ$12,000,000 $14,900,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding
31 U.S.C. 3302, sums recovered from or paid by a party
in advance of or as reimbursement for remedial action or
response activities conducted by the Department pursuant
to section 107 or 113(f) of such Act, shall be credited to
this account to be available until expended without further
appropriation: Provided further, That such sums recovered
from or paid by any party are not limited to monetary
payments and may include stocks, bonds or other personal
or real property, which may be retained, liquidated, or oth-
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erwise disposed of by the Secretary and which shall be
credited to this account.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction of buildings, recreation facilities,
roads, trails, and appurtenant facilities, Ω7æ$3,254,000
$3,154,000, to remain available until expended.
PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 20, 1976, as amended, (31 U.S.C. 6901–6907),
Ω8æ$113,500,000 $124,000,000, of which not to exceed
$400,000 shall be available for administrative expenses:
Provided, That no payment shall be made to otherwise eli-
gible units of local government if the computed amount
of the payment is less than $100.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out sections 205,
206, and 318(d) of Public Law 94–579, including admin-
istrative expenses and acquisition of lands or waters, or
interests therein, Ω9æ$12,000,000 $8,600,000, to be de-
rived from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to
remain available until expended.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA GRANT LANDS
For expenses necessary for management, protection,
and development of resources and for construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of access roads, reforestation, and
other improvements on the revested Oregon and California
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Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Or-
egon and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and
on adjacent rights-of-way; and acquisition of lands or in-
terests therein including existing connecting roads on or
adjacent to such grant lands; $101,406,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That 25 per centum
of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal
year from the revested Oregon and California Railroad
grant lands is hereby made a charge against the Oregon
and California land-grant fund and shall be transferred
to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance with
the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the
Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 876).
Ω10æFOREST ECOSYSTEMS HEALTH AND RECOVERY
(REVOLVING FUND, SPECIAL ACCOUNT)
In addition to the purposes authorized in Public Law
102–381, funds made available in the Forest Ecosystem
Health and Recovery Fund can be used for the purpose of
planning, preparing, and monitoring salvage timber sales
and forest ecosystem health and recovery activities such as
release from competing vegetation and density control treat-
ments. The Federal share of receipts derived from treat-
ments funded by this account shall be deposited into the
Forest Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund.
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RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of
lands and interests therein, and improvement of Federal
rangelands pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701),
notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 per cen-
tum of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year
under sections 3 and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43
U.S.C. 315 et seq.) and the amount designated for range
improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing re-
ceipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the De-
partment of the Interior pursuant to law, but not less than
$9,113,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That not to exceed $600,000 shall be available for admin-
istrative expenses.
SERVICE CHARGES, DEPOSITS, AND FORFEITURES
For administrative expenses and other costs related
to processing application documents and other authoriza-
tions for use and disposal of public lands and resources,
for costs of providing copies of official public land docu-
ments, for monitoring construction, operation, and termi-
nation of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations,
and for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts
as may be collected under Public Law 94–579, as amend-
ed, and Public Law 93–153, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That notwithstanding any provision to
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the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94–579 (43
U.S.C. 1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be
received pursuant to that section, whether as a result of
forfeiture, compromise, or settlement, if not appropriate
for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of that Act (43
U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary to im-
prove, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands adminis-
tered through the Bureau of Land Management which
have been damaged by the action of a resource developer,
purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, without
regard to whether all moneys collected from each such ac-
tion are used on the exact lands damaged which led to
the action: Provided further, That any such moneys that
are in excess of amounts needed to repair damage to the
exact land for which funds were collected may be used to
repair other damaged public lands.
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS
In addition to amounts authorized to be expended
under existing laws, there is hereby appropriated such
amounts as may be contributed under section 307 of the
Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701), and such
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, sur-
veys, appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omit-
ted lands under section 211(b) of that Act, to remain
available until expended.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Land Management
shall be available for purchase, erection, and dismantle-
ment of temporary structures, and alteration and mainte-
nance of necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities to
which the United States has title; up to $100,000 for pay-
ments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for information
or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
not to exceed $10,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 44
U.S.C. 501, the Bureau may, under cooperative cost-shar-
ing and partnership arrangements authorized by law, pro-
cure printing services from cooperators in connection with
jointly-produced publications for which the cooperators
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services,
and the Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of
meeting accepted quality standards.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for scientific and economic
studies, conservation, management, investigations, protec-
tion, and utilization of fishery and wildlife resources, ex-
cept whales, seals, and sea lions, and for the performance
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of other authorized functions related to such resources; for
the general administration of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service; for maintenance of the herd of long-
horned cattle on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge;
and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects
within the scope of the approved budget which shall be
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as author-
ized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as amended,
Ω11æ$591,042,000 $585,064,000, to remain available until
September 30, 1999, of which $11,612,000 shall remain
available until expended for operation and maintenance of
fishery mitigation facilities constructed by the Corps of
Engineers under the Lower Snake River Compensation
Plan, authorized by the Water Resources Development Act
of 1976, to compensate for loss of fishery resources from
water development projects on the Lower Snake River,
and of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be provided
to local governments in southern California for planning
associated with the Natural Communities Conservation
Planning (NCCP) program and shall remain available
until expendedΩ12æ,–and
of
which
not
to
exceed
$5,190,000 shall be used for implementing subsections
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973, as amended: Provided, That the proviso
under this heading in Public Law 104–208 is amended by
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striking the words ‘‘Education and’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Conservation’’, by striking the word ‘‘direct’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof the word ‘‘full’’, and by inserting
before the period ‘‘, to remain available until ex-
pended’’Ω13æ: Provided further, That the Bureau of Rec-
lamation transfers to the Fish and Wildlife Service for the
Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish
Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin shall be exempt
from any Fish and Wildlife Service overhead charge.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction and acquisition of buildings and
other facilities required in the conservation, management,
investigation, protection, and utilization of fishery and
wildlife resources, and the acquisition of lands and inter-
ests therein; Ω14æ$40,256,000 $42,053,000, to remain
available until expended.
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), and
Public Law 101–337; Ω15æ$4,128,000 $4,328,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That under this
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heading in Public Law 104–134, strike ‘‘in fiscal year
1996 and thereafter’’ in the proviso and insert ‘‘heretofore
and hereafter’’, and before the phrase, ‘‘or properties shall
be utilized’’ in such proviso, insert ‘‘, to remain available
until expended,’’Ω16æ: Provided further, That the first pro-
viso under this heading in Public Law 103–138 is amended
by inserting after ‘‘account’’ the following: ‘‘, including
transfers to Federal trustees and payments to non-Federal
trustees,’’.
LAND ACQUISITION
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of land or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
United 
States 
Fish 
and 
Wildlife 
Service,
Ω17æ$53,000,000 $57,292,000, to remain available until
expended.
COOPERATIVE ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION
FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–
1543), as amended, $14,000,000, for grants to States, to
be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species Con-
servation Fund, and to remain available until expended.
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NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE FUND
For expenses necessary to implement the Act of Octo-
ber 17, 1978 (16 U.S.C. 715s), Ω18æ$10,000,000
$10,779,000.
REWARDS AND OPERATIONS
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the African Elephant Conservation Act (16 U.S.C.
4201–4203, 4211–4213, 4221–4225, 4241–4245, and
1538), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.
NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, Public
Law 
101–233, 
as 
amended, 
Ω19æ$10,500,000
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended.
RHINOCEROS AND TIGER CONSERVATION FUND
For deposit to the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conserva-
tion Fund, $400,000, to remain available until expended,
to carry out the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act
of 1994 (Public Law 103–391).
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND APPRECIATION FUND
For deposit to the Wildlife Conservation and Appre-
ciation Fund, $800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations and funds available to the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for pur-
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chase of not to exceed 108 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 92 are for replacement only (including 57 for police-
type use); not to exceed $400,000 for payment, at the dis-
cretion of the Secretary, for information, rewards, or evi-
dence concerning violations of laws administered by the
Service, and miscellaneous and emergency expenses of en-
forcement activities, authorized or approved by the Sec-
retary and to be accounted for solely on his certificate;
repair of damage to public roads within and adjacent to
reservation areas caused by operations of the Service; op-
tions for the purchase of land at not to exceed $1 for each
option; facilities incident to such public recreational uses
on conservation areas as are consistent with their primary
purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquar-
ia, buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of
the Service and to which the United States has title, and
which are utilized pursuant to law in connection with man-
agement and investigation of fish and wildlife resources:
Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the Serv-
ice may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services
from cooperators in connection with jointly-produced pub-
lications for which the cooperators share at least one-half
the cost of printing either in cash or services and the Serv-
ice determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accept-
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ed quality standards: Provided further, That the Service
may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing
aircraft: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may not
spend any of the funds appropriated in this Act for the
purchase of lands or interests in lands to be used in the
establishment of any new unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge System unless the purchase is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in the report accompanying this bill: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may sell land and interests in
land, other than surface water rights, acquired in con-
formance with subsections 206(a) and 207(c) of Public
Law 101–816, the receipts of which shall be deposited to
the Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife
Fund and used exclusively for the purposes of such sub-
sections, without regard to the limitation on the distribu-
tion of benefits in subsection 206(f)(2) of such law.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
OPERATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the management, oper-
ation, and maintenance of areas and facilities adminis-
tered by the National Park Service (including special road
maintenance service to trucking permittees on a reimburs-
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able basis), and for the general administration of the Na-
tional 
Park 
Service, 
including 
not 
to 
exceed
Ω20æ$2,500,000 $1,593,000 for the Volunteers-in-Parks
program, and not less than $1,000,000 for high priority
projects within the scope of the approved budget which
shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps as
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706, Ω21æ$1,232,325,000
$1,250,429,000, of which $12,800,000 for research, plan-
ning and interagency coordination in support of land ac-
quisition for Everglades restoration shall remain available
until expended, and of which not to exceed $72,000,000,
to remain available until expended, is to be derived from
the special fee account established pursuant to title V, sec-
tion 5201 of Public Law 100–203.
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
For expenses necessary to carry out recreation pro-
grams, natural programs, cultural programs, heritage
partnership programs, environmental compliance and re-
view, international park affairs, statutory or contractual
aid for other activities, and grant administration, not oth-
erwise 
provided 
for, 
Ω22æ$43,934,000,
of
which
$4,500,000 is for grants to Heritage areas in accordance
with titles I–VI and VIII–IX, division II of Public Law
104–333 and is $45,284,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1999.
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND
For expenses necessary in carrying out the Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470),
and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–333), Ω23æ$40,412,000
$39,812,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation
Fund, to remain available until September 30, 1999Ω24æ,
of which $3,200,000 pursuant to section 507 of Public Law
104–333 shall remain available until expended.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, improvements, repair or replace-
ment of physical facilitiesΩ25æ, including the modifica-
tions authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National
Park 
Protection 
and 
Expansion 
Act 
of 
1989,
Ω26æ$148,391,000 $173,444,000 to remain available until
expendedΩ27æ:–Provided, That $500,000 for the Ruther-
ford B. Hayes Home and $600,000 for the Sotterly Plan-
tation House shall be derived from the Historic Preserva-
tion Fund pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 470A: Provided, That
$500,000 for the Darwin Martin House in Buffalo, New
York and $500,000 for the Penn Center, South Carolina,
shall be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund pursu-
ant to 16 U.S.C. 470a: Provided further, That $3,000,000
for the Hispanic Cultural Center, New Mexico, is subject
to authorization: Provided further, That $5,000,000 for the
Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial is subject to authoriza-
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tion: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in
this Act may be used to relocate the Brooks River Lodge
in Katmai National Park and Preserve from its current
physical location
Ω28æ(REPROGRAMMING)
Of unobligated amounts previously made available for
the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, $838,000 shall
be made available for the U–505 National Historic Land-
mark.
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND
(RESCISSION)
The contract authority provided for fiscal year 1998
by 16 U.S.C. 460l–10a is rescinded.
LAND ACQUISITION AND STATE ASSISTANCE
For expenses necessary to carry out the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16
U.S.C. 460l–4–11), including administrative expenses,
and for acquisition of lands or waters, or interest therein,
in accordance with statutory authority applicable to the
National Park Service, Ω29æ$129,000,000 $126,690,000,
to be derived from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund, to remain available until expendedΩ30æ,–of which
$1,000,000 is to administer the State assistance program:
Provided, That any funds made available for the purpose
of acquisition of the Elwha and Glines dams shall be used
solely for acquisition, and shall not be expended until the
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full purchase amount has been appropriated by the
CongressΩ31æ:–Provided further, That of the funds pro-
vided herein, $8,500,000 is available for acquisition of the
Sterling Forest: Provided further, That from the funds
made available for land acquisition at Everglades National
Park and Big Cypress National Preserve, the Secretary
may provide for Federal assistance to the State of Florida
for the acquisition of lands or waters, or interests therein,
within the Everglades watershed (consisting of lands and
waters within the boundaries of the South Florida Water
Management District, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys)
under terms and conditions deemed necessary by the Sec-
retary, to improve and restore the hydrological function of
the Everglades watershed: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may provide such funds to the State of Florida for
acquisitions within Stormwater Treatment Area 1–E, in-
cluding reimbursement for lands or waters, or interests
therein, within Stormwater Treatment Area 1–E acquired
by the State of Florida prior to the enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That funds provided under this head to
the State of Florida shall be subject to an agreement that
such lands will be managed in perpetuity for the restoration
of the Everglades.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the National Park Service shall be
available for the purchase of not to exceed 396 passenger
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motor vehicles, of which 302 shall be for replacement only,
including not to exceed 315 for police-type use, 13 buses,
and 6 ambulances: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated to the National Park Service may be used to
process any grant or contract documents which do not in-
clude the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913: Provided further, That
none of the funds appropriated to the National Park Serv-
ice may be used to implement an agreement for the rede-
velopment of the southern end of Ellis Island until such
agreement has been submitted to the Congress and shall
not be implemented prior to the expiration of 30 calendar
days (not including any day in which either House of Con-
gress is not in session because of adjournment of more
than three calendar days to a day certain) from the receipt
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the
President of the Senate of a full and comprehensive report
on the development of the southern end of Ellis Island,
including the facts and circumstances relied upon in sup-
port of the proposed project.
None of the funds in this Act may be spent by the
National Park Service for activities taken in direct re-
sponse to the United Nations Biodiversity Convention.
The National Park Service may distribute to operat-
ing units based on the safety record of each unit the costs
of programs designed to improve workplace and employee
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safety, and to encourage employees receiving workers’
compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 81 of title 5,
United States Code, to return to appropriate positions for
which they are medically able.
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH
For expenses necessary for the United States Geo-
logical Survey to perform surveys, investigations, and re-
search covering topography, geology, hydrology, and the
mineral and water resources of the United States, its Ter-
ritories and possessions, and other areas as authorized by
43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision
to power permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Com-
mission licensees; administer the minerals exploration pro-
gram (30 U.S.C. 641); and publish and disseminate data
relative to the foregoing activities; and to conduct inquiries
into the economic conditions affecting mining and mate-
rials processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603;
50 U.S.C. 98g(1)) and related purposes as authorized by
law 
and 
to 
publish 
and 
disseminate 
data;
Ω32æ$755,795,000 $758,160,000 of which $66,231,000
shall be available only for cooperation with States or mu-
nicipalities for water resources investigations; and of
which $16,400,000 shall remain available until expended
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for conducting inquiries into the economic conditions af-
fecting mining and materials processing industriesΩ33æ;
and of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for development of a mineral and geologic database;
and of which Ω34æ$147,794,000 $147,159,000 shall be
available until September 30, 1999 for the biological re-
search activity and the operation of the Cooperative Re-
search Units: Provided, That none of these funds provided
for the biological research activity shall be used to conduct
new surveys on private property, unless specifically au-
thorized in writing by the property owner: Provided fur-
ther, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to
pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping
or water resources data collection and investigations car-
ried on in cooperation with States and municipalitiesΩ35æ:
Provided further, That hereafter the United States Geologi-
cal Survey may disperse to local entities Payment in Lieu
of Taxes impact funding appropriated to the Fish and
Wildlife Service pursuant to the Refuge Revenue Sharing
Act that is associated with Federal real property being
transferred to the United States Geological Survey from the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
The amount appropriated for the United States Geo-
logical Survey shall be available for the purchase of not
to exceed 53 passenger motor vehicles, of which 48 are
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for replacement only; reimbursement to the General Serv-
ices Administration for security guard services; contract-
ing for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when
it is administratively determined that such procedures are
in the public interest; construction and maintenance of
necessary buildings and appurtenant facilities; acquisition
of lands for gauging stations and observation wells; ex-
penses of the United States National Committee on Geol-
ogy; and payment of compensation and expenses of per-
sons on the rolls of the Survey duly appointed to represent
the United States in the negotiation and administration
of interstate compacts: Provided, That activities funded by
appropriations herein made may be accomplished through
the use of contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements as
defined in 31 U.S.C. 6302, et seq.: Provided further, That
the USGS may contract directly with individuals or indi-
rectly with institutions or nonprofit organizations, without
regard to section 41 U.S.C. 5, for the temporary or inter-
mittent services of science students or recent graduates,
who shall be considered employees for the purposes of
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to com-
pensation for work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28,
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not
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be considered to be Federal employees for any other pur-
poses.
MINERALS MANAGEMENT SERVICE
ROYALTY AND OFFSHORE MINERALS MANAGEMENT
For expenses necessary for minerals leasing and envi-
ronmental studies, regulation of industry operations, and
collection of royalties, as authorized by law; for enforcing
laws and regulations applicable to oil, gas, and other min-
erals leases, permits, licenses and operating contracts; and
for matching grants or cooperative agreements; including
the purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehi-
cles 
for 
replacement 
only; 
Ω36æ$139,621,000
$135,722,000, of which not less than Ω37æ$70,874,000
$66,175,000 shall be available for royalty management ac-
tivities; and an amount not to exceed $65,000,000
Ω38æfor activities within the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Program, to be credited to this appropria-
tion and to remain available until expended, from addi-
tions to receipts resulting from increases to rates in effect
on August 5, 1993, from rate increases to fee collections
for OCS administrative activities performed by the Min-
erals Management Service over and above the rates in ef-
fect on September 30, 1993, and from additional fees for
OCS administrative activities established after September
30, 1993: Provided, That Ω39æ$1,500,000 $3,000,000 for
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computer acquisitions shall remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1999: Provided further, That funds appropriated
under this Act shall be available for the payment of inter-
est in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1721(b) and (d): Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available
for reasonable expenses related to promoting volunteer
beach and marine cleanup activities: Provided further,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $15,000
under this head shall be available for refunds of overpay-
ments in connection with certain Indian leases in which
the Director of the Minerals Management Service con-
curred with the claimed refund due, to pay amounts owed
to Indian allottees or Tribes, or to correct prior unrecover-
able erroneous payments.
OIL SPILL RESEARCH
For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section
1016, title IV, sections 4202 and 4303, title VII, and title
VIII, section 8201 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$6,118,000, which shall be derived from the Oil Spill Li-
ability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND
ENFORCEMENT
REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGY
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977, Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the pur-
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chase of not to exceed 10 passenger motor vehicles, for
replacement only; Ω40æ$94,937,000 $97,437,000, and not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, an additional amount shall
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, from performance bond forfeitures in fiscal year
1998: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior, pursu-
ant to regulations, may utilize directly or through grants
to States, moneys collected in fiscal year 1998 for civil
penalties assessed under section 518 of the Surface Min-
ing Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C.
1268), to reclaim lands adversely affected by coal mining
practices after August 3, 1977, to remain available until
expended: Provided further, That appropriations for the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
may provide for the travel and per diem expenses of State
and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training.
ABANDONED MINE RECLAMATION FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977,
Public Law 95–87, as amended, including the purchase
of not more than 10 passenger motor vehicles for replace-
ment only, Ω41æ$179,624,000 $177,624,000, to be derived
from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
and to remain available until expended; of which up to
$5,000,000 shall be for supplemental grants to States for
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the reclamation of abandoned sites with acid mine rock
drainage from coal mines through the Appalachian Clean
Streams Initiative: Provided, That grants to minimum
program States will be $1,500,000 per State in fiscal year
1998: Provided further, That of the funds herein provided
up to $18,000,000 may be used for the emergency pro-
gram authorized by section 410 of Public Law 95–87, as
amended, of which no more than 25 per centum shall be
used for emergency reclamation projects in any one State
and funds for federally-administered emergency reclama-
tion projects under this proviso shall not exceed
$11,000,000: Provided further, That prior year unobli-
gated funds appropriated for the emergency reclamation
program shall not be subject to the 25 per centum limita-
tion per State and may be used without fiscal year limita-
tion for emergency projects: Provided further, That pursu-
ant to Public Law 97–365, the Department of the Interior
is authorized to use up to 20 per centum from the recovery
of the delinquent debt owed to the United States Govern-
ment to pay for contracts to collect these debts: Provided
further, That funds made available to States under title
IV of Public Law 95–87 may be used, at their discretion,
for any required non-Federal share of the cost of projects
funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of en-
vironmental restoration related to treatment or abatement
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of acid mine drainage from abandoned mines: Provided
further, That such projects must be consistent with the
purposes and priorities of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act: Provided further, That the State of
Maryland may set aside the greater of $1,000,000 or 10
percent of the total of the grants made available to the
State under title IV of the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 1231
et seq.), if the amount set aside is deposited in an acid
mine drainage abatement and treatment fund established
under a State law, pursuant to which law the amount (to-
gether with all interest earned on the amount) is expended
by the State to undertake acid mine drainage abatement
and treatment projects, except that before any amounts
greater than 10 percent of its title IV grants are deposited
in an acid mine drainage abatement and treatment fund,
the State of Maryland must first complete all Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act priority one projects.
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
For operation of Indian programs by direct expendi-
ture, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and
grants including expenses necessary to provide education
and welfare services for Indians, either directly or in co-
operation with States and other organizations, including
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payment of care, tuition, assistance, and other expenses
of Indians in boarding homes, or institutions, or schools;
grants and other assistance to needy Indians; maintenance
of law and order; management, development, improve-
ment, and protection of resources and appurtenant facili-
ties under the jurisdiction of the Bureau, including pay-
ment of irrigation assessments and charges; acquisition of
water rights; advances for Indian industrial and business
enterprises; operation of Indian arts and crafts shops and
museums; development of Indian arts and crafts, as au-
thorized by law; for the general administration of the Bu-
reau, including such expenses in field offices; maintaining
of Indian reservation roads as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101;
and construction, repair, and improvement of Indian hous-
ing, Ω42æ$1,526,815,000 $1,529,024,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 1999 except as otherwise pro-
vided herein, of which not to exceed $93,825,000 shall be
for welfare assistance payments and not to exceed
$105,829,000 shall be for payments to tribes and tribal
organizations for contract support costs associated with
ongoing contracts or grants or compacts entered into with
the Bureau prior to fiscal year 1998, as authorized by the
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975, as amended, and
up to $5,000,000 shall be for the Indian Self-Determina-
tion Fund, which shall be available for the transitional
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no funds available to the Bureau, 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 oper-
ation of any elementary or secondary school in the State
of Alaska in fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That funds
made available in this or any other Act for expenditure
through September 30, 1999 for schools funded by the
Bureau shall be available only to the schools in the Bureau
school system as of September 1, 1996: Provided further,
That no funds available to the Bureau shall be used to
support expanded grades for any school or dormitory be-
yond the grade structure in place or approved by the Sec-
retary of the Interior at each school in the Bureau school
system as of October 1, 1995: Provided further, That be-
ginning in fiscal year 1998 and thereafter and notwith-
standing 25 U.S.C. 2012(h)(1)(B), when the rates of basic
compensation for teachers and counselors at Bureau-oper-
ated schools are established at the rates of basic com-
pensation applicable to comparable positions in overseas
schools under the Defense Department Overseas Teachers
Pay and Personnel Practices Act, such rates shall become
effective with the start of the next academic year following
the issuance of the Department of Defense salary schedule
and shall not be effected retroactively: Provided further,
That the Cibecue Community School may use prior year
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school operations funds for the construction of a new high
school facility which is in compliance with 25 U.S.C.
2005(a) provided that any additional construction costs
for replacement of such facilities begun with prior year
funds shall be completed exclusively with non-Federal
fundsΩ44æ: Provided further, That tribes may use tribal
priority allocations funds for the replacement and repair
of school facilities which are in compliance with 25 U.S.C.
2005(a), so long as such replacement or repair is approved
by the Secretary and completed with non-Federal tribal
and/or tribal priority allocations funds.
CONSTRUCTION
For construction, major repair, and improvement of
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and
other facilities, including architectural and engineering
services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in
lands; and preparation of lands for farming, and for con-
struction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project pursuant
to Public Law 87–483, Ω45æ$110,751,000 $125,051,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
amounts as may be available for the construction of the
Navajo Indian Irrigation Project may be transferred to the
Bureau of Reclamation: Provided further, That not to ex-
ceed 6 per centum of contract authority available to the
Bureau of Indian Affairs from the Federal Highway Trust
Fund may be used to cover the road program management
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costs of the Bureau: Provided further, That any funds pro-
vided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 13 shall be made available on a non-reimbursable
basis: Provided further, That for fiscal year 1998, in im-
plementing new construction or facilities improvement and
repair project grants in excess of $100,000 that are pro-
vided to tribally controlled grant schools under Public Law
100–297, as amended, the Secretary of the Interior shall
use the Administrative and Audit Requirements and Cost
Principles for Assistance Programs contained in 43 CFR
part 12 as the regulatory requirements: Provided further,
That such grants shall not be subject to section 12.61 of
43 CFR; the Secretary and the grantee shall negotiate and
determine a schedule of payments for the work to be per-
formed: Provided further, That in considering applications,
the Secretary shall consider whether the Indian tribe or
tribal organization would be deficient in assuring that the
construction projects conform to applicable building stand-
ards and codes and Federal, tribal, or State health and
safety standards as required by 25 U.S.C. 2005(a), with
respect to organizational and financial management capa-
bilities: Provided further, That if the Secretary declines an
application, the Secretary shall follow the requirements
contained in 25 U.S.C. 2505(f): Provided further, That
any disputes between the Secretary and any grantee con-
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cerning a grant shall be subject to the disputes provision
in 25 U.S.C. 2508(e).
INDIAN LAND AND WATER CLAIM SETTLEMENTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS TO INDIANS
For miscellaneous payments to Indian tribes and in-
dividuals and for necessary administrative expenses,
Ω46æ$41,352,000 $43,352,000, to remain available until
expended; of which Ω47æ$40,500,000 $42,000,000 shall be
available for implementation of enacted Indian land and
water claim settlements pursuant to Public Laws 101–
618, 102–374, and 102–575, and for implementation of
other enacted water rights settlements, including not to
exceed $8,000,000, which shall be for the Federal share
of the Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Claims
Settlement, as authorized by section 5(a) of Public Law
103–116; and of which Ω48æ$852,000 $1,352,000 shall be
available pursuant to Public Laws 99–264Ω49æ, 100–383,
103–402, and 100–580: Provided, That the Secretary is
directed to sell land and interests in land, other than sur-
face water rights, acquired in conformance with section
2 of the Truckee River Water Quality Settlement Agree-
ment, the receipts of which shall be deposited to the
Lahontan Valley and Pyramid Lake Fish and Wildlife
Fund, and be available for the purposes of section 2 of
such Agreement, without regard to the limitation on the
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distribution of benefits in the second sentence of para-
graph 206(f)(2) of Public Law 101–618.
INDIAN GUARANTEED LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $4,500,000, as au-
thorized by the Indian Financing Act of 1974, as amend-
ed: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modi-
fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal,
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
$34,615,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the guaranteed loan programs, $500,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Appropriations for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (ex-
cept the revolving fund for loans, the Indian loan guaran-
tee and insurance fund, the Technical Assistance of Indian
Enterprises account, the Indian Direct Loan Program ac-
count, and the Indian Guaranteed Loan Program account)
shall be available for expenses of exhibits, and purchase
of not to exceed 229 passenger motor vehicles, of which
not to exceed 187 shall be for replacement only.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
available to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for central office
operations or pooled overhead general administration shall
be available for tribal contracts, grants, compacts, or coop-
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erative agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs
under the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act
or the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law
103–413).
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
INSULAR AFFAIRS
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
For expenses necessary for assistance to territories
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior,
Ω50æ$68,214,000
$67,214,000, 
of 
which 
(1)
Ω51æ$64,365,000 $63,365,000 shall be available until ex-
pended for technical assistance, including maintenance as-
sistance, disaster assistance, insular management controls,
and brown tree snake control and research; grants to the
judiciary in American Samoa for compensation and ex-
penses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants
to the Government of American Samoa, in addition to cur-
rent local revenues, for construction and support of gov-
ernmental functions; grants to the Government of the Vir-
gin Islands as authorized by law; grants to the Govern-
ment of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the
Government of the Northern Mariana Islands as author-
ized by law (Public Law 94–241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2)
$3,849,000 shall be available for salaries and expenses of
the Office of Insular Affairs: Provided, That all financial
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transactions of the territorial and local governments here-
in provided for, including such transactions of all agencies
or instrumentalities established or utilized by such govern-
ments, may be audited by the General Accounting Office,
at its discretion, 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 Assist-
ance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by Public
Law 99–396, or any subsequent legislation related to
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands grant
funding: Provided further, That of the amounts provided
for technical assistance, sufficient funding shall be made
available for a grant to the Close Up Foundation: Provided
further, That the funds for the program of operations and
maintenance improvement are appropriated to institu-
tionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement
of capital infrastructure in American Samoa, Guam, the
Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mari-
ana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia
through assessments of long-range operations mainte-
nance needs, improved capability of local operations and
maintenance institutions and agencies (including manage-
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ment and vocational education training), and project-spe-
cific maintenance (with territorial participation and cost
sharing to be determined by the Secretary based on the
individual territory’s commitment to timely maintenance
of its capital assets): Provided further, That any appro-
priation for disaster assistance under this head in this Act
or previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Fed-
eral 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,
Ω52æ$20,445,000 $20,545,000, to remain available until
expended, as authorized 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, $58,286,000, of which not to ex-
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ceed $8,500 may be for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, and of which up to $1,200,000 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,
$35,443,000.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, Ω53æ$24,439,000 $24,500,000.
NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Ω54æFor necessary expenses of the National Indian
Gaming Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497,
$1,000,000.
For necessary expenses of the National Indian Gaming
Commission, pursuant to Public Law 100–497, $1,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF SPECIAL TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
FEDERAL TRUST PROGRAMS
For operation of trust programs for Indians by direct
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts,
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and grants, Ω55æ$32,126,000 $35,689,000, to remain
available until expended Ω56æfor trust funds management:
Provided, That funds for trust management improvements
may be transferred to the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available to tribes and
tribal organizations through contracts or grants obligated
during fiscal year 1998, 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 com-
mence to run on any claim, including any claim in litiga-
tion pending on the date of this Act, concerning losses to
or mismanagement of trust funds, until the affected tribe
or individual Indian has been furnished with an account-
ing of such funds from which the beneficiary can deter-
mine whether there has been a loss.
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
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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)(D) 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.
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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 forest or range fires on or threatening
lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Inte-
rior; 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 oilspills; response and natural resource
damage assessment activities related to actual oilspills; for
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or po-
tential 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 fire suppression
purposes shall be available for the payment of obligations
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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 fire suppression purposes, such reimburse-
ment to be credited to appropriations currently available
at the time of receipt thereof: Provided further, That for
emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activi-
ties, no funds shall be made available under this authority
until funds appropriated to ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’
shall have been exhausted: 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)(D) 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-
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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. Appropriations made in this title shall be
available for obligation in connection with contracts issued
for services or rentals for periods not in excess of twelve
months beginning at any time during the fiscal year.
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Ω57æSEC. 107. No final rule or regulation of any
agency of the Federal Government pertaining to the rec-
ognition, management, or validity of a right-of-way pursu-
ant to Revised Statute 2477 (43 U.S.C. 932) shall take
effect unless expressly authorized by an Act of Congress
subsequent to the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 108. 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. 109. No funds provided in this title may be ex-
pended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct
of Ω58æleasing, or the approval or permitting of any drill-
ing or other exploration activity, offshore oil and natural
gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities on lands with-
in the North Aleutian Basin planning area.
SEC. 110. 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
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final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing
Program, 1997–2002.
SEC. 111. 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.
Ω59æSEC. 112. Advance payments made under this
title to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and tribal con-
sortia pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450, et seq.) may
be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or con-
sortium before such funds are expended for the purposes
of the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement so
long as such funds are—
(a) 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
(b) deposited only into accounts that are in-
sured by an agency or instrumentality of the United
States.
SEC. 112. 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 Con-
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trolled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) may
be invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organization, or con-
sortium before such funds are expended for the purposes of
the grant, compact, or annual funding agreement so long
as such funds are—
(a) invested by the Indian tribe, tribal organiza-
tion, or consortium only in obligations of the United
States, or in obligations or securities that are guaran-
teed or insured by the United States, or mutual (or
other) funds registered with the Securities and Ex-
change Commission and which only invest in obliga-
tions of the United States or securities that are guar-
anteed or insured by the United States, or
(b) deposited only into accounts that are insured
by an agency or instrumentality of the United States,
or are fully collateralized to ensure protection of the
Funds, even in the event of a bank failure.
Ω60æSEC. 113. (a) Employees of Helium Operations,
Bureau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay
under 5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary
of the Interior may pay the total amount of the severance
pay to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid sever-
ance pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by
the Federal government shall be subject to the repayment
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provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i)(2) and (3), except that any
repayment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
(b) Helium Operations employees who elect to con-
tinue health benefits after separation shall be liable for
not more than the required employee contribution under
5 U.S.C. 8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for
18 months the remaining portion of required contribu-
tions.
(c) Benefits under this section shall be available to
Helium Operations employees who are or will be involun-
tarily separated before October 1, 2002 because of the ces-
sation of helium production and sales and other related
activities.
SEC. 113. (a) Employees of Helium Operations, Bu-
reau of Land Management, entitled to severance pay under
5 U.S.C. 5595, may apply for, and the Secretary of the
Interior may pay, the total amount of the severance pay
to the employee in a lump sum. Employees paid severance
pay in a lump sum and subsequently reemployed by the
Federal Government shall be subject to the repayment provi-
sions of 5 U.S.C. 5595(i) (2) and (3), except that any re-
payment shall be made to the Helium Fund.
(b) Helium Operations employees who elect to continue
health benefits after separation shall be liable for not more
than the required employee contribution under 5 U.S.C.
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8905a(d)(1)(A). The Helium Fund shall pay for 18 months
the remaining portion of required contributions.
(c) The Secretary of the Interior may provide for
training to assist Helium Operations employees in the tran-
sition to other Federal or private sector jobs during the fa-
cility shut-down and disposition process and for up to 12
months following separation from Federal employment, in-
cluding retraining and relocation incentives on the same
terms and conditions as authorized for employees of the De-
partment of Defense in section 348 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995.
(d) For purposes of the annual leave restoration provi-
sions of 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(1)(B), the cessation of helium pro-
duction and sales, and other related Helium Program ac-
tivities shall be deemed to create an exigency of public busi-
ness under, and annual leave that is lost during leave years
1997 through 2001 because of, 5 U.S.C. 6304 (regardless
of whether such leave was scheduled in advance) shall be
restored to the employee and shall be credited and available
in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 6304(d)(2). Annual leave so
restored and remaining unused upon the transfer of a He-
lium Program employee to a position of the executive
branch outside of the Helium Program shall be liquidated
by payment to the employee of a lump-sum from the He-
lium Fund for such leave.
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(e) Benefits under this section shall be paid from the
Helium Fund in accordance with section 4(c)(4) of the He-
lium Privatization Act of 1996. Funds may be made avail-
able to Helium Program employees who are or will be sepa-
rated before October 1, 2002 because of the cessation of he-
lium production and sales and other related activities. Re-
training benefits, including retraining and relocation in-
centives, may be paid for retraining commencing on or be-
fore September 30, 2002.
Ω61æSEC. 114. None of the funds in this or previous
appropriations Acts may be used to establish a new re-
gional office in the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice without the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations.
Ω62æSEC. 115. (a) CONVEYANCE REQUIREMENT.—
Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Interior shall convey to the State of West
Virginia without reimbursement, all right, title, and inter-
est of the United States in and to the property described
in subsection (b), for sole use by the Wildlife Resources Sec-
tion of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources,
as part of the State of West Virginia fish culture program.
(b) PROPERTY DESCRIBED.—The property referred to
in subsection (a) is the property known as the Bowden Na-
tional Fish Hatchery, located on old United States route
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33, Randolph County, West Virginia, consisting of 44 acres
(more or less), and all improvements and related personal
property under the control of the Secretary that is located
on that property, including buildings, structures, equip-
ment, and all easements, leases, and water rights relating
to that property.
(c) USE AND REVERSIONARY INTEREST.—The prop-
erty conveyed to the State of West Virginia pursuant to this
section shall be used and operated solely by the Wildlife Re-
sources Section of the West Virginia Division of Natural
Resources for the purposes of fishery resources management
and fisheries related activities, and if it is used for any
other purposes or by any other party other than the use
authorized under subsection (a), all right, title, and interest
in and to all property conveyed under this section shall re-
vert to the United States. The State of West Virginia shall
ensure that the property reverting to the United States is
in substantially the same or better condition as at the time
of transfer.
Ω63æSEC. 116. Section 115 of Public Law 103–332 is
amended by inserting after the word ‘‘title’’ the following:
‘‘or provided from other Federal agencies through reimburs-
able or other agreements pursuant to the Economy Act’’.
Ω64æSEC. 117. The third proviso under the heading
‘‘Compact of Free Association’’ of Public Law 100–446 is
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amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$2,500,000’’ and by adding at the end of the proviso the
following: ‘‘and commencing on October 1, 1998 and every
year thereafter, this dollar amount shall be changed to re-
flect any fluctuation occurring during the previous twelve
(12) months in the Consumer Price Index, as determined
by the Secretary of Labor’’.
Ω65æSEC. 118. Any funds made available in this Act
or any other Act for tribal priority allocations (hereinafter
in this section ‘‘TPA’’) in excess of the funds expended for
TPA in fiscal year 1997 (adjusted for fixed costs, internal
transfers pursuant to other law, and proposed increases to
formula driven programs not included in tribes’ TPA base)
shall only be available for distribution—
(1) to each tribe to the extent necessary to pro-
vide that tribe the minimum level of funding rec-
ommended by the Joint/Tribal/BIA/DOI Task Force
on Reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Report of 1994 (hereafter ‘‘the 1994 Report’’) not to
exceed $160,000 per tribe; and
(2) to the extent funds remain, such funds will
be allocated according to the recommendations of a
task force comprised of 2 representatives from each
BIA area. These representatives shall be selected by
the Secretary with the participation of the tribes fol-
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lowing procedures similar to those used in establish-
ing the Joint/Tribal/BIA/DOI Task Force on Reorga-
nization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In deter-
mining the allocation of remaining funds, the task
force shall consider the recommendations and prin-
ciples contained in the 1994 Report. If the task force
cannot agree on a distribution by January 31, 1998,
the Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds
based on the recommendations of a majority of Task
Force members no later than February 28, 1998.
Ω66æSEC. 119. Section 116 of the Omnibus Appro-
priations Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104–208;
110 Stat. 3009–201) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Miners Hospital Grant’’ each
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Miners
Hospital Grants’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘(February 20, 1929, 45 Stat.
1252)’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘(July 16, 1894, 28 Stat. 110 and February
20, 1929, 45 Stat. 1252)’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘(July 26, 1894, 28 Stat. 110)’’
each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘(July 16, 1894, 28 Stat. 110)’’.
Ω67æSEC. 120. KANTISHNA MINING CLAIMS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, on October 1,
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1998, there is hereby vested in the United States all right,
title, and interest in and to, and the right of immediate
possession of, all patented mining claims and valid
unpatented mining claims (including any unpatented
claim whose validity is in dispute, so long as such validity
is later established in a settlement or judgement pursuant
to this section) in the Kantishna Mining District within
Denali National Park and Preserve whose owners consent
in writing to this action within said 120 day period: Pro-
vided, That in the event a bankruptcy trustee is an owner
in interest in a mining claim in the Kantishna Mining
District, that consent will be deemed timely for purposes
of this section if the trustee applies within said 120 day
period to the bankruptcy court for authority to sell the min-
ing claim and to consent to the taking of such claim, and
that in such event title shall vest in the United States 10
days after entry of an unstayed order or judgement approv-
ing the trustee’s application: Provided further, That the
United States shall pay just compensation to the owners
of any property taken pursuant to this section, determined
as of the date of taking: Provided further, That payment
shall be in the amount of a negotiated settlement of the
value of such property or the valuation of such property
awarded by judgment and shall be made solely from the
permanent judgment appropriation established pursuant to
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section 1304 of title 31, United States Code, and shall in-
clude accrued interest on the amount of the agreed settle-
ment value or the final judgment from the date of taking
to the date of payment, calculated in accordance with sec-
tion 258e–1 of title 40, United States Code, except that in-
terest shall not be allowed on such amounts as shall have
been paid into the court registry: Provided further, That
the United States or the property owner may initiate pro-
ceedings at any time after said 120 day period seeking a
determination of just compensation in the District Court
for the District of Alaska pursuant to sections 1358 and
1403 of title 28, United States Code: Provided further, That
the United States shall deposit in the registry of the court
the estimated just compensation, or at least seventy-five per-
cent thereof, in accordance with the procedures generally de-
scribed in section 258a of title 40, United States Code not
otherwise inconsistent with this section: Provided further,
That in establishing any estimate (other than an estimate
based on an agency-certified appraisal made prior to the
date of enactment of this Act) the Secretary of the Interior
shall permit the property owner to present evidence of the
value of the property, including potential mineral value,
and shall consider such evidence and permit the property
owner to have a reasonable and sufficient opportunity to
comment on such estimate: Provided further, That the esti-
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mated just compensation or part thereof deposited in the
court registry shall be paid to the property owner upon re-
quest: Provided further, That any payment from the court
registry to the property owner shall be deducted from any
negotiated settlement or award by judgement: Provided fur-
ther, That the United States may not request the court to
withhold any payment from the court registry or pursue
any claim for environmental remediation with respect to
such property until 30 days after a negotiated settlement
or award by judgement with respect to such property has
been reached and payment has been made: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall not allow any unauthorized use
of property acquired pursuant to this section after the date
of taking, and the Secretary shall permit the orderly termi-
nation of all operation on the lands and the removal of
equipment, facilities, and personal property.
Ω68æSEC. 121. Section 1034 of Public Law 104–333
(110 Stat. 4093, 4240) is amended by striking ‘‘at any time
within 12 months of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘on or before October 1, 1998’’.
Ω69æSEC. 122. (a) KODIAK LAND VALUATION.—Not-
withstanding the Refuge Revenue Sharing Act (16 U.S.C.
715s) or any regulations implementing such Act, the fair
market value for the initial computation of the payment
to Kodiak Island Borough pursuant to such Act shall be
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based on the purchase price of the parcels acquired from
Akhiok-Kaguyak, Incorporated, Koniag, Incorporated, and
the Old Harbor Native Corporation for addition to the Ko-
diak National Wildlife Refuge.
(b) The fair market value of the parcels described in
subsection (a) shall be reappraised under the normal sched-
ule for appraisals adopted by the Alaska Region of the Unit-
ed States Fish and Wildlife Service under the Refuge Reve-
nue Sharing Act (16 U.S.C. 715s). Any such reappraisals
shall be made in accordance with such Act and any other
applicable law or regulation.
(c) The fair market value computation required under
subsection (a) shall be effective as of the date of the acquisi-
tion of the parcels described in such subsection.
Ω70æSEC. 123. (a) ANDROSCOGGIN RIVER VALLEY
HERITAGE AREA ACT—SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be
cited as the ‘‘Androscoggin River Valley Heritage Area
Act’’.
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to establish
a locally oriented commission to assist the city of Berlin,
New Hampshire, in identifying and studying the
Androscoggin River Valley’s historical and cultural assets.
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.—There is estab-
lished the Androscoggin River Valley Heritage Commission
(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Commission’’), which shall
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consist of 10 members appointed not later than 3 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, as follows:
(1) 1 member appointed by the Governor of New
Hampshire, who shall serve as Chairperson.
(2) 1 member appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the State of New Hamp-
shire.
(3) 1 member appointed by the President of the
Senate of the State of New Hampshire.
(4) 2 members appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior from among individuals recommended by
State and local cultural or historic preservation orga-
nizations.
(5) 1 member, appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior, who has experience in the area of historical
projects.
(6) 4 members appointed by the mayor of the
city of Berlin, New Hampshire.
(d) VOTING.—The Commission shall act and advise by
affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
(e) COMPENSATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Commission
shall receive no pay on account of the member’s serv-
ice on the Commission.
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(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of the Com-
mission, while away from the member’s home or regu-
lar place of business in the performance of services for
the Commission, shall be allowed travel expenses, in-
cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same
manner as persons employed intermittently in Gov-
ernment service are allowed expenses under section
5703 of title 5, United States Code.
(f) EXEMPTION FROM CHARTER RENEWAL REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 14(b) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.
(g) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
on submission of a report under section 4(b).
(h) SUPPORT.—
(1) STAFF AND TECHNICAL SERVICES.—The Di-
rector of the National Park Service may provide such
staff support and technical services as are necessary
to carry out the functions of the Commission.
(2) COMPLETION OF STUDY.—The Secretary of
the Interior may provide the Commission such tech-
nical and other assistance as is necessary to complete
the study described in subsection (j).
(i) OPEN MEETINGS.—All meetings of the Commission
shall be open to the public.
(j) STUDY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the completion of appointment of the members of the
Commission, the Commission shall complete a com-
prehensive study of the Androscoggin River Valley’s
history and culture in New Hampshire, which shall—
(A) include a catalog of all available his-
torically and culturally significant sites, build-
ings, and areas in the region;
(B) examine the feasibility of any Federal
or State historic recognition in the region;
(C) include a set of options for the city of
Berlin, New Hampshire, to pursue with respect
to heritage-based development, including a list of
available Federal, State, and private programs
that would further any such efforts; and
(D) account for the impacts of any heritage-
based development on State, municipal, and pri-
vate property.
(2) REPORT.—The Commission shall provide
Congress, the Secretary of the Interior, and the State
of New Hampshire with a report based on the study
described in paragraph 1.
(k) NO REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this
Act provides the Commission with any regulatory author-
ity.
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(l) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out the functions of the Commission,
there is authorized to be appropriated $50,000.
Ω71æSEC. 124. (a) PRIORITY OF BONDS.—Section 3
of Public Law 94–392 (90 Stat. 1193, 1195) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘priority for payment’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a parity lien with every other issue of bonds
or other obligations issued for payment’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘in the order of the date of
issue’’.
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to obligations issued on or after the
date of enactment of this section.
(c) SHORT TERM BORROWING.—Section 1 of Public
Law 94–392 (90 Stat. 1193) is amended by adding the fol-
lowing new subsection at the end thereof:
‘‘(d) The legislature of the Government of the Virgin
Islands may cause to be issued notes in anticipation of the
collection of the taxes and revenues for the current fiscal
year. Such notes shall mature and be paid within one year
from the date they are issued. No extension of such notes
shall be valid and no additional notes shall be issued under
this section until all notes issued during a preceding year
shall have been paid.’’.
Ω72æSEC. 125. (a) In this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘Huron Cemetery’’ means the lands
that form the cemetery that is popularly known as the
Huron Cemetery, located in Kansas City, Kansas, as
described in subsection (b)(3);
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of
the Interior.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall take such action as may be
necessary to ensure that the lands comprising the Huron
Cemetery (as described in paragraph (3)) are used only in
accordance with this subsection.
(2) The lands of the Huron Cemetery shall be used
only—
(A) for religious and cultural uses that are com-
patible with the use of the lands as a cemetery; and
(B) as a burial ground.
(3) The description of the lands of the Huron Cemetery
is as follows:
The tract of land in the NW 1⁄4 of sec. 10, T. 11
S., R. 25 E., of the sixth principal meridian, in Wy-
andotte County, Kansas (as surveyed and marked on
the ground on August 15, 1888, by William Millor,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor), described as follows:
‘‘Commencing on the Northwest corner of
the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
of said Section 10;
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‘‘Thence South 28 poles to the ‘true point of
beginning’;
‘‘Thence South 71 degrees East 10 poles and
18 links;
‘‘Thence South 18 degrees and 30 minutes
West 28 poles;
‘‘Thence West 11 and one-half poles;
‘‘Thence North 19 degrees 15 minutes East
31 poles and 15 feet to the ‘true point of begin-
ning’, containing 2 acres or more.’’.
Ω73æSEC. 126. ARKANSAS POST NATIONAL MEMO-
RIAL. (a) The boundaries of the Arkansas Post National Me-
morial are revised to include the approximately 360 acres
of land generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Arkansas
Post National Memorial, Osotouy Unit, Arkansas County,
Arkansas’’ and dated June 1993. Such map shall be on file
and available for public inspection in appropriate offices
of the National Park Service of the Department of the Inte-
rior.
(b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to ac-
quire the lands and interests therein described in subsection
(a) by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated
funds, or exchange: Provided, That such lands or interests
therein may only be acquired with the consent of the owner
thereof.
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Ω74æSEC. 127. Entry and permit limitations for Gla-
cier Bay National Park shall not apply to the Auk Nu Ma-
rine—Glacier Bay Ferry entering Bartlett Cove for the sole
purpose of accessing park or other authorized visitor serv-
ices or facilities at, or originating from, the public dock
area at Bartlett Cove: Provided, That any such motor vessel
entering park waters for this stated and sole purpose shall
be subject to speed, distance from coast lines, and related
limitations imposed on all vessels operating in waters des-
ignated by the Superintendent, Glacier Bay, as having a
high probability of whale occupancy based on recent sight-
ing and/or past patterns of occurrence: Provided further,
That nothing in this Act shall be construed as constituting
approval for such vessels entering the waters of Glacier Bay
National Park beyond the immediate Bartlett Cove area as
defined by a line extending northeastward from Pt. Carolus
to the west to the southernmost point of Lester Island, ab-
sent required permits.
Ω75æSEC. 128. Title I of Public Law 96–514 (94 Stat.
2957) is amended under the heading ‘‘Exploration of Na-
tional Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’’ by striking ‘‘(8) each
lease shall be issued’’ through the end of the first paragraph
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘(8) each lease
shall be issued for an initial period of ten years, and shall
be extended for so long thereafter as oil or gas is produced
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from the lease in paying quantities, or as drilling or re-
working operations, as approved by the Secretary, are con-
ducted thereon; (9) for purposes of conservation of the natu-
ral resources of any oil or gas pool, field, or like area, or
any part thereof, lessees thereof and their representatives are
authorized to unite with each other, or jointly or separately
with others, in collectively adopting and operating under
a unit agreement for such pool, field, or like area, or any
part thereof (whether or not any other part of said oil or
gas pool, field, or like area is already subject to any cooper-
ative or unit plan of development or operation), whenever
determined by the Secretary to be necessary or advisable
in the public interest. Drilling, production, and well re-
working operations performed in accordance with a unit
agreement shall be deemed to be performed for the benefit
of all leases that are subject in whole or in part to such
unit agreement. When separate tracts cannot be independ-
ently developed and operated in conformity with an estab-
lished well spacing or development program, any lease, or
a portion thereof, may be pooled with other lands, whether
or 
not 
owned 
by 
the 
United 
States, 
under 
a
communitization or drilling agreement providing for an
apportionment of production or royalties among the sepa-
rate tracts of land comprising the drilling or spacing unit
when determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be in
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the public interest, and operations or production pursuant
to such an agreement shall be deemed to be operations or
production as to each such lease committed thereto; (10) to
encourage the greatest ultimate recovery of oil or gas or in
the interest of conservation the Secretary is authorized to
waive, suspend, or reduce the rental, or minimum royalty,
or reduce the royalty on an entire leasehold, including on
any lease operated pursuant to a unit agreement, whenever
in his judgment the leases cannot be successfully operated
under the terms provided therein. The Secretary is author-
ized to direct or assent to the suspension of operations and
production on any lease or unit. In the event the Secretary,
in the interest of conservation, shall direct or assent to the
suspension of operations and production on any lease or
unit, any payment of acreage rental or minimum royalty
prescribed by such lease or unit likewise shall be suspended
during the period of suspension of operations and produc-
tion, and the term of such lease shall be extended by adding
any such suspension period thereto; and (11) all receipts
from sales, rentals, bonuses, and royalties on leases issued
pursuant to this section shall be paid into the Treasury of
the United States: Provided, That 50 percentum thereof
shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury semiannu-
ally, as soon thereafter as practicable after March 30 and
September 30 each year, to the State of Alaska for—(A)
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planning, (B) construction, maintenance, and operation of
essential public facilities, and (C) other necessary provi-
sions of public service: Provided further, That in the alloca-
tion of such funds, the State shall give priority to use by
subdivisions of the State most directly or severely impacted
by development of oil and gas leased under this Act.’’.
Ω76æSEC. 129. LIMITATIONS
ON CERTAIN INDIAN
GAMING OPERATIONS. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of
this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) CLASS
III
GAMING.—The term ‘‘class III
gaming’’ has the meaning provided that term in sec-
tion 4(8) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25
U.S.C. 2703(8)).
(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has
the meaning provided that term in section 4(e) of the
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
Act (25 U.S.C. 450(e)).
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
(4) TRIBAL-STATE COMPACT.—The term ‘‘Tribal-
State compact’’ means a Tribal-State compact re-
ferred to in section 11(d) of the Indian Gaming Regu-
latory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)).
(b) CLASS III GAMING COMPACTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—
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(A) 
PROHIBITION.—During 
fiscal 
year
1998, the Secretary may not expend any funds
made available under this Act to review or ap-
prove any initial Tribal-State compact for class
III gaming entered into on or after the date of
enactment of this Act. This provision shall not
apply to any Tribal-State compact which has
been approved by a State in accordance with
State law and the Indian Gaming Regulatory
Act.
(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in
this paragraph may be construed to prohibit the
review or approval by the Secretary of a renewal
or revision of, or amendment to a Tribal-State
compact that is not covered under subparagraph
(A).
(2) TRIBAL-STATE
COMPACTS.—During fiscal
year 1998, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, no Tribal-State compact for class III gaming
shall be considered to have been approved by the Sec-
retary by reason of the failure of the Secretary to ap-
prove or disapprove that compact. This provision
shall not apply to any Tribal-State compact which
has been approved by a State in accordance with
State law and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
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SEC. 130. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONCERNING IN-
DIAN GAMING. It is the sense of the Senate that the United
States Department of Justice should vigorously enforce the
provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act requiring
an approved tribal/State gaming compact prior to the initi-
ation of Class III gaming on Indian lands.
Ω77æSEC. 131. No funds provided in this or any other
Act may be expended to develop a rulemaking process rel-
evant to amending the National Indian Gaming Commis-
sion’s definition regulations located at 25 CFR 502.7 and
502.8.
Ω78æSEC. 132. YOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE
PROGRAM.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Interior, in consultation
with the Attorney General, shall—
(1) submit to Congress a report identifying at
least 20 sites on Federal land that are potentially
suitable and promising for activities of the Youth En-
vironmental Service program to be administered in
accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding
signed by the Secretary of the Interior and the Attor-
ney General in February 1994; and
(2) provide a copy of the report to the appro-
priate State and local law enforcement agencies in the
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States and localities in which the 20 prospective sites
are located.
Ω79æSEC. 133. CONVEYANCE OF LAND TO LANDER
COUNTY, NEVADA. (a) CONVEYANCE.—Not later than the
date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Direc-
tor of the Bureau of Land Management, shall convey to
Lander County, Nevada, without consideration, all right,
title, and interest of the United States, subject to all valid
existing rights and to the rights of way described in sub-
section (b), in the property described as T. 32 N., R. 45
E., sec. 18, lots 3, 4, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21,
Mount Diablo Meridian.
(b) RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—The property conveyed under
subsection (a) shall be subject to—
(1) the right-of-way for Interstate 80;
(2) the 33-foot wide right-of-way for access to the
Indian cemetery included under Public Law 90–71
(81 Stat. 173); and
(3) the following rights-of-way granted by the
Secretary of the Interior:
NEV–010937 (powerline).
NEV–066891 (powerline).
NEV–35345 (powerline).
N–7636 (powerline).
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N–56088 (powerline).
N–57541 (fiber optic cable).
N–55974 (powerline).
(c) REQUIREMENT.—The property described in this
section shall be used for public purposes and should the
property be sold or used for other than public purposes, the
property shall revert to the United States.
Ω80æSEC. 134. CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN BUREAU OF
LAND MANAGEMENT LANDS IN CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) certain landowners who own property adja-
cent to land managed by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in the North Decatur Boulevard area of Las
Vegas, Nevada, bordering on North Las Vegas, have
been adversely affected by certain erroneous private
land surveys that the landowners believed were accu-
rate;
(2) the landowners have occupied or improved
their property in good faith reliance on the erroneous
surveys of the properties;
(3) the landowners believed that their entitlement
to occupancy was finally adjudicated by a Judgment
and Decree entered by the Eighth Judicial District
Court of Nevada on October 26, 1989;
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(4) errors in the private surveys were discovered
in connection with a dependent resurvey and section
subdivision conducted by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement in 1990, which established accurate bound-
aries between certain federally owned properties and
private properties; and
(5) the Secretary has authority to sell, and it is
appropriate that the Secretary should sell, at fair
market value, the properties described in section 2(b)
to the adversely affected landowners.
(b) CONVEYANCE OF PROPERTIES.—
(1) PURCHASE OFFERS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of enactment of this Act, the city
of Las Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of the owners of
real property located adjacent to the properties
described in paragraph (2), may submit to the
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Land Management (re-
ferred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’), a writ-
ten offer to purchase the properties.
(B) INFORMATION TO ACCOMPANY OFFER.—
An offer under subparagraph (A) shall be accom-
panied by—
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(i) a description of each property of-
fered to be purchased;
(ii) information relating to the claim
of ownership of the property based on an er-
roneous land survey; and
(iii) such other information as the Sec-
retary may require.
(2) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES.—The prop-
erties described in this paragraph, containing 68.60
acres, more or less, are—
(A) Government lots 22, 23, 26, and 27 in
sec. 18, T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount Diablo Merid-
ian;
(B) Government lots 20, 21, and 24 in sec.
19. T. 19 S., R. 61 E., Mount Diablo Meridian;
and
(C) Government lot 1 in sec. 24, T. 19 S.,
R. 60 E., Mount Diablo Meridian.
(3) CONVEYANCE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the condition
stated in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall
convey to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, all
right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to the properties offered to be purchased
under paragraph (1) on payment by the city of
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the fair market value of the properties, based on
an appraisal of the fair market value as of De-
cember 1, 1982, approved by the Secretary.
(B) CONDITION.—Properties shall be con-
veyed under subparagraph (A) subject to the con-
dition that the city convey the properties to the
landowners who were adversely affected by reli-
ance on erroneous surveys as described in sub-
section (a).
Ω81æSEC. 135. DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN OIL LEASE
REVENUE. (a) DEPOSIT IN FUND.—One half of the amounts
awarded by the Supreme Court to the United States in the
case of United States of America v. State of Alaska (117
S. Ct. 1888) shall be deposited in a fund in the Treasury
of the United States to be known as the ‘‘national Parks
and Environmental Improvement Fund’’ (referred to in
this section as the ‘‘Fund’’).
(b) INVESTMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury
shall invest amounts in the Fund in interest bearing
obligations of the United States.
(2) ACQUISITION OF OBLIGATIONS.—For the pur-
pose of investments under paragraph (1), obligations
may be acquired—
(A) on original issue at the issue price; or
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(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations
at the market price.
(3) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obligation ac-
quired by the Fund may be sold by the Secretary of
the Treasury at the market price.
(4) CREDITS
TO
FUND.—The interest earned
from investments of the Fund shall be covered into
and form a part of the Fund.
(c) TRANSFER
AND
AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS
EARNED.—Each year, interest earned and covered into the
Fund in the previous fiscal year shall be available for ap-
propriation, to the extent provided in subsequent appro-
priation bills, as follows:
(1) 40 percent of such amounts shall be available
for National Park capital projects in the National
Park System that comply with the criteria stated in
subsection (d); and
(2) 40 percent of such amounts shall be available
for the State-side matching grant under section 6 of
the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
(16 U.S.C. 460l–8); and
(3) 20 percent of such amounts shall be made
available to the Secretary of Commerce for the pur-
pose of carrying out marine research activities in ac-
cordance with subsection (e).
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(d) CAPITAL PROJECTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds available under sub-
section (c)(2) may be used for the design, construc-
tion, repair or replacement of high priority National
Park Service facilities directly related to enhancing
the experience of park visitors, including natural, cul-
tural, recreational and historic resources protection
projects.
(2) LIMITATION.—A project referred to in para-
graph (1) shall be consistent with—
(A) the laws governing the National Park
System;
(B) any law governing the unit of the Na-
tional Park System in which the project is un-
dertaken; and
(C) the general management plan for the
unit.
(3) NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.—The Secretary
shall submit with the annual budget submission to
Congress a list of high priority projects proposed to
be funded under paragraph (1) during the fiscal year
covered by such budget submission.
(e) MARINE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—(1) Funds avail-
able under subsection (c)(3) shall be used by the Secretary
of Commerce according to this subsection to provide grants
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to Federal, State, private or foreign organizations or indi-
viduals to conduct research activities on or relating to the
fisheries or marine ecosystems in the north Pacific Ocean,
Bering Sea, and Arctic Ocean (including any lesser related
bodies of water).
(2) Research priorities and grant requests shall be re-
viewed and recommended for Secretarial approval by a
board to be known as the North Pacific Research Board (re-
ferred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Board’’). The Board shall
seek to avoid duplicating other research activities, and shall
place a priority on cooperative research efforts designed to
address pressing fishery management or marine ecosystem
information needs.
(3) The Board shall be comprised of the following rep-
resentatives or their designees—
(A) the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be a
co-chair of the Board;
(B) the Secretary of State;
(C) the Secretary of the Interior;
(D) the Commandant of the Coast Guard;
(E) the Director of the Office of Naval Research;
(F) the Alaska Commissioner of Fish and Game,
who shall also be a co-chair of the Board;
(G) the Chairman of the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council;
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(H) the Chairman of the Arctic Research Com-
mission;
(I) the Director of the Oil Spill Recovery Insti-
tute;
(J) the Director of the Alaska SeaLife Center;
(K) five members nominated by the Governor of
Alaska and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce,
one of whom shall represent fishing interests, one of
whom shall represent Alaska Natives, one of whom
shall represent environmental interests, one of whom
shall represent academia, and one of whom shall rep-
resent oil and gas interests;
(L) three members nominated by the Governor of
Washington and appointed by the Secretary of Com-
merce; and
(M) one member nominated by the Governor of
Oregon and appointed by the Secretary of Commerce.
The members of the Board shall be individuals knowledge-
able by education, training, or experience regarding fish-
eries or marine ecosystems in the north Pacific Ocean, Ber-
ing Sea, or Arctic Ocean. Three nominations shall be sub-
mitted for each member to be appointed under subpara-
graphs (K), (L), and (M). Board members appointed under
subparagraphs (K), (L), and (M) shall serve for three year
terms, and may be reappointed.
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(4)(A) The Secretary of Commerce shall review and
administer grants recommended by the Board. If the Sec-
retary does not approve a grant recommended by the board,
the Secretary shall explain in writing the reasons for not
approving such grant, and the amount recommended to be
used for such grant shall be available only for other grants
recommended by the Board.
(B) Grant recommendations and other decisions of the
Board shall be by majority vote, with each member having
one vote. The Board shall establish written criteria for the
submission of grant requests through a competitive process
and for deciding upon the award of grants. Grants shall
be recommended by the Board on the basis of merit in ac-
cordance with the priorities established by the Board. The
Secretary shall provide the Board such administrative and
technical support as is necessary for the effective function-
ing of the Board. The Board shall be considered an advisory
panel established under section 302(g) of the Magnuson-Ste-
vens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.) for the purposes of section 302(i)(1) of such
Act, and the other procedural matters applicable to advi-
sory panels under section 302(i) of such Act shall apply
to the Board to the extent practicable. Members of the Board
may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in perform-
ance of their duties for the Board. Not more than 5 percent
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of the funds provided to the Secretary of Commerce under
paragraph (1) may be used to provide support for the Board
and administer grants under this subsection.
Ω82æSEC. 136. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, in payment for facilities, equipment, and interests
destroyed by the Federal Government at the Stampede Mine
Site within the boundaries of Denali National Park—(1)
the Secretary of the Interior, within existing funds des-
ignated by this Act for expenditure for Departmental Man-
agement, shall by September 15, 1998—(A) provide funds,
subject to an appraisal in accordance with standard ap-
praisal methods, not to exceed $500,000 to the University
of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Mineral Engineering; and
(B) shall remove mining equipment at the Stampede Mine
Site identified by the School of Mineral Engineering to a
site specified by the School of Mineral Engineering; and
(2) the Secretary of the Army shall provide, at no cost, two
six by six vehicles, in excellent operating condition, or
equivalent equipment to the University of Alaska Fair-
banks, School of Mineral Engineering and shall construct
a bridge across the Bull River to the Golden Zone Mine
Site to allow ingress and egress for the activities conducted
by the School of Mineral Engineering. Upon transfer of the
funds, mining equipment, and the completion of all work
designated by this section, the University of Alaska Fair-
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banks, School of Mineral Engineering shall convey all re-
maining rights and interests in the Stampede Mine Site
to the Secretary of the Interior.
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, 
Ω83æ$187,644,000
$188,644,000, 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, Ω84æ$157,922,000 $162,668,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by
lawΩ85æ: Provided, That of funds available under this
heading for Pacific Northwest Assistance in this or prior
appropriations Acts, $800,000 shall be provided to the
World Forestry Center for purposes of continuing scientific
research and other authorized efforts regarding the land ex-
change efforts in the Umpqua River Basin region∆86«:
Provided further, That activities conducted pursuant to
funds provided herein for the Alaska Spruce Bark Beetle
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task force shall be exempt from the requirements of the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act.
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,
for forest planning, inventory, and monitoring, and for ad-
ministrative expenses associated with the management of
funds provided under the heads ‘‘Forest and Rangeland
Research,’’ ‘‘State and Private Forestry,’’ ‘‘National For-
est System,’’ ‘‘Wildland Fire Management,’’ ‘‘Reconstruc-
tion and Construction,’’ and ‘‘Land Acquisition,’’
Ω87æ$1,364,480,000 $1,346,215,000, to remain available
until expended, which shall include 50 per centum of all
monies 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 up to $10,000,000
of the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall
be available for the planned obliteration of roads which
are no longer neededΩ88æ: Provided further, That funds
may be used to construct or reconstruct facilities of the For-
est Service: Provided further, That no more than $250,000
shall be used on any single project, exclusive of planning
and design costs: Provided further, That the Forest Service
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shall report annually to Congress the amount obligated for
each project, and the total dollars obligated during the year.
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, Ω89æ$591,715,000 $582,715,000 to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That such funds are avail-
able for repayment of advances from other appropriations
accounts previously transferred for such purposes.
RECONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not
otherwise provided for, Ω90æ$160,122,000 (reduced by
$5,600,000) $160,269,000, to remain available until ex-
pended for construction, reconstruction and acquisition of
buildings and other facilities, and for construction, recon-
struction and repair of forest roads and trails by the For-
est Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532–538 and 23
U.S.C. 101 and 205Ω91æ, of which $800,000 shall be avail-
able for the design and engineering of the Trappers Loop
Connector Road in the Wasatch-Cache National For-
est.Ω92æ:–Provided, That not to exceed $50,000,000, (re-
duced to $25,000,000), to remain available until ex-
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pended, may be obligated for the construction of forest
roads by timber purchasers.
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–4–11), including administra-
tive expenses, and for acquisition of land or waters, or in-
terest therein, in accordance with statutory authority ap-
plicable 
to 
the 
Forest 
Service, 
Ω93æ$45,000,000
$49,176,000, 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, $1,069,000, 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.
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RANGE BETTERMENT FUND
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, pro-
tection, and improvement, 50 per centum of all moneys
received during the prior fiscal year, as fees for grazing
domestic livestock on lands in National Forests in the six-
teen Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of
Public Law 94–579, as amended, to remain available until
expended, of which not to exceed 6 per centum shall be
available for administrative expenses associated with on-
the-ground range rehabilitation, protection, and improve-
ments.
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.
MIDEWIN NATIONAL TALLGRASS PRAIRIE RESTORATION
FUND
All funds collected for admission, occupancy, and use
of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, and the salvage
value proceeds from sale of any facilities and improve-
ments pursuant to sections 2915(d) and (e) of Public Law
104–106, are hereby appropriated and made available
until expended for the necessary expenses of restoring and
administering the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in
accordance with section 2915(f) of the Act.
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Ω94æCOOPERATIVE WORK, FOREST SERVICE
For restoring the balances borrowed for previous
years firefighting, $128,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the appropriation shall be
merged with and made a part of the designated fund au-
thorized by Public Law 71–319, as amended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current
fiscal year shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to
exceed 159 passenger motor vehicles of which 22 will be
used primarily for law enforcement purposes and of which
156 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 two for replacement only, and acquisition
of 20 aircraft from excess sources 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) serv-
ices pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed
$100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) pur-
chase, erection, and alteration of buildings and other pub-
lic improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land,
waters, and interests therein, pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a;
(5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the Na-
tional Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and
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558a note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 5901–5902; and (7) for debt collection 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 change the boundaries of any
region, to abolish any region, to move or close any regional
office for research, State and private forestry, or National
Forest System administration of the Forest Service, De-
partment of Agriculture Ω95æother than the relocation of
the regional office for Region 10 to Ketchikan and other
office relocations and closures in Alaska as specified in the
Committee report accompanying this bill, without the con-
sent of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions.
Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest
Service may be advanced to the Wildland Fire Manage-
ment appropriation and may be used for forest firefighting
and the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or dam-
aged lands or waters under its jurisdiction.
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
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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.
None of the funds made available to the Forest Serv-
ice under this Act shall be subject to transfer under the
provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 7 U.S.C.
147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
in compliance with the reprogramming procedures con-
tained in the report accompanying this bill.
None of the funds available to the Forest Service may
be reprogrammed without the advance approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in ac-
cordance with the procedures contained in the report ac-
companying this bill.
No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture without the approval of the Chief of
the Forest Service.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, any
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service
may be used to disseminate program information to pri-
vate and public individuals and organizations through the
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use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and to provide
nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur nec-
essary expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private
individuals and organizations that make contributions to
Forest Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, money
collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service
under authority of section 101 of Public Law 93–153 (30
U.S.C. 185(1)) as reimbursement of administrative and
other costs incurred in processing pipeline right-of-way or
permit applications and for costs incurred in monitoring
the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination
of any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reim-
burse the applicable appropriation to which such costs
were originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be avail-
able to conduct a program of not less than $1,000,000
for high priority projects within the scope of the approved
budget which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970,
as amended by Public Law 93–408.
None of the funds available in this Act shall be used
for timber sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood
stands in excess of 25 percent of the fiscal year 1989 har-
vested volume in the Wayne National Forest, Ohio: Pro-