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Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98–244, up to 
$3,000,000 of the funds available to the Forest Service may be 
advanced to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump 
sum to aid cost-share conservation projects, without regard to when 
expenses are incurred, on or benefitting National Forest System 
lands or related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That such 
funds shall be matched on at least a one-for-one basis by the 
Foundation or its sub-recipients: Provided further, That the Founda-
tion may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable 
rural development purposes. 
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available 
for payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National 
Scenic Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) 
of Public Law 99–663. 
Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used 
to meet the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)). 
Funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed 
$65,000,000, shall be assessed for the purpose of performing fire, 
administrative and other facilities maintenance and decommis-
sioning. Such assessments shall occur using a square foot rate 
charged on the same basis the agency uses to assess programs 
for payment of rent, utilities, and other support services. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any appropriations 
or funds available to the Forest Service not to exceed $500,000 
may be used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), 
Department of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred 
as a result of OGC assistance or participation requested by the 
Forest Service at meetings, training sessions, management reviews, 
land purchase negotiations and similar nonlitigation-related mat-
ters. Future budget justifications for both the Forest Service and 
the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the requested funding transfers. 
An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded 
under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 
et seq.) and administered by the Forest Service shall be considered 
to be a Federal employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 
(68 Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles 
II and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
Indian Health Service, $3,566,387,000, together with payments 
received during the fiscal year pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 
238b, for services furnished by the Indian Health Service: Provided,
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That funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations 
through contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or 
compacts authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed 
to be obligated at the time of the grant or contract award and 
thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organization 
without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That, $914,139,000 
for Purchased/Referred Care, including $51,500,000 for the Indian 
Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That, of the funds provided, up to 
$36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for implementa-
tion of the loan repayment program under section 108 of the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, That, of the funds 
provided, $2,000,000 shall be used to supplement funds available 
for operational costs at tribal clinics operated under an Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act compact or con-
tract where health care is delivered in space acquired through 
a full service lease, which is not eligible for maintenance and 
improvement and equipment funds from the Indian Health Service, 
and $2,000,000 shall be for accreditation emergencies: Provided 
further, That the amounts collected by the Federal Government 
as authorized by sections 104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a) during the preceding 
fiscal year for breach of contracts shall be deposited to the Fund 
authorized by section 108A of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1) and 
shall remain available until expended and, notwithstanding section 
108A(c) of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a–1(c)), funds shall be available 
to make new awards under the loan repayment and scholarship 
programs under sections 104 and 108 of the Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a 
and 1616a): Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the amounts made available within this account 
for the methamphetamine and suicide prevention and treatment 
initiative, for the domestic violence prevention initiative, to improve 
collections from public and private insurance at Indian Health 
Service and tribally operated facilities, and for accreditation emer-
gencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the 
Indian Health Service and shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used 
for annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, 
provided the total obligation is recorded in the year the funds 
are appropriated: Provided further, That the amounts collected by 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority 
of title IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance 
with the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII 
and XIX of the Social Security Act, except for those related to 
the planning, design, or construction of new facilities: Provided 
further, That funding contained herein for scholarship programs 
under the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) 
shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
amounts received by tribes and tribal organizations under title 
IV of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act shall be reported 
and accounted for and available to the receiving tribes and tribal 
organizations until expended: Provided further, That the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian Health Service, tribes 
and tribal organizations operating health facilities pursuant to
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Public Law 93–638, such individually identifiable health informa-
tion relating to disabled children as may be necessary for the 
purpose of carrying out its functions under the Individuals with 
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400, et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund may be 
used, as needed, to carry out activities typically funded under 
the Indian Health Facilities account. 
CONTRACT SUPPORT COSTS 
For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service 
for fiscal year 2016, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, 
That amounts obligated but not expended by a tribe or tribal 
organization for contract support costs for such agreements for 
the current fiscal year shall be applied to contract support costs 
otherwise due for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years: 
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no amounts made available under this heading shall be available 
for transfer to another budget account. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For construction, repair, maintenance, improvement, and equip-
ment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including quarters 
for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and drawings; 
acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular buildings, 
and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and commu-
nity sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 
of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self- 
Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 
and for expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II 
and III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to environ-
mental health and facilities support activities of the Indian Health 
Service, $523,232,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appro-
priated for the planning, design, construction, renovation or expan-
sion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or tribes 
may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be 
located: Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be 
used by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM equip-
ment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 
Health Service and tribal facilities: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service may be 
used for sanitation facilities construction for new homes funded 
with grants by the housing programs of the United States Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $2,700,000 from this account and the ‘‘Indian Health 
Services’’ account may be used by the Indian Health Service to 
obtain ambulances for the Indian Health Service and tribal facilities 
in conjunction with an existing interagency agreement between 
the Indian Health Service and the General Services Administration: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be placed in 
a Demolition Fund, to remain available until expended, and be 
used by the Indian Health Service for the demolition of Federal 
buildings.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 
at rates not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire 
of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equip-
ment; purchase of reprints; purchase, renovation and erection of 
modular buildings and renovation of existing facilities; payments 
for telephone service in private residences in the field, when author-
ized under regulations approved by the Secretary; uniforms or 
allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for 
expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions 
or activities of the Indian Health Service: Provided, That in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act, non-Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally 
administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, 
and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal 
Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651–2653) shall be credited 
to the account of the facility providing the service and shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any other law or regulation, funds transferred from 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Indian 
Health Service shall be administered under Public Law 86–121, 
the Indian Sanitation Facilities Act and Public Law 93–638: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated to the Indian Health Service 
in this Act, except those used for administrative and program 
direction purposes, shall not be subject to limitations directed at 
curtailing Federal travel and transportation: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service 
in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges by the 
Department of Health and Human Services unless identified in 
the budget justification and provided in this Act, or approved by 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations through the 
reprogramming process: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds previously or herein made available 
to a tribe or tribal organization through a contract, grant, or agree-
ment authorized by title I or title V of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), may be 
deobligated and reobligated to a self-determination contract under 
title I, or a self-governance agreement under title V of such Act 
and thereafter shall remain available to the tribe or tribal organiza-
tion without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available to the Indian Health Service in this 
Act shall be used to implement the final rule published in the 
Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of 
Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health 
care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health 
Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased 
costs associated with the proposed final rule, and such request 
has been included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law: 
Provided further, That with respect to functions transferred by 
the Indian Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the 
Indian Health Service is authorized to provide goods and services 
to those entities on a reimbursable basis, including payments in 
advance with subsequent adjustment, and the reimbursements 
received therefrom, along with the funds received from those entities